>>26939924Not that anon btw, but I'm the opposite of this. I like to see the sprite, artwork, and 3d models and think "based on its looks, description and function, what would this thing look like if it jumped from this animu-looking dimension into the real world?". The answer to that, when we're talking about Voltorbs, is clearly not a fucking armadillo. If we talk about Giratina it's clearly not a giant bug, its legs are big and thick not thin and segmented like a bug's. If we talk about Honedge, it's DEFINITELY not a motherfucking dragonfly or whatever that was. It's not about finding a real life animal and painting it the colors of a Pokémon, it's about taking a Pokémon and give it the feel of something that could exist outside your house without sacrificing what makes that Pokémon's core concept and design what it is, I believe the best "realistic" Pokémon appear when you simply de-anime-ize what's there and make it real while still making it work without putting a stop to the fantastic concepts that make them what they are. If my Dedenne looks happy as shit, it should still look happy as shit irl, pic related there are animals that look goofy and happy and not 100% boring and generic, don't paint a fat hamster or mouse orange or yellow. Don't stack animals, objects and some paint on top of each other to make it "look" like the Pokémon from afar. Let it be the same thing, let it exist in our reality through the drawing. Just. Draw. The. Fucking. Pokémon.
