>>50395137well, i want to keep the orange because it's a fire starter after all. i'm fine with the middle stage and final not being generic red/orange/yellow but since it's an aquatic creature i feel like i need to compensate for the lack of "fireness". that being said, i like your edit and thanks for giving me feedback. i'll play with its design a little bit more!
anyway, i'm working on the evo. it's based on the "encantado" folklore. i don't want it to turn fully humanoid though, so it's probably looks like a mix of golduck + lapras + rhyhorn