HAPPY HALLOWEEN, EVERYBODY!!! I hope you all are having a spooktacular night — don’t let the ghouls get to you tonight, and make sure to eat lots and lots of candy! Here are all but the last 3 Faketober designs. Very spook!
Day 20 – Raven
Nevrinn [psychic/flying]
The Twin Raven Pokemon
Does Not Evolve
“It has the ability to split in two, creating a doppelganger made of Psychic energy. Its two halves will fly far and wide, and when they recombine, any knowledge is shared between them.”
Since I already had a Poe-inspired fakemon in #04 Plupoe & Poegalow, I chose to go in a less-obvious direction with the Raven fake. Thus, I took a card from mythology and based it on the Norse mythical raven gods Huginn and Muninn, which were Odin’s servants. They were said to fly around the world to learn its secrets and report them back to their master. I couldn’t resist making a slight Poe reference still though, which is why its name is a combination of “nevermore” + “raven”
In-game, it would have a special ability similar to Parental Bond. Maybe not as OP, though.
Faketober Day 21 – Scarecrow
Deadsperado [fire/ghost]
The Quick Draw Pokemon
Does Not Evolve
“A restless spirit that is powered by its desire for revenge. Its uncanny aim allows it to hit a target from 300 meters. It hates all birds for some reason.”
The fact that this guy’s dex class is the “Quick Draw Pokemon” is kind of a joke to myself, because I was stumped for ideas and behind a couple of days so I just sort of scribbled whatever I could think of for the prompt, which happily turned out to be one of the more well-liked ‘mons for some reason. People like puns I guess! Representing guns in a simplistic, cartoonish design like this one is a challenge, but I’m happy with the design I settled on. It’s pretty weird and quirky, but not so crazy as to break suspension of disbelief. I think.
This design was partly inspired by Fiddlesticks from League of Legends (who I used to main in the jungle). An early draft had 2 legs instead of the single one, and that looked a lot more like Fiddle than the final result. Still, very spooky!
Faketober Day 22 – Wendigo
Wendigrowl [ice/dark]
The Frost Hunter Pokemon
Evolves from ???
“A savage predator that lives in an icy tundra. It has no need to keep warm, and as such its body temperature is consistently 30 degrees below zero.”
I heard that the game Until Dawn features a Wendigo. Now that I’m done getting emotionally destroyed by Life Is Strange, I might check that game out so that I can sate my thirst for troublesome teens and interactive narrative games. …Uh, I’m getting off-track here.
This isn’t actually the first Wendigo-inspired fakemon I’ve designed; the other one was actually a Mega Evolution design for Elaynii’s amazing fakemon Shephantra (art by Elaynii). There’s more than a few similarities between the two designs, which is to be expected I suppose, but I still think there are ways I could push this design further. I like it, but I can do better… so, consider this a rough draft. It’ll have a pre evo as well and maybe a Mega too; think like Zoroark and Lucario.
Faketober Day 23 – Headless Horseman
Stumperor [grass/fire]
The Pumpkin Fiend Pokemon
Stumpkin -(lv16)-> Hollostump -(lv36)-> Stumperor
“One night a year, during the month of October, a Stumperor will lead a massive stampede of Stumpkin and Hollostump throughout the region. This is known as ‘All Hollow’s Eve.’”
Finally! The grass starters — Stumpkin, Hollostump, and Stumperor — are complete! I knew I wanted to do some kind of crazy pumpkin-centaur design for the final, so I’m happy with how it turned out. The ghostly blue flames completed the look, too.
By the way, I carved a pumpkin today. I carved a Gengar face on it! Gengar is one of my favorite canon Ghost Pokemon, along with Pumpkaboo and Rotom.
Faketober Day 24 – Revenant
Zombeon [ghost]
The Revenant Pokemon
Evolves from Eevee after fainting in Cursed Graveyard
“The result of an Eevee that lost its life due to a curse, it has been transformed into an emotionless husk. It is slavishly devoted to its trainer. Intentionally trying to evolve Eevee into Zombeon is considered a crime.”
