Carddass Update

Hey guys. First of all, I just wanna say thanks once again for y'all's support on Patreon. It really means a lot personally, and it also helps fund various projects. Usually that means commissioning Japanese interview translations, paying for Lost Pokemon artwork, or buying old books and magazines with various pieces of history in them. But as most of y'all probably already know, last year a few volunteers and I set out to scan and restore all 153 cards in the Japan-only 1997 Pokemon Carddass card set. They feature Ken Sugimori watercolor artwork never used anywhere else, and are the most dynamic art set in the series' 25 year history. A very important part of Pokemon history that's been neglected up till now.

Unfortunately, over time those volunteers got burnt out on the project, which is totally understandable. It's a lot of tedious work, and I appreciate all the time they contributed. But we've still got about 110 cards remaining. So I thought a good way of spending y'all's money was to hire a guy named Fleckaben to restore the rest of the set. For those who don't know, Fleckaben is half of the two-man team that runs an account on Twitter and Instagram called HiResPokemon, who specialize in restoring old Pokemon artwork. He'll be finishing up the rest of the cards in the coming weeks, and I expect to have them all downloadable for your guys sometime in April or May. And there's also gonna be a huge JPEG with all 153 pieces of artwork on it -- so if you want to print it up as a poster, or you've got some other way you wanna use it, you can do so.

All this Carddass artwork will be made public in an online archive, but I'm gonna make it all available to you guys first, since it's your generous donations that are paying the bill. I've got some more translations, artwork, and other projects currently in the works as well -- so don't worry, this isn't eating up the whole budget.

I'll let y'all know when I've got everything prepared for you guys -- every card scanned, every Pokemon artwork restored and isolated from their backgrounds, and the giant poster JPEG. Should be about a month or so, give or take. I'll let y'all know when other projects are finished as well. If you're new to the Patreon, take a look at the previous 3 posts for links to recently completed Pokemon developer translations.

Thanks so much you guys. Cheers.

-Dr Lava