Thanks a lot guys, I completely agree with all the criticisms. I'll try out different horns to aviod the clown look, test alternate colour schemes, and shrink the head because
damn it's way too huge here (how did I not see that before? Argh). The electrical effects are also waaaaaay too exaggerated so I'll cut them down somewhat too, as well as play around with shading on the water blob so it looks 3D and not completely flat. All in all, sorry for wasting your time with such a shit design haha
Was actually shooting for creepy this time, though! The CAP project always made me think of some sort of laboratory, so I tried to create a Pokemon who looked at home in such an environment. It's certainly not a natural creature, anyway. I've been thinking about possible backstories but ehh I don't know, seems a bit much really.
Anyway I appreciate the comments, so it's time to return the favour. Starting from most recent:
defno16: Cool idea, I'm really curious to see what this guy can do, so will you be posting any supporting material? I like the design, it's natural and doesn't force the Electric/Water typing too hard, simple and charming.
Yilx: Haha, I love how solemn it is, and how it looks so thoroughly disinterested as it casually fries a Scizor to death. The design is pretty spot on, although I'm not sure how well the patterns on the head will translate to a sprite?
Atyroki: Amazing design, the wizard look sets it apart I think, you should keep that. Like I'm just thinking that wizards are often portrayed as both smart and adaptable, which fits well with CAP10's concept.
pkmn-taicho: Fuck Gyarados. <3
Growlachu: Hmm, I won't lie dude, you have a long way to go here. But you have an idea down, now you just need to flesh it out. I think we all need to see a bit more before any further advice can be given.
The Ticketmeister: I like this guy a lot, it's a vast improvement over your first entry. The electrical element is there but not immediately clear, so I think that needs to be your primary objective should you choose to adapt your design more.
Galactic Grunt: Good to see you're getting into the game a little earlier this time, your CAP9 entry came out of absolutely nowhere and didn't really have much time to gain any support
. Your current entry is pretty neat and the "standard" Blue/Yellow colour scheme looks right at home here. I'm not sure if it was intentional, but the eyes look like + signs which is a cute throwback to Chinchou and made me smile. The pose you have here looks pretty unnatural though-- he's a slender creature who looks like he should be on all fours all the time? I dunno, though, I just think he looks sort of weird leaping.
XandZero2: Mind if I wait to see what Pkmn-Taicho does for your design? Not being lazy, but I'd like to save my comments for the coloured version.
DarthVader317: Hmm, I like the red colours more, but there's very little indication that it's a water type. Maybe shoot for a more aquatic anatomy? You could thin the tail vertically so it could swim through water (like errr a crocodile tail?), and maybe give him webbed fingers/toes.
bgg1996: A couple of things. The lines you are using should be thinned, it's quite difficult to make out the finer details on your design. The pose is pretty weird because a turtle just shouldn't be able to stand upright like that on flippers. Lightbulbs on the back is both a bizarre and interesting idea, so you need to try to make that your focus when thinking of poses to display your creation. This post has been pretty negative but please please please don't get discouraged by it.
TheGreatestT: Try harder, come on dude. :/
InHell 13: Woah that's such an odd design haha, but it has some great potential. The underlying concept of a dual-Pokemon with positive and negative twins is awesome, definitely keep that. The design of the Pokemon itself though I'm just not feeling, it looks like it would have great difficulty swimming and looks a bit awkward. One big body and two heads (ala Doduo) may work better? Or just have one creature with a split personality maybe? Negative he's passive and laid back, Positive and he flips out into a rage. I dunno lol
GarchompCounter: Ehhhhhh sorta hard to see, it's a bit human-like but that's not always a bad thing. Watch out though, your head is strikingly similar to Gardevior's, which would have quite a large impact on how well your design is recieved.
SEO: I really like this guy. The design is simple but that works perfectly really. There's not much to say because most of your entries strength relies on the solid concept rather than the design of the creature, but I would play around with different proportions of the natural pose to try and differentiate your dude from that blue blob thing in the Sonic games.
Argetlam1: Basing a design on the puffin is new, but your design still needs to differ from the real deal I think. Pokemon like Piplup and Mareep are based on real animals but at the same time are clearly different to them. Take the puffin, think of a concept that fits the Utility Counter and Electric/Water typing, and see what happens.
hark: I'm gonna be irritating and say that I think your original design was better. I guess a jester is just more interesting than a ninja in my eyes. Also, a jester strikes me as a guy who plays mindgames and tricks the opponent, which works well for the Utility Counter concept. Ninja is more stealthy and offensive. Hmm, I'm confident that you can still make the ninja work, but the jester just has more appeal in my opinion.
Aviator99: He's alright, but right now a bit two dimensional. Play around with design elements to make your design more memorable I guess? I'd like to see this guy do well, but you need to just generally work a bit harder on it.
CyzirVisheen: Lampmon is way cooler than the... well whatever Kinesta is. It's such a neat twist to a standard concept.
I'll comment on others later, man I underestimated how many entries there were in total... which is a good thing, it's great to see so many enthusiastic artists.
