You're absolutely right! Even if I'll realistically never code my own fangame, I love creating my own Pokemon and revamping existing mechanics like types and the damage formula
yoo i drew the reuniclus at 9:51 !! thank you sm for featuring my stuff, love and respect your work so much as another artist who loves turning science concepts into character designs :) using s/m/l cones to make different forms is so cool
I love that you based them on different parts of the cell! My favorite has to be Regenerator, but all of them are fantastic. I also love how you did the shading.
@@prof.reuniclus21 thanks so much!! love the username lol, reuniclus is so underrated. i do biology research so i was rly excited to apply my knowledge from the field into these designs!! the guy whose research i based the regenerator form on actually saw my post and he thought it was cool, i think i peaked haha
@@Proxentauri That’s so cool!! Biology is such an underrated subject honestly, most people skip right to ecology instead and pretend that it’s all biology has to offer. There are so many ways to gather empirical data, and it also helps us understand ourselves. Having someone acknowledge you when you cite them has always been kind of my dream, lol.
Those are my Woopers at 8:47!! It’s great hearing your intentions behind the idea, cause’ that’s the sort of vibe I got from it too- everyone made awesome designs and there are still really cool ones I’m seeing posted every now and then, I can’t wait to see more!
This is something I thought about a LOT when I was 9 years old. I always wanted to try designing them myself, but I could never really draw anything that suited my brain's satisfaction since I wanted immediate results alongside just not being able to draw very well lol. I was very surprised to see your tweet and also see it start a new trend (and even seeing a friend of mine blow up).
This Trend was a fun concept to look at my timeline these past few weeks, as well as partake in. Thank you so much for coming up with this idea, and hope you're game becomes a reality one day.
Honestly with how much this was getting posted in a server I was in, I was surprised at first there wasn’t a video being recommended to me about it. Knowing you were the one to start this is quite cool though.
The Pokémon Adventures/Pokemon Special manga did something to this effect in the Red/Blue/Yellow chapters with Arbok. Different patterns on its hood meant that each Arbok had different abilities - and ultimately, hiding those patterns negated the ability to use the ability.
I want to add that some people have a 4th color cone, its called Tetrachromacy, they can see WAY more colors apparently! I imagine the Rhodopto line could have a rare 4th form based on that :)
9:27 Thank you for featuring my Feraligatr forms! I had a lot of fun making ability forms for both Feraligatr and Porygon Z. All the forms for Chromato look amazing!
I think ability "stances" could be really cool and more realistic. SV is already experimenting with multiple stances (out of battle, battle, flying, swimming, etc). For example a Raichu with Static would be more curled up and defensive looking, while one with Lightning Rod would be more active with its tail sticking up.
I feel like this relates to the Variant art I’ve seen for a long time. I’ve seen variants based on other mons, on things the animal was based on like a chikorita based on various plants or lillipup based on various dog breeds. This is really cool! I love seeing all the different ideas people have for variations between the different abilities
A good way to make this work ingame while still preserving the base desighn would be to have them transform when the ability activates. Like for examples gallade gets hit with a dark type move and as the stets raise he changes form.
this was such a fun trend!! i really loved seeing all the art that stemmed from it and it's great to see a lot of it compiled in one place too! good luck on your own game! i'm sure itll be beyond awesome with how intentional you are with your design choices and research :)
The idea of pokemon being slightly different based on which ability they have is a cool idea. It would invite some nice creativity to their designs though it could come with a cost regarding competitive battles. Players can easily determine what abilities the opponents' pokemon have by recognizing their altered appearance, removing some surprise tactics. Regardless, this is a concept that I wish was explored more.
4:26 I understand what you mean. It would be better if mons got their ability forms in their final evolution. Then for regional evolutions or cross-gen evolutions, that would be a different case. Take Piloswine to Mamoswine: in Gen 3, Piloswine would have ability forms, but in Gen 4, the ability forms of Piloswine would converge to a base form until it gains its evolution into Mamoswine, which would Ability forms from that generation onward. That could make sense, right?
