Pokemon Fan Paints Adorable Custom Sprigatito Shoes

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One Pokemon fan is showing off an impressive pair of hand-painted shoes themed after Scarlet and Violet’s adorable Sprigatito. Fans fell in love with Sprigatito and its later forms even before Pokemon Scarlet and Violet launched on the Nintendo Switch in late 2022. Its fame would only increase with the premiere of Pokemon Horizons: The Series, which sees a Sprigatito take the starring role as main character Liko’s first Pokemon partner.

Meanwhile, Pokemon fans have displayed their affection for Scarlet and Violet’s Grass starter and its later evolutionary stages of Floragato and Meowscarada through drawings and other creative art projects — including cute plush Sprigatito dolls made from recycled materials and charming pictures of Pokemon Horizons’ version of the Grass Cat with Liko as they begin their journey. Meanwhile, Pokemon Company Japan has licensed official cat toys and other merchandise modeled after Sprigatito, including an adorable hat that allows fans to dress their real-world feline to look like the Scarlet and Violet starter.

Reddit user and Pokemon fan LeeshFayee recently created some human apparel centered around Pokemon Scarlet and Violet's Sprigatito, which they promptly showed off in a photo shared on r/pokemon. Said apparel is a pair of Sprigatito-themed shoes that LeeshFayee decorated by hand, which have the Grass Cat in different poses on each side. On the outer side, Sprigatito appears to be climbing up from behind the sole of the shoe, while the inner side features the grassy feline posing alongside a green soda can. A few other Reddit users have complemented LeeshFayee for their work, which has earned roughly 60 upvotes as of this writing.

These adorable, fan-made Sprigatito shoes are just the latest in an assortment of custom Pokemon footwear over the years, as players have created and shown off similar sneakers patterned after popular Pokemon like Charizard and Togepi. Of course, there have also been official Pokemon shoes released from