>>44181534i see your point anon, but that's not true for every artist. most of us draw fake pokémon for fun, and some artists usually just slap a typing to an existing animal. the creative process really is the most important part, but sometimes you get designs like boultund 2.0 aka liberon
https://www.deviantart.com/nachtbeirmann^this guy is one of my favorite fakemon artists, and i think he avoids the generic monster design syndrom pretty well