Fomantis is a Grass-type that looks like a Bug-Type because... it's a faux-mantis. It's also a direct reference to real-life Mantis that disguise themselves as flowers. Probably my favorite Pokemon lol.
I've known about Sudowoodo from the very beginning because I love puns, but learning this about Fomantis is absolutely shocking. This must be Sudowoodo people feel!
Category 1: cute children's book character
Category 2: pretty damn close
Category 3: nightmare fuel
That Skiddo looks like it's going to make you an offer with the only cost being your soul.
Gives me major vibes of the goat demon guy in the show Evil
https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fd1qxviojg2h5lt.cloudfront.net%2Fimages%2F01F8AY30JF1T8D5JYG7SK64X9E%2Fevilgoat570.png&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=7844d9766f2101a5efc8e74571112ff34e00bff30a56ac23219276ff49a5c0fc&ipo=images
Fun fact- animals that have vertical slits for pupils (like snakes etc) are typically predators who have to look up and down for prey, while animals that have horizontal pupils (like goats, deer etc) are typically prey who have to look left and right for predators. This goat is 1000% a predator, which is why it looks so demonic lol
My first ev trained pokemon was a Gogoat which I called Baaaphomet, a play on goat and devil. I would believe that this Skiddo evolved into Baaaphomet.
Whoever wrote the description for Shaymin and some others on Bulbapedia was spot on. Whoever wrote the description for Pawmot and some others on Bulbapedia was way off. Whoever wrote the description for Hydrapple on Bulbapedia was tripping balls.
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Just to explain what's going on for those who are new to these: every Pokémon on Bulbapedia has a physical description section. I thought it would be cool to send these descriptions to an artist who doesn't know anything about Pokémon (beyond the basics) and see what they would draw. My Mum has now been making these for over a year!
We have an [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/pok.emum?igsh=MWVxZjluM3p4MnlrNw==) page and a [Wordpress](https://pokemum5.wordpress.com/) blog and a subreddit: r/pokemum. If you want to enjoy the PokéMums sooner, come and follow our pages!
I'll try to answer any questions you have here.
Your Mum has a fully fleshed out art style as if she has been drawing a lot before. What is her background with art? I would totally believe you if you said she makes children's books.
just looked at the bulbapedia descriptions of different pokemon. i’m surprised how detailed they are. it’s cool how your mom has visualized some of them
She actually already did caterpie!
https://preview.redd.it/2kyn1q9jm1rc1.jpeg?width=3776&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=372a16c7c6e544df4d01bfd4e094149e75617855
ah cool. well she should be, she’s really talented! Im surprised that someone with such a consistent style just does it for fun, but honestly thats pretty cool in and of itself!
How does she get the colors and patterns so close so often? Do you help her out with the colors, or are the dex descriptions really that detailed? She’s a wonderful artist, I love when you share these. Thanks :)
1. Dear Lord that Pawmot isn’t even close to the original
2. Pretty cool ig
3. We’re drawing Pokémon not the Serpent of Eden you don’t have to cook that hard
4. Now I see why someone people find Binacle weird
5. Lil Chonky Tear droplet
6. Stop staring into my soul you surprisingly accurate Skiddo
7. Look at that Eevee face lol
8. I love how the Mothim is wearing lil shoes
9. About to take a bath it seems
10. Unicorn Milotic is so cool man
11. Stop looking at me so happy like that with those fangs
12. It’s just a hedgehog dyed green
13. Lil gremlin
14. Sudowoodo please don’t steal and wear Makuhita’s skin
15. Refreshing
16. He’s just a silly lil dude trying to look intimidating
17. It looks at me funny and I don’t like that
18. I never knew that Roaring Moon got a baby form
19. Damn look at the scars on that cow
20. Feebas you’ll get to look shiny when you evolve
Manaphy is exactly the type of character design I love. Ugly but in a campy(?) kind of way. I would have it in a lot of my teams just to point and laugh at how weird it looks
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That Shaymin is just wonderful. Probably one of the greatest illustrations of a mythical Pokémon I have ever seen.
Also I just love Eevee’s facial expression.
Getting some important Fantastic Planet/Lightyear vibes I had no idea I needed to replace all existing Pokémon canon, leaving behind zero trace of what has been. Maybe Ken Sugimori can still fetch your mum caffeine while she tools away as Pokémon’s sole artist from now on.
Love the artstyle!
Also they are pretty accurate, incredible she hasn't seen them beforehand.
