Why thanks weenie, I appreciate your input. I didn't intend for Clarice to become Che Breloovera, but turns out it did end up like so, and I'm not complaining.
And yeah, each of them represents a different kind of menace: Breloom is daunting, Staraptor is quietly intimidating (pun intended) and Venusaur has the smug grin of the fat bully on the playground. Primeape and victreebel are just there for the jungle effect, and to support the Venusaur-is-walking-rainforest idea, but I see what you mean about Talonflame. Honestly I just added it in on a whim(sicott?) And because you know that I'm HARDCORE and don't use a pencil or eraser before just starting off with ink, I couldn't remove the Smogonbird later. Let 'er be there for the splash. And yeah, I deliberately didn't make it look scary (target just a background haze) because we all know SATRAOTIR is the true aggressor.
Perhaps it should have been Yanmega. Fits the green scheme and adds a bug, because the Amazon is full of bugs. But after drawing so many bugs just before this (including Yanmega) I just didn't want to draw another bug again so soon.
I don't get what you mean about the tail. Breloom doesn't have any ass cheeks, being somewhat reptilian or dinosaurian in its body build, so the tail is an extension of its belly, and flows smoothly like a snake's. The shadowing on the base of the tail should indicate that anyhow, but I'll look into the matter.
As for the skulls ... eh, you're right. I'm not bothering about them now though. They're an afterthought anyways.
Thanks for the link, by the way. I enjoyed it.