Designing the Silph Co. Poké Ball

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The Poké-Ball Redesign

I've always been completely in love with the Pokémon universe. So I decided to make a redesign of the classic Poké-ball for a personal project.

It was time to go back to the original design sketches for the Poké-ball. And I added my other inspirations, Naoto Fukasawa and Dieter Rams.
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The activation button has been moved to the top of the Poké-ball and it has both a "catching" and "releasing" functionality.
Hold the top-button to charge the Poké-ball before throwing it at your target. Once the Pokémon is caught, press the top button once to release.

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On the side ring there is a "home" button (left) for returning your Pokémon.
The slider (right) goes from 1-5 which allows the user to dial in the size of the Pokémon they want to catch. This button defines the blast radius.

We are planning on creating a short 1-2 minute live-action Pokémon video that will feature this Poké Ball design as well.

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Other Poké-ball Types

As of this post there are 27 different types of Poké Balls. I decided to visualize a few of them that I deem to be iconic :) 

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Conclusion

Every once in a while it's good to apply all your recent skills to a project that is pure fun. Not client work, not company work. Just a fun personal project.

For these types of projects I usually reside to fan-art - and Pokémon is usually one of my favorite IPs to explore with fan-art.

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