Hi-Res Mantyke Sprite

Suddenly an adorable baby manta ray appears!

So I was looking for some fan sprites on Mawile and came across something really neat from an artist named ~SpeedXaaa who has done a pretty big handful of large-sized sprites based directly on Pokémon game sprites.

She's really good at these, and I wanted to try one out for myself xD I don't intend to steal the show and do a bunch of them, but I reeeeally wanted to give it a try, and it was pretty fun. I just wish that I had a better idea of how to shape the poor things I mangled on its head. (Hint: this artist is a lot better at it than I am `~`) If you think this is cool, I implore you to go check out her gallery <3 [link]

PS Mantyke is the most adorable special tank in the world. It's also over three feet tall. I want one :<

Concept:

Original sprite: Nintendo/Game Freak