I love how all five of them look like victims of binging brain rot memes on tiktok.
"...they said, 'draw the first five fire-type pokémon that come to your mind.' and so i did that."
Pokemon is an excellent choice for art ideas. A variety of designs to choose from for all levels of talent on top of whatever else you would want to challenge yourself with, like trying out various angles or redesigning them for one reason or another. Even basic drawings of each one makes for excellent filler content whenever you need a break from working on more personal stuff.
"sometimes i call the result of this process 'polished trash'"
Gotta keep that trash nice and clean or else the garbage truck won't pick it up, right? Maybe? I don't know what the standards of a garbage collector are, but I'm certain they're higher than my own. Also, that's a sign of a true artist... ya planned something dumb and simple yet your creative desires took over and drove you to turn this into something proper. Nice work, TD.
I'm a little sad my favorite isn't in there, but I understand. No one ever remembers poor perfect-in-every-way-shape-and-form Heatmor. *makes a loud, deliberate sighing noise for dramatic effect*