Welcome back, recruits! I'm happy to see you're learning the masterful art of tic tac toe as a style of dueling. It's complicated and deadly, and it's often said that the only winning move is not to play, but my goodness when it's in action is it ever beautiful. Ahem. Today was back to what this event is all about - scrambling to get a picture made inside of 24 hours. It's hard, isn't it? But you've risen to the challenge, with 420 fighters with eyes of fire. That brings our official total for the event up to 1478 images! You're doing so well, keep it up!
As always, here are your submission guidelines for the event. Remember to send your images in here, which you hopefully won't crush under the weight up your uploads this time. Remember once again to get the full image url if you're linking from DeviantART! And yadda yadda yadda, names and comments, you've heard this all before. Sorry that this is always the most boring part of the post.
Day 4: Your Princess Is In Another Castle
It's now been more than a week since the battles started, and each day has been much the same. You wake up, you charge out, and you scramble and try not to get the tar beaten out of you while raspberry jam flies around like so much nuclear waste. That is, until today. Today, there is no wakeup call and march to battle. Instead, you find yourself herded into a tent full of very important looking ponies. They give the briefest of nods before returning to the map on the table in front of them.
"So," a purple unicorn begins, "What do we know?"
"Well, as you are aware, several major objectives are handed out throughout the contest. And if I may say, they are worth major points. We've just heard about the largest of those: a surgical strike and rescue mission. It's time to save our captured princess."
"They got the princesses in on this? Who do we get? Luna? Celestia?"
"Er... um... no, not exactly. She's a... well, let's call her a 'volunteer'. You met her the other day, remember? White pegasus, pinkish mane, tangled up in the auxiliary cabling? She was very eager for this."
And now all eyes turn to you. It's all you can manage to stare blankly back. "Um... what do you need me for?"
"Well, that's simple!" the purple unicorn smiles, "You're going to get in there and save her! Because our charts say you're the best of the... um... remaining."
Assignment: Draw a pony on a rescue mission
Deadline 1: January 26 at 7:00 PST (GMT - 08:00)
1) By Decembuary
2) By SolidSt33d
No, you hold it like... with your... *sigh*
3) By Rakshata
4) By Sandman-Ivan William Goodwater
5) By RLDragonstrider
Why are there so many Nazi ponies in this event?
6) By mikes550
7) By Judo-Paladin
8) By Gozer The Equestrian
I don't even know.
9) By BIGCCV
10) By ZeroWolf24
11) By Kumquat
Oh! Oh! I know this story!
12) By LazzyX
13) By loopylung
14) By Jenbun Spahging
15) By lord wolfen
Sancho Macintosh
16) By Cinder
17) By Anonymous
18) By DruidDroid
19) By A New King
20) By Tenyo Sciurus
I feel like this is a battle of Lite Brite
21) By Rosemary Thyme
22) By BronyGunso
23) By loopylung
24) By Inkblot
Twenty minutes later, a second card is played
25) By LacionARG
26) By R-H-Maclanahan
JAAAAAAAAAAAAAAM!
27) By Kamikoko
28) By Kamikoko
29) By GoldFox
30) By Trekkie2063
31) By Jamarnet
Well, that seems excessive.
32) By FicFicPonyFic
33) By Avnas Ishtaroth
34) By Sharp Sticks
Pew pew! Pew!
35) By Jayden Curtis
36) By Sirus TalCelion
37) By ShoeboxWarrior
Fluttershy, watch out! It's going to get you!
