Something similar’s now happening with the old mechanical insect Pokemon, the so-called Genesect. Namely, Genesect has now received a neat fan-made redesign that embellishes the creature’s style with a few modernized tweaks, making it significantly sleeker and substantially more intimidating compared to the original.

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According to artist Tnisersaas06, who previously worked on a custom Ghost-type Heracross Pokemon as well, the neon-lined Genesect came to them in a dream, and they simply had to bring it to life with a proper illustration. It’s particularly noteworthy that Tnisersaas06 follows the official design language remarkably well, and their takes on both Heracross and Genesect would hardly look out of place in a baseline Pokemon title produced by GameFreak. The artist previously worked on a special Scyther variant, too, which was requested by the community, and which suggests that Pokemon fans will be seeing more of Tnisersaas06 on the franchise’s subReddit soon enough.

Whereas Tnisersaas06 chooses to draw their sketches in a way that’s reminiscent of GameFreak’s early, out-of-game sketches, some other Pokemon community artists prefer working with pixel-art, instead. PokemonRegionalFR designed a Rock/Fire Bulbasaur evolutionary line, which is effectively the polar opposite of the actual, official rendition of Bulbasaur. While fan art is certainly fairly commonplace on the Internet, no matter the franchise, it’s clear that Pokemon specifically hosts a massive array of talented artists who are eager to come up with “what if” scenarios for their own creature designs.

One of the particularly interesting ongoing fan projects is Alex Fantastico’s Pokemon ancestry project. Fantastico has already come up with a huge array of custom Pokemon ancestors that fit the bill remarkably well, and they’re intent on continuing to do so for as long as they can. Few other IPs offer quite as much wiggle-room as Pokemon does in this respect, and though GameFreak is highly unlikely to make note of these works of art, the community finds them infinitely entertaining.

It’s, of course, worth pointing out that GameFreak is no pushover in regard to creature designs, either. In fact, with Pokemon Scarlet and Violet’s Paradox Pokemon making their debut, one could make an argument that the company is looking for ways to make its flagship franchise even more pertinent and contemporary. Either way, it’s a safe assumption that the fan artists such as Tnisersaas06 will have their own take on Paradox Pokemon in due time, too.

Pokemon Scarlet and Violet release on November 18, 2022, for the Nintendo Switch.

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Source: Tnisersaas06