Fakemon Art Challenge!

CactuarJoe · Jun 7th, 2009, 8:27:03 PM

There are a lot of art-related Pokemon challenges out there; challenges that ask you to draw every Pokemon, to draw Pokemon as different types, heck, there are even a couple out there that encourage people to come up with their own regions and populate it with Pokemon of their own design. After doing a couple designs for CAP, though, designing Pokemon for previously unused type combinations really started to interest me. So here's the challenge I'm doing; I'm going to design a critter for every type combo without a final evolution to its name.

For each one, I'm going to post four seperate pieces of art; concept art, which will show my initial desgn process; Line art, which shows off the final design and serves as a sort of character sheet; Final art, which will be colored line art of the sort that would be acceptable for a CAP final submission; And an illustration, which is the sort of action shot or fancy piece of art like you'd see for promotional material. At any rate, here's what I've got so far. Not much, but it's early days yet.

Normal
--- / Electric - Reactor Pokemon (unnamed) - Concept Art - Line Art
--- / Grass
--- / Ice
--- / Fighting
--- / Poison
--- / Ground - Echidna Pokemon (unnamed) - Concept Art
--- / Bug
--- / Rock
--- / Ghost
--- / Dragon
--- / Dark - Manticore Pokemon (unnamed) - Concept Art - Line Art - Final
--- / Steel

Fire
--- / Water - Polykelion - Concept Art - Line Art - Final
--- / Electric - Fortacy - Concept Art - Line Art
--- / Grass - Fitunia / Tantmum / Furose - Concept Art - Line Art
--- / Ice
--- / Poison
--- / Psychic
--- / Bug
--- / Ghost - Absconce - Concept Art
--- / Dragon

Water
--- / Bug
--- / Ghost - Crayfish Waiter Pokemon (unnamed) - Concept Art - Line Art - Final

Electric
--- / Grass
--- / Ice
--- / Fighting
--- / Poison
--- / Ground
--- / Psychic - Lightning Maiden Pokemon (unnamed) - Concept Art
--- / Bug - Jetpack Lightningbug Pokemon (unnamed) - Concept Art - Line Art
--- / Rock
--- / Dragon - Spark Plug Dragon Pokemon (unnamed) - Concept Art 1 2 3 - Final
--- / Dark

Grass
--- / Ghost - Eggplant Ghost Pokemon (unnamed) - Concept Art - Line Art
--- / Dragon - Root Axolotl Pokemon (unnamed) - Concept Art - Line Art
--- / Steel

Ice
--- / Fighting
--- / Poison
--- / Bug - White Witch Moth Pokemon (unnamed) - Concept Art - Line Art - Final
--- / Rock
--- / Dragon
--- / Steel - Sperm Whale Sub Pokemon - Concept Art - Line Art

Fighting
--- / Ground
--- / Flying
--- / Rock
--- / Ghost
--- / Dragon
--- / Dark

Flying - Seraflight (tentative) - Concept Art

Poison
--- / Psychic
--- / Rock
--- / Dragon
--- / Steel

Ground
--- / Bug
--- / Psychic
--- / Ghost
--- / Dark

Psychic
--- / Bug - Darnerfly Pokemon (unnamed) - Concept Art - Line Art
--- / Ghost
--- / Dragon
--- / Dark

Bug
--- / Dragon
--- / Dark

Rock
--- / Ghost - Aztec Stone Pokemon (unnamed) - Concept Art - Final
--- / Dragon
--- / Dark

Ghost
--- / Steel

Dragon
--- / Dark
--- / Steel

Dark
--- / Steel

Doomsday · Jun 7th, 2009, 8:51:55 PM

I love it! I would also love to do something like this but it is so massive... jesus. Loving the concepts for Bug/Psychic and Water/Ghost in particular

Caladbolg~ · Jun 7th, 2009, 9:02:58 PM

It will be a lot of work here. xD
I'm interested in unused combinations.
I have:

Ice/Fighting
Fighting/Flying
Dark/Fighting
Water/Fire
Bug/Dragon

PuffinHour · Jun 7th, 2009, 9:23:59 PM

:) Hello, nice line arts~! Nya. I'm learning how to line like that myself~ hopefully, I can.

