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YES! I got it in on time! This is my image for St. Patrick's Day. (this may change) I worked REALLY hard on this; it took me more than six hours (I lost track of time after that) to complete, and it really paid off. See? CELL SHADING! ^.^ That's how they shade Wind Waker! And it looks nice! *does the Kirby dance* And as something to note, every single color you see in this entire picture, with the exception of the outline (not the sign's outline, but Matthew's) and the irises and pupils, is completely genuine: they are all the exact same colors used for Vaporeon's sprite. Even the sign's color and outline are; though the sign's color is genuine, it happens to be from Eevee's sprite. >.< But Vaporeon evolves from Eevee, so it still counts, right? And if you want proof, there's Vaporeon's sprite down at the bottom-right corner.

If you've noticed a tendency for things I draw to have the qualities of aquatic animals (i.e. webbed hands, fins, gills, whale tails, etc.), it is just 'cause aquatic animals are so fun to draw. ^W^ Though they are sort of easier than quadrupeds and bipeds. >.<

This was really fun to draw and color. Maybe we'll end up with more Pokemon characters than just Sophia, hm? ^W^ But whatever the case, this was so fun to work on that I'll probably end up doing the entire Eevee Family; and maybe more. We'll just have to see.

Anyway, I suppose you want to know what's going on here. Well, despite the fact that at the time I drew this I still couldn't get canine snouts, this is indeed an anthromorphic Vaporeon (the water evolution of Eevee, and Pokemon #134). But who could it be? Yes, Matthew knows exactly what happened. Matthew Vandolin happened to be one of those poor saps who get addicted to video games. Well, the video game specifically happened to be Pokemon Blue (which is, of course, the best in the series and my first video game ever). He was so addicted to it that he forgot about St. Patrick's Day (mirroring myself, who didn't even know what day it was). Well, the Australian Leprechauns from Bermuda didn't like that. Leprechauns find glee in taking advantage of addictions by turning the person into what they are addicted to (hence the whole "You are what you eat" stuff; though here it would be "You are what you play"). Well, now there is soon to be 400+ Pokemon in the US (already are in Japan). So that's a lot of things to turn into. The Australian Leprechauns from Bermuda singled out Matthew's favorite Pokemon, Vaporeon, and turned him into that. (Vaporeon is one of my favorite Pokemon, along with Abra, Caterpie, Ivysaur, Kakuna, and Girafarig in no particular order) It is safe to say that Dr. Vandolin took away his video game privileges. So now Matthew is warning us all. "See this sign?" he says. "Read it! Read it for your own good!"

As the picture says...

© 1996-1998 All Rights Reserved. Vaporeon, Pokemon, and all things related are trademarks of Nintendo.
© 2006 All Rights Reserved. Matthew Vandolin, the name Vandolin, and all things related are trademarks of Genius, Inc. (~Dreyfus2006 )

Description
YES! I got it in on time! This is my image for St. Patrick's Day. (this may change) I worked REALLY hard on this; it took me more than six hours (I lost track of time after that) to complete, and it really paid off. See? CELL SHADING! ^.^ That's how they shade Wind Waker! And it looks nice! *does the Kirby dance* And as something to note, every single color you see in this entire picture, with the exception of the outline (not the sign's outline, but Matthew's) and the irises and pupils, is completely genuine: they are all the exact same colors used for Vaporeon's sprite. Even the sign's color and outline are; though the sign's color is genuine, it happens to be from Eevee's sprite. >.< But Vaporeon evolves from Eevee, so it still counts, right? And if you want proof, there's Vaporeon's sprite down at the bottom-right corner.

If you've noticed a tendency for things I draw to have the qualities of aquatic animals (i.e. webbed hands, fins, gills, whale tails, etc.), it is just 'cause aquatic animals are so fun to draw. ^W^ Though they are sort of easier than quadrupeds and bipeds. >.<

This was really fun to draw and color. Maybe we'll end up with more Pokemon characters than just Sophia, hm? ^W^ But whatever the case, this was so fun to work on that I'll probably end up doing the entire Eevee Family; and maybe more. We'll just have to see.

Anyway, I suppose you want to know what's going on here. Well, despite the fact that at the time I drew this I still couldn't get canine snouts, this is indeed an anthromorphic Vaporeon (the water evolution of Eevee, and Pokemon #134). But who could it be? Yes, Matthew knows exactly what happened. Matthew Vandolin happened to be one of those poor saps who get addicted to video games. Well, the video game specifically happened to be Pokemon Blue (which is, of course, the best in the series and my first video game ever). He was so addicted to it that he forgot about St. Patrick's Day (mirroring myself, who didn't even know what day it was). Well, the Australian Leprechauns from Bermuda didn't like that. Leprechauns find glee in taking advantage of addictions by turning the person into what they are addicted to (hence the whole "You are what you eat" stuff; though here it would be "You are what you play"). Well, now there is soon to be 400+ Pokemon in the US (already are in Japan). So that's a lot of things to turn into. The Australian Leprechauns from Bermuda singled out Matthew's favorite Pokemon, Vaporeon, and turned him into that. (Vaporeon is one of my favorite Pokemon, along with Abra, Caterpie, Ivysaur, Kakuna, and Girafarig in no particular order) It is safe to say that Dr. Vandolin took away his video game privileges. So now Matthew is warning us all. "See this sign?" he says. "Read it! Read it for your own good!"

As the picture says...

© 1996-1998 All Rights Reserved. Vaporeon, Pokemon, and all things related are trademarks of Nintendo.
© 2006 All Rights Reserved. Matthew Vandolin, the name Vandolin, and all things related are trademarks of Genius, Inc. (~Dreyfus2006 )