Chinese lion used Surf!
- paintseagull: Haha, I started sketching Surf art, but then I thought it looked rather generic. >_>; So instead, here's the aftermath of the would-be two-parter. :P Thanks for inspiring me!
- Doran Dragon: Your drawing is really inventive among fiery fish concepts, I must say. The colors certainly draw it toward Fire more than Poison. The fins help out the Water typing. Nicely done!
- Cattail Prophet: Pretty nice drawing for one's first time! Great to see people trying art out! If the smoke is part of your design, remember to give it outlines. I thought your design was a hair drier at first, but the supporting art definitely helps with understanding the concept behind the design. I can see the design as Analytic, and it definitely looks specially-offensive with the blaster on its shell.
- Chaos Wolf: Ah, you've gone with the blue body. Really nice supporting art, too. :) I love the ones for the different powders and liquids! :D How... flavorful.
- Bummer: The design is neat, albeit a bit too simple for my tastes. o3o No pun intended. However, it's a nice contrast to some of the other(, perhaps overly-)detailed designs displayed in this thread. I wish your crab the best in the polls!
- Gun6: I'm still not getting the design. Is it meant to be based off of a pun? A thermos-cat? o3o
- miririri: Ah, I love what you did with the water drop tail/belly. :D Incorporates the water rather stylishly. The fiery-looking ear tufts are great, as are the patterns on its red body that imply Fire as a typing. Uniquely made design for a concept that would otherwise fall into predictability. :)
- pkmn-taicho321: Yay, designs with personality. :D I'm still not seeing too much balloon, again, because the body doesn't seem swelled like one. It currently resembles a parachute more, in my opinion.
- The TurtleLord: The first thing I thought of when I saw the drawing is 'Mudkip', and the second was 'Vaporeon' The ear-fins, eyes, and body shape all bear comparisons. If you want to continue with the design, do make sure to provide a contrast between your design and existing ones, with careful use of color, anatomy, style, etc. ouob
- Lasagne: I believe explaining your concept is a first step toward responding properly to it. o3o Magical volcanic squid? Any reason for the star in the mouth or choice of colors?
- Harry.Buxton: Nicely drawn! I love those watery tubes turning into steam, and the design overall integrates quite well. The only thing that bothers me--and it's a criticism of technicality, not design--are the feet. The left foot implies the toes stop and merge with the sole of the foot at a distance shorter than the right one. Foreshortening does not quite work that way, although I can't say that without declaring that I, too, struggle with it. X_x
- Chomz: Fleebles, your art style's really clean and animated. You've got solid skill in the technical department. :) I'd go with the second linked pose, since it shows most of the information in its design.
- BonzaiRob: Haha, the egg eyes amuse me. :) The design is an unorthdox combination of ideas, but you manage to make them work together quite well. I would like to see the noodle shell more animated. Pareidolia is the only thing making the drawing seem a bit alive to me.
- Wobblebuns: Melting wax in general to me implies a slow design; an amorphous creature using a single pseudopod doesn't look like it could move quickly. On the other hand, what you've done by placing the creature in water and limiting the amount of wax makes the design less slow implicit (does that make sense?). Your design's pretty cute, to boot. :) The fiery 'candlesticks' are kinda out of place, now, though, unless they resembled antennae more.
- Billy the Alrune: Oil was moderately prevalent as a concept during Mollux's design, so be wary of the implications that has for typing. That warning aside, though, I can imagine colors that would make the design fit Fire/Water completely. :) The tail looks a bit too inorganic, whereas the nice geometry of the body and head 'armor' work with the design. Perhaps the handle could be removed or reworked? As for colors, I like bottom-left, since the lack of red in top-right infer Fire less, and the gray bits in bottom-left don't contribute to the palette as well as orange or blue. Currently, the colors in general are a bit too saturated for my tastes. Might you just desaturate the tones a tad bit?
- viiragon: Ah, nicely done. I admit that I didn't think of Ice-type, probably because of the juxtaposition of ice plates with fire burning underneath. Instead of hexagonal plates, maybe they could be round or teardrop shaped to signify water more than ice's crystal structure. o3o Not too necessary, though. I'd say your design looks aquatic enough.
- Yoshuriken: A flower? You're going to struggle pulling a Grass-type implication away from that concept (yes, yes, the Flabebe line is the exception). :/ The scorpion is less inclined toward the Grass-type, and they can be Analytic to start. ouob
- Flame_Effigy: Ah, a bell. :) That works! I'm impressed with how far your design has come; the current iteration looks great! There are always little things I would prefer with others' designs (the hands and how they're attached to the body--maybe clouds there?), but really, that's minor compared to your entire composition, which stands out amidst other concepts and designs for this CAP. ouob
- Kyukon: The design is fantastic, as you might know, but if I must criticize anything, it would be that I preferred the pose you had in a previous drawing. The position of the hands is just less interesting here than the previous one. :P No worries, though!
- V4LOVER: Hmm, interesting shading, I must first say. It gives your design realism; that may not work well with Pokemon, being rather cartoonish in art style. I'm personally not as fond of it, although I understand your concept quite well. The octopus's volcanic and aquatic elements work together nicely; the mantle mantle is familiar to other designs, but the way you've drawn it makes it look really natural and integrated into the design. Could you outline your drawing more? That's a criterion in the rules for the image being slated. It might also help the style and integrating that into Pokemon.
- ZirconSubway: Yay, shadows! :) They help give the creature form. I could see more, especially on the tail, since it's behind the body, but there's only a little cast shadow on it. Don't strain over minuta, though, if you don't want to. ouob Nicely done!
- User of Shadows: Ah, don't say that. It's not about execution but idea concept foremost. I like those latter qualities in your design, and the colors in it are really nice; those volcanic veins contrast greatly and nicely with the aquatic blues. The design seems Analytic and specially-offensive, fitting the stats CAP's chosen so far. Let that work in your favor! :)
- GRs Cousin: Is it just me, or is your image artifacted? Did you use a program to reduce the image to 256 colors for file size? It's a minor point, but it bothers me as an artist that the image has this reduction in quality.
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