>>48577775>Because the Bulbasaur you posted is creepy afThe problem with designing realistic Pokemon is that half of them are creepy as fuck. Sure, it's easy to re-imagine a Meowth or Eevee and make them cute. Or re-image an Arbok and a Charmander and just make them recolors of real life animals. But what do you do for things like Mankey, whose physiology would make no sense in the real world?
If you stay true to key parts of his design, such as he's a monkey ball, he's weird. Change it too much, and it's no longer Mankey, just Monkey. It's hard to strike a good balance and you will inevitably just wind up with a lot of creepy designs. I don't think it can be helped.
