So what exactly comes to mind when you hear the word pokemon? Cute? Cuddly? Furry?
Pikachu here is displayed as your typical mouse pokemon and it actually kind of cute. But Mew and Poliwrath? Mew looks like a naked cat and Poliwrath, is it eating a poliwag?
The grotesque and unusual nature that these were drawn were surely to stir up some controversy amongst the pokemon fans. Thus this resulted into comments that were in a love/hate battle. Some people were ecstatic about the way these turned out:
Others, not so much:
The comments that caught my interest however, was a debate between a person under the pseudo 'D' and few others including previously shown TalonFlame.
This mainly piqued me because of the way he stated his opinions so negatively, especially with the line "but it is my opinion that this person needs to see a therapist because apparently they live in a world where every creature is a gross monster". To me, that comment was uncalled for and very disrespectful to the artist. But then again, I'm probably just a little offended though because I think the drawings are awesome and I'm just morbid like that.
The comments that caught my interest however, was a debate between a person under the pseudo 'D' and few others including previously shown TalonFlame.
Usually I could care less about hate posts, but the way this 'D' portrayed himself through his comments made me feel in a way uncomfortable. I believe everyone has the right to their own opinions but it should be respectable and not in a way that could be perceived in a hurtful manner. This 'D' guy didn't try at all to sugarcoat his comments and even more it seemed like he was judging the artist and also the other commenters like he knew who they were. He didn't really seem to care about what he was saying and who it affected, just as long as he could state what he wanted to say.
This mainly piqued me because of the way he stated his opinions so negatively, especially with the line "but it is my opinion that this person needs to see a therapist because apparently they live in a world where every creature is a gross monster". To me, that comment was uncalled for and very disrespectful to the artist. But then again, I'm probably just a little offended though because I think the drawings are awesome and I'm just morbid like that.
Man, I grew up in the Pokemon generation and I personally think these works of art are amazing. It really pains me to see people tear other peoples' work apart. I think D failed to follow the childhood rule of "if you have nothing nice to say, don't say anything at all." I think he didn't realize the difference between constructive criticism and being a butthead.
ReplyDeleteThose images are really well done. People need to say something bad about good stuff it seems. Now a days a majority of video games have horrible monsters in it, so its understandable people would draw things like this. It's a common sight to see really.
ReplyDeleteHaha, I remember pokemon, and I also remember seeing these images on the internet. Regardless of how grotesque these images are, you cant deny the artistic skill that went into them. I think this type of media is called: "alternative art"? Either way, i've seen this done with other video games too, sometimes even movies or characters from books. Its also another sad example about how people get angry on the internet, for no apparent reason. Awesome post.
ReplyDeleteI grew up with Pokemon and LOVE these pictures, they didn't "ruin my childhood" at all. I'm glad you put many different comments from people so we could see the many different views on these pictures. Its not like the creators of Pokemon are going to start making them look like that, this was a person expressing their creativity. Great post!
ReplyDeleteI as well grew up with Pokemon in my childhood life and during that time Pokemon was everything! I feels like today, Pokemon is not as much as a big topic area in kids or teens. Pokemon is slowly dieing....I once came upon on the new episode of Pokemon while flipping through the channel on TV and notice that Pokemon was not the same as before, it has changed. All the new Pokemon looked different compared to back then and I believe if they would change the art drawing into my realistic characters, then I believe this beats the purpose of the original show. I at times understand why people get angry when they modify that means something significant or something that have been in their life for a long time. Different people have different opinion and thoughts, we have to respect them because we all think differently :)
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