>>31658839I think it would be cool, but again, its design philosophy would be too similar to fire bull here.
Just put this together, figured I'd show what I have, try to explain their concepts, and see if anyone likes them. The fire one is easy, it's just a cow/bull mixed with a train. The big one leads a herd of babies, and a middle-stage covers the backside like a caboose. I've shown these guys in a thread a while back, but I just drew the touched up artwork of the final form tonight.
As for the mushroom, it's supposed to be a bioluminescent mushroom that looks like a Japanese yurei + hitodama, since many parts of the world, including Japan, would often mistake the glow of mushrooms for Will-o-the-Wisp back in olden times. The big triangle on the front of the final form's cap is supposed to represent that weird little triangle headband you typically see yurei wear. (And I guess it's not an animal like most starters, but starters have broken assumed rules before, like Chespin being the first grass mammal, Decidueye changing its secondary type, Greninja getting its own special snowflake transformation, etc., plus I hope I made it appealing enough to not even matter whether it's an animal or not.)
All that said, I'm comfortable enough in what I have to not want to have to redo any of this just to fit a bear in. Please understand.