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You encountered Gym Leader [NAME]!
Alright, Long ass design and lore explanations beneath the cut.
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I've already explained my design choices for Doug-Parkzer, but due to my account dying that post is gone, so I'll re-explain. Also, I've gotten better at drawing in style as I've continued, so I might go back and redraw Doug and Parkzer, the designs are fine -probably my favourites thus far- but I don't think the lineart is up to current standard.
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Doug Design
The pupil shape matches the bellpepper icon, I was considering doing an expression or shape that matches some of the other versions of the eyes. Jerma fans ate Shuffler's design up tbh. Mad P03 vibes.
"Dyed Hair". I always hated the bleached hair look on Doug, eventually I came to just find it familiar, but thank god it's basically gone by now. I used the blonde-er hair to make a pattern similar to fire.
Guy Fieri patterns on suit. If I was having Doug in a fire Gym I had to have Doug Fieri mentioned at least somewhere.
Orange Tie from Streamer Awards. How was that like almost two years ago? Squeex interviews and Doug won... We had it all...
Shoes from PointCrow Party, when he played the character "Wallace". Man I miss PointCrow Party, if I had known how Autistic I was gonna be over it I would've bought the props. Every day I mourn.
Patterns based around fire on the suit jacket, sort of more triangles though, didn't want to just repeat the same fire spikes everywhere.
Glasses based on Learning Ettique Stream from SamWitch. Doug keeps wearing these types of glasses, I think he's eating them up?
Shoulder Pads are removable from the outfit, I want to have him wear the same outfit but, less, for formal events.
Fire Type was decided on due to the Capsicum/Bell Pepper icon
"Lore"
Matching Charcadet evolutions with Parkzer, is a way of hinting to their friendship and personalities.
Co-Owns gym together. Doug promotes Parkzer because the guy is actually really good at managing the gym, unlike him.
Was originally going to be an electric gym due to Doug's Coding gimmick during battle. (In which random status could apply, random heals could apply, and terrain could change.) but because his partner pokemon Scovillian is a fire type, he just doesn't change it.
Stands out due to his eccentric suit
He currently looks after Eric's Starly for him -Explained later-
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PointCrow
Head sprites on the left were the originals, I decided I didn't like the shape, too sharp and the hair differed from how I normally draw PC. This was changed last minute though, so the scar-updated version isn't as interesting as it once was.
The patterns on the wingsuit are from TOTK, Shika patterns I think.
At one point I considered a paraglider similar to Link, but I felt it was too on the nose and opted for this design instead.
At a point, Raruu's arm was considered, but it felt like too much main character energy. Instead, it went to my base design for PC lol.
Flying type was picked due to a combo of icons from the channel (Doodle, "Crow"), and of course, Link and Pointcrow's love for the Zelda series.
The suit and helmet designs were based around Starly, which I thought would be the closest substitute for Doodle.
When originally thinking of this AU, the sketches I made for headshots I wanted to make sure I made PC and Smant similar in design based on the "similar appearances" joke. As someone with face blindness, it's crazy... I think I managed that - more later.
The casualwear outfit sleeve cuffs are red and blue, Mr Miyamoto would be so proud of me. At one point I made the shoes also red and blue but it was too crazy of a design for me.
The scar in his later design was placed on the same eye his bruise was on for the Ludwig Chess Boxing PhotoShoot.
Corviknight was originally going to be a pre-evo whilst Starly would be returned to Eric as a Staraptor, but I decided his Partner would not change without its owner and whilst Eric ages Starly doesn't.
Crobat is on his team to show his love for his Pokemon despite the hermit mindset he has taken on.
Lore
Flier 89 is the name of the famous wingsuit glider in the region. Pointcrow starts training at a young age, becomes Gym leader, and is friends with Smant for the duration, some of the youngest gym leaders in the region's history.
He has a crash one day and loses the ability to fly due to depth perception.
He stops talking to his closest friend who he blames for the crash, as someone tore his suit. Truthfully, it was Eric, who denied it because he wants to push away his friend, due to no longer finding confidence in himself after he lost his "one skill".
Eventually, the trainer finds PC and convinces him to fight them, as it's necessary for their completion of the gym challenges. This is probably through a quest of just walking around with him whilst he talks about his self-worth, why he wants his talent back and why he wants to be "Flier 89" still instead of Eric.
When he fights you, his name changes to Eric in the pop-up despite being in Flier 89's outfit.
He even uses his Starly, which he had given to his friend to look after. No longer being able to stomach the sight of his partner Pokemon due to PTSD.
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Smant
Headshape tried to appear similar enough to Eric's design.
Glasses are made to look thinner following both irl similarities and aiming to look separate enough from the other.
Wasn't sure how hard to go with the facial hair because in every instance bro either has a full beard growing in or is clean-shaven.
Hair was odd to do, I don't think his avatar is entirely accurate (though that's normal). So I overlayed the colour onto my original version to try and have the best of both worlds.
The hair shape I had was entirely different at multiple stages, so eventually I just tried to copy his avatar, with a bit more spike. I don't dislike it, but it doesn't sit right with me still.
Originally I wanted to have more of his Gym leader outfit in the splash, but I decided to keep it simple.
I think that he'd look back on his old outfit and cringe, just keeping the accessories and using them along with his base outfit.
Ground Type gym leader so that way he could keep his Quagsire. Though I do think it aligns with his personality pretty well.
A team designed to help with mining, because if Tanner Minecraft Ground Gym Leader isn't Mining and Crafting I don't know who is...
More to come!!!

