Similiar to the events we run here on EQD, the Newbie Artist Training Grounds Alumni group runs weekly drawing workshops with the sole purpose of improving you as an author. Each week a new topic pops up, and it is your job to make it happen, regardless of your current skill level.
Check out their most recent one here, dedicated to ponies traveling, and visit their Alumni group for information on joining in the next one!
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I think I may have seen this before.
"Improving you as an artist" I would think. Not that anything is wrong with authors.
Drawing workshops to increase your skill as an author? How does that work :P?
Sounds interesting
I know this isn't the right place to ask but I'm very interested in the Live streams from the talented Brony artists. I caught a couple one night and loved every minute of it. Is that a recurring thing like every certain day of the week or are they planned out long in advanced? I would love for that to become a weekly feature or at least know when the next large live showing of numerous artists is.
@MyBoyJ
I think I found about it because you commented on one of Cityflyers art pieces with a link to it after the ATG. Thanks for bringing this to the attention to others though Seth.
I think blogger ate my comment...
Livestreams? Not a formal event, but they are often advertised on our IRC chat. Most notably, Giant Mosquito of Ask Dr. Adorable.
Themes? Do them. Join and participate and improve forever! Even do the 30 or so old ones, all in one go!
Improve as an author? There's some crossover with the Writer's Training Grounds. You may very well improve as an author though our ART workshops!
@Knuckleshy
You know, I think I derped here. I had no idea these were actually part of the same group until I clicked both links and saw they had the same art.
sounds like a great idea
@Harwick
Darn, you beat me to it.
Wasn't there an analogous "writers training ground" thing at some point though?
MLP-ATG helped me improve as an artist in 6 short weeks, and they can help you too! And they do it all in just 4 easy steps!
1) Sign up.
2) Draw pony.
3) ???
4) Profit!
In other news, a juicing club was formed on deviant art so people could get better at making PMVs.
There should be a remix training ground.
Ever since this group started from the original 30-day "Newbie Artist Training Grounds"-event from last June, the weekly prompts have improved me a metric ton as an artist (because challenging oneself is too much fun)...
...and more importantly, gotten me to know this insane bunch of artists and writers that reside on the atg/wtg combined IRC channel. It's thanks to them that I have such an overflowing inspiration to draw nearly every day and more ideas than I could possibly draw.
The ATG-Alumni is a great group to be a part of, and it is frankly a lot of fun to do the themes (and the new'ish feature of extra challenges in them) on a weekly basis. Week being enough time to give whatever silly idea you have in your head a serious go regardless of how much time you happen to have during a singular day :D
Ever since this group started from the original 30-day "Newbie Artist Training Grounds"-event from last June, the weekly prompts have improved me a metric ton as an artist (because challenging oneself is too much fun)...
...and more importantly, gotten me to know this insane bunch of artists and writers that reside on the atg/wtg combined IRC channel. It's thanks to them that I have such an overflowing inspiration to draw nearly every day and more ideas than I could possibly draw.
The ATG-Alumni is a great group to be a part of, and it is frankly a lot of fun to do the themes (and the new'ish feature of extra challenges in them) on a weekly basis. Week being enough time to give whatever silly idea you have in your head a serious go regardless of how much time you happen to have during a singular day :D
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