Fuzzberry · Jun 7th, 2009, 11:27:53 PM

This is interesting. Great idea! I wish I had the motivation to try it myself. ;_; I love the Water/Ghost concept. He's so paradoxical, it's genius. Can't wait to see it finished.

Now I have a topic to stalk. Wooooo. Good luck, man.

InHell 13 · Jun 8th, 2009, 3:13:21 AM

the water fire looks awesome, keep doing more :)

yellowfire7 · Jun 8th, 2009, 6:33:18 PM

I think Nintendo already came up with a water-bug...

I have always wanted to see a normal-ghost, just to break the fight-ghost attacks normal damage. That, and it will be even more contradictory than water-fire. Can't wait to see what you come up with.

These look great (yay, new lurking place)

CrAZyMONkeYZ · Jun 8th, 2009, 6:41:09 PM

I like how the water and fire looks but i don't get the water part

Rocket Grunt · Jun 8th, 2009, 8:22:48 PM

Holy shit, that's awesome. Good luck man, the ones so far look great.
I really like the Water/Ghost guy especially.

macle · Jun 8th, 2009, 8:28:55 PM

Wow i really like this. Keep up the great work. :D

Igor · Jun 8th, 2009, 8:35:55 PM

Isn't shuckle rock/bug?

Scepticallistic · Jun 8th, 2009, 8:42:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fat Mordock

Isn't shuckle rock/bug?

Not to mention Houndoom is Fire/Dark and Cradily is Grass/Rock.

But still a fantastic start! I hope to see more!

CactuarJoe · Jun 8th, 2009, 9:53:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fat Scepticallistic

Not to mention Houndoom is Fire/Dark and Cradily is Grass/Rock.

But still a fantastic start! I hope to see more!

Gah, thought I'd removed those already. Oops. (Water/Bug stays, though, because Surskit isn't a final evolutionary form.)

Quote:

I like how the water and fire looks but i don't get the water part

It's based on a Giant Tube Worm, which live near underwater volcanic vents. The name Polykelion is a combination of the GTW's Class (Polychaeta) and the word "lion" (a reference to the way it looks like it's got a mane). They're all red, so it's gonna look a bit more Fire than Water.

Thanks for the kind words, everyone. I'm working on the Water/Ghost final. Should be up sometime tomorrow. ^^

Joatmon · Jun 8th, 2009, 10:12:57 PM

Just pointing out real quick you are missing Bug/Ground (Nincada)

Good luck with this! Already looks like you put a lot of effort into this.

(P.S. I adored your CAP8 Design.)

whoops typo, heh, thanks Tooey

PuffinHour · Jun 9th, 2009, 5:56:52 AM

^ Correction, it's Nincada.

scampy · Jun 9th, 2009, 9:14:53 AM

Wow, some pretty incredible stuff here, which is fitting for an epic challenge like this. I can't wait to see how you handle Fire/Ice. :)

FlygonRuler · Jun 9th, 2009, 1:38:46 PM

Great work so far. I think its kind of sad that there are this many type combinations still left out of 490 pokemon.

Isn't Weavile Ice/Dark?

PuffinHour · Jun 9th, 2009, 9:29:25 PM

^ >:P And is there a solid reason they must make all combination?

Dear TC, please highlight if you have new uploads. :) Nya~!

Cartoons! · Jun 9th, 2009, 10:44:07 PM

Guys, is it really worth pointing out some of the redundant typing combinations when that means ONE LESS entry in CactuarJoe's fakemon roster??

Seriously man, wonderfully creative concepts, backed up by killer execution! Hopefully this thread stays on the first page for awhile kept afloat by our stream of responses to your constantly updating Pokedex.

