Ironbound

Congratulations, Michael. Keep up the great work!

I don't see a Magnezone. I am disappointed. Anyway, the rest of your team is decent. You're repeating a few types/roles with Torterra, Nidoking and Gigalith; perhaps you could condense them into a Tyrantrum? Granted, you need to breed it for DD, but it learns great moves like Head Smash, Earthquake, Dragon Claw, Dragon Tail, Crunch and Stealth Rock naturally. Also, I personally dislike defensive Ice Types. Perhaps you could consider a Sneasel (soon to be Weavile) as you already have a bunch of defensive mons. And while you're at it, Magnezone is a God. The true user of Flash Cannon.

You can try CrossChop on Electivire. Metagross doesn't need Rock Slide; it's better off with Agility or Bullet Punch. Heracross could use a rock move, maybe Rock Blast which it can learn from Crustle. Dragalge can make use of toxic spikes or a proper Hidden Power, although it only really needs dragon/poison/water moves to do its job. Togekiss needs a recovery move. Try Roost or Wish, and you can add Nasty Plot or Aura Sphere if you want. Gourgeist makes better use of Will O Wisp or Toxic, if you can get them, and Shadow Sneak or Leech Seed as well. I also suggest you write a few lines of explanation about each team member's role. And in Reborn, you will need more than six Pokémon to get through comfortably.

So electric rodents are chewing wires and sabotaging telephone lines. Appropriate. A dinosaurian eye is next.

Gonna make a Silent Hill joke, then.

Praise from the praiseworthy is high indeed. Once again, I thank all of you for your support and good wishes. I'm rather embarrassed now, to be honest.

All right, srs bsns talk: Once again, I must tell you all that I highly value all feedback, so you need not fear offending me or anything of that sort. I fully appreciate the points that all of you have made, and would be glad to continue receiving such inputs. Halloween, I must first tell you that the quoted Scizor comment was merely a joke. I do not have any fetish for insects; indeed, I am a straitlaced person who avoids even the so called 'artistic nudity'. I frankly do not see the semblance of a bikini in the Scizor armour, though I concede that you may see it as such. I will not now change it, since I feel that ruins the effort, but yes, i do take your point that the red/black contrast and the general waspish figure might lend that notion credence. Also I am disappointed that you didn't give me a graph. I love graphs. As for the Volcarona, I gather that you are happy with it, save for the width of the rear wings. I know that lepidopteran front wings are broader than their rear wings, but I must point out to you that what I drew is a Volcarona, not an actual Atlas Moth. The Pokemon Volcarona has six wings instead of the conventional four, and all are of the same shape and width. I have altered it and added enough detail to make it seem more realistic (such as adding venation, structured segments on the legs and spiracles) without changing the fundamental design. I take it that you're entirely happy with Noivern, even though strangely everyone is more pleased with it than I am myself. Last of all, Genesect. Yes, I am glad that you approve of the design in general. Your two points, I gather, are the position of the cannon and the steel strut below the knee. As for the cannon, it is mounted on hydraulic pistons/winches that stem from its shoulder blades/back. It is rather hard to render that without too much detail and cramped lines, so I gave it a more minimalist look. As for the beam on the knee, I know that placing a strut between two parts of a ball-and-socket arrangement arrests motion. That is precisely the point: to not let it move. I added the struts as a sort of 'kickstand' or retractable bar, to 'lock' the leg as Genesect steadies itself to launch its projectiles from its cannon. Don't ask me why I thought it should do that though; some things are just whimsical. I don't see it as a mechanical flaw, since it was intentionally added for the purpose explained, but I am always open to criticism. And yes, Spine, I agree that with the notion of the design in my head, what I translate onto paper usually tends to be viewed with a jaundiced eye. Thanks for your support!

Aww, that's very kind of you, Michael. And don't discourage yourself! I believe that art is something that anyone can do, with the only element that's variable being time. If you keep at it, I'm certain that your work will shine!

What? Of course it's casual! I didn't do any color, shadow or proper muscle/fur lining or anything. Barely more than a cartoon, really! *walks off grumbling*

Really casual pen sketch of Noivern. Summer here is brutal; 43 degrees Celcius and it isn't even proper summer yet. Perfect weather for refreshing fruit. I'm taking a small break from drawing for now. I won't be doing anything new, so if I do post something it'll probably be of something I've done in the past.

7/10 because it has a nice dog in it. I'm a sucker for dogs, but I don't really care much for the girl, if girl it is.

Mine is a tale of woe and desperation. For you see, I am a habitual perfectionist, and even in Reborn I bred and raised an army of all Pokémon that are even remotely competitively useful. Now, we have only one Ditto. This makes genderless breeding for IVs difficult to say the least. But genderless Hidden Power breeding? A nightmare! There upshot of it is that I hatched over 200 Magnemites, of which, thanks to the Shiny Charm, at least 16 were shiny as far as I can remember. I did discard all of them eventually, since none had the requisite perfect IVs for HP Fire...until the 228th one hatched. Now I have a perfect Magnezone, but god that ordeal was trying.

Thanks very much, Steffo and Spine. I greatly appreciate your support. But course I'd be glad to make a Noivern, Steffo. If you're OK with lineart, then it can be made sooner, but if it's to be a coloured thing it'll probably not be possible as of now, but I'll see what I can do!

Google has no suggestions for Viridescent or my real name, but Viri is apparently Shrek. 'Tis confirmed.

You wish. An electric rodent is next.

Bombs. Unfortunate but true.

Am I allowed in here? I usually don't change avatars, but I can participate without having to keep updating one, I hope. 7/10 at most because I don't like that sort of skeletal or demonic stuff very much.

Possibly. Or it could just be a secret gastly location. One can hope, can't one?

Hello, Oxi, and welcome to Reborn! I'm sure you'll enjoy the game, and your stay here; you're in for a beautiful journey. Do check out the rules for a second, and feel free to approach any of us for any help you may need. Also consider hopping on the Showdown server to let us get to know you better!

Thanks, red! Anyway, now that the forums are finally working again back, I can get this damned bug off of me. It's a drawing in ink this time, just a pen sketch on paper, featuring the best lepidopteran in Pokemon history: More to come later!

No it's not. I'm from the same bracket as per this record :] (Even though I'm quite older in terms of how long I've been lurking)

And croagunk, hehe.

Don't care about cats very much. I like dogs.

I agree. DPPt was the best (in my opinion, since it was asked for, so nobody jump down my throat about this now, ok? OK.) So do watch DP if you have to watch the anime. And the idiot actually had a respectable collection of Pokémon: Gliscor, Infernape, Torterra, POWERFUL STARAPTOR, etc. Also, Piplup was hilarious.

All right, here is something else that I did in the past; a different style but a more 'fleshed out' design. In fact, it itself is also technically still a WIP, since it needs a couple of tweaks and will be added as a part of a greater whole in a future work. Nevertheless, I think it is also developed enough to share in its current state: Something different will come soon! BONUS: