Bulbapedia description:
Kommo-o is a bipedal, reptilian Pokémon covered in scaly armor. Most of its body is gray with some lighter gray areas as well as yellow and red markings. It has a rounded, beak-ish snout and small eyes nearly hidden under its head armor. On the tip of its snout is a patch of pale gray and both the upper and lower jaws have a small, tooth-like spike on each side. The top of its head is covered by an elaborate arrangement of scales. At the front of the headdress is an oval scale, which is yellow with a red heart-shape at the base. On either side of the front scale is a chain of four circular scales; the first three scales are red with yellow trim and the last scale is solid yellow. Three additional chains of plain yellow scales extend from the back of the headdress. Running down the front of its long neck is a line of overlapping scales: one solid gray at the top, three larger gray ones with yellow rims, and one solid yellow scale at the bottom. A thick yellow stripe with a rounded projection in the center runs across its chest. Covering its shoulders are tufts of spiky, white feathers with small, gray scales overlapping them. Four overlapping scales cover the tops of its arms: three are gray with yellow edges and the scales that cover its hands are red with yellow edges.
Kommo-o has four scaly chains, all of which consist of four scales, extending from just behind its shoulders. The two foremost chains are made of overlapping scales and have a solid gray scale at the top followed by three scales with yellow edges. The other two chains consist of only solid gray scales and do not appear to overlap. The lower halves of its legs are dark gray and there is a pale gray marking across each knee. Its hands have four yellow claws, while the feet have only three. A long line of slightly raised, pale gray scales runs down the center of its back to about halfway up its tapering tail. Near the tip of its tail are three sets of loose scales that increase in size near the tip. Each set is made up of four separate scales that encircle the tail; the two lower sets are solid yellow, while the set nearest the tip have gray centers. The very tip of its tail is pale gray.
My notes:
If you close your eyes and think of Kommo-o, what comes into your mind? How many details can you recall? I’m willing to bet you don’t have such a clear image of this Pokémon in your mind as you would with Swinub, Pikachu or Totodile. That’s because this thing is so infernally complicated to look at and – if I’m being honest – quite ugly too. The gigantic gold rings going all over the place just seem untidy.
Somehow, the author of this particular Bulbapedia page set out to try and capture every one of Kommo-o’s myriad of details, a brave mission to be sure. It results in the word vomit you see above which I can imagine was a very difficult challenge for Mum to follow. As a result, I can see a few details have been missed here and there, but this is nonetheless a pretty decent approximation of Kommo-o, given how complicated this thing is. I like that Mum, in her characteristic way, has made him more friendly-looking, if a bit dull and cross-eyed. This grey croc raja just wants to give a hug, but I’d be worried about his gold claws.
Mum’s notes:
Kommo-o was far and away the most complicated Pokémon I have drawn in a long time!
The description stretched over a couple of pages. It was tough to follow and to envisage how the finished Pokémon creature would come together. It involved lots of sketches in preparation. As it was a bipedal reptilian, Pokémon, I based my design on a sort of jokey, upright crocodile-type creature. I interpreted the description of head armour as something akin to a motorcycle helmet. I think this looks quite amusing and gives a biker character look to Kommo-o. I had no idea how the chains of scales were going to look, especially those encircling the tail. I think he looks like a motorbike-riding croc-dude with lots of blingey, gold chains!