Starters of Regilias Region!
Channel: Rising Studio
Date: 11/07/2021

A few days ago, I decided to try to draw my own Pokemon starters after being inspired by the various ones on this platform. It was mostly for fun and to see where my imagination takes me. 
After completing the trio, I was suddenly eager to turn them into some form of game-scenario-based video. Originally I wanted just a simple clip to show off these starters, but as I started editing and drawing a lot more ideas came to me and it became pretty elaborate..


Regilias Region is a concept region I created with a strong affiliation to fossils and Pokemon Ancestry. The name comes from Regi and Lias, in relevance to the dig site in which paleontologist Mary Anning used to frequent. The opening scene is very much inspired by her days by the cliff, searching for fossils to sell.


With fossils being the center of it all, I made the three starters based off of prehistoric creatures. Each has more than one creature as inspiration. And I thought it would be lots of fun to add dual typing for them. Since the regions are going to be mostly one-off videos, I ended up adding the typing even though originally I thought they should not gain it till their secondary or final stage. But the idea here is even though they have secondary typing, these young starters won't learn too many major moves of that typing until they evolve - in a sense, like chicks learning over time how to fly and such.


The grass starter is inspired by ferns (one of the earliest plants), crocodilian ancestors, and Triceratop species. The name comes from a combination of a particular crocodilian ancestor and the dinosaur.


The water starter is inspired by sea serpents (wyrms too), marine reptiles, and pterodactyls. The name is derived from Thalasso (a type of pterosaur), and pod (in the way that marine reptiles and mammals can swim in pods).


The fire starter is inspired specifically by Habelia Optata. Its inspirations can be found in the name, coming from Arthropod, Arctic, a crustacean living in icy areas, and Habelia itself.


A few more notes - Claid is designed to look like a scout of sorts, camping and digging from a young age as he studies under the Professor. It is a tradition in this region to use fossil pokemon as starters. To prove his worth to begin his journey to research fossils and the lore and ancestry of Pokemon, Claid had to find all three starter fossils.
Professor Redwood is inspired by a combination of the looks of Roark (I associate him a lot with dinosaurs and fossils since that was kind of the first generation that had an actual dinosaur pokemon, and Red with Oak as a template. The name comes from ancient ferns, to stick with the pattern of trees, shrubs, and whatnot.


I had so much fun making this! And am so proud of it. I'm looking forward to coming up with other fun themes and concept regions/starters. 
Hope you guys enjoy this :)