This gave me an idea. You should do a Pokemonth, similar to Inktober, where you give a pokemon prompt every day. It would be like the "drawing the same prompt" videos, but your whole community could get involved! You could even highlight your favorites in a video at the end of the month
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
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 didn't have particularly high hopes of you actually showing my designs in the video, but I'm really happy that you did! Yout critiques are helpful, I'll definitely keep them in mind when designing fakemon in the future! I'm also glad to know that you think my designs are getting kinda close to official pokémon designs!
14:49 I never really thought about that but it makes total sense. Let's take Salamence and Clefairy for example. Salamence looks like it could burn a city down but a part of me sees it joyously flying around, loving it's new wings. Likewise, Clefairy looks absolutely harmless, but I could definitely see it slapping somebody around a bit. They both strike this balance of "mostly this, but not hard to see the opposite."
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.
@@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.
Thank you for featuring my design in your video! Your videos on creating new Pokémon from the things you’d see on your walks from back in the day were some of my biggest inspirations when I was first getting into fakemon, so it’s just crazy and almost overwhelming to me that my designs have been featured in your videos
Thank for including my art in the video Ron, it was really fun to see what you had to say about my designs, I will use the criticism you gave me in this video make better Fakemon in the future, thank you for your nice comments about mine, and everyone else's designs.
As someone with no interest in designing Fakemon, I appreciate that you felt comfortable with actually critiquing these pieces of art rather than just saying "wow this is great!" for every one
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.
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.
6:27 Mykel did a wonderful job with his Ghost Eeveelution! It's a fun concept, and I get that he was really nailing the dead vibe by giving it dead eyes. Sure it might be a bit too scary for marketing, but it's so cool that he went all in on the theme!
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 UA-cam 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!
an important thing to consider with regards to art style, and getting fixated on sugimori-style artwork: most of the pokemon cards are not in the sugimori style. I think the only ones that are in the sugimori style might be the ones with art by sugimori. some of my personal favorite pokemon cards in terms of the art are by yuka morii, who has an almost clay-like artstyle. the pokemon card artists each have their own unique style, to the point that you can often tell which artist did the art for a card just by looking at the art style.
I designed Maskera and Monsterror, and I was really proud of the concept, so I was really awestruck to see them on screen! Thanks for the advice - I'll try it with a more Smoliv-like face and without the arms
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.
Oh wow, thanks so much for reviewing my Fakemon! 😍 I love hearing feedback from like minded creatives and you did it with so much class. I would love to chat with you about my decisions and about Fakemon in general sometime.
Oh man this just made my day, I always loved your channel and to see that you liked my Fire Starter, my favorite fakemon design I ever made, its just awesome, thank you!!
This is great! I love that you make the distinction of design VS artstyle, cause I feel like too often people will dismiss great fakemon designs because they aren't in the official artstyle.
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
I'm the creator of the Bloonatee line (with maumesdex as the artist)! Thank you so much for reviewing my fakemon on your video, happy you enjoyed it! ☺
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
For Cottail, the major thing I would like to emphasize is to make it look much closer to the animal it is based on. At the moment it's hard for people to tell what it's supposed to be. I eventually figured it out after making the connection (bunnies are known to have "cotton tail" and the artist took it literally). I just think that the design itself needs to look more like a bunny or rabbit. While yes I know that some like Eevee are based on more than one animal, but for Eevee that's the point. Mostly I'd say to give it's face a more rabbit/bunny-like appearance and also do the same for it's proportions.
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.
Maybe the Unknown on the Mummeon's tail is a clue at how it evolves? Like you have to get Eevee to level 30 at night with a Unknown in your party (like how Mantyke evolves into Mantinne when Remoraid is in the party), or Eevee has to level up while in a double battle with an Unknown on the team? Which would be a very cool thing
Dude this was such a nice way to highlight your community! Loved watching this while I was working on my own art -- really helped me get introspective of my own stuff while getting some great insight from you and ideas from other artists! Shout out to everyone who was courageous to put themselves out there to get critiqued! Great job everyone!
i love how you give feedback. you aren't ripping designs apart, you're giving genuine critique on how you would push the design more toward the brand standard, something that would be done by designers and art directors working on actual pokemon projects. all of these designs are good, but all would need multiple iterations to be game-ready, and that's what you're focusing on.
