Inspiring Themes - Fakemon

[Art ideas to live by]

Since the debut of “Pokemon Red Version” and “Pokemon Blue Version” in September 1998, Pokemon has captured the hearts and inspired the imaginations of countless fan artists from across the world.

According to Know Your Meme, “Fakemon refers to non-canonical Pokemon character sprites and artworks created by fans of the popular Japanese franchise. Since the Pokemon character sprites are relatively small in size, modification of canonical Pokemon can be easily done through graphic-editing programs such as MS Paint or Photoshop. The techniques can range from simple re-colourings, ‘splicing’ new sprites by combining parts of older sprites, or creating new ones altogether from scratch.” and it’s origins are internet culture related. 

“In the mid to late 90’s, a website called ‘Mewthree and Frogglet’s Pokémon Factory’ was launched to create an open forum for development and archival of fan-made Pokemon sprites. The site name was later simplified to ‘Pokémon Factory’” 

Even to this day Fakemon continues to be an ongoing trend resembling the art of OC (original character) fan art. The above images are an amazing series of Fakemon cover art pieces for original pokemon game concepts designed by SevenSeaSaurus on deviantART.

For further exploration into the subject looking at these links and artists are recommended:

http://fakemon-creators.deviantart.com

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/fakemon

http://deidara-fuuka.deviantart.com

http://clowcardruler.deviantart.com/gallery/

http://dragonith.deviantart.com/gallery/

http://greatmik.deviantart.com/gallery/11009228

http://cachomon.deviantart.com/gallery/109667

http://pokefactory.pokemology.com