In an apparent attempt to make up for the nice colours that were accidentally released Ixi Day, Neopets have now released the Glass - er Ice Tuskanniny and the Polkadotted - er Speckled Tuskaninny.
Tuskaninnys did not make out with these colours, especially with the potential Speckled had...
Faster than a speeding cheeseburger, but not by much.
Aw, I actually like them quite a bit, despite not liking Speckled in general.
The Ice is a fairly nice color, shiny, somewhat transparent, and slightly angular. I really like the "shading" on it.
Speckled - although the color overall doesn't impress me, the distribution of the white is actually pretty well done, notably on the cheeks (none on the muzzle) and tail.
I'm still not enough of a fan of either the pet or the colors to get either of these, but I think they're welcome additions to Neopia.
I suppose I should add that, on the plus side, the Ice does attempt to give an 'edge' to the Tuskaninny's appearance and, given customization, is probably about as far as they could go for a redraw. And the hair and tail of the Speckled Tuskanniny aren't too bad - I just wish the spots looked more... natural somehow...
Faster than a speeding cheeseburger, but not by much.
In places the Ice Tuskaninny has the angular shape of a malformed Fox's Glacier Mint, which isn't a bad thing I guess. Speckled was an open invitation for a more seal-like mottled colouring but instead they've opted for a conventional (and rather regular) polkadotting. Competent but neither are a must-have for me.
I've never really understood speckled. Green with white spots? Why? I don't get why anyone would like ANY speckled pet xD It's such a stupid colour to me.
Ice's tail is all raggedy, instead of sharp and icicle-y. It looks like material, not hard like ice. Otherwise I don't mind it :3
Ice, is......okay-ish. I mean, the shading nice. But the tail looks.....floopy. It should be more jagged.
I dunno, after the awesome Ixi Day colors, this is a bit of let down.
Jeez, I'm talking as if I've been here forever, but this is only my second post here (third if you count my intro thread) but I've stalked this site for so long, I kinda have been here forever.
EDIT: Oh, and how come TUSKaninnys don't actually have any tusks?
I actually rather like these. Ice really does have the sheen of a rounded ice cube, and I think the tail is rather well done. Speckled is, well, Speckled, but I like the varied size and placement of the spots-- I know this is a strange thing to say about a Neopet, but it makes it look more realistic somehow.
For Ice and Speckled, these colours are pretty nice! I'm rather fond of Tuskaninnies, I'm glad they aren't hideous at least. Ice really does look like ice, and I like the jagged mouth and tail.
Speckled is blah and not as nice as say, the Speckled Kau, but there is some nice varigation on the tail at least.
Staring at these trying to think of something to say other than 'Eh' made me realise that I really don't like how their body sits and is positioned. Tuskaninnys have always been a pet that doesn't really register with me however I am not impressed with either of these. I hate the excuse of 'oh well in the pose constraints' because we have had nice colour fills post 2.0, it just takes some effort and it looks like very, very little went into these. Sure, some pets are just ugly and cannot be salvaged and some colours are just bland but that doesn't mean the artist should just be able to phone it in. :/ Grr.
To say something nice: Both of the tails look like some effort and thought may have been put into them. I'm sure tuskaninny owners appreciate that.
