>>28527878This is my least favorite redesign from that artist because it misses two very obvious opportunities.
One, it could've followed the recurring motif of canine digimon evolution lines having a bipedal starting stage, quadrupedal middle stage, then bipedal again. See Garurumon, Kyubimon and Gaogamon.
Two, it could've shown Lucario's Steel type more by adding cybernetic parts.