More TLH-style Grunvale! Except this is Grunvale, so it’s called ‘The Cacophony Colony’.
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Anyone who has been following Grunvale would know that ‘The Cacophony Colony’ is the web novel’s way of addressing The Loud House‘s existence without referring to it by name. I felt that the show was too recent to mention by name in the web novel, so I decided referring to it by a ‘bland name’ would be the way to go.
Anyhoo, Margo is canonically a fan of ‘The Cacophony Colony’, as she connects well with the show being about leporines, and also being part of a big family. She’s the oldest of a set of triplets, and the show is airing just as her mother Sally is pregnant with quintuplets. On her mother’s side, she also has four uncles, Randall, Russell, Richard Jr. (Sally’s older brothers, who are also triplets), and Shaun (Sally’s own twin brother), her grandparents Richard Sr. and Joan, and her 99-year-old great-grandfather Charles, all of whom are frequent visitors to the Hynde household. And that’s not even counting the children of Margo’s uncles/Sally’s brothers, who of course would be Margo’s cousins. Of which she has many.
By the way, Sally’s brothers are nothing like her. In fact, Margo actually likes hanging around her uncles… and Sally can’t stand being around them. Or her children being around them.
Now to the piece!
Not much to talk about here, it’s just the Oddball Tetrad drawn in the TLH/Casagrandes style. Honestly, the title gives me more to talk about; I just combined the names of the settings of Grunvale, The Casagrandes and The Loud House into one funny title (‘Grunvale’ means ‘green valley’; ‘grün’ is the German word for ‘green’).
That’s all for this one. Post in the comments below what you think of this!
Grunvale is owned by me. You’re free to draw fanart of it yourself, as long as you credit me. The Loud House/The Casagrandes is owned by ViacomCBS through Nickelodeon. This artwork was made at a resolution of 5076×2160 (aspect ratio 2.35:1).
Just one of the perks of being friends with rock music royalty. They have thousands upon thousands of dollars (or note, in Grunvaliverse terms) of disposable income to spend on you.
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This is the piece I made to celebrate my 22nd birthday today, as well as the 4th anniversary of this DA account tomorrow. I was going to do a spiritual successor to Into the Gilda-verse with Margo, but I changed my mind when I thought of this idea. Margo taking advantage of her wealth, to get Gilda an expensive present for her 12th birthday. And yes, this is supposed to be her 12th. The rest of the Tetrad didn’t know her when she celebrated her 11th.
Anyhoo, the expensive present Margo got, as you can see here, is Panzer Dragoon Saga for the Sega Saturn. For those who’ve never heard of this franchise, probably most of you, Panzer Dragoon is a series of… mostly rail shooters, developed for the Saturn, Game Gear and Xbox, and remakes of the first two games are being made for the Nintendo Switch. However, Panzer Dragoon Saga is a role-playing game, considered to be one of the greatest in the genre alongside Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy VII, the latter of which it was intended to directly compete with.
However, because Saga was released late in the Saturn’s lifespan, the game received only a limited release outside of Japan; less than 25000 copies are thought to have been made for the Western market. And the game has been out of print for over 20 years; it has never been rereleased on any system. The only way to play the game legitimately, is spending over a thousand dollars on a rare physical copy, and playing it on a system that was a commercial failure. And yes, I did say a thousand dollars. For comparison, Chrono Trigger which is also a hard-to-find collector’s item, goes for a hundred. And even the DS rerelease goes for fifty.
…retro gaming is a very expensive hobby. Always get re-releases when you can.
Okay, now to the piece!
There isn’t much to talk about here, except the cake. It’s a citrus-flavored cake, and unlike others I’ve depicted before, it’s not drawn. I actually made that cake. Physically. With sugar. And flour. And salt. And shortening. And eggs. And almond milk. And orange zest. And lemon zest. And lime zest. And grapefruit zest. And frosting. And an oven heating the cake at 350 degrees for thirty minutes. And then I took this picture of it. Yes, that cake you see is a posterized image of my own birthday cake. And because it’s a citrus cake, I knew I had to have it be Gilda’s cake too. It’s only fitting.