38) By Invidlord
39) By NullRadix
40) By winterfalcon31
41) By Kamikoko
42) By Raven
43) By Lunar Storm
44) By Cloverjump
45) By RK-D
46) By CosmicRadish
47) By Powder Kicker
48) By Rydel
49) By MikeTheWeatherPony
50) By Fox E:
51) By Chikennugets
52) By Vahnara
53) By Dakishambada
54) By nuclearsuplexattack
55) By Pencil Scratch
56) By Pencil Scratch
57) By Jay6
58) By Haydn Allen
59) By DashAttack
60) By Slizergiy
61) By Tarynsgate
62) By JakeLionPony
63) By The Less Anonymous Top Hat
64) By Otherunicorn
65) By Thanqol
66) By Ventus
67) By DJ Majaro
68) By Alazak
69) By I-cant-draw-Griffons-FML Silvertie
70) By FerrousOxideMolecule
71) By Joel Dash Reed
72) By Nezbot
73) By Nezbot
74) By Nezbot
75) By appiusos
76) By ThatCrazyBrony
77) By Richelieu88
78) By Wax Tom Cruise
79) By Roxor128
80) By monkmunk
81) By Nny11
82) By Cap-Sigma
83) By Mahna
84) By Lightbulb
85) By birdmaster1
86) By Zubias
87) By Kenmdrt
88) By terrence
89) By James_Corck
90) By Dejected0
91) By PixelSprite
92) By Ace Of Scarabs
93) By SamuelEAllen
94) By ponyp
95) By Jinsume
96) By Seven Tenths
97) By LtSterling
98) By kuser77
99) By Stardust
100) By Mart3323
101) By LtSterling
102) By CooperCHILE
103) By Ponyus (ponyus94 at DA)
104) By Strawfox
105) By PedroRabidBunny
106) By MikorutheHedgehog
107) By Philith
108) By Daisy Azuras
109) By Crafxter
110) By WoW-200
111) By Saddlesoap Opera
112) By Freyera
113) By Little Emerald
114) By koscian
115) By Purplelemons
116) By Dash vs. Flurry
117) By Likeable
118) By thegamefilmguruman
119) By Grievstar
120) By Ailynd
121) By Easteu
122) By Dovashy
123) By BronyGamer
124) By Ritsuko Mithos
125) By TwinQuasars
126) By TerribleTransit
127) By Ipsywitch
128) By Ipsywitch
129) By Ipsywitch
130) By KattyPow
131) By Injured Big Mac
132) By dear-sweet-molestia
133) By Pirill
134) By bobdat
135) By We Fight as One
136) By Brownmane the Knight
137) By Magrior
138) By You Shall Not Pass
139) By xX420QuickscopesXx
140) By Kilemeino Calvire
141) By King T
142) By Yotu Renn
143) By blu-red
144) By Sovwi
145) By Melon Hunter
146) By Jinsume
147) By Sour Apples
148) By Color Swatch
149) By Tree Kicker
150) By TheLunarArmy
151) By Ethanlikesmuffins
152) By Judo-Paladin
153) By 1amth3guy
154) By Falgaia
155) By Newt Man
156) By Veleth95
157) By BluBlur
158) By Machel
159) By EvanelleOnyx
160) By Scion
161) By Zaid Yanffit
162) By Kyttyee
163) By Patches
164) By Britanniapony
165) By Choco
166) By caramelldanser on DA
167) By Hebisonic
168) By KriahFox
169) By Scatmanseth
170) By PikaGirl
171) By KriahFox
172) By Dreamwire
173) By Jimbo1023
174) By SillyDeiDei
175) By Zicygomar
176) By Black-or-blank
177) By phallen1
178) By Immersa
179) By Author Tempus
180) By Hewison
181) By ChaosDX1
182) By Akirasip
183) By Princessly Cute duel
184) By Wing Wind
185) By Xaegrek
186) By Short Circuit
187) By Krogoth
188) By LeonardRodriquez
189) By LeafGrowth
190) By Bigbaddrag
191) By Fallen Angel
192) By Snowsilver
193) By Mad Mike
194) By Stormcaller
195) By Jberg18
196) By Littleboyj
197) By TealDragon44
198) By xxxxbryanxxxx
199) By Shiboito
200) By Kevster
201) By SunnyStorm
202) By Wolferahm
203) By Kelvin Kunia VIKING warrior
204) By Pinkie Swirl
206) By GuppyFoal
207) By SuperDSombrero
208) By Wolferahm
209) By UnlicensedBrony
210) By CaffeineJunkie
211) By Mudglen
212) By DE Fluttershy
213) By St Neon
214) By 2Snacks
215) By Rafasde
216) By CoffeBlack
217) By AcommonStranger
218) By shadowfalcon76
219) By Norque
220) By Mr Cartier
221) By Watchit
222) By litaganomotscoud
223) By ninjakitten69
224) By Dusty the Royal Janitor
225) By Fancy Day
There's a picture in here, I swear.
