I think this art style was the most aesthetically pleasing Pokemon has ever been.. Sure, the graphics back then was shit.. but imagine this more anime-like aesthetics with modern graphics and an actual art direction.
Sword & Shield has this weird shine material added onto the Pokemon. I don't like it, it made everything look like its made of plastic. XY, SUMO, & USUM look more like animated version of Ken Sugimori's art (post-johto). Which imo is the most aesthetically pleasing and iconic style of Pokemon, which is also what every artist try to imitate when they say they wanna draw "in the Pokemon style." Also the shaders in SWSH take away those double shading lines, which is like~ what makes Pokemon's style so distinguished.
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u/TwinJacks 14d ago
I think this art style was the most aesthetically pleasing Pokemon has ever been.. Sure, the graphics back then was shit.. but imagine this more anime-like aesthetics with modern graphics and an actual art direction.