The Pokémon Day week celebration continues! Part two of the fire-starter trio release is here with #005 Charmeleon. Keeping with the theme of the week, this book features a completely different style to the pixelated Charmander from my previous post. Read on to see why I chose a sleek outline design to capture Charmeleon in mid-attack, and how I used Promarkers to bring the blast of fire he is shooting from his mouth to life!

Happy Pokémon Day week! To celebrate, I’m turning up the heat by releasing the entire fire-starter evolution family over the next few days, starting right now with #004 Charmander. For this build, I decided to switch things up and pay homage to the original games with a retro pixel-art design. Read on to find out why this “simple” blocky style was actually deceptively trickier to fold and colour than the smooth designs!

The first Pokémon evolution family is officially complete! To capture the bulk of #003 Venusaur, I needed a hefty 650-page book. But being such a “wide boy” brought its own problems, and annoying print margins nearly made me abandon this specific book entirely! Read on to see how I battled the paper to finish this massive fold.

The Pokémon 151 challenge continues apace! Bulbasaur has already evolved, and today I’m sharing the completed book fold for #002: Ivysaur. I’ve kept the style consistent with the previous fold. Pop in to see the evolution.

The massive challenge has begun! To mark Pokémon’s upcoming 30th anniversary, I have started my mission to book fold all original 151 Generation 1 Pokémon. We begin at the very beginning with #001: Bulbasaur. Read on to see how I used a cut-and-fold technique, black cardstock outlines, and vibrant Promarker colouring to create this first entry in the series. One down, 150 to go!