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I've wanted to draw this idea for... years I think.This is milotic.
As a nereidae (mostly the nereis genera) inspiered creature.
Here's what wikipedia says about these creatures; [link]
There's many other animals that could fit milotic, but I like invertebrates so of course I choose draw it like a invertebrate. Same with my take on flygon and my hated version of gardevoir; it's all to suit my taste and nothing else.
And I know that feebas is a fish, but I don't care
And I certainly had fun making this XD
(I also would like to draw a barracuda version thought, together with a gyarados. These two pokémon remind me of each other very much, and I draw gyarados as a barracuda faced creature. No sorry, there's no example of this in my gallery.)
Milostic is a large predator that live in the "twilightzone" of the sea, where the light from above barely reaches. It’s intense red colour actually work as a camouflage down there; red appear as black because of the way water filter light.
Prey is rare down there so milotic is rather passive. Most of the time they stand still in the water, waiting for a prey to come by. They'll discover approaching prey with their long antenna that is both sensitive to touch and smell, but also by using their eyes. Once the prey is within reach, the milotic shoot out a special kind of yaws (check thee wikipedia link for details) and snag the prey.
According to DP, the females have bigger ornaments then the males. When an ornament differs between the genders, it generally means that one gender, the females in this case, must be competing over the other for some reason. Maybe the males of milotics care for the young? In any case, I can image that the milotic could go up to the surface at a special time of the year, where they display and compete for partners.
Edit;
The nereis is actually considered beautiful by many; their plates shimmer in a rainbow spectre, like oil. There's even a species named after the goddess Aphrodite, nereis aphrodite. Unfortunate, these beautiful colours don't show well at all in photos, making the worms just look slimy instead of like satin
I think these creatures are called rainbow worms in dutch?
Edit 2;
I ralized that the coulours of the tail is iverted... and that it's too pink <_<
I'll do a manipulation of it later, but it's sad the the original work is stocked with the wrong colours
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Comments: 109
whisperingwinds [2007-08-21 19:29:23 +0000 UTC]
xD! I wish my male Milotic in my Pearl game was real so he could see this! It's nice to see a different interpretation of what they look like. ^_^
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Eternalskyy In reply to EveeLover [2008-08-02 22:18:52 +0000 UTC]
beauty of not, its art. I think its pretty, even if others say its ugly ; D
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Dragga [2007-08-01 03:35:45 +0000 UTC]
Very interesting take on Milotic. Back when I first saw this, I didn't care much for the invertebrate twist, as I never looked at Pokemon in a scientific way. Now that I do, I've grown fond of this concept and its alien beauty.
I had always thought that Milotic was based off of an oarfish, but I had never noticed the gills were like a lamprey's, as Daimera mentioned above.
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Daimera [2007-07-12 06:52:16 +0000 UTC]
This is a great concept, and very well drawn. It's unique, as well, since I would never have thought of a worm. I see Milotic more as an agnathan because of those gills, which would make it a "most beautiful" hagfish...? Or at least a lamprey, as SCD mentioned above. XD
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Zholt [2007-07-07 04:57:25 +0000 UTC]
Lookz weird, but is really cool.
I drew milotic too, but mine lookz more like an eel
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TX2 [2007-07-06 16:22:10 +0000 UTC]
An invertebrate chordate. Very nice.
I was thinking about this picture this morning and got the funniest idea:
Feebas are supposed to evolve into these animals when they eat enough Poffins (or Pokeblocks) that raise their Beauty. Possibly what happens is feeding a Feebas so much of the same food results in it getting a stomach parasite, and that Parasite Evolves into Milotic... the Feebas dies in process of a small parasite evolving into something so gigantic from from within, and trainers just assume it's the same Pokemon.
Thank you for the Macabre yet brilliant inspiration.
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PKMN-AJ In reply to TX2 [2007-07-08 09:40:44 +0000 UTC]
I briefly thought about parasitism and had an idea of the subject too (posted among the first comments on this picture). I love your idea; it’s neat and creepy, just like parasites are! I'm happy you could get so much from this picture ^_^
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TX2 In reply to PKMN-AJ [2007-07-08 16:30:34 +0000 UTC]
I'm surprised I overlooked his comment, still my favorite part was the idea of it being a result of the trainer's actions. Thanks again.
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SCDifference [2007-06-30 11:30:02 +0000 UTC]
And here I thought it would be a lamprey. I should know better than that.
Your work is, in a word, incredible.
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chief-orc [2007-06-30 08:06:04 +0000 UTC]
Thats a cool take on it. I always thought milotic was more of a big eel.
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Eriorguez [2007-06-22 10:12:57 +0000 UTC]
Gyarados and Milotic ARE closely related. In fact, they usually have the same numbers in stats, only displayed on different stats.
BTW, are you doing the barracuda ones anytime soon?
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Eriorguez In reply to PKMN-AJ [2007-07-08 14:04:52 +0000 UTC]
Don't worry, it was just a question.
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SailorSun546 [2007-06-20 17:16:35 +0000 UTC]
CUTE!!! XD It reminds me of a shrimp..... I LOVE SHRIMP!!! XD *eats shrimp* Mmmm shrimpy..... =^^=
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darkespeon [2007-06-15 16:40:43 +0000 UTC]
Very original. At first, I was like "Ewww wtf have you done with Milotic?!" but then I read what you said and the Wiki article and they sound like cool creatures. Plus I took a closer look at it and it's actually not ugly at all. It's just a different kind of beauty, almost alien-ish, because so little is known about these creatures.
