For those who don't know, I am a huge Pokémon fan. So when you're looking through my random doodles, you may often find sketches of Pokémon. They are almost always the same ones because I am a terrible artist. I am also a large fan of drawing comics.
So one day I was doodling and drew a quick comic of the Pokémon Electrode and Diglett, as they are without a doubt the easiest ones to draw: they are geometric shapes with faces. You can see the aforementioned comic on the right. It's very "my style": it includes Pokémon, the art isn't spectacular, and it makes very little sense.
There are also a lot more sketches that I've saved, which I will probably post eventually, but at this point, I won't.
However, that's not all the story. One very bored day (checking the dates on the files, almost a year ago), I decided to convert the comic from a quick sketch to a legitimate piece. By which I mean, I made the comic on Paint, shown here to the right, click the picture for better size and accurate resolution.
For everyone else, it was very much an "OK..." moment, mixed with a "You have way too much time on your hands." For me, it was a smash hit. I have quite a few Electrode and Diglett comics (which is what they are creatively named), including a couple full-length ones and several one-panel "spin-offs" and stickers, which will probably be featured soon enough.
To me, this comic may be described very much a Pokémon version of Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner, mixed with elements of other stuff, most notably the Kirby-Dedede relationship in the webcomic Brawl in the Family. In short, if you want to have a go at doing an Electrode and Diglett comic: Electrode is constantly trying to "get" Diglett. Electrode tries several tricks, occasionally including Voltorb, but ultimately falls short. Diglett is (to some extent) aware of this, but doesn't really seem to care. Artistically (and I use the term loosely), Electrode is the most main character, and has the most emotional range, but is the villain, while Diglett still has an integral role, but has only two emotions (regular and happy) and is the "hero," for want of a better term. Again, think Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner.
So that's Electrode and Diglett. It's not a particularly complicated comic, and I don't know how original it is (I've mentioned my inspirations/things I may have unintentionally plagiarised; the distinction is sometimes hazy), but I certainly enjoy drawing it when I can.
AB
For everyone else, it was very much an "OK..." moment, mixed with a "You have way too much time on your hands." For me, it was a smash hit. I have quite a few Electrode and Diglett comics (which is what they are creatively named), including a couple full-length ones and several one-panel "spin-offs" and stickers, which will probably be featured soon enough.
To me, this comic may be described very much a Pokémon version of Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner, mixed with elements of other stuff, most notably the Kirby-Dedede relationship in the webcomic Brawl in the Family. In short, if you want to have a go at doing an Electrode and Diglett comic: Electrode is constantly trying to "get" Diglett. Electrode tries several tricks, occasionally including Voltorb, but ultimately falls short. Diglett is (to some extent) aware of this, but doesn't really seem to care. Artistically (and I use the term loosely), Electrode is the most main character, and has the most emotional range, but is the villain, while Diglett still has an integral role, but has only two emotions (regular and happy) and is the "hero," for want of a better term. Again, think Wile E. Coyote and Road Runner.
So that's Electrode and Diglett. It's not a particularly complicated comic, and I don't know how original it is (I've mentioned my inspirations/things I may have unintentionally plagiarised; the distinction is sometimes hazy), but I certainly enjoy drawing it when I can.
AB
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