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^click for full-size image(766.02 KB)^ if you ask me, Snorunt is one of the cutest Pokemon ever. the way they constantly shiver and look like they’re cold, well, it just makes me want to cuddle up with one lol. i can just imagine a group of them huddling up together in a cave or something, keeping each other warm. sadly, it seems not a lot of people find Snorunt as cute as i do, but i guess he’s not as conventionally cute as, say, Eevee. honorable mentions: Glalie, Regice, Froslass, Bergmite

oh yeah, derp. i always forget about Aerodactyl, he's sort of an oddball when it comes to fossils.

^click for full-size image(878.69 KB)^ question: what’s the first thing that you think of when you hear the word “fossils”? for me, and i’m sure many others, it’s dinosaurs. apparently that’s not the case for Game Freak though, because it took them until the fourth generation to make fossil Pokemon based off of dinosaurs, and until the sixth before they made one based off of inarguable champion of dinosaurs when it comes to popularity, the Tyrannosaurus Rex. but boy, was the wait worth it. they literally could not have made a better T. Rex Pokemon. he looks like a fat and greedy king, complete with crown, while also appearing extremely ferocious. both of those are qualities that a good T. Rex needs to have, and they captured them both perfectly in one of my favorite designs of all time. honorable mentions: Omanyte, Tyranitar, Archeops

^click for full-size image(733.63 KB)^ remember how i said Chandelure was a pain to draw? well Deoxys is about fifteen times worse. seriously, it took me like ten tries for me to get something i was even remotely happy with, and even then this drawing has so many obvious flaws(giant head ahoy). while i like all of the Deoxys forms, his Standard form is my favorite as far as appearance goes. it has something to do with his face, i think. i also think it’s cool how he changes his DNA strand arms into actual arms, which is something his other forms apparently can’t do. he also has one of the best themes in Pokemon, imo. honorable mentions: Espeon, Latios, Beheeyem

Luigi

^click for full-size image(948.08 KB)^ we’re halfway through! also a bit of trivia: this is the first Legendary to appear on this list. today, i bring you Zygarde, a new legendary Pokemon from X and Y. thus far, Xerneas, Yveltal and Zygarde are my favorite legendary trio to date. all of their designs are really cool, and i love how they’re based on the Nordic myth of Yggdrasil, while also incorporating the X, Y and Z axes, which fit their respective habitats(it’s also extremely fitting because these are the first Pokemon games in full 3D). it’s all really clever and all i wish is that the mythology behind these three is fleshed out a little bit more in the inevitable Z version. more on Zygarde itself, the main reason i like it is just how alien it is. the sporadically flashing lights, the weird tombstone-things on its back, the utter lack of any relatable face or even eyes… it just feels very distant and inhuman unlike other Pokemon who lack human qualities or features. and something about that makes it really cool to me. honorable mentions: Nincada, Garchomp, Golurk

^click for full-size image(260.36 KB)^ lampreys have the creepiest mouths in the world, which makes them both extremely awesome and extremely scary. while Eelektrik and Eelektross(both of which are also awesome) are more straight-up lampreys, Tynamo manages to have the mouth, while also being RIDICULOUSLY ADORABLE. seriously he’s so cute and i don’t normally say that about anything fish-like. sorry about the relatively boring drawing today, but there’s only so many things you can do with Tynamo to make him interesting. (btw if you haven’t noticed i’ve been drawing the types in the order they’re listed on Bulbapedia. so if you really care that much you can see what order i’ll be drawing the types in ahead of time I KNOW EXCITING RIGHT) honorable mentions: Pikachu, Magnezone, Eelektross

^ click for full-size image(694.26 KB)^ oh, Scolipede. i used to completely look over your design, as if you were nothing special. that is, until my second White run, where i trained a Venipede for the first time. he was kind of weak, but i kept on training him. when he finally evolved into a Scolipede, he instantly became one of the best members on my team. extremely fast and good attack with Swords Dance to boost it. sort of like Togekiss, but a non-competitive example, when he became so useful his design started to grow on me more and more. and now, as you can see, he is one of my very favorite Pokemon. honorable mentions: Victreebel, Haunter, Ariados, Dragalge

oh goodness yes shiny Trevenant is incredible. by far one of my favorite shinies.

^click for full-size image(854.89 KB)^ Ghost/Grass is a really interesting typing matchup-wise, and there’s a whole lot you can do with it design-wise, too. so before X and Y were announced, i was really hoping that Game Freak would give us a Ghost/Grass type Pokemon. lo and behold, we were given not one, not two, but four Ghost/Grass type Pokemon! while i’m not a big Pumpkaboo or Gourgeist fan, i think they hit the nail on the head with Trevenant. his spider-like root legs, his menacing red eye, his giant hands and, of course, his tight afro made of foliage. it all comes together to create a very cool and unique Pokemon, at least in my opinion. honorable mentions: Victreebel, Snivy, Serperior

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to be honest i was originally debating in what style i should draw these in. i didn't want to make them overly stylized but i didn't want to make them look like carbon-copies of Sugimori's artwork either, so i settled on this sort of compromise. glad to hear you like it! =)

