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ReneCampbellArt — Realistic Pokemon Sketches: Fire Starters
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More sketches; will detail later.Charmander: A cross between a lizard (I looked at the Basilisk for this one) and a Salamander such as the Red Eft. To me Charmander is more reptilian, hence why the legs and tail are the only real salamander-like qualities. And unlike my previous Charmander, I just don't see it walking on two legs everywhere. Maybe in a quick sprint, but unless I added raptor aspects (which I didn't want too) he's on all fours for now. Charmander is the 'Lizard Pokémon' afterall (although I think Nintendo sometimes messes those descriptions up. Snivy a grass snake? Blastoise a shellfish?).
Cyndaquil: To me, good old Cyndy is not a rat. I based it off a Shrew. My ideas of Cyndaquil's flames are much like the quills on a Porcupine. They can grow at will (unlike the Porcupine) and are highly flammable, but can be shaken off or broken on contact like the Porcupine (apparently they are not projectile).
Torchic: No brainer; it's a chick. I added some tiny claws on it's wings as back in the day in the evolution of birds they had claws there. Besides, all the evolutions have claws so...
Chimchar: Some people think it's a chimp, but I prefer other types of monkeys. Therefore I based him on a mix of a Rhesus Macaque and a Francois Leaf-Eating Monkey.
Tepig: Saddleback piglet.
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Has it ever occurred to anyone that a flame near a monkey's butt is not a good idea? "Use Flamethrower" suddenly becomes very awkward. At least Charmander has some distance between fire and flammable gas.
Ahem. Your designs are still great, the mistake was Game Freak's. 
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Did you base Cyndaquill of an Echidna? (Sorry I butchered the name.)
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Suddenly less adorable... but unquestionably magnificent all the same.
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I choose Torchic because it's my favourite pokemon. Also, where is Litten?
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This was done years before Sun and Moon was announced. As you know, I did the SuMo starters separately.
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They're all so cool-looking... I applaud you for coming up with these designs.
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Thanks! (Wasn't intending on being creepy though).
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I knew some birds did, but had no idea that purple swamphens were one of them! Cheers!
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Hahah it's what we call them in Australia, they're pretty cute!
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Need to go to Straya and see these swamphens.
But yea, I came across some babies while walking my dog, we were in some long grass and they just appeared, so of course I grabbed one to have a look at it. I raise and breed chickens so I was incredibly surprised that it had wing-claws. Kinda want to breed pukeks now. Just for the fun.
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Wow, these are amazing and so realistic! I like how even with the realistic touch, they all still look really cute too
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Fire types are always my favorite starters! The only ones I never liked were the super-weak Cyndaquil family and super-ugly Tepig family.
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Cyndaquil family weak? What?
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Yeah, that's what I thought too. I don't get how the Cyndaquil family is weak.
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piggy piggy piggy piggy piggy
CHICKEN
wait....
could you roast that chicken?
it IS a fire type
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Interesting. I never really imagined cindaquil as having fur.
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I liked all of them, but Torchic got the best work of all, IMO.
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omg i just wanna cuddle Cintaquil and the birdy one...ive had a complete mental blank in regards to its name -.-
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They're all so cute ! Even Tepig and I don't really like him usually ^^
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Tepig...looks so much like my French Bulldog-Pug mix! Amazing job!
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