Probably not, honestly. While I’m happy that Raichu finally got some attention over his pre-evolution for once, they look too much like Mega Pikachu X and Y instead of Mega Raichu in my opinion. So, they aren’t as high up on my list of favorite Megas as I would’ve liked.
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Now, I present a sub-par teaser for three upcoming drawings, plus some information.
Playing off an idea for one regional variant of a certain Starter Pokémon, I decided on two others for a custom sub-arctic region. Basically further north than Sinnoh already appears to be.
The first sketch is ironically the last Starter I chose for the trio, the now Grass/Flying Type Sceptile.
Still very rough, and I haven’t entirely figured out how I plan to draw the tail (likely it’ll end up resembling Mega Sceptile’s tail). In subsequent drafts, expect more of Grovyle’s design language, since Sceptile sort of feels like it missed out on what made Grovyle one of the most popular middle evolutions of any Starter. Also take note of the hot garbage attempt at the leaf “wings” it would glide with. Likely I’ll try to go with a pine needle-look instead. Right now, it sort of gets the idea across, but it looks way too messy right now.
Eventually when I finish more concept art, I might create a separate topic to post the worldbuilding, since I have some ideas that go beyond just the starters.
Also I’ve created a rough draft of the stat spread and signature moves of the starters because I like theory-crafting, but that will wait for the world building topic.
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Anyway, back to some offial Pokémon.
I mentioned my preference towards Water Types, but there’s another category of Pokémon I tend to like: the “Just a Little Guy”, like Whimsicott, Cherrim (yes, I am likely the sole fan of Cherrim), and, the subject for today, Comfey.
Comfey also became the mascot of my Yveltal shiny hunt in Pokémon Shield, and spawned the motto “My kingdom for a Comfey”.
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This is so cool. Is that a regional variant of Sceptile?
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Yes it is. As I said, it’s one of the three regional forms of Starters for that sub-arctic region. The other two will be revealed later.
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Things have been a bit hectic for the past few months, so I haven’t been drawing much. But for now, another concept sketch for my custom region.
A Latias that goes by the name “Lottie”, who along with her brother was chased out of her Mountain Sanctuary home by a clan of crazy Dragon Type users led by a now decertified Gym Leader.
Her brother Latios was gravely injured during their escape before the two Legendary Pokémon were rescued by the Gym Leader of Hollycove City. The two had been sheltered inside his Gym (which was closed for the winter), but Lottie eventually grew tired of the confined space and used her ability to alter her appearance to appear as a human to slip out and explore the city. She was immediately discovered by the Gym Leader who was protecting the two, but she convinced him to let her help to gather berries and medicinal herbs to treat her injured brother.
With the Gym Challenge slated to reopen for the season with one out of commission, the Hollycove Gym Leader decided to expand Lottie’s cover story by training her to be an interim Gym Leader, with the help of her Dragon Type Pokémon friends that also escaped the Sanctuary.
I also have some rough ideas for a few other characters, but I haven’t finished any sketches yet.
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