>>43275214>no emotion in the eyes>no hint of having an actual discussion with another artist as to the design>the fact it didn't immediately stand out from the other fake leaks that were spat out here at the time, indicating it wasn't anything Game Freak-tierGo back to 2016 it was EASY to spot Decidueye, Incineroar and Primarina as being real, compared to what other shit was being posted here because they looked like they went through a complex design process, looked like they were more than the work of one artist (or rather ideas and suggestions of more than one person) and having an actual spark of life behind the eyes that makes you think they could be real, despite them just being drawn art.
I'll level with you, it's incredibly hard for me to put into words exactly what it is, because I'm batting 1000 on telling true from fakemon leaks on gut instinct. I just seem to be able to tell if something looks like it came from Game Freak or not The quality of the artwork in the leak is another big thing, Game Freak don't let ANY pokémon get seen by outside entities until it's signed off and redrawn officially, meaning they use industry-quality printing or the finalised digital copies to send out to the underlings for promotional/merchandise materials. If the artwork doesn't look like it's professional standard, that's another hit it's not kosher. The fact many fakemon artists don't seem to comprehend the existence of a ruleset (or ignore the fact GF don't use wip- artworks for their reference sheets) means it's incredibly easy for me to tell them apart by eyesight, there's always something off about them.
