Finished at last!

The Story
You see in this picture my future Platinum team, fully evolved. Yes, fully evolved. I'm not going to evolve Riolu, since it will be the special Ranger Riolu. The sixth slot will most likely be filled by an HM slave until I get Giratina to fly me places. D:<

PMP readers are probably thinking "Dude wtf isn't that Mitsumi's team?" Yes. And sorry for the spoilers pertaining to Luxray and Empoleon, but half of you probably guessed they'd evolve fully anyway.

Art stuff
Well, doodled this a few weeks ago and decided that it would make a pretty awesome picture with the right effects. Little did I know the frustration it would bring when the time to color it came. But hey, my efforts payed off, I think. : D

Despite the frustration, the coloring did get fun at times. It was fun staring at Sugimori arts and trying to unravel his style before transferring those techniques to this.

I guess this sort of proves that I can draw Pokemon, not just the trainers. However, remind me to put penguins on the list of things I can't draw.

No I didn't draw the background. I cheated again and used a stock Sinnoh map. I actually was going to have some mountains back there but failed miserably at landscapes (as usual). When the snow on top started looking like fur I decided to scrap the idea and try something else.

: D Hope you guys like this. Anyone who recognizes the lyrics wins a cookie or something.

Some detail shots:
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You could click download if you really want to see the entire thing in extreme detail. It's friggin huge, though, so I don't recommend.

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