A bigger version of my doodle from last night. Been having a really good time doodling on graph paper with gel pen and highlighters. This is my Scarlet Violet mash up Arven hence the last name Sente from Presente (present in Spanish like Turo from futuro and Sada from pasada) basically this just means he’s very confused and has twice the parental issues. He has lived two lives, very similar lives but still. Also he has a heal ball in his hand because I like to think that he at one point released Mabosstiff to re-catch him in a heal ball in an attempt to cure him.
AAAAA I LOVE YOUR IDEA FOR POKEMON ABD GRAVITY FALLS AAAAAAA please more rambliiiiing I love iiit
Okay so here’s more sketches ignore the writing in studying for Chinese 101. I think Dipper’s first Pokémon would be Teddiursa because ursa is a constellation and bc of his friendship with the multibear I think he would find this spunky little teddiursa in the woods that wants to follow him around. Mabel is soooo jealous bc why does Dipper get a Pokémon first. Then she forgets all about it because she won Waddles (shiny lechonk) Mabel doesn’t really have an interest in becoming the champion she just wants her Pokémon to be pretty and cute so she’s a Pokémon contest trainer while dipper wants to be a professor like his uncle. Then there’s my doodle of Stan and ford when they were kids and I think their asses are just hanging around in the woods and hunting monsters, Stan is running circles around ford who’s walking slow asf bc he’s looking through his notes on the mythical Pokémon they’re chasing. My idea is that the twins are chasing after legendary Pokémon and they want to become professors together where Ford does all the nerdy research and stuff while Stan helps him do the physical part. They’re inseparable as kids and teens, they’re always fighting in double battles and they have great synergy. Their eevees almost always already know what they want to do before they even give a command.



Nobody asked for more but I have them anyway because I have autism. So I keep talking about poliwag and the Pines. Why? Because they’re split evolutions but not just any split evolution, politoed evolves with a kings rock while poliwrath evolves with a regular water stone. So they twins definitely found the poliwags in the local stream they frequented in the woods. Their parents had gifted a king’s rock to Ford because they believed that it would help him concentrate on his future and manifest into becoming a great noble person but they didn’t have/didn’t want to give Stanley a water stone because he wasn’t destined to be great. (This was Filbrick’s doing rlly their mama would never do that to them) So Ford had a politoed in high school but I think that Stanley wouldn’t get to evolve his poliwhirl until post portal when he finds a box of old things with pictures of them in their childhood and a crumpled up gift box addressed to him. It read “Happy 18th birthday Stanley.” And some other things that had become illegible due to water damage and inside is a water stone. (I don’t care if this is OOC this is MY angst AU) Anyway, there are plenty of split evolutions that involve a kings rock and a different more mundane way of evolution so why did I choose poliwag? WELL in my last post I said that I see them as masters of double battles right? Well, Politoed gets the ability drizzle, which sets up rain on the field while Poliwrath gets the ability Swift Swim which doubles the speed of the Pokémon during rain. They both start off as the same Pokémon (they’re born as twins) but they eventually turn into two different Pokémon that compliment each other (they’ve grown apart but if it comes to it then they’ll still work together) and during weirdmageddon I think they’ll have to set aside their differences for a final double battle against bill cipher :D





Sorry not sorry, it was too perfect
Baby Tully

(Character from a Pokemon AU which takes place in Alola)

