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Who is your favourate Pokemon card illustrate, and your least favourate?

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Kakashi-Sharingan Warrior

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Who is your favourate Illustrater? and why?

mine is kouki saitou, Kouki makes the pokemon look so real and anime like, and have you seen Jolteon delta? best artwork by Kouki I have seen in ages.

and who is your least favourate?
I forgot his/her name, I will try and find one of my cards done by him/her, all I know is that make the pokemon look like plasticine (sp?)/ models

(sorry if this has been done before)
 
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bass_forte

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Hard decision; hope no-one minds me having a large tie. Mitsuhiro Arita, Atsuko Nishida, Kagemaru Hinemo... Actually, in hindsight, Hinemo-san is my absolute favourite. Shading on his/her cards is amazing... say, for example, Gorebyss HL, Milotic EM, Houndour UF...

EDIT: Let's put some rankings in! \o/ ... >_<

Best
1. Kagemaru Hinemo... Incredible shading, water dappling effect is extremely beautiful.
2. Atsuko Nishida... Very soft and cute. I prefer his/her older style (eg. TRR Dratini X3) to his/her newer style (eg. DS Swellow, EM Swampert, although both are still good and the Swampert line was still exceptional), but both are stunning. Go further back, AQ Suicune is also a nice style.
3. Mitsuhiro Arita... Also soft images, although Arita-san screws up sometimes (see. FRLG Clefairy. x.x). Dragonair δ is a masterpiece.
4. Kouki Saitou... Realistic, the 'rough' touch is nice, and Metagross looked great.
5. Ryo Ueda... Nice style, his/her EXes are simple but also nice.
6. Yuka Morii... Kyoote. X3
7. Hironobu Yoshida... Nice style, reason why I prefer him over Ken is because Ken almost always draws Pokémon in their generic poses.
8. Ken Sugimori... The Pokémon are in generic poses, but backgrounds are nice, as are some special effects.

Worst
-1. Tomokazu Kamiya... Wow, a kid's doodles. Seriously, I HATE this artist's "style".
-2. Hisao Nakamura... Nidoking was this artist's only good artwork. THe latest artwork, DS Hariyama, is yuck.
-3. Yukiko Baba... Almost as bad as Kamiya.
-4. Miki Tanaka... Does not have a good grasp of what Pokémon look like. Most are deformed.
-5. Hikaru Koike... Not the worst. Most of his/her Pokémon-EX are far too dark. Lugia EX is too similar to Rocket's Scyther/Scizor, and is also strange-looking. The original Typhlosion EX was...well...disgusting. Koike's one masterpiece, Regice EX (EM/JP Promo) is that, a masterpiece. His/her one redeeming artwork.
 
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S.Suikun

S.Suikun

Thank you, SPPf! :)
Atsuko Nishida has done all of my favorites - Aquapolis Suicune, HL Milotic, UF Vaporeon, etc.

Favorite:
1. Atsuko Nishida
2. Mitsuhiro Arita
3. Kouki Saitou

Least:
1. Yukiko Baba
2. Hisau Nakamura
3. Miki Tanaka
I forgot his/her name, I will try and find one of my cards done by him/her, all I know is that make the pokemon look like plasticine (sp?)/ models
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Yuka Morii?
 
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Kakashi-Sharingan Warrior

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Shining Suikun said:
Atsuko Nishida has done all of my favorites - Aquapolis Suicune, HL Milotic, UF Vaporeon, etc.

Favorite:
1. Atsuko Nishida
2. Mitsuhiro Arita
3. Kouki Saitou

Least:
1. Yukiko Baba
2. Hisau Nakamura
3. Miki Tanaka

Yuka Morii?
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Yuka Morii

that's the one!
Yuka does them well but I just don't like the style...
 