When I was looking at the prompt list, I realized: wait a minute, I accidentally put Zombie on there twice. (‘Revenant’ refers to a member of the walking dead; in other words; a zombie.) So instead, I had this slot filled by the requisite Eeveelution. It’s a ghost-type, undead Eevee, as per the Tober region way. I regret not putting a crack in its skull showing an exposed brain; perhaps next time.
Stat-wise, it would be a tank, with high HP and Defenses but low offense and speed.
Faketober Day 25 – Mutant
Xenogen [nuclear]
The Wastefield Pokemon
Evolves from ??? into ???
“A bizarre life form which thrives in irradiated fields of nuclear waste. It is a parasitic creature which won’t hesitate to latch on to any prey it finds and suck out its life force.”
Nuclear-types! I’ve long wanted to design more fakemon that are of the new type introduced in Pokemon Uranium Version, and this was a perfect excuse. I based its appearance on the Mutant enemies from Chrono Trigger, as well as the Xenomorph from Alien. I’m looking forward to designing the rest of its evolutionary line.
Faketober Day 26 – Slime
Moldring [poison/fairy]
The Slime Mold Pokemon
Does Not (?) Evolve
“They gather in droves in wet, dark places. The more that congregate, the stronger their shared power becomes. They are known to stand in a circle and cast enchantments.”
