I know there's only two of 'em, but could you review the Altalaphus petpet from Neopets? They're my fav <3
The Altalaphus falls into the Plumpy category of "really fat petpet", which is an excellent category to be in. It's an Altadorian petpet, presumably because it's kind of a griffin, and griffins are Greek/Roman in origin. I don't really have any problems with its design or art; the sitting pose is very cute, I like the two-braincell look it has going on, and the blue makes for nice contrast with the browns and yellows. The lineart is also nice and variable.
There's only two of these so there's no point in doing categories, which is a shame as it really could use more colours. Regardless, the mutant Altalaphus is...okay, I guess? I think my issue with it is that it just doesn't read as an Altalaphus to me much; the legs are the same, but basically everything else is different, and nothing in the design really feels like it plays off the Altalaphus'. It's not super coherent thematically either; it's sort of a bug but then it also has slime coming off of it? Eh. It's cute enough in its own right, but not super satisfying as an Altalaphus colour.
