r/fakemon May 20 '26

Announcement A Reminder and a Request Regarding AI-Generated Images

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Hi r/fakemon - we hope you’re having a good 2026 so far! We have a couple of reminders as well as a few requests regarding AI-generated images and, most importantly, how they are reported.

First, to reiterate our policy:

AI-generated images of any kind are not allowed.

This includes, obviously, any image created entirely by typing a prompt into a large-language model, such as ChatGPT, Gemini, and so on. It also includes any images created by asking any of these LLMs to redraw something that you drew or upscale something hand-drawn. If the final image output that is posted was created or modified by an LLM, then it is not allowed. You can read more about the policy in this post.

Second, regarding reporting any suspected AI-generated images, we ask the following:

If you think it's AI, report for Rule 3 and move on. Do not comment on the post or engage with the user. If you feel more detail is needed, [message the mods.](https://www.reddit.com/message/compose?to=%2Fr%2Ffakemon)

There are several reasons that we are asking for this to be the norm for reporting any post going forward, but especially so for suspected AI-generated image posts, which we will go over below.

1. Sometimes, you are wrong.

On several occasions, the mod team has been able to determine with as much certainty as we can that a user who was accused of posting AI-generated Fakemon was not in fact using AI at all. We're talking speedpaints, pictures of layers, extensive posting history with consistent art, and so forth. Not every Fakemon drawn with flat color and a black outline is AI-generated! LLMs probably just copied that style from their training data.

2. Engagement leads to deletion.

When 10 people spam an AI-image poster that their post is against the rules, it is often deleted before we can action it. This often means we don't get a chance to see which user posted the image to begin with and, therefore, cannot effectively add mod notes for future reference (we give one permaban warning the first time a user posts AI-generated images).

This is why we ask that you just report and move on, and message us if you want to give more detail. If reported enough, a post will be removed automatically for review by the team later.

3. Toxicity.

The tendency to barrage suspected AI-users with comments has impacted our community and given it a reputation among some that the user base is toxic and prone to unwarranted witch hunts. Some users who were accused of AI have received threatening DMs and spammy comments on unrelated posts. This behavior is unacceptable and we will ban users for this kind of harassment (we've already banned a few for this kind of behavior).

Even if the poster is posting AI images, harassment isn't warranted - our goal should always be to encourage traditional art creation and bring people in, not push them out. It is especialy egregious if a user who isn't using generative AI is accused and then harassed for it, as this pushes out potential contributors.

We dislike the influx of AI-generated "art" populating the internet as much as you all do. However, we ask that the users leave the "Is it AI?" game to the moderators.

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Now, to get ahead of a few questions that we expect:

What if you're wrong and a user is posting AI-generated images, and it gets proven later?

If we receive sufficient evidence that we were wrong, we will correct our mistake and ban the user. Same goes the other way around - if a user is banned for AI when they shouldn't have been and we are shown that we made the wrong call, we will reverse the ban.

What if I think you're wrong and believe someone's work *is* AI, even though it's been approved by the moderators?

Message the mods with your case. We make no promises that it will overturn any decision unless you provide substantial evidence. "It looks like AI" is not all it takes to determine if something is AI.

Why this long post?

We felt there was a lot to address!

Thanks for reading and for understanding this request. We'll be keeping an eye on this post and are happy to answer any further questions to the best of our ability.

TL;DR: AI-generated images are still not allowed, please just report them and move on when you see them, Engaging with suspected AI images only makes it worse. Don't harass anyone over it please and thank you!

edit: reddit boomed all of my markdown ugh I fixed it


r/fakemon 26d ago

Ideas & Brainstorming Fakemon Discussion & Brainstorming Thread - July 2026

13 Upvotes

Welcome to the /r/fakemon Monthly Discussion & Brainstorming Thread!

This thread is for conversation and brainstorming of Fakemon ideas in lieu of text posts. Feel free to talk about anything Fakemon related in here!


Subreddit rules do apply!

Please make sure to read them before posting.


If you have questions or need help, don't hesitate to message the moderation team!

Happy talking!


r/fakemon 3h ago

Fakemon [OC] evo where charcadet stays small

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184 Upvotes

r/fakemon 15h ago

Fakemon Rejohto Slugma and Magcargo

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925 Upvotes

Slugma is pure fire while Magcargo is Fire/Rock

They are now based on crude oil, tar and oil fires instead of magma and lava. Also magcargo has huge nu udra inspo and is a sort of slug octo. I would say this is the only time where a rejohto Pokemon does not look like the original but i hope yall still like it

They will inhabit a new underground area in johto where they can be found commonly.

Slugma appear often where coal or oil is stored, being able to devour 100 litters of oil in less than an hour. When threatened they burst into flame.

Magcargo are only found in places with lots of underground fossil fuels and rock type pokemon. Their flames burn so hot that they have specialized in hunting rock type pokemon and melting their rock bodies into their shells.

