This is one of the most subtly complex and challenging Pokémon to draw ever, I said completely seriously. After all, it's all the Pokémon together at once, and one of the most important Pokémon in the entire franchise. Maybe the second most popular Pokémon in the entire franchise up next.

Charizard, Victreebel, Golem, Gengar, and now Lapras is the 5th member of my Kanto team. Only 20 left to go for number six. Hint: the last one isn't a Legendary or Dragonite. Artistically, I'm really feeling like color is becoming a bigger deal. Matching the reference (between screems!) is TOUGH.

Shot from the club last night. @jennythewitch.bsky.social and I hitting the dance floor like the cool, popular socialites we are! #giantess #sizesky

At 4.5 (admittedly distracted) hours, this is definitely a new record. But Gyarados is totally worth it. The sketch alone was 2.5+ hours. Complicated Pokémon from a tough perspective. Not my favorite drawing, but still pleased overall with it.

At 4.5 (admittedly distracted) hours, this is definitely a new record. But Gyarados is totally worth it. The sketch alone was 2.5+ hours. Complicated Pokémon from a tough perspective. Not my favorite drawing, but still pleased overall with it.

Happy Thanksgiving to my American friends. Have a Fish. When I first set off to do this, I tried to resist the siren song of the digital "cheat" tools. Liquify, shape tools, moving/resizing. But I have used them to help me sketch. So I challenged myself to abandon them entirely for Magikarp.

Happy Thanksgiving to my American friends. Have a Fish. When I first set off to do this, I tried to resist the siren song of the digital "cheat" tools. Liquify, shape tools, moving/resizing. But I have used them to help me sketch. So I challenged myself to abandon them entirely for Magikarp.

Okay, this one is weird. First off, the sketch and lines went super smoothly. Between Tauros and Ponyta/Rapidash, I feel like hooved quadrupeds might just come naturally to me? For some reason? Second, color. The fur is significantly redder on my monitors compared to my iPad. I'm used to a...

Pinsir is the first Pokemon in a bit that felt good from start to finish. I really like the pincers, both for their shape and color/shading. Surprisingly, the "hardest" part were the arms. Spindly little sticks. Also the weirdest mouth in the Pokédex.

I always thought Magmar was the weirdest looking Pokemon in Gen One, and that opinion hasn't changed. He needs to go hang out with Bevis. Coloring was really fun on this guy. I did the flame color more manually than on previous Pokémon. Lends itself to Magmar's "style." We'll see how Moltres goes.

My pencil was running low on battery, so cheated the render, but here's Electabuzz. The feet were the hardest part. I'm still not entirely happy, but I'll take it. The head was tricky too, but I think I got it to look good enough. I'll be honest, I feel like I'm plateauing. Improvement slowing.

I thought she was supposed to be a fellow blue-hair enjoyer? Put this one back in the over for just a second to re-balance some of the colors. Colors are hard, and can really make a very noticeable difference. The hair render is the surprise win.

Scyther is one of my favorite Pokémon, but I'll always hate that they can't learn Fly. If they could, I'd have one on my team. But still one of the coolest visual designs. Complex, with a very dynamic pose, I was "afraid" of this one. Unfortunately, I'm not thrilled with the result. It's the head.

Here's my hot take. Mr. Mime's hands would be easier to get to look right if they were more human-like. His right hand (and how it overlaps with the hair) was needed the most tweaking. Followed by the shoes. No real render on this one, but that's okay. (Mr. Mime and Mrs. Ketchum fuck)

Of course the Mega Starmie in fishnets and boots would be my most-liked Pokémon drawing. I blame @aninnocentowl.bsky.social. I hope you're happy.

The challenge with Starmie is the same as Staryu, mostly in the lighting. Gold/shiny surfaces are hard to be convincing with. But also the perspective on the core jewel. It's not facing straight toward the viewer. After the announcement of Starmie's mega evolution... Check the reply if you dare.

Staryu was more challenging than I was expecting. Very human (Machoke) and very geometric Pokémon (Staryu) both need to be very accurate to look "right" since it's much easier to notice mistakes. That and a surprisingly complex coloring and lighting made this one trickier than expected.

Not my best outing lately as far as accuracy to the reference. Especially the black spots I just kinda went for "close enough" and "feeling right." But overall I think it works. Fuck yeah, Seaking!

There's something I find deeply disturbing about a fish with Rolling Stone lips. Banged out the lines super efficiently on this one. It was the color that took forever. Getting the hue on the red-orange was a huge pain. Not to mention the weirdness of shading those fins. Are they translucent?

For as complex as Seadra is, it took me just over two hours. A little more than twice as long as Kangaskhan, and I have no real idea why. Seadra might also be the Pokemon that has the most (important) highlights, outside of eye glints. I still hate spirals, but I think it might be the last one...

This is the start of a run of 6 pure water Pokémon in a row. And, in my opinion, represents the last of the "mundane" Pokémon before we get into the stretch of 30 or so (mostly) "unique" endgame Pokémon. Grab your Super Rods. And I still hate spirals.

At four total hours, Kangaskhan is the Pokémon that has taken me me the longest. I'm not really sure why. I was a little distracted but not too bad. They're complex but not an hour more than Rhydon. Maybe I just need to work on being more fluid in my sketching. Leaving the Safari Zone next.

When I first started this whole thing, I took a glance through the Pokémon, and decided that I was most afraid of Tangela. That fear was justified. I didn't even bother trying to be super accurate to the reference. Just tried to get it to look good enough. Not perfect, but better than expected.

