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Revision as of 14:50, 31 March 2023
James Turner (Japanese: ジェイムス・ターナー); born 1978[1] is a British graphic designer who worked at Game Freak. In 2010, he became the first Westerner to officially design Pokémon.
Turner designed Pokémon for Pokémon Black and White, Pokémon X and Y, Pokémon Sun and Moon, Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon, and Pokémon Sword and Shield; he was also the Art Director for the latter. Additionally, he directed the 2012 Nintendo 3DS eShop title HarmoKnight and the 2015 video game published by Sega, Tembo the Badass Elephant.
Before joining Game Freak, James Turner worked for eight years at Genius Sonority and was credited under the name Jamie Turner (Japanese: ジェイミー・ターナー). Turner designed all the characters for Pokémon Battle Revolution and oversaw the designs of the different outfits.[2]
On June 9, 2022, Turner announced that he had left Game Freak to form his own game studio, All Possible Futures.[3][4][5]
Pokémon
The following is a list of Pokémon designed by Turner.
Additionally, while Bruxish was designed by a different female designer, Turner finalized its design and drew its reference sheet.[37][38]
Characters
This article is incomplete. Please feel free to edit this article to add missing information and complete it. Reason: Transparent images of Aquarella, Boolum, and Anna |
The following is a list of characters designed by Turner.
He also designed unknown human characters in Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness.[45]
Cards illustrated
James Turner is an artist in the Pokémon Trading Card Game who made his debut in Next Destinies. He has only illustrated one card.
Other illustrations
Works
Games
Title | Platform | Release date | Position |
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Pokémon Colosseum | Nintendo GameCube | 2003-11-21 | Camera Animation, Special Effects Art |
Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness | Nintendo GameCube | 2005-08-04 | Art Chief |
Pokémon Trozei! | Nintendo DS | 2005-10-20 | Art Director |
Pokémon Battle Revolution | Wii | 2006-12-14 | Art Director |
Dragon Quest Swords: The Masked Queen and the Tower of Mirrors | Wii | 2007-07-12 | Art Director |
Pokémon Black and White | Nintendo DS | 2010-09-18 | Pokemon Designer, 3D Map Designer, Digital Movies |
Pokémon Black 2 and White 2 | Nintendo DS | 2012-06-23 | Pokémon Character Design, Pokémon Black Version and White Version Graphics Design |
HarmoKnight | Nintendo 3DS | 2012-09-05 | Director |
Pokémon X and Y | Nintendo 3DS | 2013-10-12 | Digital Movie Design Lead, Pokémon Character Design |
Tembo the Badass Elephant | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation 4, Xbox One | 2015-05-21 | Director |
Pokémon Sun and Moon | Nintendo 3DS | 2016-11-18 | Digital Movie Design/Effect Design Section Director, Pokémon Character Design |
Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon | Nintendo 3DS | 2017-11-17 | Pokémon Character Design |
Pokémon Sword and Shield | Nintendo Switch | 2019-11-15 | Art Director, Pokémon Design |
Pokémon Scarlet and Violet | Nintendo Switch | 2022-11-18 | Pokémon Design, Character Design |
Trivia
- While Turner has several Pokémon among his favorites,[49] as of April 29, 2018, Salandit is his favorite Pokémon.[50]
References
- ↑ GAME FREAK Illustration Demonstration: Episode Two [James Turner x HarmoKnight] - YouTube
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 Tweet about designing all characters for Pokémon Battle Revolution
- ↑ Tweet by James Turner (@JamesTurner_42). Posted on June 9, 2022.
- ↑ Tweet by James Turner (@JamesTurner_42). Posted on June 9, 2022.
- ↑ All Possible Futures Official Account
- ↑ Tweet about designing Shadow Lugia
- ↑ Tweet about finalizing the design of Shadow Lugia
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3 8.4 8.5 GAME FREAK: 「ポケットモンスターブラック・ホワイト」のつくりかた 4 (archive)
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 9.4 9.5 9.6 Nintendo Dream Vol. 205, May 2011 (Shellspider's blog (Japanese), Translations (Part 1, Part 2) by Dr. Lava)
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 Interview with James Turner
- ↑ Tweet about designing Golurk
- ↑ 12.0 12.1 Tweet about designing Phantump and Trevenant
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 Tweet about designing Buzzwole and Guzzlord
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Tweet about designing Poipole and Naganadel
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 Tweet about designing Shiny Poipole and Naganadel
- ↑ Tweet about designing Poipole
- ↑ Tweet about designing Naganadel and the origin of Naganadel's Japanese name
- ↑ Tweet about designing Gigantamax Pikachu
- ↑ Tweet about designing Gigantamax Gengar
- ↑ Tweet about designing Shiny Gigantamax Gengar
- ↑ Tweet about designing Galarian Zigzagoon
- ↑ Tweet about designing Shiny Galarian Zigzagoon
- ↑ Tweet about designing Galarian Linoone
- ↑ Tweet about designing Shiny Galarian Linoone
- ↑ Tweet about designing Centiskorch
- ↑ Tweet about designing Gigantamax Centiskorch
- ↑ Tweet about designing Sinistea
- ↑ Tweet about designing Polteageist
- ↑ Tweet about designing Shiny Polteageist (Japanese, archive)
- ↑ Tweet about designing Obstagoon
- ↑ Tweet about designing Shiny Galarian Obstagoon
- ↑ 32.0 32.1 32.2 Tweet about designing Paldean Tauros (Posted on March 26, 2023).
- ↑ Tweet about designing Dondozo
- ↑ Tweet about designing Shiny Dondozo
- ↑ 35.0 35.1 35.2 Tweet about designing Tatsugiri
- ↑ 36.0 36.1 36.2 Tweet about designing Shiny Tatsugiri
- ↑ Tweet about finalizing Bruxish's design
- ↑ Archive of deleted tweet by @JamesTurner_42 (Posted on January 29, 2018).
- ↑ Yeah! I designed Lucy ☀️
- ↑ 40.00 40.01 40.02 40.03 40.04 40.05 40.06 40.07 40.08 40.09 40.10 40.11 40.12 40.13 40.14 [1]
- ↑ 41.0 41.1 Tweet about designing Nate and Cyndy
- ↑ Tweet about designing Sashay
- ↑ [2]
- ↑ 44.0 44.1 Tweet about designing Professor Sada and Professor Turo
- ↑ My pleasure to serve These are the first humans I designed for the mainline games! Before this I designed humans for XD, Battle Revolution, and Trozei.
- ↑ Pokémon — James Turner
- ↑ Pokémon — James Turner
- ↑ 48.0 48.1 https://twitter.com/JamesTurner_42/status/1399259424498372612
- ↑ Post about the various favorite Pokémon of James Turner.
- ↑ Post about James Turner's favorite Pokémon
External links
- Pokémon — James Turner
- James Turner on Twitter
- James Turner on LinkedIn
- GameFreak interview with James Turner (in Japanese)
- Iwata Asks: HarmoKnight