if you post the original resolution version I can do a couple tweaks, it really is just missing some intermediary frames between sitting and flying that could be pretty easily remedied with some smearing

Try some more complicated full images and try to work with blocks of color rather than outlines.

It was more of an emotional thing, I accidentally killed a chance at rekindling a friendship with this because I didn't think they'd have a problem with my usual snarky way of describing things or for redesigning the character like I did, which I'd intended as a surprise.
It's uh, not great being called an asshole over gift-art, and it's not something I want to put any more of my effort into as a result.

That said, those are some excellent tweaks. I tend more towards soft pastels because of my colorblindness and use of basic math when I do color stuff, but I'll try to play around more with high-contrast work when I get a chance.
I don't quite know what you mean about perspective stuff here though, you repositioned the gut and leg some but I'm not seeing any real change in perspective? Granted I am a bit out of it now (it's late) so it's possible I'm just being oblivious, but a bit of further explanation might help.

Pretty good, but some of the redlit rain appears to be going /behind/ the light!
And for a smal touch, rivulets/drops of water on the light itself may add to it!

So today I decided to give a crack at redesigns, with the goal of making whatever I chose more horrific!
 this was the result:




This piece was based off this creature here, which according to what I was told isn't in fact supposed to be blue but instead the colors I put:


I'm looking for both mechanical and idea criticisms, I was hoping to keep the general idea of it (squishy chubby baby sea monster) but introduce just enough horrible to it to foster a sense of "yeah no I don't want to be around this thing" for lack of a better description.

EDIT: uploaded the wrong version! whoops!