Emerald Nuzlocke Cover

First | Revamped first page

EDIT4; Look, it's filling up again!

EDIT3; Even emptier.

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EDIT2; FINALLY I can post this updated version. It's been sitting in my stash for god knows how long. Drastic changes, drastic changes. I redid everything except Thorn because he was the only decent thing about the old cover art.

It looks very empty.

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EDIT; Edited the derpina because it bugged me so much.

Finally I managed to draw a cover page for my Emerald Nuzlocke run! And I've only drawn 22 parts of the comic.

It was quite difficult to come up with a nice idea for the cover. First I thought I'd draw something that is relevant to the story and the plot but I couldn't decide what. Then I thought it would be nice to draw my team on the cover as well - the only problem is that the team members a) may change their form, b) may die c) I may get new team members along the way. Then I thought it would be nice to have a cover that's easy to update whenever there's a change in the team and after I got that thought this idea struck me. I originally planned to put some plot stuff on the cover, too, but that would've been just too messy.
Another problem that occurred was drawing circles in Photoshop. Why does it have to be so_damn_difficult? I know how to do it now but I had to look up several tutorials to finally learn how to do it. It's ridiculous.

Anyway, here's the current team. I actually drew the sixth team member but it's hidden from you until it makes the first appearance in the comic.
This cover page may be a bit spoiler-ish for new readers but I hope it's alright.

I hope you like it. :>

^Media PaintToolSAI | Photoshop Elements 7 | Wacom Intuos4 M
^{Time taken} 6-7 hours?

The texture used for the background: c AnOrderOfFishsticks

Pokemon c Nintendo Gamefreak
Art c ShadeofShinon