Also, before any of you ask why I enlarged the eyes on the boxart… my art style depicts my characters with large eyes. In other words, the enlarged eyes are a reference to my own art style. That’s all there is to it.
That’s all for this one. Happy 22nd birthday to me!
Grunvale is owned by me. You’re free to draw fanart of it yourself, as long as you credit me. Panzer Dragoon Saga is owned by Sega. All five panels of this artwork were made at a resolution of 5076×2160 (aspect ratio 2.35:1).
Sometimes on her breaks, Gilda likes sneaking into the Grunvale Mall’s Sears or JCPenney, and laying on the furniture to listen to the music playing.
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This is a holdover from April, the first piece made after my dog Molly was put down on the 22nd, after suffering from diabetes and probable Cushing’s disease for several months (she was only officially diagnosed with the former, but we believe she also had the latter). I’ve never had to cope with the death of a loved one before, but apparently for me, one of the five stages of grief is… drawing stuff. I guess drawing replaces denial for me, because I never denied for one second that she was gone after it happened.
I defy you, Elisabeth Kubler-Ross.
Now to the piece itself.
Considering you’ve only seen me draw characters from profile, straight on, and quarter-angles, you’d think drawing Gilda from the isometric angle was the hard part of this. But actually, some of it wasn’t. I used an image of Lori Loud lying on her bed in TLH’s Garage Banned as a reference for the angle, which made drawing the top half relatively easy. Of course, however, I did say ‘some’ of this wasn’t hard. Because Lori’s legs are dangling over the side of the bed in the reference instead of lying straight, it was up to me to figure out how to draw Gilda’s legs. I think I spent more time trying to figure out how to draw them than I should have, however, given that the asset ended up cropped off the bottom.
The white blur on the floor is supposed to be the reflection of the ceiling light. I had to use a mask to pull off a realistic illusion of light. I’ve known how to use clipping masks in ASP pretty much since I started using the program, but regular masks, like the black and white ones used for obscuring layers, I’ve only recently figured out. I knew how to use them in the original ArtStudio and I know how to use them in Photoshop, but I’m still pretty new to using them in ASP.
In case it wasn’t obvious, Ms. Lake is the name I cam up with for the manager of whatever store this is. Although I specifically had in mind JCPenney, hence the orange lights (the JCPenney in both Guilderland and Jacksonville, I know to have orange-tinted lights).
That’s all for this one. Post below what you think!
Grunvale is owned by me. You’re free to draw fanart of it, as long as you credit me. This artwork was made at a resolution of 5076×2160 (aspect ratio 2.35:1).
After Albaneigh County opens back up following a disease outbreak, the Oddball Tetrad goes to Wendy’s sister’s spa and salon for much-needed haircuts. Gilda, however, as a lover of all things 80s, loves how big her hair has gotten, and wants to keep it that way.
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A piece referencing the COVID-19 pandemic with Grunvale, was something I debated with myself for a while whether or not I should do. And originally, my plan was, if I was going to do it, it’d have a more serious tone. I thought about depicting Gilda and Wendy consoling each other after xenophobic attacks against them, or Gilda standing up for Randy as Harper blames him for causing diseases. But then I thought about the South Park episode, Osama bin Laden Has Farty Pants, and how critically acclaimed it is for addressing the aftermath of 9/11 in a respectful but humorous way. And I decided that, since Grunvale is a series with a humorous tone, that’d be the best way for it to address the pandemic and its effects.
One of the most notable effects the COVID-19 pandemic has had, has been the closure of ‘non-essential’ businesses, or businesses that aren’t responsible for keeping society running. Among those ‘non-essential’ businesses, are hair salons. Which has led to many people wondering what to do about haircuts. Some people have gone the DIY route (with… mixed results), while others have just decided to grow out their hair. The latter of which, as you can see here, the Oddball Tetrad decided to do.
