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4th Gen Art Comparison-Elm and Silver!

I like the new designs more than the old ones.
Elm looks like a rookie professor and seems to always be in a hurry by the way he's unorganized.
Silver looks more evil in the new design and I think he's face is similar to Giovanni's.
 
the remodels looks very awesome, especially Silver.
 
I like the newer designs, especially Elm's. x3 It really makes him look the way one would expect him to look, a disheveled person who puts research above actually being organized. Really fits him, even the little stubble on his chin, which is a good touch.

Silver just...looks better. He looks less like the previous rival from R/B/Y days, and more like his own person, like Hiroshi said.

*likes Elm more* >>
 
I think Elm was more so inspired from the TV show this time around, and Silver just looks more "4th Generation" like.

-Tom
 
Elm's new design is a huge improvement, you can easily tell his character now from the look of him. Silver IS a lot thinner and "feminine" but only because the Pokemon style has become sleeker and modern-er.

I shouldn't complain, I love feminine-looking guys~<3

...But christ he does look like the spawn of Mars o_o
 
Unusually I have to say I prefer the newer ones. It shows more character and feel and I guess more like an anime, which is what i like to see. They all look so much more relaxed while the older ones just make them look like they are trying to b cool. But all this doesn't matter, its whats in the game. I think that Team Rocket girl's her is a bit too fluro bright.
 
GYAHAHAHAHA!!! Thats hilarious! Wow it really does look like him! Nice work Maku!
Norcinu- that is very Team Rocket style XD
 
The Hair of Mars is too similar from Silvers. The Elm new Art is cool too :3. He become younger. xD.

~Fairytales.
 
never noticed it but Silver DOES look like Roark, whole hairdo xDDD
No mind because i think Roark is a cutie too >3>)


Jeez if i didn't know better i'd say Roark and Mars got busy
Giovanni isn't in the picture Cx
 
Spoiler:

Ayup.

Wow, this couldn't have been anymore perfect to prove. I've got to say, I didn't see the close resemblence until now. The hair is basically identical to each other, and yes even the bangs on Silver and Roark are very identical. The touch of the glasses add onto similarity, but thank goodness Silver never came with them. The striping of the sleeves are similar from the piece I can interpret off of Roark and what is now onto Silver.

Oh well though, at least when I look at Silver I now think Roark over Mars. Very nice work on this though. However, Silver and his jacket, posture, and face adds 'evil' to his look altogether.
 
Elm looks more awesome. I really hated that yellow stripe in his shirt. >.>"​


Silver looks oh-so-sexy now that he's all skinnified and Roark-fied. XD
 
They both look awesomeeee (:

I like Silver's design more than the original.
 
Slim and defined; the way Sugimori's art has been transforming.

Love 'em through and through. The new jacket (Silver) and relaxing tones are excellent. :D
 
If I were to tell the percentage by which I prefer the artworks for both, Id say I prefer the newer artworks for both 75%, and the older artworks for both 25%.

I like how Elm's head looks less like bald now, if you notice carefully.
He also wears a more shirt-like thing on the inside - giving it a more "professor" feel.
It also shows how he's more carefree type - detalied with things like his shirt sticking out a little on the right side.
He was, and is, the nice person he is, and I always liked him.

Silver... His body structure has been made nicely.
But his hands were made to be way too skinny...
I just hate how they ruined the possiblity of upholding his hair in a better way. It's still good, but I just wanted it to be more laid-back and hanging.
It seems like they're trying to make him look like Mars. Maybe they'll add on a new story?
His older look had a special something about it that it missed still...
 
Elm does look much younger. And Silver got that 'badass rival' look. His jacket looks way cooler with all the details. I hope Sugimori pulls off some neat art with the gym leaders as well.
 
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