>>52574283It's because Sugimori's taken a more hands-off approach after Gen 7, most notably letting Turner take the reigns for 8. There's definitely a stronger concentration of silly designs, and I think they realized that designing mons out of simple shapes makes them easier to model. Compare Tyranitar to Baxcalibur, the latter has a flatter and less defined look.
I was gonna post a comparison but I found pic related. Even the clickbaiting shills know the design is bad and ever so slightly touches it up.