Moldring is based on a slime mold, appearance-wise specifically the Wasp Nest slime mold. Fun fact! Slime molds used to be classified as a type of fungi, but they are actually in the kingdom Protista. It’s also based on the concept of fairy rings. For some cool and creepy macro pictures of slime molds, check out this gallery!
Faketober Day 27 – Slenderman
S̴̴̛l͢e̢n͏͘͞d̸e͡e҉r̵̡ ̶̴́[͢?̡͞?̢?͠]̵
Ṭ̵̛̖̼͔̣͖̲h̨͇͓̘̞̺͕̪͙̟͢e̳̯̜͓͚̤̪͖̝͘ ̸̡̙̺̤̖͔̰̲͠Ų҉̖̺n̫̜͙̝̻͎̦k̷̼̭̣n҉̜̲͚̟̣͙o̭̤̻̼̯̳̮̕͘͜w̨͚͈̜͎̼̦̮̕͟n̸̞̯͚̳̝̺͠͝ ̩P̤̞͍̘͕̕͠o̭̼̦͈̱̰͠k͚͎̼̭͖̙͕͎͟é̶͓͚̙͇̹͈m̳̣͇̫o̴̻̱n̢̩̮̪͕̻̫͜͝ͅ
“͈̲̫̤͋̕I̴͕̬̮͔ͫͮ́ͦ̑ͦͤ̊ͩt̩̯̻̔̿̊̾ͩ̈́̚s̸̡͕̣̭̹͗͑ͩ͐̈́̏͐͊͂͞ͅ ̯͍̻͉̤̅̈́͆ͣͯͥͩ̊ͨp̘̯͍͍͕͈̅ͩͧͭ̓̔ͯ̉̽͜ŗ̫̤̦̊ͬͪͬ̍̚ḙ̸͔̙̠̳̻̩̃ͮ̓ͨ̆͐̽͘͘s̹̪̣̞̄͑̑̐̄̐e̩̯͔͊ͣ͆ͭ̀n̸̨͔̖̭̠ͯ̄͛͂̌ͭ̒̊͢ç̥͖͙̺̥̙̰͔̊̆͋̕ḙ͍̂̇ͫ͂̃̋ ̭̟̳̖̫̝̿ͤ͗̂̉͟c̷͔̦͇̾ͤ͗̉͑͂͊́́o̞͔͍̓̈́̊̇͗͐ͤͩ́̕r̘̩̫͖̼̺̬ͮ̊͂̑͊͆̽ͥr̠͎̞̂ͤ͊ͤu̧̢̞͓̯̝͔̖̔͊p̻̗̮̲̟̰͕ͨ̅̈́͝t͙͓̲ͮ͗͌̊͋ͬ͟s̩̦̙̻̙̪͓̻̎̉͊ͮ͂ ̢͚̞͈̱̆ͧ̈́͐̋̕͜v͆̇̔̽͏͙̪̮̺͡i̷̻͈͈̬͍͈̫̳͌ͨ͋͝d͎̳̞̰̖̩̱͛ͧ̉ë́ͤ̀̅̓̀͗̂͏͚o͉̠̹̬̬̜͉̖̥ͥ͆͆ ̤̈̀̅ͨ̚̚͝a̰͓̺͖ͫ̃n̶̢͚̝̮̪̦̳ͪ̊̎d̳̳͉͊ͦ͂ͨ̆̓̚͡ ̭̥̰̥̮͚̲̺̽ͫ͜c̷̖̜̬̭̳͑̒̈́ͦ̍á̧̳͚̹̺͐͌ͬ̽͋͆̔m͎͙̫̟̼̳̤̀̓ͣ͆͆̌̎́é̬̞̎̐́͝r̉̽̽ͪ̂͏͉͖̀ąͮͮ͗҉̶̜̬̣͚ ̶̜̬̝͓̭͒̇͌͝ͅf̢̯̺̤̩͕̻̽̓͗͟oͦ̿҉̢̼̭̭ō̢̝̲̬̫̱̹͒̅ͤ͐͊͒ͬ̀t͈͎͔̓̈́̀a̶̱̪̱̲͍̣̮̓̃g̸̣̜̝̞͖̻̦̈̅͑̈́ͯ͘e̞̜͙͔̣̫͍͂͆ͧͫ̊͑͂͜͡ͅ ͓͉͔̥̘̼͇ͬͦ͆̉̊ͣ͘̕a̧̲̳̙͊͊ŕ̛͖̲̆̍̀̚o̤̖͆u̯̻̦ͩ̌̅n͓̯ͮͪ̇̅̓̀ͧͬ͜͞d̷ͬͪͥ͑̒͗̏͏̶̭̱̝̗̭̥̼̱ ̅҉͏̭͇̱͎̞̯̟̀į̘̣̘̜͋͒͑ͫͩ͊̚͢t͈̻̟͒ͮ̀͢ͅͅ.