😂 I felt the same way like how does he find the time to complete all these intricate creative designs AND lore so damn fast?? Venorage alone would’ve taken me a week to complete. 😂
I'm not interested in having Instagram, kind of a bummer I'm gonna miss out. Love these series. Miss the more narrative projects. I realize it's a lot of effort, and thanks for doing any at all.
Yeah I don't understand the point behind putting it on Instragram. It's gonna be hell to find those entries if someone comes across this in a year or two.
@@oddysay nooooooo! You mustn't fall to its dark powers. While yes, it does bring to great power of drawing,but it has the effect of you never getting sleep and being stressed ( so let's all appreciate artists. I hate it when people are rude or mean to artists or even threaten them. Don't be that person. Be the one who supports the world's good artists.)
I love the idea of aquatic Pokémon rangers having to show up to herd larger Pokémon away from the shores or important ecosystems they could pose a risk to
Goshh the Vampire squid piece was Amazing ! The idea of turning the horrifying red squid into a allegance deep sea ballerina was sick and fitting! lord the dynamic yet stylized hands and the expertly drawn tentacle dress was so pleasing to look at.
Admittedly slightly disapoointed I'm gonna miss the conclusion of Argyle Finch's story as I don't have (nor desire to have) an Instagram account. That said, this has been an incredible journey! Also: looove the new pokemon! Poison's my favorite type and seeing new takes on it is always a treat!
I love Phytide and Venorayge. The concepts behind them are so cool, and I think the designs hit the same notes that draw me toward Pokemon like Litwick and Chandelure in some way. Something I noticed is that with Phytide you mentioned taking deliberate steps to convey the translucence of the body, but Venorayge doesn't seem to achieve the same effect and feels more flat. That combined with the colors make it look a bit more pizza-like rather than gelatinous.
One thing that I like in your new Pokemon, Venorayge is that Venorayge is actually an evolution of Phytide, and not just some swarm form like with Wishiwashi that I thought you were going for when you said that you wanted to showcase the "multiple small creatures/pokemon into one big creature/pokemon" idea, that being said, I just wished that Venorayge actually looks like a combination of a lot of Phytide( there are some hints at its wings, but its not enough) plus, I think that it would definitely look more alien if Venorayge did look more like a group of pokemon(like with Wishiwashi school form)and not just a normal pokemon evolution. Note: I like how Venorayge is an evolution and not just a form of Phytide, I just wish it actually looks more like a swarm/group of Phytide, as you wanted to showcase here, it's even stated in Venorayge's dex entry.
I'd _really_ love it if you did do a video for the last 5 days. I don't have instagram but I am _captivated_ by these illustrations and this story. I know a purely illustration video without any Pokémon might not do as well which is probably why you're not doing it, but if it's possible I would *love* it
While I do like the concept of these, I feel the pre-evolution kind of benefitted from the simple green and pink color pallette, because now with the darkened head it looks a little too similar to its evolution and kind of ends up falling into the "its the last monster but bigger" territory. I'd say that while it's a good idea to have a common thread when it comes to am Evolution Line it also does well to avoid redundancy as well. Otherwise cool pokemon and I can't wait for Project Untamed. The first gym kicked my but big time, lol
I think Venorayge is one of my favourites of yours. It looks so otherworldly that it could be easily an alien who came to earth and find in the oceans a new home. Maybe the psychic type would fit even a bit better. It gives me huge Malamar vides.^^
I like the Venorayge line as the offensive counterpart to Tentacruel. A Water-type that heals in sunlight would be a nice add to regional rain teams looking for a sun counter, too. Fun stuff.
Really great batch of horrors again. Sad we won't see the final 5. If you get the chance, I'm sure there's a big group of us that would appreciate that final journal entry(ies) posted, or even read in a video, here. Pretty please with seaweed on top!
always love a poison types that pull so much from real life that they cant not use a type, like how pincurchin is basically poison/electric/water just from its inspirations, very cool
DUDE! THE SIZE OF VENORAYGE! Could you imagine your having a good time when suddenly a giant green shadow lands upon you as you look up and see this colossal thing flying around? You watch this thing glide and occupy so much space in the sky. If they swim, it would be even scarier to be out in the ocean, vast blue as far as the eye can see, when slowly the light bounces of the colors of green and maroon as you look into the distance nearby (Pick a direction, any direction.) this thing slowly materializes as the water becomes more and brightened by its own colors, slicing through the ocean with its enormous wings.
