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adam of boltbeam is straight-up the most imaginative fakemon creator i love EVERYTHING HE TOUCHES

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Time to say goodbye for now

Wowee. We've been doing this for 8 months, with 48 type combinations for a full total of 189 Pokémon. That's a lot. A lot a lot. So here's how it will work now.

Next week we'll take the time to answer any questions in our inbox that we previously haven't gotten to, as well as any others people might have. After that, in the event that I end up drawing any other Fakemon, I'll likely post that up here, however that certainly won't be any sort of regular thing, and I honestly can't say that it will be frequent.

But otherwise, we've been through our list twice now, and it seems time to call it quits. Thanks to everyone who followed and supported us over these past 8 months. It's been a lot of fun drawing stuff for you guys. We've come up with some neat designs, and it's always been great seeing your reactions to them.

If you're interested in staying updated with us, you can follow me over at my art blog, or my normal tumblr, and Wekhter over at her tumblr page.

For those interested in keeping up with the Pokémon fandom, here are some other good blogs you can follow:

Alternative Pokemon Art

Bulbagarden

Bogleech

Fakemon

Fantastic Fakemon

Monarobot (Draws Pokémon ancient Mayan style)

Omnis Region

Pokemaniacal

Pokemon From Memory

Smogon Community College

That Splicing Adventure

The Pokeymans Project

Some other people on tumblr who draw Fakemon:

Darksilvania

Oripoke

Perpetual-Loser

SpicySpiderButler

TheKingOfAllWildThings

Again, thanks everyone! Take care!

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Day 92: Normal/Fighting

Smilodid -> Smilodont

Smilodont live in tribal groups, forming tight-knit communities that care for growing Smilodid. They form their alliances by the colors of their markings. At any given time in a certain area, one tribe will occupy caves while the other tribe makes constant attempts at taking over. Their constant fighting means that the tribes are often swapping ownership over territory.

Despite these constant fights, Smilodont rarely seem to seriously injure each other, so there is speculation that the rivalry between tribes is more a form of training than any serious animosity.

(Thanks to Adam for the names and the flavor!)

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Thought it would be fun to show the eeveelutions we did all together.

So here's Utopeon, Sparreon, Hazardeon, Larveon, Heraldeon, Debreon, Tecteon, Lugubreon, Strateon, Ferreon, Forgeon, Vesperteon, Plasmeon, Conglomeon, Savanneon, Aureon, Moulteon, Aposeon, Battaleon and Omneon. Whew.

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Day 72: Normal Eeveelution

Omneon

An Eevee that that does not follow an elemental evolutionary path can one day become an Omneon. Rather than fully adapting itself to outside stimuli, it watches as its fellow Eevee adapt and takes this knowledge for itself. As a result, Omneon's movepool is comprised of the collected movepools of all other Eeveelutions. This versatility comes at a price, however--by remaining normal-type and not giving itself over fully to any other element, it saddles itself with the ability Normalize.

Eevee evolves into Omneon when in a party filled with other Eeveelutions.

I wanted a design that felt like a logical progression from Eevee itself. I tend to think of Normal types as typically bulky creatures, so I used large amounts of fur to create the impression of bulk without messing too much with the basic body shape of an Eeveelution.

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Day 71: Steel Eeveelution

Ferreon

A particularly rare eeveelution in the wild, Eevee become capable of evolving into Ferreon after being coated in a layer of metallic dust. While this would be harmful to most creatures, Eevee just does what Eevee is apt to do, and incorporates the metal into its own fur, producing rough, wiry hairs that are sharp and abrasive to the touch.

The changes to Ferreon are deeper than just some new fur, though. Upon evolving, Ferreon's mouth and digestive tract all but disappear, and instead it begins to feed by absorbing more ferrous powder through its skin. As metallic dust is unexpectedly hard to find naturally, Ferreon is capable of releasing a mysterious gas from its ears, capable of quickly oxidizing surrounding metal and reducing the now rusty mess to powder. For this reason, Ferreon are intensely feared by other Steel type Pokémon, and it is highly recommended that any trainers actively separate them.

To keep its own fur safe from rusting, Ferreon constantly preens and coats itself with an oily substance that it produces from the area where its mouth formerly was. Despite Ferreon's destructive potential, they are frequently raised to harvest this oil, which can be used as a remarkably strong sealant. 

One of Ferreon's abilities is Rough Skin, though I am not yet certain what the other would be.

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So what next?

Alright! We've been running this blog for nearly half a year now, and we've just about reached the end of the list of all the unused type combos. So what comes next? Here's how it will go.

Following our post this Friday, Wekhter and I will go on a hiatus. Not an exceptionally long one, mind you, just two weeks so we can rest our hands a bit, think up some new ideas, and get some time to focus on our personal projects. After that, we'll be back and drawing new Pokémon again. (We'll swap our previous lists for that.)

In the meanwhile, we'll still be online and checking up over here, so if anybody has any questions, or would like to submit art, movesets, sprites, or anything else that I didn't think of, by all means, feel free to do so!

Again, thanks to all our followers. This project has been a lot of fun, and we'll be doing some more (hopefully) cool designs soon enough.

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Huh, those two giraffes I drew over at Boltbeam sure have been getting a lot of reblogs lately...

wait...

No...

It couldn't have...