Blue Frog's Art

Blue Frog · Feb 28th, 2013, 5:07:04 AM

Most Recent Drawing: Normal Type Hydreigon Retype

I am taking requests, if anyone cares

Hi Smogon! I'm Blue Frog. I've been lurking this site for a long time and only figured out how to activate my account two days ago. Anyway, since I'm bad at battling and less bad at art, I decided to make this art thread. I'd really appreciate constructive criticism, because I'm not going to get better until I know what I'm doing wrong.

Everything I've drawn so far (digitally):

Fakedex/Region:

Pokedex:

Goes in order of creation

New Abilities:

Goes in alphabetical order

New Moves:

No particular order

People:

No particular order

Pokemon Closeups:

Most recent at the top

Non-Pokemon Stuff:

Most recent at the top

Finished Requests:

Most recent at the top

WTF Drawings:

Most recent at the top

Ypres · Feb 28th, 2013, 11:13:02 AM

I enjoy your frog studies. Just keep studying from life, and you will continue to progress.

bluehoundoom · Feb 28th, 2013, 12:45:01 PM

Hello! Welcome to the studio!
I believe your frog studies are you best pieces of work, they all show smoothness and a delicate touch that all gives them this nice, soft look. I also enjoy the colors of many of them (for the hand picture, it shows motion and it's also dynamic). I think you should work on your digital art, I find many of your pieces to be unclean as the coloring passes through the lines. Speaking of lines, I find that many of your lines are really jagged and jittery so I suggest you should work on your lineart as well as keeping the coloring inside of them. And a minor suggestion (take it or leave it), I kind of view your Hydragon more as an Ice/Dragon over Water/Dragon so maybe you can some gills and fins to make it more like a Water type.
Hope I helped!

Blue Frog · Mar 2nd, 2013, 7:52:59 AM

Thanks for your guys' feedback! I tried painting (because I'm bad at lineart anyway) in the same style as some of my frog drawings (but digitally) and got this:

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Blue Frog · Mar 3rd, 2013, 1:25:22 AM

Lotad

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Governess · Mar 5th, 2013, 6:33:12 PM

This artwork is very unique and creative. I love the mixture of the colors in the Lotad portrait; the way it blends together makes it look so elegant, yet mysterious.
The up close drawing of Politoed was splendid. I noticed your used some Abstract drawing techniques there; having the eyes look like a Pokeball xD
Overall, it was really good. Keep getting better. Luvdisc'd! =)

Blue Frog · Mar 6th, 2013, 5:49:17 AM

Quote:

This artwork is very unique and creative. I love the mixture of the colors in the Lotad portrait; the way it blends together makes it look so elegant, yet mysterious.
The up close drawing of Politoed was splendid. I noticed your used some Abstract drawing techniques there; having the eyes look like a Pokeball xD
Overall, it was really good. Keep getting better. Luvdisc'd! =)

Wow, thank you so much! I'm really happy that you enjoy my art.

Another closeup, of Altaria:

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I think I'm going to do more closeups of stuff.

Raichoice · Mar 6th, 2013, 8:05:38 AM

nice work, what are you using to draw this stuff?

Blue Frog · Mar 12th, 2013, 10:16:30 PM

Ok, I'm going to get my Fakedex going. In the last couple years, I've designed over 200 pokemon, but most of them suck, since I made some designs are almost three years ago (so, made when I was in 5th grade), and others just to fill space in my sketchbook.

I've spent the last couple hours digitalizing some of my stuff, and I did all of these at once, so I kind of burned out by the end. The quality of the drawings gets progressively worse, as a warning. I hope they're at least comprehensible.

Regardless of that, here are the first 9 Pokemon in my fakedex!

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I hope you've enjoyed this, and I'd appreciate feedback, of course. More fakemons to follow!

Kempo · Mar 12th, 2013, 10:43:31 PM

Caflora is awesome, I also like orphiorb. Very creative thanks for sharing

Blue Frog · Mar 13th, 2013, 8:50:26 AM

Here's a Bayleef:

Blue Frog · Mar 14th, 2013, 6:05:40 AM

Two more Fakemons, the HM slaves of the group:

Name: Platypeek Type: Normal Base Stats: 65/40/40/15/50/40

Name: Platypike Type:Normal/Water Base Stats: 115/65/65/30/85/65
Abilities for both: Defiant/Huge Power/Klutz

Blue Frog · Mar 23rd, 2013, 7:53:35 PM

Poor Gulpin.

