Spinarak/Ariados Works!
As before, we end our articles on the Spinarak line with a collection of fanworks of the Pokémon! Although they’re not the most memorable of generation two Pokémon, there’s a wealth of art out there on the pair of Pokémon.
And don’t worry – nearly every artist got the number of legs right.
Follow the links to visit the source page for the work, and maybe see if any other works by the artists catch your interest too!
Spinarak
By Sunnyfish
http://sunnyfish.deviantart.com/art/Spinarak-DJ-195421383
A rather cute image to open. DJ Spinarak is in the house! Not a bad career choice for the Pokémon, given how it gets to use all those legs to its advantage. While the notes in the image seem a bit messy (maybe it’s just practicing?), it’s an undeniably cute image. It even has headphones.
By PokemonFromHell
http://pokemonfromhell.deviantart.com/art/No-167-Spinarak-209098134
A less cute image here, but that’s probably not a surprise given the username used by the artist. There’s a noticeable amount of red in the painting, particularly around the fangs of all those Spinarak. And those smiles upon their back don’t look all that inviting. Add in all those white eyes from the numerous silhouettes of Spinarak in the background, and you may not be so keen on trying to recruit one as a DJ anymore. 
By Lass-Samantha
http://lass-samantha.deviantart.com/art/Spinarak-188655886
A nice woolly custom-made plush. The legs look particularly well done, and it’s unlikely this plush will fall over either. 
By lemurkat
http://lemurkat.co.nz/pokemon/johto.html
A sad-faced Spinarak upon a leaf. The green colours work well with each other and the leaves have some detail to them as well, but you can see that the artist got the number of legs wrong, and they do appear to be a touch wonky. This is part of a neat project where the artist has been filling out his own ‘Pokédex’ on his site, just with art of each Pokémon.
By Heatheru
http://www.deviantart.com/art/Potted-Spinarak-311262363
No child, don’t eat that!
A cute style of art here, helped by the Spinarak just sleeping under that leaf (luckily any water falling from it seems to miss it). The shading work is particularly strong here. This art piece even game with a small piece of writing – follow the link to read it. 
Artist unknown
http://www.zerochan.net/1548755
We were unable to track down who made it – it may have been by an artist on the website Pixiv, but if so they had taken it down by the time someone had uploaded it to this website. A neat pairing of two different spider Pokémon. I like how the poses of the legs seems to suggest the Spinarak is trying to poke that Pokémon on its back.
By warbandit
http://warbandit.deviantart.com/art/Spinarak-Man-6754429
Spinarak, spinarak, does whatever a spiderman might do. An easy idea for a parody, but an amusing one nonetheless. The blur effect on the background might have been a touch overdone in trying to make the Spinarak-man appear to be moving, but I like how the alternate suit for it matches the original design for the Pokémon pretty decently.
By macurrorro
http://macuarrorro.deviantart.com/art/Lonely-294005676
This would have taken quite some time! This picture is made from individual dots, and the artist here even went to the effort of doing a background and some detailed flowers in the foreground on top of the Spinarak. There’s even shading going on. An impressive effort.
By Pinkophilic
http://pinkophilic.deviantart.com/art/Spin-a-Nursery-Rhyme-197143124
A chibi-esque form here. Large head and body, and rather stubby legs in comparison. I hope it didn’t just eat a person or something. But it’s okay if it did, it’s doing the puppy dog eyes face. Simple but effective. 
By 布
http://www.pixiv.com/works/12996134
Another bug Pokémon has decided to sit on a Spinarak, but this… didn’t work out too well. It has an amusing expression and unfortunate pose, and the Caterpie doesn’t seem very understanding about the trouble it’s causing.
Arachnophobia
By LordoftheJynx
A horror one-shot. The gist of the story is that Spinarak kidnap children. Whatever could go wrong?…oh wait. The story does well in slowly increasing a sense of dread as the story continues, and there’s some nice description too. Unless you’re being kidnapped. Then the description isn’t pleasant at all.
Ariados
By bogeymankurt
http://www.deviantart.com/art/Bayleef-Chikorita-and-Ariados-183523083
3D models are shown off here, which is a neat sort of medium to create Pokémon works from. And it even comes with an environment as well! The image is taken from the undergrowth which is a nice position for the situation. Here Ariados stare down a family of Chikorita. This doesn’t seem like it’s going to end well… 
By DawnbreakerDSG
http://www.pixiv.com/works/41734479
I don’t think the artist was very fond of Pichu. A giant Ariados features here – those legs look more like stilts here, which just makes the Pokémon seem even more menacing. There’s some nice colouring work here too. The moral of the picture is to not wander into caves if you are a Pichu. 
