#also emboar design

[cosmi-cat]

Hey poke-ask community ! Lets spread some love around ! Show me your regular art or snips of your writing when you aren't working on the blog ! Lets see what you have been up to ! ^^ Dont forget to link your regular art-writting blog

Let me start ! My art blogs @the-sleepysiren Here’s my little things I work on !

[emdotcom]

Hisuian Zoroark is one of the sickest designs in pokemon, but the model on that bloke is FUCKED. It's really bad. If they bother to port her over to other games, you know they ain't changing that model, either, 'cept to make the textures paler & duller.

I continue to despise pokemon, despite being a pokemon fan, I fucken guess. At this point, I gotta go all in on summat else, like Cassette beasts.

[annelidteeth]

Redesign of my Emboar line redesign since I learned how to draw Pokemon a bit better (2021 version + design explanation below the cut)

Since I kept the old theme, they're still based on the boar mounts of Norse deities Freyr and Freyja (Gullinbursti and Hildisvíni), complete with armor, horn-like ears, and Emboar's saddle and viking ship-like shields. Emboar's helmet is also based on babirusas :)

[quixot1sm]

can you. talk about nate hilbertverse

yes GOD this poor guy.

first off: nate is hilbert's little brother- 6 years his junior. he'd always looked up to hilbert as a role model, idolizing him especially after his ascension to hero of ideals. keep in mind that nate was only 10 when bw happened, so his understanding of the situation was surface-level and admittedly naïve. even when hilbert had been hospitalized for his injuries, he'd put on a brave face for nate, so the latter didn't grasp the severity of what happened/was happening.... it wouldn't be until later that the reality of how scary this was would sink in.

freshly 11 yrs old when hilbert left unova, nate was then sent off to aspertia to live with the other half of the family (hilda, rosa, and their mom) so he could enroll in cheren's trainer's school with rosa and earn his permit. the idea was also a way to provide him with a distraction from hilbert's absence since nate was a lonely kid... but anyway, this permit allowed them to participate in the junior division of the pokemon league challenge, meaning if either of them won, they'd be a champion in name only. that didnt happen but i'll get to why in a second.

when he was 12, despite setting out with the intention of collecting gym badges, hugh and nate quickly veered off course when team neo-plasma began showing its face around the region, urging the two of them to give chase in a bid to get some answers out of them. in the process, nate came across and befriended keldeo, and then, upon meeting colress, was dubbed something akin to his protégé.

this of course all came to a head in giant chasm. there... something happened that left nate almost a completely different person. not only had he been told, to his face, that his big brother was gone for good, but his right arm was caught in the line of kyurem's glaciate.

like his brother before him, nate was then hospitalized for a considerable amount of time, and like theyd done for his brother before him, interpol came swooping in make use of nate at his lowest. because, technically, hilbert had been working with them when he disappeared, so they had to take some accountability in his case... and what better way that to employ his little brother, i guess.

before his journey, nate was a sweet, excitable kid, although he struggled with tone. afterwards... it's like he struggles to recognize any emotion at all. he's blunt, does not have time for distractions, he gets unreal tunnel vision and dedicates years working on tying up loose ends regarding hilbert- such as the whereabouts of the dark stone and anything he might have left behind that nate can bring back home... rosa thinks its a pointless obsession and would rather forget about it all, and this resulted in a fight that drove a wedge between the two of them. :(

this was supposed to be a brief summary and its already gotten this long LOL... i had to skip over some details that i'll revisit in other posts later. like n's zorua. theres a lot going on with a lot of the hilbertverse cast and nate is no exception.

some more trivia, though:

reshiram would have accepted him as a hero of truth if he'd agreed to it... but hes very different from n. his pursuit of truth is one devoid of idealism- he has no hope, no optimism, he only wants to get the facts to provide some sense of closure.

his full name is nathaniel tobias black. do not ever call him this

his birthday is may 4

he has two shinies, those being his emboar and his galvantula. lucky bastard

we really dont know what gender his emboar is? most just assume its a male, but it responds to whatever. really it does what it wants. its name is samson and its parents are bianca and hilda's emboars.

his prosthetic arm was designed and built by colress. the guy likes to think of himself as nate's mentor, even though he's one of the main factors behind why nate's even going through what he is in the first place...

and finally, although it's currently only 3 songs long, heres his playlist!