I remember that another species in this world are the Xenamin (that’s likely not how it’s spelled) which are basically aliens and I had a thought of a new art challenge for a month either Aliepril (Alien and April) or Aliegust (Alien and August) and of course it relates to Aliens though maybe there are better name ideas for it
A stingray made out of smaller stingray-looking organisms that threatens the area it is surrounding? Guess they’re taking a trip to Delphino Island soon.
I feel like the Betta fish was a missed opportunity to branch out of the typical color palette you have seemed to be using thus far. Such extravagant reds and purples are typical in Bettas, and this would have been awesome to play with I feel like.Instead, it kinda just looks like a gold fish.
Interesting concept I wonder if the horror novel the shining had inspiration for this after all it did inspire an enemy in super Mario sunshine which in turn inspired big man’s boss fight in splatoon 3
Love Venorayge's design, my only nit pick is his ability. I get WHY he has it, but aside from Walking Wake, water pokemon don't want to be under the sun since it halves the damage from there water attacks.
Could you possibly make a video showcasing all the fakemon in one video and maybe tell us your opinion and how you feel about the design, if there is anything you’d like to change
Can you do utah starters next? A fire type ballroom dance based elk with the males having elegant antlers and a tuxedo fur pattern and the females having many braids in their fur, as many ballroom costumes have lots of fringe A grass type seagull that starts off with straight sand colored feathers that gets more green and curly with some patches of the sandy straight feathers as it evolves with a few curls on the sand that looks like tiny arches with a delicate arch shaped feather protruding from its head A water type bee that is green with salmon patches similar to the salt lake with the wings and stinger looking like salt crystals, with the final evolution having a pink spiral similar to the spiral jetty on its chest
i hope this gets a mega honestly i bet it would be amazing, afterall if all these dudes are being pushed out to sea what happens if enough end up convergin? another evolution perhaps, mega or sumthin else perhaps a form that is super powerful and normally not obtainable via evolution but a super special event encounter?
OMG imagine all the mermay creatures put into a game similar to Subnautica and instead of getting off an alien planet it's to save the damned creatures from her control? Think it would be a cool horror adventure game 🖤🦇
these guys look progressively more like the love children of dark souls' bosses and Lovecraftian horrors. In short, you are awesome and your mind terrifies me.
Is there a reason why most of the Mermay anigmorphs share such a similar colourpalette? Most are some shade of grey combined with red/orange/yellow or something along the lines of that. Did I miss a lore reason to that while watching the videos?
i dont use instagram bc i dont want to make an acc and it wont let me view anything without it so ill miss out on the final few pieces and lore things : (
Red Tide can actually be caused by a number of things including Algae/Dinoflaggelates, Bacteria, and Archaebacteria. This specific line was based off of the algae cell known as Karenia Brevis which is commonly found causing Red Tide within the Gulf of Mexico(thus its connection to Mazah)
Is there a reason the last entries are gonna be stuck on Instagram? Not everyone has one and it's gonna make it hard to find these entries if anyone looks back at these videos years later
Venorayge is super cool and would definitely be on my team! I'm kinda surprised it's Poison/Water type though, Phytide being pure Poison made me think its evolution would be non-Water
Veno gained Water to represent its new control over the waves and water as the Red Tide pokemon, Phytide was pure poison since as an algae cell it didnt have any water influence just by itself and rather just rode the waves wherever
@@MerryThiccmas any clue on why it gets that ability? Or does it also grant immunity from sun debuff? I get that it makes sense concept-wise, but isn't it counter-interactive with its Water Type, since it gets half dmg on its STAB type? I did hope it would be Poison/Ghost, but Water is cool.
