Pixel Twilight Sparkle -- Wrong Side of the Hay

[Seiseki]

By the way, pony tongues are orange
It's a nice little detail that is easy to miss.

I really like how you can see the eye whites at the sides now, that looks much better for some reason!
I guess it's because the eyes get more defined instead of just being a huge dark blob.

I do think the eyes need more slant for it to look like twilight though.

[Ashbad]

Oh yeah, you are right, their tongues are orange, aren't they.. I need to be sure to fix that in the next revision!

As for the eyes, I experimented around with the whites of the eyes and I figured out that a small sliver of white adds a nice, pony-anime effect to the eyes   And for the slant, I'll actually have to disagree; I might slant them a bit more than they are now, but not by a radical degree.  From a face-forward view it seems that her eyes are a bit less slanted than normal:



I think the slant needs to be more defined than where it is now, but not quite as slanted as they were in your original edits.  I'll experiment around with it to see what comes out best

[Seiseki]

Yes, that's true, the eyes aren't that slanted from this perspective.
But the real question here is how much is her head tilted upwards?

I tried to break it down a bit by comparing it to the twilight picture in this thread.
It seems like we've underestimated the slant on the bottom of the eye.

Also, the ratios for neck, legs, etc seem pretty accurate, well done
But the position of the eyes makes it look like she's looking up into the sky.
Although the mouth and nose should be moved upwards too, if that's what you want.

[BTW, you can click the image to zoom in, so you don't have to post it at double size.]


Another thing I realized is, shouldn't the jaw be more pointy and also stretched down a bit because her mouth is open?
Edit: Tried to fix that, resized the head a bit.



Of course, it depends on how far you want to go.
Looking at the comparison again, the eyes should be a lot further apart. Possible the head needs to be wider.

[Ashbad]

Yeah, I'm thinking the eyes need to be at least 1 pixel further away (2 or 3 at max, though), and I think you're also right about the head needing to come down a bit (from what I saw in your suggestion edit) -- not sure if I like the idea of the pointy chin, though; it'll be more anatomically correct, but it might take away some of the "d'aww" effect from the pudginess of the face.  I'll work around with it later today and post my next edit taking in all of the new suggestions you guys gave