★ 11th YEAR ANNIVERSARY EVENT ★ - Toroan Contest!

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★ 11th YEAR ANNIVERSARY EVENT ★ - Toroan Contest!

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Three years ago we've had our Toroan Contest - and we've gained so many beautiful Toroans because of it! T-Gothielle, T-Gogoat, and T-Yanmega were all submitted to the contest! For our 11th anniversary, we'd like to do another contest, and give the opportunity to all the new amazing people who joined over these years!

This contest will have you create a concept for a Toroan Form that could fit in our universe. It will be reviewed by the Admins & BC to see if they can be brought to life! The criteria that will be judged include (but are not limited to):
★-Design: This isn't an art contest, but we are looking for cool and possible designs!
Design is super important! Will it look cool, or cute? Friendly, or intimidating? How does it fit with the 'theme' of your Toroan Form? We'll take art submissions or mock up textures of the Pokemon for this - but fear not! If you aren't the artsy type, we'll also judge text based descriptions, and MS-Paint color overs on an equally fair scale. Texture Work is also an important part of this design, as if the UVs are awful then it will be very hard for our texture team to work on creating it! - We aren't modelers, so please consider that!

I heavily suggest making sure the Pixelmon Texture is able to properly be painted to your wants! I suggest checking out the texture in your files!
★-Stats/Moves/Abilities: Is it viable? What kind of battler is it intended to be? Tell us!
Your Toroan needs to be balanced! Stat distribution is important, whether it's a fast attacker or a sturdy wall. Abilities and moves are super important as well - bonus points if it fits the 'vibe' of the Pokemon! As a note, Toroans should share the same BST as their original counterparts, so no buffs or nerfs. You can either re-arrange the individual stat values, or re-distribute them entirely to your liking! Likewise, Toroans should have the same amount of moves as their original counterpart, so don't go removing/adding less or extra. Note that these may be subject to change if your Toroan is selected for balance! (Disclaimer: You don't need to make a WHOLE moveset for them - just a few select moves would be good! Though if you wanna, go wild!)
Please keep in mind, that we don't want to give signature moves/abilities form normal Pokemon to Toroans - as it feels like it'll take away from the Pokemon. Aka, don't give it Dancer / Mummy / Gale Wings etc
★-Lore/Theme/Aesthetic/TYPE: Is it unique? How was this variant born?
What's the lore behind this Pokemon? You could mention how it changed into this variant, or maybe some flavor text (such as how Toroan Dratinis eyes never open, or Toroan Eldegoss loves to dance to spread its spicy seeds)!
Your Pokemon should also have a consistent theme to it. Toroan Relicanth, for example, is a cool lava fish that had its first change in forever due to the shifting environment of Garnet Island. Toroan Shiinotic is an icy mushroom that spreads its spores like snowflakes!

Thinking about their typing as well! We tend to favor typing that are locked behind Legendaries/Mythicals and unique stuff like that. Don't overthink it, just have fun!
To submit, fill out the form: [HERE]!
Please put all your Toroan Form information on a google doc so we can review everything properly! You can submit multiple, especially if you're working with others, but quality over quantity!

I suggest looking here for some tips and rules:
Here is some designing tip on how we do Toroans!:

We like to breath new life into Pokemon that might need more love - like Ledian & Relicanth are great examples of wonderful Pokemon who just didn't get enough appreciation! That leads us into our next sorta design rule - no overly popular pokemon / megas. - We want to prop up Pokemon that are rarely used! Charizard does NOT need a Toroan form!

In addition, we mentioned it before but: We try not to give unique abilities/move from other Pokemon onto Toroans!

Design wise, I suggest looking at Pokemon what have 'eraseable' parts - like how with Toroan Gogoat, we were able to remove the leafy fur, or with Gothielle, we were able to remove the bottom part of her skirt to give her the iconic BOOTS look. - Stuff like this is a big plus, as it makes them unique without us needing to know how to model!!

[HERE] is a google doc that Bedtime & Stow made- feel free to copy and use it!

Here are the links to the last winners, to give you inspiration:
Gothielle - Gogoat - Yanmega

As you can see, we've changed some of the designs up a lot! So just keep that in mind.

You're free to work on this with other people, collaborations is how we make Toroan Forms in the first place. Just please try to be original in your idea, and not steal. If you use other's art- please credit them!!
As a final rule, try to keep your submission and ideas to yourself! We wanna preserve the surprise a bit for the selection if you do win! But ultimately you're free to do as you'd like ♥!

Judging will be done in private, with winners informed in PMs! The prize is your Toroan coming to life of course, the shiny version of it & a special encounter with it, and such!
All participants will be receiving 50kPix & 50BP!
Your submission is due by: Ideally the end of September, but if you need more time, just let us know!
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