COW #319: Pokemon re-design - WIPs Thread

[Rob Powell]

COW #319: Pokemon re-design - WIPs Thread



For more information and details about the rules of Creature of the Week go here:

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/sho...d.php?t=271896

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Topic:
COW #319: Pokemon Re-Design

Brief:
I have been putting off this topic for a little while, but I felt now's a better time than any to once and for all make this available to the creature designers of Creature of the Week! Behold Pokemon, the popular nintendo franchise filled with wondrous and fascinating pocket monsters! There are more than 700 pokemon that have been announced so far, 719 to be exact. As a result there will be plenty of creatures to choose from, but I want you to please keep in mind, there are a large amount of pokemon that would break some of the rules of CoW or would not be considered technically creatures (ex, Machamp, Bellsprout, Ditto, Magnemite; to name a few). I will not restrict you from picking one of these pokemon, but I would ask that you try to avoid picking one of these since others would be better suited for Creature of the Week. However if you do decide to re-design one of those "other" pokemon, do try your best to 'adjust' their design so that they can properly fit into the rules of COW (at least if you wanna make the poll).
One last thing that I require for participants in this round, this is going to be a first come first serve style round, so you cannot use a pokemon that someone else has already laid a claim to. Therefore before designing a final piece you must have called a 'claim' on your chosen pokemon here within the WIPS THREAD, otherwise you will not be included in the poll. So without further ado, you are required this round to re-design any of the 719 Pokemon from the popular video game franchise.

Round Requirements:
-you can choose any of the 719 pokemon, but please keep the rules in mind when designing your pokemon.
Here's a complete list of Pokemon to help you choose
-you MUST claim your chosen pokemon in the wips thread in order for it to be included in the poll

These are the claims made so far, any pokemon listed below are no longer available for designing unless the artist that has claimed them states they no longer want to use that pokemon for their entry:
Hydreigon - Scorge
Salamence - Rob Powell
Snorlax - Shecker15
Mega Absol - Fabianguiza
Zebstrika – Malign Asunder
Gogoat – Payney
Flygon – Deadpan
Arceus – Blindlynx
Haunter – Moirae
Nidorino – Dan Sanchez
Ivysaur – Grasskill
Flareon – Clare Belshaw
Charizard – Lidiev
Reuniclus – Warburton
Poliwag – Atropolith
Cubone –NicholasBonokennedy
Sawsbuck – Dierat
Alakazam - lkjhgfdsa
Gyarados - dayle
Pumpkaboo - bmutt
Rapidash - MartinGill561
Luxray - MeteorPanda
Kecleon - Drive By Uppercut
Nosepass - Tyrus
Beedrill - thewomboldt
Torkoal - Addy-Boo
Goodra - Green-eyed demon
Pyroar - Asatra
Qwilfish - ToddBushman
Pikachu - Egor
Tangrowth - Raigeki
Seaking - blaker
Milotic - windygoes
Togepi - Michael Jaecks
Swampert - hakuna matata
Haxorus - SteamworkJackal
Suicune - Kavross
Raikou - Shadoworen117
Scyther - MajorD
Hawlucha - meguskus
Yveltal - Varatera
Nidoking - Maximu5
Onix - AdrianNagorski
Frillish - Suresh9247
Lanturn - Lindstrom
Tyranitar - Naphtali
Stantler - Marmona
Aggron - DanRob
Pinsir - IntoTheVoid
Tentacruel - Wuggy
Sneasel - cherubea
Girafarig - MicaF
Vaporeon - lazymember
Slowking - FaatiBomBom
Golem - mieksta
Arcanine - Sid Bane
Serperior - Lunaairis
Virizion - irongollem
Charmander - Plaguebone
Sandslash - Flame_Unquenchable
Whimsicott - Xionix
Dragonite - Jenzy
Zapdos - Vatina
Houndoom - Sareth
Spinda - Ryott
Entei - Patch101
Glaceon - Tuesday Haven
Emboar - davethedude87
Noivern - aburnier
Infernape - Sketch-McGhee
Torterra - B.D.B
Breloom - The Colorado Kid
Chespin - sammyart
Drifblim - Noun
Honchkrow - Draugth
Houndour - rocue
Skarmory - That One Guy
Venusaur - Sweizy
Banette - KKylimos
Gastly - Archerion
Talonflame - Windfalcon
Growlithe - Frakked

-Remember to make the design your own rather than just a realistic interpretation of your chosen pokemon
-I would also ask that you would provide a small thumbnail of the original artwork or sprite for the sake of comparison and the fact that it'll be easier to identify it as a pokemon since there are so many available now


Deadline:
Wednesday May 7, 11:59:59 PM EST (GMT -4)

This thread is the WIPs Thread, meant for uploading any wips, sketches, and ideas for your creature's concepts, as well as any crits, comments, reference images, and discussions relating to the topic! Please submit your final entries to the Finals Thread which can be found here, otherwise your entry will not be included into the poll!

