This is Potriarch (pot/pottery/tree/patriarch/arch) – The Drooping Plant Pot Pokémon.
This is the first fakemon I've ever designed (except for a willow tree sketch I made that sadly looked like Tracy Beaker, the less said about that the better) and I thought it would be cool to give Sunflora some love with an evolution repurposing the Chipped Pot from the Sinistea/Poltergeist line. He is supposed to be a big goofy guy and a paternal figure to other Sunflora. Withdraw would be added to Sunflora's move set and when Sunflora evolves Potriarch would gain access to the moves Teatime, Shell Smash and Life Dew.
Potriarch's body is much larger than Sunflora but because there are holes in the Chipped Pot it is slowly dying, as seen with it's characteristically thin neck and head drooping over.
I was also inspired by the seasonal theme with Sunkern representing spring, Sunflora as summer, and Potriarch as fall/autumn. With less sunlight in fall/autumn it's head becomes too heavy for it's body and droops down. The leaves around it's head are yellow/brown to represent wilting. I have tried to emphasise it's proportions to tell this story and I've also added Sunkern's patterning on the back of its neck and the cracks on the bottom of the pot where it's feet poke out.
I think it would be funny to see this Pokémon's heads bobbing up and down while it runs.
In game I see Potriarch being the head of a group of 5 Pokémon as other groups of Pokémon are in scarlet/violet, flanked by four Sunflora.
I'm also not completely set on the name Potriarch as I realise it could have negative connotations. Other names I have considered are Sunbersome (Sunflower + Cumbersome), Sunruly (Sun + Unruly), Potumnal (Pot + Paternal + Autumnal) and Sunkempt (Sun + Unkempt).
I'm excited to post this and see what people think – please share your thoughts below! (Be gentle it's my first drawing I'm aware my art skills are somewhat lacking 😅).
by aarxoliver