I don't draw Pokemon much (as evidenced by the fact that my Pokemon folder on DA has a grand total of...two drawings, one of them dating back to when Diamond/Pearl was the newest Pokemon game) and I'm not as into Pokemon as I used to be but I do like all the various art challenges that go with them that circle around the Internet. All those species make for prime art meme fodder.

The one I've had my eye on for a while is the Pokedesign challenge, where you hit a random Pokemon generator and try to design three different character designs based on what Pokemon you get, even if you get something like Voltorb.

I got Yamask, the Pokemon species made out of deceased human souls and cries blood because it misses being human. Because Nintendo.

I ended up doing five instead of three partially because the design was so simple, partially because I love the Yamask evolutionary line (and wish we'd finally get a Confagrigus Mega already) and partially because the first three I drew didn't look Yamask-y enough. Not sure if these guys are successful design-wise but they were fun to do.
The one on the top left is sort of inspired by the 1980's Ghostbusters cartoon and how they would render the ghosts in that show, all blobby and wrinkly, often sad-looking things. The rest were "see what sticks".

If I actually wanted to make one of these guys a character, it would definitely have to be the sassy Shiny one. Maybe he's the spirit of someone who maintained an important library that ended up getting burned during a conquest but his spirit has lingered on, and he's more heartbroken by the loss of knowledge than the fact he's dead. Probably has great IVs too.

Ah well, just a sketchy thing that ended up being a lot of fun.