Patreon Pin Up 7/18/22

First off, my thanks for all the well wishes last week! I'm still not back up to a hundred percent, but I'm well enough to sit up at a desk and draw boobs, and that's what matters!

Also, this one is a result of a light/color study of another artist's work. You'll find the source on Twitter right here.  

While I was sick last week I was mainly able to do three things: exist, pray for death, and catch up on my video game backlog. At the request of my younger siblings I played my first Pokemon rpg, Let's Go Pikachu. Now I have things to say about it.

Despite growing up owning a Game Boy, I somehow missed the Pokemon craze when it hit. My best theory is that I didn't "get" games with turn-based battles until Chrono Trigger made me a believer in '95. I wasn't sure what to expect going in, but I was very surprised that once the rubber hit the road, Pokemon was not unlike another rpg franchise I dearly loved, Persona. I can't believe that my beloved Persona series is, at its heart, a Pokemon ripoff. A Pokemon ripoff with infinitely more depth and complexity than its inspiration, but a Pokemon ripoff nonetheless. Seriously, just replace cock chariots with adorable varmints and you're playing the same monster-collecting, weakness-based combat in both franchises.

Anyhow it's probably time I got around to the subject of the pinup, Jesse! Even if you're unfamiliar with the games as I was, you probably recognize her from just how ubiquitous the Pokemon anime was in pop culture there for a time. I've never seen the show, so Let's Go Pikachu was my introduction to the character. Jesse and her partner, James, are essentially members of the pokemon mafia, and they're absolute fuck-ups, constantly thwarted in their adult lives of crime by a plucky ten-year-old with the power of being closer than average with his pets. Jesse and James were the highlight of the entire game for me personally. 

That's one thing about Pokemon lore that's just dying for parody, and I'm sure it has been extensively: there is nothing in this world that is not solved with pokemon battle. It seems, as far as the world building is concerned, that no matter what heinous act someone is attempting, they will stop what they're doing and graciously admit defeat if you interrupt their transgression and defeat them in a pokemon battle. It just opens so many doors for insane situations. Does it translate to relationships and sexual bargaining? "Hmm, she says she's not into butt stuff, but she's got nothing but flying pokemon and I brought plenty of electric types. That ass is mine." 

Maybe there's a reason this series isn't normally marketed to adults. Hope you like the pin up!