{"id":123797,"date":"2022-04-11T20:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-04-11T20:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nintendolife.com\/#article-130071"},"modified":"2022-04-11T20:30:00","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T20:30:00","slug":"the-pokemon-trading-card-design-competition-has-been-narrowed-down-to-300-finalists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sickgaming.net\/blog\/2022\/04\/11\/the-pokemon-trading-card-design-competition-has-been-narrowed-down-to-300-finalists\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pok\u00e9mon Trading Card Design Competition Has Been Narrowed Down To 300 Finalists"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Remember this post from October 2021<\/a>? That’s alright, we’ll summarise: There’s a competition going on right now for artists to get their illustrations printed onto actual Pok\u00e9mon trading cards. Also, you can win money \u2014 but we all know that being on a trading card is way<\/em> more valuable than money.<\/p>\n

Almost 11,000 entries were submitted, and now the Pok\u00e9mon Company has chosen their 300 finalists for “Round One” \u2014 you can check out the full gallery here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

You’ll notice there are a lot of repeat Pok\u00e9mon \u2014 that’s because the judges are looking for specific designs.<\/p>\n

The competition allowed artists to choose from Bulbasaur, Charizard, Pikachu, Arcanine, Galarian Rapidash, Scizor, Greninja, and Cramorant<\/a>, with the specification that the art must not<\/em> include shiny Pok\u00e9mon, must not<\/em> have the Pok\u00e9mon wearing clothes, must not<\/em> be Dynamaxed or Gigantamaxed, and must show the subject “going about its day either while adventuring or while enjoying its daily life.” However, the submitted art is allowed to be in the form of physical materials, like clay, wool, yarn, etc.<\/p>\n

Here are some of our favourites:<\/p>\n