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ReneCampbellArt β Realistic Pokemon: Sableye
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This guy was fun; another one of my favourite ghost types. I based it off of bats, gremlins and goblins.Related content
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This is totally stitch. In fact I have a sableye named stitch in the online game βPokemon Legendsβ.
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You can really see the bat features in the face, and the body of a gremlin, the claws of a goblin... or.. at least, that's what it looks like to me. Great work!
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Thanks, those were the inspirations so I'm glad it came off!
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No problem! This piece looks really amazing though, and you can see the effort it took to make this! It looks great!
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I love Sableye! Even if it looked like this I would still want one.
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βNo it's Stitch!
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...Still more realistic than anything by arvalis.
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Well that's a matter of opinion! I think RJ basing Sableye on a Loris was a super clever idea, but I went for a bit more of a fantasy creature approach to really accentuate the cave-dweller it is. The good thing about realistic PokΓ©mon is that there isn't a right or a wrong
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I really don't think it's an opinion of mine. Just compare these two images
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vs
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and tell me which Typhlosion looks the most realistic and looks the most like a Typhlosion at the same time.
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Eh. That still depends, it's certainly subjective. For example, I've heard people say that realistic PokΓ©mon would look like their in game models, which I don't agree with. I actually based my Typhlosion on something similar to RJ's (although I went for honey badger as opposed to sun bear), complete with the porcupine quills. I tend to base my PokΓ©mon on a mix of real life animals that still matches the PokΓ©mon's original silhouette. I'd say I fit somewhere between Soup and Butter and Arvalis.
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βI know rightΒ
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I can imagine this thing living in a cave, hoarding and eating gems.
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This looks even more like a Hopkinsville Goblin than the original Sableye
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No offense but it looks sorta like a rat mixed with bunny mouse Chupacabra thing. XD
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Kind of. It was based on bats and gremlins so it might have some similarities.Β
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Oh shit. Tiny Future Predator. No, no, Camo Creature!
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literally just found your work and this is my favorite already :>
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I got lost staring at the eyes! It's so amazing!
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Absolutely stunning. I'd still want one if this was how it looked IRL.
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it looks like the kind of thing you'd see in caves. like as SOON as you step into the cave, they all swarm around you and start biting your ankles.
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It looks more like Golbat than Sableye. Plus, I think a realistic Sableye should've had fur and been translucent, being it's a Ghost type and normal type moves wouldn't connect it. He looks too solid, thus unlike a Ghost type.
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Sableye is based on Gremlins, and I also referenced Bats and 'goblins' from the Spideriwick chronicles; just because it's ghost-type, doesn't mean it should be transparent. Sableye is a physical creature that hides in caves; its nature of living in the dark and dwelling in sediment means it would actually lack fur (or at least have fine fur) like a lot of ground and cave-dwelling mammals. All part of the design process and research. The long hairs on Sableye are however to accentuate touch sensitivity in an otherwise dark world.Β
I think I have to add in my descriptions about each PokΓ©mon from my Reddit submissions so you can understand my design process and referencing appropriately, since you've questioned about 80% of them.
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I think you lost the guy...
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He made comments on ~90% of my PokΓ©mon works and continued to suggest 'why I should/shouldn't have designed it a certain way.' I found it annoying because I put through a rather rigorous amount of study in the design process of these and replied to most comments he left.
That was three weeks ago. He hasn't been very active since haha *shrug*
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sweeeeet. like ya took a rat, a large bat, a small demon, and zapped em togethefr with a shadowing evil magic thingy.
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All realistic pokemon look absolutely amazing! Also, for this piece, did you take any inspiration from the goblins from the Spiderwick Chronicles?
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Thankyou again! I did actually; I have a Spiderwick Field guide and took inspiration from the art in that, along with bats and the mythological Hopskinville Goblins from which they're based C:
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You're welcome. The goblins were very interesting little critters, weren't they? I love fantasy writing and have a bit of an obsession with biology, so the idea of a whole other realm of creatures is my dream come true, even if most of them would be trying to kill me.
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This has to be the best realistic interpretation of this Pokemon I've ever seen! Awesome job!
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I love this. O-O I ALWAYS had a Sableye in my Ruby/Sapphire party.
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