CAP Prevos - Monohm & Duohm - Art Submissions

[Quanyails]

As discussed here, we'll be creating the remaining Gen. IV CAP pre-evos that only had design set in stone! The ones we will be working on are:

• Nohface (Kitsunoh's pre-evo)
• Monohm and Duohm (Cyclohm's pre-evos)
• Protowatt (Krilowatt's pre-evo)

We will completing the pre-evos in the order above, so these art threads will have staggered deadlines to match.

For reference, here is what Monohm's and Duohm's designs look like. When drawing art for their main designs, you should use these images as reference!

Monohm

Duohm

You are not required to submit art for both designs. You can submit a drawing for only one of them if you wish.

This particular thread will be open for four weeks (672 hours), but we may close up earlier depending on activity!

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This thread is open for WIPs, comments, and final submissions for the design of Monohm and Duohm. Important considerations that will come into play over the course of this thread are base stats and abilities.

Posting Rules

***All material in both the main design and supporting material must be your own. Using another piece of art for inspiration is allowed, but derivative art is not, and blatant plagiarism will result in warnings or bans depending on the severity.***

Collaborative material (such as work made by multiple artists or a vision and art direction by a non-artist and execution by an artist) is not permitted.

Posting Frequency

Intentionally or unintentionally, thread-hogging tends to be more prevalent in the art submission thread compared to other CAP threads. In order to ensure that everyone has a reasonable chance to showcase their designs and air their opinions, thread-hogging will be moderated. If you wish to add new comments or art, but don't want to hog the thread, please consider editing your most recent post to add new content.

Posting Rules: Artists

• Artists can post any work-in-progress (WIP) artwork in order to solicit feedback or to help develop ideas. WIP artwork does not need to conform to the standards of a Main Design. It can be in any medium or stage of completion, but it must be related to an original art design by the poster.
• Do not post to state your intended design. You may not reserve an idea for yourself.
• Do not post questions asking for help in making art. For art resources on Smogon, check out Smeargle's Studio.
• Do not post inconsequential updates to designs. Only if you have made a significant change should you post an update in the thread.
• Do not bump art or beg for feedback. If no one comments on your design, consider the silence to be your feedback. Also, check out the CAP Discord channel or the CAP PS Room for open real-time discussion on CAP art.
• Images posted are subject to the following rules:
  • They must be in .jpg, .png, or .gif format.
  • They must be hosted on a reliable image hosting service (such as Imgur). Do not use the forum's 'Drop/upload image' feature. Do not use the 'Attach a photo' tool on messaging apps (e.g. Discord). Do not use Iaza or Ezimba.
• Each post should contain no more than one (1) full-sized image, meaning:
  • The image is at most 640 pixels in both width and height.
  • The image has a file size of no larger than 200 kB.
• Artists should post links to additional art or use linking thumbnails. Each thumbnail can be no larger than 160 pixels in either dimension. Any number of thumbnails can be included in a post.
• Out of courtesy to users with lower bandwidth, artists must include a warning when posting links to images with file sizes exceeding 500 kB.
• The use of hide tags does not circumvent or alter any of the image posting rules.

Posting Rules: Commenters

• Please DO post constructive feedback for artists.
• Do not post ideas or images to serve as inspiration for artists or attempt to commission an artist in the thread to render your idea.
• Do not declare any artwork as "the winner" or make similar comments to that effect. Such posts are insulting to all the other competing artists.
• Do not comment that a design does or does not "look like a Pokemon/Digimon". There is no artistic style guide for Pokemon and therefore such comments are unable to be substantiated or refuted.
• Do not repost images from the thread. When quoting a post, remove any images.

Final Submission Post

All artists must make a final submission post conforming to the following rules, including those for the Main Design, in order to be included in the art poll.

• The post must have "Final Submission" (in bold) as the first line, the Main Design included in image tags below that.
• Any supporting material, if applicable, must be in a section below the main design with the header "Supporting Material".
• All supporting art must be included as links or as linked thumbnails no larger than 160 pixels in either dimension. Do not include full images of supporting art in the final submission.
• Only make one (1) final submission post. Artists are welcome to work on multiple designs and get feedback from the community, but only one design can be submitted for final consideration. If you wish to alter any aspect of your final submission, then edit your post. Do not make a new one, even if you delete your original post. Any deleting and re-posting will be treated as bumping and is subject to moderation.

By making a final submission, an artist gives the CAP project permission to use the submitted art for CAP and related projects. The artist also consents that the design can be interpreted by other artists for the CAP project and for other promotional purposes.

Artists cannot submit any artwork that has been previously or that is currently used by another project not affiliated with CAP. The winning CAP artist agrees to not later use the winning design for another project or contest not affiliated with CAP.

