Artist recreates her Pokémon fan art from childhood
Let's be honest: As much as parents fawn over them, most childhood drawings aren't good enough to be preserved, let alone re-imagined. Reddit user Jenny-Jinya is far more talented than most of us. The freelance artist recently recreated Pokémon fan art from her childhood and posted it to r/gaming.
The transformation and the similarities between the two drawings are too good to ignore.
Jenny-Jinya was "7 or 8" when she drew the initial drawing, the artist told Mashable over DM.
"As any kid in that era I was obsessed [with Pokémon]," Jenny-Jinya says. "I just found [my childhood fan art] and was so amused about my art style back then. I thought the original idea is so adorable, maybe I can recreate it in my current style ... Recreating old drawings from my childhood always helped me to overcome my artblock. I can only recommend if artists struggle [that they do] the same."
Fans on the gaming subreddit were impressed.
Jenny-Jinya should consider posting more of her recreations to my favorite new subreddit, r/childhoodartredrawn.
Can't wait to submit my kindergarten masterpiece, "Stick figures hanging out under a sun with sunglasses."
Heather was the Web Trends reporter at Mashable NYC. Prior to joining Mashable, Heather wrote regularly for UPROXX and GOOD Magazine, was published in The Daily Dot and VICE, and had her work featured in Entertainment Weekly, Jezebel, Mic, and Gawker. She loves small terrible dogs and responsible driving. Follow her on Twitter @wear_a_helmet.
