Newbie Artist Training Grounds VIII: Day 27

Even when being deceptive ponies are usually awfully silly. Today we managed to show the somewhat darker side of ponies to either a grim or hilarious degree. Excellent job as always my friends.

Today we brought in 75 ponies which brings us up to 3676 ponies in total! Keep it up guys, just a few more days!

For today's prompt I thought we'd a pony standing up for themselves! Trying their best to push through adversity, as I know you all have over these almost 30 days. Today I'd like you to Draw a pony with nerves of steel / Draw a pony meeting a goal.

As usual, our submitter can be found here.

New Makeup Day submitter is here.

Good luck everyone!

Attention Discord Users:

For those of you with Discord we are really pulling out all the stops this year as we have a channel on EqD's official Discord server called #creators-plus-atg for you to hang out in with your fellow artists during the event. You can join our Discord server here.

Check on after the break for today's gallery!

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Morning Discussion #1310

Everyone loves a little Trixie to start their day, right?

Morning my friends, hope you slept well!

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Music: HACKD - Hold On To Your Horseshoes [Terrorcore]

Following from some more conventional house and drum & bass releases, HACKD's now gone a bit further back to his roots with this new release. The exceptional sampling of show vocals is still on show, but the instrumental doesn't hold back with its energy and aggression. The result is pretty sweet, so make sure to check it out below!

Fiesta SEAPonyCon presents Kelly Sheridan via Teleconference

SEAPonyCon is here to announce they will be getting Kelly Sheridan to appear at their event over teleconference! With all the news lately from the convention it looks like things are really shaping up.

Get all the info after the break!

Nightly Discussion #1535

I still haven't had a chance to play Fightin' Herds, but it does look like fun. Just have to find the motivation and time to give it a spin.

Evening everyone, time to chat!

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Drawfriend - Equestria Girls / Anthro MLP Art Gallery #39

I'm pretty sure Magnaluna easily wins for "Style I want to see G5 in". Both for EG and Pony.

We've got anthro and humanized today. It looks like the fandom makes enough art for these to happen once every 4-5 days or so. Keep it up!

Get it all below.

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Drawfriend Stuff (Pony Art Gallery) #2715

Who's the best? That's a lot of pone to choose from.

Art below!

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Ponies! by SION-ARA

(Unconfirmed) McDonalds USA Getting New MLP Toys After Justice League

The McDonalds ponies that released over in Europe and Latin America this year are might be making a run at the USA soon. A Mcdonalds employee has let us know that an internal promotions calendar has them set for September 17th after their Justice League run that is starting on Friday.

We will be able to confirm this in a few days once the website updates, but it's not too far-fetched considering the toys usually tie pretty closely together once other North American countries start getting them.

Thanks to Lady Adellandra Dratianos for the heads up!

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Weird Ponyville - Animation

ForgaLorga's creation cycle is always impressive. Have we ever had an animator pump em out as much as they do?

Get some weird Ponyville below!

Album: Pinkamena Party - THE GREAT AND POWERFUL TRIXIE PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS: RARITY'S MAD & MAGICAL MYSTERIOUSLY MELODRAMATIC MUSICAL

The crew over at Pinkamena Party are a pretty zany bunch, and they come up with some terrifyingly interesting concepts. This one is especially cool as it's an attempt at an album that tells the tale of a magical and mysteriously melodramatic musical put on by Trixie herself. Expect plenty of weird and offensive humour, but with all the donation funds going towards CLIC Sargent to help kids with cancer, it can only be a good thing. You can check it out on Bandcamp here, and head down below the break to listen to Dynamite Grizzly's track from the album!

"The End in Friend" - Episode Followup: No Ships Here

(Note: Friendship University followup is still in the works! Expect it tomorrow at 12 blog time!)

Ahoy there matey. If'n ye be lookin' for the mythical ship the RariDash it may behoove yea to stop yer quest. Ye'll find none of that in this here episode. Nuttin but friendly hugs here. But if'n ye wish'n to hear a tale about contrived adventure, switchblade stilettos, Cane Toads from Hell, Sonic Rainbooms, 8 seasons worth of glitter in one episode, an' the learnin' of friendship, join me, We Are Borg, below the break!

But if ye still seek the Raridash ye may be able to find her inside the classic tail "Third Times a Charm".

Australia Continues Early Episode Releases All the Way to 24

Australia will be continuing their quick release of two episodes a weekend all the way up to episode 24 as revealed by new TV listings over there. It's probably a good guess that the finale will also take place in order, but we still need to wait for the actual time release on that one.

Expect Sounds of Silence and Father Knows Best to be our pairing for that weekend.

Thanks to Ethan and Andrew for the heads up.

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Music: Zizkil - Carnivorous Lust Queen [Electro/Drumstep]

Zizkil's productions are always super cool to listen to, with heaps of interesting sound design and some great inspiration. It's showcased here by some awesome combinations of powerful chords synths and sweet electro sound design over a variety of different percussive rhythms, and all dedicated to Chrysalis' glory. Check it out below!