Lanturn Used Confuse Ray!

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I participated 's Pokemon Community Collaboration Gen II collab for a second time since they had some more openings!

I chose Lanturn this time because I have always liked it. It's a neat typing and such a cute design, too. The design in itself is very simple and the origin is as well.

In my research phase I realized that Lanturn doesn't have a dorsal fin - really, see for yourself - which was interesting. Anyway, I chose to base Lanturn on a whale - more specifically a porpoise - since it irks me how people tend to make it a creepy edgy anglerfish when it's not. Look at the design, do you see any of the creepiness of an anglerfish? No. The anglerfish features are there, they're just less prominent and definitely less creepy. I decided to add an underlaying level of creepiness in a more subtle way. During my sketching I figured I would make Lanturn's teeth and jaw more freaky - check out this sketch - so it can reveal that creepy predatory side if it wants to. (I decided not to do that expression for this image, it didn't feel fitting.)

DA's green backgrounds still suck so if you want to see this cute deep sea friend with a better bg go check out my Tumblr/Instagram!

   

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Art © ShadeofShinon