Escalade Revamps

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

The shading looks lumpy in places and a bit...flat? Plastic-like. The shading on top of the head is off too, as it looks like there are two entirely different light sources...it looks too shiny in places. It has the potential to be cute but this is not what I think a final stage released design should look like, I'm sorry.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

The new face is absolutely hideous.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Yeah, I personally like the expression and attitude of the old one, but the fluff and detail on these new ones. It'd be nice if a medium was met. (Please don't revamp the DM Escalade, I like it how it is. ,':c)

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Nice art, but I do see a few things that look...wonky to me? The shading on the fur is nice, but it looks too much like one big clump- the old style had a bit more definition and depth, so you could tell where the back and front legs are. The new face is too pudgy and round, and the new eyes look less...alive. And though it's cool they kept the same overall pose, the new one looks like it's definitely missing a front leg. D: I agree that the helmet looks more like plastic now, and less sharp/metal from the old one.

I'm glad I don't have an Escalade- I can't say I would have been happy with the changes :c

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

first like the softer line art and look of the escalades second...is it just me or do they kinda remind you of a llama or an alpaca, you can see the curve of there neck now....hmmm

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

OKAY HELLO ESCALADES ARE MY FAVORITE SPECIES ON THIS SITE OK HELLO

Though I do kind of prefer the overall shape of the old face, these updates are absolutely gorgeous. I really, really love Escalades, and I LOVE the common posed ones so much. I'll definitely get used to these. Wow, I'm so happy that these guys got attention and I AM JUST LOSING MY MIND they look so beautiful and fluffy like they should be. Again, my jaw totally dropped with the original revamp of them, and they immediately became my favorites, so this will take a little getting used to, but overall I am so happy with this. Wow oh my god.

My biggest complaint is that you changed my Eldin's eye color!! :P but that's no big deal~

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

I wish we had the choice of if we wanted to go with the revamp or stick with the old style. This is one thing that i don't like about this site :(

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Though the new body looks amazing, I prefer the old face also.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

I agree, the new shading is gorgeous, and the Escalade needed it pretty badly, but overall, I have to say I don't much care for this revamp. The face just looks so...derpy. It looks so flat and cross-eyed, while the old one looked like it was glaring daggers at something. It used to have this awesome attitude to it, but now it just looks, as I said, derpy.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Their new face look terrible, flat and like a face of a water corpse compared to the old one which was elegant and more unique. I also dislike how the helmet horn got the feel of some cheap plastic over the metallic shine it had before.

The whole now feels like an taiwan cheap toy version of the original concept. No offence on the artist, and it is appreciated the work and effort but this pet lost a lot from its characteristic the way it looks like. I was not fan of this pet much earlier but now not even want to think getting ever one. Sorry (

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Whoops, I meant I mistook its far back leg for its front leg, not vice versa.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Is this an attempt to get some more use out of the CS site-wide overlay feature?

OK, I kid, I kid. But in all honesty I don't think this improves the pet in any respect. Not only does this change the personality significantly, going from fierce to friendly, I don't think this update actually improves the art. It's not awful art particularly, it's just not better. I mean, yes, superficially it's sleeker and fluffier, but there are really blatant perspective issues - the spikes on the top of the helmet are all skewed to the right, and its stance is also weirdly skewed. The lighting is here there and everywhere. The pose is also so awkward that I mistook its far front leg for its back leg and one tail tip for the hind foot.

Happy I don't own one of these guys.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

New pictures are pretty and I really love the escalade's body but I like the old face better. I like my escalades fierce warriors. Otherwise they are very beautiful~ :)

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

The perspective on the helmet is waaaaay off D: I like the shading on the fur and the overall quality of the new art. But yeah, add me to the chorus of people complaining about the new face. I had been considering changing one of my pets to an escalade, but the new face is so cutesy and bland compared to the old one and the helmet has lost all of its edge and is now just a weird confusing mess of half-circles. The spikes on the old helmet were a bit curvy, but its clear that the lower ones were meant to follow the line of the head, and the back spikes of the old one look ear-shaped, not leaf shaped, and the top spike was iffy but certainly nothing that I would translate to 'circular'.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Hm, to me, these look "cuddlier" now, so I'm not a fan. I mean, the hair looks better, but overall I don't like it. I don't have "constructive criticism" because it wont make a difference if I did, just not a fan. I'll be using an overlay.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

The art is better, with the exception of the eye expression.

We went from "I am better than you" to "UGUU~"

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

.... WHY? These were the LAST pet to need a revamp. And frankly, this isn't the best revamp.... :/ The old face was much better in terms of detail and expression, plus the metal looked like METAL and not plastic..... And I dunno about anyone else but the coat seems less shiny to me now. D: The new tail looks fabulous, but thats about all I can say that does.... Overall, I prefer the old one. (Why weren't we polled like we usually are...?) We really dont need more "cute" pets; this one should have remained bold and fierce looking for our edgier populous. Just my opinion... but I see quite a few basically said the same things already. Sorry, bros. :c

The new potions are pretty though! I like the use of the tail design on the bottles.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Lol I forgot what the old ones looked like till i looked down in the before comments. These look SERIOUSLY great! hehe match epicon