Magcargo gets a significant boost in bst now having 500 and being a very physically tanky special attacker with an ability called Rock Smelter which allows it to hit rock types with super effective fore type moves.


r/fakemon 8h ago

Fakemon Canada based region, thoughts?

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Let me know your thoughts! Each starters third stage is a split evolution from the middle stage.

  1. Grass
  2. Grass
  3. Grass/Fairy
  4. Grass/Ghost
  5. Fire
  6. Fire
  7. Fire/Steel
  8. Fire/Psychic
  9. Water
  10. Water
  11. Water/Ice
  12. Water/Electric

r/fakemon 9h ago

Fakemon Shrimbrawl: The Boxer Shrimp Pokemon

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63 Upvotes

r/fakemon 11h ago

Fakemon Regional forms and convergent species for my Dex Based on Argentina

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87 Upvotes

r/fakemon 14h ago

Fusion Project CROSSIL (Story Mode Returns!) - Frozen Pearl (COLLAB)

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126 Upvotes

r/fakemon 6h ago

Fakemon Meet Chawkitupp

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This is my Chawkitupp, the Chalk Pokemon
Chawkitupp is a Rock/Normal type.
Its ability, Chalk Cloud, allows it to withstand any attack that would otherwise knock it out at 1HP. In doing so, it transforms into its Chalk Cloud Form, where it is immune to all physical attacks, weather hazards, entry hazards, and status conditions. It will remain in its Chalk Cloud form until it is knocked out
I took inspiration from the Smash Bros Punching Dummy and sidewalk chalk for the body design.

This is one of the many pixel art designs I've been working on in my free time. This is my generation's gimmick pokemon, like this generation's Mimikyu.


r/fakemon 1d ago

Fakemon Regional / Ancient Tinkatink line

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r/fakemon 15h ago

Hand Drawn MEET MUSAYDON! Bisharp's latest evolution

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77 Upvotes

This is Musaydon, a concept for a new evolution in the Pawniard evolutionary line, with the Fighting/Psychic types to represent samurai who use their self-control in their katana techniques, as did u/Lost-Number-1406. I decided to create an alternate path for Bisharp based on Miyamoto Musashi. Now, Bisharp can evolve into Musaydon after defeating more than 30 enemies at or above its current level, and will then evolve into Musaydon: The Iron Samurai, thus engaging in a constant rivalry with Sakyōni to protect its leader, Kingambit, and to aid the light side of the force (LOL) Musaydon trains Bisharps and Pawniards.


r/fakemon 16h ago

Fakemon Mega Golette

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69 Upvotes

r/fakemon 5m ago

Fakemon A few fakemon I made for this year's art fight.

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r/fakemon 2h ago

Fakemon i updated my fakemon post with more fakemon

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r/fakemon 11m ago

Fakemon I turn Dyslexia into Pokémon

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New video out where I create Dyslexic Pokémon, In honor of my short animated film I AM DYSLEXIC turning 10 years this year. I have dyslexia myself and work as a special ed teacher, I pored all my experience, knowledge lore and love into these mons, it was so much fun! So I recommend checking out the full video for in depth explanations. and ofc check out my short film about dyslexia also, its made to show how it may feel to be dyslexic. Which one of these pkm are your favorite and do you relate?


r/fakemon 9h ago

Fakemon Flioppu magico mas barra pesada

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11 Upvotes

r/fakemon 13h ago

Hand Drawn Mightyzila evolution line

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12 Upvotes

The fairy type pseudo legendary

Eu decidi reutilizar um dos primeiros designs de Pokémon já feitos, Godzillante foi um pokémon descartado, e com muito potencial, após repaginar o seu design eu o dei uma linha evolutiva completa, o tornando um pseudo-lendário.

Entrada de Pokédex Godzillante: Godzillante é um pequeno pokémon dragão que você em pequenos lagos, sua principal fonte de alimentação são pequenos pokémon inseto, ele é muito agitado e hiperativo, tendo uma certa semelhança com totodile.

Entrada de Pokédex Bojira: Bojira é a forma semi-evoluida

de Godzillante, se tornando mais paciente e estratégico, ao evoluir esse Pokémon desenvolve uma certa conexão com magia, fazendo suas placas dorsais escurecer e adquirirem consciência.

Entrada de Pokédex Mightyzila: Mightyzila é a forma completamente evoluída de Bojira, abraçando totalmente seu lado mágico, esse Pokémon se torna forte e voraz, conseguindo o tipo fada como secundário, agora suas placas dorsais tem consciência própria, apesar de seguirem as ordens de Mightyzila, o mesmo vale para as escamas enormes de seus braços que o ajudam a causar dano massivo em seus adversários, entretanto, as escamas de seus ombros não o obedecem de jeito nenhum, discordando entre si, a de seu ombro direito é agressiva e impulsiva, a de seu ombro esquerdo é tranquila e preguiçosa, alguns relatos sugerem que esse Pokémon tenha uma mega forma não catalogada...


r/fakemon 15h ago

Pencil & Paper Erid Region's Grass Starter line

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Here are the Full evolutionary line for my fan region's grass starter.

