Yeah, I'm not exactly a fan of the new melan Litten either. It looks too close to the albino Litten, in my opinion.
I definitely agree. The melan, although I'm sure this is not the case, seems like the brightness was turned down on the albino. I would prefer a little bit of difference? Perhaps something like the shiny/regular where it has similar colors in different positions.
I'm also not a huge fan of the new poses for Litten and Torracat. The others felt way more dynamic. These remind me a lot of the old varient/exclusives/megas in that they don't scream Pokemon's pixel art style and seem like they've been directly ripped from the 3d models.
Obviously, I mean no disrespect to the art team but I really dislike them.