Less than 24 hours ago Pokémon finally revealed more about the Crown Tundra expansion including a new regional form of an old favourite: Slowking.
Galarian Slowking looks rather different to the original which was introduced in generation two while still maintaining the theme of a Slowpoke that has been altered by a Shellder biting onto its head.
As with most Pokémon reveals the internet has latched onto this reveal and has been pumping out high quality fan art – and some memes – to mark the occasion.
Also predictable with Pokémon news is that Twitter is the place to go to find a lot of these hard, and fast, working artists. Below we’ve embedded the work of a handful of our favourites from the last day. The one by user @CottonGravy is our pick of the bunch due to the sheer amount of character the artist has managed to work into the piece.
And, to reiterate, all of this work was done in less than a day. We don’t think any other property gets artists and other creatives fired up as much as Pokémon.
For those who missed its Slowpoke’s other evolution, Slowbro, also got a Galarian form to tie in with the previous Isle of Armor expansion. While Pokémon endlessly mining and reiterating its old work is a big joke at this point, we do think that these two are particularly good.
Galarian Slowking but oops ice cream helmet#PokemonSwordShieldEX #pokemon #PokemonSwordShield pic.twitter.com/d1YhiZSedW
— Grace (@GCastelini) September 29, 2020
Galarian Slowking! He’s aight.#pokemon #slowking #PokemonSwordShield pic.twitter.com/zXMVLWqQsb
— SC_Gravy (@CottonGravy) September 29, 2020
Galarian Slowking doodle! ?
I want one on my team, eyeliner game too strong. #PokemonSwordShieldEX pic.twitter.com/2B4xpkQJlE
— Azeem?⭐️ (@AquaAzeem) September 29, 2020
me replacing slowking with galarian slowking as my 2nd favourite pokemon like pic.twitter.com/NYPvrXu3Mu
— mezuppy (@MEZUPPY) September 29, 2020
All the homies love galarian slowking #PokemonSwordShieldEX pic.twitter.com/6Wzzv1ZLcl
— NickTheMex (@NickTheMex) September 29, 2020
Slowking just left Beerus unemployed. pic.twitter.com/dqUd39C03j
— Put Sagat in GBVS (@PigBoyLeon) September 29, 2020
Slowking looking kinda nice pic.twitter.com/diL2oCjxQ2
— Jenna Johnson (@0ttersaurus) September 29, 2020
A friend wanted me to draw Galarian Slowking pic.twitter.com/Rb6mJ0Falu
— UwU | BLM (@A_Rat_In_A_Hat) September 30, 2020
How to Draw Galarian Slowking pic.twitter.com/HKHdHwlgtH
— Drifting (@flyingfalcons_7) September 29, 2020
[ WIP Slowking. Floating, falling, sweet intoxication. …]
Here’s a cleaner sketch hah pic.twitter.com/1DUu3XfwSr
— Taplaos (@Taplaos) September 30, 2020