Described best by Justin White, the artist behind these comical portraits, “the idea was to capture each character after a long battle recuperating inside their pokeball. Or maybe I just wanted to imagine pokemon in a lot of pain.”

The rest of Justin’s work can be found at his homepage or Flickr photostream.

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