>>58445442No, what the guy is saying is that in many cases, fan artists fall into trying to make something aesthetic, while Pokemon artists are instructed to bring something new to the table. Note that this doesn't justify crap like M-Feraligtr. A bad design is a bad design. But the point is that it's something fans don't expect, and that's what TPC wants. And again, not in all cases. GF also plays it safe. It's as if the order were to create 10 cute Pokemon, 10 cool Pokemon, 10 dumb Pokemon, 10 ugly pokemon, 10 boring pokemon, and experiment with the remaining 10.
In an interview, Sugimori revealed that some Pokemon are created ugly on purpose, to make others shine. Or, as in the case of Blaziken, it was created with the purpose of testing the public's response to a Pokemon that, for them, didn't fit with the Pokemon philosophy. It was a surprise that the public accepted it with open arms.
