>>33052497I don't agree with the whole 'unnecessary shit slapped on' criticism of Digimon. However the non-humanoid monsters in Digimon (Whamon is a great example) are by-&-large covered in sinew & striated muscle, neither of which are done very well. While older Pokemon designs tended to place emphasis on shape, & newer Pokemon designs on colour, Digmon tends to focus on texture, & I think that often overshadows shape in the same way that colour does in a lot of the newer Pokemon (Emboar, for instance)
I still like a lot of Digimon designs, but they tend to be ones that are simpler in terms of texture, like Guilmon or Fanbeemon (however, notice how the shine & jaggedness of Fanbeemon's stinger draws you away from the rest of the body - place you finger over it & your eyes go back to looking at it more as a whole)