Thanks for giving a look at my two submissions, it really helps to get an experts view on how to nail a design, even if it’s just a fakemon. It’s fun to see how much or little can be changed just to get that bit closer on making it seem like a Pokémon. I definitely will use your criticisms to the best and make better depictions of my fakemon in the future. This is just what I needed and I thank you for your comments on mine and I admire you for helping others, myself included, with helping get their fakemon designs to be a little closer to how they really would be made.
This video makes me realize there is alot that goes into Pokemon Design. Heck even some Pokemon that get bashed like Vanilish and Garbador took more thought than we realize.
I think the concept for mummeon is that the unown in it's back it's supposed to be where he sees from and that's why he has no pupils. At least that's the felling I get from the sprite
Love this!! Re: cottail, I think the “problem” is it looks too much like a straight up dog. Like the cotton looks more like white fluff, to me at least. Maybe adding in some cotton seeds like it Eldegoss?
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.
I never heard the change throughout evolutions being described as happy, to less confident as they gain their powers, to confident and beautiful. What a perfect explanation and understanding!
A lot of these artists I'm a big fan of so I'm very glad to see their art shared a bit more. I know you were not able to cover every single one that submitted to your Tweet but I would love to see you critique more in the future
Thanks for the feedback!!! I realized if I tried to make my character more Pokemon like, it would ruin the concept since I love scary reptiles, but I am excited to partake again with other fakemon. Thanks!!!
First: thanks so much Ron for giving in-depth explanations on the ins and outs of pokemon design! It's really cool to hear and as someone who is starting to design fakemon it's very eye opening. Second: thanks to all the artists who shared their work, it's so good!
I'd definitely want more of this. It's another way of having fan integration into your video's, it allows you to share the things you've learned with aspiring fakemon artists, while also enabling you to learn a bit as well potentially, AND its informative about fakemon creation to boot. Definitely a great video :)
For the giant squid pseudo-legendaries, I really like them a lot! Honestly, it looks like a natural pokemon progression as is. I can see the middle and final stage look a bit too similar design wise. Though the color swap actually does break up the monotony, they're still look like just a slightly bigger than the previous stage. P.S. I think a name like "Calamy" would be better for the first stage to give it that wanted "cute-sy" marketability for the first stage pseudo. Otherwise, I like their names too.
Congratulations everyone I’m currently drawing a Pokémon that I will not be posting because I do not feel comfortable doing stuff like that but you guys are and congratulations! I feel like all of you that posted even if he didn’t get shown really have a lot of courage
I have been looking at Ron's videos for a while now, and have enjoyed a lot of what I saw. However this one spoke to me on a way different level. Although Ron's work is amazing and he has taken us on his learning journey of designing fakemon, these artists are what the art world is all about. The hidden gems. Keep up the great work everyone, and I can't wait to see the next video 😁
I appreciate your honesty with the artists and I am glad not just anybody could design Pokemon. There really is a set of guidelines that people don't pick up on.
This was a fun video. I would love a part 2 for this. I'm going to be starting to remake my own fakemon pokedex from scratch soon because I lost the original designs I had and came up with other ideas/concepts as time went on.
5:19 I actually made a poison type magcargo variant back in around 2019/2020 it got a redesign I think last year, or maybe this year, where it went from poison/rock to poison/steel its seen in one of the parts of my old custom pokemon series
Bearzerkr is SO GOOD. bears are my favorite animals -by far-, i'm obsessed by them. and this bear pokemon is so... druidy. it's AWESOME. I also LOVE Duskox. i don't think it's too empty at all. and i love it having no pupils - it could use a mouth maybe?^^
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 ^^
Just so you know: It looks like the rock Drake pokemon Bouldrag from Star Destroyer is based almost exclusively to the Rock Drake from the ARK: survival evolved game franchise. That was my immediate first thought, and seeing the description as a rock Drake pokemon just cinched it. That's not really a pokemon; that's a basically stolen and marketed/trademarked(?) design from a game that they changed slightly and called a pokemon.