[livvyglizzy]

fan pkmn gen and why!

gen 5 cuz oughhhhhhh the storyyyyy was so goooood and the designs were so fuckin GOOD like cmon Crustle? Scolipede?? Volcarona??? my god dude, and both BW and BW2?? amazing stuff

also Emboar was the best starter

[thelivingmemegod]

Rank the starters

Gen 1

Squirtle line: 10/10 would recommend, had one and I loved my blastoise dearly

Charmmander line: 6/10 overrated

Bulbasaur line: the chunky baby to big boy pipeline I give many kisses 10/10

Gen 2

Chickorita line: 5/10 little weird but it’s got spirit

Cyndaquil line: 10/10 they’ve got an awkward teen phase and I’m a little biased because I thought a typhlosion was a real weather pattern

Totodile line: 10/10 just a little bitey guy and I love all their names, exceptionally fun name scheme

Gen 3

I’ve really got the least experience with these ones. Don’t know why I’ve just seen em the least.

Mudkip line: 10/10 A derp. A real derp and it’s always a derp

Torchic line: 8/10 Fighting fire chicken. Cool (though I do not like Combusken at all-)

Treecko line: 3/10 I get what it’s going for but I…don’t really like how they executed it.

Gen 4

Thanks to the rereleases I actually played this one!

Chimchar line: 100/10 no I’m not biased cuz he was my starter leave me alone-

Turtwig line: 10/10 love the idea and execution behind these guys!

Piplup line: 4/10 I love the actual first form but the other two I really don’t-

Gen 5

I remember these guys unreasonably well, I guess I watched a decent amount of this season to remember it.

Snivy line: 4/10 like the actual first two designs, don’t like the third. The general personality of this line I don’t like. Little grass twerp is judging me-

Tepig line: 10/10 Chunky to WWE pipeline, also Emboar is fun to say and I like it’s tag teaming with the anteater thing against the metal ants. I like those kinds of prey predator relationships in Pokémon

Oshawott line: 3/10, like Oshawott, don’t like the other two that much. It does get another point for the name reminding me of osha though.

Gen 6

Played these games too!

Fennekin line: 8/10 despite my bias cuz it was my starter I really hate how delphox looks. I wish it quadrupedal. If I were to replay X I’d see if I can find and everstone and just keep Braxian

Chespin line: 1/10 I don’t like where he goes at all I wish he’d just stayed a little guy

Froakie line: 10/10 Cute little guy to edgy ninja pipeline!

Gen 7

Played em!

Litten line: 8/10 same issues as the Fennekin line, would’ve much rather stopped at the quadrupedal stage two Torracat. Plus I really like the name Torracat

Rowlet line: 10/10 Cool line! Starts squishy and ends mysteriously!

Popplio line: 4/10? I’m kinda neutral on this whole line-

Gen 8

We all know why I didn’t play this mess, this isn’t gonna be pretty

Grookey line: 2/10 I don’t hate Grookey or Rillaboom but like. Rillaboom seems like the type of Pokémon a gay kid has before he realizes he’s gay because it’s just a gymbro

Scorbunny line: 5/10 mehs all around

Sobble line: 5/10 M e h

Gen 9

The newest one-

Sprigatito line: 3/10 it starts cute then what the fuck. LET THE DAMN CATS BE QUADRUPEDAL

Furcoco line: 2/10 I’m not into the concepts or the execution of these little guys 

Quaxly line: 1/10 what the hell happened to its color scheme and why it’s legs suddenly get so thick-

[femmchantress]

Fighting type!

Fighting is such a fun type!! It got a lot of flack for the longest time for having uninspired design, but I think people are really sleeping on some really fun and interesting fighting-type pokemon in both the gameplay and aesthetic departments of the last few generations. Also fun fact, if you were to design a pokemon around my personality it would almost certainly be a fighting/fairy dual-type.

My six favorite fighting-type pokemon are Pangoro, Emboar, Pheromosa, Sirfetch'd, Sneasler, and Mienshao!!! But God this is like, maybe the hardest type for me to narrow down to six, there are so many other 'mons in this type that I love so much: Poliwrath, Quaquaval, Grapploct, Heracross, Urshifu, I could go on for hours.

[mushroom-for-art]

do you not mind if pokemon starters' evolutions are bipedal?

I suppose its a case by case sort of thing, Cyndaquill I don't mind having a bipedal stance as Typhlosion because it makes them look more physically imposing especially if the sprite has flames as I know gamefreak kind of removed that later on and Cyndaquill and Quilava both temporarily would stand bipedally either in sprite or animation and finally becoming a bipedal sprite makes Typhlosion feel more mature he stands he's a friend shaped huggable he's an adult if that makes sense it balances both cute and scary.