Main Design

The main design is intended to follow the same general posing and layout as the "Official Art" for existing in-game Pokemon. It must be suitable for display on the CAP Pokedex section of the CAP Website and any other CAP propaganda where a picture of the Pokemon is needed.

The comparison to 'Official Pokemon Art' is only applicable to the basic content of the main design; it does not imply any standards or guidelines regarding artistic style or rendering technique.

The following rules of content must be followed for the Main Design:

• The image must consist of a single Pokemon on a plain white background. The background cannot be transparent.
• The image must be a 2D digital or scanned traditional drawing. 3D media and photos are not allowed.
• No part of the Pokemon may be cut off by the canvas.
• The Pokemon must be in full color.
• The design must have a distinct outline on the entire subject in contrast to the subject and background. Colored outlines are allowed but must not obstruct the clarity of the design.
• No part of the design can be blurred into the background or blended into the background in any way.
• No props, action effects, move effects, or additional objects can be rendered on or around the Pokemon. If a prop is part of the Pokemon's basic design (i.e. Conkeldurr's pillars), then it is acceptable.
• The image must not include offensive or obscene imagery, or be intended to mock or insult the project or other users.
• The image must be in .jpg, .png or .gif format.
• The image must be at least 320 pixels and at most 640 pixels in both width and height.
• The image must have a file size of no more than 200 kB.
• The image must be hosted on a reliable image hosting service (such as Imgur). Do not use the forum's 'Upload a File' feature. Do not use the 'Attach a photo' tool on messaging apps (e.g. Discord). Do not use Iaza, Ezimba.

The rules for main designs will be strictly enforced. Do not make comparisons to in-game Pokemon designs or to past CAP designs to determine if your design is in compliance with these rules. Some in-game Pokemon designs and past CAP designs do not conform with the current CAP art submission rules, and emulating those designs is not an acceptable excuse for breaking the strict interpretation of the current rules.

Supporting Material

There are almost no rules when it comes to supporting material. Action scenes, movement studies, interaction with other Pokemon, animations, sculptures, and cartoon strips are all allowed. Non-art supporting material is also allowed. This includes detailed descriptions of the art, background data, stories, etc. All supporting art and information must be related to the main design in some way.

Art Polls

All art polls will contain the Main Design and, if applicable, a link below it titled "Supporting Material". This will link to the artists final submission post, if applicable. All final submissions conforming to the rules above will be slated.

 

[Slapperfish]

WIP

Between the three art polls concurrently running, I think I'm happy with how these have turned out the most!

 

[Riguor]

WIP

Between the three art polls concurrently running, I think I'm happy with how these have turned out the most!

First stage I have little issue with. I'd maybe like to see the shaded bits of the cloud use a more silvery blue color than just gray to better emulate the colors of actual clouds, and there's some shading that might need a little touching up.
Second stage I have a lot more to say, though. When determining shading you're usually advised to pick a "light source", the imaginary angle at which light hits your objects, and stick with it to keep the shading consistent. That was not done here. Darker patches seem to be thrown around almost at random, often using pillow shading.
Duohm's own sprite actually provides a decent example of how it should be shaded

Keep in mind this does not have to be the light source you choose, but whatever light source you do choose needs to be consistent.

 

[Slapperfish]

WIP

Been waiting for someone to post another set of images before posting the updates on mine. Obviously that hasn't happened yet, so here they are!

 

[Menshay]

Does Monohm have back legs, or not? The artwork provided in the opening post suggests the latter but the sprite suggests the former.

 

[Quanyails]

Here's the thread where these designs were originally decided on. CyzirVisheen's pre-evolution drawings visibly have two legs each. However, in the Gen. IV voting thread, we used Monohm's sprite as our basis for determining whether to keep or change the design.

I have no strong preference what we go with, although my personal preference is for four legs + an upwards-pointing tail for consistency throughout the line!

 

[Amamama]

Final Submission

I went with the four legged design of the sprite, while keeping the face of the og main design.
Not much to add further.

Edit: Added Duohm

Edit: Reworked Duohm to be more Fluffy.

 

[Zephyri]

Final Submission

Some fluffy monohm-duohm artwork!

EDIT: (Slightly desaturated the colors on duohm to make it a bit more defined and make what was going on with it a bit clear (basically kinda fixing the fact that it's a bit of an undefined gray blob). Kinda busy+short on time so this might be all i can do but hopefully i can make a few more improvements to the general anatomy!

 

[Quanyails]

You have a little over 24 hours to make your final submissions!

Slapperfish Amamama Zephyr2007

 

[Slapperfish]

Final Submission

Updated Monohm to reflect the current spritework. Duohm's relatively the same, though. Best of luck, all!