In an unexpected fit of inspiration for Pokemon Day 2022 I made a couple of Pokesuit designs for the heroines of the Pokemon universe. (OMG it's already the 10th one)

This time we see Warden Mai keeping watch over the northern Mountains of the Hisui Region. Perfectly adapted to the climate, her Weavile PokeSuit helps her to traverse the frozen ridges.

I chose Weavile for Mai because I wanted something with a typing I hadn't done yet. Also, since Weavile is fairly light on features, I knew it would be a challenge to flesh out the design as well. Since Mai is a grown woman, rather than the usually younger trainers, she also has a different bodytype compared to my other models. So I somehow had to mix super-agile and lightweight Weavile to Mai's more "sturdy" proportions. To convey that I decided to stay light on features, only emphasizing the red crown, which turned into the collar and the body, the feathers, which I used for the ankles and the tail, and of course the claws. I went for Wolverine-style wrist claws, so she can still use her hands with relative freedom, but on the feet made them extensions of the toes, so they can be used to dig into icy surfaces.

This was the first time I went for a snowscape in the background. I had to be very careful with lining out the mountains, so they don't vanish in the light blue sky. Thankfully I can do a little bit of color correction when I scan these in so it turned out very nicely. Where I want to improve next time is the distinction between the snow-covered and bare rock parts of the mountains, it feels like here I have too much snow, but for a first proof of concept it worked very well.

Made on: March 26 2022