@@just_a_folk95 we wanted to use a sun based ability since it can photosynthesize while not being a grass type, sadly it doesn’t counteract the water weakness in sun. It also gets Merciless as an ability so it has another in lore option that works for it as well
The 4 pokemon are perfect. But the head of venorayge "could" be adjusted justt a little. I can't put my finger on exactly what it is that feels just a little wrong about it. But I'm sorry if I sound like I am criticizing you. It might just be me or it could be intentional. Again it's really good but I think it's the third eye. You could simplify the patern the way you shanged the belly of minimello.
I think it's the fact that it isn't perfectly centered. Its right fin looks much longer than its left one, cause the distance between the end of the dark head and the yellow of the fin is longer on the left compared to the side, which is counter-intuitive since the left one (its left, not ours) is closer to us.
I'm somewhat sad that we don't get to hear his voice one last time. I don't know if it is because there is no pokemon, but if it is, I want you to know I'm here for his story, not them
It's kind of scary how these feel like they're coming out every two days.
Literally!! I was about to comment something similar! 😅 this month has FLOWN!
Christ, I blinked and it was week 4 and may was ending. Sometimes time flies
Yyeeaaahhhh...
😂 I felt the same way like how does he find the time to complete all these intricate creative designs AND lore so damn fast?? Venorage alone would’ve taken me a week to complete. 😂
speak for yourself, may has been hectic asf for me 😔
I'm not interested in having Instagram, kind of a bummer I'm gonna miss out. Love these series. Miss the more narrative projects. I realize it's a lot of effort, and thanks for doing any at all.
Yeah I don't understand the point behind putting it on Instragram. It's gonna be hell to find those entries if someone comes across this in a year or two.
i think making the "skull" and other visual flourishes smaller compared to the "wings" would lend itself to looking bigger overall
"Magic is only science that we dont understand yet". And your drawing skills my friend, are magical.
How can we attain such magic. Cooper. - clockwork.
@@oddysay I am not sure sir Oddysay. But this magic is immensely powerful.
@@cooper9617 I can feel it surgingggggg
@@oddysay nooooooo! You mustn't fall to its dark powers. While yes, it does bring to great power of drawing,but it has the effect of you never getting sleep and being stressed ( so let's all appreciate artists. I hate it when people are rude or mean to artists or even threaten them. Don't be that person. Be the one who supports the world's good artists.)
@@cooper9617 I agree !
I love the idea of aquatic Pokémon rangers having to show up to herd larger Pokémon away from the shores or important ecosystems they could pose a risk to
Goshh the Vampire squid piece was Amazing ! The idea of turning the horrifying red squid into a allegance deep sea ballerina was sick and fitting! lord the dynamic yet stylized hands and the expertly drawn tentacle dress was so pleasing to look at.
Vampire squids aren't horrifying! I thought the whole reason why they're so well known is that they're absolutely adorable and kinda look like Dumbo
Admittedly slightly disapoointed I'm gonna miss the conclusion of Argyle Finch's story as I don't have (nor desire to have) an Instagram account. That said, this has been an incredible journey!
Also: looove the new pokemon! Poison's my favorite type and seeing new takes on it is always a treat!
I love Phytide and Venorayge. The concepts behind them are so cool, and I think the designs hit the same notes that draw me toward Pokemon like Litwick and Chandelure in some way.
Something I noticed is that with Phytide you mentioned taking deliberate steps to convey the translucence of the body, but Venorayge doesn't seem to achieve the same effect and feels more flat. That combined with the colors make it look a bit more pizza-like rather than gelatinous.
I feel the silhouette of Venorayge doesn’t demonstrate how large and intimidating you wanted it to feel, that’s just my opinion tho
Definitely agreed. I was shocked by it's size in the preview!
One thing that I like in your new Pokemon, Venorayge is that Venorayge is actually an evolution of Phytide, and not just some swarm form like with Wishiwashi that I thought you were going for when you said that you wanted to showcase the "multiple small creatures/pokemon into one big creature/pokemon" idea, that being said, I just wished that Venorayge actually looks like a combination of a lot of Phytide( there are some hints at its wings, but its not enough) plus, I think that it would definitely look more alien if Venorayge did look more like a group of pokemon(like with Wishiwashi school form)and not just a normal pokemon evolution.
