>>31153780Pokemon often have iconic, distinguishable eyes, and the first fakemon in your line has eyes just look like Wailmer's but bigger, and kind of lifeless. The other evolutions have iconic eyes and are great, so maybe make the first one's eyes similar to those but less intimidating without being overly cutesy.
>>31153891I love the paper boat turning into a pirate hat idea, and while subtlety is important, you could do more with it- I find that researching real-life countrerparts of your fakemon and making pokedex entries for my designs helps to flesh out the ideas more, as you can adjust their designs to focus on their purpose (not sure how to word that right). Since yours is based around a whale, if I'm not mistaken, they have to be conscious to breathe, even while sleeping. Since this is pokemon, you could give the hat special properties that are inspired by this- for example, the hat floats to the surface when the pokemon is sleeping and collects oxygen. While not the best idea, I feel design aspects should have a purpose and shouldn't just be stuck on (For example, Bruxish has a thing on its head that is used to send soundwaves to intimidate other pokemon, and is not just their for no reason).