Emboar I don't mind as I didn't use them in my game but it made sense with the fighting type hes like a strong man kind of character I think he needs to be able to use his hands for wrestling and shoving, he can't really do that on all fours plus standing up made him look bigger and more imposing like Typhlosion but more in a he's a big strong fighting pig that could deck you way compared to Typhlosions he's a big scary animal way. Had tepig stayed quadraped he'd probably end up kind of looking like Mamoswine and with Pignite we got to at least see they'd end up as bipedal same with Delphox needs her hands to hold a stick wand for her magic and Braixen let us know hey they'll be standing.

Compare that to Litten who when they evolve into Torracat they stayed quadraped and made people think we'd get a sabretooth tiger like Pokemon before Incineroar was released and we saw he stood up. Now I would've loved a giant flaming sabretooth tiger companion and it did look as though it was leading up to that, I don't hate Incineroars design he's alright he fits his role as the antagonist in wrestling it's just a shame.

I would've also liked a giant cat Sprigigato evolution but at least they showed us again they'd end up being bipedal and I think that's what counts? Like at least revealing the end goal in the second stage that they'd be bipedal rather than having people think they'd stay quadraped. I think as well it ties in with the fire starters standing up trope that people dislike so if not done right it can let people down, I don't mind so much if it kinda makes sense with Typhlosion looking bigger and scarier but also friend shaped or was correctly led up to eg the second stage is bipedal.

Now on the flip side in the case of Sobble, I would've actually liked Sobble to stay quadraped and I don't really love Intellion, it's a good design for what he's meant to be but after seeing like lochness monster fake speculations I think there was the opportunity to make Sobble a kind of water monster and it is a shame they are kind of human looking in their bipedal stance instead. I supppse I don't like it in Sobbles case because of the potential to be something much greater than what we got but I suppose it is kind of my fault for having such expectations.

As for all the other bipedal final stages well, they pretty much all started as bipedal so can't fault them they started out that way and they stayed that way. So yea becoming bipedal is just a case by case type thing and personal preference. And really I think Intellion is the only example of me really not liking a starter becoming bipedal, I think with Incineroar I was kind of expecting him to stand up anyways so can't be disappointed if my expections are low and unfortunately for Sobble my expectations for him were quite high.

But yea those are my thoughts on starters becoming bipedal, I kinda rambled a bit and it was actually harder than I thought to think of examples so I suppose I can't knock them too hard since most of them make sense and if I can't come up with examples easily they're not too overdone.

[palettepainter]

Yo I'd never seen Gliscor before but they look awesome!! They're like a scorpion bat fusion!! Here's mine

Metagross, Noivern, Gengar, Dragapult, Emboar and Swampert!

As a teen when I first discovered pokemon Noivern was my favourite, probably because I was still in my dragon/HTTYD phase and I thought Noivern looked the coolest out of the dragon like Pokemon. Gengar has also always been a favourite since I was teen, like every wanna be edgy teen I thought Gengar looked cool

Swampert was my favourite starter evolution when I was teen because again, I thought he looked the most dragon like (I never really grew out of my HTTYD phase, if it looks dragon like I'll love it), and Mudkip is also adorable so of course I'd love his evolution forms.

Emboar I started to like as of recent, they just look really good and I love their big bushy brow thingies on their design. Same for Metagross, I also think he looks really cool, and my brain made the comparison of him to a crab so when I get a Metagross plushy (yes I am set on getting one), I'm nicknaming him Crab (ye I know there are crab like pokemon but I like Metagross so shhh-)

And Dragapult. Dragon looking Pokémon with little baby missile dragons in it's horns for free. Need I say more?

If any pokemon fans want to tell me if I'd be find or cooked in the pokemon world with this team please do, but just know, my mind is set on this team and I'm not ever gunna change it

My Pokemon Team (as of 2024)

@palettepainter and I are making our ideal Pokemon teams. This is mine.

Houndoom - I have always liked the dog Pokemon and when I got my first Manectric card in middle school, I fell in love. But once mega forms were introduced, Houndoom just became 200% cooler. And who could say no to a face like that?

Besides looks, Houndoom can be a pretty strong Pokemon, being a fire/dark type who mostly live in packs. The Pokédex entry suggests that if you get hit by its fire, the pain will never go away. Creepy, but effective.

