>>50395396>Why do so many "realistic Pokémon" artists either not know or straight up ignore what the original design actually was or is based on?The most popular "realistic Pokémon" artists base their designs on visual appeal, not strict realism. The artist of OP wanted to draw a horse so he drew a high quality horse picture and added Reshiram-adjacent features and called it a "realistic Reshiram". This creates a feedback loop where any new artists who would possibly want to draw realistic Pokémon that turn out awkward-looking because of the burden of visually depicting a cartoon with the exact polar opposite art style of a cartoon are forced out of the market because their art "isn't good" as per the commoner.
