Thanks for the comment!



Pony noses/snouts are something that I wrestle with. Indeed, every picture I sculpt them different, from squares to rounded points, in this picture I made them rounded points, a circular round form with a flat top. If that even makes sense. Expect with Big Mac and Granny Smith in this one. Since the show is very cartoony 2d it's always hard for me to figure out pony snouts shape. It doesn't help that the nostrils move around depending on whether it's a front view or side. And among fan artists the shape varies considerably. When I make them square-ish people complain, when I round them off people also complain. I think I like them more rounded off so that's what I've been doing lately.



I understand what you mean about foreshortening. But foreshortening isn't just, "things closer to the viewer are larger" but something based on the perspective of the whole picture. The foreshortening of the different objects would stretch enlarge and go in different directions depending on where in the picture they were. I flubbed on making perspective lines in this picture and thus the foreshortening in general may be off.



But still, unless the pony noses are extremely long, I don't really know how noticeable the foreshortening would be at this angle and distance unless you where using a wide angle lens-type viewpoint. It would certainly be there, and it would be a slight enlargement which I could emphasis a bit more I suppose. I could have certainly used it more on Big Mac's snout and aligned it better. But when it comes to facial features like the nub nose/snouts on most mares or the nose on the human face foreshortening is a very slight thing unless you want it to look comical. I have seen plenty of successful artist downplay foreshortening even when doing things like dog snouts. And it's the type of thing where less foreshortening is better received then more if you haven't developed the subtle touch as I have not. Still, it's something I will look into.