#leafweek2024

When I saw the prompt for today, I was like. Hm. Where has Leaf gone where there is a lot of water?

Well, Ken Sugimori illustrated a place exactly like that in 2005. It's quite a sober image, but it's nice to see Leaf spending some time in the Hoenn region. I'm sure she found May during her travels there- powerful trainers always seem to wind up in the same places.

As she's in Hoenn, she needed an updated outfit. I wanted to give her something black, but the heat of Hoenn and a black outfit would be too much for the Kanto-raised her. I instead gave her green, suiting her name and giving a nod to Emerald.

Another fun fact: The landscape they're taking a photo of is Kyushu, an island in Japan that Hoenn is based off of. All games before generation 5 are based off of locations in Japan, so you can play all of them to get a small hint of Japanese geography!

And below is my version of the postcard with some scribbles on it :)

That's it for today !

I wanted to do a little style change! Whats more legendary than an ink-scrawled parchment?

I know I haven't completely followed the rules of Leaf Week- skipping around days, posting out of order- but what is the use of Leaf week if it isn't fun? There will be one last Leaf-inspired post after this one. Stay tuned! ;)

I'm not sure what else there is to say here. There's a hero who went shopping stopping by for some cuisine :]

Credit to Blue Oak for the photo <3 thank you for your contribution

I'm having a lot of fun with these! Thank you so much for JuLeaf! ^^ If you want to check out the event, see #leafweek2024!

Ahhhaaaah I was planning to participate in Leaf Week since I heard about it but UM I AM A BIG PROCRASTINATOR… lets see if I can draw a picture of our girl a day *cracks knuckles*