CAP 11 CAP 11 - Art Submissions

Alright, second design:

Tried losing the ghost-type look by having them directly connected. They can alternate who does what (walking, fighting, etc).
Roles Reversed
Charging An Attack
Took a bit of inspiration from the Mexican Wrassler.

I'll probably submit a third concept tonight that's entirely different (not just an altered handcloud concept or something).

@aragornbird: I like the Werewolf the best, but the Jack-in-the-box is cool, too. But, I have to agree with Jebus, the vampire bat looks too much like Gliscor.

@Lokon: I disagree with Cricketpar, I think it would look much better in the humanoid form you have right now. However, maybe give the animalistic form a try, and see what everyone thinks of it. I like it as it is right now, but, we'll see what the animalistic version looks like.

EDIT: @Zee-V70: I liked the cloud one better, personally, although I don't know how you could make it look more Fighting and less Ghost keeping it in that form.

@mushroomburger: I actually like it quite a bit. It is missing something, I'm just not sure what right now. I'll look at it some more to try and figure out what it needs, and get back to you.

@Aragornbird: Since the jack-in-a-box is a children's toy and everything that has to do with children is creepy, I think it's the best of the three.

@Zee-V70: I like how it can fight doing a handstand of sorts. I think that top part's hands should be larger so that it looks more balanced when handstanding.

Paras Hilton, I am loving the epically grinning Wrestler 'mon. I can see the top half bobbing up and down like the mouth is chomping. Reminds me of dusknoir in a good way!

I also like Caladbolg's idea, the puppet fists are pretty cool and original.

My two favorites so far.

Not entirely happy with my last design, I decided to redraw. I've got a much better pose for it, so I decided to attempt to photoshop it. It's not as hard as I thought it was. Then I added lots of fancy transparency effects that I can't remove. I can't use this for the main entry, but I don't intend to anyway. Need to tweak some more things. Still, it looks miles more profesional then my last drawing.

Yeah, so still not happy with the colours. Looks like a zombie. Also, designs still a bit plain. Might need to add some more decor.

Don't think I'm likely to win though. I'm going to need more practice before I'm as good as the veterans here...

I forgot to mention this in the OP, but please do not quote images people have submitted. Just say their name or whatever if you're responding to them. Failure to follow this will result in your post deleted, so just don't do it.

Great submissions so far by the way. :)

Tentative color scheme.

v1: Simple Eyes


v2: Black Eyes + Marionette Gloves

Lokon, Seo, and aragornbird are the only good ones, really. I hate to be mean, but I really don't like most of the designs that have been presented. They try too hard to be dark and creepy, and not enough to be fighting.

@Lokon: Your design is really amazing. Fighting Bandages would really make it look better instead of your golden plates. And some kind of connectivity between the the arm from the scarf and the regular arm would look better too.

@Seo- Color it!

@aragornbird-The wolf. And I would suggest adding some fighting bandages, headband, boxing gloves, or something to make it apper fighting.

@WPS: I actually like the colour scheme for it. It gives me a zombie-ninja vibe, which I quite like, and it looks the typing of Fighting/Dark.

@Caladbolg: I'd go with the first one, I think it looks much better than the second one.

Whelp, since this poké is a potentially mixed or special attacker I thought to add something that doesn't scream raw power to the mix. There's also quite a few little similarities to kiss in this design hopefully without being obvious.

This is the heartless raccoon Pokémon. It preys on ghosts and other tricky Pokémon often with the side effect of making an area inhabitable for Togekiss to live in. In return Togekiss tend to shower them with gifts and affection. It's unknown whether it does this for Togekiss or if it's accidental.

Wyverii's is definitely my favorite right now. It looks Fighting/Dark without being overly muscular (which doesn't fit so well with our most-likely special-leaning CAP), plus the design itself is solid and the subtle 'kiss similarities are great. I especially like the legs: the swirly knees, puffy upper-legs and two-toed feet invoke a ninja (at least for me) which just screams Fighting/Dark.

I myself had an idea for a ninja chameleon, but I can't draw so eh.

Yeah, two more good designs! That's what I'm talking about!

@Freak Inside: I wanna see all of it! And yeah, its needs to be more "Pokemonish"

@Wyverii: Looks kinda dark Kadabra...you should make it more "Fighting" type-ish. It just looks plain dark.

@Wyverii - I really like the aesthetic and pokemon-y feel to it, along with an appropriate nocturnal animal choice, but it does need some sort of exaggeration that suggests fighting. Perhaps its standard pose should be more martial artsy instead of animalistic, like Lucario's?

I've made several changes to Vaieruin (As I dub it), namely changing the color palette slightly, removing the blade extension on it's left arm, and adding bandages to better relate it to the fighting type.



Again, feedback is much appreciated =D

The piece itself has a dark grey body and burgundy crests, with black talons. He's begging for Close Combat + Night Slash. Based on his claw/fists and sharp teeth, he's physically based. He is dark, due to his shadowy coloring. He's Fighting, due to his taut and limber, yet aggresive frame. Please post your suggestions/insight, i'm more than willing to hear your feedback!


I'm working on a slightly better version with some slight adjustments. Any ideas?

