some of my favorites in no particular order.
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Changed the patterns, and did a rough draft of the colors. very very messy. he nows juggles 3 suns instead of holding just one.
The shapes of the design are super pleasing and the personality you get across perfectly encapsulates what I’d want as a Pokémon friend. The color reflect that fun character and just make it look unique. My only gripes is that the patterns make it look a tad busy and I wonder how some of them translate into a sprite. Otherwise he’s just a funny dumb fren.
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A few sketches from today of the first solid idea I've had for this round! Feeling kinda weird about how I combined two separate cultures in this concept so far, but if it doesn't bother anyone else I might not change the guilty aspects that much... Mainly I'm just wondering the right angle to display them at before I play with the shapes more. The inspiration was originally the cute way Kodama spirits are depicted in works such as Princess Mononoke and Nioh but then it somehow turned into some very spicy dumplings. Babies~
OMG these are so cute! I love this family of dumblings. So much, I want to eat them.
I would be interested to see the bowl shape like a volcano. Also you might want to think about how to make the design look a bit more agile, to fit the Pivot build we are going for. Otherwise, “keep it cuuuuuute”
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First time ever doing one of these! Hopefully my rookie run makes an impact :) This is a ballet dancer whom wields a flame in its hand that it leaps around with to play tricks and launch powerful bursts of flames.
I do have to pick a favorite and this is it. Everything works perfectly together. The simplicity of the concept, clearness of the shapes, the Powerpuff girl villain vibe, nothing feels tacked on or dressed up. I wouldn’t change much.
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its a heartburn thing. id like to keep this simple and have a similar appeal to like, clefable or chansey. you understand. hope the concept demands a tubby special attacker.
Probably my runner up just for how inspired this concept and design are and how stupidly adorable and terrifying this critter is. I want to be friends with it bc I fear it as an enemy.
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oy vey, el mjau mjau
Dumb cat is Dumb. It set itself on fire.
I really enjoy this iteration more then the newer, for looking like a burnt cartoon cat covered in soot and ash. Also bc the black cat fits better with the witch aesthetic it has. But the character design is top notch for both. I imagine this being friends with Kitsunoh and doing all kinds of stupid shit.
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Monk update~ made a lot of minor changes, notably refining shapes and adjusting colors. Also in addition to macaques in hot springs and incense censers as inspiration, adjusted design to better reflect inspo of Six-Eared Macaque from Journey to the West -- trickster type who impersonates sun wukong (@ infernape another fire monkey ) and is ultimately trapped under a golden alms bowl.
Perfect shapes and cool combination of conceptual elements make for an awesome design. Another one I’d love to have as a friend. Just a chill dude to hang out with. Atm I wish this would translate the fairy typing a bit more somehow but that’s just a nitpick honestly.
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Back again with a mild update to the proportions of the little fella along with some sketches I made when I didn't have my drawing device on hand (Chrome Canvas, please give us an eyedrop tool). I was looking at the imp and thinking the proportions were too human-like, so I shortened the legs. I also changed the color of the end of the tail because it was meant to look like shears.
I still need to think through how to more naturally incorporate the blowpipe into the rest of the design as it currently looks like it was just tacked on to link the imp to glassblowing. I'll probably wait until the initial defining moves or ability is decided before posting again.
This guy is also just a friend and I love glassblowing as a concept for this. I gotta say I liked the initial design a bit more, but this still works really well and I think just giving it a tool similar to Conkeldurr etc is absolutely fine. P.s. I realiz that it’s probably just the pose that makes me like the OG version. But ye imo the blowing device is simple enough and fits with other tools that we have seen on Pokémon.
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