Note: I like how Venorayge is an evolution and not just a form of Phytide, I just wish it actually looks more like a swarm/group of Phytide, as you wanted to showcase here, it's even stated in Venorayge's dex entry.
It's insane how you transport us into this world.
Each of these creatures Is fascinating yet scary.
Amazing art as always, still in awe how you render some of the glow-y effects on these
comes with alot of trial and error I bet !
I like how this episode discussed both the futility of faith and science in the world of the evil and impossible
I'd _really_ love it if you did do a video for the last 5 days. I don't have instagram but I am _captivated_ by these illustrations and this story. I know a purely illustration video without any Pokémon might not do as well which is probably why you're not doing it, but if it's possible I would *love* it
we got some story for you if your into smaller creators :)
Wait I was really excited for the last few days here ): I don’t have an Instagram, I can’t see the pictures there
i absolutely love the writing and voice acting for argyles journal entries thank you for yet another slay
is your name a league reference ?
I hate my brain. When I saw the sketch for the man-o-war, all I could see was that hippy jelly-fish from Shark Tail.
awww mata mata's early draft being a nun is such a cool concept!! love all your designs though
its also a very cute concept!
I only now just realized that the first part enigmorphs is enigma, also art is as beautiful as alawys
gOOD EYE
the light in the vampire squid is phenomenal!
The phytide/venorage line is awesome! Love the reference to Pokemon Ranger too, those games don't get enough love.
there is no doubt about it. Venorayge would be on my team FOR SURE that thing is one of ur best! good job dude
We should make a indie fakemon game
@oddysay
Already in work with untamed
@@jeremychau2322 technically untamed is mexico so...
@@Rexthepowerful Indie does not mean India
@@MerryThiccmas I never said Indie or India Oddsay did
With these 2 red rays added to the Pokédex, you're currently at 114 Pokémons !
(Alternate-Méga Forms & non-Mazian not included.)
While I do like the concept of these, I feel the pre-evolution kind of benefitted from the simple green and pink color pallette, because now with the darkened head it looks a little too similar to its evolution and kind of ends up falling into the "its the last monster but bigger" territory. I'd say that while it's a good idea to have a common thread when it comes to am Evolution Line it also does well to avoid redundancy as well. Otherwise cool pokemon and I can't wait for Project Untamed. The first gym kicked my but big time, lol
Yessss the Portuguese man o war!! I incidentally drew a mermaid of one at the start of the month without knowing the subjectively list. I love them
Getting to watch Mermay/Mermazah right after knee surgery. Great way to wake up! ❤ Love this series so much Jack, your work is truly inspiration :)
You have such mastery with the way you approach these with unique silhouttes every. single . time
Venorayge has an interesting design and concept, not to mention such a unique way to evolve.
The themes of this story are sooooo good! Can't wait to read the rest of it!
11:34 I'm genuinely more hyped by that than I am for the Mazah region, and I'm really, really hyped for the Mazah region
I think Venorayge is one of my favourites of yours. It looks so otherworldly that it could be easily an alien who came to earth and find in the oceans a new home. Maybe the psychic type would fit even a bit better. It gives me huge Malamar vides.^^
I like the Venorayge line as the offensive counterpart to Tentacruel. A Water-type that heals in sunlight would be a nice add to regional rain teams looking for a sun counter, too. Fun stuff.
wow this is a great concept !
Really great batch of horrors again. Sad we won't see the final 5. If you get the chance, I'm sure there's a big group of us that would appreciate that final journal entry(ies) posted, or even read in a video, here. Pretty please with seaweed on top!
I knew Venorayge would be a big Pokémon but omg the size comparison really spooked me
always love a poison types that pull so much from real life that they cant not use a type, like how pincurchin is basically poison/electric/water just from its inspirations, very cool
Jack never fails to amaze me. These pieces are so good.
DUDE! THE SIZE OF VENORAYGE! Could you imagine your having a good time when suddenly a giant green shadow lands upon you as you look up and see this colossal thing flying around? You watch this thing glide and occupy so much space in the sky. If they swim, it would be even scarier to be out in the ocean, vast blue as far as the eye can see, when slowly the light bounces of the colors of green and maroon as you look into the distance nearby (Pick a direction, any direction.) this thing slowly materializes as the water becomes more and brightened by its own colors, slicing through the ocean with its enormous wings.
