>>38736407>>38736580You misunderstood. When I said "take themes too literally" I meant that when people draw fakemon, they give it a theme, like
>>38727401 for example, and basically just draw a monkey literally dressed as a marching band drummer. Complete with clothing. It's not creative.
Newer pokemon, like the Gen 7 evos you listed are so reliant on themes that they feel overdesigned, or not like Pokemon at all. Look at Charizard. One of the most popular Pokemon, especially design wise. There is no theme. It's not over-complicated. It's just a cool dragon-like creature. It's not a Bipedial Tiger that has a fire wrestling belt and taunts and poses and does wrestling moves, because it needs to fit the THEME of a wrestler. It's not an Archer Owl who shoots arrow feathers and has to look like it's wearing a cloak and mask.
These are characters, not pokemon. And before you call me a genwunner, there are plenty of gen 1 pokemon that do similar things. Machoke, Machamp, Jynx, and Mr Mime. These days though, it seems like it's becoming more of the norm. It's less weird creatures with and more literal animals wearing clothing. And I'm not a fan of that direction.
>>38736823I mean look at this shit.
