EDITED: Added character drawing notes below :3

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The point of this exercise was to raw the Mane 6 the way I draw them. As in, I tried to draw them with the distinct facial features I’ve given them to try and make them unique without having to rely on their obvious defining features, such as horns and/or wings (or lack thereof), hair, and color. This is the way I picture them in my head and the way I try to consistently draw them.



Now that most of you have guessed who was who, I've decided to post up the second half of this deviation by editing the original and adding in the "completed" versions of the headshots. c: For those of you who guessed: Twi, AJ, Pinkie, Shy, Rarebare, and Rainbow, then you're right! :3 Now that you can clearly see who is who with everything added in, I've decided to go ahead and post up the notes I have on each character. For anyone who'd like to hear my rambling "notes", as it were, for when I draw them, this is what I try to keep in mind for each particular character:



Pinkie Pie: Round round round. Just about everything about Pinkie should be round: from her eyes to her snout to her head... even her nostril's shape should be a complete circle if I connected the lines. Very fluffy too: fluff around the edges of this character is the most fluffiest, such as the outline of her cheeks and jaw. Ears are round and also small. Her roundness is because I wanted her to look the most approachable as well as capture her friendly nature.



Twilight Sparkle: Not quite angular but not quite round either, she's more of an in-between. She has a somewhat strong jaw that angle towards the inside of her ears instead of the outside. The outer corner of her eyes are slanted upward a bit, and the overall shape of her eye is like an egg. Moderate eyebrows; not thick nor thin. Has some chest fluff and a bit on her cheeks but not overtly fluffy. Long ears top her head and are placed slightly higher than the norm and curve inward toward one another when perked. Her pupils are oval in shape for a sharp look but not overly sharp. Most of the focus for Twi is her eyes; I try to make them as focused and as clear as possible to embody her intelligence and attentiveness. She has a face that can switch pretty easily between friendly and warm, to calculating and cold (she inherited that from her mother).



Fluttershy: Has the longest and thinnest neck of the Mane 6, swan like. Corners of her eyes angle downard and are heavy-ended with her long eyelashes. Eyebrows follow the shape of her eyes. Ears are long but face farther forward than normal. Generally not fluffy aside from the slight tuft of fur upon the chest. Round snout and a tiny angle to the chin and jaw line. Her expression here isn't her "resting" expression, although even in a neutral expression the goal in mind when I draw this character was to capture her shy and sometimes delicate nature, even when she isn't being shy.



Rarity: Most streamlined appearance, she has the smoothest pelt among the girls. Jaw line and chin line often don't connect; jaw line sloping toward the outside of the ear. Arched eyebrows and has the largest forehead of the girls. Her eyes are narrow and are pretty straight; doesn't necessarily slope up or down and follows the central (but unseen) "line" of her face. Ears are slightly longer than normal and no hair is out of place. The goal in mind for Rarity is "diva". While she isn't necessarily a diva (despite acting like one sometimes), her look often makes her come across as one. This isn't her resting face either, but it IS her secondary default; the one she uses when she doesn't want to be flirted with so she basically goes on a "resting bitch face" to put it simply.



Rainbow Dash: Angular but not too much so; still leaning slightly more toward round aside from specific areas: her jaw line, her eyes, her nostils, and her ears. Chest fluff is in an upward direction. Eyebrows naturally arched and sharp. Ears aren't long but the tufts on them make them look like they are. The goal with RD is to make her look wild, hence why most of her appearance make her look almost predatory and cat-like. One of the most notable aspects of her is the eyelashes of her eyes. The bottom eyelashes are almost always the thicker ones.



Applejack: Most "square" shaped mare of the group and the longest snout. Large nostrils and muzzle; chin ends with a slight point. While not as fluffy as Pinkie she's still verly fluffy; thickest areas are her jaws, chest, and hooves; has a slight bit of chin fluff (chin fluff doesn't automatically mean beard) as well. Eyes are moreso long than they are big; has thick eyebrows. Ears are small but larger than Pinkie's, and they are also pretty round in shape. The goal with AJ is to make her look calm, gentle, and strong. She's the strongest and the largest but quite possibly the most gentle of the girls, even compared to Shy when considering the sheer physical power AJ has. I try to convey that by focusing with the shape of her eyes, eyebrows, and jaw. Second only to Pinkie, AJ should look like the most approachable of the girls.

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And there ya have it. Feel free to ask me any questions and all that good stuff! ^.^