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Daylight

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I’ve been painting for about six years or so now, but I haven’t shared my art in a long time. However, lately I’ve found that making Pokémon art is both a really nice way to chill and to express my creativity in a low pressure way. So here I am. And here’s some of my art…

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This piece is probably my favorite I’ve ever done. It took about 48 hours start to finish, but was honestly a really smooth process. I wanted to highlight it because it is, I personally think, my work at its best. A unicorn running across a field, glowing like the dawn. Simple, but magical.

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I’m more comfortable painting simple, straightforward subjects than I am at complex scenes. (Which is something I’m working on!) And though I really admire artists that can balance a really chaotic scene or canvas, I also love the idea of deliberately obscuring details or merging shapes so that the focal point of the painting can really pop. (It’s also something I really try to work on.) So, all that being said, it’s probably not a surprise that I love portraiture. Above are a few more animal portraits, and below’s a set of in-progress portraits I particularly enjoyed painting.

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And, of course, like I said above, I love painting Pokémon. Here’s a few of my recent favorites.
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And, like any Pokémon-loving artist, I am very slowly making my way through the “fave ‘mon of each type” thing. Here’s my current progress.

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If you’ve made it this far, I hope you enjoyed my art. It’s been forever since I last shared it with anyone. I have so many more sketches and in-progress pieces. Please let me know if you’d like to see more. And even though I can’t promise anything as I am pretty busy, if anyone is interested in a commission or request, feel free to let me know. I hope you’re having a beautiful day!
 
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Daylight

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So I like to doodle fakemon and variants and I was Struck with the need for a Kirin-inspired Pokémon. I know that Suicune kinda treads that territory already, but I really wanted something that tapped into the lord-of-the-sky, voice-like-bells, celestial, scaled & cloven-hooves aspect of the Kirin. So I took about 20-30 minutes and doodled up this…

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I like it, but it feels a little incomplete to me. I was hoping I could get some feedback on it here! I’m also kinda not sure about the color scheme or if there’s a cooler way to incorporate the scale idea or Kirin folklore in general.

There’s also the fact that… I’m not sure if I should just call this a regional variant of Rapidash lol. I like incorporating unicorn-aesthetics into a Kirin design personally. But it did have a Rapidash-esque effect on the design. Which I guess isn’t bad. I would say I want this design to fit in with the likes of Arcanine and Ninetales. Simple, but majestic. That’s what I’m trying to accomplish.

Anyway, feedback much appreciated!
 

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Hey Daylight, I've seen some or your arts for The Flying Press articles and came here to see more. They all are amazing (my favorite one is probably the Kirlia one) and you are extremely talented! I would love to see more arts from you, and if I need one for a project I'm hosting, I'll probably try asking you. Keep up the amazing work!
 

Daylight

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Hey Daylight, I've seen some or your arts for The Flying Press articles and came here to see more. They all are amazing (my favorite one is probably the Kirlia one) and you are extremely talented! I would love to see more arts from you, and if I need one for a project I'm hosting, I'll probably try asking you. Keep up the amazing work!
Hey! Thanks so much. Everybody does seem to really like that Kirlia. Totally feel free to contact me. (Especially if you want a Ninetales or Milotic lol.)

I don’t have a lot of new art to post that’s not for the Flying Press, but I did do a little bit of work on Hisuian Rapidash…
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Colors and everything are still in-progress but I like the design itself a lot.

And speaking of Hisui, I have been sucked into Pokémon Legends Arceus and I have to say, I haven’t had more fun with a Pokémon game since Explorers. It is massively fun and I feel super inspired now. I wanna draw my player character, my team—currently Espeon, shiny Ninetales, shiny Gardevoir, shiny Zoroark, and Alolatales—and all my favorite characters. Adaman is beautiful and I can’t help but love Palina and Iscan. Definitely recommend the game! It’s fun and magical and beautiful.
 

Daylight

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I’ve got some new art to share.

First, I have a couple pieces I did for the Flying Press—one for an article on Aurorus’s suspect test in ZU and the other on Grass-types on UU.

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I’ve also got a few completed pieces for unreleased articles I can’t wait to share!

I’ve also got some art I did for my own Mix and Mega RMT—Sacred New Beginnings. I’m really proud of both the art (especially the Manectite Mew and Sablenite Milotic) and the team.

Sablenite Milotic:
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Manectite Mew:
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Xerneas (not allowed a mega stone lol):
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Altarianite Regieleki:
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Salamencite Landorus-Therian:
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Pinsirite Entei:
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And finally, I did this commission of a Sablenite Mandibuzz for Gman. It took me a bit to nail down the design but I think she turned out pretty well. I was partially inspired by Yzma’s design from the Emperor’s New Groove so that’s why she has big eyelashes as well as the purple color scheme.
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If anyone else would be interested in a similar type of commission feel free to dm me! :)
 

Daylight

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I’ve got some new art to share!

First a pair of portraits I did for this article.

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I’m pretty pleased with them. I wanted a really dark and moody atmosphere.

Next is this Victini artwork I did for Godly Gift’s intro article by UT.

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I really love both the concept and the dramatic lighting in this one.

I’ve also got this artwork I did for the current OM of the Month—Broken Record.

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I love the colors in this one personally. Can’t ever have enough pink, am I right?

Next we’ve got a Togekiss I did for another of UT’s articles.
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I’ve also got a very triumphant Meganium for you from this article.
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Next is a serene Ninetales I did for this very cool RBY NU article.
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Finally, I also recently posted a fully illustrated RMT that’s since been added to the Team Showcase. Please check the full RMT out, but here’s a sample of some of the art you can find in it (it’s a Gardevoir team).
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your art bussin man ♡.♡ fucking wowzers. i love it so much!! keep it up :D
Thanks so much friend! ❤
 

Daylight

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Hi loves! It’s been a while. I’ve had a ton of stuff going on in my life so I needed a bit of a break but I’m here in time for Scarlet and Violet and I’m excited to make more art! First things first, I made myself an art Twitter and an art Instagram as well as a print shop. I also wanna mention that I’m open to doing some smaller commissions right now, particularly if you have any cool ideas for any paradox mon designs. Anyways, the art update!

I was incredibly disappointed at Iron Valiant’s reveal—so, I decided to design what I really wanted when I heard there was going to be a Gallade/Gardevoir/archer mon in the new Pokémon games. I ended up making a kind of Scarlet/ancient variant of Iron Valiant. I call him Valiant Heart. What do you think? ❤

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This is a piece I painted for UT’s article on Godly Gift bans, The Gods We Slew. I really like this one, it’s a cool visual exploration of interconnectedness of life and death.

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This is an Arceus piece I painted for Aurora’s article, Arceus Through the Ages. I love this color palette by the way, the contrast of the dawn sky and the cosmos is, I think, really cool.

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Another piece for a UT article, this Latias was done for AAA Ability Guide: Defensive Edition.

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Finally for now, this Suicune was featured in an article on water types in UU alongside a lovely Primarina piece by Pissog.
 
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