Old Art v. New Art

[Demonboy75]

I took some pointers from the lovely people on this forum, as well as a few art tutorials I got from one of those lovely people.
I got a suggestion to show my art to see if it was as bad as I thought it was before I got those pointers.
Thus, I decided I would simply show what I have done so far on the main character's model side-by-side with the original model.
For those who don't know, this is for a WIP project I'm making for VXA called "The Factory," partly to make a game and get it out there, but mostly to better my skills.
Edit: New Model updated to have all three parts of the front stepping animation.
Edit: Just to clarify, I prefer the new model. The votes for the old model aren't me. Also, what kind of freak do I have to be to be up at 5/6 in the morning?
Edit: I just got done with the left stepping animation for the new model
Edit: The New Model is done
Edit: New/Old Tile Art added, and the poll was changed to be about that since most of you agreed the New Model for the character looked better.
Edit: Turns out I can't change the poll. Oops.

Spoiler: Old Model

Spoiler: New Model

Spoiler: Old Tile Art

There are two spikes because I forgot the first tile of a tileset must be blank. The green thing is a teleporter, and they will be added to the new tileset at some point in the future. The large red and green thing are a button, which incorporate with the spike tile. The tiles with holes are spike tiles, and the spikes will be an overlay that disappears for use in puzzles.

Spoiler: New Tile Art

The reason there are about 9 of the main tiles (floor and wall) is because with the new style I am trying, everything will have an outline to make it fit with the character I made. The old art has more tiles (teleporters, AR logo that will be significant to plot ) because it was made back when I hadn't seen any videos on how to make good art, and as a result thought "Is this weird art I made acceptable?

 

[Macro]

In my opinion: I like the new model it's cuter and blends colors better.

 

[Cunechan]

I'd take the old model and make the outer lines darker :D looks pretty cute tho~

 

[HotfireLegend]

The new model has much better accents and colours.

 

[Jazeeri]

I like the chubbiness of the new model. The old model looks hungry.

 

[Demonboy75]

The New Model for my main character is done!
I also got some tile art done, too, and I plan to post the old and new versions of that soon to get some feedback on which is better. I like the cartoony look of the New Tiles more, but when making a game I feel the obligation to ask for the opinions of other designers--art is especially an area that I feel this need.

 

[Beminfire]

The new ones are definitely much better. The only thing I'd suggest is working on the new tileset a bit more, like you've stated.

 

[Demonboy75]

I'm going to keep the New Art style, and I'm going to make a new thread that will simply showcase some of the art I have for the game and allow people to critique it and say what would make it look better. I'll put the link for that thread here when I finish making the thread.