Battle Saddle's side and up image is definitely self-defeating gilding the lily

One thing that really surprised me is that Battle Saddle has unique side and up textures. Instead of using the same or similar texture as other saddles. Impressive art work.

But it's definitely self-defeating gilding the lily. 

Its actual visuals in the game can be described as disastrous:

When the player moves, they see a sudden change, with one wing suddenly bigger and the other wing seemingly disappearing.

up image has a similar problem. It's like they're suddenly bent

For comparison, this is a more lazy on art work but ultimately better War Saddle, which only has up and down images and is very similar, but it works better in the game