Absol - This is also a Pokemon that I fell in love with their mega form before their original form. Also, Absol is just very mysterious in general. Being known as the "Disaster Pokemon" doesn't help its reputation, but it still deserves love for a unique design.

Absol is a dark type Pokemon with a calm disposition and a humanoid face. It also dislikes fighting, so it doesn't like changing into its mega form, which I would be fine with.

Hydreigon - I cannot make my team without a dragon type (says the person obsessed with dragons), and what's more dragon than Hydreigon? Since the Pokemon Anime had a Black and White episode dedicated to Iris taming one, I thought it was the coolest thing.

Hydreigon is a very destructive dark/dragon type Pokemon with only the middle head having a brain and just attacking/biting everything it comes across, but I'm sure with a lot of patience (and bandages), it could be trained.

Gliscor - No Pokemon team is complete without a Pokemon who can fly (in my opinion), and that goes to Gliscor with an interesting design for both stages. I have the Gligar Pokemon card and was on the hunt for the Gliscor card before I stopped collecting them.

Gliscor is a ground/flying type that looks to be a mix between a bat and a scorpion. Also, IT CAN GROW TO 6'07". That is insane when compared to its first stage, where it's half that height.

Decidueye - In terms of Pokemon name memorization goes, I stopped after we hit the Alola region, but I remember loving the Owl starter that was an archer (during my small archer phase). The glow up from a small owl to a Robin Hood-esque vibe is really cool.

Decidueye is a grass/dark type who fires arrow quills from its wings with precise aiming that it never misses. It also pulls on the vines of its hood to aid in focus. I also think he's just so badass.

Glaceon - Somehow, I never escape the Eeveelutions, so let's go with one of my favorites: Glaceon. I had a Glaceon action figure that I brought everywhere along with my other Pokemon figures.

Glaceon is an ice type who can freeze the air around itself to make small ice crystals. It does this by controlling its own body heat so that it drops to a freezing level.

The whole team, with their types put into thought, are very strong against Ghost and Fairy type Pokemon, but weak to Fighting type. I put my team in this website to see the strengths, weaknesses, etc. https://richi3f.github.io/pokemon-team-planner/plan/#home

My previous team consisted of Houndoom, Absol, Hydreigon, Gengar, Chandelure, and a shiny Sylveon, and the team before that was basically Manectric, Hawlucha, and Lucario (a mix of Pokemon figurines and cards).

[presidentcrane]

not to be completely self indulgent but pokemon mystery dungeon au...

[lunar-insanity]

PKMN Black 2: PSYCHONAUTS EDITION

Hoooo so hey remember when I first put out the sketches for Emboar!Helmut and Levanny!Bob?

Yeah I finished the rest of the team! I also had the idea to like little “Trainer Journal” entries so those will be down below.

First up! The first two members of the team: Helmut and Bob!

These two are def one heck of a duo. Emboars are already hard hitters but Bob was also one of the powerhouses on the team. I also just... I like fire as an emotion signaler? So Helmut get flamin brows and colourful fire! Bob took a couple tries to get right but I’m real happy with how he came out.

Next is Cassie and Compton

Cassie being an Excadrill is more circumstance. I told my friend that I’d be finally playing through all of Black 2, and he asked if he could suggest a mon. He suggested Excadrill, and I found a female one, and thus, she’s now Cassie.

And boi Excadrills really are terrifying. So she ended up being Powerhouse #3. Now Compton! Tiny tiny fluffy boi. Compton was never going to be a part of my battle team, but it felt wrong to leave one out. So Compton became the Minccino you get from the first Hidden Grotto. If we were in Kalos he would 100% be a Meowstic.

Next is FOOOOOORD

One of my rules for this game was that I wanted to use poke’mon I never had, mostly. I needed a flying type, and I was suggested Sigilyph. So congrats Ford! You are officially the ONLY Psychic type on the team and one of the weirdest poke’mon.

Now we start getting to the big ones. In Size

LUCY! Y’all know Jellicents are bleedin huge? So, She and Cassie are the ones I took the most liberty with in terms of design, like shrinking down that head and turning most of the fluff into her headscarf.

She and Ford are also one of the more fragile team members. Given the chance, they can deal with things, but for tricky fights, the 3 hard and tanky hitters will take the brunt of damage.

And last but not least.