If you have any ideas for a future topic for Creature of the Week you are free to add your own ideas and suggestions to the Topic Suggestion Thread!

[scorge]

Hydreigon

[Rob Powell]

After a little contemplation, I've decided to put a claim on Salamence instead, I think I'll have more fun with him. That means Sableye is back up for grabs.

[shecker15]

Snorlax

[Clare Belshaw]

Flareon!!! Awesome topic, really excited

[fabianguiza]

mega absol

[Malign Asunder]

Claiming Zebstrika

[Payney]

Interesting topic! I'll try Gogoat.

[deadpan]

Flygon, I choose you

[fabianguiza]

First WIP of Absol Mega

[BlindLynx]

Arceus, the pokèmons' god.

[Payney]

Trying some stuff out.

[Moirae]

I choose Haunter! Is it too "human" because it has hands?

[Archerion]

I been wanting to get invoked w/ the Concept art Community.

So ..GastlyI choose you!

[DanSanchez]

Nidorino

[Rob Powell]

Moirae: Don't miss understand, I did not restrict the use of any pokemon so long as your final design still adheres to the rules...it is perfectly acceptable if a creature has a couple human qualities (such as human-like hands) so long as it's final design isn't too humanoid. Neat start so far on the sketch, before going to far with it see what else you can do in terms of concept.

Archerion: I didn't recognize the name at first and assumed it was a Japanese name, however I looked it up and it appears to be a fan-made pokemon that evolves from Houndoom. You have to choose one of the official 719 Pokemon from the games in order to participate this round. You are free to use Houndoom if you want, or even Mega Houndoom. As I will allow Megas for this round.

[Grasskill]

Ivysaur

[Asatra]

Pyroar: Concept Sketch #2

[Xionix]

Okay Flygon got swooped, but I guess its not the end yet. I was just wondering though how creative can you get with the re-design? I want to do dunsparce http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wi...arce_(Pokémon) but he is pretty pathetic on his own... I'm not laying claim to it but uhhh yeah just wondering

[Rob Powell]

Xionix: You can go absolutely nuts with the design! So long as we can still recognize the final design to be your chosen pokemon, then the sky's the limit!

[Clare Belshaw]

Still deciding exactly where I will go with the Flareon design but these are my favourite ideas so far.

[Xionix]

Rob Powell: Okay thanks! I can see so many designs coming out of this, its hard to choose

[Lidiev]

charizard for me

[Meteor Panda]

l'm picking nidoking and queen if l can

sort of had a couple hours to myself, worked on this. so far it looks like l'll have to redo the big purple uy, anatomy is too off

edit. changed my mind completly...going with luxray, l feel like painting fur ^ ^

[warburton]

It's been a while, i'll take Reuniclus.

[deadpan]

Okay Flygon got swooped, but I guess its not the end yet. I was just wondering though how creative can you get with the re-design? I want to do dunsparce http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wi...arce_(Pokémon) but he is pretty pathetic on his own... I'm not laying claim to it but uhhh yeah just wondering

lol sorry. Flygon is one of my favorites. Dunsparce is a solid choice too i believe. You should consider it

[Atropolith]

For now I'm picking poliwag.

[NicholasBonoKennedy]

I claim cubone!! Hoorah!

[dierat]

Cool idea! I'm not familiar with any particular pokemon (except Pikachu ofc..), so it's a little hard to choose and keep track of which ones have already been taken. Perhaps you could keep a list in the first post of which have been chosen and by whom? (Also it looks like two people are doing Pyroar.)

Anyway, I'm gonna try Sawsbuck.

[deadpan]

Cool idea! I'm not familiar with any particular pokemon (except Pikachu ofc..), so it's a little hard to choose and keep track of which ones have already been taken. Perhaps you could keep a list in the first post of which have been chosen and by whom? (Also it looks like two people are doing Pyroar.)

Anyway, I'm gonna try Sawsbuck.

Yeah , I second that, its a good idea to keep a list of the ones that are taken.

Good luck with the Sawsbuck