I must admit that if it wasn't for this commission I'm not sure at all if I would've gotten around to do a piece with Dialga, Palkia and Giratina together. I always thought their designs would be too much of a challenge or a stretch to convert into Japanese styled creatures. True, it was a challenge, but with all the previous research and experience in this style it wasn't bad at all. Giratina's design was already done so that was the easy part. Dialga's design was inspired by qilin since they share a similar form and Palkia was mostly just a mix and match of things because it has even weirder anatomy than Dialga. I swear, I gotta do a proper Palkia study and perhaps a semi-realistic design some time to at least try to make some sense of it. I was also really inspired to do Arceus in this style as well. Maybe later!

Anyway, I'm personally very happy with how this one turned out. It was so much fun to work on a painting like this! God I love working with traditional stuff. There was a really special feel to this, too.

I hope you like it!

P.S. Finnish people can expect to see this as a print at conventions I'm going to attend, with the permission of the commissioner.

Media Coffee | Cartiera Magnani Portofino watercolour paper | Pentel Japanese ink brush | Watercolours | Winsor & Newton inks
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