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Some bsky shenanigans bc of this post

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Discord-inspired shitpost of these two losers (affectionately)

And yes the MC is guilty of being a Canari fan bc they literally watch her Pokemon tiktok stream in the train. They were just playing ignorant (and probably not as knowledgeable about her as Naveen and that one other fan otaku guy that I cannot remember the name of LOL)

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...Has it really been that long?

May 5th 2011 does not feel that long ago, yet it is. While I was working on my nuzlocke Pokemon White comic, I have drawn an anniversary pic more or less around this time of the year (browse the tag here). I stopped after I finally finished the project on Dec 24th 2017.

Revisiting this tradition again made me very nostalgic. While some stuff will probably sound repetitive, gonna yap about it under the cut.

I was a bored college student back in early 2011. I had just finished playing a nuzlocke of Pokemon Diamond, and had been nearly done drawing that comic. While I thought I was going to play HeartGold next, various technical difficulities with regards to the game made me pivot to playing something different. Coincidentally a new generation of Pokemon was coming up, and a nuzforum friend gave me a copy of Pokemon White (JP translated version). The info about the gameplay was scant due to Pokemon not yet implementing global releases, but I didn't care. Still played it as a nuzlocke for fun.

Despite all the flaws of the game (that I noticed some time after my first playthru), I had a great time. And it gave a good premise of what I wanted to show from a narrative standpoint. My first nuzlocke comic was a shitpost fever dream (not literally but does feel like it lol), I wanted to try my attempt at a slightly more serious story. And tbh, while the forums back in the day mostly had joke-y/comedic runs there were many who were receptive to such things. Probably helped I was one of the first gen 5 nuzlocke runs being posted then.

Compared to some of the more current nuzlocke/nuzlocke-derivative works I have been catching up on, my stuff is VERY basic. I guess that is why some people consider it a "classic" nuzlocke because I just sort of drew it without changing TOO much of the main game story beats. I did adapt things I picked up over the years being in the nuzlocke forums community (changed a lot since I joined, and still evolving!) but again, not super innovative. Just mostly solid story with mild case of infodumping but I was drawing it assuming I would never do professional works! I am still a hobby artist and in terms of direct financial profits, I have made nothing LOL.

GIven how I had finished the other comic in a few months, I had naively thought it would take me 3 years to get it all out.

...It would actually take me 6 years.

I think me going through different life changes definitely affected my pacing for drawing Myths of Unova. No longer I had the free time or the energy of a college kid. I decided to go through medical school and graduate school and would finish the main nuzlocke story late 2017, years before my actual MD/PhD graduation. I had hoped to make/finish a "minisequel" called Episode Grey before completely graduating...you'd think I would learn that such fast turnaround was not going to happen but lol. Post-doc woes/COVID fucked up a lot of things too, making me take breaks for mental health reasons. Now I am in a more stable life situation and "back" on the project but it is significantly slower. But I am stubborn and will work on it until the end. I still got my files of the next pages and it is being worked on slowly!

Even when I change fandoms and interests, I will always look back at this project fondly. Sure not all the stuff I wrote/drew aged well but hey, it is a time capsule of my work. The number of people who told me (anonymously or not, through various means) this comic made a positive impact means a whole lot, and I am not kidding that I have tried to save most of the comments/fanworks you guys have sent me.

How long will it finally all end? I have no idea. But I hope (whether you joined my wild ride from the beginning or more recently) that you had fun experiencing my creative works.

PS: drawing my "old" comic style was a wild ride god it is a jumpscare to me

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The funniest toxic girliepop ever

Her pose is from this

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Leif - Cheren's starter Snivy/Servine/Serperior

Wilbur - Bianca's Tepig/Pignite/Emboar

Zach - Nina's Oshawott/Dewott/Samurott

I know I posted the timeskip Zach gijinka ref recently but I kinda apparently never posted the Unova starter trio so here they are. These are drawn during 2021-2022

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My lil Hadron as DJ Rotom bc I see Rotom, I gotta draw Rotom

ALSO PLEASE MAKE THIS THING PLAYABLE IN MAINLINE YOU CANNOT TEASE ME LIKE THIS

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Some doodles I did for @pokeearthcollab96's charity event! It was a lot of fun and thanks to everyone who participated!!!

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....I apparently NEVER posted the updated Episode Grey gijinka designs of Zach and Laila here????? Like I drew this but this is the better ref. Well here they are!