Ive always wanted a ghost eevee. Just the idea of a ghost pet who even after death stays to watch over their trainer is very compelling. Or the idea that spirits and gods can transform into animals like in myths and fables could even work!
Kinda prefer the old design of chixolob since it looks more like a glalie that way and less in motion so makes more sence for a battle pose if that makes sence
oooh, that description of Chixulob having once been a single being makes me wanna see what it used to look like, maybe it could even serve as an alternate form of some sort? maybe a little something like Wishiwashi's schooling?
I have this idea of pokemon ancestral awakening, where once every battle, one rare pokemon on more common ones, may attain an extra type, and transform to reflect their ancestral roots. So maybe Chixulob's awokened form consists on it flying to the sky and projecting into the meteor in full size as it looked moments before crashing onto earth, but like, suspended in place, it's not actually capable of destroying earth.
I like the concept but I don't love the execution yet. it looks too ... idk. cyborg? I liked the cutesy design better. I think the eye looks almost robotic and doesn't fit with the prehistoric asteroid vibe as much as the cartoonish eyes did.
One of the staples of the mainstream games is an "evil team". I wonder what themes an evil team in this region would revolve around. You seem to have tradition as a theme in this region, and some of the dynamics between older and younger generations. I was thinking that intertwined with this is the conflict between the quest for freedom and the desire for conquest and riches. The evil team could be driven by conquest, seeking the First Prey to exploit grievances, or the First Predator to dominate. Also, I was thinking of a third legendary Pokemon based on a "First Scavenger", which would further explain why the people of the region's history stopped fighting: the destruction caused by their war was feeding this First Scavenger.
Something about the eyes doesn't feel quite right on Terreon. I'm not sure exactly why but maybe it's the markings? Eeveelutions tend towards simplicity and share pretty similar faces. I think by adding the mask shape it makes Terreon feel a bit too different. I also wonder if maybe Gusteon should have less colours? Most eeveelutions have only 2-3 colours for their markings so it might feel more in keeping with that to stick with the light-blue and white colours and retain that up through the ears. And then keep the yellow as a highlight like they did with the blue on Sylveon. Also, some possible suggestions on the poses which might sell the themes better. Gusteon might work really well in a sort of leaping/flying pose like it's being magically propelled through the air. And Terreon leaning forward, with it's fore-legs and face close to the ground with it's bum in the air like a dog excitedly waiting for you to throw a ball, might sell the ground idea and make it feel excitable and energetic. And both would be very cute.
The eyes on Terreon "feel wrong" because of the shape imo. All the eeveelutions have the different eye shapes but they all have 1 aspect in common: they slope inward (the outer eye is higher up than the inner eye). This is present in Terreon but not as exaggerated as in other eeveelutions (barring maybe Sylveon). I say either slope the eye like Espeon or go full mudpuppy and have the cute, circle eyes of most amphibians :)
I actually love the mask around Terreon's eyes! Sylveon and Umbreon also have markings near their eyes, and I think it matches visually while still being unique!
@@yam3946 I noticed that too, but my biggest problem with the eyes is the color. The amber color they went with really makes it feel way more bug type than it needed to feel, especially in combination with the ear protrusions that look like antennae and the floof-ness of the silhouette
Another thing that makes it feel weird is probably the iris. all eeveelutions have darker eye color, which makes the white dot more obvious, that in turn contributes to the cutesiness somehow? although sylveon's eye color is brighter, it's more like a cool and calm blue rather than a menacing orange? Another thing I'd like to point out is eye detail. Both eeveelution's eye seems a tad bit too detailed to be an eeveelution (the line that separates the iris and the sclera in gusteon's eyes). That aside, I feel like the details on the eeveelutions feel a bit too much and cluttered. Usually eeveelutions feel simple and frank. Terreon's rock hip pattern feels off to me, and putting literal mud on them feels a bit too much. Glaceon don't have literal ice, after all (although leafeon still have literal leaves growing on them). On the other hand, Gusteon's cloud mane pattern also feels sophisticated if compared to Flareon or Jolteon's mane. Another thing I noticed is Gusteon's wing-ear's feathers are not sharp enough to belong in an eeveelution's ears. For these, you can probably use Espeon ears' lower part (still don't know what that is), or Leafeon's leafy ear as reference.
Oh and a little suggestion for Terreon, the light orange eyes and the almost “antenna” like structures on the top of its head give it a bug type vibe. I think that one set of ears is enough (but I totally get wanting to keep the inspiration from the salamander in there). For the eyes I think that a deep brown like the muddy fur around its neck and tail would be good, or you could go with a green, maybe a yellowish green. And definitely just make the pupils a bit darker so that the eye doesn’t look so “bug-like”
interestingly, I wasn't having a problem with Terreon at all... I think for something to truly read as bug type, it'd have to look a lot more intentionally bug like than that, and the embellishments were helping it feel like it wasn't too literal a translation of the concept, by my sensibilities. though I agree that the eyes look weird to me... weirder on Gusteon though, which I think is more to do with the color choices. I think eyes that look like sylveon's or leafeon's work better when the hierarchy of colors looks more natural... like how brown and blue are fairly normal eye colors, and the faces of both those pokemon are more white or cream colored, so there aren't really two strong, saturated, competing colors right next to each other. when the colors are more bold on the body, like with the early eeveelutions, then the eyes are just dark, and the contrast works a lot better. tbh, I think Gusteon's design is truly giving me the most trouble. I don't like the shape of the ears, especially with the way they bend in the middle. I think I was imagining something more akin to dragonair's ear tufts, which stay straight, and end up looking thin, light, and elegant as a result. if a shape akin to that were simply elongated to better fit the dimensions of a fox-like eeveelution ear, I think that'd be the most suitable... especially if it could avoid the sort of chunky, thick feeling of the current ear design. I'm also not a fan of the corkscrew tail at all... I simply preferred the tail in it's original cloud shaped form, where it looked more wispy, like a cotton mist. I think something that goes more with the type of shapes that'd be used in the Jolteon/Flareon/Vaporeon era would be best, because overall, the shapes in Gusteon's current design make it look more like a neopet. not bad... just not as much like a pokemon.
I also got a bug vibe from terreon, and I absolutely attribute it to the monochromatic eyes. I feel like having the sclera be white would take a lot of the bug feel, since it forces the mammalian eye design a bit more.
@@loregoblin3854 I actually made another comment about Gusteon too(tho I think it’s buried beneath a lot of other comments) and I totally agree with you! I thought the blue base colour was too saturated and needed to be a bit lighter or duller, maybe even more greenish in hue? :))
I agree with a lot of this. The extra ears and antennae feel a bit off, maybe changing them into like nubby little rock horns? On a whole, the head feels very visually complicated. I don't think the orange eyes are a particular problem, but I would change the pupil color to not orange (like other eeveelutions). Also, the mask is kinda cool but does make it look buggish. Maybe keeping the brown as a "spot" for one eye would be cute. Also, reminds me of Terriermon a bit!
Love the new designs for the Evee’s! The only criticism I have is about Terreon. While I love most of the body (since It drives home the earthy feeling it was going for) and the ears are simply adorable; the weird bits on top of the head, and the strange orange eyes, might read to much like a bug-type.
@@averyrosecloud That’s fair, I can see the resemblance to something like a slug, but with 4 protrusions (6 including the ears) and bug-like orange eyes, it definitely sends off a more “insectoid” vibe. Maybe just changing the eyes would help?
@@colmlooney5843 I think they are meant to be digging goggles but off the top of my head thats never been done for a ground type before, whwre as bright coloured sort of protruding eyes has been done for many bug types. I think the mud mask read as protective of the eyes as if it were like "i dig so much that mud has gotten on and around my eyes and has hardend and it protects my eyes when I dig"
one note: gusteon should have a different ability, as its description states that the weather affects it quite greatly, which doesnt match an ability that negates the weather. maybe it could have something like chlorophyll, which could open the door to terreon having sand rush. or, it could have a non-weather themed ability like unburden or gale wings. i love their designs, though!
What about a new ability? I don’t have a name for it though. Blank- increases a state based on the whether. Sunny- it’s speed or defense or sp. defense could go up to since it’s more energetic. Stormy - it’s attack or sp. attacks go up. Since it gets mad/ upset during this time. And other Stats could go up in other weather conditions too.
I found your channel from the pokemon. I stayed for the creativity and diversity and the emphasis on the lore. You guys work so hard for these designs and I've learned so much. I wanted to personally thank you for that and wish you and your team the best.
Okay, so my biggest complaints for the eeveelutions is that they feel "too loud." What I mean is there's too much detail. As it was stated earlier in the video, the eevee branches are cute and simple yet still give off their typing easily at a glance.
Yep, pretty much the definition of "Over-designed". Feels bad to say because you can tell the artist had a lot of fun with them but they clearly don't fit with the other eeveelutions.
@@UmJammerSully I won't lie though, I do like the idea for the "mudpuppy" design it definitely needs to be explored further because out of all the fake eeveelutions I've seen the "mudpuppy" is the only one that truly screamed ground type.
Imo I'd say they fit in with the newer gens and the region itself, it's just that the older eeveelutions are painfully simple 🤕 even by pokemon standards, though it is a staple atp they kinda locked themselves in design wise. it'd be cool if newer eeveelutions were just discovered which could explain the more detail
I agree, and find this especially with these designs. There's nothing inherently bad or wrong with them, but I don't like them as they don't sit well with me. I felt like they could have done a little more in the originality department rather than just adding some clouds for "gusteon" and slapping some mud on terreon (which is a better name than the former eeveelution.) I was hoping for them to also do more difficult types like bug, dragon, and poison where most mons of those types aren't cute obviously. I felt like a flying eeveelution could have like membranous wings for flight, and possibly a sac for gas to expel air, with numerous fins and tail adornments for steering in the air. Terreon could deal with clay better, possibly being some strange alter to vaporeon, belding in perfectly inside of clay, maybe even having some sand elements or possibly moss/lichen/weeds growing on it too. Then again thinking about it, those might be a little too loud, but could again be simplified. That's my thoughts, but nobody's gonna read this or like them, I already know.