You made some really good points in terms of design, but I don't really think that a fakemon should necessarily look like an actual pokemon. The whole point is that you're inspired by the franchise and you wanna do something yours, and you can bring your own style, your own ideas into it. Yea, sometimes people just wanna draw a creature in their style and make it into a pokemon, and that's ok! But I like how well you understand the design philosophy of pokemon and respect it while making your own. Also I'm totally in love with mattoros X)
aw man I wish I saw the tweet, would've loved to have gotten an opinion on my Kanzima region starters. I really love how you point out how to improve certain designs and make them look more like Pokemon. The advice on the proportions of starters is really helpful
So, one thing I did was design a salamander Pokémon which took inspiration from reuniclus, and was translucent in a similar manner. It had extremely low defensives, but had an ability which healed it by 100% every round and drops its defenses, so you have to ohko it which would be easy after a few rounds.
This is a nice spin on your usual art videos! I love see your reactions and takes on everyone's mons, and you're super nice and give constructive criticism about everything 💜💚
i think this might be a good video for every artist who's starting to create their own fakemons. like i dont wanna put you on a pedestal, because no ones perfect and knows everything, but you do know a lot about pokemon designs and i feel like many should watch this video for a tips on how to improve their designs
Cottail’s main problem is the pose. Its body is a solid color so when its sitting down like that it becomes just a solid shape. A more dynamic pose would do wonders as it would break up the shape and show its personality
I kind of wonder if Mummeon works somewhat like Girafarig in that the tail is the head or in this case eyes? The eyes to me look like they’re intentionally closed or lidded. I have to agree on a lot of the points you make for each though. With Cottail if it’s based on a rabbit my only suggestion would be to make the ear cotton look somewhat more ear shaped. The artists who had their Fakemon critiqued were all really brave and did really good overall. I really like a lot of these. Those shrimp ones were some of the ones that really stuck out as unique to me.
26:30 My only disagreement is here, Pokemon would do something like that... Cause they already did on regional Zoroark. Which does make it unlikely (though not impossible) for them to do it again.
Love learning about this kind of stuff, I've started drawing my own fakemon again for the first time in years, and I'm always trying to keep in mind the philosophies of designing them. After watching this I might go back and change some things about one of them 😅 There's a reason I've only drawn 2 so far.
All of these were absolute winners! I personally would love to see a more grim, more "mature" pokemon game. Yeah, Gyrados is scary, give me more scary!
I really like the ghost-type eeveelution. I don't necessarily think that 'marketable' in the way that a canon eeveelution would be marketable is necessarily something a fakemon has to adhere to. Fan-made stuff is allowed to stray a little from the design conventions of the source media, imo.
2:58 I actually liked this one a bunch, the hidden mouth and puffy cheeks reminded me of a little kid forced to wear a puffy jacket by their parent because it's cold out. Maybe more of a childish pout expression in the eyes would add to it but if this was a starter I would pick it, super cute imo
Some of the fakemon you said were too detailed would actually work really well for digimon tbh. Just add a 'mon' at the end of the name and make it more anime-y (?) and it's basically a digimon. (Heck, one of the protagonists in one of the digimon shows actually designed his own partner digimon so it's actually also an in universe thing)
I think if cottail had a slightly larger head and a lighter brown for the body, and maybe some subtle green spotting or leaves that match it's eyes, it'd be perfect.
It is so awesome that the creators of those fake Pokemon want to improve their own drawings .and those things help other people who want to make a fake Pokemon.
26:17 There IS a creator currently making 'Pokemon, but they're allowed to be proper monsters' Lockstin and gnoggin.( come on, you probably know him) That this specific critique reminds me of. These design are all so good. Makes me want to design some mon.
This gave me an idea. You should do a Pokemonth, similar to Inktober, where you give a pokemon prompt every day. It would be like the "drawing the same prompt" videos, but your whole community could get involved! You could even highlight your favorites in a video at the end of the month
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
I didn't have particularly high hopes of you actually showing my designs in the video, but I'm really happy that you did! Yout critiques are helpful, I'll definitely keep them in mind when designing fakemon in the future! I'm also glad to know that you think my designs are getting kinda close to official pokémon designs!