Sorry for the late update. I guess the whole "drawing every other day" thing didn't work out, but I'll try to be more consistent in the future.

**RitterCat** · Mar 23rd, 2013, 9:17:42 PM

Hi! Great to see you pumping out this work to help you improve, practice makes perfect so keep at it. For the close-up paintings, what brush settings are you using (on what program), as your brush seems really spaced out, like lots of separate circles instead of a solid brush stroke. If this is intentional, then fine, but I think it could look better if you painted with a solid brush stroke.
Just a little suggestion, keep up the good work :)

Magistrum · Mar 24th, 2013, 2:57:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fat RitterCat

For the close-up paintings, what brush settings are you using (on what program), as your brush seems really spaced out, like lots of separate circles instead of a solid brush stroke.

RitterCat, I think Blue Frog is using Dodge Tool/ Burn Tool with the default Circular Brush on Photoshop to achieve those separate circles. I've tried it when experimenting with various photoshop tools the first time. Also, I think that effect can also be achieved via mouse when you lower the opacity... not sure on this one though.(Unless Blue Frog corrects me, which will make me a total idiot XD)

Blue Frog, I agree with RitterCat on this one though; I believe your artworks will improve if the strokes are more fluid. I suggest tinkering with different brushes, especially with a feather effect brush when using Dodge/Burn Tools. They will make those separate circles into one fluid stroke. Also experiment with your layers and layering effects; they are Photoshop's greatest blessing. Keep it goin'! ;)

Blue Frog · Apr 2nd, 2013, 7:27:17 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fat RitterCat

For the close-up paintings, what brush settings are you using (on what program), as your brush seems really spaced out, like lots of separate circles instead of a solid brush stroke. If this is intentional, then fine, but I think it could look better if you painted with a solid brush stroke.

Rittercat! You and Yilx and Bummer are my three favorite artists on smogon :)
Anyway, the weird circles on the closeups are not intentional; I had noticed them as well but had hoped no one would notice them...
I'm not sure what causes them to be like that, but I think it has something to do with the "pressure controls opacity" function on my version of Photoshop. I think it controls the opacity and the flow of the brushes. I think this version is an abridged version or something, because there's no pen tool or even a pencil tool.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fat Magistrum

RitterCat, I think Blue Frog is using Dodge Tool/ Burn Tool with the default Circular Brush on Photoshop to achieve those separate circles. I've tried it when experimenting with various photoshop tools the first time. Also, I think that effect can also be achieved via mouse when you lower the opacity... not sure on this one though.

Oh... well... as I mentioned before, they aren't intentional. I'm actually flattered that you think they were, because I'm definitely not smart enough to have done whatever you said just now. I don't even think my photoshop has a burn tool.

That being said, I do agree that my lines need to be smoother, so I drew this with the goal of smooth lines in mind:

Also, if anyone's interested, this is my submission to the MAC for the theme of surrealism:

As you can see there's still the weird circle shading in that one.

Blue Frog · Apr 4th, 2013, 8:26:37 AM

Alright, haven't done a closeup in a while, so here's a Loudred:

and heres a random drawing of Taylor Swift. the best drawing ive ever done

i don't know why im posting this

Blue Frog · Apr 6th, 2013, 5:41:17 AM

Three more fakemons:

Name: Beakie Type: Normal/Flying Base Stats: 40/50/30/30/30/60

Name: Velvetouc Type: Normal/Flying Base Stats: 60/70/40/50/40/75

Name: Beacan Type: Normal/Flying Base Stats: 100/40/128/120/65/27

Design Notes:
-As the evolution line progresses, the Pokemon's beaks get larger and larger, while the body stays more or less the same. Thus, when Velvetouc evolves into Beacan, the beak becomes too heavy for it to carry, which greatly lowers its attack and speed stats.
-Beacan learns several moves which are unusual for a flying type, such as Ice Beam, Thunderbolt, and Fire Blast, which comes from its gigantic, magical beak. Yes. It spits to attack.
-I didn't even realize how stupid it sounds until I wrote it. Oh well.