The Laguna line is SO much better now! I'd want that little fella on my team even if it sucked at battling. It is just so amazing. The posture has an energy that is very fitting in a way I can't quite verbalise. The colour is adds interest and it could lean into the other meaning of Laguna a bit as well. Finally the fur looks so soft and really pulls that out as a key part of the pokémon
I just can’t even begin to describe how much I LOVE Laguna. I always loved “rodent”-like designs (yes I know rabbits are technically not rodents) and the whole inspiration about the moon is lovely. Also, as a spaniard, the name doesn’t sound bad at all! Laguna, it gets the point of the design across perfectly
Since a lot of Eeveelutions get introduced in pairs, Ive always loved the idea of the "contrasting themes" of the two new ones being bug and dragon. Bug types are known for being pretty weak (not as much anymore, but you know) and dragons are known for their ferocity and hulking strength, which would make for some fun Eevee designs
The only eeveelution I’ve ever really wanted was a dragon one because of the whole “eeveelutions are only special types” thing. Seeing as eeveelutions have to remain cute I could see the use of an eastern dragon with its fur being a good starting place while maintaining the bright colours they are traditionally associated with like red and teal.
@@beechboiii they mean the types were “special” back before the physical special split. Fire, Water, Grass, Ice, Psychic, Dark, Electric, and Dragon were all special back then, and then if Fairy had been made back then, it probably would have been “special” as well. Meanwhile, Flying, Bug, Rock, Ground, Steel, Fighting, Poison, Ghost, and Normal were as “physical,” and it made it clear which types they like to use for Eevee, for some fans. They preferred the more magical types, so Dragon is the last Eeveelution that feels REALLY missing.
@@beechboiii I was referring to the old type-special/physical attack relationship types had in the first three generations. Until Gen 4, all electric, water, fire, grass, ice, psychic, dark, and dragon type attacks were special attacks, even moves like thunder punch were special. All other typed attacks were physical. In case you didn’t notice, all the types I listed above that were special are also the types of the eeveelutions, other than dragon. I was not saying that all eeveelutions are special attackers. Even in gen 1 Flareon had a base 130 physical attack stat, despite being incapable of using physical STAB attacks (an issue it still debatably suffers from today). It is correct that Leafeon is another eeveelution that specializes in physical attacks though.
I hope Elegoop and Tartusk remain mostly unchanged, I really do like their designs. I feel like they balance so many feelings at once, similar to Donphan
After you guys finish the Mazah region, I would really be interested in seeing you guys try to redesign some of the… less fortunate official Pokémon designs, kind of like some of your first uploads. Since you guys have learned so much about Pokémon designs with this project, I think it would be awesome.
I love the rework you did of the old pokemon, they look awesome now, and Claire's eveelutions are awesome too, im not sure if gusteon needs to be re rendered but terreon pose and eyes do look kinda weird
What I love most about the Mazah Region Pokémon is how NONE of them feel like afterthoughts or were just added in for the sake of making the Pokedex bigger, they all feel unique with a careful amount of thought, charm and attention to detail put into each design.
Really liked Gusteon really captures the flying aesthetic without just being a dog with wings but Terreon not being a Retriever digging theme with big front paws (for digging) felt like a missed opportunity.
For the eeveelutions, random thoughts from a non-artist - The flying one’s colors might be a bit too complicated? Don’t get me wrong I love doing more than just blue and white, but I think three colors is too different to the rest of the eeveelutions which are very simple. I also actually liked the sleepy dreamy feeling, yeah it’s cliche for cloud-based characters but it gives it a distinct personality. I would maaybe make the blue deeper and more purple? Espeon is more of a pink so you have plenty of space before it overlaps, and yeah avoiding it looking like Glaceon or Vaporeon is a good call. I honestly do love the red eyes (I love red eyes on cutesy designs for some reasons, a cool subversion of typical tropes but also reminds me of white bunnies / hamsters) and the yellow on the blue feels sky-like, but yeahh it just feels a bit too different to the rest of the design. I love the mud puppy! I think the orange eyes (thought it was wearing goggles at first, but maybe that’s the point?) are good color wise but damn it would be so much cuter if it just had normal eyes. But it does stand out, and hey - creates a sort of motif for the two eevees with them both having abnormal colored eyes that apply to the whole thing. The one change I would suggest is making the ears juuust a bit rounder. Because of the way they droop down, they currently look a lot like Glaceon’s. I get the need to keep them looking fox-like but I would make them rounder at the bottom to differentiate from Glaceon
I love the redraws, they make the designs seem more finished with the moon buns. I adore the ideas and finished work of the eevees but you’re right in the comment that they seem out of place, I’m not sure they look like eevee evolutions enough. Placing them next to our other eevees you can really tell which are fakemons and not just by knowing that before hand. The flying eevee seems like the most capable of convincing others that it is part of the eevee line- it’s soft and rounded with enough attributes that relate to other eevees that it matches and fits pretty well, the only issue with the flying eevee is the yellow, it stands out too much, and the ‘extra’ designs because while the tail and extra fluffs look and work very well the eevee line is very basic in design tropes. The ground* eevee is also very cool and I love the idea but it doesn’t seem to fit in at all- the pallet is amazing but the design itself also have the problem of not being ‘’basic’’ enough, however removing some of the extra features, such as the drips from the ears or rounding out the mane/tail a bit more, and taking a relook at how the design would fit with the other eevees would go a long way in really finalizing the designs. If you read this far, thank you :) my opinion prolly doesn’t matter in the long run but I wanted to give some feedback to potentially help
Saw a video a while back that mentioned that current eeveelutions follow special attackers/ defenders. They also mentioned the possibility of another possible “eevee type” Pokémon that has multiple evolutions and covers all the attack/ defender types like rock, steel, ice, ground. It would be cool to see what your “eevee” would look like. The problem with creating eeveelutions is that there are so many fanfics and renditions out there that it might feel like it’s never done or that it’s doing eevee any justice. Would also like to see some baby forms too. Lapras and tropius come to mind. Great work Claire! Love the collab!
Oh, bringing in some else to help design cuter Pokemon. That's actually quite like how it was when Game freak were working on Red & Green. With them bringing in other team members like Atsuko Nishida; the designer for Pikachu, the Charmander line among others.
First of all, I do like the mud-puppy idea. I am a fan of the muddy mane/collar and the tail in the concept art looked like a muddy/droopy version of Flareon's which was pretty neat. But overall, I think there are a bit too many normbreaking aspects of the design that makes it look a bit off in comparison to other eeveelutions. 1. The ears. The ears are probably the most iconic feature, as all the eeveelutions has the same, standing, pointy pair. Having an eeveelutions with floppy ears is a bold move, and might have worked if it was the only normbreaking characteristic of this Pokémon. 2. The eyes. They are very Sylveon-like, which is the only eeveelution that doesn't have the almond shape slanted inward-look. But Sylveon gets away with it because its other aspects are not too far off, allthough (with Sylveon being the most normbreaking in the group) it should probably be avoided as a reference when designing new eeveelutions. 3. The fangs. Again, this is an aspect that no other eeveelutions have. I understand that they're supposed to point towards sabertoothed predators, but as they're only tiny, the reference is a bit lost to me. And I don't know, but with Eevee being a more fox-like/canine Pokémon, perhaps sabertooth tiger/feline characteristics should be avoided to keep the theme more clean (though, Espeon does pull them off quite well, but is on thin ice in my opinion). 4. The mask. Another feature that no other eeveelution has. Had this been the only normbreaking aspect, I think I might have liked it. It's a bit of a toss up, but I think it could be done if the the rest of the desing is a bit more true to the standard look.
Agree on all points. The drooping ears are fine for me, but I don't know what all the extra bits are supposed to be. That would be fine in other Pokemon, but eeveelutions should be more simple. Sylveon's eyes are a fairy feature, and should not be standard. Certain types might have special eyes (bug, dragon, maybe even crystal-like eyes for rock) but not ground. The mask, too. I think it's cute, but it doesn't add much of "ground" motifs. They make it look like a dark type, like the Nickit and Sandile lines (Sandile is ground, but the mask represents dark better) And the fangs! The issue I have with the fangs is that there is an obvious ground motif that should have replaced them... claws! Big claws that imply this boy is a good digger! My take: Muddy with droopy ears are great! Big hands with claws. Everything else is just a big, brown Eevee.
I’m not sure if anyone else caught this, but when Jack was showing off the redesigned Pokémon, he used the other design for the 1st Pokémon (cacuna? Lacuna?). Was this on purpose or an accident???
I love both of the eeveelutions. Terreon takes on a bit more "nerdy" appearance with your render, Jack, but I think it doesn't detract from the design at all. The goggle-like eyes give this geeky character that really evokes the feeling of a curious little eeveelution that digs around for hidden things. It would be very fitting for an archaeologist character to use a terreon!
I had the idea that maybe terreon found the mammoth fossil who’s name is escaping me at the moment, and got famous for it. Maybe you could encounter a poster about him?
I think Gusteon is perfect, I especially love the wind-coil tail to evoke that windy feel. In my opinion Terreon could do with feeling a bit 'heavier' if that makes sense? It might stray from the eeveelution design conventions a bit, but I think a chubbier body and/or shorter legs- literally being closer to the ground- along with ears that don't flop around so much as they hang like heavy pendulums, would make the design really shine. I also don't actually get a lot of an 'axolotl' feel from Terreon unfortunately... I wonder if trying to incorporate the fluffy red gills of the real-life mudpuppy into the 'eevee collar' might work for that purpose?
I love love LOVE the designs of the new Eeveelutions; they're both so unique, but I like Terreon especially for the 'mud puppy' look that makes it stand out from the crowd of fan Eeveelutions.
Tartusk is one of my favorite fakemon that you've ever made. Whenever you redesign it, I WILL make a Clay Sculpture of it!! (Just like the one I made for Gastronaut for ur first FAF... which was like a year ago!! how time flies)
I loooooooooove Laguna's new design. It's a good mix between cute and yet elegant, and feels far less stiff and heavy than the original design. The new eeveelutions are also very, very, very cute!
Terreon's eyes/ears looked a tad more fitting to the design and personality in Claire's rendition, I liked the pop of a tertiary colour but I don't think the ears/mask are the right place for it or possibly it was just too bright in that placement for my liking.
