James Turner
James Turner (Japanese: ジェイムス・ターナー) is a British graphic designer, who currently works at Game Freak. In 2010, he became the first Westerner to officially design Pokémon.
Turner designed seven Pokémon for Pokémon Black and White, two for Pokémon X and Y, two for Pokémon Sun and Moon, and two for Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon. He also directed the 2012 Nintendo 3DS eShop title HarmoKnight and the 2015 video game published by Sega, Tembo the Badass Elephant. He is the Art Director for Pokémon Sword and Shield.
Additionally, Turner designed all the characters for Pokémon Battle Revolution and oversaw the designs of the different outfits.[1]
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).
Pokémon
The following is a list of Pokémon designed by James Turner.
- Shadow Lugia[2]
- Vanillite[3]
- Vanillish[3]
- Vanilluxe[3]
- Golett[3]
- Golurk[3]
- Vullaby[3][4]
- Mandibuzz[4]
- Phantump[5]
- Trevenant[5]
- Buzzwole[6]
- Guzzlord[6]
- Poipole[7]
- Naganadel[8]
- Centiskorch[9]
- Gigantamax Centiskorch[10]
- Sinistea[11]
- Polteageist[12]
- Gigantamax Gengar[13]
- Galarian and its Shiny form[14][15]
- Galarian and its Shiny form[16][17]
- Obstagoon and its Shiny form[18][19]
Additionally, while Bruxish was designed by a different female designer, Turner finalized its design and drew its reference sheet.[20]
Works
Games
| Title | Platform | Release date | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Versions | Nintendo DS | 2010-09-18 | Pokemon Designer, 3D Map Designer, Digital Movies |
| Pokémon Black and White Versions 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 |
TCG illustration
James Turner is an artist in the Pokémon Trading Card Game who made his debut in Next Destinies. He has only illustrated one card.
Pansear from Next Destinies
Turner's lone illustration
Trivia
References
- ↑ Tweet about designing all characters for Pokémon Battle Revolution
- ↑ Tweet about designing Shadow Lugia
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 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)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Nintendo Dream volume 205 (translation)
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Interview with James Turner
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Tweet about designing Buzzwole and Guzzlord
- ↑ Tweet about designing Poipole
- ↑ Tweet about designing Naganadel
- ↑ Tweet about designing Centiskorch
- ↑ Tweet about designing Gigantamax Centiskorch
- ↑ Tweet about designing Sinistea
- ↑ Tweet about designing Polteageist
- ↑ Tweet about designing 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 Obstagoon
- ↑ Tweet about designing Shiny Galarian Obstagoon
- ↑ Tweet about finalizing Bruxish's design
- ↑ Post about the various favorite Pokémon of James Turner.
- ↑ Post about James Tuner's favorite Pokémon