By マスクマン
http://www.pixiv.com/works/41410610
From long, narrow legs, to short, bulky ones. And it’s just as menacing here too, if not more so. What a chubby Ariados , and yet it still seems to be hungry… The shining green venom just adds to the mood. 
By 作用（しない）点
http://www.pixiv.com/works/17914472
I rather liked the work the artist put into shadowing in this image – really adds depth. The background isn’t too complex and hence doesn’t take away from the main subject, and the web seems decently drawn as well. 
By 政則ＤＪ
http://www.pixiv.com/works/12061824
This environment is rather unlike a lot of the others we’ve seen in the other pictures. I suppose even Ariados like river banks. It’s very well drawn too to be fair, and there’s very nice shading employed here. One of my personal favourites from the bunch. 
By 496
http://www.pixiv.com/works/7893787
Unique positioning here – often people will put their subject flat in the middle, which isn’t always the best choice. Here the majority of the picture is just blank space save for a couple strands of web, which helps the two Pokémon here stand out all the more. There’s really some beautiful colours here, but that’s the least of the Beautifly’s worries. Look at the poor thing. Alas, it’s all Ariados this time around.
By もちこ
http://www.pixiv.com/works/5973340
I quite like the flying sand effect here, and there’s good depth added to the dunes as well. Not sure what a Spinarak would be doing on a beach or desert, but it doesn’t look very happy about it. And lugging its large body about on only four legs in a sandstorm can’t be much fun either. 
By sido魂
http://www.pixiv.net/member_illust.php?mode=medium&illust_id=21738148
Those green webs give quite an interesting effect in making this image rather dynamic. The way the legs are drawn and the body hunched over like that make this a rather aggressive pose as well, and certain attention grabbing. Wouldn’t want to cross this spider. 
By MBLOCK
http://mblock.deviantart.com/art/purple-spider-393798718
A neat shiny version of an Ariados, in an action pose. With retro sparkle effects to boot! This looks really nice in my opinion with the clean colouring, and if you look closely the lineart is in different colours as well. The artist drew this after catching a shiny Spinarak. That’s quite lucky of them, and as a result, lucky for us too.
By edface
http://edface.deviantart.com/art/150-project-ariados-121827749
Another product of a draw-every-Pokémon effort. This Ariados looks rather realistic with the fair on its legs and body, as well as the eyes. Judging by its front left leg and large fangs, I don’t think this guy is going to let you clean up today, or for that matter, any day.
By mark331
http://mark331.deviantart.com/art/Pokemon-Ariados-182602817
A close-up of an Ariados in action, navigating through a maze of webs. A good shot with a slight angle that makes it all the more menacing, and the colouring and shading looks quite solid as well.
All of them!
By BrainDeadMareep
http://www.deviantart.com/art/Unassailable-Predator-135502683
The shading is nice, and the style on the spider web rather neat too (if a little messy in places like the top right corner), but the best part of the picture is probably that Spinarak in the corner, leaning out of it to wave a leg at you. Aww. The two visible faces on the back of the Spinarak are different too, which is neat.
By Star-Corona
http://www.deviantart.com/art/Swarm-101598295
More nice work on spider webs here, this one with clear water droplets visible along parts of it. The Ariados in the middle seems a touch odd with its head, but otherwise the colouring is quite nice and the Spinarak seems quite well drawn. The background suits it quite well, I feel.
By Clouded
http://cloudedart.tumblr.com/post/80000104578/167-168-251-spinarak-ariados-two-posts
Another draw-them-all project by this artist, who drew separate pictures for these two in one go. The Ariados has the more interesting pose of the two, in my opinion, and the colours on both are great. I wouldn’t want to touch their spikes…
By Ryst-Airasee
http://ryst-airasee.deviantart.com/art/Ariados-Young-176451554
There wasn’t actually many pieces of art out there showing a parent Ariados with multiple Spinarak offspring, which tends to be the case with real life spiders. This is one of them. The legs are quite pointy of the Ariados, and clearly makes it stand out from its children. They might not be seeming to walk quite naturally, but overall it’s a solid piece of art with nice lineart.
That wraps this collection up! Do you know of any other works involving the Spinarak line that warrants mention here? Then please drop a comment about it!
Written by bobandbill
Compiled by bobandbill, Hoenn and Yoda
Edited by Slayr231