James Turner

James Turner, born 1978GAME FREAK Illustration Demonstration: Episode Two [James Turner x HarmoKnight - YouTube] is a graphic designer who worked at Game Freak. In 2010, he became the first Westerner to officially design .
Turner designed Pokémon for , , , , and ; he was also the Art Director for the latter. Additionally, he directed the 2012 Nintendo 3DS eShop title HarmoKnight and the 2015 video game published by , .
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). The first game he worked on at this company was Pokémon Colosseum, for which Turner was responsible for the game's battle effects, battle camera, and cutscenes.Tweet about Turner's responsibilities on Colosseum For Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness, Turner finalized Shadow Lugia based on various initial sketches of the design drawn by Hiromoto-SIN-ichi, which began after the conceptualization of the core game. Turner designed all the characters for and oversaw the designs of the different outfits.Tweet about designing all characters for Pokémon Battle Revolution He would then leave Genius Sonority to apply for another job, landing a position at GAME FREAK before the release of Pokémon Black and White. During his interview, Turner claimed that he was required to design a Pokémon on the spot as part of the interview process. Although the moment was too fleeting to come up with a fully-fledged Pokémon with a backstory, Turner has mentioned that this design was originally a ghostly tree, which would later go on to spark the idea for the family in Pokémon X and Y.
On June 9, 2022, Turner announced that he had left Game Freak to form his own game studio, All Possible Futures.Tweet by James Turner (@JamesTurner_42). Posted on June 9, 2022.Tweet by James Turner (@JamesTurner_42). Posted on June 9, 2022.All Possible Futures Official Account This was a change that he had decided upon during the pre-production phase of Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, shortly following the end of Sword and Shield's development.Pokémon’s Art Director On Leaving Game Freak For The Plucky Squire - MinnMax Interview
==Designs==
===Pokémon===
The following is a list of Pokémon designed by Turner.
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 					
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 					
Tweet about finalizing the design of Shadow Lugia 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 					
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 					
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 					
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)Interview with James Turner 	 	 	 	Tweet about designing Golurk 	 	Nintendo Dream Vol. 205, May 2011 (Shellspider's blog (Japanese), Translations (Part 1, Part 2) by Dr. Lava)	 	 	 					
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 					
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 					
Tweet about designing Phantump and Trevenant 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 					
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 					
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 					
Archive of deleted tweet by @JamesTurner_42 (Posted on January 29, 2018). 	Tweet about designing Buzzwole and Guzzlord 	 	Tweet about designing Poipole and NaganadelTweet about designing Poipole(and Shiny)Tweet about designing Shiny Poipole and Naganadel	Tweet about designing Naganadel and the origin of Naganadel's Japanese name 	 	 	 	 	 					
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 					
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 					
Tweet about designing Gigantamax Pikachu 	Tweet about designing Gigantamax Gengar(and Shiny)Tweet about designing Shiny Gigantamax Gengar	Tweet about designing Galarian Zigzagoon(and Shiny)Tweet about designing Shiny Galarian Zigzagoon	Tweet about designing Galarian Linoone(and Shiny)Tweet about designing Shiny Galarian Linoone 	Tweet about designing Sizzlipede 	Tweet about designing Centiskorch	Tweet about designing Gigantamax Centiskorch 	Tweet about designing Sinistea	Tweet about designing Polteageist(and Shiny)Tweet about designing Shiny Polteageist (Japanese, archive)	Tweet about designing Obstagoon(and Shiny)Tweet about designing Shiny Obstagoon					
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 					
 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 	 					
Combat BreedTweet about designing Paldean Tauros. 	Blaze Breed 	Aqua Breed 	Tweet about designing Dondozo(and Shiny)Tweet about designing Shiny Dondozo 	Curly FormTweet about designing Tatsugiri(and Shiny)Tweet about designing Shiny Tatsugiri	Droopy Form (and Shiny) 	Stretchy Form (and Shiny) 	 	 	 					
===Characters===
The following is a list of characters designed by Turner.
Zook.png|Zook (Helper)Tweet about designing Zook
Lucy Fleetfoot Trozei.png|Lucy FleetfootYeah! I designed Lucy ☀️
Professor P Trozei.png|Professor P
Baron Phobos Trozei.png|
Buzz Trozei.png|
Avery Trozei.png|
Grock Trozei.png|
Mr Who Trozei.png|Mr. Who
PBR Nate.png|Tweet about designing Nate and Cyndy (Young Boy Model)
PBR Cyndy.png|Cyndy (Young Girl Model)
Anna PBR.png|
PBRJoe.png|
Sashay.png|SashayTweet about designing Sashay
Kruger.png|Kruger
Mysterial.png|Mysterial
Rosie.png|Cool Girl Model
Dusty.png|Cool Boy Model
PBRTaylor.png|Little Girl Model
Voldon.png|Muscle Man Model
Scarlet Sada.png|Professor SadaTweet about designing Professor Sada and Professor Turo
Violet Turo.png|Professor Turo
He also designed unknown human characters in .My pleasure to serve These are the first humans I designed for the mainline games! Before this I designed humans for XD, Battle Revolution, and Trozei.
