I was writing a big long response, but you know what, nevermind. You're not worth my time, you already made up your mind. Next time just leave it at this, "I don't want to criticize since the artwork is both beautifully executed and designed and it is far from anything I could ever dream to do myself".

Please understand that you don't seem to get this project. It is translating cartoon characters to forms more befitting of the real world. I intentional seek out ways to bend pokemon designs into more real world ideas. I am not seeking to emulate gamefreak's style at all, not real sure why you brought that up. You…

I stay true to the source from my view. You're more than welcome to draw your own and "stay true to the source".

I thought the tortoise shell would be a very clever way to explain the flower neck. Amphibians are the only vertebrates that grow limbs as they age, seemed a perfect fit for dragonite.

I did though, they look like realistic versions of the character. Just adding detail to a cartoon doesn't make it realistic. You need to re-imagine it to fit within our real world.

I made dragonite a salamander because amphibians are the only vertebrates to grow limbs as they age. If you look closely at the charmander, its body is modeled after a green basilisk and can run upright, but spends most of its time on all fours. Charizard is char+lizard and his japanese name is Lizardon. It makes…

Thanks for that...

What does that mean?

Thanks so much :)

Oh dang, thanks for featuring my work again. This was a really great surprise =D

You should mention how he is only 20 years old. The guy is a prodigy.

You can watch it on hulu

Traverse a boundless world bound by a two dimensional gameplay plane

As a longtime 3D sonic fan, I think this game looks pretty bad. So by extension, maybe the general gamer will like it. Unleashed and Generations were amazing, but Colors was pretty rough. This is just Sonic Colors 2

Oh hey thats my Bossk illustration at 5:26

Its my Ivysaur

Oh shit. Thanks again for featuring my work Luke. I hope I can continue to impress down the line.

This was inspiring to me. I just made this

This was excellently crafted. To all the folks that whine about kotaku having no real journalism on their site, this should be enough to tied you over for a long ways to come.

Look at my username, its my real name. Now look up RJ Palmer on google.