Hi-Res Pokémon! - Rescuing official Pokémon Art!さんのイラストまとめ

WHAT, NEW CONTENT! Gen 1 starter quartet by Ken Sugimori, appeared on the promo poster for the 1999 "Pokémon Song Best Collection" CD (featuring only that very Pikachu on the cover). This illust also appeared on the telephone card celebrating 10mil copies sold, link in thread.

A classical 1998 Pokémon postcard by Kagemaru Himeno, Merry Christmas!

WHAT! New content!?!? 1998 Holiday Card by Kagemaru Himeno, Happy Holidays!

Original 1997 Pikachu by Ken Sugimori from his second set made for Pokémon Blue (or...two? allegedly?) before he was replaced by the skinny legend Pikachu in Yellow. Scan by https://t.co/Up7pdMOa9D enhanced by us, of course!

1997 Porygon origin tale from the "Pokémon Tales" series, by Toshiko Takashi and Sumiyoshi Kizuki (3/3)

Ken Sugimori starter trio! Featured on the cover of the 1997 Pokémon RGB 大百科 (Encyclopedia). A digitally colored version was apparently used as the front page of the original Game Freak site (don't know when, I found it archived on some old fansite, those are pure gold)

It's Autumn here in the northern hemisphere, let's hope it's a good one. "Autumn" by Atsuko Nishida, originally published on Game Freak's original website's front page in 1997

This weird weird weird weird weeeird Summer is now over, I'm having what this super chill 1996 Staryu by Mitsuhiro Arita is having and hope for a better Autumn. From the original Pokémon TCG base set japanese booklet.

I know we still have to wrap up Sugimori's Crystal set, however, we had these two on the back burner for far too long! 1999 overlooked Pikachu and Pichu by Ken Sugimori from Pokémon GS original box art, original scan by @FLECKABEN

Raichu by Mitsuhiro Arita of course from the 1997 Fossil Pokémon TCG expansion. May you be as cheerful as this potato... ehum I mean Raichu