Gilda’s pretty self-explanatory. She’s got a big, 80s-style ‘do going, and she loves it. So let’s just go to the rest.
Apparently, Margo’s hair when grown out, looks like what I can best describe as a mix between Farrah Fawcett, Joe Cocker, and an unholy case of bedhead. Considering her grandfather Angus became famous during the 1970s, I imagine he got a big kick out of seeing her with the hairstyle. Heheh.
Drawing April was my favorite part of this. She usually wears her hair neatly and just past her shoulders, so depicting her with long, messy hair that’s so out-of-character for her, was so much fun. She’s even started growing the Greg Heffley-esque triple hairs that Margo’s usually depicted with. XD
And, of course, there’s Wendy. Because this piece is obviously set after an extended lockdown, I knew I had to depict her, not just with overgrown hair, but with her hair dye fading and revealing her natural blonde. I used a spotty brush and applied it to the ends of her hair, while leaving the rest completely blonde to show that she hasn’t had it dyed since the start of the lockdown. There is still room for improvement on that aspect, but the overgrown hairstyle itself that she has here, reminds me of Fluttershy. Yay!
Finally, I expanded upon my recent decision to use subtitles instead of speech bubbles here, as I promised before, color-coding them to indicate which character is talking. You can figure it out here.
It’s-a her, Margo! And she’s got a milk moustache!
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…before I talk about this artwork, I’d like to say something serious for once, because given the state of the world as of this writing, I think it deserves it.
This artwork was originally drawn on Mario Day (March 10th), and I meant to upload it here on that date. However, due to my mental health issues relating to the COVID-19 pandemic, I was too broken at the time to think of anything to say. Tens of thousands of people have died from the virus so far, and hundreds of thousands more have been infected. The economy has crashed worldwide. The virus has become the entirety of what the media is talking about. And society doesn’t seem to be reopening until at least April. I’m better now (on March 28th), at least better enough to write a description for this artwork. But watching everything unfold throughout this month, dealt a psychological and emotional blow to me I’ve not felt, since my high school graduation. I wish I could say something along the lines that the pandemic is nothing to worry about, and everyone is just overreacting. But common sense says otherwise. Truthfully, it’s the biggest historical event since World War II, and will be looked back upon as such.
No joke, I was actually afraid to draw or post anything Grunvale-related for a while, as I believed that the fact that Gilda and Wendy are Italian/Istallion and Asian respectively, was ruining the image of my work (Italy was the first Western nation to be hit hard by COVID-19, and China was where the virus originated). But somebody in a chatroom told me that was ridiculous, and I’ve since come to realize he was right. People don’t look at my work and see Gilda and Wendy as an Italian and an Asian, they see them as a raccoon and a squirrel. Which is more important than any ethnicity. Many races exist among the bipedes in the world of Grunvale, but as far as humanity is concerned, there is only the human race.
Anyways…
Mario Day was born out of leetspeak (MAR10), similar to how Star Wars Day was born from a bad pun (May the Fourth). And this was the artwork I drew to celebrate March 10th… before my mental health issues set in. I’ve already drawn Margo as Daisy before, but there’s nothing saying I can’t also draw her as Mario. Especially considering her name’s only a single letter different.
Nothing much to say from a production standpoint, other than ‘Generabrand’ can now be considered a running gag in my artwork, since Terence and Gilda have both been shown to buy the brand. You’d think a family as rich as the Hyndes would buy name-brand stuff… and they do. It’s just that Sally did the shopping this time. I can hear the interaction right now.
