What makes Fakemon look like actual Pokémon?

[Kyng]

https://www.ign.com/articles/fakemon-des...n-a-pokmon

Every time a new Pokémon generation is announced, clever tricksters online manage to fool us all by designing "fakemon" — fake Pokémon that look real enough the community is convinced they're actual leaks.

Some, of course, are more believable than others, but inevitably there are at least a few that fool people with every new set of games. But apart from obvious tells like Japanese text that doesn't actually spell anything, what makes one set of fake Pokémon designs more believable than another? Well, one "fakemon" artist recently took to Reddit to break down exactly what makes a Pokémon look like a Pokémon .

The post is lengthy and worth reading in its entirety, but to summarize, u/Xelshade breaks down Pokémon design into four components: Color Count, Level of Detail, Anatomy and Proportions, and Relatable Features. While there are exceptions to each of these rules (Ditto comes up a lot), Pokémon essentially have roughly around 2-4 colors in their designs, a moderate level of detail (not overly complex but not too simple either), stylized anatomies but not exaggerated (somewhere between Digimon and Yokai Watch), and two or more of the following: eyes, mouth, and limbs.

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Well, the Reddit post is two months old, so I'm not sure why it's being reported in the news now . But either way, I'm sharing it, because it looks useful to people who create Fakemon (myself included: it's something I've done in the past, and might do so again one day !)

So, do you agree with the points presented here? And is there anything else you would add?

[JHG]

Mine only go with descriptions so…mine are too obviously Fakemon!

[Kyng]

Mine only go with descriptions so…mine are too obviously Fakemon!

I guess that's true . Although, perhaps this will help you (or anyone else) to create images of some of them ?