PIKACHU/FRANKENMOUSE COLLAB - The Spread Eagle, Brentwood (6th September 2016)

Yesterday I painted my "Pikachu/Frankenmouse Collab" 

design at The Spread Eagle pub on Queens Road, Brentwood.

I had a great time! :)

But Why?

The design is actually quite special to me.

(My childhood Pikachu came along to supervise! 

I've had it 20+ years now. <3)

I've been addicted to playing Pokemon Go between commissions.
Last month, I noticed that The Spread Eagle was a Pokestop...

So you can imagine my delight when it turned out that I

would be painting a piece there!

I've been eager to create a Pokemon themed piece ever since

I was incarnated as "Thingie".

The inspiration runs a bit deeper than playing a new game, however...

Having grown up on Pokemon as a child; the games, cards, toys and anime series

left a deep lasting impression on me, as it did many other 90s kids.

You can see particularly in Pikachu's early design in the 90s that Frankenmouse,

my tag character and partner in crime, shares subtle physical similarities

to my childhood toy. The hunched back, the 'soft' body type,

the chubby arms/legs and tiny fingers/claws.

You may have also noticed that Mouse Girl and Frankenmouse 

in my blog banner resemble the Pokemon Trainer and Pikachu 

in the 1998 Gameboy game POKEMON YELLOW.

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Anyway, enough of that!

Here's some process photos taken

throughout the day...

I'd like to say thanks again to The Spread Eagle for allowing me 

to let loose my design on the people of Brentwood!

Also thank you to anyone who came to chat to me,
took photos and videos yesterday :)

Keep supporting Street Art! 

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