>>16398845Different anon here, I'm going to have to disagree with you, mostly because I don't see how the linework is poor, you just said what you thought wad with no reasoning. I examined the two to see which looked better and I'm going to say I'd rather have Foxy's to look at in the pokedex, stat screen and as an opponent. For the following, pic related.
In pic related, I've boxed what I dislike in pink and what I prefer in green.
1. I prefer New York's head horns. Foxy's ones look like they're facing the wrong way. They need more curve too.
2. I don't really like eithers face points. New York's looks like cat ears while Foxy's are far too pointy (it makes the head look like a pentagram).
3.Foxy's eye looks better as it has been shaded in with nice colors as opposed to being left bland
4. New York's neck is really straight and just doesn't look right. Foxy's neck curves into the body nicely. I can't think of one Pokemon that simply has a straight neck.
5.The back spikes are meh on both. The not-as-visible spikes on Foxy's have bad linework - they appear really slanted unlike the fore ones, I much prefer the old sprite's back spikes. New York's back spikes have the right idea of being curved but are too far apart.
6.The left leg on New York's has bad linework, it doesn't look at all structured.
7. The body looks bulky and structured (the only thing really similar to the original artwork) on Foxy's while New York's has a very banana shaped one, again, like with the neck, it looks off.
The tails of both look fine in accordance to each sprite imo. As for colors, I prefer Foxy's sandy colors, they feel much more like they'd belong on a Pokemon based on a desert lizard.
Comparing the two sprites, to me, New York's sprite style fits the Gen 3 games style while Foxy's fit the Gen 5 games style. New York likes to closely follow the original artwork's colors and shape most of the time while Foxy's seem like improvisations.