I love the designs and concepts you come up with every video!! I also like how you mentioned colorblindness, whenever people talk about cones I don't hear them bring it up much. As a colorblind artist, I just think it's a fun, albeit frustrating, bit of differences in humans :33
I like the idea of the different ability forms having ~subtle design differents, like how animals irl aren't all identical and they have slight variations
Chromato and Slothsom are probably my favorite Stemas so far. I immediately fell in love with both, and definitely look forward to using them in the game when it comes out.
Actual good fan designs! You love to see it. Given the sheer dedication to fan projects I've seen, I wouldn't be surprised if romhacks started doing this. Incidentally, I saw a _Palworld_ mod attempting this sort of thing the other day. Although it basically amounted to recolors, given the way the game handles its passive skill pool (too many potential combos!)
I absolutely love this, I get that it won't ever happen because it would be hell for the designers, but I love the idea of it being an anime/manga exclusive I'm playing a pokemon ttrpg right now, imma show them this so we can apply it to our pokemon to make them more unique and special for us
Just looking at the alt forms montage at the end, if the official games had these forms my team would probably look waaaay different, that intimidate arcanine or technician scizor would just have to be added, so much cool art
One way i could viably see this implemented in-game: new generational gimmick is a special type of ability patch that gives certain mons new (and more powerful) abilities. Mons who change their ability in this way are granted new ability forms. These abilities will typically be better than anything else the mon has, but the drawback is that your opponent will know about it immediately
Yeah this'll never be in the game but the fact that no one has thought of this idea before is honestly incredible considering how fun of an concept it is
i wouldve wanted my art here but i read the post where you asked for permission too late... oops i still rly enjoyed making alternate designs for magnezone!!! thx for making such a great idea for alternate pokemon forms!!
Omfg, yes, I would love this to be their next gimick! Having variant designs based on ability would be amazing. I'd literally try for a living dex of every design. XD
Its a great idea. But you hit the nail on the head about the art and how much work itd be to make 1-3 extra variants for each mon. And we know how little time Gamefreak gets to make its pokemon games typically
I like how with all the submission , hyper cutter, swift swim and intimidate were basically guaranteed to be banger designs Oh and unaware too, those ones all look adorable and I wanna give them hugs
I’m hella interested in this because this is such a unique idea and I plan on using it in my own region. I just need to build up the motivation to work on it :/
I feel like the in-game sprite should be kept the same, like the "average" form is what we've always known, but the ability forms are the specialized versions of this same species. Every species and breed has slight variations due to genetics!
For Reuniclus Overcoat would be a plant cell with cells walls, Regenerator would look like he is dividing. I guess Magic Guard would look like the base form with more organelles floating around.
0:56 the levitate Gengar is just drawn an inch higher lmao
"drawn" is such a strong word here lol
@@viiranen true haha
guy don't even try do draw a floor or shadow lol
Afro is cooking with this design 😂
What do you mean ?
Hes litery perfect
This singlehandedly create some of the greatest fan alt forms Pokemon designs on Twitter I've ever seen
Yeah! My favourite was the a agron one shown at the end. It was so detailed!
I'm convinced that one of Pokémon's big selling points is as a starting point for people's imagination and creativity
You're absolutely right! Even if I'll realistically never code my own fangame, I love creating my own Pokemon and revamping existing mechanics like types and the damage formula
Whoever made that Gengar Cursed Body vs. Levitate drawing is a genius XD
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let him cook
Let him cook now
let him cook
I SAID, LET. HIM. COOOK
He’s COOKING!!!
*edit music*
yoo i drew the reuniclus at 9:51 !! thank you sm for featuring my stuff, love and respect your work so much as another artist who loves turning science concepts into character designs :) using s/m/l cones to make different forms is so cool
I love that you based them on different parts of the cell! My favorite has to be Regenerator, but all of them are fantastic. I also love how you did the shading.