I’ve been really wanting a flying type eeveelution for a while, but it seems like such an underrated concept, because nobody else cares about a flying type eeveelution, so it’s nice to see somebody embrace the concept. Awesome job!
im so obsessed with clair's original designs for gusteon and terreon, they're so cute and have a dreamy feeling to them! and they translated really well into a more traditional pokemon style i especially love the use of unusal ear shapes, the droopy pulled down ears to make terreon look muddy, and the rounded tufts of fur around gusteon's design evoke feathers without just being the awkward "a dog with angel wings" design a lot of fans tend to go for when making a flying type eevee. infact, the ears kind of remind me of the final boss of the new kirby game (which i mean in a very positive way, it's a super cool idea) also the new chixulob looks way more dynamic and impactful, could def see this being a psudo-legend or mythical
Great work! I love keeping up with this series. As a character/monster designer, I'd like to give a few notes. One thing that notice about the new eeveelutions that these designs lack is that every design in the line gets its appeal from being very understated in portraying its type. Putting these new designs and the official ones next to each other, the flying and ground look a bit too extravagant by comparison. A lot of them get away with simply giving a common color associated with the type, giving the evolution its own pattern motif, and tweaking the body type slightly to convey what it specializes in (being more bulky or delicate). It's possible you can cut a lot of details on these designs and try and find one thing that says its typing (umbreon's rings, sylveon's ribbons, vaporeon's fins) because having clouds and wings might be a bit redundant and muddy up the design. This might also be a personal bias, but I feel as though Terreon shouldn't drip. As an eeveelution's main appeal is that you can keep it around the house even after it evolves, I feel awful simply leaving this one eeveelution outside so it doesn't ruin my new rug. The simplification does for the color palette too. Terreon is fine but giving Gusteon 5 colors in its palette, 4 of which being completely different hues. The only thing close to this in reality is Sylveon, which after its main colors being white, pink and light blue, it has a sort of purple to bridge the gap between the pink and blue. I personally suggest a giving two colors to use for most of the design, then a secondary color for the eyes and inside of ears. I'm personally leaning towards making a blend of light greenish blue for the clouds/wings and a darker green for the body color. You see a lot of green and wind to indicate wind as an element in video games and media. Lastly, going off the rails for a last bit, giving Terreon patterns that look like its a pot/vase is on the table. Take it or leave it, I just came up with that and thought it would be a good idea on the subject of more Umbreon-esque design schemes. If you read through all of this, thank you so much! Your acceptance of feedback and revisions at a steady pace is why I love this channel so much.
I like how the 1st route bird Pokémon Is like a predator looking bird, whilst Laguna and it’s prevo are like these somewhat paranoid prey Pokémon, like the box art legend Aries
I think it's Laguna's size that makes it look like a first stage. It looks like a female variant of pacuna to me in it's current state. It needs to be bigger, imo.
He accidently paired one of the old designs for the first form with the new design for the final form, so that's why when he showed them together they looked too similar.
Love all of these, and its always cool seeing the visible difference in style and skill between your og pokemon and their redesigns. But i do have a few notes about some of the redesigns, mainly Laguna I adore Lagunas redesign, it looks fabulous, only, it looks pretty unevolved. I would either make one part of its body more pronounced to make it look more mature, or give it a new evolution. Chixulob is fabulous, and the rendering was incredible. My only nitpick is that its stone aspects seem a little to detailed, especially its lower jaw. If the eye is gonna stay that huge, i would personally simplify some of the rock patterns. Love the Eveelutions, although i preferred Claire’s take on Terreon eyes, the final design looks kinda bug-eyed Gusteon feels exactly like a moden eveelution, and probably the closest art I’ve seen as to what a flying-eveelution would actually look like. All and all, fantastic work as usual. And its always cool to see Claire’s art in these videos, her style is spectacular
I'd suggest maybe shortening the snout of Pacuna, since it and laguna's head shapes seem a bit too similar. Oher than that though, these look fantastic as always.
The two new eeveelutions look great. The colors and vibes of Gusteon are amazing, and Terreon looks so cute. As for new eeveelution types, I'm still set on a steel, ghost, fighting, or rock type as I feel they would fit nicely into the Mazah Region.
I love Gusteon, everything about it is perfect except I'm not super fond of how different the tail looks to the rest of the cloud motif and the pink eyes are a bit distracting. But I LOVE everything else. The 'winged' ears, the colour pallete, the wavy markings and feet tufts. Terreon I love the colours too. The mud mask is best feature, the floopy ears are a good touch. The little fangs and the orange eyes are great! Not so fond of the tail shape though, I like stubby but I think it's just rendered a bit odd.
Great job on all of these! I really like those two new Eeveelutions a lot! My one gripe is with Terreon’s shiny. I feel like there was a missed opportunity to make the shiny colored like a Splatoon Inkling. Between the messy, goopy design; long, droopy ears that look like Inkling tentacles, and even the eye mask and fangs, it feels like the reference would have worked perfectly!
Honestly Terreon's design is great though the eyes remind you of a bug at first glance and don't match other eeveelutions at all in my opinion. The shiny also looks a tad scary especially due to these eyes at least at first glance (for me at least). The colours to my mind scream goblin/orc or something idk why but i find it creepy sorta. Though it might just be my bug phobia/fear being triggered by the eyes from first impressions as fantasy bugs are even more terrifying than enlarged bugs in my head.
The eeveelutions i feel would definitely benefit from a redraw. For gusteon, one of my main critiques is that there are already two blueish eveelutions, and i feel would work better in greenish tones, maybe with hints of salmon or something to make it more unique. Terreon in general could benefit from a bit of a rework. It being a ground type, perhaps it could have more mole-like features like smaller or covered squinted eyes, and bigger claws. If going with the mud motif, maybe having hardened mud or dried mud as a fur pattern or part of its features could be cool. The little antenna at the top could maybe be moved to its cheeks or near its nose like a mole as feelers when digging or something and since there is an emphasis on its sense of smell. In general it feels a bit more like a bug or fighting type. I feel like its tail also kinda lacks a bit since all eeveelutions have long tails as part of its theme. Maybe if the long ears or tail were fashioned as makeshift shovels, it could so work to give it that ground type feel.
Dang, these are all pretty great! I actually designed a flying type eeveelution of my own a while ago, named empyreon, and it looks very similar to gusteon. Both have the ears as big wings, a puffy cloud mane, and a tail that swirled around like a tornado
I love seeing your interpretation of Claire’s Gusteon and Terreon designs. It’s an interesting collaboration and gives some insight on how artist’s might collaborate
I think eeveelutions are always aligned with a special typing, either historically (before the physical/special split) or conceptually (fairy). I believe dragon type is the only historically special type that has yet to be eeveefied. Maybe this goes with the concept that an ordinary creature can grow into into something "special".
Yet I think Eevee will eventually evolve into all 18 types. Yet I think we'll get 1-3. Yet a Normal Eeveelution with Protean or Librero would be expected.
I LOVE Gusteon and Terreon, Their so cool and I can tell Claire put so much love into the designs, and no you didn't overdraw or overcompicate them when you redrew them. There are more advanced design astetics that could be added, but they might overcomplicate or ruin the simplicity of the designs. Keep up the great work!
Oh I really throught Terreon was a poison type when you showed only the silhouette at the beginning. I really like the designs though. I do think Terreon lost a bit of that cutesie smile in the final design though.
I love the idea of different pokemon in the region embodying the main themes of the box art legends (prey and predator). Its such a cool way to add an extra layer of history and impact of the legends actually having influence in the world. Well done as always!
I looooove Gusteon (though an not in love with the name). The splash of color, the lore text, THE TAIl. It's a giving angry Macaw as a mammal, Yass perfect amazing I'm all for it. But, I'm not so sure about terraeon. The ears definitely need to be reshaped and made more distinctive because they look very similar to glacion. And the tail needs to be longer as well, eevees always have a distinct and iconically long tail and I think the little puff tail makes It feel more like a terrier than a fox. Finally they EYES, orange is *not* the way to go. That combined with the excess antante-like ears in its head makes it feel more Bug-type than ground. Perhaps a rework a little closer to Clair's original design, but less..... Wet. Perhaps "drying" the original out could give it a more interesting look. Like a red clay or adobe look to make it better suit the region. Plus a cute call back to eevee's to dust and sand attacks in anime. I still love the design and the concept over all but the eyes feel more unsettling than adorable so if you to any of my suggestions take that, thank and keep up the BEAUTIFUL WOrk.
About the tail point, Eeveelutions don't need to have a long and distinct tail. Infact, Jolteon doesn't have a tail. I also personally don't see the resemblence between Glaceon and Terreon's ears but I can see the resemblence to Glaceon's little hair things that flow down it's head. I do agree with the eye point though.
@@SilverStarStorm. same. Mentioned it in my own critque. I was actually shocked that it was a ground type, because I found the idea of a new bug Eeveelution to be much more interesting and unique when paired with a flying type Eeveelution.
@@ayroberson6731 Yeah no problem! I do agree that its eyes make it resemble a bug type partially. Maybe more round-like ears and darker eyes would make it resemble a ground type more
I really like the pacuna redesign but laguna looks a little too close to it's first stage. One thing the original designs did well was the "glow up" from the first form to the second. Here, laguna look more like a female version of pacuna than a second evolution.
That's because it's the wrong design. He actually went with the one he starts drawing at around 3:37, but through some error, uses the old scrapped design he used as a basis for the new Laguna at 6:31 and 9:05. They literally are more or less the same pokémon.
I love the redesigns! Chixulob is an amazing redesign with the flame plume really selling the metiorite aspect. And Laguna is just so cute and regal! but I am a little confused, in the pokedex for Pacuna you showed the small baby version of the pokemon but the times you showed the line after this it is the larger design that looks basically like a less detailed version of Laguna placed next to it
So Nice! According to that I though about something I don't know if the idea can please you: In the past Gen 1 to 4 where connected to each other by including new evolution stages from existing Pokémons. 2nd gen introduced many babies like Elekid, Smoochum, Magby... and 4th gen introduced many final stages like Magnezone, Magmotar, Rhyperior, Togekiss, etc. It may rekindle our nostalgia if the Mazah region introduces new evolution stages for forgotten Pokémons too from the third first gens! What do you think about that? ;)
I love Gusteon so much! Especially the tail being like a spiral gust of wind! I like Terreon having long floppy ears, but the orange eyes make me think of bug eyes, and all the things on top of its head is sort of confusing and kind of look like antennae. And I don’t think it doesn’t show much personality than the Gusteon design
The stats are off for the eeveelutions all of the evolutions have 60,65,65,95,110,130 in some order but I see you at least left it as a base 525 total. I would suggest if you're going to break the rule at least make Gusteon and Terreon have the same numbers on the stats that add to 525.
