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OOF, they're done! I've been working on these for a couple months, trying out some new linework techniques and taking a break from all my fantasy world-building to just explore some more typical fantasy/medieval designs!So yeah these are pokemon gijinkas (or humanizations), as you guys may know I love to theme my generational favs, and this time's theme was loosely based on Arthurian legends. The coats of arms were probably the most enjoyable part for me, I'm a nerd for that heraldry shit!
From left to right, we have:
Kay the Bastiodon, humble and hearty knight
Lancelot the Lopunny, strong and silent ranger
Merlin the Drifloon, ethereal mage from times long past
Arthur the Empoleon, an uppity king from a distant land
Guinevere the Glaceon, Arthur's wife and fiercest protector
Morgan the Toxicroak, mischievous magic caster
You can see individual shots of them on my Tumblr
And my previous pokemon gijinka teams below:
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These look amazing. They would be a very interesting D&D group! I'm in love with their crests and how you were able to get the elements of each Pokemon without overdoing it.
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Man, this is such a creative take on both pokemon Gijinkas and arthurian legends! The way you adapted the Bastion shape to work as a coat of arms is geniusΒ
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I felt like Bastiodon was just MEANT to be a coat of arms haha! I'm so glad you like these though, I forgot how much fun I had while drawing them!
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I love the Arthurian twist you put there. Nice inspiration.
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Thank you so much! It was a lot of fun to do
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My favorite knight is Sir Lancelot. Well, thanks to the game, Sonic And The Black Knight. SEGA added a legendary twist in the game where Sonic embarks on a medieval alternate adventre, learning the art of swordsmanship, goind against the best knight of the round table and facing King Arthur possessed by the sccabard of Excalibur.
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The details in each character look really good, such an awesome idea to do with your gen faves. Well done!
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thank you so much!!
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Okay so like. FIRST OF ALL NAFISAH THE COAT OF ARMS. DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I LOVE THEM AND DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I LOVE THAT YOU'RE DOING THEM MORE AND STUFF LIKE I'M MESSED THE FUCK UP BECAUSE THEY'RE ALL SO GOOD AND PERFECT AND LOVELY AND WONDERFUL and I love how you emphasized the actual Pokemon design in those I'm screaming so hard.
ANYWAYS -wipes excited sweat from brow- OKAY OKAY so Kay can fucking marry me I love her anatomy, I love her big smile and missing teeth and her fiery red hair. I love it because you did a red-haired warrior girl in such an atypical way from how society loves to do that archetype and anyways I adore her.
LANCELOT IS MARRIAGE MATERIAL I KNOW I TOLD YOU THIS BUT LIKE. SHIT FUCK SHIT. HOW DREAMY. I love the way you did the fluff and armor on his arms, I adore that he's an archer, I love how it's subtle but you made his lower half a thicker part of the silhouette with like armor and shit and it really works with lopunny's shape in general. You're so cool Fi.
MERLIN THE DRIFLOON MAKES ME SO HAPPY I really like how dreamy and lovely Merlin looks???? Like??? Idk I feel like there's this POWER. RADIATING FROM THEM. And it makes me really excited because this designs seems simpler than the others but you still captured just as powerful of a mood for the character. So impressive.
AND THEN WE HAVE ARTHUR WHO IS ALSO MARRIAGE MATERIAL. THE BLUES ARE MURDERING ME HE LOOKS SO ROYAL AND HANDSOME AND LOVELY AND YOU DRAWL WEAPONS AND SHIELDS IN SUCH A PLEASING WAY. I love this take on Empoleon too you're literally the coolest for executing this Nafisah.
THE TRUE FAV THOUGH IS GLACEON WHO I WOULD DIE FOR. Guinevere is so fuckin elegant and royal and I love the straight cut of her hair, I love the sharp and icy dangerous lok of her armor and her serious expression and her pointy blade. Back to the armor though like - I feel like you really grasped the COLD and DANGEROUS look of ice while still shaping it like armor and I thought that was so cool.
AND THEN WE HAVE MORGAN THE TOXICROAK. I fucking love this color scheme and the way you handled it. I love the metal embedded in it, I love her makeup and entire look. She looks so dangerous and fierce and cool and I think you did an incredible job making her look powerful.
GOOD JOB MY FI.
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SNAWWW I love that you get it-- I really wanted Kay to be an atypical warrior redhead girl LOL. I'm so happy that you pick up on things like that
A bit of trivia, but Lance's bottom-heavy design was based on Ramza, the main character of the original Final Fantasy Tactics (FFT is actually a huge influence on my fantasy designs!)
I'm glad Merlin still feels as substantial as the others, I was worried about them being less detailed so it makes me happy to hear that!
Arthur is definitely marriage material, my personal bias is probably leaking out of the design HAHAHA
BUT YES, SNAW'S BIAS! Every time I do something eevee-related now, I think of you. I hope you're proud of yourself 8')
I had so much fun with Morgan's color scheme. As you know I am that hoe who hates red/blue color schemes so it was A CHALLENGE, but I'm happy with it! It's a wonder what purple can do to help transition the other two colors more naturally
THANK YOU MY SNAW ILU
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I feel like the one on the far right will bust out into poor unfortunate souls any minute.
