Pokemon Artist Reacts to YOUR Fakemon 

Ooh that would be a fun idea. Even if it's not a full month, just a week, or even a single prompt to make a community version of the same prompt series would be incredible

THIS WOULD BE SO COOL

Subjectively does this

Well… I do have a couple of Fakemon that I’ve drawn, but they’re not really worth bragging about, compared to everyone else’s. Gotta work on my technique.

I'D TOTALLY JOIN THAT

Witch fakemon is your?

love your content!

I love your new profile picture

Bro, Nice PFP

1 day ago :c

Agreed! Loving the new rebranding btw!

A better example for me would be togedemaru or sandslash since they both have spikes and claws but look cute. Clefairy just looks cute in my eyes even though it does have some claws.

But then you have pokemon like eteratus. Most recent pokemon haven't stayed by that philosophy anymore. It's kinda outdated.

@@knightofcarrion7358 I would have to disagree. Not with Eternatus, there is not a cute bone in that things body. In general though, I do think the philosophy is still in tact mostly with only a few outliers.

@@narxmagee727 yes in general but i dont see whats wrong with a fakemon being one of the outliers. Sometimes i think fakemon people are too rigid and forget that the pkm does like to experiment. even if sometimes those dont work out *cough* galar fossils *cough*

@@knightofcarrion7358 I love how awful and ugly Dracovish is purely because it’s so overpowered. If it was just some garbage Pokémon no-one would remember it for anything other than an ugly design, but now everyone knows it as the monster that destroys legends in a single hit, and it’s hideous.

yeah they could open when it's making a move, or maybe there's a signature move associated with those eyes opening. Minus the Unown, I can see this sprite working in a 3D game, kinda like Runerigus.

If they are just pupil-less eyes, I thought it could be cool to see an animation where its signature move causes its pupils to disappear. Keeping the general appearance cute but letting it play into the creepiness of the ghost type when appropriate.

Or it's mostly blank eyes with the pupils the Black/Grey-Redpink-ish shading being the eyes

or theyre just like, hollow, which, imo, is fucking awesome. honestly i just think ron is wrong here lmao

I think shades of black/grey could work for Mummeon's eyes, if wanted (instead of having any white in them at all) and I agree that maybe the Unown's white should have been the same purple as the tail but I really, really, really like Mummeon. It's more cat-like in stance and face shape (? I can't explain what I mean), which works really well for the (specifically) Egyptian mummy aesthetic. The ears up and the hair-like bandage tassels both really work for me.

Hey! As someone who also has Arcanine fanart as their pfp, I wanted to ask you, how do you deal with people calling you a furry (if that even happens to you)? I don't have anything against furries personally so sorry if you are one. It's just nobody likes being bullied ESPECIALLY when it's because of something that doesn't even apply to/isn't true for you (such as being a furry). Ever since I switched to this pfp, I've been called a furry and have had my arguments invalidated because of it (for example people would say something like "why should I listen to someone who dresses up as an animal in their free time?"). I should note that nothing on any of my social media profiles indicate anything that implies that I am/could be a furry so if they don't specify that I "have a furry pfp" it's very likely that they are indeed basing their accusations off of my pfp. I always try to explain to people that there's nothing about my pfp that is relevant to furries. It's literally fanart of a Pokemon (I tell them the name so that they can look it up). The full image of the fanart isn't even anthropomorphic either. It's literally just the Pokemon as it normally is on four legs. It is kind of rearing up with it's front paws off the ground, but you could still tell it's a quadruped creature. Either way nobody can tell that from the cropped pfp I use. Arcanine has always been one of my favorite Pokemon and I had planned to get a tattoo of it someday, but now that people are calling me a furry for having it as my pfp, I'm having second thoughts on getting a tattoo. What should I do? :(

@@KisuMocha I know you're not asking me, but I say ignore them. If people want to be mean like that, they aren't worth the effort. I'm not a furry either and I've never had this happen to me, so I can't say for certain if this solution works for everyone. That said, I never understood the problem with furries to begin with.

@@KisuMocha woah woah. This got seirous fast. I have never dealt with stuff like this. I am not qualified to give advice. But I say ignore them. There will always be people that will wrongly accuse you. In a real Life conversation you can mostly tell them off. On the Internet people will continously defend themselves as the conversation is public and there is a high chance they Will try to defend themselves.so it is better to ignore those morons. And heck there will often be people in the replies that Will have your back so ignoring the morons is always the best policy.

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I love those two fakemons!

