After that 'Koi Revamp' crap I don't want to see another pet undergo a drastic change and get totally ruined. So, therefore:
So, in order of "God, someone help that poor creature" to "Eh, it could be a little bit better."
1) Tuskaninny - I don't even have to explain this. The only thing that's not wrong with this Neopet is the basic desciption - it's a seal with a tuft of hair. Sounds OK on paper, but when you actually see how it's been done . . . *shudders*
2) Quiggle - Er, hello? Muscle definition? Better shading? It looks like it's gradient-filled, still. And the lines around the stripes have got to go. I adore the Quiggles on the TCG cards because their bodies are a lot more defined and they look more real - rather than the flat piece of froggy roadkill that Quiggles are now.
3) Shoyru - I still don't see how it's the major Neopet on the site! Someone do something to SAVE IT. The head HAS to be taken out of profile. It looks too weird to see your Neopet looking at you with a single eye. Makes you wonder what the other eye is doing. And since the head is always in profile while the body is not, it constantly looks like it's neck is broken off. Finally, the wings are at an incredibly awkward angle. They're both at the same angle even though the positioning of the Shoyru's body dictates that they should not be. The wings would be in the right place if the Shoyru were facing us and looking straight ahead - but on the side, it looks like one of the wings was stapled on under it's left arm.
4) Peophin - This is the Neopet I always forget exists. It just doesn't fit in at all with the rest of the site. It's just a hippocampus. It's not really drawn in the Neopets style. I'm not saying to cutify it. If anything, it needs a lot more grace - it looks a little bit fat right now. The body should be shrunken a little, and it needs to have more life in it's poses.
5) Mynci - Every single pose needs to be totally redrawn. It's nowhere near as emotionful as it could be. The Myncis on the TCG cards are fantastic and really show the potential of the Mynci.
6) Eyrie - Great Neopet. It's so good, it's managed to be popular for so long despite the crappy and stiff style it's in. It just doesn't fit in with the rest of Neopia. It looks more like a Digimon than a Neopet. It needs a LOT more life. It's limbs should be positioned so they look like they work - it always looks like it's limping to me. The tail needs to be redone so that it looks like it actually has hair - rather than spines. But the major thing that needs fixing is that the wings need to look like actual wings, and not pieces of cardboard pasted into it's abdomen.
7) Techo - The head warps with every emotion, which is very creepy. In every single pose, the head is shaped in a different way. That definately needs to be fixed. It needs to have more definition and shading, too. Some variety in the poses would help a lot, also - why would someone have their arms on the side like that if they were happy/angry/sad?
8) Flotsam - It doesn't look like a dolphin. You can tell that it's supposed to have all the appeal of a dolphin, but the artist couldn't pull it off. The face needs to be shrunk - the nose needs to be extended, and the eyes need to look a lot cuter. Seriously - dolphins are some of the cutest animals on the planet, but the Flotsam is ugly. Also, it shouldn't be posed like a seal. Let it float in mid-air like the Koi. Give it some dignity and some grace.
9) Nimmo - Needs to be drawn more 3-Dish and more alive. I would love to have a Nimmo like the Plushie Nimmo. Emphasize the meditative side and also it's lankyness to further seperate it from the Quiggle.
10 & 11) Jubjub/Kiko - Two OK pets with similar problems. They're too boring. One of the reasons they're like this is because they're too flat. They're viewed in a strictly face-forward 2-D manner. Give us a slight side-view in the poses. Have you see the Jubjub drawing on the McDonald's toys? The feet are still in front of the face, but we can see more of the eyes and the hair looks more realistic. And the Plushie Kiko looks a lot more - ROUND than the regular Kiko. Like it's bulging and actually has weight.
12) Acara - Meh. Give it some more life and variety in the poses and that'll be enough.
13) Kyrii - Just fix the arms. They're stuck out at weird angles. Also, the feet look weird on this creature because it looks like it doesn't really have legs. Fix the positioning of the arms and give them some actual legs and thighs. However, since it's a Neopet that no one ever remembers, and they got screwed over on their 2003 Pet Day, and because Yurbles kind of overlap with them, and because no merchandise has been released - I get the distinct feeling that this poor thing is going to end up having a total Koi reworking to make it into something entirely unrecognizable.
14, 15 & 16) Scorchio/Aisha/Korbat - All could stand to use an update. Although hopefully towards the art of the TCG cards and not the McDonald's art. The McDonald's Scorchios look like blobby Draiks - their arms and hands are shrunken, and the wings are, too.
16) Chomby - It's boring. For a Limited Neopet. Not a good thing. It's just too flat and lifeless. Give it a better bounce in it's step or un-limit it. Have it stomp around in a few poses, for pete's sake.
17) Buzz - Doesn't need a major re-do. I'd just like to see the wings on it repositioned. They don't look quite right to me. Like the two pairs of wings would slap into eachother as it flew.
18) Pteri - Fix the feet so that the head isn't jutting out from the body with both feet held in one place. One of those feet should be thrust forward if it's leaning ahead all the time.
19) Chia - Ignoring the fact that it's the most boring and ugly Neopet on the site in concept, the art style is a little old and I'd prefer that they be updated to match the Purple (correction: Herpes) Chia.
20) Kacheek - Fix the damn feet. Why is one twice the side of the other? Why are they both opposite of eachother? Makes the Pikachu clone look like he's doing a permanent split.
I'd also prefer the Kacheek eyes to match the Speckled Kacheek's, to give it a bit more life:
*takes a breather*
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Nimmo - Needs to be drawn more 3-Dish and more alive. I would love to have a Nimmo like the Plushie Nimmo. Emphasize the meditative side and also it's lankyness to further seperate it from the Quiggle.