Artist recreates her Pokémon fan art from childhood

Let's be honest: As much as parents fawn over them, most childhood drawings aren't good enough to be preserved, let alone re-imagined. Reddit user Jenny-Jinya is far more talented than most of us. The freelance artist recently recreated Pokémon fan art from her childhood and posted it to r/gaming.

The transformation and the similarities between the two drawings are too good to ignore.

Image: courtesty of u/jenny-jinya

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Jenny-Jinya was "7 or 8" when she drew the initial drawing, the artist told Mashable over DM. 

"As any kid in that era I was obsessed [with Pokémon]," Jenny-Jinya says. "I just found [my childhood fan art] and was so amused about my art style back then. I thought the original idea is so adorable, maybe I can recreate it in my current style ... Recreating old drawings from my childhood always helped me to overcome my artblock. I can only recommend if artists struggle [that they do] the same."

Fans on the gaming subreddit were impressed.

Comment from discussion RankReddit's comment from discussion "Last year I've found an old Pokemon fanart from my childhood and redrew it".

Comment from discussion vtrainyu's comment from discussion "Last year I've found an old Pokemon fanart from my childhood and redrew it".

Jenny-Jinya should consider posting more of her recreations to my favorite new subreddit, r/childhoodartredrawn.

Can't wait to submit my kindergarten masterpiece, "Stick figures hanging out under a sun with sunglasses."

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