-HeedGreen- 20,527 February 18 Share February 18 Utterly horrible is what it is. I hope they put actual effort into the show when it is made for real. If it's like this, than I won't be watching it. 2 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Badges
Northern Star 967 February 18 Share February 18 (edited) Well, well, well, this is what I meant back in November or so in that thread by (something like): "...painstaking hand drawn yet we all know its CG..." Just why? Is what I ask. To me this art style, coming from Hasbro, a billion dollar company, just looks cheap. If this was some low budget lone ranger operation, I'd let it go at that, but why, I ask, is this style of animation so popular? It just looks cheap and rushed, probably because it is. I'm betting it will even have the trademark "mouth open or closed, no in between when speaking" and the "quick and dirty movements" meaning they move so fast there is basically no animation of them, say raising their leg to point, they basically point and go back to the ground with it in a blink. Also what's with the rainbow hair? E'dTA: This worries me for the 3D series, will we get full quality or "kung fu panda" quality?(looked like plastic models in the series) Edited February 18 by TheGleaner 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Badges
CloudMistDragon 5,476 February 18 Share February 18 Even though the bad art is actually growing on me now, no surprise after I got used to looking at Pony Life, I can still laugh at something like this. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Badges
Rising Dusk 21,421 February 18 Share February 18 (edited) Alright, I'm a little confused on all the productions going on. Somepony set me on the right path here: - So we have the New Generation Movie. - Tell Your Tale in 2D is just a YouTube short spin off like Pony Life? - Then we have the 'specials' in 3D? Winter Wishday in November and Make Your Make in May? - Is the actual 'series' in a different 2D still up in the air waiting for reveal? So in total we have three productions going on this year? Spin Off Short, Specials and Main Series? Edited February 18 by Rising Dusk 2 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Badges 4
Allen 1,328 February 18 Share February 18 It's not as surprising for the 2D designs of the Mane 5 look like this in CalArts style. I will say I'm okay with these character designs. This wouldn't have to look like from Pony Life. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Badges
Toastypk 858 February 18 Share February 18 Am I the only one who wasn't immediately turned off? I don't hate this. Heck, it looks a lot like that Steven Universe show. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Badges
Rainbowshine295 470 February 18 Share February 18 I feel this art style thing is repeating Pony Life, but in reverse. Pony Life's actual animation was cheaper than its promotional material. So maybe the promotional stuff of this is having bad animation, but the actual series will have better animation? That's just my opinion 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Badges
Cash_In 17,427 February 18 Share February 18 Okay, I'm not huge on this art style at all, but at the same time, I don't see it as something that's super awful. I don't think it's good and the standards should be far higher, I agree, but I think that this might look better in animation than it does in a still image. Anyways, I'm not going to say that this is doomed from the start from art style alone, because that would be jumping the shark. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Badges 2
Flutterstep 38,991 February 18 Share February 18 I think the Pony Life designs are better than this 1 1 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Badges 3
Ashen Pathfinder-Geo 15,577 February 18 Share February 18 Okay; I'm fully sold on the 2D series now. Pipp is freaking adorable! <3 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Badges 2
ExplosionMare 17,698 February 18 Share February 18 2 minutes ago, Pathfinder of Ash said: Okay; I'm fully sold on the 2D series now. Pipp is freaking adorable! <3 Pipp looks decent, I will say that. The rest of the characters really need some work. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Badges
Luna the Great of all the Russias 1,857 February 18 Share February 18 Before I understood the appeal of MLPFIM, the show at least made a good first impression as its art style was appealing. For me, this does not have a good first impression. The early 2D art style for G5 were more appealing. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Badges
Tom Gallagher 33,290 February 18 Share February 18 (edited) 6 hours ago, Pathfinder of Ash said: Okay; I'm fully sold on the 2D series now. Pipp is freaking adorable! <3 Still looks terrible, IMO. Edited February 18 by TomDaBombMLP 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Badges 3
JMTV99 1,315 February 19 Share February 19 7 hours ago, Pathfinder of Ash said: Okay; I'm fully sold on the 2D series now. Pipp is freaking adorable! <3 Eh, I'm not too crazy about legs. It looks way too awkward. The wings are okay, but eh. The animation looks way too stiff. However, I'm holding off my opinions and it just an animation test. Maybe it will improve once the shorts launched, so I'll give them more time. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Badges 4
Splashee 25,459 February 19 Share February 19 Something very leggy about the legs of the Pipp 4 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Badges
Sparklefan1234 145,761 February 19 Share February 19 7 hours ago, Pathfinder of Ash said: Okay; I'm fully sold on the 2D series now. Pipp is freaking adorable! <3 Pipp-Pipp-Hooray! I'm curious to hear how they sound compared to the celebrity VA's most of all. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Badges 3
Will Guide 21,155 February 19 Share February 19 This is how I reacted when I saw the picture: But in all seriousness it might just be a surprise and actually be an improvement than the Pony Life 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Badges
Luna the Great of all the Russias 1,857 February 22 Share February 22 I would have no complaints if they re-used the G4 style. 7 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Badges
WildChildMirai 44 February 22 Share February 22 Why does this art style look like an El Cheapo version of *Name Barbie Animated Movie* Seriously hope this is fake 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RDDash 17,039 February 22 Share February 22 I do kind of like 2D Pipp, however all the others just looks really bad. I hope that's only for YouTube content and for Netflix they should stay 3D 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Badges 3
WildChildMirai 44 February 22 Share February 22 1 hour ago, RDDash said: I do kind of like 2D Pipp, however all the others just looks really bad. I hope that's only for YouTube content and for Netflix they should stay 3D Pipp is the one in the middle right? That's the one I like 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-HeedGreen- 20,527 February 22 Share February 22 I don't understand why they would make something that looks so low quality. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Badges
Kujamih 9,836 February 22 Share February 22 20 minutes ago, Starforce said: I don't understand why they would make something that looks so low quality. Don't be modest, it looks ugly... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Badges
The Spitfire Simp 13,888 February 22 Share February 22 why does it look like a low budget anamatic from YouTube lol 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Badges 2
CloudMistDragon 5,476 February 22 Share February 22 49 minutes ago, Starforce said: I don't understand why they would make something that looks so low quality. To save money? 23 minutes ago, The Spitfire Simp said: why does it look like a low budget anamatic from YouTube lol Because it is a low-budget animation on Youtube. It's a short series on Youtube meant to promote "the real series" on Netflix, thus why not as much money is going towards the visuals. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options... Badges
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