My feelings are the same as someone else who stated something similar about the new art style taking on the old art style and making it more realistic while still trying to maintain the cartoony outline and style. (A more noticeable example would be the eyes.) Maybe it's just the eyes and how wide the new art style looks compared to the old, but I think prefer the old art style, although the elf and Princess is still pretty cute to me in my opinion.
Here's my suggestion:
Make sure the eyes are not so... derp-ish. I just feel that the slanted cat-eyes that are being drawn for the female or male could result in a lot of people not liking them based on how well they're drawn and colored. The black oval irises that everyone' became accustomed too seemed so simple and less troublesome that as out-of-the-norm as these different eyes is like blinding neon colors to the eyes of those accustomed to warm, neutral colors. Bad analogy? Sorry. But what I'm saying is that a change like this will take some growing pains and getting used to for the players, including myself.
The eyes and face should look like they go together and not have one feature over-shadow the other. Like the eyes on the queen for example. Uck. Those eyes look a little too big for the face and a little too close together in my opinion. Maybe if they were small and a little further apart?
Other then that, I do appreciate the devs for wanting to try something new.
I would like for the new addition of character skins to be like actual robots or creatures themselves one day. If they stay human, that's fine with me also.
I also noticed and appreciate the additions of female skins. THANK YOU! <3 I look forward to whatever improvements are made n the future.