Ian
@pickypixelartist.bsky.social
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Hi I'm Ian aka The Picky Pixel Artist (formerly @TrainerCord) (He/Him). I design and sprite Fakemon! My main project is Umbra, a Pokémon fan-game. #BLM 🏳️‍🌈
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Day 3 of #faketober2025 is Virus, and this poison fakemon dwells in polluted water and can poison foes with the black ends of its many antennae. Its tail is like a sticky stretchy hand and it can use it to cling to things.
Faketober day 3: Virus. Name: Infessor! It is a green and purple squid-like fakemon that has protruding antennae that poisons foes that touch it. A wiggly sticky tail allows it to cling to things.
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But that's 11 years of honing and developing your incredible skills, this will just help you to realize how far you've come!
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These are actually amazing Psychic/Poison-type Fakemon designed by @darksilvania.bsky.social who gave me permission to make some fan art (and hypothetical shinies) of some of my all time favorite designs 🧡💜
Pixel art of Wiccandy, Lollicrone, and Hecaramelt - Fakemon designed by @darksilvania.bsky.social resembling witches, pink candy, and cauldrons. Pixel art of shiny Wiccandy, Lollicrone, and Hecaramelt - Fakemon designed by @darksilvania.bsky.social resembling witches, orange and purple candy, and cauldrons.
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So cute! It's a little slimer!
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Showcasing my favorite new encounters added to BW2 from the base game! 💗 Who else used one on their first playthrough?

#Faketober2025 @darksilvania.bsky.social
Fake Pokémon Black Version 2 screenshot showcasing a battle between the player's Lollicrone and a wild Hecaramelt. Both Fakemon were designed by @Darksilvania.bsky.social
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Mozz, Mosseer, and Daemoth in the Hollow Knight / Silksong art style 🦋🍃
Artwork of 3 fan-made Pokemon in the style of Hollow Knight. Mozz is a small, grassy green moth flying in midair; Mosseer is a larger green moth with a fluffy mane and wings like a cape; Daemoth is a bipedal moth with numerous red eyes within its wings.
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New Pokémon Gender Differences (designed by @redouille.bsky.social)

I think tiny baby boi Lanturn was made for me, I HAD to sprite it💙💛
Sprite edits of Blaziken and Pinsir's Black and White game battle and icon sprites. Blaziken (male) has it's facial spikes elongated into large frilled shapes more resembling the crest of a rooster. Pinsir (female) is now smaller and a dark purple color with less prominent horns and squintier eyes. Sprite edits of Walrein and Lanturn's Black and White game battle and icon sprites. Walrein (female) has a smaller nose and tusks, with a much larger forehead and foamy mane. Lanturn (male) is vastly different from the standard now female design. It has a smaller round body with a similar yellow mask and pale fins, and an additional yellow spot on each of its sides. Its eyes are large black plus signs. Its tail consists of three long oval shaped sections protruding from its back and moving down vertically, the middle of which being the longest with a yellow tip. Male Lanturn's lure extends from its forehead but does not branch out, curling forward only. It has two large yellow spheres stacked at the end with the second lower orb being slightly smaller. Sprite edits of Sawsbuck's Black and White game battle and icon sprites. Each of the now female sprites replaces the antlers with similarly styled neck ruff. Spring form Sawsbuck has a larger tan ruff than the male counterpart with pink flowers wrapping around its neck like a necklace. Summer form Sawsbuck has a large green wreath of leaves around it's entire neck like a spiky collar. Autumn form Sawsbuck has red leaves around its neck and hanging down in the front like a braided or knotted scarf. Winter Sawsbuck has a similar white ruff to her male counterpart, but with the addition of two dangling sections of fluff in the front to imitate the tasseled ends of a looped winter scarf.
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Yes I love its little smile 😭💙
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This is what the official end of summer feels like 😭

I love this design by @deimsfakemon.bsky.social though (shiny palette I just made up)
Pixel art of Vanisplish (Fake alternate evolution for Vanillish) designed by @deimsfakemon.bsky.social, pixel art by @pickypixelartist.bsky.social. It is a dropped ice cream cone with brown swirls and a derpy smile. Pixel art of Shiny Vanisplish (Fake alternate evolution for Vanillish) designed by @deimsfakemon.bsky.social, pixel art by @pickypixelartist.bsky.social. It is a dropped ice cream cone with raspberry pink swirls and a derpy smile.
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YESSSS I finally got the 1% Vanisplish encounter at the Cold Storage!!!
In-game screenshot of Pokémon Black and White during a battle at the Cold Storage displaying the player's Watchog facing off against a Vanisplish (fake alternate evolution of Vanillish designed by @Deimsfakemon.bsky.com). Text at the bottom reads, "What will Watchog do?"
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Absolutely NO double battles here LOL
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sapphirephoenix808.bsky.social
Made a pokemon fangame pixelart battle background of a steep cliff side. I wanted the drop-off to be on the right side so... the opponent might fall off if you hit them too hard, haha. Going to be making different times of day later and animating them.
Pixel art of a pokemon fangame style battle background set against a steep cliff side. The battle takes place along a narrow trail and bent stump fences line the side of the cliff. You may use this battle background for your game projects as long as you credit me! (either princess-phoenix which is my DeviantArt account, or SapphirePhoenix808 which is this bluesky account)
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The grass(?) types of gen 2 🌼🌼🌼
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Ohhhhh my gosh I need the love ball 😭💗
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My improved batch of full color 3D printed pokewalker shells turned out great! Looks like a few got scaled up a bit, wonder what's up with that... 👀
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floofhips.bsky.social
And the universe said I love you #art #minecraft
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Me too 🥹his account is @starrcasm same as here
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They are working quietly. I don't think they have a public discord, but Evan (their co-lead) still answers questions on X and is confident it will eventually release 💙
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Welcome home, Buttons.
Edited in-game screenshot of Ethereal Gates showing the Male protagonist standing in Apalis town facing a shiny Bubull overworld sprite which has a small smiling emote above it's head. Text at the bottom of the screen reads, "Buttons is playing with a sunflower petal."
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Also the spoils of my week-long shiny hunt for Bubull that I started while making the icons.
Save file of Pokémon Ethereal Gates demo showing a Shiny Bubull in the party after a few thousand soft resets. Yes I changed the date back to 8/20/2015 for this hunt. 
Screenshot showing the Shiny Bubull's summary page. It is a girl (rare) and her name is Buttons. She is a precious teal baby with purple gloves.
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They say Sea & Sky is still in development, and these babies will return just not as the starters.
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The Ethereal Gates starters in the gen 3-5 style from a few weeks ago which kicked off the whole thing of making all of them.
GIF of Fernling in the style of the Pokemon gen 3-5 party icons. GIF of Kittorch in the style of the Pokemon gen 3-5 party icons. GIF of Bubull in the style of the Pokemon gen 3-5 party icons.