Narrator: The Pokémon in "Detective Pikachu" have a new look, and they've never seemed more real or terrifying.
That's in large part thanks to this guy.
RJ Palmer: I'm RJ Palmer,I'm a concept artist at Ubisoft, I draw creatures and monsters,and I worked on "Detective Pikachu." Narrator: He started drawing when he was just three years old.
He continued to hone his craft at the San Francisco Academy of Art.
Then in 2012, his drawings for an amateur fan art project gained so much attention on the internet,it ultimately landed him a job on the new Pokémon film.
RJ: So I started drawing a shark dinosaur,and that turned into the Pokémon Garchomp, and people really,really responded to it,so I kept drawing more.
Narrator: RJ used real animals as inspiration.
RJ: The natural world is so inspiring,and I think pulling from that, as much as possible,is really cool.
Narrator: For example,Mewtwo was a combination of several creatures.
RJ: Kangaroo,and a little bit of rhino,and hairless cat,and some barn owl.
