Final Submission
Ok NOW it is finished, from the previous desing i added some important changes and i list them here:
- -Upgraded the quality of the drawing a bit.
- -Made the colors in some parts a bit more saturated
- -Increased the size of the head significantly in order for it to look more "pokemon-y" (in my opinion at least)
- -Changed the beak, feet and the "hair" feathers
- -Changed completely the form of the wings so its more closed related to the ones of real hummingbirds (plus it looks nicer)
Supporting Material
A bunch of multicolor birds (a bit outdated)
general poses and moves
Justification
The desing is based on 2 species of birds:
*Anna's Hummingbird (
Calypte Anna), which is a species of hummingbird that not only have a big variety of colors but also have iridecense so they can sorta change colors from certain angles (kinda good for a pokemon with color change that can increase that effect with pokemon magic), and this species inspired the overall form of the desing.
*Hooded Pitohui (
Pitohui dichrous, altough almost any Pitohui works with my justification) one of the few poisonous birds that exist (and the first one to be confirmed poisonous), it lives in New Guinea and it has poison on its muscles, liver, heart but most importantly, the feathers. The poison itself is bassically the same as the one present in some Dart Frogs, and works as a neurotoxin that can also cause burns on the skin. This specific bird not only helped to the desing as it justifies the poison very well in my opinion, but also i based the desing of the feathers (covering the head, neck and part of the chest) on this bird.
I also included parts of the desing to reprecent plague doctors, it isnt that obvious but the way the neck feathers function is also made to represent real life plague doctor masks (
this one), plus the shape of the beak and how it takes the form of glasses around the eyes.
Aaaaand as a way to justify the stats, i feel like the status of mythical may be enough, maybe its just too different to other mythicals for this to be considered one, but i feel like, if shaymin can be a mythical, there's noreason why this one can´t.
Overall i really like how this came out in the end, i find this one to be a fun idea and im really excited to see which one of all those amazing desings that have been submitted for CAP29 will become the victor in the end, good luck to everyone!