🌧️ Two friends take a walk in the rain 🌧️

Tully Burrows and Ziggy (from an AU for Gen 7 Pokémon)
*Digital version of a previous drawing
Holy FUCK I just woke up and immediately realized an incredibley dumb AU idea for submas.
TRUMAN SHOW AU
hear me out:
Somehow Ingo instead of being ebee deebied to Hisui is kidnapped for the main star role of the show.
Of course he doesn’t remember, whoever runs the show probably keeps Ingo on some kind of drug or something that has them not notice the cameras (yo drugs maybe also double as memory suppression)
Other people on the show include more fallers like Looker, Abigail, Dawn, etc.
People are slowly becoming immune to the drug so they see the cameras and other weirdness happening.
Ingo is the last to see and everyone tries to help him escape, sadly watching him deteriorate as he remembers his old life.
The show is being recorded/shot in the distortion world to stop outside influences
Volo is the director because why not, he makes sure everything runs smoothly
All the Pokémon are controlled unwillingly by Giratina? Or maybe aren’t real??? Lmao idk
Everyone on the outside of the distortion world is freaking out about the show, not knowing where these missing people could be.
Emmet is horrified by his brother’s treatment of course and watches as Ingo sinks further into despair about his returning memory and realizing he’s just a plaything.
Giratina is befriended and decides to help them get out, realizing Volo is a bad friend or something
Reunions are had because of the end of the movie ends happily and the boys are reunited
Uh. Wow.
Submas brainrot got hands man

One Piece x Pokémon AU headcanons: Vinsmoke edition!
* they each have a specific eeveeloution that matches their “ranger” color. This is a reference to Eevee’s genetic code being very unstable, and how the Vinsmoke siblings were genetically altered.
* Sanji’s eevee happens to be a shiny. Because of this, the eevees belonging to Ichiji, Niji and Yonji would purposely beat it up for being different.
* Sanji and his eevee have a very strong bond. One night, when he was locked up in the cellar, he thanked eevee for always being there for him. That’s when his eevee finally evolved into a beautiful Shiny Umbreon.
* each sibling has a team mainly based on their ranger name (poison pink, sparkling red, etc) with their ace obv being their eevee evolution

Request For @archiesonicbrony
For you :3

Kalos Crisis Au. I've had this idea for years and would randomly sketch it out. I want to try making final pieces of some of the sketches and expand on my AU idea.
Featuring : Bamf Ash and his Pokemon. Outcome of cult mentality and war especially on children. Semi realistic descriptions of the fighting and strategies of an active war zone.
AU Outline/ Ideas
Kalos Crisis ( Occupation of Lumiose City, .....)
Lasted 3-4 months
Lumiose city was completely cut of from the outside world because of a barrier.
Lysander and Team flare is much more cult like. They convince vulnerable citizens that the world is corrupt and that a messiah will help tear down them rebuild the world.
Many Lumiose city citizens side with Lysander as they believe him. The city is divided in 2. The believers and the resistance.
Alan knows Lysander's true goals and is disillusioned into believing that the world should be reborn is that there is no more pain and suffering.
Ash is of course their messiah but Lysander believes Ash's time in the world has tainted him so after capturing ash he puts him through weeks of psychic cleansing/training. Other team flare members treat Ash like a walking saint and gift him with many pieces or jewelry.
Lysander has control of the tower but it takes about a month to complete alteration to use the weapon/train ash/got Zygarde to full power.
In the mean time resistance sets up in the outskirt districts of town and in the subway systems.
34 days into the occupation the scene on the top of the tower happens but instead of being cuffed and forced out, Ash walks out willingly to his destiny. Mind mostly gone.
Alan. conflicted, as he watches Ash hurt changes his mind and helps ash escape. Snapping Ash out of the control.
Lysander doesn't immediately lose as has still has power over the tower and an incomplete Zygarde he works to crush all remaining resistance and get Ash back or kill him.
Regaining himself Ash joins the resistance as a fighter and the battle continues fr 2-ish more months before coming to end Lysander Defeated.
Ash is pretty messed up mental but keeps it under wraps till professor Kukui helps him later.
Shadow demon on right represents Ash's internal psyche and how he really isn't doing so good on the inside.


Finished piece from the Kalos Crisis AU.
Click image for better quality.
Lumiose has been under attack for over a month with no end in sight. No one can leave, no one can hide. A barrier surrounding the city. It's hazy glow dampers the daylight leaving the streets washed in a film ashy fog. Lysander's hold over Lumoise Tower stands strong. His loyal dispels fight to take the rest of the city and defeat the citizens who resists the massage of the rapture.
In the outskirts, between the walls, around the corners, bellow the ground sheltered in the walls of the subways, and even by Lysander's side, the people of Lumoise City rally to take back their city and by doing so save the rest of the world from the same fate. Ash fights on...
yaaaaayyy Hope you like. Check out my first post regarding the Kalos Crisis AU on my page. It has an overview of the time line.


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