I’d love to see one of the magnapinna! (Sorry if this is already a thing I haven’t watched all of these
I remember that another species in this world are the Xenamin (that’s likely not how it’s spelled) which are basically aliens and I had a thought of a new art challenge for a month either Aliepril (Alien and April) or Aliegust (Alien and August) and of course it relates to Aliens though maybe there are better name ideas for it
OK first and foremost, THANK YOU for using my favorite Surf music
A stingray made out of smaller stingray-looking organisms that threatens the area it is surrounding? Guess they’re taking a trip to Delphino Island soon.
I feel like the Betta fish was a missed opportunity to branch out of the typical color palette you have seemed to be using thus far. Such extravagant reds and purples are typical in Bettas, and this would have been awesome to play with I feel like.Instead, it kinda just looks like a gold fish.
Interesting concept I wonder if the horror novel the shining had inspiration for this after all it did inspire an enemy in super Mario sunshine which in turn inspired big man’s boss fight in splatoon 3
Love Venorayge's design, my only nit pick is his ability. I get WHY he has it, but aside from Walking Wake, water pokemon don't want to be under the sun since it halves the damage from there water attacks.
Could you possibly make a video showcasing all the fakemon in one video and maybe tell us your opinion and how you feel about the design, if there is anything you’d like to change
That would be awesome
im glad my favorite type is getting more love
Can you do utah starters next?
A fire type ballroom dance based elk with the males having elegant antlers and a tuxedo fur pattern and the females having many braids in their fur, as many ballroom costumes have lots of fringe
A grass type seagull that starts off with straight sand colored feathers that gets more green and curly with some patches of the sandy straight feathers as it evolves with a few curls on the sand that looks like tiny arches with a delicate arch shaped feather protruding from its head
A water type bee that is green with salmon patches similar to the salt lake with the wings and stinger looking like salt crystals, with the final evolution having a pink spiral similar to the spiral jetty on its chest
Sad that no more narration will be coming because Instagram sucks to read that stuff imo. Still, great work always.
Your enigmorph story is great! And omg I love Venorayge! The shiny is really pretty and the face is so cool!
i hope this gets a mega honestly i bet it would be amazing, afterall if all these dudes are being pushed out to sea what happens if enough end up convergin? another evolution perhaps, mega or sumthin else perhaps a form that is super powerful and normally not obtainable via evolution but a super special event encounter?
OMG imagine all the mermay creatures put into a game similar to Subnautica and instead of getting off an alien planet it's to save the damned creatures from her control? Think it would be a cool horror adventure game 🖤🦇
Mermay week 4!,! Yessss I love this challenge!
This man must be a Sugimori Clone, i don't have prooves nor doubts
I was actually expecting the ghost/poison for Venorayge. The water/poison threw me off. Definitely one of my favorites of yours though!
these guys look progressively more like the love children of dark souls' bosses and Lovecraftian horrors. In short, you are awesome and your mind terrifies me.
When the fangame is finished venorayge is going on my team, no question.
Is there a reason why most of the Mermay anigmorphs share such a similar colourpalette? Most are some shade of grey combined with red/orange/yellow or something along the lines of that. Did I miss a lore reason to that while watching the videos?
Miniature is enought for having my like
oh, pls, end the week with a lore vid
you really like lore huh
i dont use instagram bc i dont want to make an acc and it wont let me view anything without it so ill miss out on the final few pieces and lore things : (
Now you made me wonder what your favorite species of crab is. Mine is the Japanese spider crab
Fun fact about the red tide! That is known as cyanobacteria (even though it's red) and is actually bunches of photosynthetic bacteria.
Red Tide can actually be caused by a number of things including Algae/Dinoflaggelates, Bacteria, and Archaebacteria. This specific line was based off of the algae cell known as Karenia Brevis which is commonly found causing Red Tide within the Gulf of Mexico(thus its connection to Mazah)
The vampire squid dwpiction is actually so cool and 🔥
Can shrimp be a favorite crab?
