WinterKirby's Super Interesting Fakemons

[Sweetie Belle]

So, I've been working on my own game, and with a failure to gather other artists to do this for me, I took the matter into my own hands, expecting my terrible drawing skills to show themselves once more and that my fakedex would never reach completion until I got a job so I'd be able to pay someone to draw for me.

But then I surprised myself. It actually turned out very well. Most of the time. I had some fun throwing my scrapped ideas into the trash bin across the room, but I finally got the starters down.

001

Ceratal
The Petal Crown Pokémon
[Insert Dex Entry Here]

Evolves at Level 18

"This, honestly, is the best one I've done so far. Closely. Maybe second best. But it's still the first one I did. I actually had his idea floating around in my head for a long time, and a while back, I did a prototype sketch and went over the lines in Paint.
I redid it while sitting in class, and scanned it in at home. I now use GIMP, and with layer capability and antialiasing, it made the quality significantly better. I also redid the design. I used an art tutorial which is actually for making pony vectors, but I translated it into Pokémon usage. I also looked at some of the official artworks, and got a basic idea on how to do it. And Ceratal was born."


002

Trileaf
The Petal Crown Pokémon
[Insert Dex Entry Here]

Evolves at Level 35

"I did this after I finished the other two starters. And I hate the shading, and I just can't get the coloring right. And its shape is just so odd. I can't seem to match the little nuances that I made with Ceratal that made it so great. I personally think it looked much better as a sketch, and maybe as the lineart.
I did this one sitting at home, on my desk. I was playing paper basketball with all the bad drawings where I couldn't get the shape right. I looked at other people's fakemons on DeviantArt just so I could have a reference and get the shape right. And although it's fine, I still hate the coloring. But since it's going to be in a game, it's the sprite that matters. I'll probably redo the shading and colors at some point."


003

Abscitops
The Petal Crown Pokémon
[Insert Dex Entry Here]

Does not evolve

"I haven't drawn it yet. Heheh."


004

Kitturn
The Ember Cat Pokémon
[Insert Dex Entry Here]

Evolves at Level 17

"Everyone loves cats, right? This is the internet, after all. Kitturn also had a prototype sketch, but I've since lost it. I never scanned it in, so I don't know where the paper went. Anyways, Kitturn has fur, so she was a lot more difficult to shade, so I was like 'Eh, okay.' Still, it's pretty good, but it lost some quality on the lines when I sized it down. The eyes also gave me some trouble, what with its odd and empty coloring."


005

Pyline
The Incense Pokémon
[Insert Dex Entry Here]

Evolves at Level 36

"Oh my god Pyline is so beautiful. I have no words.
...

Yes I do. The shading on her is actually well done, in my opinion. The coloring took a few tries, and in the process, I found and absolutely beautiful shiny that you don't get to see yet. Hah. But really, she's just so amazing. Although I have yet to make good fire. I've never drawn good fire before. Anyway, it took a while to get her face to be the right shape. More specifically, the ears. And her eyes seem a bit wonky. But overall, I feel she is my best or second best."


006

Insashe
The Incense Pokémon
[Insert Dex Entry Here]

Does not evolve

"I haven't drawn it yet. Oopsie."

007

Sylvisud
The Bubble Rabbit Pokémon
[Insert Dex Entry Here]

Evolves at Level 17

"Paper basketball again? At least I got a good score. I went through so many designs for the water starter. I had such a hard time coming up with a decent design that fit the theme of water starters. Originally, it was a narwhal, but it didn't fit, so I scrapped it and began wasting paper. I kept looking up semi aquatic animals, but I had a hard time picking one that I could use that wasn't a platypus. It was originally a deer, and so I sketched that out, but I hated it, so I scrapped that. I looked at the page another time, and one stood out: Marsh rabbit. Well, rabbit, specifically. So that's where Sylvisud came from. I had a lot of difficulty coming up with a decent rabbit design, and at one point, I think I ended up with a Pikachu clone. Oops. After a lot of paper, I came up with a final design."


008

Bubblunn
The Bubble Rabbit Pokémon
[Insert Dex Entry Here]

Evolves at Level 36

"I haven't drawn it yet. Oh no."


009

Lopubble
The Washing Pokémon
[Insert Dex Entry Here]

Does not evolve

"I haven't drawn it yet. Hah."


That's all I have at the time of posting, but I'll have more at a later time! In the meantime, check out my game!

[Super Chaos Sonic]

A Grass Dino, a Fire Cat, and a Water Bunny...interesting set ya got there, Kirby.

 

I hope you'll finish the other drawings soon!

[Kakashi Hatake]

Other than the flat eyes and thing, choppy lines, these are pretty good. You're definately on the right track to mimicking Ken Sugimori's style.

[.Rai]

You have two types of Sugi style: the neat version, and the slightly freestyle HG/SS version. Both stick to one thing though which is the two-layered shading technique. You essentially get a layer of dark blue shading at a low opacity, and repeat the process with a new layer except this layer should overlap the first one further. I suggest getting some references to how fire is done in with Sugi style, because it's a bit harder. Otherwise, remember to realise what material each is made of. Ceretal's she'll probably shouldn't have such strong highlights if it's made of a natural leathery shell substance.

Fairly decent stuff though.