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Before the pokédex, there was the Pokémon Field Guide photo

Talented Deviant Artist Michael Casteel has been busy making a zoological field guide of Pokémon in the wild. The field guide contains written accounts of Pokémon sightings accompanied by a scientific drawing of each one. Fans of the traditionally drawn Pokémon collection will find a lot to love here too.

There are only 24 pages so far which leaves a lot of Pokémon left to cover. Michael has also said that he's interested in compiling the finished guide into a physical book. Having a Pokédex on my 3DS is novel, but an actual zoological tome would be something I would find hard to resist at any price. Here's hoping we hear more on this soon.

Pokémon Field Guide [Deviant Art]








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darfreeze's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/06/2011 06:53
darfreeze
That is awesome.
Mr 3man's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/06/2011 07:15
Mr 3man
My god, is that a Wooper?
WarZombie's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/06/2011 08:07
WarZombie
This is so cool. I wouldn't mind buying a copy, myself.
Royal Swan's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/06/2011 08:20
Royal Swan
I'm so annoyed I didn't think of this first! But his work is so legit I can't complain.
MrFunsockz's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/06/2011 08:27
MrFunsockz
That is actually really awesome.

one gripe though, it's the same "worn paper" texture for each page, and it's not even rotated or altered at all.

Again, small nit picky thing. Besides that, this is awesome, and I would drop money on an actual Pokemon field guide.
DF's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/06/2011 08:29
DF
I would buy this, actually.
josmeister's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/06/2011 08:46
josmeister
My younger self is happy
Onyx Leo's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/06/2011 11:23
Onyx Leo
I love it.
Corbanski's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/06/2011 12:47
Corbanski
I'm totally getting this.
Achromatis's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/06/2011 12:58
Achromatis
Lol we did this kind of shit in grade 9 :p, still cool though.

Honestly dont know why this hasnt been done before.
JohnGrisham's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/06/2011 21:59
JohnGrisham
Awesome.
Mike Casteel's Avatar - Comment posted on 09/07/2011 20:38
Mike Casteel
Hey guys! Thanks for posting this and keeping the word going. I am working on more pages and I do agree with the above poster in regards to the page. I ll see what I can do. Also not that if the book makes it to print, The pages wouldn't be seen and the images printed on actual paper, with all of it's unique...ness? ;)
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