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"Pokemon Battle Royale Project\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCharmeleon\nBy Michael Myers\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSlowbro\nBy Rachel Dougherty\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFarfetched\nBy Ian Gorton\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPsyduck\nBy Jesse Riggle\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDratini\nBy Adam J. Kurtz\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDiglett\nBy Andrew Wilson\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDitto\nBy Richie Pope\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWartortle\nBy R.M. Hanson\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMr. Mime\nBy David Matthew Davis\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMankey\nBy Steve Robbins\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGengar\nBy Antwan Ragland\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKoffing\nBy Liew Meija\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nSeel\nBy Linz Collins\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nRatatta\nBy Campbell Whyte\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nJynx\nBy Jamie Zollars\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAlakazam\nBy Sam Bosma\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIvysaur\nBy Andrew Kolb\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDotrio\nBy Lacey Micallef\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nExeggcute\nBy Taylor Fisher\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nBeedrill\nBy Jane Mai\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPidgeotto\nBy Shane Richardson\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nNidoking\nBy Tom Kyster\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHaunter\nBy Nick Illuzada\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMachamp\nBy Jimmy Giegerich\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGeodude\nBy Chris Schons\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDrowzee\nBy Kali Ciesemier\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKangaskhan\nBy Tuesday Bassen\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nTauros\nBy Tania del Rio\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPorygon\nBy Marisa Sequin\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nHypno\nBy Jordan Jeffries\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\"Gotta catch 'em all!\" Well, in a real-life game of Pok\u00E9mon, Alyssa Nassner and Bryan Ische did just that. \nThe Minnesota illustrators recently brought together the talents of 151 artists to reimagine the video game series' 151 original characters. The first Pok\u00E9mon games came out in 1996.\nTheir work, which appeared in a curated art show in April, now lives in the Pok\u00E9mon Battle Royale Tumblr.\n\u201CWe had no way to anticipate the amazing amount of support from art and gaming communities around the world.\"\n\"We were totally surprised with the outcome of this project,\" Nassner told Mashable. \"We had no way to anticipate the amazing amount of support from art and gaming communities around the world.\"\nThe artists' specialties were wide-ranging  \u2014 illustration, fine art, design, comic art and printmaking, among other genres. Nassner and Ische launched the project in January and quickly filled their roster. \n\"We had received hundreds of submissions from Pok\u00E9 fans all over the world eager to participate,\" says Nassner, who grew up playing the Pok\u00E9mon games, collecting the cards and watching the TV show. \"We took on a lot of great artists and had to turn away just as many.\"\nThe art is for sale for $40 on Light Grey Art Lab's website. Light Grey in Minneapolis, Minn., hosted the show.\n\"We had die-hard fans lined up down the block by the time we opened our doors,\" Nassner recalls. \"Light Grey was packed from open to close, and it was fun to see everyone show up in their Pok\u00E9mon gear. We even had a few people dress up.\"\n\nSEE ALSO: Major Video Game Villains to Appear in a Disney Movie [VIDEO]\nA handful of other artists created art for the human characters from Pok\u00E9mon such as Ash, Misty, Brock, Professor Oak, Nurse Joy and Team Rocket.  Those cost $65. \nFlip through the gallery above to see 30 of the 151 Pok\u00E9mon art pieces."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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