**RitterCat** · Apr 6th, 2013, 8:50:21 AM

Hey! Cool concept for the fakemon, but it might make the designs a little more interesting if the body does change some features, so that they're not purely differentiated by beak size. Your lines are starting to have less of that circle issue as well, which is good! One thing I've noticed is that you can see distinct bands of seperate colour in some of your shading instead of a smooth transition of lighter and darker colours. For this, maybe just spending a bit more time on blending the colours together would help to get a smoother feel on the shading. Looking good Blue Frog, keep it up :)

andrew3391 · Apr 6th, 2013, 9:11:24 AM

Hey, I like the close ups and the fakedex ideas. I also really like the style you used for the lotad painting, I'd like to see you do more like that; the colors are really cool. Other than that, I guess I'd just have to echo what Rittercat and Magistrum have already said about getting smooth lines and spending a bit more time on the blending to make things smoother. It takes patience but it's worth it. :) Also the gulpin/jigglypuff/swalot drawing is pretty cute <3

Blue Frog · Apr 6th, 2013, 6:56:24 PM

I suck at backgrounds.

I'm pretty sure that duplicating one layer and rotating it to make a reflection is cheating :/

Oh well.

To Andrew3391, the Gulpin is actually being eaten by a Kirby, not a Jigglypuff. I guess it just tells everyone about my art skills :)

Blue Frog · Apr 8th, 2013, 9:48:33 AM

Andrew3391's comment gave me my idea for this drawing. It's a bit big, hence the hide tag.....

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People always confuse Jigglypuff and Kirby. A lot of people don't realize that Kirby came out before Pokemon (The first Kirby game, Kirby's Dreamland, came out in 1992, while Pokemon Red and Green came out in 1996), so Kirby was actually the original pink puffball. JIGGLYPUFF IS JUST A POSER.

About the drawing itself, I tried to make smoother lines and shading, but I don't think I did very well. The background is also quite simplistic, but it's not the main attraction of the piece, so it's ok.

Blue Frog · Apr 9th, 2013, 7:32:20 PM

Duosion Closeup

Blue Frog · Apr 10th, 2013, 6:10:59 AM

Fakedex update! The whole "generic bug-type" thing has been done a million times before, but it works. I must keep with the tradition.

Name: Flarva Type: Fire/Bug Base Stats: 35/5/5/95/35/10

Name: Furnasalis Type: Fire/Bug Base Stats: 50/5/105/35/35/5

Name: Pyrofly Type: Fire/Bug Base Stats: 45/15/15/135/50/125

I don't know why I made their stats so overpowered. Same offensive stats as Darkrai by level 10? Yes please.

I wish I could've implemented more of you guys' shading tips, but I'm a bit lazy when it comes to these fakemons, since they aren't really pieces of art on their own. It's like my second grade teacher told me about handwriting: as long as it's comprehensible, it's ok.

But some people will get a kick out of this: I hid the lineart layer on Pyrofly just to see what it looked like, and I ended up with a really colorful version of Aurumoth:

andrew3391 · Apr 10th, 2013, 8:27:39 AM

Lol cool sorry about the jigglypuff/Kirby mixup. Lines and all are looking a lot smoother in that painting :D has anyone ever told you you do nice shading? Cuz you do :3

