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Jinkou by Shadane

Jinkou

Shadane

I did say I wanted to draw something Halloween related, and I decided to go with a Fakemon for this one. I'll still create art relating to my Digifake OC, but I just wanted to do something Pokemon themed.
The creature shown above is called Jinkou, known as the "Alacrity Pokemon", named after one of my existing characters. It's a dual Ghost/Psychic type, but the Psychic-type changes to either Fire, Water, or Electric depending on the elemental tag it's given to hold. Although they're often known to travel in packs in the in-game lore, Jinkou are often seen alone, and much like canon Legendaries, they can only be found once in-game, as to stick to the trend of only finding one at a time. They're roamers by nature, often seen running across roads to the point of surpassing motor vehicles. According to rumors, people that encounter this creature are paralyzed with fear when one stares at them; despite this, they mean no harm.

If you couldn't tell by that description alone, this Fakemon is based on the jinmenken from Japanese folklore, which a lot of my characters happen to be. It's the first member of a legendary trio to be designed that I liked enough to decide to add it to my game, but it was initially created for fun when I noticed that there still isn't a jinmenken-based Pokemon yet, even though there are countless other yokai Pokemon, most of which I can name off the top of my head along with the exact species of yokai they're based on. Maybe someday we'll get one, but this is just what I think one could look like.

I plan to give it a signature ability that's replaced by a different one depending on what type the Psychic-type changes to, but at the moment, I have Pressure set as its placeholder ability. There is a member of the trio who has Pressure as their ability, but that's for another time.

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    The design definitely looks pretty cool! :)

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      Thanks! I always imagined a potential jinmenken Pokemon having a similar look. ^^

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        You’re very welcome! :)