Otto

HE’S FUCKING HUGE

I DIDN’T REALIZE HOW BIG ELEKTROSSES ARE HOLY SHIT. So... yes I raised a Tynamo as soon as I got to Chargestone Cavern. Yes it took a long time. I needed an Electric type xD

These were real fun to make ahahah! Now then, I will leave you with their heights all stacked together, and the journal notes under a cut.

Enjoy!

{Trainer Journal}

Bianca and Professor Juniper wanted me to do something extra along side filling up the Pokedex. Apparently the Pokedex has all generalized data and not much on variations and mutations that could happen naturally. So they asked that I keep an eye out on my journey. Not a problem!

{Helmut}     =Tepig

-So far so normal. He is pretty new to the world after all. He has taken a shine to the Sewaddle I caught a little while ago. Does not like the Azurill... I mean... I kinda get it. Little gal is real angry.

   =Pignite -First variation. According to the Dex, Pignites have these curl designs and straight bands, but Helmut’s got like... leaf cut outs and the bands are like... arches. His fire’s weird too. It’s got green and pink in there sometime. 

-Second variation. We just got a Drilbur, and I named her Cassie. Helmut’s really friendly so he bounced on over to her. Aaaand pretty soon after I think I saw more orange in his fire. I thought it was weakening but nope, just can be a more orange fire. Weird.

-Random note: Helmut saw a beanie in Castelia. He rocked the Bug gym, as I expected, so I figured why not. Thank Arceus they had one that was fire proof. Pros: He’s happy and immediately bounced over to Bob to show him. Cons: He will not take it off anymore. 

- Third Fire. Got a Sigilyph, and now his fire’s got blue and green in them now. Professor what does this mean.

   =Emboar

-FIRE HIS DAMN FIRE IS A RAINBOW. -Does not have the large curly designs on his chest. Instead it’s more leaf patterns. He’s also way more hued in colour than most Emboars.

-Do Fire types’ fire normally react to their emotions like this? If he’s with Compton, his fire turns purple sometimes. It also turns purple when he’s stressed. It dies down if it’s blue, and it tends to be green and pink around Bob.

-Also Helmut definitely has a crush on Bob. And I think it’s reciprocated. I am worried about their typings but wow it’s cute.

-Helmut’s eyebrows are on fire.

-It seems like Helmut’s really influenced by the team. They each gave him a new colour for his flames, and I think he’s building a small psychic resistance. Not a lot but it’s there.

-I don’t think there’s any way to replicate this kinda of variation. Helmut’s always been sensitive to his surroundings. Might just be a him thing.

{Bob}    =Sewaddle

-Little guy took a shine to Helmut really quickly. Woulda figured the type matchup wouldn’t let that happen too well.

-His attacks aren’t... totally inaccurate but I’m a bit worried. It’s not too bad right now but seriously no other Sewaddle has this issue as far as I’ve seen.

-According to the dex, the only difference between males and females is height. We’ll see dex. We’ll see.

   =Swadloon

-Glasses. He needed glasses. What- how- Professor did you know some mons need GLASSES???

-He’s made his own by using twigs he got before we left for Castelia and is using the harbor water as lenses. I am taking him to an eye doc for proper lenses.

-Now that he can see his own reflection in windows, he keeps scratching at his chin and face. I wonder what he’s thinkin.

//He wants what you humans call a beard// -FORD GET OUT OF MY NOTES

   =Levanny

-Shit. Ford was right. Good for him then.

-His leaf hood looks a bit more like a mane hahah. He looks good, got a tie, his legs have faint stripes (Makes me think of plaid stuff) and he has a flower tucked on his chest. Helmut gave him flowers so he seems to just switch them out.

-He’s taller than an average male Leavanny. Thicker too. Just as fast though.

{Cassie}    =Drilburr

-I’m concerned about that giant hole in the sewers. Ah well, caught a Drilburr. Nothing out of the ordinary. Except some slightly loose skin at the top. Like a Purrloin.

   =Excadrill

-... Okay... That pattern is WILDLY different than normal Excadrills. Where’d the yellow come from? Helmut??

-The loose skin makes more sense now. She can flip her top drill up and down like a visor.

-Thinner than most Excadrills, according to the group.

-Clay has an Excadrill, so I asked to compare. Wow males are WAY tinier than males. Also the visor helmet thing is apparently singular to Cassie.

{Ford}

-We were out in the Relic Castle desert, and I kept coming across Sigilyphs. And then we came across one that looked... Like it had a moustache?? T’was also bigger than the others. Turns out it’s because he’s male. I call him Ford now.

