#flying-type

[toacody]

Pokémon #130 - Gyarados

The original Ugly Duckling has grown up.

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Creator: Redverse

[parcy-anda-but-with-actual-posts]

WIP TIME AGAIN! \o/

Back on the remake game for Fakemon - here we have overworked thumbnail sketches for a 3-stage line, a shiny concept, silhouette group for size comparison, and a couple detail/exploratory doodles.

A long, LONG time ago, I had an idea for a family of ghost-flying peafowl 'mons, and there's a load of conceptual rambles under the cut, but in short, these guys' designs are a work in progress, and a fun hop forward from older renditions (also in the cut below!) ^v^

2014 - Original Sprites for bookkeeping transparency:

2022 - Intermediate Redo before I resolved to try and design Fakemon that actually 'look like Pokémon'. C'X

NAMING

Originally they were called Soffit, Spifowl and Bogavo. Now, the two last names received minor tweaks (now Spifoul & Bogeyvo to play up the ghost type more), but the first one changed completely, since while the name was cute, I hardly remembered the soft reason for its inspo. ^^' Quailing has an adorable double-meaning as I've brought quail in as a secondary animal base. The result is fun-sized, but still elaborate birdies, and I'm here for it. XD

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ADDED CONCEPT:

Upfront Edit: I seemed to remember curved needles being a thing in sewing, but I was thinking of suture needles, so I need to decide if I'm straightening these spurs out (knitting), giving them hooks at the ends (crotchet) or standing by the Pokemon-given right to be only semi-realistic.

When I started to think about what would reinforce Cottagecore (a key theme of the '"region"), I thought: embroidery. This comes in the new modified spurs on their legs meant to reference knitting(?) needles, and the crest feathers looking like sewing needles.

Various textile crafts (homemade, and home-based especially!) tend to fit in well with this aesthetic, and embroidery often features very ornate patterns, similar to a peafowl's plumage. We can extend this to some form of adaptation, but how would it work?

Quicker-than-before & Revised Summary: The long spurs on their legs are used as weapons in the Spifoul stage, but as knitting/crocheting needles in the Bogeyvo stage. The upper stages of the Stider line farm their own young's silk, passing it off to their domesticated birbs to process it into reinforced thread and yarn, before fashioning these into various structures within and on the walls of their territory compounds. It's a LONG story I'm still in the process of figuring out, but it has to do with a complete reimagining of Stider and other former-starter lines that have since been replaced.

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MUTATION CONSIDERATIONS:

I reapproached these designs with the new concept that mutated/variant species are a prominent aspect of the setting, and this line is a mutated and tbh, undead deviation from the Pidove line! I'm trying to keep these traits in mind as things observed in birds mutated over time within the Chernobyl exclusion zone, while still creating something elegant, because... peafowl. >v<;

❧ beaks are reduced in size and shape ❧ albinizing/"discoloring" plumage ❧ feathers bent in increasingly odd ways (goal: 'ghostly waves') ❧ multiple eyes to be reworked, but are definitely there.

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OTHER DEV AREAS:

Color-wise, there will be variation from stage to stage, these are just sample/test fills and I'll play with it more once I have full-sized inked illustrations, but I do like the idea of contrast and a dark bottom for blending into undergrowth! The goal is not too muted, but not too loud for the setting, and letting them be colorful (they're Pokémon).

For patterns and shapes, these are a first pass. As I upscale and resketch, I'll be thinking about flow more critically. This was, as with color, about establishing contrast and breaking up larger planes.

What I'm struggling with most is avoiding overdesigning here. It's not a mythical or legendary 'mon, and less is more with this franchise, but it's pretty-bird and I'm not sure I can help myself. X'D

As I look at Quailing's dorsal head plumage, I'm thinking the brow area definitely needs a tweak. I was going for a cute cowl/ear-flap hat shape, but it really looks too much like a helmet or Mickey Mouse brow-ridge.