̝͔̬̝̥́̃ͦ̿͊͂͟ͅ ̢̱̝̦̗̞̞͈͕̦̔̈ͫ̅̎͐̄ͪ̚Ľ̵̜͖̒̂ͯͣ͛̋ͣ͠o̰̣̦͛̾̌̇̉̾͆͢o̦̯͇̜ͧͥ̏ͬͪ̆̚k̷̥̪̜̲͍̝̂̒̈́̉̈̒̊ͪ̍i̧̹͍̯̭̦͓̳̬̙̚̚͢n̛̘̭͇̺͙̈ͭ͂́ͦ̏͠ͅg͊̂̐̍҉̨̞̻̳͖̪̻̞̻̬ ̨̣̙̅͋ͣ̒ͧ͂ą̗̬̯̠̥̝͔̏͑͢ṫ̹̝̎ͮ͑̕ ̵̝̩͆ͮ̿ͅi̒͛ͬ͒͛̆̒͏̠͓̱̥̪̤̪͘ͅt̵͖̪̝̞̬̭̝̐̒̅̅̃ͧ͆̕ ̵̜̘̲̳̭̃̎̋̅̿ͥ̏̊̅̀f̛̈̇͌͘͏͎̬̳͕̘o̫̪̗̺̯̰̎͋ͪͭ̅̉̇͠͡͡ŗ̪̗̭͈̇͋̑͐̏ͮ͗̋ ͕͚̟ͪ̀͑͊ͧ͘t͍̲̘̟͎̘̬̖̆͠o̷̥̱̺͓̦̰͑̊̚͝ͅõ̘̟̾͟ ̆̾̈́ͤ̆̄҉̛̖͓̳̰̝l̫̲͔̩̠͉͍̘͎ͦͩ͋̂̇͂͢͠ő̙̠̰̞͎͋́̎͛̈͘͢n̛̗̫͚̜̋̔ͤͩ̏g̩͔͓͈͉͐̓͑ͮ͌̚ ̨̠͈̫̲̖̋ͦ͐ͧ͢͠w̵̪͕̲̬͔̞̤̍͆͊̕̕i̟̦̔͛̒͗̍̍̊l̩̭͈͉̰̮͕̗ͯ͐̄͌̿̾̆͞l̤̫̼̫̽̆ͥͩͤ̽̎̚͞ ̢͔͕̻͔̟̙̍ͬ̊i̜͙̍̉ͤͤ͊̌͑ņ̤̯̭̱͖̻̦̝ͫͩͬ̐͠d̸͈̙̱̽̓̿̿ͅṵ̶̣̖̟̼͔̿̊̊c̛ͥ͛̋͗̋̒̅̒͏̗e̶̶͇͓͆͐̃͋͠ ̷̗͓̜̦̓͒̌ͯͣ̕ẗ̵͕̺̞̱̭́̽̿͟͡h̫͓̻̰͔̗͍ͭ͛ͮ͒̉̔e̴̖͈͔̜̋̂ͫ ̨̢̲̩͈̳̘̟̟͌̅̌o̼̙͖̗̖̙̣ͩ̒̑b̛̺̹͔̻̘̰̖̂̅̆̾̐͑ͅs̰̮͖͓̱͔̯ͦ͐͛͡ȅ̗̠̙͍̦͛͡ͅr̢̲̱̙͔̣͒ͧ̊̈́̌͘v̵̼̭̟̩̗̗͈̱͍̋̎̐ͧ̚ȩ̙̮̣͓̮̥̤̟̊̊͆͋̓̏ͣ̊r̛͕͉̝̯̺̼̣̀̆̾ͅ ̹͍̥̪̼͔̙̯̌ͥ̓͑̍̇̃̊̆͠ț̛̗̱ͭ̿̎ͥ͜o̲ͬ̍̍̍ͩ̅̿ ̴̶̫͇͖̣ͥ͢m̢͆҉͍̮͈a̡͎̠̥̰̱̳̾ͫ̊̿̄͜͡d̴̖̭͔̮̻̯́ͬ͊ͭ̂̔̇͒̉̀n͚̳̟̯̈́̆̊́͞ę̶̼͓̱̝͓̲̟̳̀s̥͇͌͑͞͡ṡ̸̡̯͕̣͍͈ͦͬ̏̓̑̈̃.̴̵̠͛ͦͥ͘ͅͅ ̧̍́ͦͫ͐͋̆͐ͧ͏̻̞͎̯Ṟ̻̳̘̞͚̯̙̖́̎̌̈̊ͦͨͩ͠ȅ̜̯̜̙̥͒ͬc̷̵͐͗ͤͬͦ҉̳̞̦̤̗̲͈̯̪ŏ̶̵̻̰͕̯̘̻͈̊̏̄͟ͅŕ̗̞̤̲͐͒́̒̀ͯḑ̡̖ͦͣe̳̪̦͇͙̱̝̗̔͑͗̓͒d̷̙̈́ͨ̑͑͐̃̓̚ ̗̪͎͓͔̉͢ͅsͧͧͬ҉̧͈̖ỉ̩̦͖̣̳̱͎͈̃ͣ͞͝ḡ̦̤̃̎̔́̚̕h̶̳͇̩͖̭͙̺̣͕́͛̉ͮ̉͝ţ̠͔̠̺͍̝͒̐͌͠͞i̠̻̠̦̣͌͑n̢̰̻̤͙͔̖̲̫͆̋̓̋ͪ́g̟͖͚̖̘̪ͤ͘͠͞s̶̨ͥ̐͏̥̱̰̺̱ ̸̲̞̪̘͓̑̐͘o̠͓̣͔̯ͪ͛͒ͤ̑ͬ̌͞f̫̼̦͓̜͆̾ͯ̐ ̪͔̙̬̇ͣ̈́ͤ̒͊͑̀i͍̪̰͆͑͋̅ͣͭ̽̃ͯ͞͝ṫ̢͓̮̭̞̬̠ͥ ̴̡͙̒̀a̤̹̜͉͐͌ͅļ̵͉̲͌̇́̃ͮͤͮ̎w̛͍ͪͨ̐̌ͤ͐̋́̕a̴͕̝̗̗̠͙͖͗͐͒͟y̠͔̠̖͕̣̪̲̏ͤͤ͗̂̀͘ṡ͍̰̤͎̼͔ͨ́͘ ͕̖̹͎̯͑c̡͖͉̯͆͠o̷̯̦̩̖̫̮͎̐̂̀i̛͈̹̼̹̱̖͋͛ͤ͟n̵̏͊̋̈́ͦ̑̿͡ͅĉ̦̤̼̪̱̮̳̉̋͋̇ͅỉ̵̬͕ͯͥͪ́͘ͅd̲̜͔̮̯̖ͨ̔͌͂̋͢͜ē̼̩̻̮͔͓͠ͅ ̶͇͖͆ͣͪͥw̎҉̴̤̣̹i̢̼̟̭̹͌͛ͯ̆ͧ̒́̚ţ̡̬̤̘̝̝̩̖̙͉͒͐h̷̸̡͕̫̣̜̯͗͒ͪ̈͌̇̿̀ ̵͖̙͂͑̾ď̴̗̯͐ͣ͝i̶̧̛̺͉̘͚͔̪̥̜̎ͫ͒͂̐͗ͭs̛͕̘͉͈͈̳ͭ̍̆̾̽̍̂ͤǎ̖͙̰̳̥͆̉̂p̨̼͍͈̜̹̬̈̅p̡̰̭̳͇ͫ̂̏ͣ̅͐̍̽̀͟ͅe̡͗͏̩͙͍̝͓̠̝a̼͕̫͑̈́̈́̉̉̚ṙ̼͎ͭͩ̽a͍̥̪͎̪͌͂͒͘͠n̹̼̟̹̖̬͕̞͔̿ͫ̚͝ĉ̮̝̮͐̓ͥ͒̔̀͒̈e̩͛͑̾͟͡s͚̭͓̹̤̜̞̝̋͆̀͜ ̜͔͈̜̰͓͕͓͎̿͗ͥͥ̽͟͟o̶̢̰̝͖̭̬̊ͤͮ̅ͭ̒͗f̶̨̫̖̥͚̟ͭ̂ ̶̨̻̠̜̦̼̠̳͔ͨ́̚c̡͖̫̱̎̎ͥ̇h̨̫̰̮̤̥̓̊͒̈͆ͪͦ̏i̓͗̅ͧ͑̎͆͊͝͏͎͔̜̮̲̦͚l̸̰̖̱̫̻̹̣̮ͨ͗ͣ̽̆͡d̳̩͛͂ͯͦͦ͊̋ͅr̸̨̪̫̪̬̦̺ͨ͊̍͌̇ͦ̿ȅ̷̵͔͇̩̱͚̦̼ͯ̏͌͑ͪͣ̊̚͡ņ̸͎̣̝͍̻̦̞ͫ̎̄ͅ.̫̫̮̯̙͚͇̓ͣͣ̑͟͠ͅ”̧̺͙̪̦̱̗̭̟̆̓́̚
Z̛̈̑͒á̵̲ͤ̍̆l͘g̡͉̻͚̾͊͌̆̇o̝̱̘̼̾̾ͮ̂ ̦͎̩̦̫̦ͬ͟te͉͈̭̻̓̓ͩ̌ͬ̄̔x̧̝̻̠̪̤̺ͅṱ̘ͮͪ͝ ̲̟͚͈̺̒i͓̰̥͈̖̎̇͋s̛̙̒̈ͥͤ̄͌ͭ ̪͎̟̹͙͍w̷̬̰͚̱̻̠̆̂ͦ̓͑̀h̴ͧ͋̈̾̌̎a̼͔ͧͦ͂ͣ͛͢t̼̬͎͈̖̾͊̓̽ ̟ͪ̄́ͯ̇̄̍͡aḻ̫̠̠̅̇l̞̗̰̥ ̝͙̹ͅt͕̞̱̝̟͊ͤhͧ̈́̈ͩͦe̼͒ͣ͌̏̉̈́ ̞̤̓̈̒ͤ̐c̫̰͚̐ͪ͗̌͆͡o̗̙͈ͦ̃ǫ̥̹̜̯̹͕ͦ̈́͒̎ͭ̌l ̌ͫͭ̈́k̴̻͕̩̱̊̀̿̊i̽̾̓̑ͤ͟d̾s̭̮̣͙͇̩̍ ̳̝͎̺͉͓ͣ̍̓̇̾͝ar̔̓e̝̥̞̼ͦ ̥̬̳̼ͪ̉i̖͚̪̐̓ͪ͟ň̹̼̻̱̐ͮ͋ͦ̉͆̀t̶̞̣̥̓͐ͦͥ͋̉o̖͎̎͐ ̣̜̘̗͚̍̉̓ͪ͌̀͋͘ͅţͦ̽ḥ̰̦̱́̔͂e̦̮̫̻ͣ̔̍͋͒̈́̍ͅsͬͯ͏̥̳̣̼̻̲e̳̻̗̥ͩ ̳̪̭ͦͦ̂d͕̈̾̐ͣ̊͠á̡̮̥̖̥͊̓͌y͐̿s̓̍̓̒̍̚,̨̪̝̗͍̥ͨ̈ ̳̣̮r͈̯̳͓̪͓ȋ̺ͬͨgͨ̋̑̈́͊́̚͏͔̯̪͉͔h͙͕̝͙͋͛ͨt̙̬̻̤̗̜ͭ̌̓?͐͗͌̐̇ͨ̚
Professor Calabaza’s notes: “It’s been a tough time getting any info on this one. Not only is it incredibly rare and elusive, but it corrupts all video and audio recordings in its vicinity. I’ve had to resort to using a pen and paper rather than my usual tablet to record my findings. Firsthand accounts of the thing involve hearing unexplained noises, seeing static in their vision, and sudden bouts of unconsciousness. I’m not certain this is even a Pokemon… at any rate, capturing it would be nearly impossible because any Poke Ball would fail to work. As much as I hate to give up on any problem, I may have to admit that in this case, some mysteries aren’t meant to be solved.”
Faketober Day 28 – Grave
Riperoni [ghost/rock]
The Gravestone Pokemon
Riperoni -> ??? -> Mausolurk
“A restless spirit that possesses a forgotten headstone. It stands still in graveyards during the day, but is known to float around during the night.”
Today on: Twitch couldn’t think of a better name so she named it a bad pun and everyone seemed to love it for some reason. Riperoni is the basic stage of #18 Mausolurk, with a stage in the middle that doesn’t have artwork yet. Its design is based on a grave of course, but its silhouette is also in the shape of a stereotypical sheet ghost.
Okay! That’s just about it; all that’s left is the legendaries, which will be posted after Halloween because my work ethic is… not great. One of them is done at the time of writing; you can check my Twitter, which is where I post them first!
All that nonsense aside, I hope you have enjoyed seeing these spooky designs this October! I can’t believe how quickly these 31 days have gone by. Now, I gotta go get ready and put on my costume — I’m planning to eat lots of candy and have plenty of spooky fun tonight! I hope you do the same!
Spookily yours,
~ Oripoke