This 3-month-old Lugia only learned how to fly 2 weeks ago and so, while his parents weren't looking, he flew off on his own, seeking fun and adventure. Sometime later, he was flying and enjoying the sights. But then, a Dragapult appeared out of nowhere directly in front of the poor baby Lugia and scared him so much that he began to fall from the sky. The poor thing was so scared that he forgot how to fly and as he was falling from high in the sky, he began to cry and was calling out for his mommy and daddy to save him, but nobody came. Luckily, when he thought that all hope was lost, he landed and bounced on the back of a giant Lugia parade balloon, stopping his fall and saving him from certain doom. After drying his tears, the baby Lugia realized that this "Lugia" was very bouncy and started to bounce up and down on the thing, not knowing exactly what this thing actually was, nor knowing that this "Lugia" was actually a parade balloon made by humans. For those wondering how it is that no humans noticed that a Pokemon was bouncing on this parade balloon and how did it not fly away, the balloon was anchored down to the ground below and the humans were elsewhere, making additional preparations for their upcoming parade, which was happening in a few hours. After bouncing for a while, the baby Lugia got tired, sat down on the balloon and took a nap. Several hours have passed and the human-organized parade has begun. When it came time for the humans to move the Lugia balloon down the parade route, the baby Lugia woke up and noticed that this "Lugia" started to "fly" forward gently so that he wouldn't roll off the balloon. He then heard the sounds of cheering and saw some small, strange objects raining from the sky as he and the Lugia balloon continued to move forward. Not knowing what was going on, he just sat back and took in the view, enjoying the ride while smiling ear to ear while the humans continued to cheer down below, unaware that a baby Lugia was riding on one of their parade balloons. When both the baby Lugia and the Lugia parade balloon reached the end of the parade route, the humans anchored the balloon down once more and went off to finish the festivities elsewhere. As the sun began to set, the baby Lugia thanked the "Lugia" for not only saving his life but for allowing him to bounce on its back and have some fun after falling onto them earlier that day. He then remembered how to fly and flew back home, where his parents had been searching franticly for him all day, but couldn't find him anywhere until just now. After returning home, they scolded him for going off on his own and making them worry themselves sick. The baby Lugia apologized for his misdeeds and then, his parents grabbed and hugged him, thanking Arceus for keeping him safe while he was out and about on his own today.
I had this idea sitting on my list of ideas for a while due to Mom and I moving to our new home and not having time to draw anything new. I originally wanted to draw this before drawing the prior one featuring a Servine and Serperior after they bought a new home, but I did the other drawing first so that I could have it serve as an update of why I haven't drawn anything new in over 3 months. (TL;DR, life happened and I had higher priorities over drawing.) Talking about this drawing, I was originally going for a different angle when it came to the Lugia parade balloon, but I couldn't make it work, so I took a slightly different approach and simplified it a bit. Regardless, I really loved how this entire drawing turned out; from the baby Lugia to the Lugia parade balloon, it was a lot of fun to draw one of my favorite legendary Pokemon! I especially loved how I handled the shading and highlights on the Lugia parade balloon as they were the most fun part of the entire drawing process. After the background was drawn, I wanted to add something more to it to give a more celebratory vibe, like what one would see in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade in the form of confetti. When it came to drawing the confetti, I wasn't sure if I should've put it on the top layer above everything, or in the background layer behind the baby Lugia and the Lugia parade balloon, so I went with the latter as it looked better that way, in my opinion. Plus, I didn't want to take away any attention from the details and shading work from either the baby Lugia or the Lugia parade balloon. Overall, this was a fun drawing to do and it was a learning experience for drawing Lugia in general.
