Pokemon Fan Shows Off Redesigns for Charmander, Charmeleon, and Charizard

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Charizard has remained one of the most iconic and popular Pokemon since the first Pokemon games, but one extremely dedicated fan artist has offered their own redesigns for the creature and its entire evolutionary line based on some unused content from the earliest titles in the series. Such redesigns aren't a rare sight to see shared among the Pokemon community, especially those that focus on the many iconic starter Pokemon that have been accompanying players on their adventures, some for nearly three decades.

Even those who have never been particularly keen on Pokemon will no doubt recognize the Fire-type lizard Pokemon Charmander and its final evolution, Charizard. The names and appearances of these Pokemon species are almost as popular as Pikachu, the mascot of the franchise as a whole. It's no surprise that Charizard and the other Kanto starters have such a reputation within the gaming world, as these Pokemon represent the very first critters that even the longest-time Pokemon fans would've befriended almost 30 years ago.

With these original Pokemon Red and Green games in mind, one committed artist from the Pokemon community known as vomitfrog has set about making their own custom tweaks to the designs of Charmander and its subsequent evolutions. These design alterations were made based not only on both official and unused sprite art from the original Gen 1 games, but also aspects of Charmander's real-world counterpart, the fire salamander. The results of this animal's influence on these designs are a number of black spots and markings which mirror those found on the bodies of the real-world creatures. Even with the realistic and retro design influences incorporated into these redesigns, the artist also took into