For a flying eeve i would make a flying squirrel esque bodyshape. For a ground eeve i would go for sand ( sand bobcat or fenex fox) or bones ( skull motiff)
another great new video! also, on the subject of the possible names for the games of the mazah region: lets look at all previous main series pokemon titles: red blue green yellow gold silver crystal ruby sapphire emerald fire red leaf green diamond pearl platinum heart gold soul silver black white black 2 white 2 x y omega ruby alpha sapphire sun moon ultra sun ultra moon lets go pikachu lets go eevee sword shield brilliant diamond shining pearl legends arceus scarlet violet we can clearly see that every pokemon game falls into one of three categories: it is named after a simple concept, like a color, a letter, or an object, it is one of those things but with an adjective in front (exclusively remakes), or it is named after one of the key pokemon in that game. the issue is that, in addition to being insanely unmarketable, "prey and predator" and "tradition and progress" are not simple enough concepts to be game titles. the closest comparison would be if pokemon black and pokemon white were instead called pokemon truth and pokemon ideals (switched obviously). its simply too heavy of an idea. SO, that leads us, of course, to the big question: what to call the games? a lot of colors are already taken: red, yellow, green, blue, black, white, scarlet, and violet, as well as gold, silver, ruby, sapphire, and emerald, all of which double as precious stones/metals. sun and moon are basically orange and purple, and dont match the mazah region, so we dont want those, and the color space is already pretty crowded (red, ruby, fire red, y, shield, and scarlet are ALL red), so maybe we can take a look at stones again? a quick google search brings up the following paragraph: This part of the world is famed as the source for an astonishing variety of rare and enchanting precious stones: agate and turquoise; jasper and obsidian; amber from the Chiapas caves and the legendary Mexican fire opal. Many of these stones are unusual and some unique to deposits in the region. an unofficial rule for every pokemon game is that the name has to have something to do with the box legendaries, something they have done since gen 3. this line of reasoning has led us into a rather fortunate coincidence: the legendary pokemon of the mazah region went on a rampage thousands of years ago as a result of the jewelry that the mazah people placed on them. hylarmos has blue earrings, while maripome has orange. jasper, amber, and fire opal are all orange, while turqoise is blue, and agate can be many different colors. its important that the names of the games be recongnizable; everyone knows what the moon is, everyone knows what fire is, everyone knows what the color green is. and so, here are the names ive come up with: Pokémon Amber, featuring Maripome, and Pokémon Turqoise, featuring Hylarmos. these seem to be the most recognizable of all the stones listed, and they both double as colors, which the previous 'stone names' have all done. i am submitting these as the names of the games (potentially (could be (in my opinion (if everyone else is cool with it))))
I got to say: Scarlet and Violet are in development to this moment, and the regions from the said pervious titles are Kanto,Johto,Hoenn,Sinnoh (Hisui),Unova,Kalos,Alola and Galar. DLC regions: Isle of Armor and Crown Tundra. Not to mentioned the other regions from sub titles who are not mainlines, those regions listed are based on Japan,USA,France and UK. DLC regions based on: (Isle of Man and Scotland) and the said upcoming region of Scarlet and Violet is unnamed, till GF announce the official region's name. Mazah's villainous team not revealed yet, "if" Jack, announce dat as well. By the way, I liked dat kind of Pokémon title, could be official anyone of GF will take in consideration after Gen 9's end, and the future Gen to be next. (Took me long to read dat wall of text, almost got me lose interest of reading, no offense it takes long..)
Yeah with the little things on top of it's head, the eyes make him look like a ground/bug type. Plus it loses that coy little look Clair gave it. Which definitely would help up the "cuteness" factor for Jack.
Gusteon is one of the coolest eevelutions I've seen, period! I think the tail is one of it's strongest elements so I do hope of you redesign them, you try to keep it intact! :) Terreon does stray a bit from the original design, but I'm sure a better redesign lies somewhere in between the two concepts
I love your channel cause you’re honest when you feel like you can do better, but I find this common with most white artist but you did good. You made them cute and they look better! Don’t be so hard on yourself. I guess only thing I’d say is the eyes for eeveelution don’t capture the eyes of the others. Shape wise but maybe the Terreon needs a longer tail like idk maybe a weapon on the end or something that digs into the ground and then you could remove the mask or something ?
YOO these are all stellar! I could see Chixulob's collecting gimmick work kinda like the percent forms of Zygarde. Where it has smaller "prevo-esque" forms that build up to the full Mon. And Terreon is just wonderful. Love the mud puns and prehistoric vibes incorporated into the design. Terreon probs has to be one of my favorite fan made eeveelutions I seen. Great work you two!
I don’t really care for the Eveeves unfortunately they seem overdesigned like they have too many concepts going on. I really liked the idea of having a wild prehistoric eveelution with a Jolteon vibe. And I think the flying one doesn’t need wing ears, gust tail, AND a cloud scruff. I think it would be much more effective with 1 or 2 incorporated. To me the Eveeve designs are efficient in their simplicity and don’t need to tack on multiple concepts in one design.
I love watching your videos because it's incredibly interesting to see and hear you talk about your design processes and reasonings, and it's clear how much love and effort you put in. Revisiting old designs and seeing what could be updated is a great mindset, and your improvements in both design and design philosophies over time can clearly be seen and it's great seeing you grow. Keep up the amazing work!
In regards to the eeveelutions, when looking at past eeveelutions I think it is important to note how they evolve. Eevee's whole gimmick is being able to evolve into multiple different types, but also they evolve in different ways. In gen 1, all of the eeveelutions evolve using a stone. By that point in the game, I'm sure most evolutions that the player would've been exposed to were level-up evolutions. So using eevee to introduce stone evolutions opened up the possibility in the player's mind of using stones on other pokemon to see if they would evolve. In gen 2, friendship and the day-night mechanics were introduced as well as the dark type. So the eeveelutions of that gen had their evolution be tied to these new features. One thing to point out is that even thought he steel type had also been introduced, we did not get a steel type eeveelution this generation. So, just because a new type was introduced doesn't mean that it would get an eeveelution to go with it, though steel is the outlier in this case. Gen 4 introduced many evolutions for older pokemon with a wide range of methods for evolving them. Both of the eeveelutions for this gen evolve in the same way: Location. They didn't necessarily had a type relationship like the eeveelutions in gen 2 did, but I think when trying to think of what typing to choose for the new eeveelutions the game designers looked at the game world and map and made the decision based off of what they could do with their new location based evolution mechanic. Gen 6 only introduced one new eeveelution that had the new typing of Fairy. I remember this feeling odd at the time based off of past eeveelutions, mainly gen 2 as dark was created to help nerf psychic, so the two eeveelutions of that gen had their typings chosen based off of the meta. Since Fairy was introduced to help nerf Dragon and boost Poison and Steel, it would make sense for their to be a duo of eeveelutions that gen. We didn't get one, but what we did get was a new game mechanic. Pokemon Amie. The gen 6 eeveelution was not only used as a sort of mascot for the new type, but also as a mascot for the new mechanic, since it can only evolve after using this new feature. All of this is a very long way of leading up to the question... What relationship or purpose do these eeveelutions have to each other? The type meta is obvious, ground can't attack flying which is similar to how psychic can't attack dark, but what mechanic of feature are they tied to? Eevee and it's evolutions have been used to market features of the franchise related to the type chart and evolution. How do these eevees evolve? The designs are cute, but there's much more to an eeveelution that just "cute fox-like looking animal thing". Sorry for the long comment, but I've designed some of my own eeveelutions and I've had to think about and consider this topic before.
seeing your cute eeveelutions reminds me that the Mazah region is missing a healer pokemon! I'd love to see you create a pokemon to accompany nurse joy in Mazah's pokecenters!
If I can suggest something for Gusteon, I’d recommend making it a physical attacker due to the dex entry saying it prefers lunging at prey from high above, not striking from afar. As for a preferred eeveelution type, I’d like to see a ghost type for the rival to use, not only because that’s her type specialty, but rivals are often used to introduce multiple new mons to the player, not just one which is usually their ace.
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I have to ask but are thinking about designing a Pokemon based off the golden eagle?
I am so glad you changed pakuna's design
Ive always wanted a ghost eevee. Just the idea of a ghost pet who even after death stays to watch over their trainer is very compelling. Or the idea that spirits and gods can transform into animals like in myths and fables could even work!
Kinda prefer the old design of chixolob since it looks more like a glalie that way and less in motion so makes more sence for a battle pose if that makes sence
You used the wrong design for the first stage at 6:38
oooh, that description of Chixulob having once been a single being makes me wanna see what it used to look like, maybe it could even serve as an alternate form of some sort? maybe a little something like Wishiwashi's schooling?
I have this idea of pokemon ancestral awakening, where once every battle, one rare pokemon on more common ones, may attain an extra type, and transform to reflect their ancestral roots. So maybe Chixulob's awokened form consists on it flying to the sky and projecting into the meteor in full size as it looked moments before crashing onto earth, but like, suspended in place, it's not actually capable of destroying earth.
What if the the original meteor is like a post-game raid boss?
I like the concept but I don't love the execution yet. it looks too ... idk. cyborg? I liked the cutesy design better. I think the eye looks almost robotic and doesn't fit with the prehistoric asteroid vibe as much as the cartoonish eyes did.
that might be cool to see it in its gigantamax form
One of the staples of the mainstream games is an "evil team". I wonder what themes an evil team in this region would revolve around. You seem to have tradition as a theme in this region, and some of the dynamics between older and younger generations. I was thinking that intertwined with this is the conflict between the quest for freedom and the desire for conquest and riches. The evil team could be driven by conquest, seeking the First Prey to exploit grievances, or the First Predator to dominate.
Also, I was thinking of a third legendary Pokemon based on a "First Scavenger", which would further explain why the people of the region's history stopped fighting: the destruction caused by their war was feeding this First Scavenger.
Something about the eyes doesn't feel quite right on Terreon. I'm not sure exactly why but maybe it's the markings? Eeveelutions tend towards simplicity and share pretty similar faces. I think by adding the mask shape it makes Terreon feel a bit too different. I also wonder if maybe Gusteon should have less colours? Most eeveelutions have only 2-3 colours for their markings so it might feel more in keeping with that to stick with the light-blue and white colours and retain that up through the ears. And then keep the yellow as a highlight like they did with the blue on Sylveon.
Also, some possible suggestions on the poses which might sell the themes better. Gusteon might work really well in a sort of leaping/flying pose like it's being magically propelled through the air. And Terreon leaning forward, with it's fore-legs and face close to the ground with it's bum in the air like a dog excitedly waiting for you to throw a ball, might sell the ground idea and make it feel excitable and energetic. And both would be very cute.
The eyes on Terreon "feel wrong" because of the shape imo. All the eeveelutions have the different eye shapes but they all have 1 aspect in common: they slope inward (the outer eye is higher up than the inner eye). This is present in Terreon but not as exaggerated as in other eeveelutions (barring maybe Sylveon). I say either slope the eye like Espeon or go full mudpuppy and have the cute, circle eyes of most amphibians :)
I actually love the mask around Terreon's eyes! Sylveon and Umbreon also have markings near their eyes, and I think it matches visually while still being unique!
@@yam3946 I noticed that too, but my biggest problem with the eyes is the color. The amber color they went with really makes it feel way more bug type than it needed to feel, especially in combination with the ear protrusions that look like antennae and the floof-ness of the silhouette
Terreon is perfect. In my mind it's wearing goggles. So it's eyes are just those two black dots. You're right about Gusteon. Yellow should be ditched.
