>>39795521A lot of those are really weak comparisons. Some are spot on though.
Grass starter - wrong
Fire starter - I drew both of those so that sorta makes sense? It's actually based on an even older design of mine tho.
Fungus rat - wrong
Lynx - actually kitling was the original lynx, so the lynx is a new version
Water crane - wrong
Rock toad - I actually submitted the long gone original design for the rock toads to sage in the begining but they didn't get in for good reason. They were shit.
Gargoyle - wrong, but I did design the koblin evos
Mantis - really? They're nothing alike, though I did design enigmantis
Stone owl - ???
Hyena - what?
Wendigo - yeah, brought the concept over
Eels - god I wish those were as good as barracute, but they weren't inspired By them in any way shape or form.
Pangolins - literally a design I submitted for pangolash, so yes on all accounts
Tesla coil - wrong
Stank ass plants - no, I didn't take any inspiration from growmeo or tuliep
Mermaid - sort of? I was actually taking from a completely different fakemon for that concept but yeah
Sundew - absolutely. Sunduke is my absolute favorite sage mon, I had to have a sundew.
Honorable mentions:
The sludge bird was a sage concept that never made it in
I definitely took some inspiration from my hornizard design for my ground Thorny lizard in my dex
Quartet mom never made in into sage either
The multiple Evo birds were submitted to PokeAus
Goblins were definitely derived from koblin/kobalt