226) By Amino
227) By Vivifx
228) By Stormcaller
229) By Kinrah
230) By Fancy Day
231) By Pix
232) By Sleipnir
233) By Flutterhoof
234) By mcatnova
235) By Suta
236) By KillSilver
237) By Louisa
238) By AaronMk
239) By Knuckleshy
240) By YSuriktaY
241) By Kate
242) By Illustrious Otter
243) By MyBoyJ
244) By Silver_Wing
245) By GonzaHerMeg
246) By PaintDrinkingPete
247) By Fencing is magic
248) By LazzyX
249) By asylumsweetie
250) By James
251) By Mattatatta
252) By JimTheCactus
253) By Durandal
254) By LoneWolfMark
255) By Tsuken
256) By RyuuKiba
257) By Hawkeye92
258) By Heather
259) By Kirinor. Fencing is magic
260) By TheMagicalFish
261) By AlmightySpoonpony
262) By DegeTheMighty
263) By Conicer
264) By RisingChaos
265) By Hobbes Maxwell
266) By Weirgeiss
267) By AlternateMew
268) By Grayson Lee / Miss ImaginaryWings
269) By Sketchy
270) By Gentlemanlyman
271) By Reuben
272) By BrokenHero0409
273) By IcySpy
274) By Horizon Bound
275) By
276) By Eurus
277) By PopcornPanda/LittleLime
278) By Natry
279) By The Laughing Horror
280) By Shachza
281) By W4X
282) By ColgateFIM
283) By MasterofRoku
284) By Flyingbolts
285) By dotHampster
286) By theberserked
287) By Akamaru01
288) By Fetter
289) By EricaC78
290) By WavemasterRyx
291) By DB_Brony
292) By Lunar Apologist
293) By JudgementMaster
294) By JudgementMaster
295) By FIREDRA6ON
296) By ZeroCereal
297) By Des Revell
298) By Blaze72
299) By CuriousPony
300) By Quicksilver-the-Pony
301) By IraeCoal
302) By Relias
303) By SonicStar23750
304) By Quiche
305) By Artsofallkinds
306) By TheScraft
307) By Totality
308) By CrimsonBlossom42
309) By StyxD
310) By Silverwind
311) By He11ix
313) By Lcubed69
314) By Man_Demon
315) By Delta Pangaea
316) By GrubbusTheUnclean
317) By Kelz
318) By Connor Chang
319) By LemonLimeMan
320) By Warhawk
321) By Soda
322) By TerminalHunter
323) By Bluerobin46
324) By ixROASTYxi
325) By Roidh
326) By CityFlyer502
327) By Mysticvulpix
328) By 13era
329) By SilentButBeardly
330) By Flippord
331) By Exastryke
332) By Slowter
333) By Shinskii
334) By Ohmyani
335) By Kitsunewolf142
336) By Iomma
337) By KuroiTsubasaTenshi
338) By KH68
339) By TheWonderDerps
340) By Tosxychor
341) By Quick Sketch/Compass Rose
342) By
343) By AlberioOrion
344) By EndlessPrisms
345) By Bacon planet
346) By Frith.dreamwidth.org
347) By Nippesche AshanderHill
348) By Atlur
349) By ZeldaRulz
350) By SolidSt33d
351) By Pie Vs Pie - Rough Ink
352) By ABronyAccount
353) By Thattagen
354) By BlankFlankBrony
355) By Yalcahoon
356) By KaiserCVR
357) By glittering-pony
358) By Mr. Hero
359) By SonicRatchet
360) By AntisocialHappiness
361) By PoldekPL
362) By Fiven
363) By PoldekPL
364) By EndlessPrisms
365) By 8bitbleepbleep
366) By DiscordedHarmony
367) By chimicherrychonga
368) By TapeDiggity
369) By Troutzorz
370) By RedFlames
371) By ShadowBlaze13
372) By xSpLiTvIsIoNx
373) By Dusty Fortune
374) By Gibbinater
375) By chimicherrychonga
376) By 8bitbleep
377) By Axwrend
378) By Baesert
379) By BlondieHooves
380) By cipherpie
381) By DegeTheMighty
382) By DreamHaze
383) By eliseo peralta
384) By Emma L
385) By Gearbox
386) By GibsOfEarth
387) By glittering-pony
388) By GrimmLegionaire
389) insomniacending
390) By iraecoal
391) By JunaE_CBS
392) By KaiserCVR
393) By Level 8 Mudcrab
394) By muffinsforever
395)By Nettles
396) By orangearithmatic
397) By Prismatic Pretzel
Sorry, but Blogger hates animation.
