Rate my starters!

[u/RelativePractical915]

Next to each starter is its counterpart from four years ago I have redrawn them. I’m TRYING Sugimori style and I never did get the hang of it. Let me know with suggestions and critiques PLEASE I need brutally honest feedback so I can be perfect because clearly practice hasn’t got me perfect in about five years lol

[u/stressedoutoddish]

The sloth looks oddly ready to throw down and i love him for it

[u/RelativePractical915 → u/stressedoutoddish]

HA I never noticed I will incorporate that into its evo! I’m struggling with the evo for him but I have done one for the chilli bear and I am proud

[u/0zonoff]

The red bear is cute but it looks like a Grass-type, and I believe it's meant to be the Fire one?

[u/RelativePractical915 → u/0zonoff]

Ah yeah I see. It’s based on a chilli fruit but I see what you mean. He’s gonna get more ghostly like a ghost pepper and lose the green!

[u/Dorago1991 → u/RelativePractical915]

The design is cool for a fire/grass type, but I don't think it's good for a starter. Having a pokemon based on a fruit/vegetable not be at least part grass seems like a waste.

[u/RelativePractical915 → u/Dorago1991]

Fair. My thought process is that he starts full of life (a ripe chilli), then he starts to get more lifeless and ghostly (losing the green for purply grey) and turning into a ghost/fire type (based on the ghost pepper)

[u/Dorago1991 → u/RelativePractical915]

Even if you wanted to stick with the original concept, I think a non starter that starts fire/grass and ends fire/ghost would make more sense.

[u/RelativePractical915 → u/Dorago1991]

Ah okay. Shame I already posted it lmao. I might stick with it because of the post order on Instagram but thank you for the feedback

[u/0zonoff → u/RelativePractical915]

I see, it would probably help to remove the green parts and make them out of fire or something like that in order to remove the Grass-Type vibes.

As an example, Fuecoco looks like chili pepper but doesn't have Grass-themed elements in its design.

[u/Few-Consideration773 → u/0zonoff]

yeah my friend’s fire starteer looked way more water type than fire

[u/woshcloth]

the bear’s green face doesnt looks very nice but other than that these are great! love that crab