I really need to make an Instagram account to get the rest of Argyle's story?
Is there a reason the last entries are gonna be stuck on Instagram? Not everyone has one and it's gonna make it hard to find these entries if anyone looks back at these videos years later
Next years mermay should have an archerfish on the prompt list
Having a full party of phytide of the same level on water evolves them.
That was one of the evolution ideas but it wasnt the one we ended up going with
Jack you need to present this to HBO and be like nintendo with the Mario Movie, because thos needs to be made into a series
How can I see myself going toe to toe with a Venorayge? Awesome design by the way!
Love it so much it's definitely on my team
I don’t have an instagram account so I’m going to have to miss the last five days
is it terribly strange that I'm one of those rare souls who would want to be friends with the Merrymen and to become an enigmorph myself?
How can I download or somehow get your art for my wallpaper??
I LOVE YOUR MERMAY SO MUCH!!!
Just out of curiosity, will there be a Kaijune this year?
I think you should make a video on mega evolving regionals like galar slowpoke and at the end do mega mazah gyrados pls I’m subbed
gotta agree w some other commenters that the wings of the manta kind of. look like sauce.
Venorayge is super cool and would definitely be on my team! I'm kinda surprised it's Poison/Water type though, Phytide being pure Poison made me think its evolution would be non-Water
Veno gained Water to represent its new control over the waves and water as the Red Tide pokemon, Phytide was pure poison since as an algae cell it didnt have any water influence just by itself and rather just rode the waves wherever
@@MerryThiccmas oh interesting, ok
@@MerryThiccmas any clue on why it gets that ability? Or does it also grant immunity from sun debuff? I get that it makes sense concept-wise, but isn't it counter-interactive with its Water Type, since it gets half dmg on its STAB type?
I did hope it would be Poison/Ghost, but Water is cool.
@@just_a_folk95 we wanted to use a sun based ability since it can photosynthesize while not being a grass type, sadly it doesn’t counteract the water weakness in sun. It also gets Merciless as an ability so it has another in lore option that works for it as well
@@MerryThiccmas yooo merciless is damn cool on a sweeper tbh.
Omfg I think Venorayge may be my favorite mon yet
is there anyway i can see the end of the story withought instagram i dont have it?
does anyone happen to know what font he uses for the pokemon names?
I was sick for week 4 😭 I better start catching up
OH MY GOD MY INSANE RAINBOW BETTA MADE IT ONTO THE VID??? OML!!! NIICE
large ray
Weird ability for venorayge to have imo
Bel'veth is the final evolution? Jokes aside I love this manta ray pokémon, much more appealing and creative than Mantine in my opinion
nice lol reference
me and the boys when the pyrophyta roll in (i can't eat the fish anymore): :(
The 4 pokemon are perfect. But the head of venorayge "could" be adjusted justt a little. I can't put my finger on exactly what it is that feels just a little wrong about it. But I'm sorry if I sound like I am criticizing you. It might just be me or it could be intentional. Again it's really good but I think it's the third eye. You could simplify the patern the way you shanged the belly of minimello.
I think it's the fact that it isn't perfectly centered. Its right fin looks much longer than its left one, cause the distance between the end of the dark head and the yellow of the fin is longer on the left compared to the side, which is counter-intuitive since the left one (its left, not ours) is closer to us.
When are You going to Draw new ancient pokemon?
Unfortunately, this is the last one for me because I don’t really use other Instagram’s and social medias
Noooooooooo goodbye mermay see you next year:)
I'm somewhat sad that we don't get to hear his voice one last time. I don't know if it is because there is no pokemon, but if it is, I want you to know I'm here for his story, not them
TELL ME YOUR SECRETS. HOW DO YOU MAKE THESE
I am so going to be adding this to my team
What would happened if one of them catch the flu
Man I won’t be able to finding this I don’t have instagram
(slamming credit card) I need Venorayge now. Love me some giant monster Pokémon 😂 gimme this and the Tropius evolution
You should do insectember this year
Pleaaaaaseee bring it in with more non Pokémon content ❤
I CANT UNSEE BRUXISH FOR THE 2ND PROMPT I NEED HELP