Feb 28th, 2013, 5:07:04 AM	#1
Blue Frog Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 81 Antarctica	Blue Frog's Art Most Recent Drawing: Normal Type Hydreigon Retype I am taking requests, if anyone cares Hi Smogon! I'm Blue Frog. I've been lurking this site for a long time and only figured out how to activate my account two days ago. Anyway, since I'm bad at battling and less bad at art, I decided to make this art thread. I'd really appreciate constructive criticism, because I'm not going to get better until I know what I'm doing wrong. Everything I've drawn so far (digitally): Most recent at the top, so bottom ones are crap Flaaffy Fire Pokes Trackpad Drawing Wally and Gardevoir Weird Style Politoed Chatot Magic Guard Clefable Scizor and Trapinch Kyogre Water Spout Cute Kyogre/Drizzle Water's Edge Chinchou Trapinch Archen and Staryu Wedding Mawile Gastrodon and Rotom-W Pichu and Cleffa Garbodor Cute Breloom Random Skorupi Super Zigzagoon Psychic/Rock Paras Surskit Ninjask and Shedinja Dark/Fire Skarmory Jigglypuff and Kirby Azurill Ocean Surreal Gardevoirs Hariyama drinking Shuckle Gulpin and Kirby and Swalot Lotad in Swamp Shadow Tag (With Male Gothitelle!) Water/Dragon Fakemon: "Hydragon" Water/Ghost Fakemon: "Spectdro" Fakedex/Region: Pokedex: Goes in order of creation #1 Name: Calflora Type: Grass Base Stats (HP/Atk/Def/SpA/SpD/Spe): 40/50/45/10/20/81 Evolves at level 18 ＃2 Name: Bloomutton Type: Grass Base Stats: 60/70/75/30/40/91 Evolves at level 38 #3 Name: Panoroam Type: Grass/Rock Base Stats: 80/110/125/40/60/131 Abilities for all three: Overgrow/Aggressive #4: Name: Fryno Type: Fire Base Stats: 80/66/40/10/40/10 Evolves at level 18 #5: Name: Ivorot Type: Fire Base Stats: 105/81/70/20/70/20 Evolves at level 38 #6 Name: Tuskorch Type:Fire Base Stats: 150/126/90/45/90/45 Abilities for all three: Blaze/Flame Body #7 Name: Ophiorb Type: Water Base Stats: 40/10/20/134/30/12 Evolves at level 18 #8 Name: Serpentorb Type: Water Base Stats: 60/144/55/30/45/32 Evolves at level 38 #9 Name: Hydragon Type: Water/Dragon Base Stats: 100/154/80/60/90/62 Abilities for all three: Torrent/Adaptibility #10 Name: Platypeek Type: Normal Base Stats: 65/40/40/15/50/40 Evolves at Level 16 #11 Name: Platypike Type:Normal/Water Base Stats: 115/65/65/30/85/65 Abilities for Both: Swift Swim/Huge Power/Klutz #12 Name: Beakie Type: Normal/Flying Base Stats: 40/50/30/30/30/60 Abilities: Keen Eye/Cute Charm Evolves at level 14 #13 Name: Velvetouc Type: Normal/Flying Base Stats: 60/70/40/50/40/75 Abilities: Rivalry/Big Pecks Evolves at level 31 #14 Name: Beacan Type: Normal/Flying Base Stats: 100/40/128/120/65/27 Abilities: Grounded/Slow Start #15 Name: Flarva Type: Fire/Bug Base Stats: 35/5/5/95/35/10 Abilities: Shield Dust/Flame Body Evolves at Level 7 #16 Name: Furnasalis Type: Fire/Bug Base Stats: 50/5/105/35/35/5 Abilities: Shield Dust/Illuminate Evolves at Level 10 #17 Name: Pyrofly Type: Fire/Bug Base Stats: 45/15/15/135/50/125 Abilities: Shield Dust/Tinted Lens #18 Name: Fleasance Type: Bug Base Stats: 135/80/80/20/50/20 Evolves at Level 25 #19 Name: Pulsac Type: Bug/Dark Base Stats: 155/100/100/40/75/40 Abilities for Both: Bloodsucker/Poison Point/Shed Skin #20 Name: Potbin Type: Grass Base Stats: 40/30/90/90/90/20 Evolves with a Leaf Stone #21 Name: Vasod Type: Grass Base Stats: 65/40/130/130/130/30 Abilities for Both: Weak Armor/Harvest/Uprooter #22 Name: Pinchfant Type: Water Base Stats: 30/135/60/15/30/75 Evolves at Level 30 #23 Name: Crushtacean Type: Water Base Stats: 70/165/100/30/70/100 Abilities for Both: Hyper Cutter/Shell Armor #24 Name: Petroc Type: Rock/Ground Base Stats: 50/105/135/15/55/10 Evolves by Happiness #25 Name: Minerode Type: Rock/Ground Base Stats: 80/135/145/45/75/30 Abilities for Both: Sturdy/Solid Rock/Sand Force #26 Name: Spicicle Type: Ice Base Stats: 30/104/60/20/20/21 Evolves at level 15 #27 Name: Chainumb Type: Ice/Steel Base Stats:50/124/80/30/30/61 Evolves when traded #28 Name: Macice Type: Ice/Steel Base Stats:70/144/100/50/50/81 Abilities for all three: Skill Link/Iron Barbs #29 Name: Snorb Type: Ice Base Stats: 50/60/40/60/40/30 Abilities: Rattled/Ice Body Evolves with a Shiny Stone or with a Dusk Stone #30 Name: Jubilice Type: Ice Base Stats: 60/50/40/140/90/100 Abilities: Snow Cloak/Ice Body #31 Name: Perverime Type: Ice/Dark Base Stats: 140/100/90/50/60/40 Abilities: Snow Warning/Ice Body #32 Name: Narpoon Type: Water/Ice Base Stats: 90/135/80/50/60/70 Abilities: Swift Swim/Sheer Force/Speed Boost #33 Name: Intellite™ Type: Electric/Steel Base Stats: 50/50/35/120/35/150 Abilities: Download/Lightningrod #34 Name: Prototyke Type: Steel Base Stats: 40/60/60/60/60/40 Abilities: Analytic/Download/Light Metal Evolves when traded with an Upgrade or Scrap Metal (<-new item)[/B] #35 Name: Metavant Type: Steel Base Stats: 45/140/120/140/45/45 Abilities: Analytic/Download/Light Metal #36 Name: Numatech Type: Steel/Ghost Base Stats: 45/45/140/120/140/45 Abilities: Cursed Body/Levitate/Shadow Tag New Abilities: Goes in alphabetical order Absorb Trap: Traps Water-type Pokemon. In the rain, traps all Pokemon. Aggressive: Calculates all damage from the Pokemon's Attack Stat, regardless of whether the move is physical or special. Bloodsucker: Increases the damage of draining moves by 30% Bloomer: Heals 1/8 HP in sun and rain but loses 1/8 HP in hail and sand. Grounded: Grounds the Pokemon, negating all of its weaknesses, resistances, and immunities from its flying type. Does not negate its flying STAB. Therefore, the Pokemon takes normal damage from Stealth Rock, but is also affected by Spikes and Toxic Spikes. Speedster: Increases the power of priority attacks by 50% Uprooter: Removes all entry hazards upon switch in. Does not negate damage from hazards on the Uprooter Pokemon as it switches in, and does not activate again if the opponent sets up hazards while the Uprooter Pokemon is out. As you can see, some of these abilities have not yet been assigned to any Pokemon in the fakedex, meaning that they will be assigned to fakemons in the future. Oh the suspense. Will add more to this later. New Moves: No particular order Archery— (Physical) Type: Ground Power: 120 Accuracy: 80 Effect: Raises the Pokemon's accuracy by one stage on the first turn, then uses the attack on the second. Black Ice— (Status) Type: Ice Power: N/A Accuracy: N/A Effect: Places the entry hazard "black ice" on the opponents field, which is an ice type Stealth Rock. Rain Whip— (Physical) Type: Water Power: 95 Accuracy: 100 Effect: None Neurotoxin— (Special) Type: Poison Power: 100 Accuracy: 50 Effect: Has a 100% chance to either burn, badly poison, or paralyze the target (each one has the same likelihood of occurring, unless the defending Pokemon is immune to a certain status) Shadow Rush— (Physical) Type: Ghost Power: 80 Accuracy: 100 Effect: Has an increased priority of +2. Solitude— (Status) Type: Dark Power: N/A Accuracy: N/A Effect: Raises Def, SpA, and SpD by +1. Will definitely add more to this later. People: No particular order Nathan and Natalie (Playable characters) Gym Leader Maurice Pokemon Closeups: Most recent at the top Jumpluff Energy Ball Jellicent Charizard Luxio Duosion Loudred Bayleef Tentacruel Spiritomb Accelgor Altaria Politoed Non-Pokemon Stuff: Most recent at the top Random Colors Ellie Goulding Blue Frog (Dendrobates Azureus) Rainbow/Trippy Frog Red-eyed tree frog hand Frog at night Finished Requests: Most recent at the top Heracross for spuds4ever Lickitung and Vanillite for Dzi Hitmonchan Punching Hitmonlee for Hitmonleet Farfetch'd Using Aerial Ace for arielace TM40 Lickitung Closeup for Compton Kid Lapras Closeup for Limer Kyurem-W Closeup for Magistrum WTF Drawings: Most recent at the top Taylor Swift Last edited by Blue Frog; May 25th, 2013 at 1:48:20 AM.