Another thing that makes it feel weird is probably the iris. all eeveelutions have darker eye color, which makes the white dot more obvious, that in turn contributes to the cutesiness somehow? although sylveon's eye color is brighter, it's more like a cool and calm blue rather than a menacing orange? Another thing I'd like to point out is eye detail. Both eeveelution's eye seems a tad bit too detailed to be an eeveelution (the line that separates the iris and the sclera in gusteon's eyes).
That aside, I feel like the details on the eeveelutions feel a bit too much and cluttered. Usually eeveelutions feel simple and frank. Terreon's rock hip pattern feels off to me, and putting literal mud on them feels a bit too much. Glaceon don't have literal ice, after all (although leafeon still have literal leaves growing on them). On the other hand, Gusteon's cloud mane pattern also feels sophisticated if compared to Flareon or Jolteon's mane. Another thing I noticed is Gusteon's wing-ear's feathers are not sharp enough to belong in an eeveelution's ears. For these, you can probably use Espeon ears' lower part (still don't know what that is), or Leafeon's leafy ear as reference.
one thing about eeveelutions is that they always have the same base stats, only rearranged in different order
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Oh and a little suggestion for Terreon, the light orange eyes and the almost “antenna” like structures on the top of its head give it a bug type vibe. I think that one set of ears is enough (but I totally get wanting to keep the inspiration from the salamander in there). For the eyes I think that a deep brown like the muddy fur around its neck and tail would be good, or you could go with a green, maybe a yellowish green. And definitely just make the pupils a bit darker so that the eye doesn’t look so “bug-like”
interestingly, I wasn't having a problem with Terreon at all... I think for something to truly read as bug type, it'd have to look a lot more intentionally bug like than that, and the embellishments were helping it feel like it wasn't too literal a translation of the concept, by my sensibilities. though I agree that the eyes look weird to me... weirder on Gusteon though, which I think is more to do with the color choices. I think eyes that look like sylveon's or leafeon's work better when the hierarchy of colors looks more natural... like how brown and blue are fairly normal eye colors, and the faces of both those pokemon are more white or cream colored, so there aren't really two strong, saturated, competing colors right next to each other. when the colors are more bold on the body, like with the early eeveelutions, then the eyes are just dark, and the contrast works a lot better.
tbh, I think Gusteon's design is truly giving me the most trouble. I don't like the shape of the ears, especially with the way they bend in the middle. I think I was imagining something more akin to dragonair's ear tufts, which stay straight, and end up looking thin, light, and elegant as a result. if a shape akin to that were simply elongated to better fit the dimensions of a fox-like eeveelution ear, I think that'd be the most suitable... especially if it could avoid the sort of chunky, thick feeling of the current ear design. I'm also not a fan of the corkscrew tail at all... I simply preferred the tail in it's original cloud shaped form, where it looked more wispy, like a cotton mist. I think something that goes more with the type of shapes that'd be used in the Jolteon/Flareon/Vaporeon era would be best, because overall, the shapes in Gusteon's current design make it look more like a neopet. not bad... just not as much like a pokemon.
I also got a bug vibe from terreon, and I absolutely attribute it to the monochromatic eyes. I feel like having the sclera be white would take a lot of the bug feel, since it forces the mammalian eye design a bit more.
I was about to say the same thing
@@loregoblin3854 I actually made another comment about Gusteon too(tho I think it’s buried beneath a lot of other comments) and I totally agree with you! I thought the blue base colour was too saturated and needed to be a bit lighter or duller, maybe even more greenish in hue? :))
I agree with a lot of this. The extra ears and antennae feel a bit off, maybe changing them into like nubby little rock horns? On a whole, the head feels very visually complicated. I don't think the orange eyes are a particular problem, but I would change the pupil color to not orange (like other eeveelutions). Also, the mask is kinda cool but does make it look buggish. Maybe keeping the brown as a "spot" for one eye would be cute.
Also, reminds me of Terriermon a bit!
Love the new designs for the Evee’s! The only criticism I have is about Terreon. While I love most of the body (since It drives home the earthy feeling it was going for) and the ears are simply adorable; the weird bits on top of the head, and the strange orange eyes, might read to much like a bug-type.
I immediately though of slug when I saw it.
@@averyrosecloud That’s fair, I can see the resemblance to something like a slug, but with 4 protrusions (6 including the ears) and bug-like orange eyes, it definitely sends off a more “insectoid” vibe. Maybe just changing the eyes would help?
bruh, the eyes look like digging goggles... the antenna can go tho, replace em with something else imo...
@@colmlooney5843 I think they are meant to be digging goggles but off the top of my head thats never been done for a ground type before, whwre as bright coloured sort of protruding eyes has been done for many bug types. I think the mud mask read as protective of the eyes as if it were like "i dig so much that mud has gotten on and around my eyes and has hardend and it protects my eyes when I dig"
I think the eyes and ears on terreon look too different from the rest of the eeveelutions that it doesn’t seem like one.
one note: gusteon should have a different ability, as its description states that the weather affects it quite greatly, which doesnt match an ability that negates the weather. maybe it could have something like chlorophyll, which could open the door to terreon having sand rush. or, it could have a non-weather themed ability like unburden or gale wings. i love their designs, though!
Gusteon definitely needs wheather to get the most use out of wheatherball it can
I think swift swim would be best as it increases the pokemons speed during rain. So I’d be like strong winds during a storm speeding it up
gusteons description says it likes sunny days and gets irritable in stormy weather, so getting faster in sunlight seems to make more sense
Storm Warning
This Pokémon summons a random Weather Effect when sent into battle.
What about a new ability? I don’t have a name for it though.
Blank- increases a state based on the whether.
Sunny- it’s speed or defense or sp. defense could go up to since it’s more energetic.
Stormy - it’s attack or sp. attacks go up. Since it gets mad/ upset during this time.
And other Stats could go up in other weather conditions too.
I found your channel from the pokemon. I stayed for the creativity and diversity and the emphasis on the lore. You guys work so hard for these designs and I've learned so much. I wanted to personally thank you for that and wish you and your team the best.
Ye same my art very muched improved from joining the discord and watching your video
Yes! I love all the content this channel uploads, but when they release a pokemon video they make my day.
Okay, so my biggest complaints for the eeveelutions is that they feel "too loud." What I mean is there's too much detail. As it was stated earlier in the video, the eevee branches are cute and simple yet still give off their typing easily at a glance.
Yep, pretty much the definition of "Over-designed". Feels bad to say because you can tell the artist had a lot of fun with them but they clearly don't fit with the other eeveelutions.
@@UmJammerSully I won't lie though, I do like the idea for the "mudpuppy" design it definitely needs to be explored further because out of all the fake eeveelutions I've seen the "mudpuppy" is the only one that truly screamed ground type.
@@benkayvfalsifier3817 Me too! Honestly the design here just trimmed back would probably be great.
Imo I'd say they fit in with the newer gens and the region itself, it's just that the older eeveelutions are painfully simple 🤕 even by pokemon standards, though it is a staple atp they kinda locked themselves in design wise. it'd be cool if newer eeveelutions were just discovered which could explain the more detail
I agree, and find this especially with these designs. There's nothing inherently bad or wrong with them, but I don't like them as they don't sit well with me. I felt like they could have done a little more in the originality department rather than just adding some clouds for "gusteon" and slapping some mud on terreon (which is a better name than the former eeveelution.)
I was hoping for them to also do more difficult types like bug, dragon, and poison where most mons of those types aren't cute obviously. I felt like a flying eeveelution could have like membranous wings for flight, and possibly a sac for gas to expel air, with numerous fins and tail adornments for steering in the air. Terreon could deal with clay better, possibly being some strange alter to vaporeon, belding in perfectly inside of clay, maybe even having some sand elements or possibly moss/lichen/weeds growing on it too. Then again thinking about it, those might be a little too loud, but could again be simplified.
That's my thoughts, but nobody's gonna read this or like them, I already know.
The Laguna line is SO much better now! I'd want that little fella on my team even if it sucked at battling. It is just so amazing.
The posture has an energy that is very fitting in a way I can't quite verbalise. The colour is adds interest and it could lean into the other meaning of Laguna a bit as well. Finally the fur looks so soft and really pulls that out as a key part of the pokémon
wait till you see their egg moves, stat distribution, abilities and move set in Untamed
I just can’t even begin to describe how much I LOVE Laguna. I always loved “rodent”-like designs (yes I know rabbits are technically not rodents) and the whole inspiration about the moon is lovely.
Also, as a spaniard, the name doesn’t sound bad at all! Laguna, it gets the point of the design across perfectly
Love gusteon, although the bat idea was kinda cool, think wind/clouds themes are the way to go with a pure flying type.
I thought it was cool too but unfortunately those elements wouldn't make people think it was a flying type off the bat lol
Since a lot of Eeveelutions get introduced in pairs, Ive always loved the idea of the "contrasting themes" of the two new ones being bug and dragon.
Bug types are known for being pretty weak (not as much anymore, but you know) and dragons are known for their ferocity and hulking strength, which would make for some fun Eevee designs
The only eeveelution I’ve ever really wanted was a dragon one because of the whole “eeveelutions are only special types” thing. Seeing as eeveelutions have to remain cute I could see the use of an eastern dragon with its fur being a good starting place while maintaining the bright colours they are traditionally associated with like red and teal.
Isn't Leafeon physical?
I've always liked that logic
@@beechboiii they mean the types were “special” back before the physical special split. Fire, Water, Grass, Ice, Psychic, Dark, Electric, and Dragon were all special back then, and then if Fairy had been made back then, it probably would have been “special” as well. Meanwhile, Flying, Bug, Rock, Ground, Steel, Fighting, Poison, Ghost, and Normal were as “physical,” and it made it clear which types they like to use for Eevee, for some fans. They preferred the more magical types, so Dragon is the last Eeveelution that feels REALLY missing.
@@beechboiii Grass type used to be special before the split in Gen 4
@@beechboiii I was referring to the old type-special/physical attack relationship types had in the first three generations. Until Gen 4, all electric, water, fire, grass, ice, psychic, dark, and dragon type attacks were special attacks, even moves like thunder punch were special. All other typed attacks were physical.
In case you didn’t notice, all the types I listed above that were special are also the types of the eeveelutions, other than dragon. I was not saying that all eeveelutions are special attackers. Even in gen 1 Flareon had a base 130 physical attack stat, despite being incapable of using physical STAB attacks (an issue it still debatably suffers from today). It is correct that Leafeon is another eeveelution that specializes in physical attacks though.