Thank you, it makes me feel better about not nailing Sugimori's style

Thank you! Although I personally don’t think it’s too spooky or any scarier than other ghost type mons like Mimikyu, Duskull or Bannette. If you go to my RU-vid or Instagram page you can see some examples of just how it happy and friendly it can be in the form of various artworks. ❤️

@@mykemon_regions Two of those pokemon have glowing eyes, though. Actually scratch that- Mimikyu's true eyes glow when it uses its' Z-move. The only Ghost types that don't have glowing eyes (that I know of) are Dhelmise, the Gen 1 ghosts, and Galarian Corsola when inert. My point is that a lot of Ghost types in Pokemon don't have "dead" looking eyes. That being said... I love Mummeon as a concept, and I'd definitely love it as a ghost-typr Eeveelution.

@@TornaitSuperBird Thanks! Just because they haven’t done something yet doesn’t mean it shouldn’t or can’t be done. If anything that’s more of a reason to do it. They incorporate new design choices & styles for that matter every generation. Having “dead eyes” is no less creepy than having glowing eyes or spooky ghost type designs like Trevenant’s who push the envelope. And the whole point of the eye on its tail is to act as its eyes (that is its eye) and giving it more personality so it’s not just your ordinary ghost Eeveelution or mummy mon.

@@mykemon_regions Ahh, I see. That being said, compared to other Ghost-type Fakemon I see, especially the ones with "dead eyes", yours is actually the most palatable out of all of them. I like Ghost types in Pokemon, mainly because they manage to perfectly balance the spookiness with a touch of whimsy and or cuteness. That's why I like Galarian Corsola so damn much. It's spooky as hell, but it's still insanely cute. Cursola, even more so (despite the fact that it's a soul that's tethered to the shattered remnants of its own corpse, like a demented egg yolk of sorts). Seeing Mummeon in motion or in different poses would probably endear it to me more, to be honest. There's only so much you can glean from a Pokemon's personality from a single key art. I should give your other Fakemon a look, if they're as good or even better!

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He also says that there are exceptions to the rules.

Cute Eternatus

Eternatus looks more like an ultrabeast they saved for a n Bigger role

That Raticate evolution was fire, fam, congrats

I actually like Ratikin a lot and don't feel like Nintendo wouldn't do it, but maybe that's just me. I think it would fit in the games. Heck, it's not like there aren't already creepy, scary Pokemon. Or if the ghost Raticate part was removed, the rest of the mon would still work really nicely! :D

Apsolutely LOVE those Raticate- & Rattata designs!

i really loved the way you proportioned and colored your fakemon! im also a super big fan of when pokemon show relation to other pokemon like your regional slugma evo did with the trubbish haha. keep up the great work :D

Agree. And I think one of the biggest flaws with it is the nose. It doesn't give the face any depth and animals dont really have round/oval noses like that. As for the ears, it gives me cocker spaniel vibes. If it's meant to be a bunny, it should have longer ears. Since the ears are also cotton, making the ears somewhat wide, it almost gives the illusion of small and poofy ears. Personally, I feel it'd be best to compensate by giving them a little bit more length (most people think of long, skinny ears when they imagine a rabbit).

I feel like it depends. Personally, a pokemon is much better if it doesn't look exactly like it's inspiration, or is a mix of inspirations. For instance, the ever present "Is Eevee a fox or a cat?" Argument. I feel as though it's fine the way it is, even with the dog look. However, if the artist wants it to look more like a rabbit, then yes.

I think it's supposed to be a bunny, given that cottontail rabbits are a thing? But if I'm right, that it's being read by everyone as "dog" is definitely an issue

I think it's just that it looks kinda sad/aloof/bored, but is described as a pet which is taken to the groomers. It doesn't read as friendly, yet is supposed to be a furry friend. If they were meant to be farm animals instead of pets/friends, the expression would work better for them, I think.

I think the issue is the color scheme. The contrast is too high. Combined with the western art style of the tube legs (Pokemon typically suggests joints but smooths them out. LPS uses sock toy type legs with big paws and no joints) and the western style eyes, it comes off as overall western. tldr; I think the design is fine but the art style overrides the design choices.

I'd also say the legs are the issue. Like the head's a great concept, the body's fine but nothing really significant, but the feet being so blocky and undefined seems to be what's more reading MLP than pokemon. Even in hooved pokemon like mareep, wooloo, girafarig, or ponyta have a distinction, color breakup, or notch in the hooves to give it something more than just natural continuation and end of legs, but if it's a dog or a rabbit, paws would obviously make a ton more sense. Which granted they're tricky to draw, particularly in poses, so I can understand trying to cut them out of a concept sketch, but something more indicating the form or functionality of the pokemon's feet could go a long way.

Wasn't that a dolphin/narwhal ? Or is my memory that bad and there were both a manatee and a dolphin ice cream ?

@@kitkatboard manatees we’re mermaids, narwhals we’re unicorns.

The only part of Duskox I don't like is its name, because Dustox already exists and is only one letter off, but I can't think of a better one x'D It's such a cool design! Yeah, like you said, there are minor things that could be tweaked, but it feels like a really solid concept ^^

yeah, same here!

pretty cool design.

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