#i have deep affection for bulbasaur as well though and i also love the bulbasaur/ivysaur cards in this set
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I absolutely LOVE the Squirtle/Wartortle illustrations by kantaro in Pokemon 151!
The Squirtle jumping so joyfully from the rock into the ocean, the colors are STUNNING! I love the contrast of the Squirtle's aqua blue framed in the vivid orange sky, the soft bit of blue reflecting in its shell and its tail just catching the sun, how little and squishy its body looks as it launches itself towards the water with such tremendous excitement!
The lineless style of the background gives me the feel of a travel poster and I sense the tropical environment around it from the rocks and trees framing the corners, the waterfall splashing with as much energy as the Squirtle!
The layered blues on the surface of the water and the bubbles rising at the corner make me FEEL the liquid rising to meet the Squirtle--I can just feel how the next moment it's going to break through and be immersed in a cool island swim!
And the Wartortle running along the sunset beach, this is somehow everything I always imagined for Wartortle! I adore the way the rich purple melts into the warm red/orange sky, the matching purple clouds and shadows in the foreground, and how the dimming sunlight glows red on Wartortle's deep blues!
I love how the yellow and orange of the sky illuminate the lapping waves, I can just feel the gentle motion of the sea at dusk. The aqua color of the ocean matches Wartortle's ears and tail and sets off the red-orange sand, I just love how the colors are here!
Wartortle looks so round and squishy, I love its happiness as it goes frolicking through the shallows, chasing the bubbles caught in the setting sun! The shine and deep shadow on its shell give it an almost jewel texture like real tortoise shell; I love the silhouetted splash Wartortle leaves as it goes running across the shore. It's so full of energy and delight at the end of a gorgeous day!
The colors in these are SO vivid and harmonized and the style is so cute and bursting with energy and joy. I just LOVE it (also Squirtle is my starter)
#pokemon#pokemon tcg#long post#i have deep affection for bulbasaur as well though and i also love the bulbasaur/ivysaur cards in this set#i SO wish we'd gotten art of the final evolutions in the same style as the pre-evos' standard cards!!#(yes i do love the full art ones but i also love the illustrations on the standard cards!)#from the way the settings in these two were going; i would have imagined blastoise to be set at night (??)#i LOVE pokemon cards. i can't keep up with every set but i started collecting again now and then a few years ago#and 151 has really got me wanting the full set the way i haven't since childhood. SO many beautiful illustrations (but there always are)#it's like having little pieces of art of my favorite characters and it's only.. slightly... less expensive than actually commissioning ....#i KNOW it's less expensive to buy the individuals online but it's so much less fun#part of the fun is having YOUR own pokemon journey ((going to the store)) and seeing what YOU encounter ((when you open the pack))#i do buy them online sometimes but i usually dont form as strong associations with them as when i open a pack in a certain setting or place#i tend to try to save them to open right before a significant event like starting something new or a holiday. so that i form associations#and it's like 'oh that's the galarian obstagoon from when my mom came home for christmas'#and 'that's the snorlax who reassured me when i was hurt'#i don't buy them too often so i've got to make it count#anyway i know i should wait for the prices on this one to come down because it's absolutely ridiculous#i didn't buy anything at release because i was like $6 for one booster pack??? but i couldn't take just sitting and watching them sell out#i really like the poster because i can look at so many beautiful pictures all together#i could say stuff like this about literally every pokemon illustration (if i had time to write it out) and sometimes i've wanted to#i just chose these two because these are a couple of my original favorite pokemon and i just couldn't keep it to myself. i LOVE these
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So I see a lot of people that talk about the differences between Pokemon and Digimon often bring up the evolution methods between each series, and I gotta say, while I think, overall, Pokemon has a way more cohesive and visually appealing evolution, I think Digimon has a way better thought and concept behind it.
Neither are bad, at all, as both are doing their own thing, and trying to compare them is ultimately not a great idea. But, if I had to choose, Digimon is my preferred (though I might be biased).
The reason, for me, that I prefer Digimon, has to start from the ground up.
So, for Pokemon, evolution is straightforward. Bulbasaur is a small frog creature with a bulb in its back, that evolves into a larger frog with a budding plant in the form of Ivysaur, and then into a much larger frog with a veritable tree growing out of its back in the form of Venusaur.
Pokemon evolution is the maturing, sometimes metamorphosis of a young animal into an adult one.
Digimon, on the other hand, isn't straightforward. Many of the Baby forms are simple shapes with faces - blank canvases if you will, with a general theme at best. From there, you can get Digimon like Agumon - a dinosaur-like reptile creature - who then turns into Greymon, a much larger dinosaur creature, but Agumon could also instead turn into Meramon, which is just a humanoid made of fire. Agumon has also been seen turning into Tyrannomon, which is another big dinosaur, which arguably looks more like Agumon than Greymon, as well as Numemon, which is a small slug monster.
From there, Digimon like Greymon can turn into the fierce Metal Greymon, but Tyrannomon can turn into Metal Greymon too. It's not mutually exclusive. Greymon can also turn into Mamemon, which isn't even a dinosaur, but a small metal ball with a face and big fists.
It seems convoluted and messy on the surface when it comes to Digimon evolution, and you may wonder why I like it better. And that has to come down to it's theme - whereas Pokemon is simply the maturing of a species, Digimon is based on change through life experiences.
The reason Agumon can become Greymon and Numemon isn't because both are logical evolutions for Agumon, but because a Digimon's appearance is merely a representation for us of what's going on in the inside of that Digimon. Agumon turns into Greymon when they are trained by their Tamer well, focusing on their strengths. Greymon looks logical because there's some level of intent there. Numemon, however, is what (generally) happens when Agumon has been lazy and maybe a bit filthy. A tamer may find their Agumon has become a Numemon if they don't clean up after them enough or otherwise mistreat them. A lifestyle that isn't optimal results in Agumon becoming something of a slob, perhaps, and this becomes a physical form for them.
I think nothing portrays this better than the Baby's I briefly mentioned earlier. Baby Digimon are often simple in design, because as a baby, you don't know what you want to be yet. You might have some baked in things that affect your growth, but ultimately, you could be anything. Most Baby Digimon are basic for this reason.
While it's a great milestone in Pokemon for a Pokemon to evolve, it isn't saying anything deep or meaningful much of the time. Growth is inevitable, and as long as you work at it, it'll come.
In Digimon, however, every thing you do for yourself, and even the way your friends and loved ones treat you, shape your growth and determine what you may become. Beyond that, your limits are unbound, your potential infinite, and I find that beautiful.
And unlike Pokemon, in Digimon, you have the choice to start over if you want. If you don't like what you've become, if you're willing to let yourself try again, you can.
Raise yourself like a Digimon. Be who you want to be.
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