A creative and talented Pokemon Scarlet and Violet fan has imagined what new Pokemon Tinkaton would look like in human form, with some seriously impressive results. The specific piece of art is known as a gijinka - essentially fan re-designs imagining animalistic creatures in a human-like form - and is one of the latest trends in the bustling Pokemon fan art community.
For those who may be unaware, Tinkaton is a new dual-type Fairy/Steel Pokemon introduced in Pokemon Scarlet and Violet as part of Generation 9. Despite its relatively harmless appearance with a predominately pink color palette and cutesy design, Tinkaton may actually be the biggest bully of the franchise. According to its Pokedex entry, not only is Tinkaton's hammer built from Pawniard and Bisharp pieces, but it is used as a bat to pelt rocks at unsuspecting Corviknight flocks, purely for sport.
The creative human version of Tinkaton comes from Reddit user u/crystalsuikun, who posted their creation to one of the site's main Pokemon Scarlet and Violet forums. The fan drawing imagines the character with a slightly downsized hammer, although it remains at anime-sized proportions. Pink clothing with purple accents maintains the integrity of the original coloring, while blonde pigtails and a well-designed beanie expertly emulates Tinkaton's voluminous hairstyle. In place of the enlarged hands are gloves, with a subtly mischievous expression and pose wrapping the whole fan drawing together.
One of the early standouts from the latest generation of Pokemon, fans have been quick to draw Tinkaton in a variety of forms. Another piece of Pokemon fan art imagined what it would look like if Tinkaton was from the Galar region. While the fan art doesn't heavily alter the Pokemon's appearance like the one above, it does make its hammer substantially longer, darker, and sharper. Knowing Tinkaton's bullying nature, the massive reach of the fan-made hammer would certainly be intimidating to come across.
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet fans have been drawing more characters than just Tinkaton in different forms. Rather than imagining a new Pokemon as human, one fan has created drawings of Pokemon Scarlet and Violet's human characters as Pokemon. The game protagonists, along with supporting characters all receive cleverly-executed Pokemon transformations. The protagonists are Sprigatito and Quaxly, Arven as Rockruff, Nemona as Pawmot, and Penny as Sylveon, all of which include components of their human form worked into their design.
With a distinct design, fan-favorite accessory and overall deceptive charm, Pokemon fan art of Tinkaton doesn't look like it will be slowing down any time soon.
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet are available now for the Nintendo Switch.