Margo: “You got Generabrand?” Sally: “Yeah. It costs less. What, ya gotta problem with that, Mahgo?” Margo: “I don’t know, I was just expecting something better. Like Pacific brand, or Silk brand, or Blue Diamond brand, or –“ Sally: “How ’bout Shut-Yoah-Hole brand?!” Margo: “…okay, whatever you say.” [Sally walks off] “You miser.” Sally: [walks back in] “Excuse me, what did ya just say?!” Margo: “Uh, I said, uh…” [sees what Angus is watching on the TV] “Paul Reiser! Yeah. Paul Reiser… stand-up. Heheheh… yeah. Love his style of humor, that Paul Reiser.” [forced laughter as she watches the standup] [Sally exists the room again, with a frustrated look on her face]
Heheheh… that’s all for this one. You know the drill.
Grunvale is owned by me. You’re free to draw fanart of it yourself, as long as you credit me. Super Mario Bros. is owned by Nintendo. This artwork was made at 4K resolution, in 1.85:1.
The Oddball Tetrad has heard of several words used to define a lady. ‘Doe’. ‘Ewe’. ‘Hen’. ‘Sow’. ‘Jill’. ‘Mare’. But never the word, ‘woman’. How would they react to seeing the word ‘woman’ casually used in a sentence? I imagine something like this.
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First of all, yes, I do realize I technically made a typo here. I put the apostrophe in “Women’s” after the ‘S’ instead of before, as is correct in ‘International Women’s Day’. Luckily, the Grunvaliverse, as with every other universe I create, operates on its own rules. So I imagine the graffiti artist that wrote “Happy International Womens’ Day” here, comes from a universe where “Womens'” is correct. I could’ve sworn “Womens'” was correct while drawing this, though. But apparently it’s not, and it is indeed “Women’s”. Maybe I’ve Mandela’d.
Anyhoo, time for some production notes!
Believe it or not, the hardest thing about this, was coloring the Tetrad. You might notice that, like the room itself, they get slightly darker the further back they are in the room (most clearly seen with their whites). Gilda is the only one whose normal colors were used here; Wendy’s colors were obscured with a black solid at 5% opacity, April’s colors were obscured at 10%, and Margo’s at 15%. This filtering was pretty time-consuming, as you might imagine. And this was before the bandage layer!
Also, as you can see, I decided to use a colored subtitle for the dialogue (color-coded to show that Gilda’s the one speaking) this time around, instead of a speech bubble. There are two reasons for this. One, I felt it enhanced the cinematic look that I always try to go for with my artwork. Two, I tried several different ways of executing a speech bubble here, but none of them looked good. Every speech bubble I tried was either too small, in an awkward position, or obscured the rest of the Tetrad. So I decided instead, that it would be best to show Gilda’s dialogue as a subtitle. And, if I can be honest, I think I actually prefer the dialogue being presented this way. It doesn’t create any of the three problems I brought up above, and, like I said, it makes the artwork feel more like a still frame from a movie, than a panel from a comic. I’ll run a poll asking which my followers prefer; colored subtitles or speech bubbles. But put my vote down for colored subtitles.
Anyhoo, that’ll be all for this one. Happy International Women’s Day! Apostrophized correctly.
AUTHOR’S NOTE: Please do not comment on this piece unless you have watched the music video for “Back on the Chain Gang” by the Pretenders. It will answer most of the questions you have regarding this piece.
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Nothing says “Happy Valentine’s Day” like making a joke about your last name by paying homage to a 1980s music video.
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It’s Valentine’s Day again, which means it’s time for another piece featuring Grunvale‘s most prominent canon ship, Margo Hynde x August Lowry. Or, ‘Margust’ for short. I knew I wanted to draw something involving the two again like I did last Valentine’s Day, and when I ended up drawing Margo Hynde as Chrissie Hynde (shut up! it’s funny and you know it), I pretty much just went from there, and decided to make this year’s piece a full-out homage to the 1982 music video for “Back on the Chain Gang”, with August dressed how drummer Martin Chambers appears in the video.