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BONUS "Mega Evolution": (half-joke reference)

(a thank you for making it this far. C'X)

My region has a sort of re-flavored Mega gimmick I call "Veiled Forms" which are mystical/supernatural or in this case, downright strange abstractions of the Fakemon's concept(s). Any weirder and this could be the equivalent of a biblically-accurate angel, but I wanted to give it more of the wider fan seen in real-life peacocks, and couldn't get this backlit image out of my head — quite majestic!

The final image will have more detail and gradients, but I sketched this up quite quickly for an idea while it was fresh in my mind: a large green peafowl backed by a massive, radiant, golden halo shining through its hollow-ringed eyespots, one of which has replaced its very face — even more eyespots and its disembodied crest feathers floating elegantly above/about it.

[pop-goes-the-sneasel]

togetic?

Togetic!!!

I…..hm. Yeah, Togetic. Togetic has the honour of being the evolution of Togepi, which is worth mentioning because Togepi got marketed HARD back during the transition from Gen I to Gen II and then throughout the remainder of the gen. Togepi was a representative of the newly-introduced category of pokemon: Baby Pokemon. Basically species that are freshly hatched from eggs that learn few moves and are unable to breed until they evolve. And Togepi’s great! But Togetic….really kinda just existed so that Togepi actually had something to evolve into.

Which isn’t to say Togetic is a bad pokemon or anything, it just feels very much like an afterthought to Togepi. Usually a pokemon’s final forms and first forms are somewhat balanced in popularity through one being cuter and the other being cooler and more useable in-game, but Togetic isn’t even particularly cool or useable in-game regardless so Togepi kinda just outshines it in every respect possible. Then Togekiss would later be introduced in Gen IV, giving Togetic the role of forgettable middle evo, which actually feels much more appropriate for it and is easier to appreciate it as.

But yeah uh. It used to be Normal/Flying-type, one of the most common and bland combos, before Gen VI’s introduction of Fairies bestowed it with the lovely Fairy/Flying-type. That helps a lot with determining what it even is, since it’s a fairy! And it can apparently scatter like, happiness dust? Seems like a fairy-y thing to do. Even with that extra fairy flavour, though….it’s still a bit boring.

Shiny situation isn’t stellar either, just being an offer-white and swapping the reds and blues. In some portrayals (like the modern Sugimori art above) this white’s already used on the base form anyway! Hhhh.

Togetic is a pokemon that’s hard to get excited about, but I mean, at least it’s still pretty cute?? It’s good that Togekiss came along because this is a case where the evo line really needed something to complete it; Togetic just doesn’t have enough oomph to end on. Sorry Togetic :(

Throws Shiny Stone/10.

[lampdisease]

Flying-Type Croconaw from the Pokemon Fool’s Gold rom hack! So glad I saw and drew this incredible creature <3

[nyabby-keromatsu-kimori]

INKTOBER2019 Day 10 - Pattern - Vivillon

oliver stop forgetting to upload inktobers challenge

“Vivillon's wing pattern depends on the real-world geographic location set on the game the Pokémon was generated in. There are a total of 20 known patterns.” - Bulbapedia

I chose the Polar pattern because it’s my favourite (and also I wasn’t about to draw 20 vivillons without having copy-and-paste available)

[selkiecerulean]

#015 Peepling - Fledgling Pokemon - Normal/Flying

It is known to recklessly imprint on anything, from its trainer, to other Pokémon, to computers. Even so, its parents will never stop supporting it and will keep feeding it until it is strong enough to fend for itself.

#016 Heimate - Urban Bird Pokemon - Normal/Flying

It is estimated that no fewer than 10 million homes across Valoe have a nest hidden somewhere on the property. If their neighbourhood is under threat, they will swarm the attacker viciously.

[contrairyart]

Well, I haven’t posted any art for over two weeks mostly thanks to my vacation, but I’m back now.

This is one of my set of four Oricorio fakemon evolutions, with each Forme getting its own evolution. Psycorio evolves from Oricorio-Pa’u and has a defensive stat spread.

[rathernoxic]

A sketch I drew last night.