^click for full-size image(516.45 KB)^ i used to not like Togekiss at all. i thought it was dumb looking and when i started to play UU on Pokemon Showdown i realized that its paraflinch set was the worst thing ever and i hated it even more. then, one day, i was creating a new UU team but i couldn’t decide on a last member. i looked and looked until finally, i settled on Togekiss. specifically, its bulky Nasty Plot set. it only took a few battles until i realized how incredible this thing was. i honestly can’t tell you how many times Togekiss saved me when the odds were stacked in my opponent’s favor. guess that, somehow, when i saw her competitive worth, her design started to grow on me as well. and now she’s my favorite Flying type and Fairy type, too. also i know i said hands were the worst thing to draw but i lied; wings are the worst thing to draw honorable mentions: Drifblim, Archeops(very close second), Yveltal

^click for full-size image(451.34 KB)^ alright, here's the reason i like Sharpedo: he's a shark torpedo i don't think anything else needs to be said do you honorable mentions: Octillery, Crawdaunt, Huntail, Greninja

what i want ~exactly~ is to breed one with Huge Power and Aqua Jet without sacrificing the perfect IVs. the problem with it being a male is that eggs hatch the same species as the mother, correct? so therefore i'd need a Ditto with good IVs in order to breed it and get a female Marill who also has good IVs. then i'd have to breed the female Marill with something else with good IVs that knows Aqua Jet so that the offspring can hatch as a Marill who also knows Aqua Jet. sorry for being unclear before. however if Kohaku indeed has Dittos in his Friend Safari then that simplifies things greatly, because FS Pokemon always have 2-3 perfect IVs, right? and in that case i'll definitely take one of those male Buizels Alyska. =)

ugh, i just realized another problem: my Marill is a male, so even if i did have something else with good IVs that could breed with Marill and learn Aqua Jet, it wouldn't hatch as what i want anyway, so i'd have to breed my Marill with a Ditto so i can get a female, but then i'd need a Ditto with good IVs too, but i don't know anyone who has a Ditto Safari... yeah, this is getting too complicated for me, lol. it was a nice idea, but i don't know if i have the time and patience for this. i don't do any real competitive battling anyway, so this Marill will probably be just fine for use in the Battle Maison or whatever. but thanks anyhow! =)

i just got an Adamant Huge Power Marill off of Wonder Trade with perfect Attack, Speed, Defense and Special Defense IVs. it must have been a breeding reject, but i'll gladly take it. =D the only problem is it doesn't know Aqua Jet. anyone know the easiest way i could breed Aqua Jet onto a baby and keep those perfect IVs? i'm kind of new to breeding, sorry

it was reeeeally hard to pick a favorite for this one. i was considering making it a three way tie but i didn't want to draw three Pokemon so yeah what about Conkeldurr

^click for full-size image(887.28 KB)^ i’ll be honest, Sawk probably isn’t one of my top ten favorite Pokemon or anything. he’s cool and all, and i like his design, but it’s difficult for me to feel like he’s all that special or interesting. when it comes to Fighting types it’s hard for me to find ones that i really like. there are some i like more than others, sure, but on the whole they’re just kind of “eh” to me. three of the only ones that stand out are Hitmonlee, Blaziken, and Sawk here. it’s fluctuated in the past as to which one of those three is my favorite, but recently Sawk has been growing on me more and more, while the others i’ve begun to like less and less. it’s too bad his X and Y model is so derpy though. =/ also hands are the worst thing to draw ever honorable mentions: Hitmonlee, Blaziken, Throh

the only thing Swift Swim does is double speed when it's raining. you could potentially get a 'mon that outspeeds Poliwag normally then teach it Rain Dance and if a Poliwag moves first it probably has Swift Swim. that's the only idea i have.

a Mega Porygon-Z could have the potential to be very interesting, especially considering it'd probably be the first man-made Mega Evolution. but yeah, they really could go anywhere with it, so it's hard to tell what it would look like.

^click for full-size image(857.3 KB)^ UGH CHANDELURE IS A PAIN TO DRAW. it took my like five tries to get something i was pleased with and even then i’m not crazy how this came out but w/e i’ve always liked Chandelure, even from the moment i saw him. he’s suitably creepy, but also manages to be very cute. i also really like the progression from candle > lamp > chandelier. really i just seem to end up liking a lot of the “inanimate object” Pokemon that people love to hate, like Klefki, the Drifloon line and heck, even the oft-dreaded ice-cream Pokemon. honorable mentions: Blaziken, Darmanitan, Heatmor, Litwick

hey what do you say to a blade who's celebrating it's birthday .... happy birthday duh what else would you say same thing goes for someone named Blade so HAPPY BIRTHDAY BLADE :flagcanada: :flagcanada:

indeed. considering how awful that incident was, i don't think the way Porygon-Z "rapidly shakes" is a reference to that, but i kind of like to think it is. =p also if you want to do something like this feel free to lol. i'll certainly read it.