I love the illustration of Pokémon trading cards, I have a big Pokémon card collection that I collected solely for the art, never played an actual match of the game. So that’s what I wanted to do here, make it look like one of those TCG Pokémon illustrations.
According to some sources, Clefairy was almost the Pokemon series mascot, but ultimately, Pikachu was chosen over it. There’s no telling what the history of Pokemon would have been like if not for Pikachu’s admittedly more universal appeal, but it’s fun to imagine what could have been. Here’s Pokemon Pink/Special Clefairy Edition.