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I did this for 's 4th Gen artbook!!

This is my first time actually doing a legitimate background and I'm really happy with the outcome :'D

Anyways, I've been playing Pokemon games basically nonstop for the past month... As I did last summer ._. My passion for Pokemon tends to die down during the school year and then during the summer it comes back and kicking, hah..
_{I spent $70 on Pearl and B2 last Wednesday and I spent 50 hours playing Black 2 in 6 days and finished it by staying up to 5 playing it hah- On to Pearl next!!}

The Pokemon Dawn/Hikari, Lucas/Kouki, and Barry/Jun are riding correspond sort of to their personalities heh d= (´▽｀)=b

Dawn in the anime had a piplup so ye
Lucas: I headcanon him to be really determined but more of the naive and quiet type
Barry is...... well. _{I did plan on using Wailord or Mantyke but I decided with Bibarel since that's more 4th gen}

Tutorials/references used:
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Pokemon (c) Game Freak
Art (c) me
Time taken: 11-12 hours?? I lost track :t
Done in Paint Tool SAI!!

Progress shots:
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