-He’s pretty grumpy

//Oh like the Swadloon ain’t.//

-The grumpy eyes are on the body as well. Mismatched too. They’re also green instead of blue like normal ones.

//Not a word about the eyes.//

-Sigilyphs are weird.

//Why you-// (the ink scribbles to the edge)

-I KNEW IT! FORD OUT OF MY NOTES!

//IT’S MY JOURNAL ENTRY I DESERVE TO WRITE IN IT//

{Compton}   =Minccinno

-Okay so... This little guy is beyond skittish. I didn’t even dare to fight him. No way, nope, bad time. I’m just gonna leave him alone. -Scratch that he got even more anxious when we tried to leave. I am at an impasse.

-Okay so Ford and Cassie managed to make him calmer. Good. Maybe we can get out of here now.

-Nope he’s latched onto Cassie. Okay buddy here’s a ball.

-No way I am letting him be a part of the main battle party but he could be nice to have around. He’s got a cute bowler hat too.

-I got to check his tail. It’s more curly than normal I think.

-I may let him fight a bit, just so he doesn’t fall behind the team too much. In case there’s bad situation.

  =Cinccinno

-Well he certainly poofed out. His white fur is all poofy and curly instead of straight.

-He’s... really well versed in berries and teas. Made some good stuff. -How is this mon better at cooking than me. He’s cooking from now on.

//For the best.//

{Lucy}   = Frillish

-I spotted her back in Virbank ages ago but I couldn’t surf. Moment I could, I had Ford fly us back her to find her. What do you know, she was still there.

-So normal Frillish have a collar around their neck. This one has a hood apparently. I wonder if she’ll keep it. 

- Eyes are a teal green instead of red.

  =Jellicent

-... 

-PROFFESSOR

-Wildly different from normal Jellicent. No huge head for one. She did keep the scarf hood, all that fluff that is normally there turned into that. She’s super flowy.

-She’s got little... dashes in her hood, almost looks like raindrops.

-Man the dex entry. I can see how.

-Ford quit making goo goo eyes with the ship sinker.

//No.//

-Great I have two of them now.

{Otto}   =Tynamo

-This little guy annoyed Ford for a good while before I chucked a quick ball at him. Now the two are getting along pretty well.

-Seems to have more fins than a normal Tynamo.

-The EXP share is going on you buddy boi.

  =Eelektrik

-THE FACE! HAHAHAHA!

-The spots aren’t circular. Looks more like a toddler drew them on.

-Definitely has more fin frills than normal. It almost looks like a mullet.

-He found goggles. I don’t know where but he did.

-He got chewed out by Compton after he messed with the food. I think he was trying to experiment.

  =Eelektross

-SWEET ARCEUS ON TOAST

-HE’S BIGGER THAN EVERYONE HOLY SHIT.

-Antenna is... jagged. More like a thunderbolt. The fin there is spikier too. Makes me think of a thunderbolt. As if he wasn’t electric enough.

-The spots turned into a swirl on his big fish mitts. Looks cool.

-Blue eyes rather than red.

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Out of all of them, Helmut had the most changes. I wonder if it’s because he went through the whole adventure compared to the others. But he was also way more sensitive to the world.

Maybe that’s his mutation. Almost like Eevee but not quite.

How I ended up with such a bizarre team I don’t know.

Wouldn’t trade ‘em for the world.

[inprogresspokemon]

This may seem like an odd question, but really think about it... How many Pokemon have letters of the alphabet on their design? 🤔

Interesting question! My immediate thoughts were Hisuian Qwilfish (q), Overqwil (Q), and Machoke, Machamp, Gigantamax Machamp (P) as the obvious ones, but I also consider Mega Camerupt (M) to count, since it's a clear reference to Team Magma's M logo.

There are some you could say are a stretch, like Pokemon with rings or ovals that looks like Os, or crisscross markings that look like Xs, Emboar's markings being a sideways S, etc. Also of course there's Unown, which don't have letters on them but are literally based on the alphabet.

I'm sure I'm missing some, though?

[adobe-outdesign]

Thoughts on my favorite fire starter’s delphox and emboar?

Delphox has always been pretty solid in my opinion. A fennec fox with a witch/oracle theme is hard to screw up, and I like the direction this takes with it in particular. The way its fur forms long flowing "robes" is really cool, and helps enhance the theme while still looking organic.

