Me: *gasp* Oh, my God! It’s a Dratini!
Mom: In the Wal-Mart? *pause* What’s Dratini?
Me: Cute, baby dragon.
Mom: Oh.
Me: But he’s underweight.
Dad: So feed him! Poor thing!
[Excited by this malnourished baby dragon, my parents take it upon themselves to drive me all over downtown, looking for Pokemon.]
Dad: Okay, so do you see anything around here?
Me: A Pidgey.
Dad: A Pidgey? I drove all the way out here for a PIDGEY?
Me: Oh, here’s a Magikarp!
Dad: That’s worse!
Mom: What’s a Magikarp?
Dad: A useless fish.
Mom: *pause* Can you feed it to the underweight baby dragon!?
Texas based artist Lauren fromThe Vintage Realmtakes pride in being a 90s kid. Inspired by vintage Pokémon, which was one of her childhood passions, she created a collection of Poke terrarium. Plucking Pikachu and Eevee among other favorites into a glass dome, each collector’s piece is outstandingly unique.
Although The Vintage Realm is sold out of Poke Balls at the moment, its artist promises the young artist promises to post a new Poke Ball Terrariums each week on Thursday or Friday. Note, first come, first serve! Keep an eye out on her Etsy shop.
I just learned yesterday that Pikachu, my favorite Pokemon, was originally designed not by Ken Sugimori (he only finalized the design), but by a female graphic designer named Atsuko Nishida.
Also after googling her, I found out that she’s also designed Sylveon–another favorite PKMN of mine. She’s also illustrated some very pretty Pokemon cards!!
Thank you Ms. Nishida! :-) May you get more credit and love for your contribution to the Pokemon franchise.
