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Boy this one was tricky. Looking at Gastly, I cracked it, his eyes could be bat ears; then the rest just fell into place design wise. None of the Gastly family are actually ghosts, but have just been claimed to be. Gastly and Haunter on live in caves and empty towers, appearing only at night. Their forms are very hard to make out as they have deceptive camouflage; Gastlies appear to be little more than a head at first glace, though in actuality are a very large poisonous bat. Each member of this family possesses a helium bladder, giving them the ability to float and taking on a ghostly appearance. Gengars do not occur in the wild, they are the result of a trainer taking their haunter to a new region, this results is a radical shift physique. Though Gengars do possess the ability to levitate, they are much heavier than their kin and can only levitate to avoid attacks. Each of them can produce a poisonous cloud by ruffling their fur, releasing dried toxic saliva into the air; though Gastlies seem to do this most commonly. They are hyper carnivores, preying on anything they can find, most commonly their relatives, Zubats. Rattata doesn't like picture day.
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I love your interpretation of Haunters Hands.
Really cool. I'm not a big fan of Gengar.
But I could live with this version ♥
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Wow please burn them burn them with FIRE!!
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No, they aren't weak to fire!
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aw but they're cute!
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I don’t get why people hate on this. The art is so realistic in concept and design.
I assume it’s because they’re not ghosts, but that’s what makes them realistic. Ghosts aren’t real, so they wouldn’t be realistic and therefore he made them into bats(which makes a lot of sense considering they live in dark caves, dark towers, dark forests, and in some cases an abandoned building).
overall this is some top quality Pokemon fanart.
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>I don’t get why people hate on this.
Its /vp/.
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I like the bat angle; it makes them hit home in a way that 'ghosts' or some plasma/energy creature or other excuse wouldn't hit.
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This really makes you think about how terrifying these would be irl...
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I imagine they could be like captive Gengar that have had their fur grown out into larger tufts.
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Honestly these look so cool and I don't understand why so many people dislike it? Turning the Gengar line into bats is really creative and refreshing compared to all the other "realistic" versions that are basically copies of each other.
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Turning them into bats is not realistic. They should have just called it "realistic gengar line as bats" cause they aren't bats! They are GHOSTS! All realistic images look the same cause the pokemon is the same!
It's not refreshing, it's just wrong, and kinda gross. It's like taking pikachu, THE ELECTRIC MOUSE POKEMON, and trying to convince me is a f*ckin dog!
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He draws Pokémon like they would look like in real life. There aren't ghosts in reallife, but there are bats and bats are often linked with horror. In the descriptions stands that in the lore of his realistic Pokémon the Ghastly line is just mistaken to be ghosts.
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well then it's a good thing this is MY opinion of the artwork and not yours right? If you wanna bitch about how "uNrEaLiStIc!111!!!1111" it is then make your own comment instead of trying to argue with someone complimenting the artwork. It IS refreshing because it's ORIGINAL, and literally anything you say will not change my mind nor the artist's mind.
Die mad about it
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Question: What makes it "gross"? I think bat!Gengar looks freaking metal myself (not to mention Gengar in particular looks exactly how I'd personally picture a real life Gengar to look).
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If my giant bat turned into a walking spiky bear Idk if i'd be glad or more afraid.
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Impressive! I like the idea of making the Gastly's eyes into ears.
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good job on preserving the original silhouettes, yet offering a fresh take
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Contrary to others complaining about the fact they are bats, I think that making them bats is an awesome and creative take on them as there are no ghosts in real life.
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How do you know there aren't ghosts?
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They are ghosts in the actual game, but to make them realistic he turned them into bats.
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Ignore the complaints. I'd say this is a creative take on this trio.
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It’s pretty obvious from the description that Arvalis put a lot of thought into the design for a realistic Ghastly evolution line and it would be nice if you could respect that.
Look through Arvalis’s gallery and you would see that there’s a reason that this is called “Realistic Pokemon”, these designs are based on real life animals and plants - NOT ghosts - even though that contradicts the Pokemon canonverse. If you have criticism for the designs that the artist obviously worked hard on, at the very least make it constructive and not just meaninglessly argue with the artist over their interpretation of what a realistic Ghastly evo line would look like.
Tl;dr, if you don't like it, don't click on it, and please keep the comment section positive and not destructive. If you, for some reason, really have to criticise it, make your criticism constructive and don't just bash on the artist's ideas. DeviantArt is about sharing ideas and helping each other grow as artists, and destructive criticism does not accomplish that. Thank you.
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They're not bats. Never said i didnt like it. Never said it was crit either.
Don;t like what someone else has to say, don't click on it. I really, personally do not care for your input. Whether you use bold fonts or not. Theyre all words that don;t mean anything anyways.
Don;t like what someone has to say about your interpretation? Don't respond with "prove it"
Don;t like what someone comments? Move along. Im entitled to my opinion, JUST AS MUCH as anyone else here.
I'm not here to pet little egos because they can't handle someone disagreeing with them. Have a nice night <:
Thank you.
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Yeah, having opinions is fine, but you ought to have some respect for the artist's creativity as well, instead of just arguing - frankly - pointlessly. If you think it's not a bat, then move along, the point of this series is realism - as in - making up logical explanation for the quirks of Pokemon, which is why this is so popular.
You're welcome
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I wasn't thanking you for anything.
I'm sorry, I ought to what? Says... who? Never said I didn't. Never said I did, either.
If someone responds to me, I will respond back. As simple as that. If you weren't apart of the original comment between me and the artist, then it doesn't concern you.
Have a nice day.
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I wasn't a part of the original comment, but I didn't see a rule that says that I can't reply to explain why I personally think your original comment was wrong, and that it's fundamentally wrong to attack an artist for their creativity on an art sharing website.
It's pretty simple: if you don't like an artist's interpretation of something, don't attack the art piece that they obviously put a lot of time and effort into designing and drawing, try to keep the comment section constructive instead of destructive.
Thank you, have a nice day too.
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You should try using ' instead of ; in "Don't"
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