Can you review Crabmon, Coelamon and Anomalocarimon?
Crabmon is definitely drawn in an usual style for Pokemon, probably due to new artists being brought on as Sugimori moves his attention elsewhere. Regardless, it's a fine looking crab Pokemon, with some neat shapes and segmenting around the eyes and legs.
If there's one issue I have with this Pokemon, it's that it feels a bit generic. We've had other crab Pokemon before (like, shocker, Krabby), and this one doesn't have much to make it stand out. It does have blades on its oversized fiddler crab-style claw, which is pretty neat, but they're so tiny as to barely be noticeable.
Crabmon evolves into Coelamon—not a crab at all at this point but instead a fish-like creature. Ostensibly it's supposed to be a coelecanth, though it looks more like a dunkleosteus to me due to the head shape and segmented metallic plating.
Regardless, it fixes the main problem with Crabmon, going from being a fairly standard crab monster to a bipedal fish-like creature with exposed flesh, clawed mammal-like feet, and ripped, tattered fins. It's a really cool design, and one that's much more memorable.
The only problem with this design is that it's a bit too busy—I had to look up some other images of it just to fully grasp what was going on with it. Things like the amount of wrinkles in the skin, the arm-fins, and the "ribs" on the underside all could've been cut down on a bit. I also wish it kept the blade theme from Crabmon, as the only real connective bit here thematically is the seemingly metallic plating. Still, it's a much improved design as a whole.
Anomalocarimon (apparently called Scorpiomon in English) is honestly fantastic. Continuing on with the prehistoric feeling of Coelamon, it's not a crab or a fish but this time an anomalocaris, i.e., one of these guys:
And what a beautiful anomalocaris it is! It brings back the blade theme from Crabmon, but actually fully fleshes it out this time, making the blades much more obvious and giving it a sick scorpion-style tail to match. These blades and the matching spines on top give it a sense of repetition that makes the design easy to read despite the high amount of detail present.
I also love that it has two pairs of eyes—the striking blue eyes from Coelamon and a second pair of compound eyes for good measure. It also has a few markings on its body, which are carefully placed and really make things pop.
The only critiques I have are color nitpicks—I don't think the black at the ends of the "arms" in front was needed, the tan could've been a little lighter to give more contrast to the red areas, and the blue spikes could've easily been gray. Other than that, I really like this guy.
Overall, this line is pretty decent. While Crabmon is a bit simplistic for its own good, Coelamon is a much better (if not slightly too busy) monster design, and Anomalocarimon is nearly perfect in both concept and execution. I'll certainly be looking forward to Gen 10 if all of the Pokemon are this interesting!
Just 10 Reasons Why I Should Win The Syscourse Brackets
It's time for another essay long post with Circular's Reasoning!
Anyone on any side of syscourse can interact with this post, though this post will be written about my own experiences, from my own perspective. Thank you!
TL;DR: I should win the syscourse brackets.
Just 10 Reasons Why I Should Win the Syscourse Brackets
I represent the sysmeds and the "endo apologists."
This makes me appealing to both sides. What's that, you block any and all sysmeds? Don't worry, I believe in endogenic plurality! What's that, you block any and all pro-endos? Don't worry, I'm so critical of the community that they won't accept me! Truly, this is a win/win situation.
I keep this blog mostly nuanced and my other main syscourse blog mostly silly or non-nuanced, unlike other syscoursers.
(Someone had to say it. I love you, but all is fair in love and war.)
I am beloved (in some way, shape, or form) by pro-endos and anti-endos alike.
See? Look how happy everyone is with me! Clearly, I am the most beloved syscourser.
I respect everyone.
Everyone deserves good love and respect, regardless of stances and beliefs! Regardless of how much they harassed me on this post!
I try to take actual breaks!
I fail to take actual breaks!
(Don't worry, I did actually take a break for more than 4 days there - but still... Past me, c'mon.)
I know the true identity of the Bababooey Bandit, but have kept it a secret, as it was always intended. @therealbababooeybandit can confirm. (Is this blackmail? Does this count as blackmail???)
Both me, and my cats, are just so dang cute.
(There’s about 9 more cats I have but there’s too many pictures and tumblr hates me)
I genuinely comprise almost half the syscourse tags nowadays.
And that's just SOME of them!! And only the ones I KNOW my system is comfy with sharing on Tumblr Dot Com! Think of all the ones you don't know about!
I am simply one poor little meow meow.
If I win, I'll delete 10 blogs.
That's the end, and my campaign promise! If I win, 10 of my currently 33 blogs will be deleted. You have my word!
In a surprise announcement, It has been revealed that we’ll be getting some Kirigiriso merchandise. They’ll be buttons of all the endings of Kirigiriso, including the bad ends and extra endings. You can buy one random button or buy all 8 buttons.