>>17043152Take this texture, for example. Here Sugimori uses it on the leaves of Mega Venusaur but he also uses it on Blue/Gary/Whoever's jacket. (It's also used elsewhere, like on some Rock-and Steel-Type Pokemon and things like Zekrom.) Does it mean they're the same material? Not at all, it's just a texture he uses to show something is a bit rougher. It's just one of the quirks of the style.
>>17042928So a version with the whiskers, but move the ones in the nose area onto the nose?
>>17042935I'll start working on a version like that.