>>149473032I think a lot of it is just lighting honestly, with 3D animation you have to take into account that different lighting is going to shade her skin texture differently, you're not just dealing with flat colours any more. I mean look at the difference between Aisha in
>>149471501 and pic related. Make her skin too light and in bright lighting she's not gonna look black at all, whereas in 2D she always did.
Darkening her hair is probably the right call for the same reasons, so it's always in contrast with her skin. Her older 3D form (see below) could kinda get away with it since lighting was less advanced, but there's still a noticeable lack of contrast compared to her 2D model which isn't great from a character design POV. t. 3D artist/animator
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gT5Y6fK874A