I should also point out that the item (in this case, the stick) is also well done. It's clear where it gets it from (as it's something it can easily pick up from the environment), it's explained why it uses it (as a focus to see into the future), and it enhances the theme (by serving as a wand). Solid.

While the design is good as a whole, there are a few odd things about it that I think could've been improved. Namely, those weird shapes on the knees; they don't really match the rest of the design and aren't needed in the slightest. The hands and feet are also like 20% too small.

And finally, there's a bit of weirdness going on with the colors. The ear fluff feels like it should be the maroon color from the body, and if you have to keep the knee markings, it feels like those should be either black or yellow. The colors aren't bad as is, it just feels like there's a little too much going on with them.

As a whole, a pretty solid witch fox, just with a few little things that could've been refined more.

For some reason people really don't like Emboar (granted, that might just be because everyone's burnt out on fire/fighting types), but I always thought it was pretty decent? There are some things that could be improved, which I'll get to in a second, but the almost pottery-like markings and distinctive face always made it stick out in my mind.

To go into more detail, the swirled markings with the striking red/black combo is pretty unique among fire types. It helps give the design some great contrast and really enforces the Zhang Fei/Zhu Bajie concept. The body shape also feels good for a boar, and I love those giant eyebrows.

In terms of things I don't care for, the fire beard... like, I get what they were going for, but it's really not working, and it breaks up the head something fierce. I would've dropped it, maybe just gone for a furry black goatee or something instead. If you want fire somewhere on the body, maybe have flames coming off the elbows where the fur is or something.

Secondly, the tail isn't really needed. I guess it doesn't hurt anything, but it feels a bit tacked-on and the design's complicated enough as-is.

And finally, the upper body feels a bit dissociative from the rest due to the orange color. I would've liked to see it either be red to match the lower body, or make the red orange instead. Maybe drop the yellow outlines as well, then make the red rings on the arms gold to balance it.

(Side note, I wouldn't mind some actual giant tusks on this to match real boars, but it's not like the teeth it has are bad either. I just think it would look cool.)

So as a whole, the fire beard is a bit awkward and isn't doing the rest of the body any favors. The rest of it, however, has a memorable appearance bogged down only by some extraneous details.

[dangsart]

What Pokémon do you think Kagura from Gintama would have?

Emboar female - Sogo call her china girl and Emboar designed is base off a Chinese style and both eat like a “pig”. Both care deeply about it’s friend.

Arcanine male - Sadaharu best friend. It’s a legendary Pokémon from China.

Lopunny female - Kargura pet was a rabbit and they always make reference they’re rabbit.

Bewear ✨ male - Cute and not bight but super strong as f*** (orange hair). Have beef with Sogo Bewear.

Goodra - Base off where Kagura live where it rain all the time. It’s very friendly, and one of its big hug can cover its trainer with sticky slime

Mienfoo - Similar color scheme and both are martial art. It’s sharp claws strike quickly and precisely. It also overwhelms opponents with its skillful combination attack.

[franki-lew-yo]

I honestly really like the design process that’s catching on in the most recent pokemon gens with starters (Galar was just...um...interesting in it’s designs). I’ve gotten in to redesigning the starters of gens 1-5 with gens 6-8′s design process of animal+type+culture+occupation.

I understand the Unova starters are supposed to be like different knights from around the world (musketeer/fleur de lis, Chinese wrestler, and Samurai) BUT- I thought “how cool would it be if there were still these things but had touches of different regions of America? Also, minus serperior, I’ve always wanted to redesign the final forms anyway.

Serperior is based off of the southern United states creole/cajun/all matter of French-inspired swagger with a hint of voodoo, given it’s a snake. Give the snakes back their hats. The prissy snake’s voice from that one episode of Courage the Cowardly Dog kept playing in my head just looking at this guy.

Pignite and Emboar REALLY NEED TO BE ON ALL FOURS. Like, there are fighting types on all fours, K? They’re inspired by rodeo/western cattle wrestlers but I’m worried I may have scrubbed the Chinese-warrior armor look off. Dangit.

Samurott has the opposite problem of Emboar in that it goes on all fours when it’s previous forms are bipedal. Last time I check, samurai don’t crawl on all fours even if they’re a seal. Also not crawling on all fours? Pacific-Northwest shaman (I tried staying strictly Tlingit in design but I think a bit of Haida bled in) which is what I based this line off of. I have no idea of respectful/disrespectful this could or couldn’t be but I thought it’d be interesting to see pokemon tackle Native American iconography that isn’t Natu and Xatu.

