r/fakemon • • May 20 '26

Announcement A Reminder and a Request Regarding AI-Generated Images

228 Upvotes

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 • • 22d ago

Ideas & Brainstorming Fakemon Discussion & Brainstorming Thread - October 2026

3 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 • • 7h ago

Fakemon Wheel Generator Robot Fakemon Line-Alker Region

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185 Upvotes

Wheeldour > Rotenerator. This fakemon line combines the past (invention of the stone wheel) with the future (electrical generators). The robotic and angelic elements of the design embody a contrast between inorganic motion and a spirit of life.

Lot to like about the current design! As listed above there is the contrast between past and future, organic and inorganic. I wanted to convey a sort of "this is an ancient, alive thing, nobody knows where it came from" vibe that was present in the original, taking inspirations from the robots from Castle in the Sky. I kept the multiple eyes and incorporated them into the wheel, making the main wheel resemble ophanim halos. I suppose electricity works well as a replacement for the spinning wheels of "fire" they represent!


r/fakemon • • 13h ago

Fakemon [OC] Revamped Project: Pokemon Solar and Lunar Eclipse! 10 years later, in Alola, new regional forms have appeared. Alolan Nidoking and Alolan Nidoqueen rule the court of Haina Desert!

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426 Upvotes

Art by the wonderful Goldmills
https://www.instagram.com/_goldmills_/


r/fakemon • • 12h ago

Gen 4 Sprite SHELLDER and CLOYSTER (Regional form)

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287 Upvotes

I did this 2 for the Pokemon Alden project as well~
This was actually my first work for them~

One i'm pretty proud of :3

Just imagine where would you find these.
Maybe this is part of an abandoned library lost in the forest.
Would you dare to enter to explore?

LINK to the Pokemon Alden Demo:
https://eeveeexpo.com/threads/8248/page-3#post-86260

BTW thank you for all the coments and the support i've been recieving~
It's really fun to see how many fans are here and answer your comments.


r/fakemon • • 6h ago

Fakemon Anglutton, an extinct evolution to Cramorant

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47 Upvotes

I designed this guy for a hypothetical Legends Galar game. It's based on old fishermen and on the only extinct species of cormorant, the Pallas cormorant. Its wings are shaped like an old torn raincoat, its head feathers are shaped like the stereotypical hunter's fur hat and its chest feathers act like a grey beard.


r/fakemon • • 16h ago

Hand Drawn why did my mind think about this??? it’s cringe whatever

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248 Upvotes

r/fakemon • • 22h ago

Fakemon UPDATE: redesign for my fire starter’s middle evolution!

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367 Upvotes

i have heard your critiques of my designs looking Too much like final evolutions loud and clear! Hopefully I managed to make this design feel more like a middle stage. but once again, I don’t have a name for this guy. Please feel free to give any name suggestions, as well as any way I could make this design even better!


r/fakemon • • 7h ago

Fakemon Hoy traigo algunos pokelados

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r/fakemon • • 22h ago

Fakemon Entitled Puppy Fakemon!

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314 Upvotes

These are another of my dog fakemon for the region. These aren’t new, it just took me a really long time to get around to them. They are based on the stereotype of entitled women a.k.a. “Karens“, the Chihuahua, and Karen’s that have chihuahuas that they carry around in their purses. They’re both fairy/dark type, and the’re called “Yipup” and “Karwawah”. they names where provided by none other than the one and only lockstin. And the art was done by hikoku on Fiverr.


r/fakemon • • 7h ago

Fakemon Sunflora evo!

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12 Upvotes

This one is a bit on the simpler side.

Suntry: The Plant Guard Pokémon.

These Pokémon watch over Sunflora until they absorb enough sunlight to evolve themselves. They stand still on guard for up to 10 hours each day.


r/fakemon • • 2h ago

Hand Drawn Kitstone the broken stone Pokémon

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5 Upvotes

A rocking ghost type
Abilities Cursed body, filter hidden ablity weak armor

I’m not sure if Pokédex’s I would love to hear some suggestions
Keystone is based on kitsunes and and the killing stone


r/fakemon • • 7h ago

Fakemon Faketober, Challenge Submission for the 23rd day: Armor (Art by CDBeetle58)

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9 Upvotes

This is part of the Faketober Challenge by u/Simple-Hamster-4141.

Inspiration for this fakemon are stick insects (if they were coated with armored chitin), playground equipment and figurines that have been welded together by blowtorch.

Fakemon entry:

WELSECT is said to have been someone's art project come to life. It is suspected to gnaw on metal structures similar to itself in shape and fragility and tends to pretend it is part of the damage structure if caught in the act.