@@prof.reuniclus21 thanks so much!! love the username lol, reuniclus is so underrated. i do biology research so i was rly excited to apply my knowledge from the field into these designs!! the guy whose research i based the regenerator form on actually saw my post and he thought it was cool, i think i peaked haha
@@Proxentauri That’s so cool!! Biology is such an underrated subject honestly, most people skip right to ecology instead and pretend that it’s all biology has to offer. There are so many ways to gather empirical data, and it also helps us understand ourselves.
Having someone acknowledge you when you cite them has always been kind of my dream, lol.
Very happy to have my drawing shown there
Congrats man 🎉
SAME!!
Congrats man it's damn cool 🎉
just imagine kingdra with a military sniper in his mouth
bro theyre gonna look like moonscorched Levi from fear and hunger lmfao
That one Peashooter variation in GW2 but as Kingdra would go hard
@@Korbreetodear god...
@@bigpoggers6507the Gatling pea
@Korbreeto you just gave me a visual i wish i’d never seen…
Those are my Woopers at 8:47!! It’s great hearing your intentions behind the idea, cause’ that’s the sort of vibe I got from it too- everyone made awesome designs and there are still really cool ones I’m seeing posted every now and then, I can’t wait to see more!
This is something I thought about a LOT when I was 9 years old. I always wanted to try designing them myself, but I could never really draw anything that suited my brain's satisfaction since I wanted immediate results alongside just not being able to draw very well lol. I was very surprised to see your tweet and also see it start a new trend (and even seeing a friend of mine blow up).
🥷 Is that JackCanada
is that jack canada 😱
Technician breloom looks like the “Nothing personnel, kid” meme
10:18 You just can't hit me with the immediate psychic damage of Dark Aura Polywrath Mr. Frog I've been laughing for like three minutes!
I drew the phantumps at 9:33 !! thank you sm for featuring my stuff, it's so crazy to see my work featured by an artist I truly adore!!
Kaephoon's Gooey Goomy referencing the character from Kirby actually made me laugh really hard
This Trend was a fun concept to look at my timeline these past few weeks, as well as partake in.
Thank you so much for coming up with this idea, and hope you're game becomes a reality one day.
Honestly with how much this was getting posted in a server I was in, I was surprised at first there wasn’t a video being recommended to me about it. Knowing you were the one to start this is quite cool though.
Thank you so much for featuring me! Loved the concept and seeing so many peoples artwork!!!
The Pokémon Adventures/Pokemon Special manga did something to this effect in the Red/Blue/Yellow chapters with Arbok. Different patterns on its hood meant that each Arbok had different abilities - and ultimately, hiding those patterns negated the ability to use the ability.
I want to add that some people have a 4th color cone, its called Tetrachromacy, they can see WAY more colors apparently! I imagine the Rhodopto line could have a rare 4th form based on that :)
9:27 Thank you for featuring my Feraligatr forms! I had a lot of fun making ability forms for both Feraligatr and Porygon Z. All the forms for Chromato look amazing!
thank you for featuring my bronzongs at 0:52 !! rhodopto & chromato are super cool & unique!
I think ability "stances" could be really cool and more realistic. SV is already experimenting with multiple stances (out of battle, battle, flying, swimming, etc). For example a Raichu with Static would be more curled up and defensive looking, while one with Lightning Rod would be more active with its tail sticking up.
I love the people that made meme versions but ofc the people who took the idea seriously are awesome.
im so happy this concept went viral cus its such a good idea I NEED TECHNICIAN BRELOOM TO BE CANOOOOON
1:49 ribombee with the pollen cloak is both genius and extremely cute!!
So many brilliant ideas and designs! Thank you so much for featuring my Victreebel artwork at 10:10 and congrats on a great vid!💚
Now I want to see an actual Pokemon one day with a different design for each ability, and maybe even different stats!
As much as I want different ability forms for each mon, having different stats is no different from a separate species/regional form of that mon
That feels like Lycanroc with fewer steps.