CactuarJoe · Jun 9th, 2009, 11:52:46 PM

Three new additions to the project this evening - two pieces of concept art and a Final. They've been added to the roster in the OP, too.

First, the concept for the Ground/Normal type combo, an Echidna. I'd never seen one of these before rummaging around Wikipedia for a while, but they are disturbingly cute little buggers.

Next, a piece of concept art for Fortacy, the Conspiracy Pokemon. Fire/Electric always screamed "power plant" to me, and that sort of evolved into a factory. I know it looks a bit Magnezone-y, but I really like this design. ^^ It's also the first fakemon I've desgned with a pre-evo, which you can see in the bottom-lefthand corner.

And last but not least, the Final art for the Water/Ghost Pokemon. Its color scheme actually gave me more trouble than I thought it would, but adding a color fade to the antennae not only solved those issues, but gave it a bit of style. I'm pretty happy with the final result. Now I just need to figure out a name for it. Also;

Quote:

Originally Posted by Fat Cartoons!

Guys, is it really worth pointing out some of the redundant typing combinations when that means ONE LESS entry in CactuarJoe's fakemon roster??

Seriously man, wonderfully creative concepts, backed up by killer execution! Hopefully this thread stays on the first page for awhile kept afloat by our stream of responses to your constantly updating Pokedex.

Thanks! This is going to sound a bit like sucking up, but that means a lot coming from someone who produces such consistently awesome artwork. ^^

InHell 13 · Jun 10th, 2009, 2:41:05 AM

Nice designs :)
the water/ghost reminds me kricketune XD

PuffinHour · Jun 10th, 2009, 4:51:46 AM

Fascinating! I love your idea for Ground/Normal, now why didn't I think of that! *kicks someone* Nya!

CrAZyMONkeYZ · Jun 10th, 2009, 4:44:16 PM

The water/ghost reminds me of kriketune or something like that and doesn't seem all that ghoslty IMO... i could be wrong though, but it's still amazing either way

CactuarJoe · Jun 15th, 2009, 6:59:14 PM

Two new pieces of art for a new Fakemon; the concept art and lineart for the Ice/Bug type. You'll have to excuse the roughness of the lineart; I wanted some really deep blacks, but the Sharpie, she is a cruel mistress. The Final should be done in the next couple days.

Anyway, this critter is based off the the White Witch Moth, the largest moth on Earth (along with the Atlas Moth). The wings were so awesome I had to do something with it. ^^

PuffinHour · Jun 15th, 2009, 9:06:11 PM

/Gasped...concept collided. ;o; but yours are amazing. xD I can't wait to see it sparkling during the final stage~ Nya!

