Hasta La Gadget!

We’ve seen Pokémon drawn with pencils, food, thread, aluminum powder, sculpey, clay, marble, LEGO and digital ink. Jacob Carter chose a simple but challenging way to depict the famous monsters: leaves.

Jacob calls his series Natural Pokémon. Aside from leaves, he also uses pebbles, and cheats a bit with cardboard and ink for the eyes and feet of Pokémon.

Jacob probably won’t be able to depict all Pokémon using just the leaves he finds on his own. Maybe he can ask people to send him preserved leaves of different colors and textures.

[via Imgur via Incredible Things]

Last week, we looked at bugs. This week, I’m sending you back into the bush to catch more of nature’s nuance on the macro level. For this week’s Shooting Challenge, photograph the wonder of plants.

Read more…