Ground Starter

Let's get some more sketches in here...

Here's my sketch...

It would look badass as the final evo but who'll volunteer to sprite the 2nd form?

A bit too close to the blastoise family in my opinion, between the face and the shell

KIMYURI wrote:

Let's get some more sketches in here...

Wow it looks great! Maybe in the final evolution it could have fangs and long claws?

What if you made the snout longer like the mole's?Then it would look less blastoise-ish, in other words, less badass.

Actually I think the resemblance, at least in the face, was the eyes. Maybe move them a bit more towards sandslash, or maybe even just use a line?

I actually don't see any resemblance to Blastoise besides the shell, and even then it's not very noticeable and I needed it pointed out. Looks fine to me, in other words.

Cool, now we just need a color set

It's kinda boring but definitely ground-ey

Hyper Beam wrote:

It's kinda boring but definitely ground-ey

well its a very good concept art. and with that tail we could make some shweet moves with it

Kursk you've put an image of this thing being surrounded by velociraptors and then it spins around really fast and wipes them all out with his tail.
I believe you've got yourself an attack.

That, actually, would work. In a double battle it would hit all the other pokemon.

Moves come later, just get the actual pokemon finished for now

Hyper Beam wrote:

It's kinda boring but definitely ground-ey

Looks awesome, dude. Not boring at all.
Although making it a quadruped would make it look less like Sandslash/Blastoise.

I'll draw another concept of him today, and maybe some pre-evos.

I made him a biped because the two other starters are quadrupeds. I also figured the pre-evos would be quadrupeds, so in that way he would be similar to the Cyndaquil line.

I thought that hyper beam or someone else made a first evo already, it sort of looked like a mole, I thought it'd be could if you either based yours on that or just used that one because it was a biped too.Also I'm all for sandslash eyes.

Here's a different design, I think I've gotten rid of most of the traits that made it resemble Blastoise/Sandslash...

I've changed the shell so it is like segmented armor pieces, which is more reminiscent of the doedicurus. I've also made the shell continue so that it is a "helmet" over the top of his head.

looks great!
but think it should be facing more forward for the final sprite
however that sketch would work perfectly for the back view.

The markings sort of make it look like a tiger.

Here's a mockup... I'm not very good with a tablet so the shading looks a bit off.

I like that Aerodactyl. I think the tail spikes could look more natural though, with a random assortment. As now I'd guess it was a steel type, given that it looks like it has a forged mace for a tail.

Damn, that's an awesome looking Pokemon...Andrew? Alex? Sorry, I'm horrible at memorizing names. ._.

I agree with the above post, the tail end makes it look part steel. Maybe a more curved, shovel-like tip will make it look closer to pure ground.

Ehh? Kinda boring if you ask me.

I think snorlax is right, you've got yourself a backsprite.