bonzo
@bonzosbunker
nick / he/they / the poliwag family’s #1 defender / illustrator, spriter, concept artist
check out hodgepodge platoon v2! i made some mons for this pokémon rom hack a year back in 2024 and i got asked to make 3 more, plus some secret guys for the dex. you can find out more on it here: youtu.be/J3LSwwiUrys
it’s been a bit since any update on my birdo rpg project, right? here’s a shot of birdo encountering a familiar face in a nightmare. but is this really a nightmare, or is it all just a memory?
happy pride month!!! i drew my boyfriend (@felixstaysin.bsky.social) and i as trainers because i love him!!!!
“Oh, so… You mean to say you would like to be totally destroyed? Well, I can make your wish come true!” #legendofzelda #alinktothepast
thinking about the most successful couple on my island. the only two people to have had a child and maintain a good relationship on my island is paul mccartney and birdo.
ZOOTOPIA 2 i liked it about as much as the first one, where there are good qualities and morals about it. but the idea of two COPS helping marginalized communities that are facing discrimination/deportation by the ruling class feels more unrealistic than the furry society it takes place in
PROJECT HAIL MARY (Film) very heartfelt and hopeful. i really like the way the film does alien life. it feels surprisingly biologically plausible. i feel like i need to see it again just because i dig this movie’s vibe so much.
MIKU EXPO 2026 went to watch miku on monday on my first ever chicago trip. the set design is fantastic and the characters popped out very well from the screen. i feel like vocaloid songs are often very fast so huge props to the band members for keeping up and doing an amazing job.
here’s a follow up to my fakemon starters: a bunch of designs that i imagine would be in some early game routes
i got up to the part in TTYD where you get to hatch a yoshi partner, and i was thinking about how different they look from the established baby yoshi designs. so i drew one out that’s more of a happy middle ground. this is how i envision my guy “sashimi” looking.
SUPER MARIO BROS 2 (ALL STARS) i played smb2 on the nes a few times before and i always struggled. the snes (all stars) version is just the right amount of difficulty. saving and being able to switch out characters whenever you lose helps a lot and isn’t as much of a cakewalk as the gba version.
THE SUPER MARIO GALAXY MOVIE nintendo star wars was ok but i think the first movie was way better. this one kinda shoves a lot of references at you and won’t care wether you get them or not. it got some laughs out of me and i loved the scenes with bowser and jr in them. also it has birdo :)
HOPPERS i think this is one of the better pixar movies in a while but it’s basically a silly, unhinged, but ultimately worse The Wild Robot. it doesn’t try to play into a lot of typical modern disney tropes, which i respect a lot.
TMNT (2012 SHOW) started watching this w/ roommate last fall and we finished it 2 weeks ago. it drags on too long for some of its arcs. i could go on about how much i don’t like donnie or mikey. i think the best episodes are the ones that don’t focus on shredder or krang, like much of the space arc
POKéMON LEGENDS ZA i’ve only done the main story so far. the new approach to battles was fresh and exciting. only some of the new megas are cool. i had no idea what i was working towards for 90% of it, until the story got interesting. overall tho i think i liked PLA slightly more.
changing my whole account for an april fools joke is so 2 years ago. instead tonight i will post a bunch of sketches of early route fakémon
this is the first time i’m hearing about this character but man this design rules.
BONZO FACT: this starter trio originally was poliwag, oddish, with grubbid as an entirely new pokémon. i ultimately decided to scrap a couple of these guys and make them all original.
i’ve had this wolfman pin on my bag for years. it’s pretty freakin sweet. you should pick up one yourself!
i finally got up to rainbow rank in air ride! wanted to show my favorite character combos that helped me get here