My pokegirl refs are finally done!!!
Currently not going to bother with SM USUM because...I don't feel like it lmfao.
There's a few more girl protagonists I could take a crack at but my love/nostalgia for the protagonists mainly spans 1-6 generation wise since customization got so heavily featured overtime and this "AU" I guess is mostly centered on "OC" versions of the protagonists from Pokémon.
This is what childhood joy is made out of.
For more context: These gals are based on my personal playthroughs of Pokémon games and the redesigns match what I'd personally think is comfy to wear/what would be cute on them ^w^
I wanna draw them with the teams I end up/have already done for them!
I'm very excited about that.
Going down the list I'll give some fun details about each gal (Yes I'll draw the boys/companion versions down the line too! They won't be left out for long.)
I've decided for simplicity's sake "lore wise" my take on Gold is the same character from the GBC game to the remakes haha. So we get both outfits here.
The weird glitches I've done in Crystal virtual console are cannon to her adventure so she got caught in a time loop at the start of her journey resulting in her getting all three starters. (Because it's funny to me Dialga is messing with her)
She is also the same between OG Sapphire and AS. I binge played both games and mained Sapphire both times soooo. It fits.
Her mega stone is on her cute lil bow because I despise jewelry even when it's drawn. (...yes that's why all these ladies have none)
I also am very jealous all the important characters with keystones get to have CUSTOM STUFF. It's truly not fair.
Haven't actually PLAYED her game yet so not much to say about her other than I adore this redesign and I love her so much. 😭
I wasn't just gonna name her "White" because that'd be silly as hell so she gets that as a last name I guess lmfao.
Her and Rosa don't have too much design changes because uhhh I happen to have a LOT of nostalgia for gen 5's protags and you can't add much to perfection. Her and Rosa have similar changes though since they deal with the cold (Especially Rosa because of kyurem's role in the story) I gave them jackets. ^w^ Girls need to be comfy.
Random detail that Pearl similarly got more coverage because that walk to snow point SUCKS.
Lady Y is the reason I began this project.
When replaying Pokémon Y I decided to have my character be a cute girl who's obsessed with fashion be my vision for her character and it stuck the entire time I played.
She's a model. And Shauna is her GF.
Her full name is "Yveltal"...Because it's hilarious to me she just so happens to be named after the Pokémon known for sucking the life out of things. But her friends call her "Lady Y" because it makes her sound fancy.
She loves fighting trainers in that stupid battle chaetae which is how she funds her shopping sprees for clothes.
Her other interests are pokedex completion but ALL the pokegirls shown are deep into that so that's not a particularly special thing for her to do.
Her Ace is an Aegislash named "Sword".
She deeply apposes Lysandre because she thinks he's a pussy who can't except "The beauty of decay".
Her starter was Chespin who she basically immediately boxed lmfao. Idk what that says about her but it's what I did in my playthrough X'DDDD
Aegislash basically BECAME her starter and she had a Charizard.