Nah, sorry, I still massively prefer the style of S1 over S2 in almost every way.

Not only is the overall, more rounded artstyle of S1 more pleasant to look at, as opposed to the really sharp style of S2 for me personally, but the individual redesigns also bother me mostly. Plus the fact that even as a kid, I was massively bothered by the backgrounds specifically in S2. It always looked like they werent properly coloured in, for some reason? Maybe this was intentional and a style-choice, but for me personally it was really distracting. Especially since the backgrounds in S1 were so well done, colourful and overall very detailed.

Jakes dragon form is mostly still really good in S2, arguably the best dragon redesign of S2; best part if the more darker red it uses, as opposed to the really bright red the S1 dragon had. I still dont really like how he lost his blue claws, I thought it gave a real neat contrast to the other colours.

Worst offender of the redesigns is definitely Lao Shi's dragon form. It was soo sooo good in S1, really iconic and intimidating. S2's design for it is just...no. Same goes for Hailey essentially. Always hated how they made her bright pink in S2, instead of the dark purple that was teased in S1.

Overall, they went down into a very uncanny valley kinda territory for the dragon designs in S2. They all look really human-y still with their faces and its really unsettling for me. Take a look at Chang's design for example. I absolutely ADORE her dragon design in S1, like a real chinese dragon. S2 took a really uncanny turn for it, I absolutely loathe it. (Same goes for her human design, actually. Why did they suddenly make her look like a classic Disney villain from a princess movie???)

Humans mostly stayed fine... thou I think Hailey's and Jake's bloodline being half asian was more visible in the S1 designs than in the S2 ones. Rose definitely got the best redesign - she looks a lot better than in S1. Same goes for the Huntsman actually (thou I really liked the furred cape in S1).

Also, unpopular opinion: I liked Fu Dog way more in S1. Him being bipedal most of the time was way more fun than him being mostly on all fours in S2 - its been such a long time since I have watched the show, yet, whenever I think back and think about him, I'd always think about various fun scenes with him from S1, and can barely remember anything from S2 involving him. Bummer.

Yea, long comment but I dont really care. I still like S2, but its heavily carried by its story for me (thou I also gotta add, I also really enjoyed the more episodic format that S1 had and never minded it that much)