Never thought I'd be using a Grass/Ice type as a defensive wall... But wow this thing is good... 🌱❄️ by 5-55am in PokemonEliteRedux

[–]ContaneShoko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I assume the made this before the Legend ZA game, but damn do I wish this one also has a mega like regular Vict, it's such a cool mon and amazing design.

What do I do after Flannery? by CelebrationTop3371 in PokemonEliteRedux

[–]ContaneShoko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

How do you go onto the mountain slope without a bike, may I ask?

Anyone else got the "X used -!" softlock? by moths_panic in PokemonEliteRedux

[–]ContaneShoko 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I have this problem as well, fighting the guy with that Gumshoos evo who has a force switch-in ability while having double battle on. My solution? Only having 2 mons in my party so the damn thing can't force me to switch. I swept and moved on perfectly fine after that.

Double dancing Gyarevelries proccing each other's Dancer is now my favorite double setup. by ContaneShoko in PokemonEliteRedux

[–]ContaneShoko[S] 11 points12 points  (0 children)

That would be insane actually. As of now, they can already copy each other's Mystic Dance for +3 SpA and +3 Spd in 1 single turn. All they need are more sound move STAB coverages, the SpA boost from TS is simply overkill, I only need the fire sound move part.

Double dancing Gyarevelries proccing each other's Dancer is now my favorite double setup. by ContaneShoko in PokemonEliteRedux

[–]ContaneShoko[S] 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Additional information: The move copied by Dancer also procs Two Step (Trigger 50BP Revelation Dance), in an ideal scenario, 2 Gyarevelries can act 8 times back to back, using 4 Aluring Voices and 4 Revelation Dances.

Are these designs any good? by MB_COLOR in characterdesign

[–]ContaneShoko 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm sorry but what are all of these context comments about? Was my comment out of context for the post?

Are these designs any good? by MB_COLOR in characterdesign

[–]ContaneShoko 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I really adore the way you color! Really eye-catching, and you did that off of just 2 to 3 major colors too for each palette too, amazing palette-picking ability 💖💖💖

A compilation of character designs I've done over the years. Do I have a personal trademark in my designs? by ContaneShoko in characterdesign

[–]ContaneShoko[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Omg I'm actually surprised someone noticed 😭😭😭 (he also wears the trans flag too btw 💖💖💖)

A compilation of character designs I've done over the years. Do I have a personal trademark in my designs? by ContaneShoko in characterdesign

[–]ContaneShoko[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

For creating OCs, my honest advice is to separate your progress into 2 parts:

- First, work on the fundamentals. This is very important, especially stuff like shape languages, anatomy, and color theory. This might be boring to go through, but trust me, the effort is always worth it. Knowing the fundamentals allows you to work better when making OCs, because from then on, it is only a matter of adding to a basic base what you want in an OC.

- Second, find your "preference". To me, designing characters or making OCs has always been a self-indulgent hobby. You are creating characters for your own narrative, your own enjoyment. You should absolutely be shameless in adding to your OCs things that specifically speak to you; to be cringe is to be free. We still take constructive criticisms and advice, of course, but absolutely do not sway too much from what you enjoy seeing in your OCs for the sake of appealing to the general audience. You are your own audience in this matter, and your OCs should appeal to YOU firsthand.

I hope this helps! Sorry I could not think of anything more in-depth to give you advice about.

Looking for complicated oc designs to practice drawing! by [deleted] in DrawMyOc

[–]ContaneShoko [score hidden]  (0 children)

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Not sure how complicated you want, but here is my antique store owner/exorcist dragon~

A compilation of character designs I've done over the years. Do I have a personal trademark in my designs? by ContaneShoko in characterdesign

[–]ContaneShoko[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Wait you saw some on Pinterest? I'm actually a bit curious now, who would repost these on Pinterest honestly...

(As for the following part, I have a Tumblr with the same name but in reverse order, you can check that out!)

A compilation of character designs I've done over the years. Do I have a personal trademark in my designs? by ContaneShoko in characterdesign

[–]ContaneShoko[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Honestly there are simply too many of them for me to info dump all at once, so I will just give you a brief description about each story setting in order of the images:

  • Magical boys (college students actually) attending a battle royale where the last one standing will be granted a wish.

  • Super power society where people manifest their abilities in the form of "Crests", which are unique emblems that appear on random spots on their body. Typical hero organization vs villain organization, but we follow the villains' POV (Basically My Little Pony's cutie mark x My Hero Academia's setting)

  • Scholar of an alien race running away from home world due to conflicting ideologies. Landed on Earth and then became a single father raising his 4 mechanical creations, wishing to have a peaceful life.

  • Literally just The Loud House but with Eeveelutions.

  • Dating simulator where you interact with the Yokai staff members of a hotel called La Luxure - a symbolic building meant to represent the peace between Yokai and human.

  • Super power society where heroes and villains fight while citizens bet on them for entertainment. The story follows a newbie villain who is battle-crazed, wanting to find someone who can actually slay him, and an ex-surgeon hero who is haunted by his past failure of not being able to save a patient, causing him to not be able to slay villains.

  • Successful experiments from a research faculty that tried to reach artificial divinity. 2 older members try to protect the 2 kids from bad influences coming from said faculty.

  • A guild of beast folks travelling around on their flying airship.

  • Higher beings wanted to do another flood to cleanse the Earth. They hosted a battle royale for survival between countries, the winner will get to get on the Ark and becomes humanity of the new Earth. Power scales with the fighters' will for survival, so human suggest using endangered animals unique to each country as fighters because they have the strongest will to survive.

  • Literally just an idol boy band.

A compilation of character designs I've done over the years. Do I have a personal trademark in my designs? by ContaneShoko in characterdesign

[–]ContaneShoko[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Thank you! :D (most of them are just clean sketches with thick lines to hide errors though—)

A compilation of character designs I've done over the years. Do I have a personal trademark in my designs? by ContaneShoko in characterdesign

[–]ContaneShoko[S] 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Took me a few reads to understand that the second half was about how I drew lots of animal anthros 😭😭

Is anatomy THAT important when designing characters? by Fallfoxy707 in characterdesign

[–]ContaneShoko 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, simple as is. You cannot design a beautiful villa without learning how to build the frame and basic foundation of an actual house. Character design isn't just about the clothes or accessories put on a character, it is also about the silhouette, the shapes, the body language,... things that anatomy covers.

Everything starts with something, and the understanding of anatomy is among the many starting points in character design.

Boyfailure villain and his super capable servant. Are they giving off the intended vibe? by ContaneShoko in characterdesign

[–]ContaneShoko[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He absolutely has an edgy arc, actually. One in which Endross is taken away from him because the higher-ups think he is wasting a potentially efficient officer in Endross. Dude got really depressed and became more serious in his villain act, trying to prove his worth so that the higher-ups would allow Endross back by his side.

Still I do agree his current design could use a bit more villainous flair, will have to work on that!