>>29673524>Why aren't these two Pokemon with fundamentally different concepts treated with the same art style? Wahhh!Because Fearow is meant to look scruffy, like a wild bird, and the style is used to support said concept. That's why Fearow's feathers and general form have more jagged lines, and why its talons are detailed and calloused. It gives the Pokemon a rough appearance, exactly what it's supposed to entail. It's name is Fearow, for fuck's sake.
How the living fuck are you going to expect Decidueye to be treated by the same design principles when it's a completely different concept altogether, you idiot? Decidueye is not meant to look like Fearow, not meant to appear like a vagrant bird, that's why it's not given jagged lines throughout the design, because that would translate the wrong fucking thing. It's an owl, not meant to look fierce, but more calm and collected, and that's well translated in the pose and the hood.
>B-B-But, muh detail!More detail =/= Better design
Why you think this is beyond me. One of the answers to your whining is right there in the picture, in fact.
>characteristics of a predatory birdYes, because Fearow is meant to appear as such, like a haggard bird, nothing noble about it. Decidueye, while based off a predatory bird itself, is NOT meant to look like a haggard, like Fearow.
Take pic related. It's a good design, but not very detailed. OP, you don't need an overload of details to convey a good design. In fact, the more of a concept that you can convey without unnecessary details, the better.
