IGN Can't Draw: Our Imaginary Pokemon Sword and Shield Starter Evolutions

By Lucy O’Brien

Since this morning’s reveal of the three new starters in Pokemon Sword and Shield – the grass chimp Grookey, the fire rabbit Scorbunny and the water lizard Sobble – there’s been a lot of discussion around what their evolutions might look like.

After all, Pokemon always start out cute and cuddly but can end up as imposing, muscle-studded beasts. We at IGN decided it would be a fun experiment to draw what we think Grookey, Scorbunny and Sobble’s evolutions might look like, but the catch is…not a lot of us can draw.

Please enjoy IGN Can’t Draw: Our Imaginary Pokemon Sword and Shield Starter Evolutions Edition.

Grookey, by John Borba.

Sobble, by John Borba

Scorbunny, by John Borba

 ‘Bunmaid’, by Ronny Barrier

‘Swolbble’ and pastry, by Andres Siller

Fat Grookey, by Michael Huynh

‘Chimpanseed’, by Seth Macy

Evil Grookey, by Andrea Burns

Evil Scorbunny, by Andrea Burns

Sobble evolving, by Brooke Johnson

Scary Sobble, by Brooke Johnson

‘Grookey Kong’, by Alexio Quaglierini

Grookey, by Max Scoville

Scorbunny, by Max Scoville

…Sobble, by Max Scoville

Grookey, by Armando Torres

Grookey, by Emeka Nwosu

Grookey, by Isaiah Smith

Sobble, by Isaiah Smith

Scorbunny, by Isaiah Smith

‘Scorched Bunny’, by Brandon Hunt

‘Grook’, by Brandon Hunt

‘Sobbodile’, by Brandon Hunt

Scorbunny, by Jay Calhoun

Grookey, by Jay Calhoun

Scorbunny, by Matthew Grossman

‘Gorilarbor’, by Mike Mamon

‘Sir Blazebit’, by Mike Mamon

Bubblizard, by Mike Mamon

All three, by Brendan Graeber, age 8

Grookey and Sobble, by Nick Limon

Scorbunny, by Nick Limon

Scorbunny, by Casey DeFreitas

We hope you enjoyed this rollercoaster ride of the IGN staff’s various…talents. For more on Pokemon Sword and Shield, check out all the Pokemon that have been confirmed to appear in the game so far, and our Pokemon Sword and Shield wiki guide.

Lucy O’Brien is Executive Editor of Features at IGN. Follow her on Twitter.