Pokemon Fan Creates Amazing 3D Dragonair and Dratini Animation

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With as many creatures and locations Pokemon offers in its over 25 years of releases, many fans have looked to the series for inspiration for decades. From a pixel art animation featuring Sinnoh's starters, to even fan-made music remixes, fans of Game Freak's most famous IP are talented in plenty of ways. One such fan has made a stunning animation re-imagining two classic Pokemon, Dragonair and Dratini, in their unique art style.

Dratini, and its second-stage evolution Dragonair, are two of the original 151 Pokemon from Red Version and Blue Version. Across the many releases that feature the two, the Pokedex entries fans get upon catching them say that Dragonair tends to live in lakes or the seas predominantly, while the smaller Dratini prefer waterfalls. The two Dragon-types tend to live in social colonies with Pokemon similar to itself, including the final stage of its evolutionary line, Dragonite.

Pokemon Fan Makes Incredible Japanese Ink Painting of Dragonair and Dratini

The more popular Dragonite sits out in Twitter user _josueor's recent artwork, putting a focus on the smaller evolutionary forms in a looping animation that may take inspiration from their Pokedex entries. It sees the two Dragon Pokemon sitting in bodies of water on some form of ruins. The water overflows off of the eroded square platforms, creating beautiful waterfalls.

While the animation is rather simplistic in motion, the detail towards the colors and lighting makes the looping video shine. Part of the reason the artwork looks so impressive is that it features a personally programmed pixel shader that _josueor made in Unity themself. Other programmers seem to adore the shader, asking if the programmer will ever put it up for sale. Pokemon fans can