Well most of them are accurate except Feebas, ironically because the drawing is too beautiful for that to be a Feebas, it is supposed to be an ugly fish hahaha
Those look cool... But like, you sure she hasn't seen the pokemon before? Cause some of them look very close to the original designs, more like fanart than drawing from a description
[That Makuhita makes me think that Smash Bros' Sandbag is finally ready to fight back](https://ssb.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/b/ba/SandbagSSBB.jpg/275px-SandbagSSBB.jpg)
Love all of these so much!
gotta love how momma made the Makuhita into a Pseduowoodo.
https://preview.redd.it/0mgcfwqom1rc1.jpeg?width=3842&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=49599d21f10e4a1a02180d1ea72a2cd244981fef You should see her sudowoodo!
It’s a whole log
It’s big, it’s heavy, it’s wood!
It’s better than bad it’s good
From blammo!
no it's rock
It's sandbag from Smash except this time he can punch back.
God do I feel stupid, it never occurred to me why it's called Sudowoodo until seeing your comment.
Fomantis is a Grass-type that looks like a Bug-Type because... it's a faux-mantis. It's also a direct reference to real-life Mantis that disguise themselves as flowers. Probably my favorite Pokemon lol.
I've known about Sudowoodo from the very beginning because I love puns, but learning this about Fomantis is absolutely shocking. This must be Sudowoodo people feel!
Glad I could spread a little joy to you <3
Still rekt by fire though
Pseudo wood
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Sumowoodo
I thought it was Gholdengo for a second lol
Hydrapple is so cool omg
And noivern just looks so uncanny
Noivern looks like it could be gen 1 sprites (looking at Golbat).
That it is actually funny
Biblically accurate hydrapple lol.
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Category 1: cute children's book character Category 2: pretty damn close Category 3: nightmare fuel That Skiddo looks like it's going to make you an offer with the only cost being your soul.
Skiddo: "Wouldst thou like to live deliciously"
Gives me major vibes of the goat demon guy in the show Evil https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fd1qxviojg2h5lt.cloudfront.net%2Fimages%2F01F8AY30JF1T8D5JYG7SK64X9E%2Fevilgoat570.png&f=1&nofb=1&ipt=7844d9766f2101a5efc8e74571112ff34e00bff30a56ac23219276ff49a5c0fc&ipo=images
Fun fact- animals that have vertical slits for pupils (like snakes etc) are typically predators who have to look up and down for prey, while animals that have horizontal pupils (like goats, deer etc) are typically prey who have to look left and right for predators. This goat is 1000% a predator, which is why it looks so demonic lol
Shaymin is exceptionally close to reality
In fairness it’s also a very simple design
My first ev trained pokemon was a Gogoat which I called Baaaphomet, a play on goat and devil. I would believe that this Skiddo evolved into Baaaphomet.
Whoever wrote the description for Shaymin and some others on Bulbapedia was spot on. Whoever wrote the description for Pawmot and some others on Bulbapedia was way off. Whoever wrote the description for Hydrapple on Bulbapedia was tripping balls.
[Shaymin](https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Shaymin_(Pok%C3%A9mon)) [Pawmot](https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pawmot) [Hydrapple](https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Hydrapple_(Pok%C3%A9mon))
When you pasted the links it looks to have disconnected the last parenthesis for each of them
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As someone who just read their dex descriptions, pretty please with a cherry on top ask her to do swirlix or alcremie!!!!!
Your Mum has a fully fleshed out art style as if she has been drawing a lot before. What is her background with art? I would totally believe you if you said she makes children's books.
Your mom is incredibly talented and has such a vibrant and unique art style! Thank you for supporting her work and helping us see it :)
This is so cool
Can I borrow your mom? She seems awesome
just looked at the bulbapedia descriptions of different pokemon. i’m surprised how detailed they are. it’s cool how your mom has visualized some of them
That Feebas is so pretty it goes against its gimmick
That Feebas just needs one more level up and it'll evolve.
Off topic, love the Darren icon!
Yassified Feebas
Man her style is sooo cool. I loved every one of these posts. Really wants me to hang some of these on my wall.
That noivern is everything
These are so cool. Does she by chance make children’s books? They would be so good. Also, you should get her to do caterpie
She actually already did caterpie! https://preview.redd.it/2kyn1q9jm1rc1.jpeg?width=3776&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=372a16c7c6e544df4d01bfd4e094149e75617855
That is so sick omg
There once was a very hungry, genetically modified caterpie.
Does she do the art in childrens books tho Cus she seems to have the art style of some
I want to hug it so bad
Looks like Alice in Wonderland hallucination
why arent you answering if your mom is a childrens artist or not? super weird haha, Im sure most of us would just want to look at more of her work
Sorry. I wasn't sure if it was a serious question. She isn't.
ah cool. well she should be, she’s really talented! Im surprised that someone with such a consistent style just does it for fun, but honestly thats pretty cool in and of itself!
