All we need to do is pair up these little critters with some hyper-realistic cosplay and we’ll finally have the sweet live action pokemon film that the Internet has been craving.
I normally associate in real life photoshops with the disturbing, pore heavy images of Homer and Mario, but these pokemons are super cute (and presumably effective). Apparently, the original idea was supposed to be darker though.
Perhaps more interestingly, this series was originally going to be much more violent, pitting Pokemon against Pokemon in what I envisioned as “Michael Vick’s Pokefights.” Pokemon seems, after all, a lot more like fantasy dog fighting than bug collecting, but that joke is getting old now.
Check out the slideshow to the pokemon in real life or go to Lefcourt’s flickr page to see more of his work, including some great t-shirt designs.
Image by Steven Lefcourt
Image by Steven Lefcourt
Image by Steven Lefcourt
Image by Steven Lefcourt
Image by Steven Lefcourt
Image by Steven Lefcourt
Image by Steven Lefcourt
Image by Steven Lefcourt
Image by Steven Lefcourt