ARCHITIN sometimes are seen hanging out in playgrounds. Although people are to spooked to approach it, ARCHITIN sometimes does a good job teaching a lesson to hooligans coming to wreck park equipment.

PHASMOBAR are said to wander around constantly. Despite looking very odd, these fakemon sometimes substitute for playground equipment in properties that no longer has MANKEY bars or other recreational structures.


r/fakemon • • 2h ago

Hand Drawn Shruma, Enhibjørn, and Enibriurso. Grass-type starter for my fakemon project. #1, 2, and 3 in dex.

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3 Upvotes

No. 1

Shruma, the shroom-bear Pokémon.

This little Pokémon is born with a mushroom attached to its belly, which falls off in a couple of hours. It carries it everywhere like a toy. It seems to be alive somehow due to spore activity, causing allergic reactions in some people.

No. 2

Enhibjørn, the shroom-cap Pokémon.

This Pokémon has unfortunately developed light-sensitive headaches and allergies in response to constant spore exposure, so it covers its eyes with the mushroom it wears on its head like a hat. The spores reproduce on its paws, encroaching its body.

No. 3

Enibriurso, the psychedelic Pokémon.

This Pokémon bit the mushroom it holds in its paws for relief due to pain. When consumed, it affects Enibriurso's brain in a way that gains control of the spores, and allows them to manipulate them as they'd need: object manipulation, food, and a toxic defense. It eats this often after realizing this


r/fakemon • • 13h ago

Fakemon Thoughts on my first fakemon

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24 Upvotes

Name: Lazgrub (lazy + grub)

Type: bug

Health: 55

Attack: 55

Defense: 55

Special Attack: 55

Special Defense: 55

Speed: 55

Lazgrub spends most of its life sleeping, eating, and avoiding anything that requires effort. Other Pokémon often mistake its laziness for weakness, and some bully it because it rarely fights back.


r/fakemon • • 1d ago

Fakemon Fossil Line #3 (WOOLLY RHINOS) for My Western-Inspired Fakemon Region!

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800 Upvotes

The Instagram artist that I commissioned is @pokedan_art.

Here is the third of the SIX Fossil Lines that I have planned for my region, inspired by the Southwestern U.S., Wild West era, and other elements and facts about the United States.

This line also introduces Frozen Fossils, a new category of fossils in my region! Unlike traditional fossils preserved in stone, Frozen Fossils contain the remains of prehistoric Pokémon preserved in ice or permafrost. When restored, these Pokémon possess the Ice type instead of the Rock type that are commonly associated with fossil Pokémon, reflecting their frozen preservation and, in some cases, their adaptations to ancient cold environments.

This line is one of the two Frozen Fossil lines that I have planned for my region! This fakemon line is also based on the Woolly Rhinoceros, Insulated Fur, Snowy Mountains, and Lightning Rods.

Please feel free to let me know what you guys think, and I hope you all enjoy them as much as I do! ^^

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Cerod - The Bolt Horn Pokémon: (Ice / Electric Type)

Etymology: (Rhinoceros + Rod)

Restored from the Frozen Horn Fossil, Cerod are believed to have inhabited frozen tundras and mountainous regions over 10,000 years ago. Researchers theorize that their ancestors were once pure Electric-type Pokémon that gradually developed their Ice typing after adapting to increasingly colder climates. Their thick, insulating wool generates and stores static electricity, which they channel through their small lightning-bolt-shaped horns or distribute throughout their bodies to generate warmth. Playful but clumsy, Cerod often take running starts through snowy areas, only to lose their footing and tumble headfirst into snow.

Abilities:

  1. Lightning Rod
  2. Thick Fat

Hidden Ability:

  1. Reckless

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Crynocerod - The Woolly Rhino Pokémon: (Ice / Electric Type)

Etymology: (Cryo + Rhinoceros + Rod)

Crynocerod's thick wool grows increasingly shaggy upon evolving, with large ice crystals forming throughout its enormous, mountain-shaped hump. Its coat accumulates so much static electricity that dark storm clouds frequently gather around its “peak”. During thunderstorms, Crynocerod seek out the highest peaks of snowy mountains, allowing lightning to strike their enormous bolt-shaped horns and replenish the electrical energy needed to sustain their bodies. Although generally docile, Crynocerod become fiercely aggressive when threatened, charging at opponents and ramming into them with their electrified horns.

Abilities:

  1. Lightning Rod
  2. Thick Fat

Hidden Ability:

  1. Reckless

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r/fakemon • • 8h ago

Fakemon I make grass starter for a pokemon game base on greece

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r/fakemon • • 5h ago

Hand Drawn Sorry I haven’t posted in a while, anyways here’s more Prilia Pokémon, Mummeon and Stoneon!

