Possible G5 artstyle?

[Harmonie]

Yup, they pretty much took the G4 style and Elsa'd it up for CGI. Kinda disappointing.

[Mrs. Prospector]

The comparison pic with Elsa really shows that they have the same eye shape/style as every female character from modern Disney movies.

Post Merge: February 25, 2021, 08:19:09 AM

UPDATE: The've revealed that there's a male pony in the main cast, but I hate his design so much...

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Those teeth, that jerkface expression..

I do like that he has a blaze and markings though.

He also appears to not have a cutie mark?

[Zapper]

I will say their hooves look so good and detailed (they even have tiny imperfections and striping) and then your eyes move up their bodies and they look like plush puppets Muzzles could be longer, just a tad longer and I'd be fine with them. But still too short for my tastes. Could easily look chinless in toyform.

Already hate the token guy. Flynn Rider looking lil freak. The mouths opening so wide makes them all look like canines.
I am shocked there are two orange main ponies, tho.

[Strawberry Swirl]

This may or may not be an unpopular take but I absolutely adore these designs. I'm glad that they have hooves and markings as well, I find it all very cute. I've seen the term Elsa-fied but I really don't find that to be a bad thing...but anyhow I just hope the style translates well into the toys.

[Carrehz]

Elsaface was my immediate thought, too. It's bad enough every Disney character has that face now (even that dragon thing from the new Raya film has it!) but ponies too?? Aw, come on...

She has MLP toys? Weird.. and her satchel has Twilight Sparkle's symbol on it... does she really *have* to be a FiM fan? ~_~ Feels weird, I wish it could just stand by itself instead of... whatever this is.

Not a fan of the art style in general.. it's just aping the Frozen/Tangled/etc generic CGI style and I didn't care for it with those films either. that said, the art style definitely looks WAY better here than the bedsheet did, hopefully the 2D art will improve over time. CGI chars never look quite right in 2D to me. Plus the early G4 vectors were pretty wonky compared to the show itself, too.

Those names... someone PLEASE tell Hasbro how to name ponies!! Sunny Starscout is just.. hmm... something about it bugs me and I can't quite put my finger on it. trying too hard maybe?? too on the nose? not sure. Not a fan of "Izzy" though, too human for my taste.

The film plot sounds remarkably generic, but I'm just in this for the toys anyway, I guess.

Izzy and Sunny must embark on an epic adventure that will include a daring jewel heist,

What

and the world’s cutest flying Pomeranian.

I'm sensing an annoying catchphrase-spouting sidekick here

I agree the boys' faces definitely look better than the girls'. Like their colours, too, especially the green one.

Why does Izzy have a tennis ball on her horn?

fake edit: Dudebro was posted while I was typing. I... ummm... please let this be a crappy early pic that doesn't represent what he's like in the film proper... I wanna punch his face

Also big toothy grins like that just don't look right on ponies - too wolfy and not horsey enough

[Aquatic Neon]

I’m open minded to these I like the CGI! Going to give it a full shot watching the movie. The boys look super good too.

Ps. I need that Green Boy as a toy immediately.

[Shrojjy]

This may or may not be an unpopular take but I absolutely adore these designs. I'm glad that they have hooves and markings as well, I find it all very cute. I've seen the term Elsa-fied but I really don't find that to be a bad thing...but anyhow I just hope the style translates well into the toys.

ditto. even the boy! i do hope the toys look good too, though.

[Rika_of_Thunder]

i do not like that horse boy. the other 3D designs look good tho

also. courtesy of a friend on discord
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[Strawberry Swirl]

This may or may not be an unpopular take but I absolutely adore these designs. I'm glad that they have hooves and markings as well, I find it all very cute. I've seen the term Elsa-fied but I really don't find that to be a bad thing...but anyhow I just hope the style translates well into the toys.

ditto. even the boy! i do hope the toys look good too, though.

I do think the expression looks a little funny but I don't think that should take away from his design in general. I do have One complaint and that's giving them humanlike names,  I remember in MLP Tales they did that a few times and I just find it really...gosh what's the word? Jarring? Something like that.

[Zapper]

This may or may not be an unpopular take but I absolutely adore these designs.

Just like what you like, don't let us grumpypants get you down.

I wanna punch his face

Also big toothy grins like that just don't look right on ponies - too wolfy and not horsey enough

One of the artists on here (sorry, forgot who) made the prediction the eyebrows will mean "Dreamworks brow" and she was right

[banditpony]

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I like the look of these, the more I see.

I like the color on green boy and he has a blaze

To anyone --
do we know if the tv show will also have this style, or will it be downgraded to 2D?

[Mrs. Prospector]

Here's what the designs look like in motion. I have to admit, it's kinda cute, and I like Sunny's little interaction with Dudebro.

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[Ragamuffin]

Here's the boy without the goofy grin.

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Could this be Hitch?

[Strawberry Swirl]

N'aww! They look pretty good animated. The little interactions were sweet, they sort of show their personalities a little.

[Zapper]

I see we are back to FiM's "male horses can't have manes" mindset. The stallion reminds me of a shepherd dog with the short mane, doglike tail, upright stance and predator mouth. Is this MLP trying to get that sweet Paw Patrol money?

Why does Izzy have a tennis ball on her horn?

Methinks because she is the clumsy/random one.