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Skipping Asks Tonight
I'm going to be out an an event tomorrow and won't have computer access, so asks will be answered on Sunday per the usual.
#sorry for the double skip next weekend will be back to normal#to be deleted#asks#announcements#the blog
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Some of the Pokemon requests I got...Too long ago. 😅
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hey check this out
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a contender for the most beautiful snail I’ve met: this exquisite Helicina from Costa Rica, which was delightfully abundant where I found it.
at only around 7-8mm long, they would glide around on green leaves like little jewels. I’m happier now knowing that these exist in the world
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I like imagining Mr. Mime out in the wild because there is no way to do it that isn't inherently funny. Like imagine that you're just a fire breathing giant dog minding your own business and then suddenly a wild mime pops up and starts harassing you with charades
#pokemon#pkmn#mr. mime#mr mime#arcanine#outdesign posts things#like in PLA when you have a mass outbreak of them and they start sitting down and having fake tea
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Together they can accomplish anything!
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alien cats 💚‼️
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i dont like most engl fan chants but these two are hilarious
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In my last Neopets post I implied that finding a dead body was the most insane thing to have happened during the Festival of Neggs, but that was a lie. The actual most insane thing was when TNT introduced an Easter bunny character in 2015 to head the festival and so many people found him uncanny and kept making FNAF jokes that they brought him back in 2021 just to reveal that he was the Terminator 9000
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For pokemon reviews, maybe the spidops or lokix lines?
(Already did the Nymble line here, but as for Tarountula:)
Tarountula is a really good Pokemon, both in terms of concept and execution. A spider that covers its abdomen with silk in a manner representative of a yarn ball works perfectly, and the design gets the point across immediately. This ball protectors them from their natural predators, which is a nice touch. Oddly enough, the yarn ball is actually removable, revealing a small structure at the end of its body that ties it more into its evo.
Visually, Tarountula's stylized eyes and almost sad-looking pupils make it extremely cute, which is compounded by its stylized pedipalps and simplistic legs (so simple it actually has eight of them, a rarity in Pokemon designs). White was an obvious choice for the silk, but this is accented by some green spots on the legs and a complimentary yellow color. Good stuff all around.
You'd expect something as round as Tarountula to evolve into an even rounder, larger spider, but it instead goes into a completely different direction by becoming an ogre spider, well known for looking like you took a jpg of a normal spider and stretched it out lengthwise. Ironically, some of Spidop's features that you would probably assume are inventions by GameFreak are actually just what ogre spiders are like, such as the paired limbs and spinning net traps to catch prey in.
While it might seem like it's lost the ball of yarn theme, it's actually just expanded on it by looking like a spool of thread. The resemblance between the two is more obvious without Tarountula's web ball, but some features remain the same, such as the green-tipped limbs, stylized pedipalps, and four pairs of eyes that wrap around the head. The black color of the eyes specifically resemble an ogre spider's comically large eyes, which are so adapted for night vision that they get destroyed by the sun each day and heal again by night. No, I am not making that part up.
In addition, Spidops also has a special ops kind of thing going for it, with a kind of bullet-proof vest on its chest, goggles, and a stealth-based operatus morandi. It would almost be too much, but it's subtle enough in the design that it thankfully doesn't feel too busy.
My only issues with Spidops are that the limbs feel weirdly flat at the ends, considering it uses them to hold web and snag prey—it might've been nice if they tapered into points, at least with the front ones. I also feel like the brown-on-green palette is muddied and bit low-contrast. Even just a lighter shade of brown/tan would've helped with this while still keeping it camouflaged.
So overall, these are some really good spiders. The sewing theme is integrated into both in two unique ways, they have distinct body types, and Spidops keeps all the best attributes of the insect its based off of and adds an extra special ops theme for good measure. Tarountula also has a bangin' shiny, which doesn't hurt anything either.
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anyways back to pokemon design noodling. paradox staraptor ideas ive been mulling over, taking the past element and making a bird a nonavian dinosaur. also a little bit of kangaroo, mostly in relation to how they box each other. snatched the blue from its shiny colors bc i like it
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I drew red guy with oil pastels
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whenever i'm trying to talk myself out of buying something i don't need i always hear my old russian professor's voice echoing in my head: "WHAT??? WILL YOU DIE THE RICHEST MAN IN THE GRAVEYARD?" and then i make an unwise financial decision
#made an unwise financial decision because of this post#that's COMEDY#professors#russian#graveyards#money
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For pokemon reviews, maybe the spidops or lokix lines?
(Already did the Nymble line here, but as for Tarountula:)
Tarountula is a really good Pokemon, both in terms of concept and execution. A spider that covers its abdomen with silk in a manner representative of a yarn ball works perfectly, and the design gets the point across immediately. This ball protectors them from their natural predators, which is a nice touch. Oddly enough, the yarn ball is actually removable, revealing a small structure at the end of its body that ties it more into its evo.
Visually, Tarountula's stylized eyes and almost sad-looking pupils make it extremely cute, which is compounded by its stylized pedipalps and simplistic legs (so simple it actually has eight of them, a rarity in Pokemon designs). White was an obvious choice for the silk, but this is accented by some green spots on the legs and a complimentary yellow color. Good stuff all around.
You'd expect something as round as Tarountula to evolve into an even rounder, larger spider, but it instead goes into a completely different direction by becoming an ogre spider, well known for looking like you took a jpg of a normal spider and stretched it out lengthwise. Ironically, some of Spidop's features that you would probably assume are inventions by GameFreak are actually just what ogre spiders are like, such as the paired limbs and spinning net traps to catch prey in.
While it might seem like it's lost the ball of yarn theme, it's actually just expanded on it by looking like a spool of thread. The resemblance between the two is more obvious without Tarountula's web ball, but some features remain the same, such as the green-tipped limbs, stylized pedipalps, and four pairs of eyes that wrap around the head. The black color of the eyes specifically resemble an ogre spider's comically large eyes, which are so adapted for night vision that they get destroyed by the sun each day and heal again by night. No, I am not making that part up.
In addition, Spidops also has a special ops kind of thing going for it, with a kind of bullet-proof vest on its chest, goggles, and a stealth-based operatus morandi. It would almost be too much, but it's subtle enough in the design that it thankfully doesn't feel too busy.
My only issues with Spidops are that the limbs feel weirdly flat at the ends, considering it uses them to hold web and snag prey—it might've been nice if they tapered into points, at least with the front ones. I also feel like the brown-on-green palette is muddied and bit low-contrast. Even just a lighter shade of brown/tan would've helped with this while still keeping it camouflaged.
So overall, these are some really good spiders. The sewing theme is integrated into both in two unique ways, they have distinct body types, and Spidops keeps all the best attributes of the insect its based off of and adds an extra special ops theme for good measure. Tarountula also has a bangin' shiny, which doesn't hurt anything either.
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Regional boltund variant that is a sled dog. Yamper is a Pomeranian that is used to keep warm on cold nights.
Make it electric/ice and give it these patterns to match Galarian Boltund
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They should make marill transmasc again. I don’t care if transmasc marill was technically a glitch. Bring back when one in three afab azurill become trans.
GameFreak could easily code this in for real if they weren't cowards
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Which do you prefer? Venusaur or torterra?
Hard to pick, but Venusaur is chonkier and therefore gets my vote
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