Can I offer you an egg in this trying time? After Rhyhorn and Rhydon, Chansey was a nice and simple one. I think she might be the last pink puffball in Gen One. But in other news, the one Pokémon I've been afraid of the most in the entire list is up next. Stacy, give me strength...

Two today. My goal is still to try and finish before the end of the year. It'll mostly depend on how busy I am over the holidays. Or if I spend my Sundays drawing two Pokémon while watching football. Rhydon felt like redemption for Nidoking way back when. Very similar, but I've gotten better!

I had a lot of trouble with the sketch for Rhyhorn. There's so many shapes and overlapping plates, to get them to all look good relative to each other meant a lot of trial and error. But I think I managed to salvage it. I was thinking this would be really bad. Turned out okay. Shading helps too.

Happy Halloween everyone! A moderately spooky Pokémon, I guess? Weezing is very lumpy. So that made the shading an interesting challenge. Especially on the "stomach" of the larger head. Also, the gas clouds have black outline, where Koffing's had colored lines. Tough one next.

Matte screen cover part 2. Felt better about it this time. Doesn't help with sketching, but felt like I was better able to ink over my sketch more precisely. So, that's good? The gas puffs I felt like I could get better, but maybe I'll see how it goes when I try it again next time.

I'm very hard to argue with. =) #sizesky

Just a cute selfie with friends! #sizesky

So, I got a paper-like screen cover for my iPad. I’m not sure if I like it or not yet. Made blending feel great but didn’t help my sketch accuracy. And it makes the screen less clear and a little tough to use at times. I’ll give it a chance, since it’s removable. But we’ll see if I keep it.

Got lazy again with the rendering, but for it still took me nearly three hours. The problem with the human-like Pokémon is that they are definitely in the Uncanny Valley. Those are not human legs. But they are close enough to look wrong. Also clothing and pleats are hard???

Why do fighting type Pokémon need to have muscles? (Sarcasm). Also basically didn't bother rendering. Most interesting part of Hitmonlee is the fact the two legs have a different number of segments from each other. Weird. But that's how the reference is. One kick man today. One punch man tomorrow.

Not quite as good as Cubone, but still a fun one. Unfortunately Marowak just isn't quite as interesting as the child. Also, maybe the weirdest hand in the entire Pokédex? Pair of fighters up next.

This one I'm really proud of. For as much as I wasn't "feeling it" for Exeggcute and Exeggutor, I "felt" Cubone the whole way. The skull has some of the most complex rendering (and most different values) of any Pokémon so far (that I've noticed) in the references. So here we are. Halloweeny too!

A little something something for Orc-tober. (I know she's a Goblin, shut up!) Coming very soon. #giantess #巨大娘 #sizesky

This one I'm really proud of. For as much as I wasn't "feeling it" for Exeggcute and Exeggutor, I "felt" Cubone the whole way. The skull has some of the most complex rendering (and most different values) of any Pokémon so far (that I've noticed) in the references. So here we are. Halloweeny too!

Another one that I had trouble with. But, I felt like I was able to actually recover after being pretty unhappy with the initial sketch. So, progress, I guess? Also, for the record, I both love and hate doing leaves/fronds like this.

Despite being pretty straightforward, I don't want to admit how much I struggled with these guys. Don't look at the one on the far right... I could have done better shading, but just kind of phoned it in. But that's okay. Don't all need to be masterpieces.

Officially two thirds of the way through. Another orb to ponder. And least the next one has several. And not spheres.

Twig on a micro adventure. #shrinkingwoman #shrink #sizeplay #size-difference

Big number 100. I've been pondering this (volt)orb. I considered between trying to stick with the reference and its lighting versus "full realism ball on table" lighting. I decided to stick with the reference. I'd expect the key light to be larger. But I did add a core shadow and bounce light!

More time for Kingler, so he gets a proper render. This one was a lot more fun than Krabby. Not sure why. Maybe not needing it to look (mostly) symmetric. These are taking longer, but I feel like the rendering especially is better than I've been able to do in the past. And it's still complex.

More time for Kingler, so he gets a proper render. This one was a lot more fun than Krabby. Not sure why. Maybe not needing it to look (mostly) symmetric. These are taking longer, but I feel like the rendering especially is better than I've been able to do in the past. And it's still complex.

Hey, it's spooky month. That's fun. But I'm old. And tired. Instead have a Krabby. Low key a surprisingly tough and complex Pokémon. I ran out of time so I cheated the render by just gaussian blurring my shadow and highlight. Sue me. I'll have more time for Kingler tomorrow.

All hail the Hypno. The first vaguely humanoid Pokémon in a while, and the most human-like hand/fist since the Machop line. Had a bit of fun with the medallion. Still working on my lines and line weights. Getting more comfortable with it though.

A flat two hours for Drowzee. I'm to the point where after spending so much time on the last few I definitely think I could improve or do more with "simpler" Pokémon like Drowzee if I invested more time. But it's nice to know that I can do more (shading detail) than I used to in a given time.

Juno gets home from work as sees that Heather has already made her some dinner. She hungrily gulps down the steaming hot pasta, unaware that her tiny girlfriend is now nothing more than a speck of seasoning in her meal... #sizesky #giantess #unaware #giantessvore

Rock texture. Onix was both straightforward and pretty complex at the same time. Lots of lines. I'm not 100% happy with his head/face, but it works. After the last few, I need to pick up the pace and not sink 3+ hours into each one to tweak it just right. Next few are simpler, which will help.

Yeah, I don't know if I have time to take care of you... #sizesky