championdaigo

[championdaigo]

blease,,, steven but he's beat up. or steven and his team together. depends on your comfort lvl w/ drawing beat up characters but i think he would look nice a little bloodied and bruised in your style. ❣️

i'm actually pretty glad you asked for steven with his team, because i can share a little baby WIP!!

b-but beat up steven? steven stone?? Now why would I do that 😳💦👉👈

#pokemon #steven stone #my art #anon #request #beldum #skarmory #lileep #anorith #aron #baltoy #tw gore #my family and i are watching the walking dead for the first time #which i think informed that second piece lol #if you want to see him all bandaged up just look for any tinkatink post on this blog

[championdaigo]

mirrorball shining just for you

#pokemon #steven stone #champion steven #my art #ngl i've drawn steven in this exact pose. countless times #this isn't the first #and it sure won't be the last

[championdaigo]

little steven plush in progress

#me btw if you even care #pokemon #steven stone #my art #not sure if that’s the best tag for this but i’ll put it there #my crafts #maybe that’s better #i bought an embroidery kit just for this project #steven i’m learning new skills all for you baby ❤️

[championdaigo]

Steven Stone

Also thanks to @cynderrfall for giving me advice on choosing colors it really helped with this piece

#the negative space being used as crystals in the foreground 😍 #absolutely inspired

[championdaigo]

Round 1 Side A: Poll #1

Propaganda!

Steven Stone:

fruity as hell and loves rocks a lot. what more do i need to say. he is perfect (read as: probably licks rocks because geologists do that)

-Anon

Ron Delite:

Ok so I just remembered him and had to rush to submit him so I don't have much propaganda BUT take one look at that man and tell me he's not submissive and breedable yk

-Anon

#STEVENJOYERS #FIGHT FOR YOUR KING #he simply must defeat ron #i have personal stakes in this

[championdaigo]

hmm steven with lance and cynthia just hanging out. with their pokemon if you also want to draw them? <3

where are they going?? 👀

and also, while we're on the topic:

#pokemon #steven stone #champion lance #champion cynthia #dragonite #skarmory #togekiss #my art #anon #request #i didn’t forget the zigzag on steven’s suit jacket it just has a fear of flying

[championdaigo]

steven stone appreciation discord server??? what's it like?? making eyes

always be plugging

it’s chaotic but full of love ❤️

#ask #anon #i don’t run the server i’m not even a mod #but it is to my knowledge the best place to be an active stevenjoyer in modern times

[championdaigo]

free space to say anything you want about steven im so interested in your thoughts

This ask has been sitting in my inbox for a while now because I've been unsure about how I want to go about attacking it (you've given me such a gift, anon)

But I think I'll use this as an opportunity to publicly share a long line of characterization thoughts I discussed one day in the steven stone appreciation discord server (compiled below the cut, it's going to be kinda messy)

Personally i like to see Steven as someone who has everything to lose. He’s smart, rich, educated, handsome, a skilled battler, and a regional darling. This is going to be controversial but I think he had a loving family and a fulfilling (albeit very sheltered) upbringing. He seems like the kind of guy who could very easily get anything he wanted. But i also see him as someone who’s aware of that and puts in genuine effort to see reality outside of his bubble.

I see him as someone who never really experienced personal tragedy growing up, and as someone who a few members of the general public could get frustrated with for “privilege-blindness”. Like he’s someone who was basically placed on a high rung at birth but still needed to climb upwards. Most people love him (rightfully so) but others are more than ready to have a reason to throw rocks at him. I think I take this approach mainly because I'm really fascinated by IRL celebrity culture from an outsider's perspective

But, in his core, he's a good guy with healthy morals who has much to learn about the world around him.

and now for some shitpost headcanons

beldum was a devon corp invention originally intended to be a smart can opener. it accidentally gained sentience and became the president's young son's best friend

steven's mother isn't dead or even absent. she just happened to be visiting kalos during the events of the hoenn games and had the shock of her life finding out about the weather crisis through buzznav's emergency alerts (steven had twenty-seven missed calls from mom during this time)

steven's perception of money is very much the "it's one banana what could it cost 10 dollars" meme. this is both a positive and a negative

steven has a relatively sharp sense of style except when it comes to casual wear (that summer outfit is divorcecore)

