I mentioned posting these designs here at some point but I wanted to wait until ZA was out so here they are! These are from last year, there's a Patreon collection for all of my pokemon AU posts.
I've talked more about this on patreon but in summary:
Steve used to be a gym leader, pressured to be one by his parents. He got tired of it and now works at a pokemon salon.
Eddie, still bitter from the battle he lost against Steve when they were kids, has been training hard so that he could finally beat him, only to find out that Steve no longer battles.
I based all of the designs on the characters' existing outfits. Robin on her s4 outfit, and Dustin and Erica are based on their season 3 looks. Dustin is the typical pokemon nerd, his pokemon being an electric type that can help him power up his inventions. I think Erica could be the president of a kids' Pokemon Fan Club, and I made her design with that in mind since the Fan Clubs in the games are all about cute pokemon.
Chrissy's pokemon was pretty easy to decide haha. For Nancy I chose Sylveon because the colors matched her dress from s4, and Sylveon is a cute but strong pokemon. In this AU she's a journalist as well.
"Do something to stop the killing" says the voice on Daniel Pineda's driving club track. Rhythm 2 Revolt is a compilation of tracks from artists based in Los Angeles and the world, building on the tendrils of the growing global cultural movement of solidarity and resistance against genocidal and fascistic oppression. All proceeds will be split between The Gaza Mutual Aid Solidarity Fund and NDLON's Immigrant Defense Fund.
Compilation mastered by @wavwitch [of @bydoubledate]