I hope Elegoop and Tartusk remain mostly unchanged, I really do like their designs. I feel like they balance so many feelings at once, similar to Donphan
Ya that didnt happen
After you guys finish the Mazah region, I would really be interested in seeing you guys try to redesign some of the… less fortunate official Pokémon designs, kind of like some of your first uploads. Since you guys have learned so much about Pokémon designs with this project, I think it would be awesome.
Laguna was probably my least favorite out of the whole Dex originally, so this glow up is a massive improvement. Really great redesign.
I love the rework you did of the old pokemon, they look awesome now, and Claire's eveelutions are awesome too, im not sure if gusteon needs to be re rendered but terreon pose and eyes do look kinda weird
I absolutely adore Laguna’s redesign. Honestly, seeing you develop as an artist after already being so good is so inspiring!
What I love most about the Mazah Region Pokémon is how NONE of them feel like afterthoughts or were just added in for the sake of making the Pokedex bigger, they all feel unique with a careful amount of thought, charm and attention to detail put into each design.
Really liked Gusteon really captures the flying aesthetic without just being a dog with wings but Terreon not being a Retriever digging theme with big front paws (for digging) felt like a missed opportunity.
I was never greatly fond of pacuna and laguna, however, since they have been redesigned, I LOVE THEM!
For the eeveelutions, random thoughts from a non-artist
- The flying one’s colors might be a bit too complicated? Don’t get me wrong I love doing more than just blue and white, but I think three colors is too different to the rest of the eeveelutions which are very simple. I also actually liked the sleepy dreamy feeling, yeah it’s cliche for cloud-based characters but it gives it a distinct personality. I would maaybe make the blue deeper and more purple? Espeon is more of a pink so you have plenty of space before it overlaps, and yeah avoiding it looking like Glaceon or Vaporeon is a good call. I honestly do love the red eyes (I love red eyes on cutesy designs for some reasons, a cool subversion of typical tropes but also reminds me of white bunnies / hamsters) and the yellow on the blue feels sky-like, but yeahh it just feels a bit too different to the rest of the design.
I love the mud puppy! I think the orange eyes (thought it was wearing goggles at first, but maybe that’s the point?) are good color wise but damn it would be so much cuter if it just had normal eyes. But it does stand out, and hey - creates a sort of motif for the two eevees with them both having abnormal colored eyes that apply to the whole thing. The one change I would suggest is making the ears juuust a bit rounder. Because of the way they droop down, they currently look a lot like Glaceon’s. I get the need to keep them looking fox-like but I would make them rounder at the bottom to differentiate from Glaceon
so does sylveon
@@sablley4809 Sylveon has multiple colors yes. In that case, then 3 is probably fine but 4 is pushing it
@@secondeye1574 I think it looks fine.
@@secondeye1574 yeah but its mostly white, that may be why its fine, white w accents
I love the way laguna's typing/lore tie in with Clefairy dancing under the full moon. really solid redesign 👌👌👌
I love Gusteons Tail! It’s like a tiny tornado, it makes the Eeveelution look so powerful!
I love the redraws, they make the designs seem more finished with the moon buns. I adore the ideas and finished work of the eevees but you’re right in the comment that they seem out of place, I’m not sure they look like eevee evolutions enough. Placing them next to our other eevees you can really tell which are fakemons and not just by knowing that before hand. The flying eevee seems like the most capable of convincing others that it is part of the eevee line- it’s soft and rounded with enough attributes that relate to other eevees that it matches and fits pretty well, the only issue with the flying eevee is the yellow, it stands out too much, and the ‘extra’ designs because while the tail and extra fluffs look and work very well the eevee line is very basic in design tropes. The ground* eevee is also very cool and I love the idea but it doesn’t seem to fit in at all- the pallet is amazing but the design itself also have the problem of not being ‘’basic’’ enough, however removing some of the extra features, such as the drips from the ears or rounding out the mane/tail a bit more, and taking a relook at how the design would fit with the other eevees would go a long way in really finalizing the designs.
If you read this far, thank you :) my opinion prolly doesn’t matter in the long run but I wanted to give some feedback to potentially help
Its's a ground eevee
Saw a video a while back that mentioned that current eeveelutions follow special attackers/ defenders. They also mentioned the possibility of another possible “eevee type” Pokémon that has multiple evolutions and covers all the attack/ defender types like rock, steel, ice, ground. It would be cool to see what your “eevee” would look like. The problem with creating eeveelutions is that there are so many fanfics and renditions out there that it might feel like it’s never done or that it’s doing eevee any justice. Would also like to see some baby forms too. Lapras and tropius come to mind. Great work Claire! Love the collab!
Oh, bringing in some else to help design cuter Pokemon. That's actually quite like how it was when Game freak were working on Red & Green. With them bringing in other team members like Atsuko Nishida; the designer for Pikachu, the Charmander line among others.
First of all, I do like the mud-puppy idea. I am a fan of the muddy mane/collar and the tail in the concept art looked like a muddy/droopy version of Flareon's which was pretty neat. But overall, I think there are a bit too many normbreaking aspects of the design that makes it look a bit off in comparison to other eeveelutions.
1. The ears. The ears are probably the most iconic feature, as all the eeveelutions has the same, standing, pointy pair. Having an eeveelutions with floppy ears is a bold move, and might have worked if it was the only normbreaking characteristic of this Pokémon.
2. The eyes. They are very Sylveon-like, which is the only eeveelution that doesn't have the almond shape slanted inward-look. But Sylveon gets away with it because its other aspects are not too far off, allthough (with Sylveon being the most normbreaking in the group) it should probably be avoided as a reference when designing new eeveelutions.
3. The fangs. Again, this is an aspect that no other eeveelutions have. I understand that they're supposed to point towards sabertoothed predators, but as they're only tiny, the reference is a bit lost to me. And I don't know, but with Eevee being a more fox-like/canine Pokémon, perhaps sabertooth tiger/feline characteristics should be avoided to keep the theme more clean (though, Espeon does pull them off quite well, but is on thin ice in my opinion).
4. The mask. Another feature that no other eeveelution has. Had this been the only normbreaking aspect, I think I might have liked it. It's a bit of a toss up, but I think it could be done if the the rest of the desing is a bit more true to the standard look.
Agree on all points.
The drooping ears are fine for me, but I don't know what all the extra bits are supposed to be. That would be fine in other Pokemon, but eeveelutions should be more simple.
Sylveon's eyes are a fairy feature, and should not be standard. Certain types might have special eyes (bug, dragon, maybe even crystal-like eyes for rock) but not ground.
The mask, too. I think it's cute, but it doesn't add much of "ground" motifs. They make it look like a dark type, like the Nickit and Sandile lines (Sandile is ground, but the mask represents dark better)
And the fangs! The issue I have with the fangs is that there is an obvious ground motif that should have replaced them... claws! Big claws that imply this boy is a good digger!
My take:
Muddy with droopy ears are great! Big hands with claws. Everything else is just a big, brown Eevee.
I’m not sure if anyone else caught this, but when Jack was showing off the redesigned Pokémon, he used the other design for the 1st Pokémon (cacuna? Lacuna?). Was this on purpose or an accident???
Yep I noticed that too
We can't do anything about tho, they're might be exhausted or something
I was looking through the comments to see if anyone else noticed that.
does it matter? Question important things like world hunger?
I love both of the eeveelutions. Terreon takes on a bit more "nerdy" appearance with your render, Jack, but I think it doesn't detract from the design at all. The goggle-like eyes give this geeky character that really evokes the feeling of a curious little eeveelution that digs around for hidden things. It would be very fitting for an archaeologist character to use a terreon!
I had the idea that maybe terreon found the mammoth fossil who’s name is escaping me at the moment, and got famous for it. Maybe you could encounter a poster about him?
What do I even say to this.
I think Gusteon is perfect, I especially love the wind-coil tail to evoke that windy feel.
In my opinion Terreon could do with feeling a bit 'heavier' if that makes sense? It might stray from the eeveelution design conventions a bit, but I think a chubbier body and/or shorter legs- literally being closer to the ground- along with ears that don't flop around so much as they hang like heavy pendulums, would make the design really shine. I also don't actually get a lot of an 'axolotl' feel from Terreon unfortunately... I wonder if trying to incorporate the fluffy red gills of the real-life mudpuppy into the 'eevee collar' might work for that purpose?
YES please give us a chubby Eeveelution. omg this idea gives me life
The redesigns slap and look so great!
I don't know why you said you struggle with cute,
cause these redesigns and the starters first forms
look great!
Before we put the Maza region down I would live if Maza got it’s own special mechanic like mega evolution or z moves
its mega, jack said multiple times on the fan discord, altho it can be changed if the developers of the fangame find something more intersting
@@nathanblumprazeres3617 I don't think it would be just mega, the starters have their own Gigantamax forms afterall.
Claire's eeveelutions are killer! her work feels so effortless, she really is a master!
I love all of your designs, I wish you a long and healthy life.
I meant this as a compliment btw 🥺😍😍
No lamp to rub, no wishes to make
I love love LOVE the designs of the new Eeveelutions; they're both so unique, but I like Terreon especially for the 'mud puppy' look that makes it stand out from the crowd of fan Eeveelutions.
Tartusk is one of my favorite fakemon that you've ever made. Whenever you redesign it, I WILL make a Clay Sculpture of it!! (Just like the one I made for Gastronaut for ur first FAF... which was like a year ago!! how time flies)
I loooooooooove Laguna's new design.
It's a good mix between cute and yet elegant, and feels far less stiff and heavy than the original design.
The new eeveelutions are also very, very, very cute!
Terreon's eyes/ears looked a tad more fitting to the design and personality in Claire's rendition, I liked the pop of a tertiary colour but I don't think the ears/mask are the right place for it or possibly it was just too bright in that placement for my liking.
i'm glad you didn't change pacuna and laguna too much! i always liked those lil guys and these redesigns are very faithful.
I’ve been really wanting a flying type eeveelution for a while, but it seems like such an underrated concept, because nobody else cares about a flying type eeveelution, so it’s nice to see somebody embrace the concept. Awesome job!
Terreon looks like an inkling and i like it! Love all of the ground motifs present in the design!
Wow. This is the most distinctive ground type Eevee design I've seen.
it sucks
im so obsessed with clair's original designs for gusteon and terreon, they're so cute and have a dreamy feeling to them! and they translated really well into a more traditional pokemon style
i especially love the use of unusal ear shapes, the droopy pulled down ears to make terreon look muddy, and the rounded tufts of fur around gusteon's design evoke feathers without just being the awkward "a dog with angel wings" design a lot of fans tend to go for when making a flying type eevee. infact, the ears kind of remind me of the final boss of the new kirby game (which i mean in a very positive way, it's a super cool idea)
also the new chixulob looks way more dynamic and impactful, could def see this being a psudo-legend or mythical
Great work! I love keeping up with this series.
