>Mount Coronet editionDiscuss Trainer OCs and further your designs/writing behind them through discussion with others. Be cool, be cringy, be creative, be whatever, just don’t be an idiot. Trolls, spammers, gooners, pet rocks, and ERPers are not welcome.>Thread Question:Favorite Pokemon of your OC, and the reasons behind it?>Drawing Task:Draw your Trainer walking in a route, can be a forest, a cave, an abandoned building, ruins, etc.>Writing Task:Write a small anecdote in the POV of one of your OCs Pokemon, going through an adventure without their trainer.>/tog/ artwork:https://mega.nz/folder/7MZhhRzA#d__DtSaqxctoawZZL3hxWw>/tog/ writing:https://rentry.co/TOGFanfictionLibrary>/tog/ resources:https://rentry.co/TOGCharacterResources>/tog/ OP:https://rentry.co/TOGThreadTemplate>Recent Work:>Gene encounters his Larvesta:>https://rentry.co/Larvesta-encounter>Previous Thread>>59283434
Cute OP pic.
>>59338652For some reason, this Mt. Coronet reminds me of Kakariko Mountain.Must be the clouds.
>>59338652>Write a small anecdote in the POV of one of your OCs Pokemon, going through an adventure without their trainer.I will take the opportunity to come up with proper names for Genes team, right now though I don't know what to take inspiration from for their names.... Eevee should probably be some random pet name like Vee, Fluff, or like.... I dont know, furball.
Peaceful weekend
>>59340205Indeed. Good to know the /tog/ peeps actually have lives lmao.
>>59339527>Eevee should probably be some random pet name like Vee, Fluff, or like.... I dont know, furball.Fluffball? Veeball?...Veebucks?
>>59340513Veeball is interesting me...For Lucario I have been thinking Raul, Serperior makes me think something like... Gawain, because of Green knight, or Rein. For mimikyu...Tepu. Absol can just be called Omen and Crobat makes me feel..... Brian, just Brian.Larvesta would be called Sol, and Charcadet I want to call it.... Cali, as in Caliburn.
Previously I had only told Bibianon and Zatchanon about this, but there was a basic synopsis for the final act of Grym Tales past the Vyce arc.An advanced mutant Deoxys (referred to as AM-Deoxys) fell to earth, and began targeting the legendary Pokémon across each region by splitting itself into clones and having said clones infect the legendary Pokémon, turning them into hyper violent hybrids.The idea was that while Grym and friends were trying to track down and stop the original AM-Deoxys, I would have encouraged others in the thread to "team-up" with another anon to fight against one of the infected legendaries. Sort of an "everyone bands together" deal.The finale would have had everyone come together at the end to fight AM-Deoxys, whose chest crystal was in fact a megastone, causing AM-Deoxys to become Mega Deoxys.
>>59341519>AM-DeoxysIs his theme idea about hate?
>>59341811KekI'm sure it would have had some very strong words for humanity along those lines of IHNMAIMS
>>59340982Neat names
Do you give your OCs Japanese alternative names?
>>59342570I thought about it, but then I dropped the idea, msinly because I feel I would've put random nonsense.In fact, here's one I had in mind: Tekarukite.
>>59342570This was something that actually came up in the super early days of the thread and nobody ever did anything with it afterwards. The one I came up originally for Alex was "Arashi Tanegashima" meaning "storm gun", written traditionally as "Tanegashima Arashi". In kanji this would be>種子島・嵐Because in Japan you write your names with the last written first because the culture emphasizes the ̶f̶a̶c̶t̶ ̶t̶h̶a̶t̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶y̶ ̶a̶r̶e̶ ̶a̶ ̶b̶u̶n̶c̶h̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶s̶o̶u̶l̶l̶e̶s̶s̶ ̶c̶o̶l̶l̶e̶c̶t̶i̶v̶i̶s̶t̶ ̶b̶u̶g̶m̶e̶n̶ family lineage over the individual. I considered having Alex forsaken that naming convention in order to emphasize his personal focus on individuality and also because it rolls off the tongue in a Romanized brain ("storm gun" versus "gun storm" read literally), but I decided against it because it would be a grammatical, linguistic, and cultural anomaly, although he would still go by his first name Arashi regardless. The idea came from the fact that Wanderer had released around that time and that was what I named mine.
>no unc OCs
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>>59343127Pretty lady!
>>59342981I saved this once
>>59338652>DT
>>59342545Im still considering the names but that is still one step to truly get what kind of mon they are, still not sure about the crobat name, I do want it to be a really common or basic name compared to everyoje else>>59342570I would have tried but I dont know enough about Japan to try to give a name to Gene.>>59343127Nice comm>>59342981To be fair, being the protagonist mostly teenagers/kids/ young adults, I guess its common to make a character along those lines, I have a hard time thinking about Pokemon Grandmas besides the Kanto E4 Ghost lady, we have more older men in the games than older women.
