Ancient Mew prototype, pink crystal

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This controller sold at Beast 7.

Based on the Ancient Mew Pokémon card released as a promotional card in the year 2000. It was given out with the purchase of a ticket for the theatrical run of The Power of One

ancient-mew-card-front-back

This is one of the prototype controllers I made while trying to perfect the Ancient Mew design. Because of the positive feedback I received about my first Ancient Mew controller and about these prototypes I am going to produce more Ancient Mew controllers in the future using more streamlined methods.

The front of this controller is painted in metallic purple with gold and pink tints, the colours are accented by a glitter lacquer that seals the background paint.

The back of the controller was painted using metallic pink inks. I painted the inside of the shell to add depth to the colour.

The controller is covered in waterslide transfers that have been hand inked in gold, I used acrylic ink and a combination of brushes and technical pens to trace the design on the transfer paper and make corrections when in place on the controller.

On the front half of the handles are the resistance and weakness symbols from the bottom of the card, the centre of the front has line art of Ancient Mew  with the border pattern above and below.

The back of the controller is based on the reverse of the same card. I used the Pokéball and shapes around it then rotated and re-sized them to fit nicely around the curves of the controller.

The whole controller is protected by Mipa winner matte lacquer which gives it a silky smooth finish.