Jun 7th, 2009, 8:27:03 PM	#1
CactuarJoe Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hiding aboard your airship. Posts: 145	Fakemon Art Challenge! There are a lot of art-related Pokemon challenges out there; challenges that ask you to draw every Pokemon, to draw Pokemon as different types, heck, there are even a couple out there that encourage people to come up with their own regions and populate it with Pokemon of their own design. After doing a couple designs for CAP, though, designing Pokemon for previously unused type combinations really started to interest me. So here's the challenge I'm doing; I'm going to design a critter for every type combo without a final evolution to its name. For each one, I'm going to post four seperate pieces of art; concept art, which will show my initial desgn process; Line art, which shows off the final design and serves as a sort of character sheet; Final art, which will be colored line art of the sort that would be acceptable for a CAP final submission; And an illustration, which is the sort of action shot or fancy piece of art like you'd see for promotional material. At any rate, here's what I've got so far. Not much, but it's early days yet. Normal --- / Electric - Reactor Pokemon (unnamed) - Concept Art - Line Art --- / Grass --- / Ice --- / Fighting --- / Poison --- / Ground - Echidna Pokemon (unnamed) - Concept Art --- / Bug --- / Rock --- / Ghost --- / Dragon --- / Dark - Manticore Pokemon (unnamed) - Concept Art - Line Art - Final --- / Steel Fire --- / Water - Polykelion - Concept Art - Line Art - Final --- / Electric - Fortacy - Concept Art - Line Art --- / Grass - Fitunia / Tantmum / Furose - Concept Art - Line Art --- / Ice --- / Poison --- / Psychic --- / Bug --- / Ghost - Absconce - Concept Art --- / Dragon Water --- / Bug --- / Ghost - Crayfish Waiter Pokemon (unnamed) - Concept Art - Line Art - Final Electric --- / Grass --- / Ice --- / Fighting --- / Poison --- / Ground --- / Psychic - Lightning Maiden Pokemon (unnamed) - Concept Art --- / Bug - Jetpack Lightningbug Pokemon (unnamed) - Concept Art - Line Art --- / Rock --- / Dragon - Spark Plug Dragon Pokemon (unnamed) - Concept Art 1 2 3 - Final --- / Dark Grass --- / Ghost - Eggplant Ghost Pokemon (unnamed) - Concept Art - Line Art --- / Dragon - Root Axolotl Pokemon (unnamed) - Concept Art - Line Art --- / Steel Ice --- / Fighting --- / Poison --- / Bug - White Witch Moth Pokemon (unnamed) - Concept Art - Line Art - Final --- / Rock --- / Dragon --- / Steel - Sperm Whale Sub Pokemon - Concept Art - Line Art Fighting --- / Ground --- / Flying --- / Rock --- / Ghost --- / Dragon --- / Dark Flying - Seraflight (tentative) - Concept Art Poison --- / Psychic --- / Rock --- / Dragon --- / Steel Ground --- / Bug --- / Psychic --- / Ghost --- / Dark Psychic --- / Bug - Darnerfly Pokemon (unnamed) - Concept Art - Line Art --- / Ghost --- / Dragon --- / Dark Bug --- / Dragon --- / Dark Rock --- / Ghost - Aztec Stone Pokemon (unnamed) - Concept Art - Final --- / Dragon --- / Dark Ghost --- / Steel Dragon --- / Dark --- / Steel Dark --- / Steel Last edited by CactuarJoe; Nov 13th, 2009 at 7:42:04 PM.

Jun 7th, 2009, 8:51:55 PM	#2
Doomsday Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: I simply am not here, no way I Posts: 5,966	I love it! I would also love to do something like this but it is so massive... jesus. Loving the concepts for Bug/Psychic and Water/Ghost in particular __________________ Man was born to love- Though often he has sought Like Icarus, to fly too high And far too lonely then he ought To kill the sun of east and west And hold the world as his behest To hold the terrible power To whom only gods are blessed- But me, I am just a man

Jun 7th, 2009, 9:02:58 PM	#3
Caladbolg~ Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Chile Posts: 417	It will be a lot of work here. xD I'm interested in unused combinations. I have: Ice/Fighting Fighting/Flying Dark/Fighting Water/Fire Bug/Dragon __________________ My Art Thread: Caladbolg's Art! New Fakemons UPDATE: Doremy [Jynx EVO] Visita Blog NintendoChile, Blog de Videojuegos en Español!!!

Jun 7th, 2009, 9:23:59 PM	#4
PuffinHour Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 203	:) Hello, nice line arts~! Nya. I'm learning how to line like that myself~ hopefully, I can. __________________ What can I say? My accessibility to the Internet is cut off for these few days. Drag is simply not the word to describe my feelings.

Jun 7th, 2009, 11:27:53 PM	#5
Fuzzberry Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: elsewhere Posts: 522	This is interesting. Great idea! I wish I had the motivation to try it myself. ;_; I love the Water/Ghost concept. He's so paradoxical, it's genius. Can't wait to see it finished. Now I have a topic to stalk. Wooooo. Good luck, man. __________________ Insanity- makes life more interesting.