398) By Rachel
399) By Rarodar
400) Relias
401) By Jordan Durling
A little something different!
402) By Gears
403) By Phalanx
404) By jazman71092
405) By Heireau
406) By Hecmanstar
407) By Wisdom Thumbs
408) By Sandman-Ivan William Goodwater
409) By Buddy Vox
410) By Carprincess
411) By LavaZombie
412) By Syggie
413) By Sire Swwordhooves
414) By Vera
415) By Shadestars
416) By Lardias Shepard
417) By YorkBrony
418) By Admitted
419) By Sunburst Spiral (xOni777)
420) By Aemios
181 comments:
Haven't I seen number 128 somewhere before....?
ReplyDeleteI might participate...
ReplyDeleteAnd I have lived through another day of the ATG. Finished mine only a few minutes ago and I literally don't feel too good. I was stressing big time trying to get mine finished in time. #326 if you care for a look. But I'm dead serious. If this were a test, I'd bomb it big time.
ReplyDeleteRescue mission, eh? This sounds like one I should really be able to get behind. I had a lot of problems with the one I did today (224). Most of them were technical, but it was still difficult to really come up with something good for today's comic given the character and role I had established him.
ReplyDeleteThanks for keeping this going, Phoe :D You're the best!
And I'm number... wait...
ReplyDelete*uses ctrl+f*
...
Memo to self: if there's 2 minutes before deadline, don't bother submitting the art...
:(
#128 Yay Ipsywitch!
ReplyDeleteHuzzah! #2 is my Day 2 entry if you're wondering. :3 Thank's for putting it up Phoe, and for the comment as well. XD
ReplyDeleteMy Day 3 should pop up soon. It was on time by five minutes. :P
Feel free to drop some critique on them here or on meh deviantart (same screen name). :D Thanks.
Time to give some feedback, myself.
Holy crap, I posted just in time XD
ReplyDelete@Nikita thought so
ReplyDeleteI'm #301, hope you guys like ^^ would love to hear what you think.
ReplyDelete@Dusty the Royal Janitor Well you knocked it out of the park once again. Looks like this poor pony's gonna be lost even after all this is over.
ReplyDeleteMine is 239. I favorited some reference art on my deviant art page. Mainly those for the Griffon and the Fluttershy was to get the angle right to look upward and to the right.
ReplyDeleteHere is the page with some extra comments about the picture. http://knuckleshy.deviantart.com/#/d4nlz12
I just submitted mine phoe could you post it I'm fiven and I did this as quick as possible in like 15 minutes.
ReplyDeleteSilly Internet instability not actually sending it... (of course it works now)
ReplyDeleteSo... Many... Trap cards.
ReplyDeleteI didn't make it in time!
ReplyDeleteStupid college giving me work T_T
I just submitted mine phoe could you post it.I tried to get it done as fast as possible.
ReplyDeleteI'll come back tomorrow then once comments are in.
ReplyDeleteFor now, I already have a plan for this one.
@Fiven
ReplyDeleteI can vouch for this. I just saw him upload it.
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ReplyDeleteSO. MANY. YU-GI-OH. PICTURES.
ReplyDelete@SketchyDee #301
ReplyDeleteOuch! That's a sparring match that griffon's not gonna forget any time soon. Lot of action here even without the movement.
@Knuckleshy #239
Excellent drawing you've got here. Now that looks like one epic duel. Am I counting three different kinds of weapons here?
Well man did I derp badly, for some reason I guess I was so tired when I submitted it, for "name" I entered the name of the picture rather than my own name. Oh well, mine is #116.
ReplyDelete#289. i thought i was the only one who ever called Rarity a two-bit whore.
ReplyDeleteWhiskey 3-7: Alpha one this three-seven repeat last over.
ReplyDeleteAlpha 1: Ah, three-seven we need you to evac an Assualt team traped behind enemy lines. All friendly units have pulled out, we're taking strikes on all sectors. You have fifteen minutes to clear the AoE.
Whiskey 3-7: Copy last alpha one were moving out
Alpha 1: Roger last, sending in a bird for pick up, designated "Talon Crusher"
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ReplyDeleteJust submitted mine...a bit late but I hope it made it
ReplyDelete#251 here, drew from scratch in about three hours. So you'll have to forgive the messy background and overall roughness. I'm trying to draw with different perspectives, styles, and techniques each day. As a result, my experimenting results in pretty hasty drawings.