Feb 28th, 2013, 11:13:02 AM	#2
Ypres Join Date: Feb 2013 Posts: 13	I enjoy your frog studies. Just keep studying from life, and you will continue to progress. __________________ ___________________ ____________________ _____________________

Feb 28th, 2013, 12:45:01 PM	#3
bluehoundoom Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 203	Hello! Welcome to the studio! I believe your frog studies are you best pieces of work, they all show smoothness and a delicate touch that all gives them this nice, soft look. I also enjoy the colors of many of them (for the hand picture, it shows motion and it's also dynamic). I think you should work on your digital art, I find many of your pieces to be unclean as the coloring passes through the lines. Speaking of lines, I find that many of your lines are really jagged and jittery so I suggest you should work on your lineart as well as keeping the coloring inside of them. And a minor suggestion (take it or leave it), I kind of view your Hydragon more as an Ice/Dragon over Water/Dragon so maybe you can some gills and fins to make it more like a Water type. Hope I helped! __________________ ...

Mar 2nd, 2013, 7:52:59 AM	#4
Blue Frog Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 81 Antarctica	Thanks for your guys' feedback! I tried painting (because I'm bad at lineart anyway) in the same style as some of my frog drawings (but digitally) and got this: ... Last edited by Blue Frog; Apr 11th, 2013 at 1:50:33 AM.

Mar 3rd, 2013, 1:25:22 AM	#5
Blue Frog Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 81 Antarctica	Lotad ... Last edited by Blue Frog; Apr 11th, 2013 at 1:50:51 AM.

Mar 5th, 2013, 6:33:12 PM	#6
Governess Join Date: Nov 2012 Posts: 344 Never Settle For Anything Less Than 110%.	This artwork is very unique and creative. I love the mixture of the colors in the Lotad portrait; the way it blends together makes it look so elegant, yet mysterious. The up close drawing of Politoed was splendid. I noticed your used some Abstract drawing techniques there; having the eyes look like a Pokeball xD Overall, it was really good. Keep getting better. Luvdisc'd! =) __________________ -VM or PM for an OU rate; Amateur Checker for GP. Current Projects: How to Deal with Entry Hazards in NU (Article),OU Slowbro [BW2 Revamp], NU Flareon [BW2 Update], NU Dragonair [BW2 Update]

Mar 6th, 2013, 8:05:38 AM	#8
Raichoice Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 46 Under a rock	nice work, what are you using to draw this stuff? __________________ Am I interrupting something? ~ Raichoice My youtube where you will find LPs and Battles Its goddamn cold over here >.<