>>59344173>We have more older men in the games than older womenI feel this can be taken as the start of many horrible jokes.
>>59343758I wonderwhat did she saw. She looks surprised.
Bump
>>59338652>Drawing TaskPiper and Rose walking inside mt Coronet on their way to Oreburgh city>>59339224I see it>>59340982I need your assistance with nicknames for Piper’s Luxray and Marill*>>59343758Even I’m concerned by what she saw>>59344330Probably something messed up. She saw an assault vest iron defense Slowbro
>>59345157>Luxray>Do a quick google searchLei? abreviation of the word Leigong, the chinese thunder god.Marill>do more google search>be stumped on marill>check azumarill to see if something pops up in my head>look at the design and see the ears>search for "sea bunny"Parva or Jor maybe? Its more of a mollusc or a sea slug, but considering marill is one of those mons that had the sex glitch you could kind of spin it that way I guess?
>>59345157>The bats aren't even that badGo without a repel, and then come see me again.
>>59345514Maybe if you have loud boots on. Tip toe your way out and they won’t be a problem
Night bump
>>59346606Pleasant PokeDreams!
Free OC. The Turffield Gym Trainer Girl. I based this on the character models of the gym trainer girls of Hulbury and Circhester (of either game versions) + the face, clothing, and "personality" of the Gym Trainer Neesan from the Turffield Stadium.She has no name since she's just a generic NPC trainer class.
>>59346958>it wasn’t a smug femboy>this whole time it was a girl I’ve been tricked, backstabbed and bamboozled
>>59347018In this day and age, I can see this as an actual complaint.
>>59347018Just make her a femboy lmao
Ok, I have to apologize to davidanon for taking me so long with the model, but the main problem I was facing is not being able to find a way to make the body into a musculous body or any attempt from making it to feel off until very recently, Here you can see the comparison between the old and the new one in 3 sides (new one is on the left, the old one is the right one, the bigger change was on the legs and a little bit in the arms).Now with this done its just finding the correct clothes, I'm also sharing it in case you want to change something like the skin tone, the hair, the eyes or the shape of the body in some part, etc. And again, fucking sorry for taking so long.
>>59347018fag
>>59347635Damn, that's a lot of cake!
So, did anybody saw the Nintendo Direct? Any Wiwa news?
>>59349278What do you think?
>>59349278I didnt see it but I heard from second hand, but yeah, aside from Pokopia there wasnt any Pokemon news.I was genuinely surprised to see a remaster/expansion to Dragons dogma 2 since I thought it failed for the most part.Seeing the Final fantasy gacha unchained from EoS status made me happy.Some of my friends craved for KH4 news for YEARs so they were bouncing around the walls this direct, and seeing the trailer of the OOT remake made me icky since they seem to be going for a more realistic design and also the possibility that Nintendo might BotWify OOT, which feels like a sin.Oh yeah, the Pokopia DLC looked nice being able to be underwater, but I'm curious what other lore implications will be in there or if It's going to be just a new environment for you to build.
>>59349347I don't know what to think that's why I'm asking you.
>>59349672>lore implicationsOH NONONONONONO WHAT IS THIS???
>You are challenged to a battle by Midori!https://files.catbox.moe/78yg08.mp3New renders soon, writing up rules for the New /tog/ setRegarding the set, here's a few notes.>set is based around the Platinum/HGSS era of cards>all Pokémon can be used, but there are no special types in this dex (ex, Prime, Tera, etc)>NO AI card art allowed at all>If you make a card, it'll be VEEY much appreciated if you also make the art for it>please consider making at least one trainer card if you make a few cards!Submissions and full rules open up next week, lasting until late August. Due to us being a lot lower in number, the expected booster total is likely around 70 cards.
>>59350050>NO AI card art allowed at all>If you make a card, it'll be VEEY much appreciated if you also make the art for itAre you sure you're in the right tab?
>>59350378Very funny
>>59350050>NO AI card art allowed at all
Finally. After so long, I'm finally in my two free weeks vacation actually, it started yesterday, but I've been doing grocery shopping and random stuff, I may as well be anywhere but here. Good to know this place stands.>>59347635Is ok. I've never been very picky about people do stuff for me. If anything, I'm flattered you still try.Also, damn, I feel like the dude from Silence of the Lambs, because my character has a nice ass. It's obvious the game was made with female bodies in mind.>>59349672>I'm curious what other lore implications will be in thereEither a way to get Lugia, or we will have to fix whatever nuclear spill humans left. Remember that Kanto was the most modernized of Pokémon Japan.>>59350050Now that's a banger>>59350378Maybe I could learn to draw during these days. Nothing else to do. Does anybody have a copy of "drawing with the left side of your brain", or whatever that book was called? Also, Loomis if anybody has it.