While Margo was traced from pre-existing artwork I’ve drawn of her, August was (mostly) not, as I wanted to see how much I could do using the references only as, well, references. This experiment resulted in him having a pudgy look to his face, and… I honestly don’t know if I like it or not. I’ll have to trace from this and Ready For Their Date, to create a potential middle ground between regular-faced August and pudgy-faced August. I do think there is potential integrating the latter into his design. But if I don’t like the result, I’ll just stick to regular-faced August.
The drawing process went pretty smooth this time around… or at least I thought it did, before I realized, AFTER uploading this to Twitter, that I had used the wrong color outline for much of the suit on August’s asset. Instead of using pure black like I usually do for character outlines, I used the off-black of the suit, which resulted in a lot of unintentional missing outlines. Though I managed to fix them before uploading the piece here (and BlackMoonPaladin didn’t even notice the missing outlines until I pointed them out to him), it’s still pretty embarrassing for me that I let the art be seen in that state.
As you can tell, I decided to place this artwork, which I drew in 4:3, in a 16:9 matte. I did this because I thought the black bars had artistic purpose. Most music videos from the 80s and 90s were shot in 4:3, which, though mostly long abandoned by mainstream cinema by then, was still the standard for television, and by extension, music videos (which, at the time, were mostly shown on MTV). Today, however, 16:9 is the standard, and thus, media in 4:3 appears with black bars on the sides by default. In other words, I have those black bars on the sides to make the artwork look like a snapshot of the past, being viewed in the present. Something of a nostalgia filter.
Anyhoo, that’s all for this one. Happy Valentine’s Day!
Grunvale is owned by me. You’re free to draw fanart of it yourself, as long as you credit me. “Back on the Chain Gang” was written by Chrissie Hynde for the album Learning to Crawl, owned by Warner Music Group. This artwork was made at 4K resolution, in 1.33:1. However, it is matted to 1.78:1 for artistic reasons.
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Don’t worry, August doesn’t mind having to use the pickaxe. That’s why he has that subtle smirk on his face. If he minded, he wouldn’t even have agreed to do this.
Considering the 1980s were a big decade for physical fitness, surely Gilda would like doing workout sessions?
But of course!
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This idea’s been running in my head for a few weeks now, ever since I found the song “She Don’t Look Back” by the late Dan Fogelberg. I’ve for a while brushed off Fogelberg as another folk-rock musician in the vein of James Taylor, until I listened to some tracks off of his 1987 album Exiles, which “She Don’t Look Back” comes from. I came to love the song for its uptempo beat, prominent guitar, and that distinctive synthesizer sound only the 80s could bring. It sounded like the kind of song Gilda would love to dance to. So was born the idea of drawing something involving her exercising.
…which later evolved into her doing yoga to another cheesy 80s album, Kenny G’s Duotones. When I ended up drawing Gilda doing yoga instead of aerobics (which was my original intention), I decided to choose Duotones over Exiles, to be the album Gilda listens to in this piece. Exiles does have some slow-tempo songs (such as “The Way It Must Be” and “Our Last Farewell”), but it’s not an album I’d put on a ‘music to do something relaxing to’ playlist. Duotones on the other hand, I’d sometimes listen to on CD in high school, as I did homework. Besides, Exiles is a concept album about a break-up. It’s not exactly the most pleasant thing to listen to when you pay attention to the lyrics.
Now to the art itself!
Since this artwork began with inspiration from the 1980s, I knew I had to draw Gilda’s hair in a perm. That was a given right from the beginning. To add to the retro aesthetic, I also gave her fuzzy wristbands (in citrus colors, of course) and bright purple leg warmers (same color as her earrings, which I omitted here). The tank top and shorts are the same colors as her Classic Green polo and skirt respectively.
Since the cover of Duotones shows Kenny G (the actual musician), I had to draw a Grunvalified version of the cover. As a subtle reference to The Aristocats and Kenny G himself being a jazz musician, I drew him as a domestic cat/feline. It’s fitting. Kenny G’s a cool cat, heheh.
