#i have a few pokemon. a cat shaped like jello

[ordinarymaine]

i have so many trinkets and little guys i could do a poll for just one of my shelves

[nellie-dritz-official]

Can you give a few examples of Teramah creatures?

Ooooo I’m gonna give an example from each of my types (there’s 20)

(Normal/Aerial) A paper pinwheel which turns into a origami box which turns into a origami crane, all of them having LGBTA+ color variations cuz fight me,

(Fire/Water) kelpie line with Arabian horse and camel inspirations,

(Water/Mystic) wisdom filled turtle with a shrimp-tail and a shrimp colony-like moss on it’s shell,

(Plant/Sound) a peanut creature and a grape-bunch creature that together turn into a PB&J creature,

(Lightning/Warrior) I shit you not, this one started off as a concept of “Pikachu, but it’s Totoro” Now it’s even more than that >w<,

(Earth/Monster) Zombies but they’re a stitch-work frankenstein machination with various terrains, having a somewhat sedimentary look,

(Aerial/Toxic) a combination of right-wing pundits, plague doctors, deacons, and crows,

(Warrior/Mystic) SU Ruby and Sapphire meets fairy tale knight and princess with a jessie and james influence. Fights together like Ice Climbers,

(Toxic/Plant) The notes I have for these are “Sea stars, feathery stars, sea lilies, oil tycoons, alien tendrils, mutations, smoking tar; then it changes into all of that plus sea urchins, Toxapex, volcanic underwater vents meets a capitalistic building / mansion,’

(Mystic/Fire) sea anemones meet burning bush, blood veins, coral reefs, and burning at the stake,

(Ice/Monster) A porcupine with spines and flowing body that evokes the image of an avalanche; inspired by Heartless designs,

(Bug/Earth) A small six-legged creature inspired by a terradome (those small mini environments) when it changes it becomes a millipede (Think the Mecha Wiggler from Super Mario Odyssey and you have it’s final shape.),

(Crystal) What I have written for these creatures are “Glass bubbles, chemical bottles, atomic / ionic bonds, vitamin supplements, it's fluid like jello, jar-like, and it's inspired by those inside crystal engravings. Also inspired by Minecraft slimes,”

(Metal/Normal) A stim-toy that’s also a Minecraft piston / rube goldberg machine as it develops,

(Monster) bug eyed bear gator dragons. These actually have names: Bogator and Osorogon,

(Sound/Fantasy) Inspired by stereotypical cartoon hammers, also the combination of old cartoon aesthetics, guardian angels, and the idea of civil justice,

(Fantasy) a line based off of owls, deer, moths, fairies, dream clouds, and 70′s stereotypical wizard robes

(Spirit/Lightning) Based off almost a spider, a rake monster, a medical gown, and Sadako from the Ring novels.

(Darkness) black catdog with an emphasis on gates and entrances. Crosses black cat superstitions with black dog superstitions.

(Problem/Normal) An angel but the head is made of basic shapes, hands and arms morph to fit the situation, huge angel wings. Named Emmeye.

Annnnd that’s about it as a small selection. Most are up and down as to how much each are actually planned and figured out, all 630+ have a minimum note to them so I can remember the image in my head.

You’ll also notice a running theme of “damn there’s a lot of concepts to these”, and that’s intentional. A criticism I have of most of Pokemon’s designs is that many of their inspirations are instantly readable, which makes them somewhat more boring compared to designs like Gardevoir and Arceus; sure you can pin-point the inspirations if you think about it, but clearly the way they’re combined gives them their own unique feel to them. 

They’re not just “feminine wizard” or “llama-like deity”. There’s a lot more to them, and that makes them more memorable. I want that with all Terámah.