Frost
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So for people such as myself who collect Pokemon cards but don't have duels with them (haha, are they called "duels" in real life? My only point of reference is the TCG Game Boy game), one of the most important factors of a Pokemon card is the artwork. And the cool thing to me about the TCG is that there are so many different card artists who all have very distinctive styles.
My favorite artist is Atsuko Nishida. I'm not certain of this artist's gender, but I've seen a female artist named Atsuko Nishida in search results so I'll assume she's a woman. Anyway, I really like Atsuko Nishida's style. More recently it looks like she uses watercolors in her artwork, and she really has a knack for bringing out the cuteness in a Pokemon (example: my avatar). Admittedly her style doesn't work as well when she draws Pokemon that are less cute, but she's still a very solid and capable artist.
Ken Sugimori is always great, of course, but his cards do get a little boring because they use the same promotional art that you can see anywhere. I really liked when he made some new drawings for the Kanto Pokemon in the Gym Heroes/Challenge sets because they differed from his typical style a little bit (Misty's Poliwag?) and weren't the same old promotional pictures.
In fact, the only TCG artist whose work I don't care for is Tomokazu Komiya. Honestly, the first card of his that I ever saw was Neo Genesis' Slowpoke, and I always thought that Slowpoke looked like it was melting in that card's picture. And, unfortunately, I feel that a lot of Tomokazu Komiya's art looks just as bad as this Slowpoke card, with many of his Pokemon randomly sweating or looking uncomfortable, not to mention having horrible poses and/or abstract styles and backgrounds. (See: Dark Slowking.) I know nothing about this artist as a person, but his artwork tends to be incredibly bizarre.
What do you guys think about the artists?
My favorite artist is Atsuko Nishida. I'm not certain of this artist's gender, but I've seen a female artist named Atsuko Nishida in search results so I'll assume she's a woman. Anyway, I really like Atsuko Nishida's style. More recently it looks like she uses watercolors in her artwork, and she really has a knack for bringing out the cuteness in a Pokemon (example: my avatar). Admittedly her style doesn't work as well when she draws Pokemon that are less cute, but she's still a very solid and capable artist.
Ken Sugimori is always great, of course, but his cards do get a little boring because they use the same promotional art that you can see anywhere. I really liked when he made some new drawings for the Kanto Pokemon in the Gym Heroes/Challenge sets because they differed from his typical style a little bit (Misty's Poliwag?) and weren't the same old promotional pictures.
In fact, the only TCG artist whose work I don't care for is Tomokazu Komiya. Honestly, the first card of his that I ever saw was Neo Genesis' Slowpoke, and I always thought that Slowpoke looked like it was melting in that card's picture. And, unfortunately, I feel that a lot of Tomokazu Komiya's art looks just as bad as this Slowpoke card, with many of his Pokemon randomly sweating or looking uncomfortable, not to mention having horrible poses and/or abstract styles and backgrounds. (See: Dark Slowking.) I know nothing about this artist as a person, but his artwork tends to be incredibly bizarre.
What do you guys think about the artists?
