weesh Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 Does anyone else see what I see?Because the My Little Ponies are amazing from every angle except from dead on. They suddenly go to round-faced and weird noses. What is the deal? Such an annoying look. What do you think? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RarityDash Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 I don't know. Looks fine to me. AJ looks cute in that pic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Calzone Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 doesn't bother me~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MyLittlePonyTales Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 I think the girls look fine from a forward angle. The guys though... the faces look almost human.Also, I think Celestia has some funky angles in Lesson Zero, if I recall right. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weesh Posted May 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 Also, I think Celestia has some funky angles in Lesson Zero, if I recall right. Celestia looks weird from head on too. Now granted, there are some awful head on shots, but those aren't the ones I am talking about. I think that even at their best they are all bad... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davroth Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 I don't mind them. Like, at all. ^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zephyr Breeze Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 They do bug me a little bit but I don't despise them. They'll never be my favorite thing ever though. Not by a long shot. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SirShadowdeath Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 They are a bit odd when looked at from the front, I'll admit that. But, it's not that terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Volt Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 I don't mind it at all. In fact, I enjoy the way it's all animated right now.Although this one gave me creeps, after a moment of contemplation... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angie Cakes Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 yet another topic title that I keep misreading as my own name XDBUT YESI AGREEGAH, WHY THEY GOTTA LOOK SO AWKWARD? D:I mean, it's not like there's a better way to draw them from the front, but they look so awkward and it's hard to draw o)3) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shreddedpegasus Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 Princess Celestia generally looks pretty stupid when she's head on in my opinion. But it doesn't bother me very much. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrMaxwell Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 The only time its bothered me was during dashies and fluttershy's pet duet, near the end. I dunno why, but the faces just bugged me. Normally I dont even really notice. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosewind Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 yet another topic title that I keep misreading as my own name XDI misread it as "The Ugly Angie" at first and I'm like "Weeshy, how could you?!"It's not the face-on angle that bothers me, it's if their facial features are looking somewhere else and the animation/pose looks really strained, so their face looks ... not-right. I'll have to take a screen shot next time I see it.I agree that some angles look awkward, but the animation and everything else is fantastic outside of that, really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elsporko Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 I thought it said "Ugly Angel" and it was going to be about Angel's personality problems.I can see how that angle isn't as good as how the ponies typically look but its never really bothered me enough to notice Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
flutterscotch Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 Yeah, but it's HILARIOUS when ChrysaCadence is singing, and SweetieBelle is singing 'Hush Now, Quiet Now".it always bummed me out that our very first view of Celestia was at this angle, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrescentBlaze Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 it never bothered me until I saw Shining armor head on. Every time I was just "dubuq just happened to his face?" he always looked cross eyed to me like that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tacobob Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 I believe he was just making a goofy face to amuse filly Twilight. That's what I got out of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrescentBlaze Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 I believe he was just making a goofy face to amuse filly Twilight. That's what I got out of it. nah but see it was every time I saw him head on I cringed. I just felt something was really off about it. like his muzzle was way too long to look so flat you know? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Snowshoe Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 it never bothered me until I saw Shining armor head on. Every time I was just "dubuq just happened to his face?" he always looked cross eyed to me like thatI think the girls look fine from a forward angle. The guys though... the faces look almost human.The reason I think so few male characters are seen head on is that their head design makes it awkward to draw correctly. In the immortal words of Bill Nye, consider the following:Look at Big Mac's head. Now Braeburn's. And any other male character: Filthy Rich, Caramel, anypony. All their heads are the same general shape as a horse's. Unlike horses though, the front views of all the characters have shown us that our little ponies have their eyes set rather forward compared to the side, and their eyes are obviously much larger and take up more room on the head.Now for the girls, that's not a problem. The way female character's snouts are drawn has that curve below the eyes, forming a sort of nose that makes 3/4 and full views easy to draw and not very awkward.Guys on the other hand have this long snout that goes from top to bottom of their head. Assuming the guys have their eyes forward like the girls do (and judging by the front view of Bic Mac very early on in the series, they do), it makes drawing them face on a little awkward compared to the girls. Big Mac is drawn fairly well for the occasional times you see his face, but it still looks a little awkward, like the giant snout got compressed a little into one area. Braeburn looks even stranger, having bigger eyes than Mac. SA's face just looks WEIRD. Problem is it's only weird if you look at it in comparison to their side view head. Making a 3D head turn of a male character would look weird, while the girls probably not as much.On the topic, I personally like the front views of most character. I think they're fine. It's just part of the art style, IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tacobob Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 Yeah. I can see what you mean. Guys do look odd at that angle... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kendrick Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 The only thing I think is seriously off with the straight on shots is that it tends to make the head look much larger, proportionally, than other views.But overall I like the style they're using. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weesh Posted May 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 I think they're fine. It's just part of the art style, IMO.Yeah, If I were the art director, I would have a ban on that angle. I think the few times where they don't seem to be facing the right direction would be more than made up for by the lack of weirdness that takes me out of the show when they happen. Note that they can still look straight at the screen even if they are facing slightly away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weesh Posted May 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 Yeah. I can see what you mean. Guys do look odd at that angle...Ok, explain why you singled out Big Mac in that picture? Is that the only one that you think looks weird? Like Angle said, I mean Angie, I wouldn't be surprised if they really are doing the best that they can, but it is still frustrating. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrescentBlaze Posted May 16, 2012 Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 well think about it for a second. If this was the first pic of big mac you saw would you have an accurate idea of what he looks like from the side? I would say from this pic that his head is the same shape as applejack's. No doubt they're doing their best of course. It would look even weirder if they added something to make it closer to his actualy head shape Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weesh Posted May 16, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2012 Can anyone think of a scene that could ONLY work head on? Or could they have just ignored it or moved through it so quickly that we never had to focus on it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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