Guitars of Opelucid City

My friend, Akemi, and her Zekrom playing electric guitars.

This is the corresponding fanart to my "Violins of Opelucid City" which can be seen here [link]

The idea for this came up a while back when my friend and I first started playing Pokemon Black and White. I bought Pokemon Black (because I wanted Reshiram) and she bought Pokemon White (because she wanted Zekrom). After playing through the games, it came to our attention that Opelucid City was different in both games: In Black, Opelucid City is more technological and futuristic (supposedly meant to represent Zekrom), and in White, Opelucid City is more rustic and natural (supposedly meant to represent Reshiram). In each version, there is a person playing an instrument right next to the Pokemon center. In Black, it is a keytarist, while in White, it is an erhu player. This got me thinking that it would be cool if I drew a fanart of me and Reshiram playing the instrument represented in White's Opelucid City and a fanart of my friend and Zekrom playing the instrument represented in Black's Opelucid City. I decided to go with electric guitars (instead of keytars) and violins (instead of erhus) because I think that they are better contrasting instruments. ^^

Special thanks to Akemi who designed the outfits on both this piece and the "Violins of Opelucid City" piece. :3

For my first time drawing Zekrom, I think this turned out pretty good. Surprisingly, Zekrom is so much more complicated than Reshiram. X)

Image Information:
*Akemi's pose referenced from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
*Zekrom's pose referenced from Kuzuko artwork [link]
*Drawn using Sakura Micron Pen
*Colored using Adobe Photoshop Elements Version 6.0
*Background image from My Best Desktops [link]
*Image completed in 2013

Pokemon (c) Satoshi Tajiri, Game Freak, Nintendo
Akemi (c) GenkoNoMiko