jirachi fan art

[wilbie]

hello! earlier this year, when i was thinking of something to create for my monthly artwork challenge i have going on this year, i had the perfect pokemon to fit a design i had in mind, and i think it turned out pretty nicely; jirachi is one of my favourite pokemon, and i seldom stumble across depictions of it with its eye open, so i thought that would be really nice :)

the image is designed to emphasize the eye, but i made an alt with prettier colours too! i hope you guys like it, however many of you may see it!

[DrampardonMe]

Nice work on both! Regarding the first: considering what you were going for, I'd have suggested maybe giving its true eye a glowing outline so it pops a bit more, but no problems with it, besides! I definitely like the second version!

Jirachi is definitely a cool event legendary, but somehow I went all this time not only not realizing Jirachi had an eye on its stomach, but that its Gen III sprites show its eye open, but... not in the rest? Reminds me how one of the Pokedex entries says Weezing churns gas between its two heads, but we never actually see that happen, even though that'd be super cool and/or freaky. (Neither here nor there, though, haha)

[wilbie]

ah you're totally right with the glow, that would have been just what it needed, i think. thank you!
the eye being open is something i genuinely never see depicted in fanart even though its so evocative! i forgot it had one too, i was actually gonna draw it anyway but when i was searching for references, i was looking at the fold of skin and realised it would be really cool; maybe i could have done something cooler with it had i planned for it earlier. there are a bunch of weird quirks with some pokemon that are very little known! the weezing fact i didnt know and that is pretty freaky to me hahaha