Below (in order): a rough draft/sketch, a pre-detailed painting, a post-detailed final product. Throughout the project, I had to keep in mind the source material and artist. Material in this case being Pokemon, and Artist being Takashi Murakami. Murakami is well known for giving animals and inanimate objects human like characteristics. Most common of these were eyes. But that is only part of his style. He draws almost every thing in a style similar to anime, which has become a huge part of the culture in japan.