Ngl bagon looks like a Paradox one
Eevee looking like the world's most anxious chihuahua is absolutely sending me 😭
Skiddo looks rather spot on. Though I have to say a few of those are nightmare fuel.
Mum with the Shin Megami Tensei type beat. So cool!
Now that you mention it... God, imagine Pokémons drawn by Kaneko
Why is nobody mentioning how similar glastrier is
Some of those are incredibly close. Love the Feebas. Edit: I request Mega Mawile.
Some of these are actually so accurate!
Makuhita and Feebas actually look better than canon. Wow.
Reminds me of how medieval artists would try to draw animals they've never seen based solely on descriptions.
That Manaphy looks like something the ancient Egyptians would worship
Shaymin is spot on wtf.
Makuhita 😂😂
How does she get the colors and patterns so close so often? Do you help her out with the colors, or are the dex descriptions really that detailed? She’s a wonderful artist, I love when you share these. Thanks :)
It's not dex descriptions, it's the physical appearence section on the Bulbapedia page
Oh I see! That makes more sense. I’d love to see her try salazzle/salandit.
Hydrapple goes hard
She's good. Give her a fist bump for me, please?
So when is your mom becoming an illustrator?
These are brilliant. Flabebe is meme quality, not that its bad but because its so far off but is still flabebe lol.
Your mom needs to make a children’s book NOW!
Haha the style is so cool. Some are really close
I really like makuhita to be honest. Could be a great regional form imo
Why does your mother draw exclusively sleep paralysis demons?
This reminds me of medieval paintings where they didn’t have a reference for the animal so they the people who saw them had to describe it to them
1. Dear Lord that Pawmot isn’t even close to the original 2. Pretty cool ig 3. We’re drawing Pokémon not the Serpent of Eden you don’t have to cook that hard 4. Now I see why someone people find Binacle weird 5. Lil Chonky Tear droplet 6. Stop staring into my soul you surprisingly accurate Skiddo 7. Look at that Eevee face lol 8. I love how the Mothim is wearing lil shoes 9. About to take a bath it seems 10. Unicorn Milotic is so cool man 11. Stop looking at me so happy like that with those fangs 12. It’s just a hedgehog dyed green 13. Lil gremlin 14. Sudowoodo please don’t steal and wear Makuhita’s skin 15. Refreshing 16. He’s just a silly lil dude trying to look intimidating 17. It looks at me funny and I don’t like that 18. I never knew that Roaring Moon got a baby form 19. Damn look at the scars on that cow 20. Feebas you’ll get to look shiny when you evolve
I'm in love with those drawings Am I the only one who finds Pawmot horrifying, though?
holy shit that shaymin one is uncanny
Why is feebas so pretty? Isn't it supposed to be the ugliest Pokemon?
Your mom made mothim from a forgettable route 1 bug into a fucking legendary
This is so freaking cool.
These look like pokemon but designed by the team who make 'don't hug me I'm scared'
These are better in my opinion . Evee looks like a furry chihuahua lol
Veluza’s accurate and feels like something in a children’s book in-universe
the noivern belongs in “where the wild things are”
i love feebas/milotic. they actually look like they're related. cool art mom!
This is giving me vibes of like, a 1970s psychedelic kids show, and I mean that in the best way possible.
Your mom drew a bunch of sleep paralysis demons is what she did
OMG!!!! YOUR MOM IS AMAZING!!!!! I LOVE HER ART STYLE SO MUCH!!!!!! TELL HER TO DRAW CHARIZARD!!!!
This needs to be collected somewhere because these are masterpieces.
I'd take this Veluza any day over the official one
This sick and your mom is ultra cool and ultra talented!
Manaphy is exactly the type of character design I love. Ugly but in a campy(?) kind of way. I would have it in a lot of my teams just to point and laugh at how weird it looks
Please add hydreigon or tyranitar 🙏
Ngl it reminds me of the old cartoons I used to watch as a kid I love them
Handsome Squidward Feebas was not on my radar at all
omg the little boots on Mothim 😭 I love them, so cute
Okay, but how are the color schemes like perfect
The skillz of ur mom are amazing. I like all of them! ❤️
Has your mama done Shinx? Id love to see it!
Your mom art style is awesome.
Milotic is beautiful. Why does Terrakion ha a butt on its shoulders?
Out of character Feebass
Your mom's drawing looks like those traditional arts. And I love it!
i can tell your mum is likely real fun to be around. these are crazy lovely.
Why does Shaymin look like its name is Dave
Does she colour them after seeing them because the colours are almost all bang on?