As a character/monster designer, I'd like to give a few notes.
One thing that notice about the new eeveelutions that these designs lack is that every design in the line gets its appeal from being very understated in portraying its type. Putting these new designs and the official ones next to each other, the flying and ground look a bit too extravagant by comparison. A lot of them get away with simply giving a common color associated with the type, giving the evolution its own pattern motif, and tweaking the body type slightly to convey what it specializes in (being more bulky or delicate).
It's possible you can cut a lot of details on these designs and try and find one thing that says its typing (umbreon's rings, sylveon's ribbons, vaporeon's fins) because having clouds and wings might be a bit redundant and muddy up the design. This might also be a personal bias, but I feel as though Terreon shouldn't drip. As an eeveelution's main appeal is that you can keep it around the house even after it evolves, I feel awful simply leaving this one eeveelution outside so it doesn't ruin my new rug.
The simplification does for the color palette too. Terreon is fine but giving Gusteon 5 colors in its palette, 4 of which being completely different hues. The only thing close to this in reality is Sylveon, which after its main colors being white, pink and light blue, it has a sort of purple to bridge the gap between the pink and blue. I personally suggest a giving two colors to use for most of the design, then a secondary color for the eyes and inside of ears. I'm personally leaning towards making a blend of light greenish blue for the clouds/wings and a darker green for the body color. You see a lot of green and wind to indicate wind as an element in video games and media.
Lastly, going off the rails for a last bit, giving Terreon patterns that look like its a pot/vase is on the table. Take it or leave it, I just came up with that and thought it would be a good idea on the subject of more Umbreon-esque design schemes.
If you read through all of this, thank you so much! Your acceptance of feedback and revisions at a steady pace is why I love this channel so much.
I like how the 1st route bird Pokémon Is like a predator looking bird, whilst Laguna and it’s prevo are like these somewhat paranoid prey Pokémon, like the box art legend Aries
*legendaries
I think you should make a cute pokemon evolution line like Jigglypuff's evo line
Also I think Laguna kinda looks like a first evo but that's just me
Same tbh its size and the silhouette of the body felt too similar
Yeah the proportions felt way too similar
I think it's Laguna's size that makes it look like a first stage. It looks like a female variant of pacuna to me in it's current state. It needs to be bigger, imo.
more claire team ups :)!
He accidently paired one of the old designs for the first form with the new design for the final form, so that's why when he showed them together they looked too similar.
I love the idea of an Evee-lution with those Pterosaur-style wings for front paws.
Love all of these, and its always cool seeing the visible difference in style and skill between your og pokemon and their redesigns.
But i do have a few notes about some of the redesigns, mainly Laguna
I adore Lagunas redesign, it looks fabulous, only, it looks pretty unevolved. I would either make one part of its body more pronounced to make it look more mature, or give it a new evolution.
Chixulob is fabulous, and the rendering was incredible. My only nitpick is that its stone aspects seem a little to detailed, especially its lower jaw. If the eye is gonna stay that huge, i would personally simplify some of the rock patterns.
Love the Eveelutions, although i preferred Claire’s take on Terreon eyes, the final design looks kinda bug-eyed
Gusteon feels exactly like a moden eveelution, and probably the closest art I’ve seen as to what a flying-eveelution would actually look like.
All and all, fantastic work as usual. And its always cool to see Claire’s art in these videos, her style is spectacular
I'd suggest maybe shortening the snout of Pacuna, since it and laguna's head shapes seem a bit too similar. Oher than that though, these look fantastic as always.
The two new eeveelutions look great. The colors and vibes of Gusteon are amazing, and Terreon looks so cute. As for new eeveelution types, I'm still set on a steel, ghost, fighting, or rock type as I feel they would fit nicely into the Mazah Region.
Pacuna and Laguna look so good now, I’d love having them on a team :)
I love Gusteon, everything about it is perfect except I'm not super fond of how different the tail looks to the rest of the cloud motif and the pink eyes are a bit distracting. But I LOVE everything else. The 'winged' ears, the colour pallete, the wavy markings and feet tufts.
Terreon I love the colours too. The mud mask is best feature, the floopy ears are a good touch. The little fangs and the orange eyes are great! Not so fond of the tail shape though, I like stubby but I think it's just rendered a bit odd.
Gorgeous concept art as always, I love all your eeveelutions so much, and I honestly want a Terreon shirt lmao
Great job on all of these! I really like those two new Eeveelutions a lot! My one gripe is with Terreon’s shiny. I feel like there was a missed opportunity to make the shiny colored like a Splatoon Inkling. Between the messy, goopy design; long, droopy ears that look like Inkling tentacles, and even the eye mask and fangs, it feels like the reference would have worked perfectly!
Honestly Terreon's design is great though the eyes remind you of a bug at first glance and don't match other eeveelutions at all in my opinion. The shiny also looks a tad scary especially due to these eyes at least at first glance (for me at least). The colours to my mind scream goblin/orc or something idk why but i find it creepy sorta.
Though it might just be my bug phobia/fear being triggered by the eyes from first impressions as fantasy bugs are even more terrifying than enlarged bugs in my head.
The eeveelutions i feel would definitely benefit from a redraw. For gusteon, one of my main critiques is that there are already two blueish eveelutions, and i feel would work better in greenish tones, maybe with hints of salmon or something to make it more unique.
Terreon in general could benefit from a bit of a rework. It being a ground type, perhaps it could have more mole-like features like smaller or covered squinted eyes, and bigger claws. If going with the mud motif, maybe having hardened mud or dried mud as a fur pattern or part of its features could be cool. The little antenna at the top could maybe be moved to its cheeks or near its nose like a mole as feelers when digging or something and since there is an emphasis on its sense of smell. In general it feels a bit more like a bug or fighting type. I feel like its tail also kinda lacks a bit since all eeveelutions have long tails as part of its theme. Maybe if the long ears or tail were fashioned as makeshift shovels, it could so work to give it that ground type feel.
Feel like the eveelutions still need some more work design wise but I love the concept - so much potential!
The redesign of the rabbit Pokémon is awesome! Much cuter and natural
Man, I've been DYING for a Bug type Eevee! Maybe some sort of moth inspiration?
I imagine Gusteon using it's tail to fly kinda like how Tails from Sonic does
I love all the designs btw :D
Dang, these are all pretty great! I actually designed a flying type eeveelution of my own a while ago, named empyreon, and it looks very similar to gusteon. Both have the ears as big wings, a puffy cloud mane, and a tail that swirled around like a tornado
I love seeing your interpretation of Claire’s Gusteon and Terreon designs. It’s an interesting collaboration and gives some insight on how artist’s might collaborate
I think eeveelutions are always aligned with a special typing, either historically (before the physical/special split) or conceptually (fairy). I believe dragon type is the only historically special type that has yet to be eeveefied.
Maybe this goes with the concept that an ordinary creature can grow into into something "special".
Yet I think Eevee will eventually evolve into all 18 types. Yet I think we'll get 1-3. Yet a Normal Eeveelution with Protean or Librero would be expected.
I ABSOLUTELY LOVE YOUR CREATIVITY! ❤️ 😍 It's so nostalgic to have Pokemon reinveted and made fun, again. I love the idea of a Ground-type Eevee.
I absolutely love these new eeveelutions! They're so cute and I really love them!
I LOVE Gusteon and Terreon, Their so cool and I can tell Claire put so much love into the designs, and no you didn't overdraw or overcompicate them when you redrew them. There are more advanced design astetics that could be added, but they might overcomplicate or ruin the simplicity of the designs. Keep up the great work!
Oh I really throught Terreon was a poison type when you showed only the silhouette at the beginning. I really like the designs though. I do think Terreon lost a bit of that cutesie smile in the final design though.
i am SO in love with these new eevees, specially terreon. I wanna have them on my team so bad, they're absolutely adorable
I actually liked the old Laguna but this new design is amazing, I completely love it!
I love the idea of different pokemon in the region embodying the main themes of the box art legends (prey and predator). Its such a cool way to add an extra layer of history and impact of the legends actually having influence in the world. Well done as always!
I have always wanted a normal type eveelution and it would just be like a little bit bigger and different eevee!
Eeveelutions are one of the most fanarted pókemons, they're basically cats so in desing is pretty easy to convert.
I looooove Gusteon (though an not in love with the name). The splash of color, the lore text, THE TAIl. It's a giving angry Macaw as a mammal, Yass perfect amazing I'm all for it. But, I'm not so sure about terraeon. The ears definitely need to be reshaped and made more distinctive because they look very similar to glacion. And the tail needs to be longer as well, eevees always have a distinct and iconically long tail and I think the little puff tail makes It feel more like a terrier than a fox. Finally they EYES, orange is *not* the way to go. That combined with the excess antante-like ears in its head makes it feel more Bug-type than ground. Perhaps a rework a little closer to Clair's original design, but less..... Wet. Perhaps "drying" the original out could give it a more interesting look. Like a red clay or adobe look to make it better suit the region. Plus a cute call back to eevee's to dust and sand attacks in anime. I still love the design and the concept over all but the eyes feel more unsettling than adorable so if you to any of my suggestions take that, thank and keep up the BEAUTIFUL WOrk.
Agreed with the bug type comment.
I was just about to say the same.
About the tail point, Eeveelutions don't need to have a long and distinct tail. Infact, Jolteon doesn't have a tail. I also personally don't see the resemblence between Glaceon and Terreon's ears but I can see the resemblence to Glaceon's little hair things that flow down it's head. I do agree with the eye point though.
@@SilverStarStorm. same. Mentioned it in my own critque. I was actually shocked that it was a ground type, because I found the idea of a new bug Eeveelution to be much more interesting and unique when paired with a flying type Eeveelution.
@@poppytsuki3625 I Had completely forgotten about jolteon! Thanks That actually makes alot of sense. And Yeah I meant the hair things not the ears.
@@ayroberson6731 Yeah no problem! I do agree that its eyes make it resemble a bug type partially. Maybe more round-like ears and darker eyes would make it resemble a ground type more
A cadejo based Pokémon would be really cool. Maybe with a branch evolution with one being ghost/fairy and the other ghost/dark
I really like the pacuna redesign but laguna looks a little too close to it's first stage. One thing the original designs did well was the "glow up" from the first form to the second. Here, laguna look more like a female version of pacuna than a second evolution.
That's because it's the wrong design. He actually went with the one he starts drawing at around 3:37, but through some error, uses the old scrapped design he used as a basis for the new Laguna at 6:31 and 9:05. They literally are more or less the same pokémon.