8:33 that aftermath voltorb is plain goofy
Regular cat skitty is not real it cannot harm you.
Regular cat skitty: 9:26
The post on X blew up, holy crap congratulations. You inspired a lot of people to make some really cool designs
I feel like this relates to the Variant art I’ve seen for a long time. I’ve seen variants based on other mons, on things the animal was based on like a chikorita based on various plants or lillipup based on various dog breeds. This is really cool! I love seeing all the different ideas people have for variations between the different abilities
A good way to make this work ingame while still preserving the base desighn would be to have them transform when the ability activates.
Like for examples gallade gets hit with a dark type move and as the stets raise he changes form.
8:37 thank you so much for featuring my Ogre sisters and I loved the mantis shrimp inspiration for this video's creature!! :3
This is the most unique Pokémon idea I’ve heard in years ngl
this was such a fun trend!! i really loved seeing all the art that stemmed from it and it's great to see a lot of it compiled in one place too!
good luck on your own game! i'm sure itll be beyond awesome with how intentional you are with your design choices and research :)
The poison heal looks cute
The idea of pokemon being slightly different based on which ability they have is a cool idea. It would invite some nice creativity to their designs though it could come with a cost regarding competitive battles. Players can easily determine what abilities the opponents' pokemon have by recognizing their altered appearance, removing some surprise tactics.
Regardless, this is a concept that I wish was explored more.
Funnily enough. Using pokemon rules, having a high crit chance is kinda like having a high chance to ignore defensive buffs when attacking
The fact that this was a trend on Twitter. I love the creativity many artists were able to express with their work
I love how levitate Gengar is just Gengar but lifted up slightly, like yeah what did you expect?
the idea of a pokemon having the gimmick of changing form (and possibly evolution) per ability is a cool concept i hope game freak does at some point
This was such a good idea! I did the scraftys at 8:48 ! It's amazing how some little changes can give such personality to all these different Pokémon!
10:18 is that... mr frog from smiling friends for the dark aura version? pefection.
Yes it is, hello
@@robinsr4745 hi :D
"Hello, can I pull your hair?"
-Mr Frog shortly before tugging on Pim's exposed nerve ending
9:55 That Smoliv art is amazing
I love this art trend a lot. So many artists have made such fun and inspired designs of their favorite Pokemon, and it makes me happy to see it.
BRILLIANT I love little details like this
its nice that you gave credit to the artists bc i saw these images on instagram
Chromato is going directly into my top 5 faves.
4:26 I understand what you mean. It would be better if mons got their ability forms in their final evolution. Then for regional evolutions or cross-gen evolutions, that would be a different case. Take Piloswine to Mamoswine: in Gen 3, Piloswine would have ability forms, but in Gen 4, the ability forms of Piloswine would converge to a base form until it gains its evolution into Mamoswine, which would Ability forms from that generation onward. That could make sense, right?
You started an entire movement
I love the designs and concepts you come up with every video!! I also like how you mentioned colorblindness, whenever people talk about cones I don't hear them bring it up much. As a colorblind artist, I just think it's a fun, albeit frustrating, bit of differences in humans :33
Thank you for making this trend on twitter the other day. All the art that came from it was and is so good.
All of those golurks at 8:24 has 4 times the personality i will ever have, each.
If I were doing a competitive pokemon with an ability, I would have a set up for its opposite ability to confuse them.
Soundproof pokemon should always look at its trainer when awaiting commanda
I love this. It goes far more into the show not tell direction. It tells the characters story far better and it is super cool
I like the idea of the different ability forms having ~subtle design differents, like how animals irl aren't all identical and they have slight variations
I love the artworks. The community of pokemon truly knows how to imagine the limitless possibilities of pokemon. :3
This channel is so wholesome. I love your vids.
I WAS LATE NOO-
But still,banger video, and congrats to everyone featured! Fun to see what forms people came up with for their favorite Pokemon!
Speed Boost Blaziken would look like Sonic. The two already have similar proportions.
