@Draco Dei
Yeah the cutie mark thing is annoying. I also make lifesize plushies (under different name) and I am yet to have a G5 patron that does NOT want cutie marks on both flanks. I also try to canonise the one-sideness thing with insufficient magic. I remember trying to establish which flank is the “main” one in G4, even prior to G5. Sounds crazy until you examine cutie marks that have proper directions, like letters, math symbols and musical symbols. But it turns out this also varies. Sometimes the properly-sided symbol (like the violin key) will appear on right flank while another hoers has properly-sided symbol on the left flank and mirrored on the other side. So yeah, it’s like main handedness, sometimes left, sometimes right.
And then Sweetie Belle barges in and she actually has different cutie marks on each flank. On both flanks the musical note is properly aligned, not the mirrored version, but the colors behind the note are mirrored as expected.
I know one thing - I prefer cutie marks on both sides.
@DocentHorsecock
Ironically, G5 canonically has the cutiemarks only on one side. The actual reason for this is probably to match the toys which are kept as cheap as possible (even most G4 toys only had one mark IIRC).
However I fanon that this was one of many lingering traces of magic, but their was only enough left to do one side. After magic has been around long enough, cutiesynthesis will once again produce two, and maybe later those who already had one will get the other. Other examples of trace magic include:
1.) Short-range telekinesis on the hooves to allow manipulation
2.) Hitch’s attracting his “squad” (two seagulls and a crab)
3.) Izzy’s ability to see “sparkle” around Ponies and the penetrating power of her horn allowing her to literally “spill the beans” and later “woodpecker” down a tree.
@Bad Dragon
Yeah it is pretty good. I tried to make her run but it was awkward for some reason. I also tried to merge that pic with the full body “rubber tux”, and make it like a transformation. She has this nice tux but transforms to full body cover, you know, like KITT pursuit mode or something, but AI kept doing uncool things, like splitting the clothes in 2 parts, one full cover and one this. So I just uploaded this rotation, which is nice and her back mane was guessed correctly.
Also notice that AI managed to correctly place the cutie mark on the other side. I prompted this as “She has symmetrical mirrored tattoos her hips: a cyan-magenta thunderbolt.”
I am still working on another animation, I already generated 7 GB of clips and these are just tests/components. It will be anthro Luna but the source material is so good. Will beat my 12m Zipp animation. Hence the inactivity.
Yeah the cutie mark thing is annoying. I also make lifesize plushies (under different name) and I am yet to have a G5 patron that does NOT want cutie marks on both flanks. I also try to canonise the one-sideness thing with insufficient magic. I remember trying to establish which flank is the “main” one in G4, even prior to G5. Sounds crazy until you examine cutie marks that have proper directions, like letters, math symbols and musical symbols. But it turns out this also varies. Sometimes the properly-sided symbol (like the violin key) will appear on right flank while another hoers has properly-sided symbol on the left flank and mirrored on the other side. So yeah, it’s like main handedness, sometimes left, sometimes right.
Ironically, G5 canonically has the cutiemarks only on one side. The actual reason for this is probably to match the toys which are kept as cheap as possible (even most G4 toys only had one mark IIRC).
1.) Short-range telekinesis on the hooves to allow manipulation
2.) Hitch’s attracting his “squad” (two seagulls and a crab)
3.) Izzy’s ability to see “sparkle” around Ponies and the penetrating power of her horn allowing her to literally “spill the beans” and later “woodpecker” down a tree.
Edited
Yeah it is pretty good. I tried to make her run but it was awkward for some reason. I also tried to merge that pic with the full body “rubber tux”, and make it like a transformation. She has this nice tux but transforms to full body cover, you know, like KITT pursuit mode or something, but AI kept doing uncool things, like splitting the clothes in 2 parts, one full cover and one this. So I just uploaded this rotation, which is nice and her back mane was guessed correctly.
Well, it’s everything I’d like it to be.