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During the Glimwood Tangle livestream a short while ago, Impidimp appeared on screen and photobombed the camera as a mysterious new Pokémon walked by in the background (linked below). We now know this Pokémon to be Galarian Ponyta, but at the time it was one of the first short glimpses seen of the Pokémon and mostly all that is visible of Galarian Ponyta is the head and mane. As no one knew exactly how many new Pokémon were going to be featured, no one was assuming anything at this time, and I later drew a quick concept sketch of what I thought I saw walking past in the background. Over the past couple of days, I've rendered that quick sketch into some Sugimori-style art. Call it an early spoopy season present. To me, it looked like a little Ghost Type lion cub wearing a mask. If you watch the livestream back, it's easy to see the mask is Ponyta's snout, the large hollow eye hole is its eye, the horns are Ponyta's horns/ears, and the mane is Ponyta's mane. However, from the short glimpse we had at the time, this really didn't look too far-fetched. I then got a little attached to the fella and gave it a little Pokédex entry:

"A Pokémon of the forest, it likes to hide in thick undergrowth. Moments after hatching, it will scurry away at untold speeds and mysteriously return with a mask. Unless a Maskkub area is in an area with plenty of hiding places, it will not hatch. Due to this, a Maskkub's face has never been seen. It has been known to steal Yamask masks on occassion."

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vml3bI… - 00:10 in for those who want to watch/rewatch.

Description
During the Glimwood Tangle livestream a short while ago, Impidimp appeared on screen and photobombed the camera as a mysterious new Pokémon walked by in the background (linked below). We now know this Pokémon to be Galarian Ponyta, but at the time it was one of the first short glimpses seen of the Pokémon and mostly all that is visible of Galarian Ponyta is the head and mane. As no one knew exactly how many new Pokémon were going to be featured, no one was assuming anything at this time, and I later drew a quick concept sketch of what I thought I saw walking past in the background. Over the past couple of days, I've rendered that quick sketch into some Sugimori-style art. Call it an early spoopy season present. To me, it looked like a little Ghost Type lion cub wearing a mask. If you watch the livestream back, it's easy to see the mask is Ponyta's snout, the large hollow eye hole is its eye, the horns are Ponyta's horns/ears, and the mane is Ponyta's mane. However, from the short glimpse we had at the time, this really didn't look too far-fetched. I then got a little attached to the fella and gave it a little Pokédex entry:

"A Pokémon of the forest, it likes to hide in thick undergrowth. Moments after hatching, it will scurry away at untold speeds and mysteriously return with a mask. Unless a Maskkub area is in an area with plenty of hiding places, it will not hatch. Due to this, a Maskkub's face has never been seen. It has been known to steal Yamask masks on occassion."

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vml3bI… - 00:10 in for those who want to watch/rewatch.