Artist's Comments
This piece was a long time coming, but I finally pushed to finish it up in honor of having gotten Soul Silver one year prior. These Pokémon formed the team that took me to victory against the Pokémon League. Chikorita was my starter, unevolved because I like it better than Bayleef and Meganium. Mareep I wanted to raise up because I'd had a much loved Mareep on my original Silver game that never made it to L100 before the cartridge battery died. Miltank was a surprise, having never raised one. I just had this feeling that it was gonna do me good and after checking its excellent IVs, I thought yes, I am going to effort train this baby. Politoed was my Surfer who cashed in on a lot of battle experience as well. Togetic, my hardly used Flyer, I decided it deserved a place in the Hall of Fame since I wouldn't likely be raising it anymore afterward. Larvitar I like so I just kind of threw it on the team to fill the sixth slot.

Artistically, I did rush this one a bit but I don't think it shows too badly. Most importantly to me is that it's a commemorative picture filled with good memories.