Creatures Announces Winners of 2020 Illustrator’s Contest! By: Water Pokémon Master Posted 6 months ago to TCG 17 comments Creatures has announced the top eight finalists for this year’s illustrator contest! The theme of this year’s contest was “Cool Moments in Pokemon.” Artists could submit artwork of Charizard, Pikachu, Tyranitar, Milotic, Lucario, Genesect, Wishiwashi, or Zacian. The Pokemon had to be shown in forests or towns. The winner of the competition is an artist named “Jiro.” Their Charizard artwork will be made into a promo card in the future. They will also receive 300,000 yen in prize money (about $2,800). The judges stated the following (via machine translation): The flow of the air around the Charizard, the flame at the end of the tail, and the way the sand dust dances at the feet are wonderful. I really like the way the shadows and clouds fall on the stadium, and the space and air that can be felt in the illustrations. The solid strength of Charizard and the tension immediately before the battle are beautifully expressed. While there were many vibrant submissions, this artwork had a distinctly airy atmosphere. The composition of the drawing is also wonderful. It looks very cool how Charizard is going to fight. It’s a highly complete illustration with various techniques masterfully deployed like lighting, coloring, and details. The second place winner was “Kusunoki Sun” with a Wishiwashi illustration. They will receive 100,000 yen in prize money (about $930). This is the piece that I found to be the most dramatic of all the submissions. The walls and bottom of the water are drawn with a rough touch, but I thought that it matched the situation the sardine was placed in. From the wounded appearance and expression of Wishiwashi, it is a work that tells an impressive story with a single image. I want to see what will happen next. The background is rough, but I think it captures the three-dimensional effect and transparency of the water. It is very well depicted. The Pokemon has gone through various hardships and come out with the tears overflowing from his eyes and wounds all over his body. Third place is “takuyoa” with a Genesect drawing. They will also receive 100,000 yen in prize money (about $930). I think it’s a piece that feels very moving due to the cords torn off, the details in the debris, and the pose of Genesect. The depth of the painting made it stand out. The details of Genesect’s body are well-balanced. The shape is simple, but I felt that the texture was expressed well without being cheap. The blue lighting of the research facility in the background and the yellow light of the Genesect beam contrast with the colors, and they are very cool. The following illustrations also received acknowledgment from the judges. Each of the five artists will receive 50,000 yen (about $466). There were 4,050 entries total. The top 50 artists were announced back in April: takuyoa さん yorikane さん シブリンガル さん タケノコ太郎 さん でんぢ さん ユウイチ さん DyG さん Ho-oh リン さん TAPI岡 さん ヒダヤト リアンティ さん ヤマタカ さん 砂川 宗一郎 さん ○A さん crudefish さん シトニ さん スズキイオリ さん ナカジマ ユウキ さん ひらやま さん ささしままい さん ノズル さん みる さん 魚野景 さん 仁子 さん えすてぃお さん タケノコノコ さん ぱにぱに さん 白砂かに さん 畑 健太朗 さん Ca.OF-3 さん momo irone さん えぐざ さん 楠木 燦 さん 末宮 市悠 さん 西廻り航路。 さん N氏 さん あいらんど さん カサイタイガ さん せんこんさん。 さん にそにそ さん 雲丹海苔 さん 金井 亮介 さん 雉本 ユーヒ さん 次郎 さん 橋本ルウ さん AKI さん sgtoon さん ハチ さん 黒井ススム さん 塩見キキ さん 西山はな さん
It's a pity that only that Charizard will be made into a promo card when nearly all of the top 50 illustrations could easily be made into promo cards or even normal set cards. I almost wish that the other top 50 illustrators were given $50 each for use of their illustration so that they could be used. Mind you, that'd be setting us up for far too many Charizard, Pikachu, Tyranitar, Milotic, Lucario, Genesect, Wishiwashi and Zacian cards.
Same ol' same ol' haha all of these drawings are INSANE but my favorites got runner up status, which happened last time too I think. Oh well, there is some serious talent here.
Easiest way to win a Pokemon illustrator contest? Draw Charizard facing away from the camera.... Personally my favorite card from all of these is sgtoon’s Lucario.
Lucario deserves to lose. Charizard is always a money bringer, so I'm guessing not many here can afford them right?
The last one was the japan only charizard v and charizard vmax which was like 2 months ago, and before that there was the braixzard alternate art around 7 months ago uwu
To me the winning Charizard isn't even the best Charizard entry (the Charizard that got the judge award is much better), much less the overall winner. lol
Ok, so most of these are actually incredible. Cant say I agree with the positions but hey im not the judge, why cant they just use more of them on cards its not like the artists would say no ? and that pikachu..
Yeah, honestly I actually like most of the other Charizard entries over the one that actually won the thing. There's quite a lot of entries I actually like over some of the top picks but that might just be personal preference. (That crazy looking Tyranitar with the purple and the green, the judge-acknowledged Zard and the Lucario in the alley would have made it in my top picks I think, but there's a lot of good ones here).
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It wasn't my favorite art in the contest (Quite a few I would have picked over it, Charizard and otherwise) but I still wouldn't mind getting my hands on one of these at some point. Granted, it is Japanese and every time I say I'm gonna collect a JP card I forget and then it's a million billion dollars. (276-XY-P Charizard is the one that I regret most).