@@Justonalark was looking for this comment. annoying mistake haha
I love the redesigns! Chixulob is an amazing redesign with the flame plume really selling the metiorite aspect. And Laguna is just so cute and regal! but I am a little confused, in the pokedex for Pacuna you showed the small baby version of the pokemon but the times you showed the line after this it is the larger design that looks basically like a less detailed version of Laguna placed next to it
So Nice! According to that I though about something I don't know if the idea can please you: In the past Gen 1 to 4 where connected to each other by including new evolution stages from existing Pokémons. 2nd gen introduced many babies like Elekid, Smoochum, Magby... and 4th gen introduced many final stages like Magnezone, Magmotar, Rhyperior, Togekiss, etc.
It may rekindle our nostalgia if the Mazah region introduces new evolution stages for forgotten Pokémons too from the third first gens! What do you think about that? ;)
I love this idea! A baby form for onix would be awesome! And maybe a shared baby for miltank/taurus.
I love Gusteon so much! Especially the tail being like a spiral gust of wind! I like Terreon having long floppy ears, but the orange eyes make me think of bug eyes, and all the things on top of its head is sort of confusing and kind of look like antennae. And I don’t think it doesn’t show much personality than the Gusteon design
The stats are off for the eeveelutions all of the evolutions have 60,65,65,95,110,130 in some order but I see you at least left it as a base 525 total. I would suggest if you're going to break the rule at least make Gusteon and Terreon have the same numbers on the stats that add to 525.
For a flying eeve i would make a flying squirrel esque bodyshape. For a ground eeve i would go for sand ( sand bobcat or fenex fox) or bones ( skull motiff)
another great new video!
also, on the subject of the possible names for the games of the mazah region:
lets look at all previous main series pokemon titles:
red
blue
green
yellow
gold
silver
crystal
ruby
sapphire
emerald
fire red
leaf green
diamond
pearl
platinum
heart gold
soul silver
black
white
black 2
white 2
x
y
omega ruby
alpha sapphire
sun
moon
ultra sun
ultra moon
lets go pikachu
lets go eevee
sword
shield
brilliant diamond
shining pearl
legends arceus
scarlet
violet
we can clearly see that every pokemon game falls into one of three categories: it is named after a simple concept, like a color, a letter, or an object, it is one of those things but with an adjective in front (exclusively remakes), or it is named after one of the key pokemon in that game.
the issue is that, in addition to being insanely unmarketable, "prey and predator" and "tradition and progress" are not simple enough concepts to be game titles. the closest comparison would be if pokemon black and pokemon white were instead called pokemon truth and pokemon ideals (switched obviously). its simply too heavy of an idea.
SO, that leads us, of course, to the big question: what to call the games?
a lot of colors are already taken: red, yellow, green, blue, black, white, scarlet, and violet, as well as gold, silver, ruby, sapphire, and emerald, all of which double as precious stones/metals. sun and moon are basically orange and purple, and dont match the mazah region, so we dont want those, and the color space is already pretty crowded (red, ruby, fire red, y, shield, and scarlet are ALL red), so maybe we can take a look at stones again?
a quick google search brings up the following paragraph: This part of the world is famed as the source for an astonishing variety of rare and enchanting precious stones: agate and turquoise; jasper and obsidian; amber from the Chiapas caves and the legendary Mexican fire opal. Many of these stones are unusual and some unique to deposits in the region.
an unofficial rule for every pokemon game is that the name has to have something to do with the box legendaries, something they have done since gen 3. this line of reasoning has led us into a rather fortunate coincidence: the legendary pokemon of the mazah region went on a rampage thousands of years ago as a result of the jewelry that the mazah people placed on them.
hylarmos has blue earrings, while maripome has orange. jasper, amber, and fire opal are all orange, while turqoise is blue, and agate can be many different colors. its important that the names of the games be recongnizable; everyone knows what the moon is, everyone knows what fire is, everyone knows what the color green is.
and so, here are the names ive come up with:
Pokémon Amber, featuring Maripome, and Pokémon Turqoise, featuring Hylarmos.
these seem to be the most recognizable of all the stones listed, and they both double as colors, which the previous 'stone names' have all done.
i am submitting these as the names of the games (potentially (could be (in my opinion (if everyone else is cool with it))))
I got to say: Scarlet and Violet are in development to this moment, and the regions from the said pervious titles are Kanto,Johto,Hoenn,Sinnoh (Hisui),Unova,Kalos,Alola and Galar.
DLC regions: Isle of Armor and Crown Tundra.
Not to mentioned the other regions from sub titles who are not mainlines, those regions listed are based on Japan,USA,France and UK.
DLC regions based on: (Isle of Man and Scotland) and the said upcoming region of Scarlet and Violet is unnamed, till GF announce the official region's name. Mazah's villainous team not revealed yet, "if" Jack, announce dat as well. By the way, I liked dat kind of Pokémon title, could be official anyone of GF will take in consideration after Gen 9's end, and the future Gen to be next. (Took me long to read dat wall of text, almost got me lose interest of reading, no offense it takes long..)
Calm down Mr dictionary. Not all words are meant to be used.
I still love Laguna. The execution is even better, though. I do love the Terreon evolution. It's quite precious
I love the new redesigns and the new eeveelutions however I don’t like the eyes of Terreon in your design they looked a lot better in Clair’s design
Yeah with the little things on top of it's head, the eyes make him look like a ground/bug type. Plus it loses that coy little look Clair gave it. Which definitely would help up the "cuteness" factor for Jack.
@@VirgoVyrus it DOES look like a bug type
Claire is a fraud. Jack is the real deal.
This guy gets it.
Gusteon is one of the coolest eevelutions I've seen, period! I think the tail is one of it's strongest elements so I do hope of you redesign them, you try to keep it intact! :) Terreon does stray a bit from the original design, but I'm sure a better redesign lies somewhere in between the two concepts
Omg, designing new Eeveelutions?! That's so dope; I love it whenever you all make evolutions for Pokemon that don't have as many or at all 🥰
I saw the thumbnail and immediately got excited. Gusteon is so cute! Hats off to Clair for making this adorable fluffy boi!
I'd love a ghost eveelution. I really like the designs of these eveelutions.
I think laguna could benefit for having a bit more saturated colors in comparison to it's first stage
I love your channel cause you’re honest when you feel like you can do better, but I find this common with most white artist but you did good. You made them cute and they look better! Don’t be so hard on yourself. I guess only thing I’d say is the eyes for eeveelution don’t capture the eyes of the others. Shape wise but maybe the Terreon needs a longer tail like idk maybe a weapon on the end or something that digs into the ground and then you could remove the mask or something ?
YOO these are all stellar! I could see Chixulob's collecting gimmick work kinda like the percent forms of Zygarde. Where it has smaller "prevo-esque" forms that build up to the full Mon.
And Terreon is just wonderful. Love the mud puns and prehistoric vibes incorporated into the design. Terreon probs has to be one of my favorite fan made eeveelutions I seen. Great work you two!
I definitely prefer the original Pacuna and Laguna more that the new designs.
Chixulob's ability is actually amazing for an anti-lead role. It breaks focus sashes and sturdy, allowing you to KO then on the first round.
I don’t really care for the Eveeves unfortunately they seem overdesigned like they have too many concepts going on. I really liked the idea of having a wild prehistoric eveelution with a Jolteon vibe. And I think the flying one doesn’t need wing ears, gust tail, AND a cloud scruff. I think it would be much more effective with 1 or 2 incorporated. To me the Eveeve designs are efficient in their simplicity and don’t need to tack on multiple concepts in one design.
I love watching your videos because it's incredibly interesting to see and hear you talk about your design processes and reasonings, and it's clear how much love and effort you put in. Revisiting old designs and seeing what could be updated is a great mindset, and your improvements in both design and design philosophies over time can clearly be seen and it's great seeing you grow.
Keep up the amazing work!
Absolutely unexpected, but definitely appreciated UvU time to watch!
In regards to the eeveelutions, when looking at past eeveelutions I think it is important to note how they evolve. Eevee's whole gimmick is being able to evolve into multiple different types, but also they evolve in different ways.
In gen 1, all of the eeveelutions evolve using a stone. By that point in the game, I'm sure most evolutions that the player would've been exposed to were level-up evolutions. So using eevee to introduce stone evolutions opened up the possibility in the player's mind of using stones on other pokemon to see if they would evolve. In gen 2, friendship and the day-night mechanics were introduced as well as the dark type. So the eeveelutions of that gen had their evolution be tied to these new features. One thing to point out is that even thought he steel type had also been introduced, we did not get a steel type eeveelution this generation. So, just because a new type was introduced doesn't mean that it would get an eeveelution to go with it, though steel is the outlier in this case.
Gen 4 introduced many evolutions for older pokemon with a wide range of methods for evolving them. Both of the eeveelutions for this gen evolve in the same way: Location. They didn't necessarily had a type relationship like the eeveelutions in gen 2 did, but I think when trying to think of what typing to choose for the new eeveelutions the game designers looked at the game world and map and made the decision based off of what they could do with their new location based evolution mechanic.
Gen 6 only introduced one new eeveelution that had the new typing of Fairy. I remember this feeling odd at the time based off of past eeveelutions, mainly gen 2 as dark was created to help nerf psychic, so the two eeveelutions of that gen had their typings chosen based off of the meta. Since Fairy was introduced to help nerf Dragon and boost Poison and Steel, it would make sense for their to be a duo of eeveelutions that gen. We didn't get one, but what we did get was a new game mechanic. Pokemon Amie. The gen 6 eeveelution was not only used as a sort of mascot for the new type, but also as a mascot for the new mechanic, since it can only evolve after using this new feature.
All of this is a very long way of leading up to the question... What relationship or purpose do these eeveelutions have to each other? The type meta is obvious, ground can't attack flying which is similar to how psychic can't attack dark, but what mechanic of feature are they tied to? Eevee and it's evolutions have been used to market features of the franchise related to the type chart and evolution. How do these eevees evolve? The designs are cute, but there's much more to an eeveelution that just "cute fox-like looking animal thing".
Sorry for the long comment, but I've designed some of my own eeveelutions and I've had to think about and consider this topic before.
I hope one of these would make it in some way, to Violet/Scarlet
seeing your cute eeveelutions reminds me that the Mazah region is missing a healer pokemon! I'd love to see you create a pokemon to accompany nurse joy in Mazah's pokecenters!
If I can suggest something for Gusteon, I’d recommend making it a physical attacker due to the dex entry saying it prefers lunging at prey from high above, not striking from afar.
As for a preferred eeveelution type, I’d like to see a ghost type for the rival to use, not only because that’s her type specialty, but rivals are often used to introduce multiple new mons to the player, not just one which is usually their ace.