==Official artwork==
This is a collection of official Pokémon artwork drawn by Turner.
Bruxish SM concept art.jpg| concept art from Sun & Moon
Buzzwole SM concept art.jpg| concept art from Sun & Moon
Guzzlord SM concept art.jpg| concept art from Sun & Moon
Poipole USUM concept art.jpg| concept art from Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon
Naganadel USUM concept art.jpg| concept art from Ultra Sun & Ultra MoonTweet about designing Naganadel
Sword Shield Max Raid Battle artwork.png|Max Raid Battle artwork from Sword & Shield
Player House SwSh.jpg|Player's house concept art from Sword & Shield
Hometown SwSh Concept Art.jpg|Hometown concept art from Sword & ShieldPokémon — James Turner
Gym SwSh Concept Art.jpg|Gym battle concept art from Sword & Shield
Trozei US boxart.jpg|Boxart for 
Lucy Fleetfoot Trozei 4.png|Key artwork from 
Lucy Fleetfoot Trozei 2.png|Lucy Fleetfoot artwork from 
Lucy Fleetfoot Trozei 3.jpg|Lucy Fleetfoot, , and artwork from 
Aipom Trozei.png| artwork from 
Solrock Trozei.png| artwork from 
Trozei Beamer.png|Trozei Beamer artwork from 
Phobos Battalion.png|Phobos Battalion artwork from 
Trozei Phobos Train.png|Phobos Mobile No.1: Phobos Train artwork from 
Trozei Phobos Jet.png|Phobos Mobile No.2: Phobos Jet artwork from 
Trozei Phobos Submarine.png|Phobos Mobile No.4: Phobos Sub artwork from 
Trozei Phobos Walker.png|Phobos Mobile No.5: Phobos Walker artwork from 
Trozei Phobosphere.png|Phobos Secret Fort: Phobosphere artwork from 
HarmoKnight Pokémon promotional artwork.png|GAME FREAK New Year's artwork featuring Pokémon & HarmoKnight
===TCG artwork===
Thus far, James Turner has illustrated cards, the first of which was from . A full list of cards illustrated by James Turner can be found here.
PansearNextDestinies15.jpg|Pansear (Next Destinies 15)
DuskullShroudedFable68.jpg|Duskull (Shrouded Fable 68)
DusclopsShroudedFable69.jpg|Dusclops (Shrouded Fable 69)
DusknoirShroudedFable70.jpg|Dusknoir (Shrouded Fable 70)
Gigantamax Gengar Deck Case Front.png|Gigantamax Deck Case featuring , , and https://twitter.com/JamesTurner_42/status/1399259424498372612
Gigantamax Gengar Deck Case.jpg|Back of the Gigantamax Deck Case, featuring 
==Works==
===Pokémon & GAME FREAK releases===
Title 	Platform 	Release date	Position
 	Nintendo GameCube	2003-11-21 	Camera Animation Special Effects Art
 	Nintendo GameCube	2005-08-04 	Art Chief
 	Nintendo DS 	2005-10-20 	Art Director
 	Wii 	2006-12-14 	Art Director
 	Wii 	2007-07-12 	Art Director
 	Nintendo DS 	2010-09-18 	Digital Movie--Main Design Pokémon Character Design 3-D Map Graphics
 	Nintendo DS 	2012-06-23 	Pokémon Character Design Pokémon Black Version and White Version Graphics Design
HarmoKnight	Nintendo 3DS 	2012-09-05 	Director
 	Nintendo 3DS 	2013-10-12 	Digital Movie Design Lead Pokémon Characters Design
 	 	2015-05-21 	Director
 	Nintendo 3DS 	2016-11-18 	Digital Movie Design/Effect Design Section Director Pokémon Characters Design
 	Nintendo 3DS 	2017-11-17 	Pokémon Characters Design
 	Nintendo Switch 	2019-11-15 	Art Director Pokémon Design
 	Nintendo Switch 	2022-11-18 	Pokémon Design Character Design
===Other games===
Title 	Platform	Release date	Position
GRAPPIN	 	2023-03-24 	Main Key-Art Design
 	 	2024 	
==Trivia==
* While Turner has several Pokémon among his favorites,Post about the various favorite Pokémon of James Turner. as of April 29, 2018, is his favorite Pokémon.Post about James Turner's favorite Pokémon
==References==
==External links==
*Pokémon — James Turner
*James Turner's Bluesky
*James Turner's LinkedIn
*James Turner's Twitter
*Game Freak interview with James Turner (in Japanese)
*Iwata Asks: HarmoKnight
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