>>39764273All three usually look slightly lame in official art or the anime or whatever. I'm not even one who prefers Gen 1 sprites over everything in general, but at least there they can look more related to their elements through being more abstract rather than solid-colored plastic birds.
I think Articuno looks less dumb than Moltres in art but even then it has too much of a flat blue color or something. I guess I like the concepts of the birds more than their actual designs.