:All Fired Up: Infernape

Inspired by the illustration for Typhlosion from Unseen Forces (illustrated by Hajime Kusajima). Believe it or not, I didn't actually use any reference for drawing Infernape's pose, although I was influenced by some Naruto pics I saw

The swirly clouds were a last minute addition to make the pic feel more Oriental (Infernape is based on Sun Wukong, the monkey king in Journey to the West). I'm glad that the colour scheme worked out better than I had hoped. Infernape's one of my favourite new Pokemon, and looks like a more agile fighter compared to Blaziken O_o.

Lineart drawn using pens (a new thing I'm trying out - I'll do anything to avoid CG-ing lineart). What I did was put a piece of tracing paper over my sketch, drew over it and ta-dah !
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