Quote Originally Posted by Tsumdere View Post
Face 5 is very bad. It has terrible textures and 1000-yard stare eyes. I do not know why it is popular.!
The eyes on face 5 are the clearest and widest option available on midlander, with the thickest eyelashes. It is very important in a video game for eyes to stand out, for expression readability at a distance. People may be choosing based mainly on this, whether they realize it or not. Face 5 also has the most conventionally beautiful composition, with a smooth heart shape, and a youthful appearance. The eyebrows more noticeably take colour with hair colour changes, enabling me to make a blonde character. I cannot do this with face 1, the only other choice I'd consider.

Face 5's best nose is a nice upturned thing, but this is where we get into the negatives, because even this best nose is far too small and looks horrible at some angles. If it just had a few more ticks of depth and width, it would be perfect.

Face 5 is also very poorly animated, and as you said, has awful textures (especially the fullest lip option). These problems make it seem comparatively lifeless. In fact, I've just discovered there is virtually no difference between the neutral expression and the "serious business" frown WOL often does in cutscenes.

I would have gone with face 1, but there is just something odd about the shape. It's long, and the chin doesn't smoothly taper. The nose bridge is strangely wide, creating the illusion of a huge distance between the eyes. (5 has this problem too, but to a lesser degree due to the aforementioned very wide eyes.) The mouth is strangely set. I enjoy other people's characters with face 1, but not my attempts.

I was able to create the pretty blonde* I wanted to with face 5. Just didn't anticipate the features' wooden immobility. I still think 5 is the most aesthetic face, but it needs a serious update.

*Hair is brown at time of posting because I am doing a cosplay~