@Wyverii: Good design, and love the subtle Togekiss design elements. However, like others, I think it looks like pure Dark instead of Fighting/Dark. Like HouseFantastic said, perhaps try putting it into a more martial artsy pose.

@Lokon: definitely like the humanoid one much better, I'd go with that one over the beastial one.

So, hey everyone, as you can tell by my post count I'm new to the Smogon community, but I've watched the CAP stuff go down for a while, and figured I'd try my hand (literally?) at this. My submission at the moment is a WIP, and the image will probably be worked on to make it a little bit better so far as cleaning up the lines and adding colour/patterns. His name at the moment is Kusaruzai, a play off of kusaru - to rot and zai - log/wood/lumber (the name's also a WIP, unless it seems to work. I didn't actually mean to make him so grass type by look, and did actually think of this first when thinking of Fighting/Dark.

Kusaruzai is based off of wooden fighting dummies which incorporates the fighting aspect. The reason I submit it for dark is purely a personal thing however. I say it includes dark because to me immobile, faceless expressions tend to creep the devil out of me. Whenever confronting one of the wooden dummies Kusaruzai's based off of, I've always walked away hurting as well, which leads me to jokingly claim they play dirty (like various Dark types are said to do). His bottom frame is three legs which can spin like his torso.

Things that I know that I may fix/work on. His mouth is simply painted on, the teeth are starting to annoy me, and I think Kusaruzai 2.0 will have the teeth removed. Also to add to the blank chest/torso, I've considered putting a menacing looking orb (like a power source), similar to what others have placed in the chests of their submissions. The eyes could also move to a more boxy shape, but also it'll have to be something I work on. Finally, it's minor, but I think I'll remove the twig on his arm. If he's supposed to be a rotting dead evil fighting log, the life portion's a little too delving into a Grass type.

As mentioned, I fear he may be too Grass type to count, but I figured, why not try? I welcome all criticism. I'll try and get a better-looking version up soon.

Edit: Edited the rough draft a little to show a little better, and hopefully be the right size to be shown without eating a ton of resources. Feedback would be really appreciated. I have another idea I may try out, but I'm not completely sure at the moment.

Last design for a while, was inspired by the jack-in-the-box concept.

For the story here, I'm thinking that whatever's "bound" to the object (like, the soul controlling the jack-in-the-box) has had to rebuild itself by stealing whatever it can off of children and unsuspecting trainers, and has had to fight to get some of them.
For the name: Blitztalgia? (Blitz + Nostalgia)

@Cartoons!: I'm diggin' the bruiser bro. He is definitely my favorite; he is simple and looks like a pokemo.

Click the thumbnail for full view. So, this is the most recent version of "K.O.B" as I call him. It's him doing Taunt, as you can probably tell. I have to go record something for an hours or so, so please comment and tell me what I can improve. Yes, it's rough but that's because the editing was quick. See you in an hour.

I have a new one now, making it a total of 3 pokemon I've concepted so far for this.
Fluff: This fox can fight hand to hand but uses its feet to gain an edge in fights against predators.

Edit: this might not be the best as I generally am not good at drawing furry creatures

This is just a rough draft, once I have access to real are supplies and a scanner I'll have a better draft up. It has some aspects of a pine marten and a kangaroo, although it has lobster-like claws. It would be able to attack using it's fangs, claws or even it's tail.

@cricketpar: yours is really cool, but it also looks like an evolution of skuntank. I think if you shortened the tail, it would look just different enough that it would not be mistaken for one.

@hand4hire: I like your first one, it looks like it would be a hardcore ass-kicker. I can't wait to see the finished product.

@aragornbird: I like the werewolf the best, I just don't see how a bat could be Fighting/Dark and not Flying type.

The two that stand out for me so far are Cricketpar's and Wyverii. The animal idea, such as a badger, raccoon, etc. seem to work amazingly for this CAP. Of course, this is my opinion. A lot of the other submissions just seem too ghost like or too macabre to fit the art of the typing/"Togekiss's friend".

Cricket - One suggestion, maybe try shortening the tail or do something to make it seem a bit less skunk like? I'm loving the armor and pose, but the tail and the way the fur/tail "connect", for lack of a better word, just seems far too skunk like and.. weird. Other than that, your submission is beautiful.

Wyverii - I simply love it. hah. I wouldn't change anything, as I feel making it "too fighting" would ruin the feel of it. Fighting Pokemon don't have to be extraordinarily muscular. Take a look at Toxicroak and Lucario. They have about the same muscle mass and feel of Wyverii's. The pose is icing on the cake. It just works. This is all subjective, of course, though.

Sweetness...been waiting for this. Here's one of my concept sketches that was cleaner than the others.

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o235/ckpmax1108/IMG-2.jpg
http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o235/ckpmax1108/Untitled-1copy.jpg

It's based on a Rooster. (Well since Togekiss is a dove, why not ride on the bird idea. - He is Togekiss' "Perfect Mate") The fighting aspect comes from cockfights that was a prevalent gambling option back home. And the dark aspect denotes from the same gambling idea of it.

So guys, whatdya think? I'm open to any and all criticism.

(NOTE: YES, he is wearing a tux.)