Witch fakemon is your?
14:49 I never really thought about that but it makes total sense. Let's take Salamence and Clefairy for example. Salamence looks like it could burn a city down but a part of me sees it joyously flying around, loving it's new wings. Likewise, Clefairy looks absolutely harmless, but I could definitely see it slapping somebody around a bit. They both strike this balance of "mostly this, but not hard to see the opposite."
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.
Really cool to see your perspective on these mons! Some of them are my favorites from my favorite creators!
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Agreed! Loving the new rebranding btw!
Thank you for featuring my design in your video! Your videos on creating new Pokémon from the things you’d see on your walks from back in the day were some of my biggest inspirations when I was first getting into fakemon, so it’s just crazy and almost overwhelming to me that my designs have been featured in your videos
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Thank for including my art in the video Ron, it was really fun to see what you had to say about my designs, I will use the criticism you gave me in this video make better Fakemon in the future, thank you for your nice comments about mine, and everyone else's designs.
Thanks for showcasing my starters, there were a lot of cool designs here!!
As someone with no interest in designing Fakemon, I appreciate that you felt comfortable with actually critiquing these pieces of art rather than just saying "wow this is great!" for every one
I think the eyelids on Mummeon are supposed to be closed rather than it just not having pupils, but still a fair point you make
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.
6:27 Mykel did a wonderful job with his Ghost Eeveelution! It's a fun concept, and I get that he was really nailing the dead vibe by giving it dead eyes. Sure it might be a bit too scary for marketing, but it's so cool that he went all in on the theme!
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 UA-cam 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!
an important thing to consider with regards to art style, and getting fixated on sugimori-style artwork: most of the pokemon cards are not in the sugimori style. I think the only ones that are in the sugimori style might be the ones with art by sugimori. some of my personal favorite pokemon cards in terms of the art are by yuka morii, who has an almost clay-like artstyle.
the pokemon card artists each have their own unique style, to the point that you can often tell which artist did the art for a card just by looking at the art style.
Thank you, it makes me feel better about not nailing Sugimori's style
I designed Maskera and Monsterror, and I was really proud of the concept, so I was really awestruck to see them on screen! Thanks for the advice - I'll try it with a more Smoliv-like face and without the arms
I love those two fakemons!
Yes. I want part two. I really want to see the art of different people and their artistic impressions
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.
Oh wow, thanks so much for reviewing my Fakemon! 😍 I love hearing feedback from like minded creatives and you did it with so much class. I would love to chat with you about my decisions and about Fakemon in general sometime.
Oh man this just made my day, I always loved your channel and to see that you liked my Fire Starter, my favorite fakemon design I ever made, its just awesome, thank you!!
“Even the dangerous Pokémon have something that makes them look normal, like, friendly”
Eternatus: ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT
XD
He also says that there are exceptions to the rules.
Cute Eternatus
This is great!
I love that you make the distinction of design VS artstyle, cause I feel like too often people will dismiss great fakemon designs because they aren't in the official artstyle.
I love to see your critiques,this helps improve the art a lot,thank youuu
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
I'm the creator of the Bloonatee line (with maumesdex as the artist)! Thank you so much for reviewing my fakemon on your video, happy you enjoyed it! ☺
wow you were so nice about my Raticate evolution! I think everyone here also deserves a round of applause as they're all so good!
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!
Those were one of my favorite from the video, great work, man
For Cottail, the major thing I would like to emphasize is to make it look much closer to the animal it is based on. At the moment it's hard for people to tell what it's supposed to be. I eventually figured it out after making the connection (bunnies are known to have "cotton tail" and the artist took it literally). I just think that the design itself needs to look more like a bunny or rabbit. While yes I know that some like Eevee are based on more than one animal, but for Eevee that's the point. Mostly I'd say to give it's face a more rabbit/bunny-like appearance and also do the same for it's proportions.
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.