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Shiloh Phoenix

Super Coordinator
Favorite: mitsuhiro arita-the most realistic style, look at the backgrounds on dunsparce, SS espeon for example(FRLG clefairy was hilarious, I don't care what you say)
2nd: atsuko nishida, love the soft textures, their cards are beautiful.
3rd: yuka morii-ditto charmander, classic.
 
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shadow_bind

Gizmomancer supreme
That's something unique about Pokemon: many different artists can depict the same Pokemon in their own style. Kagemaru Himeno, Mitsuhiro Arita and Kouki Saitou are definitely some of the best artists. Here are some some of my favourites which haven't been mentioned in the posts above:

Hajime Kusajima:
This artist is very versatile - he can go from bold illustrations to soft watercolour illustrations. My favourites: SS Sableye, Emerald Exploud line, UF Thyplosion line, DS Dratini and Dragonair, DX Plusle and Minun. There are a lot more, but I won't list them here :).

Midori Harada:
His illustrations have very muted colours - but don't always turn out well. My favourites: HL Banette, SS Cradily

Naoyo Kimura:
His ilustrations always have nice soft colours. They should get him to make more illustrations - and put Miki Tanaka and Yukiko Baba out of their jobs. My favourites: TRR Ratatta, SS Absol

Sumiyoshi Kizuki:
His illustrations lack shading, but have a unique style: My favourites: HL Castform line (Snowcloud Castform was the best), TRR Azumarill, TRR Togetic

Kyoko Umemoto:
Like Kizuki, his illustrations also lack shading. A poorer counterpart to Kizuki, Umemotos works can range from good (my favourite: SS Illumise, FRLG Wigglytuff, HL Electrode) to just plain ugly (DX Lunatone and Solrock)

Aya Kusube:
For some reason, I don't like his newer style beginning from the TRR set onwards. His crosshatching technique is very nice. My favourites: FRLG Shellder, Cloyster and Cubone, HL Chinchou, DX Sableye

Emi Miwa:
His illustrations were only featured in one set: Team Rocket Returns, but I think he's responsible for the FRLG booster pack art as well. My favourites: Dark Ampharos, Dark Magneton, Dark Dragonair.

Woah, that's one long post...
 
S.Suikun

S.Suikun

Thank you, SPPf! :)
Hajime Kusajima has shifted styles more than anybody else. Quite frankly, I like his original style best, the ones for the e-Reader sets (EXP Meganium and the like).
 
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pokéfan176

Guest
My favorites are Ken Sugimori and Tomokazu Kamiya.

I don't have any least favorites
 
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Vaporeon

Coral Eye Trainer
I've always had a thing for Mitsuhiro Arita's illustrations since the beginning. You can practically tell which ones are hers as well, they are pretty unique.
 
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Kohdok

Veteran artist
I've been a fan of Mistuhiro for a while, too, but Atsuko Nishida is coming up fast. I like Kagemaru Himeno, too.

I'm not a terrible fan of the Ken Sugimori stuff, as it's just the original concept art thrown onto a photoshopped background, but I know how difficult artistry is an can understand why they'd take that approach to save time.
 
SkittyOnWailord

SkittyOnWailord

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My favorites ilustraters are Imakuni, Shizurow and Ryo Ueda.
As for leased favorite, I would have to say Tomokazu Komiya.
 
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Pkmn_Collector

Go Go Power Rangers
Esperante said:
Masakadu Fukuda is awesome... especially MD Dialga. That thing is a work of art.
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yea that dialga is a nice one.its kinda shocking to see the card drawers actually go to TCG worlds and my least favorite would be Ken Sugimori.but thats just me
 
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Spoinky

becstar xoxo!!
I personally like the thick lines Lee HyunJung used on Clefairy from Secret Wonders and Emi Yoshida's Shuckle from Secret Wonders.

Yusuke Ohmura did wonders on Bidoof in Mysterious treasures aswell.

I personally am not a fan of Ken Sugimori's cards since the art is official art and usually, the backgrounds look "unofficial" since they are photos and are not hand-drawn therefore making the Pokemon look out of place.
 
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