Mar 12th, 2013, 10:16:30 PM	#9
Blue Frog Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 81 Antarctica	Ok, I'm going to get my Fakedex going. In the last couple years, I've designed over 200 pokemon, but most of them suck, since I made some designs are almost three years ago (so, made when I was in 5th grade), and others just to fill space in my sketchbook. I've spent the last couple hours digitalizing some of my stuff, and I did all of these at once, so I kind of burned out by the end. The quality of the drawings gets progressively worse, as a warning. I hope they're at least comprehensible. Regardless of that, here are the first 9 Pokemon in my fakedex! ... #1 Name: Calflora Type: Grass Base Stats (HP/Atk/Def/SpA/SpD/Spe): 40/50/45/10/20/81 ＃2 Name: Bloomutton Type: Grass Base Stats: 60/70/75/30/40/91 #3 Name: Panoroam Type: Grass/Rock Base Stats: 80/110/125/40/60/131 #4: Name: Fryno Type: Fire Base Stats: 80/66/40/10/40/10 Name: Ivorot Type: Fire Base Stats: 105/81/70/20/70/20 Name: Tuskorch Type:Fire Base Stats: 150/126/90/45/90/45 Name: Ophiorb Type: Water Base Stats: 40/10/20/134/30/12 Name: Serpentorb Type: Water Base Stats: 60/144/55/30/45/32 And if you've seen the top post, you know about Hydragon, but I redrew it so the evolutionary line could be more easily visualized: Name: Hydragon Type: Water/Dragon Base Stats: 100/154/80/60/90/62 And a few notes about the designs: -I hate Ivorot's design. Fryno was originally supposed to evolve directly into Tuskorch, but when I decided to make it a starter Pokemon (because it's cute), I just doodled Ivorot. It sucks. I hate Ivorot. -The base stat totals of each final stage of the starters is 546, much higher than any other starter in the past gens (the highest is Swampert with 535). But I balanced it out by making the BSTs of the first stage pokemon really low, at 246, which is much lower than any other starter first stage, and the middle Pokemon is like that as well (366, much lower than 405 or 413 or 418, which are the BSTs of other middle starters.) -I really like Panoroam's design; I think it's one of the best designs I've made. You may disagree, but whatever. -The Calflora line is a goat, just in case my bad drawing skills made it seem otherwise. I hope you've enjoyed this, and I'd appreciate feedback, of course. More fakemons to follow! __________________ Art Thread

Mar 12th, 2013, 10:43:31 PM	#10
Kempo Join Date: Mar 2013 Posts: 8 New york	Caflora is awesome, I also like orphiorb. Very creative thanks for sharing

Mar 13th, 2013, 8:50:26 AM	#11
Blue Frog Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 81 Antarctica	Here's a Bayleef: __________________ Art Thread

Mar 14th, 2013, 6:05:40 AM	#12
Blue Frog Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 81 Antarctica	Two more Fakemons, the HM slaves of the group: Name: Platypeek Type: Normal Base Stats: 65/40/40/15/50/40 Name: Platypike Type:Normal/Water Base Stats: 115/65/65/30/85/65 Abilities for both: Defiant/Huge Power/Klutz __________________ Art Thread

Mar 23rd, 2013, 7:53:35 PM	#13
Blue Frog Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 81 Antarctica	Poor Gulpin. Sorry for the late update. I guess the whole "drawing every other day" thing didn't work out, but I'll try to be more consistent in the future. __________________ Art Thread

Mar 23rd, 2013, 9:17:42 PM	#14
RitterCat Overlord of all Animals and Paintbrushes Moderator Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 1,837 Queen of iSketch Mentor	Hi! Great to see you pumping out this work to help you improve, practice makes perfect so keep at it. For the close-up paintings, what brush settings are you using (on what program), as your brush seems really spaced out, like lots of separate circles instead of a solid brush stroke. If this is intentional, then fine, but I think it could look better if you painted with a solid brush stroke. Just a little suggestion, keep up the good work :) __________________ GP TEAM \| VM/PM/IRC/TELEGRAM/CARRIER PIGEON FOR A CHECK \| I DO ART TOO

Apr 4th, 2013, 8:26:37 AM	#17
Blue Frog Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 81 Antarctica	Alright, haven't done a closeup in a while, so here's a Loudred: and heres a random drawing of Taylor Swift. the best drawing ive ever done i don't know why im posting this __________________ Art Thread

Apr 6th, 2013, 5:41:17 AM	#18
Blue Frog Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 81 Antarctica	Three more fakemons: Name: Beakie Type: Normal/Flying Base Stats: 40/50/30/30/30/60 Name: Velvetouc Type: Normal/Flying Base Stats: 60/70/40/50/40/75 Name: Beacan Type: Normal/Flying Base Stats: 100/40/128/120/65/27 Design Notes: -As the evolution line progresses, the Pokemon's beaks get larger and larger, while the body stays more or less the same. Thus, when Velvetouc evolves into Beacan, the beak becomes too heavy for it to carry, which greatly lowers its attack and speed stats. -Beacan learns several moves which are unusual for a flying type, such as Ice Beam, Thunderbolt, and Fire Blast, which comes from its gigantic, magical beak. Yes. It spits to attack. -I didn't even realize how stupid it sounds until I wrote it. Oh well. __________________ Art Thread