Excellent work.
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PKMN-AJ In reply to darkespeon [2007-06-17 10:55:28 +0000 UTC]
Thank you! I'm happy that you could like it even if it's based on a not very commonly portrayed animal and look upon the nereidaes with a different view :3
(The group nereis is one of many personal favourites, lol )
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mistyeyedreamer [2007-06-14 23:47:43 +0000 UTC]
wow, this is awesome! I've never personally been a fan of milotic, but I really like your interpretation. Oddly enough, I like it better then the game version.
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darkespeon In reply to DesertDarky [2007-06-15 16:37:38 +0000 UTC]
XD, Nereidae aren't bugs.
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DesertDarky In reply to darkespeon [2007-06-16 12:52:41 +0000 UTC]
but it looks like one. D: Whatever, they're insects.
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PKMN-AJ In reply to DesertDarky [2007-06-17 10:49:59 +0000 UTC]
Calling nereidaes insects is kind of like calling starfish mammals...
These fellows are quite closely related to earthworms and leaches thought, a groups animals called annelids
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DesertDarky In reply to PKMN-AJ [2007-06-17 11:06:18 +0000 UTC]
I dont know much about those little "animals", whatever they are. xD
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dragonspeaker [2007-06-14 03:53:43 +0000 UTC]
This is really neat! I like the idea and I think your choice was very approprite. You really put a lot of thought into choosing the right creature for milotic. I also thought it was quite fitting for it to be something from the nereidae because I'm pretty sure the name comes from the nereid, sea nymphs from Greek mythology.
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PKMN-AJ In reply to dragonspeaker [2007-06-17 10:56:56 +0000 UTC]
Thank you!
I've not figured about the connection between the word nymph and nereidae, but like you stated, it sounds very possible!
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Argento5 [2007-06-13 17:44:49 +0000 UTC]
Definitely takes away from the "beauty" of it, but I love it personally, and you explained the issue enough anyway.
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SaucyLobster [2007-06-13 17:23:00 +0000 UTC]
An interesting side-step from the conventional, i think it's got some kind of charm to it... I dunno what that charm is but it's there somewhere.
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Couatl-Of-The-Storm [2007-06-13 01:14:37 +0000 UTC]
ive always thought of milotic as a kind of sea-serpent based critter, but i love deep sea based drawings. excellent description, i enjoy reading them.
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ThunderDragon3 [2007-06-12 22:48:53 +0000 UTC]
Wow, that's really interesting! Never thought of Milotic in that way.
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dracostarcloud [2007-06-12 19:48:09 +0000 UTC]
It looks like a jumbo shrimp. Hurry up and grill it!
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neoscottie [2007-06-12 19:21:16 +0000 UTC]
Wow, I love how you did the fan-tail on this. It really looks convincing! I think I'm gonna giggle every time I send out my Milotic in-game now.
Very nice and creative! ^^
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Kayru [2007-06-12 19:21:06 +0000 UTC]
Wow, it looks very real and very interesting. I think its still kind of beautiful in its own way.
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Zerox-the-Psychic [2007-06-12 19:11:16 +0000 UTC]
Awesome, interesting concept for Milotic. Will you do the other version? (since obviously it would theoretically be more suitable as an eel or other fish of some sort, what with gills and all).
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TwistedAlyx [2007-06-12 17:45:46 +0000 UTC]
Gyarados and Milotic remind me of each other too. Well, big creativity points for interpreting Milotic in a new and unexpected way. It's refreshing to see your art again! I always loooove your explanations. Fascinating.
Keep up the good work, please.
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Axel-232 [2007-06-12 17:36:59 +0000 UTC]
Great job, as always.
If you squint it kind of looks like a monster shrip >_< now I'm hungry.
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hinbasu [2007-06-12 17:18:54 +0000 UTC]
I love your takes on pokemon.. especially the descriptions, very interesting. I don't mind that you make them "ugly" (a shallow thought) - they're based off of actual animals, after all.
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In-Tays-Head [2007-06-12 17:17:51 +0000 UTC]
Man. This made me hungry. For shrimp.
Good job.
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InsaneStar7 [2007-06-12 17:08:21 +0000 UTC]
Very good! Milotic looks so strange in your style, in a good way.
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Zazar [2007-06-12 17:00:25 +0000 UTC]
Huh, I enjoy realism in pokemon. But I usually don't take visuals in account and imagine a semirealistic sort of creature based on the idea.
Although, basing it mostly on visual appearance is unusual. And certainly amusing.
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indimew [2007-06-12 16:54:31 +0000 UTC]
definitely will not look at Milotic the same way again haha.
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koufuyo [2007-06-12 16:42:14 +0000 UTC]
Most interesting, you are indeed full of great animal anatomy; however I feel as though Milotic isn't going to uphold it's title of the most beautiful monster looking like that.
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Frastus [2007-06-12 16:34:26 +0000 UTC]
Interesting interpretation. I think turning it into an invertebrate alone was quite the idea, but you kept it similar in structure and design, though the face is a bit more scary... guess it won't be unanimously "Beautiful" anymore, hee hee. Still, great job. (And 10 points for citing mostly unknown animals.)
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