>>23123106There's a big leap between a giant Asian salamander and an axolotl. For one, the former stays aquatic its entire life, and isn't a neotenic species like the axolotl. Completely different families too.
>realisticLike I said, they're not really realistic at all, for all that Arvalis labels them as such. It's interpreting the Pokemon as a real life animal (or the closest thing to such) and then drawing them as that. Arvalis is a good artist, but his art is still heavily stylized. I wouldn't call it realistic, but that doesn't make it any less cool.
>It looked like a goddamn axolotl to me too.Yeah, if you're not familiar with caudates. Which is fine, just don't get het up when someone says they aren't axolotls.
>>23122507Nah, it still retains plenty of canine traits. The tail and body shape + limbs are all dog, the claws are halfway between tiger and dog, and the head is a tiger's.