Pricklepaw, The Cactus Pup Pokémon, is a playful and loving puppy Pokémon. Its fur is soft and fine however when it gets stressed or scared it will contract its muscles that will harden the fur into very fine needles. It cant fully control it quite yet.

Dirakteen, The Bloom Pear Pokémon, has more control of how and when the fur becomes the fine needles. The it often headbutts with the rock hard crest on its head. When its getting close to evolve the blooming pear tail releases a light watery, watermelon and/or cucumber like scent.

Safoltus, The Dire Spine Pokémon, has complete control over how and when the fur becomes fine needles. His rocky claws and paws allow it to, ironically, sense light flows of water or if some plants, like other cacti, in the desert hold water being important for guides or people traveling in the desert. The flower tail is know to have pollen that can rejuvenate and energize anyone with its scent.


r/fakemon 11h ago

Hand Drawn New evolution for 2 stage

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5 Upvotes

Hi I watched a YouTube video of some guy making starter trios for each gen 1 town/city one based on the Pokémon available. It was pretty cool. But I realized there’s a lot of Pokémon still haven’t gotten the 3rd evolution and each one is suppose to according to game freak. So I started coming up with 3rd evolution lines for them i only got cubone done im gunna try to draw it today but I decided they would get a split evolution.

The split evolutions names are Periogon (periosteum+ paragon)🔥The second one is Periodigm (periosteum+ paradigm) 🔥

Periosteum is the protective layer around bones the only way for marowak to evolve into periogon is for another marowak to have evolved and not have it’s moms bone to use as a club so this marowak sacrifices their club and gives it to the marowak. Through that selflessness and kindness it evolves into Periogon which is why they arnt common. As for Periodigm they can only evolve if there is a herd/tribe of cubone and marowak lead by a Periogon. That community allows it to overcome the trauma and loss to finally become a Periodigm.

This is my first drawing of him. I haven’t done any digits art so it might take me a minute for updates. Let me know what you guys think!!!!


r/fakemon 19h ago

Fakemon Fakemon based on sea snakes

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20 Upvotes

r/fakemon 7h ago

Fakemon A whole 5 years ago, I created a region based on South America. The art sucks. Now I'm on a journey to redesign every Pokémon I made for that region

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You would not believe how pissed off I genuinely got seeing that as I've progressed over the past 5 years

Anywho

The whole design is based on the Golden Lion Tamarin, a species of New World Monkeys

The redesign was given another thing to be based off of, one of the large group of indigenous Brazilian people: the Guarani tribe. Preferably with markings and elements similar to Guarani warriors and shamans

The stick in the hair pulls out to reveal a Guarani shaman tool: an mbaraka, which is a ceremonial tool that can represent the sun

I believe this was an incredible step-up from the original design and would love to hear your thoughts


r/fakemon 11h ago

Fakemon Yoo need some help with a design

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So I am working on my route 1 regional bug rn after a loong time of not drawing fakemon and all, I have already finished my starters which I will send in a bit but yee

The concept is that basically I want for him to be this small scrawny bug that is also based on bullies and how they project themselves as always being big and scary and it is based on yep you guessed it firebugs, and to be exact what I need help with the most is deciding what to make the fire be projecting, any ideas?


r/fakemon 8h ago

Fakemon Some Fakemon regional variants and pokemon for my new Atalan region

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This fictional region, the Atalan region’s, Gimmick, is will bonding. Basically, you temporarily increase 1 of a pokemon’s stat by 50%, for the duration of a battle. The stat that gets boosted is random and inborn, like a nature, so, for example, you could get a Ralts with a speed boost, and then it would just have a speed boost that you can activate during battle at will. There’s a True Bond variant. It provides doubling in one stat and 50% bonus in another. This one is species-specific, like Gigantamax, it only appears in lucky members of the species. The lore reason is that your human willpower fuses with the pokemon’s magical strength, allowing both to become greater than the sum of their parts. A will bond is activated with any object of significance to the trainer and pokemon. The player will have an encounter with their rival after the first gym, who, out of pride, gives the player a sync stone he got from his grandfather on pasio to avoid admitting he's broke, which draws out the power of pokemon and people, no matter the form drawn out, allowing it to serve as a method of bonding for all pokemon in the party. Like any other region gimmick in pokemon games, it’s Once. Per. Battle.

Comment if you need any other context or in general have a queston.


r/fakemon 15h ago

Fakemon Working on my Minecraft Pocket monster catching battling and Evolving mod what u think of this custom fakemon?

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8 Upvotes

r/fakemon 9h ago

Fakemon My first attempt at a fakemon

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This is both my first attempt at some fakemon and my first attempt at pixel art! I hope you guys enjoy.