Maybe the Unknown on the Mummeon's tail is a clue at how it evolves? Like you have to get Eevee to level 30 at night with a Unknown in your party (like how Mantyke evolves into Mantinne when Remoraid is in the party), or Eevee has to level up while in a double battle with an Unknown on the team? Which would be a very cool thing
Dude this was such a nice way to highlight your community! Loved watching this while I was working on my own art -- really helped me get introspective of my own stuff while getting some great insight from you and ideas from other artists! Shout out to everyone who was courageous to put themselves out there to get critiqued! Great job everyone!
i love how you give feedback. you aren't ripping designs apart, you're giving genuine critique on how you would push the design more toward the brand standard, something that would be done by designers and art directors working on actual pokemon projects. all of these designs are good, but all would need multiple iterations to be game-ready, and that's what you're focusing on.
Thanks for giving a look at my two submissions, it really helps to get an experts view on how to nail a design, even if it’s just a fakemon. It’s fun to see how much or little can be changed just to get that bit closer on making it seem like a Pokémon. I definitely will use your criticisms to the best and make better depictions of my fakemon in the future. This is just what I needed and I thank you for your comments on mine and I admire you for helping others, myself included, with helping get their fakemon designs to be a little closer to how they really would be made.
This video makes me realize there is alot that goes into Pokemon Design. Heck even some Pokemon that get bashed like Vanilish and Garbador took more thought than we realize.
I think the concept for mummeon is that the unown in it's back it's supposed to be where he sees from and that's why he has no pupils. At least that's the felling I get from the sprite
Love this!! Re: cottail, I think the “problem” is it looks too much like a straight up dog. Like the cotton looks more like white fluff, to me at least. Maybe adding in some cotton seeds like it Eldegoss?
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.
I never heard the change throughout evolutions being described as happy, to less confident as they gain their powers, to confident and beautiful. What a perfect explanation and understanding!
The Ice cream manatee was pretty clever also because it looks like a mermaid, which some sailors in the old days would mistake manatees for
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.
If Ron approves of your Pokemon, you practically HAVE TO work for Pokemon now!
A lot of these artists I'm a big fan of so I'm very glad to see their art shared a bit more.
I know you were not able to cover every single one that submitted to your Tweet but I would love to see you critique more in the future
Mummeon's eyes are closed, like how they close the eyes of someone who is dead. Great design choice in my opinion.
Thanks for the feedback!!! I realized if I tried to make my character more Pokemon like, it would ruin the concept since I love scary reptiles, but I am excited to partake again with other fakemon. Thanks!!!
First: thanks so much Ron for giving in-depth explanations on the ins and outs of pokemon design! It's really cool to hear and as someone who is starting to design fakemon it's very eye opening.
Second: thanks to all the artists who shared their work, it's so good!
Mummeon is the best eeveelution I've seen to this day. Perfect design, out side of the unown on its tail. Perfect ghost eeveelution.
I'd definitely want more of this. It's another way of having fan integration into your video's, it allows you to share the things you've learned with aspiring fakemon artists, while also enabling you to learn a bit as well potentially, AND its informative about fakemon creation to boot. Definitely a great video :)
I’d defiantly like to see a part 2 since there are a lot of talented artist in the Pokémon community and your critiques are fair and valid
the way you critique is so respectful and enthusiastic. marvellous!
23:07 woah I didn’t expect my designs to be in this video!! thank you for featuring my lil guys :P
For the giant squid pseudo-legendaries, I really like them a lot! Honestly, it looks like a natural pokemon progression as is. I can see the middle and final stage look a bit too similar design wise. Though the color swap actually does break up the monotony, they're still look like just a slightly bigger than the previous stage.
P.S. I think a name like "Calamy" would be better for the first stage to give it that wanted "cute-sy" marketability for the first stage pseudo. Otherwise, I like their names too.
11:28 isnt minior's shiny quite detailed compared to other pkmn's, cause it has more than one of its colors changing...
That Bouldrag at 22:08 is literally the Rock Drake from Ark: Survival Evolved with an alternative pallette.
