These are the current designs I have for my Starter Pokémon. These are absolutely not final designs (as should be evident just from the line work of the Grass Starter’s final stage alone), and I would appreciate any ideas to help improve these designs, ideas on how I can represent their theme progressions better, and ideas on how I can incorporate the below inspirations into their future redesigns:
Grass Starter:
-Kermode Spirit Bear
-Cub Scout (First Stage) to Park Ranger (Third Stage)
-Deforestation
-Forests
-Fog (Ghost-type status move that lowers the opponent’s Speed each turn, and acts like Leech Seed)
-Hibernation
-Xerophyllum tenax (Indian Basket grass/Bear grass)
-Specializes in HP and Defense
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Fire Starter: (first stage adopted from @GregAndrade22)
-Mountain Goat/Bighorn Sheep
-Climber (First Stage) to Mountain Climber (Third Stage)
-Industrialization
-Volcanoes/Mountains
-Battering Rams (Steel-type physical attack that lowers the opponent’s Defense and Special Defense after landing)
-Goats “eating” metal
-Goats and sheep being used as burnt offerings
-Steel Wool
-Specializes in Attack and Speed
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Water Starter:
-Blue Ringed Octopus/Giant Pacific Octopus
-Swimmer (First Stage) to Deep Sea Diver (Third Stage)
-Water Pollution
-Oceans
-Oil Spills (Poison-type special attack that lowers the opponent’s Attack and Special Attack after landing)
-Octopus/squid squirting ink
-Dead Zones
-Hypoxia
-Specializes in Special Attack and Special Defense
by SubcodeTalker