Fanmade artwork produced by thePokemoncommunity often takes many forms, with one artist sharing a variety of their own hexagonal badge designs featuring some of the most beloved critters encountered throughout the Pokemon world. This set of designs comes as just one entry in a much larger series of similar works created by the artist, and has caught the eyes of many members of the thrivingPokemoncommunity.
Pokemonfan art has seemingly witnessed an explosion of popularity recently, particularly since the release ofPokemon Scarlet and Violet. ThePokemoncommunity has always been a particularly creative one, with the shared love of the series' virtual companions inspiring no end of conceptual creature designs, homemade merchandise, and evencompletely fanmadePokemongamesover the years. WhilePokemonfan work frequently comes in many different forms, one subgenre ofPokemon-related artwork has accumulated a fair amount of popularity over the past year.
This artwork takes the form of various hexagonal badge-like designs which each depict a certain Pokemon or item design from the game’s world. These designs come from an artist known across social media known as PokeHexDex, who has been consistently sharing new designs online as part of a running series. While some of these pieces include badges which depictcertain Poke Ball designsrather than Pokemon, one of the creator’s latest designs features some well-loved Pokemon such as Decidueye, Swampert, Noivern, Hisuian Zoroark, and many more.
WhilePokemon Scarlet and Violethave introduced plenty of new Pokemon, bringing the total number of unique species to over 1,000, many fan favorites from previous titles clearly retain their popularity among the community to this day. Gen 9’s Paradox Pokemon have also motivated a new breed of Pokemon redesigns which have further revitalized the popularity of some older Pokemon in many ways. These strange alternate-universe Pokemon appear to have originated from different points in time, capturing the attention of lore enthusiasts and artists alike since they were introduced with the latest titles.
ThoughPokemon Scarlet and Violet’s recently-released epilogueevent supposedly marks the end of Gen 9’s time in the sun, artwork and projects shared among thePokemoncommunity remain popular, and often showcase some seriously impressive and sometimes unexpected methods of translating the love of Pokemon into real-world arts and crafts projects. While it may be some time yet before fans get any new official content to dig into, the upcoming Pokemon Day will more than likely reveal The Pokemon Company’s plans for 2024.
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