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GOD THESE ARE INCREDIBLE!!
IM IN LOVE WITH LOPUNNY AND TOXICROAK !!!
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THANK YOU!! I thought those two were the wittiest out of the bunch for sure
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THIS IS A MONSTROSITY...... BEAUTIFULLY MAGESTIC....Β Β Β Β
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I love those shields in the back of each character. It just makes me think that I need to step my game up a bit and catch up with everyone O^O
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Ahh thank you! The coats of arms were a blast to work on
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the toxicroak is genious, I love it! Your style is amazing, you have really inspired me to try and do something similar with the shapes and the colorsΒ
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I'm so happy to hear that, thank you!!
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I love these so much! :3 Makes me think of D&D characters, like I've been doing in my gijinka posts.
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Yeah I was going for a semi-D&D style
Thanks!
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1st 0_0 oh my gems
2nd their so epic their aoutfits their armor
3rd and thre crest its amazign ideas
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Thank you so much!!
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1st your welcome
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Thank you so much!!
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FWIW, I like your art for a lot of reasons: I like the style, the diversity of your characters and the design choices you make, it definitely meets my tastes! ^^
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I'm so happy to know that!
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I made a resolution to tell other people when I think something good about them, so here it is ^^
People are all too eager to complain, but usually don't share compliments or kind words, and I try to actively come out of that pattern
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that is the sweetest resolution! I might take it up myself and pay forward your kindness, thank you! :0
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I would be honored to know my actions helped spread a bit of love
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These look amazing! I just had one question, however, did you mean Merlin to be a Drifloon or a Drifblim?Β
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OH!! Wow what a brainfart, I meant Drifblim! I think I always end up saying Drifloon cause it rolls off the tongue better lol
Thanks for catching that for me!
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Aside from your character design and creativity, I forgot if I mentioned how good you are with symbol-making (like crests and logos). I think I did say it on another picture way back when BUT I shall mention it again cause it's just that good aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
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OH THANK YOU!! A good friend of mine mentioned that to me too, and it made me realize I truly do enjoy designing crests and such. I really wanna put more conscious effort into doing it, maybe that be a 2018 resolution
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If you're saying these weren't done with conscious effort then I think you've fully surpassed to a higher plane of existence 
Do you have any sources for information or ideas and/or guidelines when creating them? I love logos/crests/symbols a lot, but I always found it deceptively difficult. From deciding how little or how much detail to add, to colors, to shapes and linework and patterns, etc... Especially when you're creating multiple sets that differ from each other while those within their set have a similar relation. My logo/crest designs often come out looking more like tribal tattoos than anything else, and while there's nothing wrong with tribal tattoos (I love them), I don't want every symbol looking like that. Variety and all that jazz.
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I meant putting more conscious effort into doing them more often LOL
I'm not that cool
I think my main advice is to familiarize yourself with what kind of symbol/crest you're looking to create. Are you going for something minimal, something traditional or cultural? Once you can figure out the terminology or name for what you're looking to design, you can google that and save images that appeal to you. Study them, make mood boards of them, copy them.
For example, for this set, I was looking at a lot of Coats of Arms, studying the different types and components that make them up. While many coats of arms are comprised of a central shield and banner with a crown on top, some have more abstract center pieces like simple squares and big animals (usually lions) framing the sides.Β
Another set of symbols I spent a long time on are the mask insignias for my Solaris assassins
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For these guys, I spent a long time studying the different planetary symbols and redrawing them in different ways in my notebooks (you can see some of those iterations and studies in the sketchdump linked above). By redrawing them a lot, i started becoming more familiar with their individual pieces and what made them recognizable as symbols. I combined that with a "tron-like" aesthetic (so I also looked up a lot of references pertaining to THAT style to get more ideas flowing) to make them feel more sleek and hi-tech, and ta-da~
Mainly, it's important to do a lot of research. Spend time with different aesthetics and get your hands dirty, rough out ideas, do studies, and again, even copy designs to get your hands used to the motions.
It's a long and sometimes arduous process, but it makes for some cool results!
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Honestly, expected no less with the answer! Figured in the end, persistence and research were the two main things needed. I think the hardest part for me is just trying to figure out *where* and *what* to even research. The whole "where do I even begin!" anxiety haha. 
But thank you so much for writing up your response! And I almost forgot about the Kajur assassins! I didn't even realize the mask designs were based off the planetary symbols. I mean it's written right dar *facepalm* but now that I see it again, that's such a clever idea.
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I was scrolling through the front page rather quickly so I just saw the dark blue one first and I thought "hmm cool warrior he reminds me of Empoleon..." ..and then I realised it WAS empoleon! Haha these are so, so cool. Love the fact that you made typically ""girly"" pokemon like Lopunny a guy. Good work!!!!!! uwu
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