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InHell 13 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Mexico Posts: 137	the water fire looks awesome, keep doing more :) __________________ Help!!! My art thread is uber buried Visit it, it's FREE :) http://www.smogon.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4992 Reorganized+ New Sprites :) Taking requests

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yellowfire7 Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 646	I think Nintendo already came up with a water-bug... I have always wanted to see a normal-ghost, just to break the fight-ghost attacks normal damage. That, and it will be even more contradictory than water-fire. Can't wait to see what you come up with. These look great (yay, new lurking place) __________________ Platinum: 1333-7333-8712 Credit to foibles for the avatar Trade thread Been busy in real life with building a robot Activity will pick back up after Feb 20

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Joatmon Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 144	Just pointing out real quick you are missing Bug/Ground (Nincada) Good luck with this! Already looks like you put a lot of effort into this. (P.S. I adored your CAP8 Design.) whoops typo, heh, thanks Tooey __________________ I will be gone until the weekend. If need to contact me, PM me and I will get back to you asap. Last edited by Joatmon; Jun 9th, 2009 at 4:44:45 PM.

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PuffinHour Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 203	^ Correction, it's Nincada. __________________ What can I say? My accessibility to the Internet is cut off for these few days. Drag is simply not the word to describe my feelings.

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PuffinHour Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 203	^ >:P And is there a solid reason they must make all combination? Dear TC, please highlight if you have new uploads. :) Nya~! __________________ What can I say? My accessibility to the Internet is cut off for these few days. Drag is simply not the word to describe my feelings.

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Cartoons! !!! Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 515	Guys, is it really worth pointing out some of the redundant typing combinations when that means ONE LESS entry in CactuarJoe's fakemon roster?? Seriously man, wonderfully creative concepts, backed up by killer execution! Hopefully this thread stays on the first page for awhile kept afloat by our stream of responses to your constantly updating Pokedex. __________________ boobs

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InHell 13 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Mexico Posts: 137	Nice designs :) the water/ghost reminds me kricketune XD __________________ Help!!! My art thread is uber buried Visit it, it's FREE :) http://www.smogon.com/forums/showthread.php?t=4992 Reorganized+ New Sprites :) Taking requests

Jun 10th, 2009, 4:51:46 AM	#22
PuffinHour Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 203	Fascinating! I love your idea for Ground/Normal, now why didn't I think of that! kicks someone Nya! __________________ What can I say? My accessibility to the Internet is cut off for these few days. Drag is simply not the word to describe my feelings.

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CrAZyMONkeYZ Join Date: May 2009 Location: Edison, NJ (thanks to icepicks for the togekiss part of my avy the rest I made myself) Posts: 179	The water/ghost reminds me of kriketune or something like that and doesn't seem all that ghoslty IMO... i could be wrong though, but it's still amazing either way __________________ My Sprites which anyone can use as long as you give me credit. Current project: Random requests and my Toge-Dex and if I'm bored a randomly generated splice. For any aspiring spriters who don't know where to start and I'm tired of repeating it go here and here for sprites and some randomly generated sprites in case you have no inspiration.

Jun 15th, 2009, 6:59:14 PM	#24
CactuarJoe Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Hiding aboard your airship. Posts: 145	Two new pieces of art for a new Fakemon; the concept art and lineart for the Ice/Bug type. You'll have to excuse the roughness of the lineart; I wanted some really deep blacks, but the Sharpie, she is a cruel mistress. The Final should be done in the next couple days. Anyway, this critter is based off the the White Witch Moth, the largest moth on Earth (along with the Atlas Moth). The wings were so awesome I had to do something with it. ^^

Jun 15th, 2009, 9:06:11 PM	#25
PuffinHour Join Date: May 2009 Posts: 203	/Gasped...concept collided. ;o; but yours are amazing. xD I can't wait to see it sparkling during the final stage~ Nya! __________________ What can I say? My accessibility to the Internet is cut off for these few days. Drag is simply not the word to describe my feelings.