The way manes look in this show makes 99% of ponies seem like they have receding hairlines and use combovers to hide it.
>>42864725Are you bald
>>42864725Another post by a retard that thinks mane = hair
>>42864725They are ponies, retard. That's how manes work.
>>42864725Receding mareline.
>>42864725so like an actual horse
>>42864725>The way manes look in this showYou mean... like... a fucking mane? Retard
People consistently misunderstand this point. If you look at Zecora's mane, it follows the center line of her head like a mane actually does. Her mane goes further forward than it should but it's drawn on top of her head. In the OP's shot it's drawn behind her head, which is what makes it look like a receding hairline.
>>42865575>what is art direction?
>>42865593It is art direction, but more accurately more of an art limitation. If they want to draw an asset in front of the head model they have to draw it specifically for that purpose and it can never be rotated out of that position or else it'll immediately look horribly wrong. Consider Rarity's mane here, from one angle the mane follows the line her mane should be following and from the other it's a weird combover due to how they've had to design the assets to work with their 2d model workflow.
>>42864725Good.
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