The Poké Ball, the device which catches and holds Pocket Monsters, comes in various types. There are twenty-six variations, all different. Sadly, they’re not real (neither are Pocket Monsters!). But what if they were?
Australian artist Barry Wazzy took the PokéBall out of the game and anime world and rendered them in ours. The result is beautiful, and makes me want to catch them all.
Kotaku posted realistic renditions of Pok&eactue;mon, but never Pok&eactue;Ball like this.
If you like Wazzy’s work, he has a full DeviantArt page full of, well, art.
*wazzy88 [DeviantArt]
kevin
Friday, January 13, 2012 at 7:07 PMAWESOME.
Scott
Friday, January 13, 2012 at 7:32 PMHow is that realistic? They have random patterns on them.
HumanTheHuman
Friday, January 13, 2012 at 8:01 PMJust because it’s not grey and brown doesn’t mean it’s not realistic.
Chazz
Friday, January 13, 2012 at 8:07 PMCmon…these are realistic pokeballs;
http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_la5ena8Ydm1qb2ahdo1_500.jpg
What Barry did looks cool but they don’t look realistic.
Letrico
Friday, January 13, 2012 at 9:42 PMWhere did you get his photo from? If its on sale I would gladly buy them all.
Chazz
Friday, January 13, 2012 at 10:16 PMYou’re in luck…kinda. I did a search and found the guy’s DA page.
http://bioniclegahlok.deviantart.com/gallery/?offset=24
He doesn’t offer prints it seems, but if you contact him he might supply a proper hi-res version and you could get one made up.
Alinos
Friday, January 13, 2012 at 8:13 PMThey’re just art nothingore each pokeball has a skin to not render that instead of what he did means they aren’t realistic in terms of cannon
LC
Friday, January 13, 2012 at 7:37 PMWould’ve liked to see some normal pokeballs in there.
Chazz
Friday, January 13, 2012 at 7:42 PMNone of them look realistic…
Joshy206
Friday, January 13, 2012 at 8:50 PMThey’re awesome, but realistic wouldn’t be the word I’d use.
CJ
Friday, January 13, 2012 at 8:05 PMOr rather he made one and shopped it alot. (Agree needs some of the original ones)
[Razor]
Friday, January 13, 2012 at 9:34 PMThe third one down (the one under the one with wings) bothers me because its concentric circles pattern is not exactly perpendicular to the pokeball button.
rekuhs
Friday, January 13, 2012 at 10:15 PMYou’re pretty active for someone that doesn’t work for Allure anymore Bashcraft…
Are you back??
Chazz
Friday, January 13, 2012 at 10:17 PMUnless Ashcraft has actually left KotakuUS I think you’ve mistaken him for Brian Crecente.
rekuhs
Friday, January 13, 2012 at 10:57 PMYup, that’s what I’m doing.
Chazz
Friday, January 13, 2012 at 11:06 PMI don’t know why but the casual nature of your response made me laugh a lot. It played out in my head like a scene in a 90′s sitcom.
derphurpa
Friday, January 13, 2012 at 11:59 PMAshcraft stop stealing shit from tumblr. Do your job.
Charphlosion
Saturday, January 14, 2012 at 7:15 AMsaw these on tumblr *drools*
Khendar
Monday, January 16, 2012 at 5:55 PMYou’re complaining that artistic representations of fictional objects from a video game and cartoon series aren’t “realistic”? Heh.