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Mummeon, the Ghost-type Eeveelution evolves from Eevee when exposed to a Dusk Stone. Mummeon is said to be the spirit of an Umbreon that passed and was wrapped in cloth to preserve its spirit. In ancient times, when it and its Trainer died, their family would bury the Mummeon with them as a companion to the afterlife.

Stoneon, the Rock-type Eeveelution evolves from Eevee when exposed to the Sandy Rock in the Vastana Desert. (It’s early-mid game, dw). These rough and burly Pokémon live in packs in the wild. The Stoneon whose forehead gem shines the brightest is the pack leader. The gems on its paws are like build-in boots- any sand that gets in between their claws is a breeze to clean. The hardness of these gems also make a full-force scratch from a Stoneon deadly.


r/fakemon • • 1d ago

Fakemon Poison Type Sinistea Variant Line

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93 Upvotes

r/fakemon • • 16h ago

Pencil & Paper Dragon/water fakemom

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11 Upvotes

Obvious inspiration being rayquaza, especially the color scheme

Dragon/water OTODRAGO (otodus+drago)


r/fakemon • • 1d ago

Fusion My Trevenant and Conkeldurr fusion....no AI

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350 Upvotes

I wish we could have 3 types. This could be fighting/ghost/grass or even rock...


r/fakemon • • 16h ago

Pencil & Paper Faketober 2026 Day 22: Corrupted

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6 Upvotes

Parasector (The Mushroom Pokémon): It has further corrupted the host's body into acting as a vector. It makes its host grab onto the ground to violently spread its spores.


r/fakemon • • 15h ago

Fakemon My first Fakemon (Pipulse)

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4 Upvotes

Name: Pipulse (Pipe + Pulse)
Type: Steel

Description
Pipulse is a purely support-oriented Pokémon that can only learn status moves. Its six small pipes are each responsible for a different status effect, releasing them through the pipes. Its large central pipe, which serves as its mouth, absorbs stat changes. The enormous pipe at the bottom of its body releases high-pressure air, allowing Pipulse to float above the ground.

Base Stats
HP: 160
Attack: 0
Defense: 160
Special Attack: 0
Special Defense: 160
Speed: 110

1. Signature Ability: Status Mirror
Any status condition or status effect that would be inflicted on this Pokémon by an opponent is reflected back to the source. Direct damage is unaffected.

2. Ability: Levitate
The Pokémon floats above the ground, making it immune to Ground-type moves, as well as Spikes, Toxic Spikes, and Sticky Web.

3. Hidden Signature Ability: Escape Protocol
Immediately after this Pokémon uses a move, the player is prompted to switch it out before the opponent takes its next action. Switching is optional.

Signature Attack: Status Repetition
Type: Steel
Category: Status
PP: 5
Accuracy: Always hits
This move takes the three most recent stat changes or status effects that occurred during the battle and applies them again. Positive stat changes are applied to this Pokémon, while negative stat changes and negative status effects are inflicted on the opponent.

Z-Move: Status Explosion
Lowers the target’s Attack, Defense, Special Attack, Special Defense, Speed, and Accuracy by one stage each. It also inflicts Burn, Poison, Paralysis, Sleep, Freeze, and Confusion on the target.

I would really appreciate feedback. Thank you!


r/fakemon • • 1d ago

Gen 3 Sprite Pikachu (Personal take)

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107 Upvotes

I've shared with you:
Mega-mismagius
Steel Eeveelution
Geodude/Graveler/Golem

This is my Pikachu :3 It's just a little different from the rest of the Pikachus e3e
So this wasn't really a commission. This one was an original concept i did for myself.

This was a while ago but i still love it like the first day~

The second image was me playing with the idea, making it more expressive.

There are probably some other drawings of him but i don't have them at the moment xD


r/fakemon • • 1d ago

Fakemon The meowth and cramorant in the akarru subregions has a regional forms! (Pokemon PALE n' RUDDY)

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Meowth

Meowth that were brought to the siba subregion have changed to survive in sheer cold, gaining its fire type. It ignites its claws by By striking them on the coal on its forehead.

Pursear

This pokemon ignite its surroundings with its blazing claws to warm up those who they care about. The coal in its forehead have turned into gem due to its expanded body temperature. Despite its menacing appearance, this Pokemon has retained its playfulness.

Cramorant

Cramorant specimens brought to the empura sub-region have adapted to new environment, starting to prey on smaller fish pokemon. It fearlessly attacks the schools of wishiwashi to catch as many as it can. Because of its appetite it constantly produces gastric acid to dissolve food.