>>59350407>NO! You have to accept my garbage, you have no choice! By all means feel free not to contribute, you wouldn't be missed.
>>59350407>>59350378I see I've triggered a few people.
>>59350536>>59350050The funny thing is, this guy used to use AI a lot for the music in his game (which has been in development hell), he just either caved to the pressure of Redditors seething about AI or decided to start an anti AI grift in order to attract attention from them and gain traction for his game. AI hate is copium from people who aren't skilled enough to be better than AI.
>>59350597>used to use AI a lot for the music in his gameOnly as prototype tracks to get an idea of how I want it to sound.>which has been in development hellThat's none of your business, but the game is doing just fine.>decided to start an anti AI grift in order to attract attention from them and gain traction for his gameDon't be stupid. What I do here and with my game is seperate.This is a community creative exercise, so we should be being CREATIVE. No AI for the artwork, otherwise that defeats the purpose of doing this in the first place.If you're going to be an idiot, please put some effort into your posts. Thanks.
>>59349801To be fair, it was nice to see the world in a "humans have not existed for a while" compared to humanity just not being there or not being in view for the most part, like PMD, aside from that the art that came out of the game is very nice.>>59350410>'ve never been very picky about people do stuff for me. If anything, I'm flattered you still try.Even then, do you want something to be updated?>because my character has a nice ass.Glutes are important.>Does anybody have a copy of "drawing with the left side of your brain"I just went and said "fuck it, might as well set up a thing", went to /ic/ to search for book names, then went to annas archive to download stuff, and now I uploaded it in a old ass mediafire I have around.https://www.mediafire.com/folder/ka2wawyjfjke6/Drawing_resourcesEnjoy guys.
>>59350410>>59350734Actually, I had already put a lot of files in the drawing resources pastebin a long time ago. I'll add your stuff to it as well but there might be some duplicate files since I know the FWAP book is already in there.>chrome-extension://bigefpfhnfcobdlfbedofhhaibnlghod/mega/secure.html#folder/yxtCBLYZ#FbtGBQQunWVCrjMMIzJSyw>https://www.mediafire.com/file/1hta2i7eqqj31ea/art_and_fear.pdf/file>https://www.mediafire.com/?i44dwzkf9j9n8If there is enough space, I might just put all these files in the archives proper.
>>59350734>>59350760Cool
>>59338652Rate this elite 4 Ice-type team (I know, I know; it sucks, but I hope it's competent enough since I'm going for a theme of icy caves and primal).
>>59347018hoodwinked, bamboozled, led astray, run amok, and flat out deceived?yeah, me too lol
>>59350597>AI hate is copium from people who aren't skilled enough to be better than AIAnd imitation is the sincerest form of flattery that mediocrity can pay to greatness, but you'll probably need to have grok explain how these two points could be connected. If I ran a mile in six minutes and someone says they can travel a mile in one minute using a car, what do you think the most likely response would be? True, AI images are constantly being calibrated to be better than the hazy, eight-fingered sludge of 2021, but it's not 2021 anymore and the conversation has moved on since then. What has always flown over your head since you first crawled out of the sewers like the little rat you are is that artists don't just make art, art makes the artist as it's being made. A real artist learns, grows, and improves organically. Artists communicate with each other and form communities that strive toward bettering their understanding of art. You don't understand that because the skill floor and skill ceiling of typing a prompt is shaped like an Oreo. If you give a master artist a piece of chalk and a cave wall, they could still create something meaningful. If some good samaritan confiscated your keyboard from you, what would you have left to work with? This is why your thread's dead, btw.You think the art is the finished image, but what matters most is that someone took the time, put in the effort, made the attempt to express themselves. >Mad cause my TECHNOLOGY makes your effort less impressive? Give me a break. Can't draw worth shit? Nobody could draw well from the start. Unless you have Parkinson's, try.Someone who wants to organize an art contest has a right to say "you need to be able to do more than act like an ideas guy for a computer." There's nothing to be impressed with from someone whose claim to success is having an idea they can't act on. Yeah, a machine can travel faster than a marathon runner and sweat less too. But that isn't the point, is it?
Anyway, how was the first time your OC met their first Pokémon?
>>59351279>You think the art is the finished image, but what matters most is that someone took the time, put in the effort, made the attempt to express themselves.Actually no, the only thing that has ever mattered and ever will matter is the finished image. I literally could not give even half of a rat's ass if someone put in "effort" o algo to make something if that something looks terrible, if it looks like shit than it is shit, simple as. That's apparently a concept too difficult to penetrate your homo habilis skull, however. I don't know why the hell I keep dignifying this copium with any form of response when it's the exact same thing from the every person I've seen who shits on AI.Obviously everyone has to start somewhere, and that's fine. What's not fine is idiots parading around their Chris Chan ass artworks babbling about how it's better than le clanker because IT JUST IS OK. Now fuck off.