Thank you for including my Flareon!
Chromato and Slothsom are probably my favorite Stemas so far. I immediately fell in love with both, and definitely look forward to using them in the game when it comes out.
Actual good fan designs! You love to see it. Given the sheer dedication to fan projects I've seen, I wouldn't be surprised if romhacks started doing this.
Incidentally, I saw a _Palworld_ mod attempting this sort of thing the other day. Although it basically amounted to recolors, given the way the game handles its passive skill pool (too many potential combos!)
This was such a brilliant idea! Ty!
Love your lineless style!!!
I absolutely LOVE this concept
Honestly, as an artist, Chromato is now my favorite
9:06 Thanks for putting my mamoswine!
9:52 I love the one by proxentauri they added so much detail it looks 3d like the games
hey i drew that one, thank you !! i'm glad you liked it :)
9:02 oh sheep, that's me, hi!
Great vid btw
This is a really fun idea!
You should do a series on giving Pokémon scientific names. And steam creatures
I absolutely love this, I get that it won't ever happen because it would be hell for the designers, but I love the idea of it being an anime/manga exclusive
I'm playing a pokemon ttrpg right now, imma show them this so we can apply it to our pokemon to make them more unique and special for us
Just looking at the alt forms montage at the end, if the official games had these forms my team would probably look waaaay different, that intimidate arcanine or technician scizor would just have to be added, so much cool art
The Twitter trend that you started because of this was the greatest trend ever
Nah that No Guard Golurk looks like its about to mess someeone up
One way i could viably see this implemented in-game: new generational gimmick is a special type of ability patch that gives certain mons new (and more powerful) abilities. Mons who change their ability in this way are granted new ability forms. These abilities will typically be better than anything else the mon has, but the drawback is that your opponent will know about it immediately
I love how scattered among the entries are a few memes.
Yeah this'll never be in the game but the fact that no one has thought of this idea before is honestly incredible considering how fun of an concept it is
OMG THE GOOEY GOOMY IS GOOEY FROM KIRBY 9:12
i wouldve wanted my art here but i read the post where you asked for permission too late... oops
i still rly enjoyed making alternate designs for magnezone!!! thx for making such a great idea for alternate pokemon forms!!
Omfg, yes, I would love this to be their next gimick! Having variant designs based on ability would be amazing. I'd literally try for a living dex of every design. XD
Man, poliwrath really has that raw, bad boy edge the real mister frog had at 10:18
Congrats on 1K likes!
8:37 my favourite designs of them all (the 1st one)
8:34 Congratulations to @cryogonalguy you made me laugh after such a shitty day
I saw your tweet I’m exited for this!
Its a great idea. But you hit the nail on the head about the art and how much work itd be to make 1-3 extra variants for each mon. And we know how little time Gamefreak gets to make its pokemon games typically
I like how with all the submission , hyper cutter, swift swim and intimidate were basically guaranteed to be banger designs
Oh and unaware too, those ones all look adorable and I wanna give them hugs
I like how Nolan just made squirtle FAT 😭😭🤣🤣🤣 9:41
I’m hella interested in this because this is such a unique idea and I plan on using it in my own region.
I just need to build up the motivation to work on it :/
I'm really curious what is it called?
@@Ashera5469 I haven’t named it at all, I just call it California Region or a random collection of letters when I make a project doc for it
The ditto one is amazing
Breloom thumbnail, instant like
I love how you made a stemamon (that’s what I call em) based off a mantis shrimp they are so beautiful
I feel like the in-game sprite should be kept the same, like the "average" form is what we've always known, but the ability forms are the specialized versions of this same species. Every species and breed has slight variations due to genetics!
10:17 smiling friends mentioned
9:11 KIRBY REFERENCE?!?
AAHHHGG THESE ARE SO COOOOLLLL
For Reuniclus Overcoat would be a plant cell with cells walls, Regenerator would look like he is dividing. I guess Magic Guard would look like the base form with more organelles floating around.