I was searching for this comment. I noticed it right away
Congratulations everyone
I’m currently drawing a Pokémon that I will not be posting because I do not feel comfortable doing stuff like that but you guys are and congratulations!
I feel like all of you that posted even if he didn’t get shown really have a lot of courage
I have been looking at Ron's videos for a while now, and have enjoyed a lot of what I saw. However this one spoke to me on a way different level. Although Ron's work is amazing and he has taken us on his learning journey of designing fakemon, these artists are what the art world is all about. The hidden gems. Keep up the great work everyone, and I can't wait to see the next video 😁
You are one of my only pokemon creators/artists that I actually stay up with so it is good to get and introduction to other artist.
He was saying that you can’t put the small bear fangs on a sprite but there literally is one in the top left.
Bro when I saw my design on the video I literally passed out lmao, Good job to everyone else!
pretty cool design.
I love how you talk about the details that make them Pokemon-y! Just proves that your Pokemon knowledge is Amazing
I love Bearzekr. It even has the sprite on top left.
I appreciate your honesty with the artists and I am glad not just anybody could design Pokemon. There really is a set of guidelines that people don't pick up on.
This was a fun video. I would love a part 2 for this. I'm going to be starting to remake my own fakemon pokedex from scratch soon because I lost the original designs I had and came up with other ideas/concepts as time went on.
5:19 I actually made a poison type magcargo variant back in around 2019/2020
it got a redesign I think last year, or maybe this year, where it went from poison/rock to poison/steel
its seen in one of the parts of my old custom pokemon series
Bearzerkr is SO GOOD.
bears are my favorite animals -by far-, i'm obsessed by them.
and this bear pokemon is so... druidy. it's AWESOME.
I also LOVE Duskox.
i don't think it's too empty at all. and i love it having no pupils - it could use a mouth maybe?^^
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 ^^
Their art is literally INSPIRING!!
wow im really happy for them fr
Part two would be awesome! Please do more of these, it's really cool seeing your fan base as creative as it is!
Just so you know: It looks like the rock Drake pokemon Bouldrag from Star Destroyer is based almost exclusively to the Rock Drake from the ARK: survival evolved game franchise. That was my immediate first thought, and seeing the description as a rock Drake pokemon just cinched it. That's not really a pokemon; that's a basically stolen and marketed/trademarked(?) design from a game that they changed slightly and called a pokemon.
You made some really good points in terms of design, but I don't really think that a fakemon should necessarily look like an actual pokemon. The whole point is that you're inspired by the franchise and you wanna do something yours, and you can bring your own style, your own ideas into it. Yea, sometimes people just wanna draw a creature in their style and make it into a pokemon, and that's ok!
But I like how well you understand the design philosophy of pokemon and respect it while making your own.
Also I'm totally in love with mattoros X)
yeah, same here!
Glad you liked my regional forms! And amazing mons from all the other fakemon artists
These are some good tips for making Fakemon. Months ago I would have been looking for something like this
A little disappointed my Fakemon didn’t show up, but was awestruck by the creativity everyone put forth in their designs! Great work, everybody!
aw man I wish I saw the tweet, would've loved to have gotten an opinion on my Kanzima region starters.
I really love how you point out how to improve certain designs and make them look more like Pokemon. The advice on the proportions of starters is really helpful
So, one thing I did was design a salamander Pokémon which took inspiration from reuniclus, and was translucent in a similar manner. It had extremely low defensives, but had an ability which healed it by 100% every round and drops its defenses, so you have to ohko it which would be easy after a few rounds.
19:11 Oh yeah- like the mane flows down into the tail- that would look awesome! It’s design is still awesome though!
This is a nice spin on your usual art videos! I love see your reactions and takes on everyone's mons, and you're super nice and give constructive criticism about everything 💜💚
i think this might be a good video for every artist who's starting to create their own fakemons. like i dont wanna put you on a pedestal, because no ones perfect and knows everything, but you do know a lot about pokemon designs and i feel like many should watch this video for a tips on how to improve their designs
Cottail’s main problem is the pose. Its body is a solid color so when its sitting down like that it becomes just a solid shape. A more dynamic pose would do wonders as it would break up the shape and show its personality
Honestly every single one is amazing in terms of concept, Dynamic, and art
Yes! I would like to see a part 2 of this video! All of these Fakemon designs are really good!
love how mummeons tail is like a Honedge tassel
I kind of wonder if Mummeon works somewhat like Girafarig in that the tail is the head or in this case eyes? The eyes to me look like they’re intentionally closed or lidded. I have to agree on a lot of the points you make for each though.