>>59351342Can you fucking stop replying to what he says? At this point its very clear he will always take the chance to bait you on your rants to derail the thread, same with glorifying AI art like that, we should be motivating others to work on their skills, not to denigrate them like you indirectly do.
>>59351342Shut up, alex. I don't care what you have to say.
>>59351359nta but skimming over the card stuffs in the mega and last thread the ai ban seems pretty dumb because barely people in the thread even use it and also there basically aren’t any ai cards already made either. ai can’t even coherently generate any non popular mons so unless people are going to try to submit pikachus it doesn’t seem like it’s necessary to ban ai because nobody is even going to try to submit ai cards in the first place. this whole debate seems silly and feels like it’s just two guys with irreconcilable value systems going at it because they just enjoy arguing, it’s a waste of time
>>59351288>how was the first time your OC met their first Pokémon?For Gene and Eevee, I have to imagine that he got it as a gift from his parents, being homeschooled I have to think that he was for the most part lonely, not being able to engage much with kids outside of any random party his parents held or any kind of activity they did outside, I could see Eevee being probably one of his first moments where he wanted to see the world outside.Actually this got me in the mood to write something, I can make another short story of how Gene meet Eevee, I need to investigate what royalty/rich/upper echelon british families live like though, I don't know how exactly I can search for references in that regard.
>o algoUgh, fucking pseudo-intellect wojak speak.
>>59351407Your first mistake was reading and not just kicking him in the dick.
>>59338652I'm designing a caveman OC and was wondering if you think a white-furred ursaluna would be great as a fur headdress? Or would it be better to use a Beartic? DESU, Ursaluna is more ancient, but if Beartic fits better, I'll use that.
>>59351466Beartic. Ursaluna are dopey looking, while Beartic are fierce looking, and all the cavehoes will think the Beartic-killer is hot as fuck for slaying a fierce beast.
>>59351464True.>>59351466Definitely Beartic. Such an underused Pokémon.
>>59351149>BaxcaliburI didnt knew that was a Pokemon. Aside from that, I respect the use of Lapras and Jynx in here.>>59351466Yeah probably your best option is Ursaluna if you want someone to be old, I do think maybe beartic is better, one thing I could suggest is maybe add mamoswine to the design too? You could probably use one of its tooths as a weapon or keep it as a chain. There is also tyrantrum, which you can probably use it as a makeshift helmet for him.
>>59351466Is this a serious prehistoric setting or a campy Flinstones type of deal? You should probably know that Ursaluna would be more common than Beartic unless you're in an tundra/mountain setting. Are you >>59351149?
>>59351501Yes. I wouldn't say serious, but not so cartoony; a nice middle ground for the Pokémon universe if possible.
>>59351503>Yes.Well Ursaluna is actually the much stronger beast in terms of stats, but I would assume you're not doing stats in your writing, so in that case Beartic is going to be more palatable to readers but Ursaluna isn't completely out of the question if it's some kind of mountain/Nordic forest area and not a hardcore arctic setting. In my opinion, however, Ursaluna's face actually sits better on the head and looks cooler because of the yellow circle in the center. You should probably consider how the hood is actually going to go over his head, if it's going to be the literal bear skin or just an inspired outfit, it's going to look differently if it just drapes over the head like a standalone pelt or if it's woven into a coat. This image isn't from Pokemon but it's something your post made me think of.>I wouldn't say serious, but not so cartoony; a nice middle ground for the Pokémon universe if possible.So, just the normal tone, then?
>>59351528Fuzzy boi
>>59351528Mmm, yes. Of course, I'm still thinking over some stuff, but thank you to everyone who replied!
>>59351407>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6x-dVjdIvZc
I had to do a important investigation yesterday, so I decided to bump with this shot that I am proud of making not that long ago, I just like how I managed to make everyone fit and not look out of place or "weird" in the shot.
>>59352768I hope it wasn't a hard one. Good image.
What would sound like a fun Gym Puzzle concept for a Rock-type Gym Leader?
>>59353413no other trainers in the gym, but you have to run through a rock slide to get to the battle arena, and if you get hit by the rocks then you just genuinely die
>>59353413Aside from doing some hiking I can't really think of any other way you can make a puzzle besides blocking the path like some of those strenght puzzles regarding blocks.Maybe one where you need to make rocks fall down to make a path towards the gym leader in the lower floor?
>>59353992>>59353513Maybe climb to the top of a mountain via Rock Climb?
