#pmd portrait

I'd like to start making Grovyle fanart at some point, so here's my own redraw of his portrait for practice! I want him to be shapey...

Here's what I use for reference! Apparently the last artwork is from a limited edition poster. I had never seen it before and I absolutely love it now

Two little PMD Mudkip and Pikachu redraws I did to try to understand why I like the pixelart of this game (and these two portraits in particular) so so much. I added my own touch too, like that light outline under the lineart and polka dots here and there

It's still hard to describe why these are so nice, but at least something I realized that I love about the Pikachu one is how the mouth looks more like ":]" rather than ":3". Sadly the official illustration of this portrait has the 2nd mouth, so I tried to reflect my own vision

These were tough, but at least think I did a better job with Pikachu after practicing with Mudkip... It'd be nice to give these another try someday, I've got the feeling I could get even closer to the vibe the pixelart gives off!!

Btw these two are my Explorers of Sky team and my all time favourites, I love them so much... I got Pikachu, and Mudkip's called Parpy :] (random name I came up with as a kid)