With Cottail if it’s based on a rabbit my only suggestion would be to make the ear cotton look somewhat more ear shaped.
The artists who had their Fakemon critiqued were all really brave and did really good overall. I really like a lot of these. Those shrimp ones were some of the ones that really stuck out as unique to me.
Eeveelutions? None of them are over-designed
*Sylveon*
26:20: That rat king fits really nice with the Blue's raticate dying fan theory
26:30 My only disagreement is here, Pokemon would do something like that... Cause they already did on regional Zoroark. Which does make it unlikely (though not impossible) for them to do it again.
I gonna say all these fakemons are just so creative and amazing,also I wish y'all are having a great day
Love learning about this kind of stuff, I've started drawing my own fakemon again for the first time in years, and I'm always trying to keep in mind the philosophies of designing them. After watching this I might go back and change some things about one of them 😅 There's a reason I've only drawn 2 so far.
All of these were absolute winners! I personally would love to see a more grim, more "mature" pokemon game. Yeah, Gyrados is scary, give me more scary!
I would love to see a Part 2! This is exactly the kind of video I'm looking for.
I really like the ghost-type eeveelution. I don't necessarily think that 'marketable' in the way that a canon eeveelution would be marketable is necessarily something a fakemon has to adhere to. Fan-made stuff is allowed to stray a little from the design conventions of the source media, imo.
Same
2:58 I actually liked this one a bunch, the hidden mouth and puffy cheeks reminded me of a little kid forced to wear a puffy jacket by their parent because it's cold out. Maybe more of a childish pout expression in the eyes would add to it but if this was a starter I would pick it, super cute imo
6:29 the fact that Mykel Ryan is in this video makes me happy
Some of the fakemon you said were too detailed would actually work really well for digimon tbh. Just add a 'mon' at the end of the name and make it more anime-y (?) and it's basically a digimon. (Heck, one of the protagonists in one of the digimon shows actually designed his own partner digimon so it's actually also an in universe thing)
Please do a part 2 to this! I didn't realize you had posted that. I would have definitely replied with some of the ones from my region
I think if cottail had a slightly larger head and a lighter brown for the body, and maybe some subtle green spotting or leaves that match it's eyes, it'd be perfect.
Number one inspiration for a fakemon - Find a pun and go from there
I always love doscoverning new fake mom artists so I adore these videos! Gonna make sure to follow them all!
22:04 these are just a rock drake and a fire-carnotaurus from Ark.
Amazing to see my best friend featured, he's such an amazing artist 🎨❤
Even the fakemon that weren't my personal favorites, were really well done! These artists are so good, I've watched these videos a couple times
Make a part two it's really fun to watch
22:03 the grass lizard is a copy of the rock drakes from the video game ARK survival evolved a great thrilling game.
You should do part 2. I love these videos. Since my wife is an artist she actually watches them with me.
I'm gonna keep an eye out for another tweet. Part 2 is REQUIRED, good sir!
Amazing video Ron, wholesome helpful vibes for all artists!
Love this kinda content ❤️
It is so awesome that the creators of those fake Pokemon want to improve their own drawings .and those things help other people who want to make a fake Pokemon.
26:17 There IS a creator currently making 'Pokemon, but they're allowed to be proper monsters' Lockstin and gnoggin.( come on, you probably know him) That this specific critique reminds me of. These design are all so good. Makes me want to design some mon.
23:24 I love it!!! he's all rebellious and cute like "What're ewe lookin' at?" lol
You inspired me ever since I watched your UA-cam channel
I love how in this entire series, Choc and Kai just talks about life and predicts the future and stuff while losing a entire balloon factory