While we’re on the subject, I ended up making a minor mistake on that Grunvalified cover, partially due to the fact that I used a low-quality photo reference. I didn’t notice until it was too late, that on the original cover, every other letter in ‘Duotones’ is a navy blue, not all black like I originally thought it was. Which was… pretty embarrassing for me. I’ve seen that cover hundreds of times in my life, and yet I never noticed that not every letter was black like I thought. In my defense, though, that navy blue for the lettering on the CD and LP, isn’t much lighter than the black. It’s much more noticeable on the cassette version of the cover, which used a much lighter blue.
Also, because you were gonna ask, yes, Gilda is listening to “Songbird”. That is indeed how I imagined this scene.
The tree is what I’m proud of the most about this work; it started off as just a thick trunk and a single branch, which I later gave shading for depth, and stretched-out, beveled dots for texture. The roots were created by making duplicates of the tree asset, that were twisted and pinched, then partially erased so that they blended in with the rest of the tree. It was a beech that I had in mind. I know it’s not very convincing, but hey, at least I proved to myself I can draw convincing trees that aren’t birches.
Finally, as a subtle reference to Yoga from Cookie Run, I also drew a bag of pretzels. The pretzels’ flat appearance was achieved with thresholds and posterization over a photo, like with the oven from a few artworks ago. If I’m gonna use stock images, I’d at least like to have them appear stylized, so that they blend in with everything else.
And that’s all for this one. Post in the comments below what you think of this!
Grunvale is owned by me. You’re free to draw fanart of it yourself, as long as you credit me. Duotones is owned by Sony Music through Arista Records. This artwork was made at 4K resolution, in 2.35:1.
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Also, in case you’re wondering, yes, I do recommend Exiles. Probably the only Fogelberg album I’d recommend in its entirety. It’s quite on the high side of 80s cheese, but there’s still some legitimate talent behind it. Hell, as a fan of music from the era, I’d even argue the cheesy factor makes the album more enjoyable.
Sinnoh’s gimmick of new evolutions to pre-existing Pokemon + Alola’s gimmick of regional variants to pre-existing Pokemon = a new form of Zigzagoon and Linoone I never knew I wanted, with Galarian Linoone able to evolve into a new Pokemon called Obstagoon.
Oh, and also a new version of Zigilda Zagrime that’s a Galarian Zigzagoon, instead of a shiny Hoennian.
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First things first, you’re probably wondering why I have this new version of Zigilda dressed in 70s attire, with the sweater, the bell-bottoms and the feathered hairdo and all that. Well, it’s because I’ve noticed that a lot of the Galarian Pokemon seem to take a lot of inspiration from the fashion of the 1970s. You thought that was just some random throw-away line I made about Gossifleur and Eldegoss back on Dynamaxed Margorbunny? No, it’s actually a legitimate observation, something I’ve picked up from my hundreds of hours of studying the history of fashion. I first noticed it with Eldegoss’ cotton, and how it looks like an afro, like that of Diana Ross or Pam Grier. And that led me to noticing how the red hair-like growths of its pre-evolution, Gossifleur, resembled a feathered hairdo, like that of Farrah Fawcett.
And now I’ve noticed how the color scheme and markings on Galarian Zigzagoon, Galarian Linoone and Obstagoon, look like the outfits of the quintessential 70s glam rock band Kiss. In fact, everyone’s noticed it… including none other than Gene Simmons himself! And yes, I totally see it. Even without Gene Simmons agreeing that Obstagoon looks like him, I agree Obstagoon looks like Simmons. I also think Galarian Linoone looks the most like Ace Frehley, and Galarian Zigzagoon looks like Paul Stanley.
So now that two of Galar’s evolution lines (that we know about) take inspiration from the aesthetics of the 1970s, I think it’s safe to say that this may be a theme with the region. And if it is, I’m down for it. The 70s are an awesome decade.