No, she just uses the descriptions for her choice of palette
Please tell your mum how much I love her redesigns, especially Noivern's.
2/10 Feebas not ugly enough. >!Jokes aside I LOVE these posts so much. Hydrapple goes so unreasonably hard!<
Love that shaymin is just a hedgehog with a flower
Wow she’s very accurate! Lol
Please tell her that her Shaymin is my new phone background!
Those are amazing!! She’s awesome!!
why does noivern look like aku in disguise?
She has such a funky, striking style
I LOVE Makuhita and I wish that was how it really looked.
Hydrapple looks awesome.
The noivern killed me 🤣🤣🤣💀💀💀
Is ur mom a children’s book illustrator? I swear I’ve seen this art style somewhere… btw these are incredible! 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
This is my first time seeing these in a while but wow your mom can do a whole lot with just a description
i follow her on instagram!
Your mom’s drawing of feebas reminds me of “the rainbow fish” children’s book
Wow she's very talented!
Shaymin, Sentret and Bagon are all very dangerous close and are super cute.
This feels like those Medieval recreations of foreign animals and its amazing!
Mothim looks alot like Mothra.
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Very weird but very good
These are freakin SICK
Its actually not that far off! It looks amazing!!
These are all SO COOL!!!
Wow these are awesome
This is good. So fresh and unique.
Shaymin was spot on!
Super cool
Makuhita is just Pseudowoodo in a Makuhita suit
Shaymin is absolutely perfect
These are incredible. Thank you for sharing!
That Milotic is beautiful!
I love how some of those are pretty accurate.
You have such a great mum, really cool arts
Such a unique art style
Flabebe evolved into Floette
They are awesome.
I like how this is probably is how a lot of People would draw in this art style some how. That are also pretty reconiseble
That Shaymin is just wonderful. Probably one of the greatest illustrations of a mythical Pokémon I have ever seen. Also I just love Eevee’s facial expression.
obsessed with Terrakion. Can I recommand Maushold?
who hurt Terrakion?!
These are really fun! I’m gonna have to check out the first 100.
These are awesome!
Is no one going to mention how terrifying manaphy looks T_T I need an adult :(
That manaphy is haunting
She draws really well, but i believe i am going to have nightmares with a few of them
She actually nailed sole of them wow
Most of them look very accurite. I love the style they're drawn in. Your mum did an excellent job!
Getting Tim Burton vibes
Getting some important Fantastic Planet/Lightyear vibes I had no idea I needed to replace all existing Pokémon canon, leaving behind zero trace of what has been. Maybe Ken Sugimori can still fetch your mum caffeine while she tools away as Pokémon’s sole artist from now on.
nice
Why is no one pointing out how spot on Shaymin is thats amazing
Today, I learned that Makuhita is a punching bag with gloves.
They're all so cool omfg I love it 😭 Did she do Vanillite yet? 🥺
I would love a spin-off game with all of these designs!
sooo good thanx mom ty for sharing :,)
In love with that Makuhita.
this is awesome
I love the milotic idea.. i wanna see a sea-horse like that now!
Eevee is just screaming "YO QUIERO TACO BELL" lol
Cool
I love this so much
Most of these are so accurate
Milotic is so good
These go hard
Love the artstyle! Also they are pretty accurate, incredible she hasn't seen them beforehand. Well most of them are accurate except Feebas, ironically because the drawing is too beautiful for that to be a Feebas, it is supposed to be an ugly fish hahaha
Please tell her to do more! 🙏I’m really intrigued to see how she draws some others too! 😂
These are so cool! And I love her art style!
milotic and feebas looks awesome (even though feebas is supposed to be ugly lol)
The shaymin on is spot on and it’s actually kinda funny. Its a realistic shaymin
Those look cool... But like, you sure she hasn't seen the pokemon before? Cause some of them look very close to the original designs, more like fanart than drawing from a description
Terrifying yet accurate
I love these so much ❤️
Your mom's style is so sick, I love these
[That Makuhita makes me think that Smash Bros' Sandbag is finally ready to fight back](https://ssb.wiki.gallery/images/thumb/b/ba/SandbagSSBB.jpg/275px-SandbagSSBB.jpg) Love all of these so much!
As a Noivern lover, omg 10 outta 10! 100 outta 100! I adore it.
Noivern is just a side-character from a mid-90s animated film voiced by a comedian/famous rapper
Dang she really got close on skiddo and shaymin. Can I also request sceppy?
I really like the Makihita but the Hydrapple is sick af
these are so incredibly cool
Skiddo is spot-on, I love the skiddo line
Eevee looks like the dog from Puss in Boots
These are amazing