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

In general I like the art, the hair looks better now but I also miss tha expresion that have the old one and I liked the separation in the claws that it had, I don't know why, but for me the separation looked more realistic. In the color I like a lot the change, Dawn, Field and Marsh looks much better,the colors were better combined and they highlight more. Considering the others opinion, I would change at least the expression.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

In general I like the art, the hair looks better now but I also miss tha expresion that have the old one and I liked the separation in the claws that it had, I don't know why, but for me the separation looked more realistic. In the color I like a lot the change, Dawn, Field and Marsh looks much better,the colors were better combined and they highlight more. Considering the others opinion, I would change at least the expression.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

I have no idea who the user is that put up the Stylish coding to change the pet images on here, I love you very much! Only thing is I can't get the image to resize on the Your Pets page. However, now I can see Hakkai (or in this case the old field color) as he was everywhere. ❤

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

I'll miss their old faces and how their eyes were slanted, but the new ones look really pretty :)!

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Ehhh I much prefered the old ones. The art in general is nice. but the features and the face....gosh the face. >< It looks so odd now. <:

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

The shading is better on the new one. And that is pretty much everything I like about this revamp.

Even the new pose looks like it's gonna fall over; I can't see where this anatomy is an improvement, sorry :/ I also liked the old attitude more.

Well. You can't please everybody.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Oy, what is this terrible thing that has happened to my Nuclear Escalade?! They've always been one of my favorite species but this revamp has ruined their face. This will never do. Nope, nope, nope...thank goodness for overlays! (Also, what is this "shiny new coat" you speak of? Their old coat looked shinier; now they look quite dull.)

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

I will say though that I like the new skin color on the nuclear one, silly comparison but I always thought the old one looked like a ninja turtle

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

they look kinda chibi and happy now, I loved the old ones that looked sleek and edgy.... I always loved that pet too. I hate this revamp, they just don't look appealing to me anymore

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

The old ones looked fine. Not sure why they "needed" an update. :/

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Escalade looked good enough before? It didn't really need a revamp

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

I have to agree with the others, the art is an improvement, but the original expression is completely lost. this seems to be happening with a lot of pet revamps lately and it's really the one thing I dread with revamps because a lot of times I pick a certain species/color based on the general mood the pet gives off :<

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

The art is much better but I have to say I like the old Esclades' face better. I liked the wild look better then the innocent, tame look.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

It seems that I'm not the only one who liked the old face better. I appreciate the effort on behalf of the artists. I enjoy the tails, but this revamp truly deserved a poll. I would say, make the face as it was before, keep the tails, fix the angles and shading of the helmet... Give it a longer face, give it it's eyes back, maybe make it's claws smaller...

Guys, let's stay away from the 'ugly' and 'stupid'. Not many are happy with this update, but let's at least appreciate the effort.

In my opinion it kind of looks like it was the other way around :( Sorry subeta, this one was not a favorable change. The helmet is too soft and the face and eyes look too pudgy. I preferred the general head of the old one :)

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

I must say I'm really not a fan. It lacks the fierceness the old one had, and it just looks kind of... flat.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

I totally agree with . The head looks very strange but the pose does look odd as well. I wish the Escalade would have gotten a entirely new pose :(

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

The escalade was one of my favorite pets on here. I really wish this was polled. I.... that face. It's so puffy and... flat looking? The old one was nice and angular, with sharp "you don't want to mess with me" eyes. I loved that. Not to mention the legs on this new one are so... unnatural looking, with how far apart they are.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

I loved the sharper nose and eyes of the older one, but otherwise I really love these (: great job!

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Oy, more nitpicking.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

I like the heads on the old ones and the tails of the new ones D:

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Woah looking at it a little better what in the world is going on with the back legs?? They looked too splayed out. Besides that the anatomy looks fine, besides the pug face. :x

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

It seems like the majority have a problem with the head... but I don't just have a problem with the head but the body as well... The shading is MUCH better than the old one but... The pose looks so unnatural...

The hind legs in particular bother me. The legs look too far apart. The old stance looks more natural and less awkward. Also, the body as well as face looks like it got squashed in between a book. Overall I think the old one is superior. The few improvements I see in the new one are the colouring, shading and lining.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Jesus christ, once again some people don't know how to fucking critique. Fuck you if you call someone's artwork hideous. Someone MADE THIS AND SPENT TIME ON IT AND YOU SHIT ON IT LIKE THEY DIDN'T TRY AT ALL.

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Oof I'm not a fan of the face at all. They look like weird bubble creatures now :c Normally I really like revamped pets, but looking at the old vs new side by side it really looks like a step back

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

I like it. :D Good job guys! Please keep up the good work!

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Nooooooo D: I don't like it now i will have to find a different species for my battle pet i loved it the way it was before

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Yeah. The old was better. They didn't even need an update!

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

Not a fan of the face ^_^;

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

I don't like the new escalade either... the old one only needed the new shading and coloring, I loved everything else. The new face is pudgy and un-fierce, and I do agree that the new fur doesn't contour the body right :(

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

I'm not happy with the change in eye shape. I also feel like the body lost a little bit of contour with the way the fur is drawn :/

December 31, 1969, 7:00 pm by

The new head does not look fabulous. Not a fan, I prefer the old head.

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