>>39667140The proportions on the original are just awful. The base concept is fine and even a little clever. But the artists at GF right now are going for this, I’ll call it a “transpacific” style that incorporates western design trends, like they did with the SM character designs. It’s maybe a smart move for the anime industry but when applied to creature designs, in my opinion it just looks garish and less impressive than stuff like Venusaur or even better-proportioned bipedal mons like Zangoose.
But even beyond that there are problems. Maybe it’s an optical thing caused by those ugly balls on the shoulders, but it seems like the arms are joined in the completely wrong place. OP’s pic has more proper anatomy.