Apr 6th, 2013, 8:50:21 AM	#19
RitterCat Overlord of all Animals and Paintbrushes Moderator Join Date: Aug 2010 Posts: 1,837 Queen of iSketch Mentor	Hey! Cool concept for the fakemon, but it might make the designs a little more interesting if the body does change some features, so that they're not purely differentiated by beak size. Your lines are starting to have less of that circle issue as well, which is good! One thing I've noticed is that you can see distinct bands of seperate colour in some of your shading instead of a smooth transition of lighter and darker colours. For this, maybe just spending a bit more time on blending the colours together would help to get a smoother feel on the shading. Looking good Blue Frog, keep it up :) __________________ GP TEAM \| VM/PM/IRC/TELEGRAM/CARRIER PIGEON FOR A CHECK \| I DO ART TOO

Apr 6th, 2013, 9:11:24 AM	#20
andrew3391 Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 176 Texas, USA	Hey, I like the close ups and the fakedex ideas. I also really like the style you used for the lotad painting, I'd like to see you do more like that; the colors are really cool. Other than that, I guess I'd just have to echo what Rittercat and Magistrum have already said about getting smooth lines and spending a bit more time on the blending to make things smoother. It takes patience but it's worth it. :) Also the gulpin/jigglypuff/swalot drawing is pretty cute <3 __________________ Deviant Art Page Zazzle Store: AndrewsGoodStuff

Apr 6th, 2013, 6:56:24 PM	#21
Blue Frog Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 81 Antarctica	I suck at backgrounds. I'm pretty sure that duplicating one layer and rotating it to make a reflection is cheating :/ Oh well. To Andrew3391, the Gulpin is actually being eaten by a Kirby, not a Jigglypuff. I guess it just tells everyone about my art skills :) __________________ Art Thread

Apr 8th, 2013, 9:48:33 AM	#22
Blue Frog Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 81 Antarctica	Andrew3391's comment gave me my idea for this drawing. It's a bit big, hence the hide tag..... ... People always confuse Jigglypuff and Kirby. A lot of people don't realize that Kirby came out before Pokemon (The first Kirby game, Kirby's Dreamland, came out in 1992, while Pokemon Red and Green came out in 1996), so Kirby was actually the original pink puffball. JIGGLYPUFF IS JUST A POSER. About the drawing itself, I tried to make smoother lines and shading, but I don't think I did very well. The background is also quite simplistic, but it's not the main attraction of the piece, so it's ok. __________________ Art Thread

Apr 9th, 2013, 7:32:20 PM	#23
Blue Frog Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 81 Antarctica	Duosion Closeup __________________ Art Thread

Apr 10th, 2013, 6:10:59 AM	#24
Blue Frog Join Date: Oct 2012 Posts: 81 Antarctica	Fakedex update! The whole "generic bug-type" thing has been done a million times before, but it works. I must keep with the tradition. Name: Flarva Type: Fire/Bug Base Stats: 35/5/5/95/35/10 Name: Furnasalis Type: Fire/Bug Base Stats: 50/5/105/35/35/5 Name: Pyrofly Type: Fire/Bug Base Stats: 45/15/15/135/50/125 I don't know why I made their stats so overpowered. Same offensive stats as Darkrai by level 10? Yes please. I wish I could've implemented more of you guys' shading tips, but I'm a bit lazy when it comes to these fakemons, since they aren't really pieces of art on their own. It's like my second grade teacher told me about handwriting: as long as it's comprehensible, it's ok. But some people will get a kick out of this: I hid the lineart layer on Pyrofly just to see what it looked like, and I ended up with a really colorful version of Aurumoth: __________________ Art Thread

Apr 10th, 2013, 8:27:39 AM	#25
andrew3391 Join Date: Jan 2013 Posts: 176 Texas, USA	Lol cool sorry about the jigglypuff/Kirby mixup. Lines and all are looking a lot smoother in that painting :D has anyone ever told you you do nice shading? Cuz you do :3 __________________ Deviant Art Page Zazzle Store: AndrewsGoodStuff