Pokémon Art Academy

released on Jun 19, 2014

This Pokémon-themed installment of the Art Academy series offers Pokémon fans and budding illustrators alike 40 unique lessons to learn how to paint, sketch and draw beloved Pokémon characters in 2D. Along the way, students of Pokémon Art Academy can pick up actual illustration skills that they can transfer onto real canvas, or share their digital masterpieces with the world. Pokémon Art Academy boasts 40 lessons in which players can encounter favorite Pokémon from throughout the series, such as Pikachu, Oshawott, Charizard, Torchic, Fletchling and Fennekin. The Art Academy series offers a comprehensive virtual art studio with a variety of realistically behaving art materials. Wield the stylus with tactile precision on the Nintendo 3DS or Nintendo 2DS touch screen to use a plethora of paint, pencils and pastels. A hallmark of the Art Academy franchise is its easy-to-follow lessons with step-by-step guides that teach painting and drawing techniques. A friendly tutor takes students of all ages through these lessons, each of which breaks down complex-looking images into simple steps. Gradually, players pick up more new techniques that allow anyone to create artwork they can be proud of.


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The conceit of this game is really smart. A game that teaches you how to draw by getting you to illustrate increasingly complex pokemon tcg cards. As a person intimidated by the idea of learning how to draw, this game does a pretty nice job of slowly introducing techniques without overwhelming you. My favorite aspect of this game is your "rival" who's drawings are in the game to make you feel better about your own.

The only thing that ultimately got me to put this down was the limiting technology of the 3ds. At the time of its release, I'm sure it inspired many budding artists, but working on ~4 in. screen with a pretty low resolution and a tiny stylus became taxing at a certain point.

I played it a few times and have a couple of poorly drawn Pokémon saved as image files to show for it.

do not look at my miiverse drawings omfg

This game is what I'd consider my start to doing digital art. Although it only had a single layer and limited brushes to work with, I spent countless of hours drawing on here and posting art on Miiverse. Overall a pretty decent drawing game.

ngl I didn't play almost any more lessons as I unlocked the free drawing feature, which I find more comfortable to use than other 3ds drawing programs