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Both actually! I did the concept art and the sprites. :> I had actually drawn these sketches (plus other megas) quite a few months before I had even joined PFQ, and I thought it would be cool to do a sun and moon thing with the two. Sketch for Lugia Sketch for Ho-oh As you can see, Lugia is basically the same, but Ho-oh changed quite a bit as far as the head and wings go. Novie sketched some other concepts for the head because I just wasn't happy with what I had. Unfortunately I don't have her sketches atm but I went with my favorite one out of the several she drew. The second pair of wings Ho-oh had was changed because I felt like having something more like what the Phoenix summon from the Final Fantasy series typically has, especially the FFVII iteration. I think overall it looks neater, as it also allowed me to throw in the glowing feathers that I wanted more easily, though I'm not sure if it's more or less 'busy' than what the second pair of wings would have been like. Also everyone on staff thought Ho-oh was based on the Helmaroc King from LoZ Wind Waker, but no, it's just based on the Fenghuang/Hou-ou (which Ho-oh is already based on tbf) and the Phoenix summon. It's unintentionally that it looks like the Helmaroc. :P I remember Lugia was really hard to design at first. I had no idea what to do for it. I think the idea of giving it some moon motifs just hit me when I thought of its psychic-typing (typical of space-related pokemon) and its control over the ocean. Then it all just clicked and I think it turned out really well! Especially the floating glowing back-thingies. They were attached when I first drew them but then I thought I'd make them float because that's cool or something pfft |D And then I figured Ho-oh should have some sun things to match! Though clearly it's not as obvious as Lugia :P Also personally I like Lugia a bit more, but I love both of muh mega birb babbus <3 I put a ton of time and love into the sprites and I'm so glad everyone's enjoying them!