A noobs new Fakey-mon

[megaMasquerain]

Just saying guys, Im not trying to make a pokemon or a digimon, I am working on this for a game with a friend, the premise is like pokemon and digimon, but the creatures begin to change their appearance before they evolve, this tree in particular is a land based (the other 2 are water and sky based, off of the greeks species classification system) This one in particular is going to evolve from the small guy, and into either the big guy up there, or a basically a Large Bat man, the best description i can think of for a color palette would be a more "Demonic" one, thats why I chose Black and Crimson. I know, I have been piss poor in explaining this up to date, sorry.

If you're not making Pokemon, don't call them "fakemon". Fakemon denotes a fake Pokemon, not an original monster creation, no matter how Pokemon-inspired it may be.

What you're doing sounds a lot like my current project - one thing I've learned is that if you're making a monster-battler game you have to differentiate them from Pokemon in both sprite style and design, or else they're just glorified Pokemon. Try a totally different style - more shades, less shades, totally different colors, different size/color restrictions, different outline styles - the possibilities are endless. Change the designs up too - put things on them that you definitely wouldn't see on a Pokemon.

My previous critique still stands, however - things like Pokemon and Digimon are good to study if you're doing a cartoony monster game, though I would also suggest looking at other similar games - try Shin Megami Tensei (or the more childish spinoff Demikids), Dragon Warrior/Quest Monsters, Azure Dreams (hey, I ripped that sheet!), or Telefang.

If you don't want people to think you're making Pokemon, you can't be making Pokemon in the first place - or calling them Pokemon for that matter.