An Endless Battle
Made by Jonathan Merrin
Made by Jonathan Merrin
The plan is to take an iconic image and rework it to convey a larger idea or statement.
Created: October 12th, 2015
The plan is to take an iconic image and rework it to convey a larger idea or statement.
I can completely empathize with the intention of this project. Like you, I was a huge fan of Pokemon when I was a kid (I still am now), but I was also a strong fan of DIgimon as well. I remember the debate of which franchise was better; it wasn't I was too involved in as I just enjoyed the two franchises separately, but I know there was animosity between the fandoms, even at that age. The image you created to invoke this was perfect, bringing up nostalgia for fans of both Pokemon and Digimon (though obviously biased towards Pokemon). I'm intrigued by the fact the fact you chose a subject for whose potential buyers would be so limited. Not that the fandoms for either franchise are small (I'm fairly certain it's the opposite) but this piece for is people who can remember the franchises battling and get some sort of emotional response to that. While I'm not sure this is something I would buy (though that's more a result of my personal policy on buying artwork), this is definitely something I can appreciate.
Completely agree with eir! Pokemon and Digimon are two things that enriched my childhood while not confronting each other, so I don't know much about the battle between Pokemon and Digimon. Your product did make me laugh, for seeing Augumon and Pikachu on the same page is something I've never imagined. It also evoked a sense of nostalgia inside of me and I can feel the childish feeling that " children are always a little vitriolic when debating franchises, and I was tapping my inner child for this one" which I was the same when I was a kid. Your piece is very provocative in the way that it can evoke a lot of empathy and memory. However, I think you could have done the battle scene a little bit further by creating a move selection interface and simulate the battle in pictures. In that way, you can evoke even more feelings and your product will have the form of comics which is on a higher level. But in general, I like you work!!
Digimon is better. More popular because the games were better but in terms of story digimon blew pokemon out of the water.
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