{DIGIMON T.C.G.} ~ TyrantKabuterimon
(With cameos of Kabuterimon and Kuwagamon!)
(Preview from here!)
The "King of Bugs" which governs all Insect Digimon. Its stronghold, the "Under Forest", exists deep underneath the darkest forest, and it is said that it only moves at night. It is able to manipulate every Insect Digimon at will, so it almost never fights in person. Due to the high density Chrome Digizoid which compose its shell, it is thought to be impossible for ordinary Digimon to even scratch it. The red-hot explosion {attack} which it emits from its entire body (Shine of Bee) is impossible to defend against, and instantly reduces all of its opponents to ash. Also, its "Bee Cyclone" summons all of its insect followers, to construct an impenetrable wall of bugs.
An insectoid Tactimon by request of @WyvernLordLu over on Twitter
Had a lot of fun experimenting with colours+shading on this one. Was supposed to be done by Christmas, but I guess Happy New Years now lol
I made some reference book style art of a few Digifakes a while back and decided I should post 'em here too! Their names are Funyamon, Ugomemon and KoYanmamon!
Thinking of Digimon's bugs again and how well they utilize designs like this-
This is a design that anywhere else would be a villain design, and make you not only root for the character, but associate him with safety and protection. Look at little Izzy riding in his head!
This applies to MegaKabuterimon too of course. And Stingmon, but he's got a kind of cool ninja aesthetic to balance him out. I don't really count Palidramon- he's more dragon than bug- and I wish Dinobeemon (reverse Palidramon) appeared in the anime. Hell, I feel he's a better fusion than Palidramon!
And as I mentioned in another post, Wormmon is a cute wet kitten and Tentomon is a funny little man despite the realistic bug anatomy. Going lower down the evolutionary track- I have a soft spot for Minomon (despite the realistic bug mouth- he's a cutie pie).
The thing is...bug Digimon aren't really used as partners in the anime after 02. Except Ballistamon, but he's more of a machine. It's not a bad design. It works. But the human hands and Iron Giant face aren't the same vibe.
This means designs like Kabuterimon get used exclusively as Kuwagamon-esque screeching Baddies of the Day and I hate that. Meanwhile bugs like Fanbeemon have to wait forever just to be a partner to someone in a random webcomic. We did get an animated version of that one in the Adventure reboot though.
And who knows? Maybe someday old Kuwagamon will be partnered to someone! ...Or maybe not.
Anonymous Digimon Line commission that requested a "snowman beetle" line. With permission, I ended up turning it into an ice-themed Tokusatsu-styled line, ending it with what is basically a Kamen Rider.
SnowGrubmon, SnowTentomon, Regelamon, RegelaKaijimon, and Zeromon.
Born from climate science data on glacier cores, the SnowTentomon line possesses a powerful heart of justice, even as the monstrous RegelaKaijimon! But pushing through this apparent dark evolution results in the mighty Zeromon, the Frigid Hero of the Digital World!
I've decided I'm going to make a tournament based on anthro bug characters.
Rules: The person must either be the protagonist of a property, or the most prominent talking bug representative of a property.
The character must at least be able to think/communicate in a human (anthropomorphized) manner in the property they appear in.
I've provided my current listing below the cut. If you have any suggestions, I'm extremely welcome to expanding the bracket!
Aletris (Social Moth)
Barry B Benson (Bee Movie)
Beescuit (bee simulator)
Berkley Beetle (Thumbalina)
Big Chill (Ben 10)
Buck Bumble
Buddy (Webbed)
Bog King (Strange Magic)
Caterpillar (Alice in Wonderland)
Charlotte (Charlotte's Web)
Flik (Bugs Life)
Garrus Vakarian (Mass Effect)
Gregor (Metamorphosis (game))
Gregor Samsa (Metamorphosis (book))
Ghost (Hollow Knight)
Hornet (Silksong)
Jiminy Cricket (Pinocchio)
Miss Spider
Team Snakemouth (Bug Fables)
The Peach Crew (James and the Giant Peach)
Tentomon (Digimon Adventure)
Wormmon (Digimon Adventure 2)
Zoc (Ant Bully)
Z (Antz)
I feel that even though you're a big fan of big cunty evil looking Digimon like Beelzebumon, Rosemon and Vandemon you have a big weakness for furry Digimon. Like the Terriermon, Lopmon, Renamon and Angoramon lines.
Its twue. Like Renamon truly belongs in the catalogue of "digimon that made kids in the early 2000's gay and or gay furies" with like idk WereGarurumon lmao but Terriermon and Lopmon are my lil buddies my lil fwiends 🥺
for lack of artistic ability please have this instead displaying the bizarre experience i’ve been having with digimon world: next order for nintendo switch
During this one, tested out Clip Studio's inbuilt timelapse feature to mixed results due to me needing to crop out all my reference material. Will look into external referencing programs, since I know those exist but was just lazy
Here are the reference sheets I made for KoYanmamon's full evolution line. In order their names are Funyamon > Ugomemon > KoYanmamon > DiveBeetmon > Ambermon > ExiKuwagamon. I also have Digimon Reference Book style entries I wrote for each of them that I'll reply to this post with!