During my teens, I became a big Digimon fan the first time I saw the anime series. Me and my friend liked the premise as much as we liked Pokemon. Though it wasn't until Tamers came around that we had the inspiration to try and design our own Digimon. Originally my own partner was my take on a Rookie Level for Tyranomon so a small red dinosaur with green spines I named Rexmon. His evolution went the predictable route of "Bigger Dino->Cyborg Dino->Warrior Dino". I wasn't very creative back then but I still think back to him fondly.

After that I simply adopted the idea of just picking an existing Digimon as a partner so I went with the Andromon line as my main choice especially in the games.

But recently I've been seeing a lot of creative Digimon designs by fans, most of them adoptables (and one of my online friends also made his own, so he was a big inspiration). It got me yearning for my own unique partner, but none of the available adopts were hitting a cord for me, so I decided to try and design one myself again. Initially I thought of giving Rexmon another go over but it didn't work out as so many others have done their own takes on an alternative Tyranomon line.

Eventually I got a wave of inspiration when I thought about my favourite animals, Wolves, but I wanted something different from the Gabumon line. After thinking some more I remembered my favourite dog breed, the Old English Sheepdog, and boom I had my design planned out.

I wanted to go for the classic Rookie body type of being short and stocky with three fingered paws, but with shaggy fur like the sheepdog. Coming up with the In-Training design was simple, and I think he turned out cute. And of course the Baby is the basic Blob Drop look.

The name Keebamon is based on the Welsh word for Puppy "Ci Bach" but spelled out to get the right sounds. Was also tempted to name Woofmon the Welsh word for "Woof" which is "Wif" but felt that would sound too silly. And Teamon just because I'm British and I like Tea XP.

The Digivice design is of the original V-Pet but slotted into a 3D-Printed holster I recently bought off Etsy.

I do have plans on what Keebamon's Digivolutions will be, including an Armor Level. But time will tell if I ever get around to drawing them myself.


Teamon, Woofmon and Keebamon (C) of me :iconArkus0:

Artwork by me :iconArkus0:

Digimon Digital Monsters (C) of Bandai