Pokemon redesigns aren’t really my forte but I do have fun with them when the creativity strikes me. Please tell me if you want me to do more as I’m already considering the Galarian starters for a touch up.

[csmeaner]

Hachidogs

I see this piece of shit species has made it here, time to pull out some of their many dekudogs for design shitting.

All come from the owner, staff, or official gacha.

https://www.deviantart.com/hachidex/art/Hachi338-812132844

Alpha toothless httyd

fucking hell this is lready unacceptable down to the spots on the head and the fucking tail wing my god

https://www.deviantart.com/hachidex/art/Hachi388-815553064

Cloudjumper httyd 

on the same fucking base and lazy s fuck holy shit

https://www.deviantart.com/hachidex/art/Hachi686-822426090

Flowey undertale

you’d think it’s just a sunflower but the stem detail and other ripoff designs is too damning in my opinion also why is it dark green on only one side of the stomach and leg

https://www.deviantart.com/hachidex/art/Hachi199-808157756

Undyne undertale

so fucking shameless AND ugly everything about this is a quintessential dekudog fuck

https://www.deviantart.com/hachidex/art/Hachi175-808001682

Jevil deltarune

not a single original thought was made here

https://www.deviantart.com/hachidex/art/Hachi382-815478954

Lancer deltarune

dear fucking god it looks like a goddamn spider with the huge butt. the colors, the tongue out, the pattern placement is all so evident and they didn’t even fucking shade the top head fur well??? the fuck they make this in GIMP??

https://www.deviantart.com/hachidex/art/Hachi2003-907190835

Spamton deltarune, why are there so many shitty undertale/deltarune dekudogs

i already hated this game and now i can hate it even more the fucking pipis are even the name of another character in the game just so you’re 1000% sure it’s a ripoff

https://www.deviantart.com/hachidex/art/Hachi891-822867553

Ghidorah godzilla, they massacred my boy!

why are the buttugly ears the thing that stay also are their claws retractable because it looks fucking stupid the way they did it like they have dicks on their hands and that same godawful gradation look on the wings its so fucking lazy

https://www.deviantart.com/hachidex/art/Hachi1244-829765158

Chika fnaf covered in purple shape barf.

not a single thing on this makes sense or is pleasing to look at from the stupid arm-head feathers to the horns not even attached to the body to the mess that is the tail that’s clearly slapped on with no idea how it’s supposed to be attached. also doing that weird fucking thing where the belly only goes down to one leg??

https://www.deviantart.com/hachidex/art/Hachi1171-829554549

Ennard fnaf

wow look at this bullshit

https://www.deviantart.com/hachidex/art/Hachi362-813969040

Signless homestuck

even took the candy horns. didn’t even put anything more defining either just yanked it all and then made the rest of it mostly black.

https://www.deviantart.com/hachidex/art/Hachi380-815475335

Tarvos homestuck

they just scribbled on darker grey color and put the sign on the fucking fur 

https://www.deviantart.com/hachidex/art/Hachi385-815550262

Oshawott pokemon

not a single ounce of shame was had making this. guess it’s not aasss bad it’s missing the nose, freckles, and tail but i guess in turn it’s just incredibly lazy looking even moreso than usual

https://www.deviantart.com/hachidex/art/Hachi495-815868487

Mawile pokemon

holy shit wow like really fuck dude they just really dont give a fuck i guess

https://www.deviantart.com/hachidex/art/Hachi635-819406099

Shadow lugia x zekrom pokemon, its been blacklisted. Nice.

what did they get blacklisted for fucking copyright lmao im done with these fuckers

https://www.deviantart.com/hachidex/art/Hachi888-822866104

Emboar pokemon

https://www.deviantart.com/hachidex/art/Hachi439-815796119

Spinel steven universe

https://www.deviantart.com/hachidex/art/Hachi290-810272715

Junko dangan ronpa

https://www.deviantart.com/hachidex/art/Hachi582-816908174

Spiderman and venom from the recent venom movies

https://www.deviantart.com/hachidex/art/Hachi826-822802638

Blixer just shapes and beats had to google it

https://www.deviantart.com/hachidex/art/Hachi863-822858787

Link majoras mask, this is so fucking cluttered and hideous looking. Couldn’t even get the moon right.

I can’t look at any more so join my suffering.