#pokemon #steven stone #ask #anon #characterization thoughts #feel free to disagree with me of course (many already do) #i'm a picky eater when it comes to tropes but i like characters coming in different fandom flavors #i assume this was in response to my nepo baby poll reflection? #i genuinely love having any excuse to discuss steven pokemon

[championdaigo]

i love your drawings mwah kissing your hands tenderly and platonically

Thank you very very much!! ♡♡ Very much appreciated 😘

#ask #anon #not steven #it makes me happy to hear things like this #i know my art's not exactly easy to love 😅 #but if there are people who want to see it i'll keep doing it!! <3

[championdaigo]

steven but the day he first became the champion

The 18-year-old challenger used a strange but strong Pokémon never seen before in Hoenn. The Pokémon, Metagross, led the Rustboro native to an astounding victory.

I know the manga has its own lore for how Steven got the champion title but it's MY blog and I choose the backstory!!!

#pokemon #steven stone #metagross #tsuwabuki daigo #my art #request #anon #i'm sorry it took me well over a month to get to this!! #it was such an interesting prompt though #manga? sorry i don't know her #i do like the idea of steven earning the title in his late teens #the devon scientists aren't just celebrating bc that's their boy but also bc they made half his team 😳😳😳 #i'm joking i'm joking #though i do headcanon beldum as being a devon invention #(the full story for that one is a shitpost though)

[championdaigo]

The rain came pouring down when I was drowning; that's when I could finally breathe. And by morning, gone was any trace of you—I think I am finally clean.

#pokemon #steven stone #champion steven #tsuwabuki daigo #my art #stream 1989 tv #(clean was one of the songs that improved the most from the rerecord i think) #taylor swift #there’s a lot to be fixed in this picture i think #but i kinda like how crusty it is #it feels kinda thematically appropriate somehow #i also think there’s something wrong with me #because i had a hard time drawing rain on someone’s face without it looking kinda 😳 #so i took a lot of it out #my water’s too thick i think #7.8/10 #hey tumblr user championdaigo what does the second half of the caption have to do with the picture?? (nothing.) #listening to clean did inspire this drawing overall though #next picture will be steven vs groudon with the caption “the drought was the very worst"

[championdaigo]

Well that’s pretty damning lmao

Asking because I’m genuinely curious where most people stand

#my polls #thank you very much to the people who elaborated on their opinion #i love discussing steven so so much #personally i find it more interesting to view him through the nepo baby lens #it opens up characterization paths that are more fun for me to explore #i’m so open to hearing people support or challenge that

[championdaigo]

More of Steven Stone's ancestor who

collects rare rocks ♥

is very normal!!

thinks about rayquaza a regular amount

has no reason to be shamed or disliked by any particular groups of people

has innocent reasons for asking you to help her gather meteorite shards

is not a threat to the world

does not accept criticism on her rayquaza gijinka cosplay

#pokemon #steven stone #pokemon volo #rayquaza #aron #pokemon oc #(again... technically) #she’s just a volo parody but at this point i’m committed to the bit #find the jumpscare(s) lol #my art #i made this quite a while ago but never posted it #i’m working on the current requests but they’re each taking some time

[championdaigo]

There could littlerly be a huge meteorite about to crash into earth and kill everyone. Yet ya all would just point at it and say "chiken little refrance" or some shit like that

#omg delta episode!! 😍

[championdaigo]

why is this cradily cooler than me

#she’s the best member of steven’s team #and i’m saying that with my entire heart

[championdaigo]

Asking because I’m genuinely curious where most people stand

#pokemon #steven stone #champion steven #my posts #tumblr polls #open to propaganda

[championdaigo]

i love how you draw beldum 10/10 no notes

Thank you!! ❤️❤️ I love that little iron baby

I used to have a small 3D printed model of a Beldum that was really helpful for seeing it at different angles, but I lost it after I graduated 😔

#ask #anon #i had someone print it for me so i could use it for a custom steven doll