Anyhoo, that’s pretty much my explanation for having Galarian Zilgilda dressed how she is here. My personal headcanon is, this Galarian version of Zigilda is into 70s stuff, as much as ZP-51498 Gilda is into 80s stuff. It just seems fitting to me.
Now to the artwork itself!
The purple that Galarian Zigilda’s wearing here, are actually inverted colors from ZP-51498 Gilda. The dark purple of her sweater was inverted from the light green of ZP-51498 Gilda’s classic polo, and the pink of her shirt is inverted from the dark green from her classic skirt and ribbons. The Zigilda asset is actually modified from an asset of the ZP-51498 Gilda (also dressed in 70s attire) I drew and colored before working on the version you see in this artwork (uncolored version with Gilda here) . I also made a version with the shiny Hoennian Zigilda, that I… may or may not post. Also, the birch trees in the background were quite easy to make. Essentially, they’re just three layers of white lines with blurred bevels, with a clipped and stretched black brush overlayed over each layer. Not perfect, but way better than my attempt back in 2018.
And that’s all for this one. 🎶 Shout it, shout it, shout it out loud! 🎶 in the comments below what you think of this.
Grunvale is owned by me. You’re free to draw fanart of it yourself, as long as you credit me. Pokemon is owned by Nintendo. This artwork was made at 4K resolution, in 1:1.33.
Yesterday was Pokemon Day AND National Retro Day… so I created a retro (1980s) AU, of the Grunvale Pokemon AU! An… AU-ception. BWWWOOOOOMMMMMMMMMM.
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So which version of Zigilda Zagrime have I decided to go with, the shiny Hoennian version or the Galarian version? Well… why not both? I see both versions as equally valid for different AUs. The Hoennian version of Zigilda being for the present day (since I drew her in the Classic Green outfit), and the Galarian version of her being for the retro AUs (since I drew her in a 70s-inspired outfit). But, of course, the differences don’t stop there.
If you recall the original Galarian Zigilda artwork, you may remember that I said that the purple colors of her outfit were inverted colors from the Classic Green outfit of Gilda Grime and Hoennian Zigilda Zagrime. Well, because I think purple fits the Galarian version well, and also because I want to more easily differentiate between the two versions of Zigilda, I decided to make purple be Galarian Zigilda’s color, just like green is regular Gilda’s and Hoennian Zigilda’s. And I continued with the inverted colors here; the pink of the jacket is inverted from the dark green of regular Gilda’s suit trousers, and the lavender of the trousers here are inverted from the lighter green of regular Gilda’s suit jacket.
And, of course, because I’ve always wanted to, I decided to draw Wendy as a Pachirisu named ‘Wendirisu’. The colors of her suit, as well as the mint-green streak in her hair, are also inverted from regular Wendy’s purple suit. In this scene, Wendirisu is supposed to be blushing about her boyfriend, Zigilda’s adopted Golbat brother Randolbat (this universe’s version of Randy), but since Pachirisu already have yellow cheeks, I had to approach the blushing in a different way than I usually do. So, seeing as Pachirisu, as Pikaclones, store electricity in their cheeks, I decided to show her ‘blushing’ by having small bolts of electricity emerge from her cheeks. The bolts were executed the same way as the bolts in Arrival On Yonderpine; they were placed over the layers I used to light the scene.
Overall, even if I didn’t get this out right on February 27th (when Pokemon Day and National Retro Day both were), I still love how it turned out. It’s a cute scene, and I’m glad I finally got to draw Wendy as a Pachirisu.
And that’s all for this one. Post in the comments below what you think!
Grunvale is owned by me. You’re free to draw fanart of it yourself, as long as you credit me. Pokemon is owned by Nintendo. This artwork was made at 4K resolution, in 2.35:1.
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You know, seeing as this is still February, and it regards Wendy’s relationship on Randy, this can also technically double as a late Valentine’s Day artwork. Heheh. 😁
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