Gunna try and offer some feedback to people! Im liking a lot of the designs!
SuessMD a porcupine is an ideal animal for grass/electric starter that doesnt need too much in terms of smart design, but I think you can take it a lot further since right now it feels like a pretty realistic, simple porcupine standing on hind legs. Try and maybe think about some sort of cool proportions that really say "this is my final form" as if the evolution line has fully progressed as far as possible.
StephXPM monkey is coming along well- the tail changes are much better for me. Something about the yellow and lime elements dont sit quiiite right for me, the lime fully overpowers the yellow as a highlight color and I feel one of them might be better changing for a contrasting color. Not sure tho!
BlueberryBlanket The third and second iterations are looking very nice so far. I would love to see this pushed all the way into the most evolved this pokemon can possibly be- make it specialized and not just a simple deer. Is it fast? Powerful? Elegant? Its pulling out a few of these qualities at 60%-ish, if that makes sense, and itd feel very fully evolved and satisfying as a final starter evo if it can take one or two and take them to 90 or 100%. I hope that makes sense!
Sunfished this is interesting but its hard to critique at this point, i know u will do a good design regardless altho i wanna say similar to the above critique to push a quality of the design to 100% rather than making it just an all-rounder, even if the quality is coolness or making it a fan-favourite biped
Golurkyourself Well this is definitely the most interesting design ive seen so far in the thread. its very risky to go this route, the design is amazing but i dont know if its giving me a starter vibe. It would be an amazing UB, and i guess that means it feels a bit alien and i wonder if you can find a good way to bring it down to earth without losing its uniqueness.
Reiga , the velociraptor doesnt have a unique or interesting silhouette on the same level as the pterodactyl. id def stick with the pterodactyl because it feels quite cool and fitting.
YourFavDalmatian When i saw your design first, what I thought it was was a corn themed pokemon because of the yellow on top- is that coffee beans also? i think maybe make those more clear, and its not generally a good idea to paste things along the body when its not replacing a feature thats already there or else itll look a bit stuck on. i think you have a generally good starting point trying to work with Hawaiian dancer foot wraps, the cat's mane, and adding something running down its back and tail, but try and find something more interesting for the body than the coffee spots :)
SunriseInBlue interesting design-i think its lack of animal connection hurts its feel as a starter pokemon since every single starter is an animal. also, you could add some more complexity to the face because its easy to notice it as a simple circle right now. its cool to have an inspiration, but i would advise trying to find a connection between the flatwoods monster and an animal and merging them together to make it perfect- thatll solve the face shape also!
Harle cool start- the design makes sense and fits typing nicely. similarly to the last critique, not being an animal is hurting its starter vibe because every starter is an animal without exception. id try and tie an animal inspiration into this also, and itll be a strong submission!
thats all i can do for tonight X_X