ReplyDeleteMine is 243. The proportions are all wrong. Plus, I suck at perspective. However, I thought the reference was pretty good.
ReplyDeleteI'm enjoying this. It's not the art itself but the idea.
ReplyDeleteLol. I haven't watched/played Yu-Gi-Oh for longer than I can remember, but when I saw the theme, that's what came to mind :) Mine's 298 if anyone's interested. Kind of a rough sketch - I ran out of time to touch up and color it. Meh. Maybe later :)
ReplyDelete#334 is me! ^_^
ReplyDeleteMy browser refused to scroll for a bit while all the art was loading haha
~yay~
ReplyDeleteAll my LULZ to number 85. XD
ReplyDeleteNoooooooooooooooooooooooooo I thought I had enough time to turn mine in before the update.. Oh well hopefully it'll show up later. Now to work on the new one.
ReplyDeleteWait... *takes closer look at 347*
ReplyDeleteHo-lee Shit. Someone actually REFERENCED MY CHARACTER?
Is... is this real life?
Whoever you are, Nippesche AshanderHill, you are awesome. Let nobody ever tell you otherwise. :D
Oh wow I got in the first 10.
ReplyDeleteActually, mine IS #10.
Rescue mission, huh? This can result in me drawing something good, or something terrible...
ReplyDeleteKinda want to do the dynamic-entry-through-window trope with my pony, but that trope is too easy to think of, and I don't think my art skills can make up for it.
Eh, I'll see what I come up with.
@BlankFlankBrony
ReplyDeleteIf you uploaded it last few minutes like that it will probably be put up after a little time. I saw the previous gallery get updated a few times as such. You still technically gave it in on time. lol
@SolidSt33d
ReplyDeleteThanks for giving my sanity a boost. *decelerates the lurk-check rate*
@CityFlyer502 That's pretty darn good for finishing only a few minutes before :) Nice detail!
ReplyDelete#153, and i already have an idea for the rescue mission. Stealthy, and a tower.
ReplyDeleteI'm SO glad I didn't do a Yu-Gi-Oh reference in this. So many people seemed to do that. And once again, I happened to land on #57. It's amazing. Go check it out. It's one of my best works.
ReplyDelete@Madadude
ReplyDeleteMinor oversight. Nothing I'd worry about. That being said, great picture. I'd be so eager to see this duel.
@wackypony
It appears you're not the only one. That aside, this is quite the setup for a duel. Thought the verbal duel seemed tense enough.
@Mattatatta
Wow, if this doesn't say "I mean business" I don't know what does. Nice work.
@MyBoyJ
Dueling western style, huh. I like it. Especially AJ's reaction.
@Kein
ReplyDeleteOh, it's there. It's somewhere in the depths of Phoe's cavernous inbox at the moment, but it's there. The submit site didn't work when I needed it.
DAMNIT I have school so I don't have much time to get drawings done this isn't fair.
ReplyDeleteLooks good, but I'm vastly disappointed
i am about to cry I just got half of my Duel picture done an now that's over already. I really want to do this but it's really frustrating that it's happening this fast
ReplyDelete@Dusty the Royal Janitor
ReplyDeleteHa! I love yours! The whole screaming-not-breathing thing reminds me of Calvin and Hobbes... but not the end part.
Also, Stormcaller, thegamefilmguruman, and Slowter get shoutouts, simply because I know them
293 is mine :#
ReplyDeleteYu-gi-oh references EVERYWHERE.
ReplyDeleteWhy am I not surprised?
Didn't make it in time but I'll draw anyway and hope a similar theme pops up in the future!
ReplyDelete@Blaze72 Well thanks for the remarks. But I am thoroughly disappointed with how it came out. Yours came out pretty cool. Nice that you had an idea to run along with. Yu-gi-oh pony FTW!
ReplyDeleteI was halfway done with a Yu-gi-oh piece when i said "I should switch." SO GLAD! So I came up with a new OC :D on #313 the red one is new. All on an Ipad with a bamboo stylus. I dont think its too shabby :P
ReplyDeleteyay im 140 woot the sad part is that i wounded my self on a rock in the image
ReplyDeleteGreat job compiling all of these, Phoe!
ReplyDelete#283 here.
ReplyDeletePinkie's gonna give me a fresh steaming hot pie to the face! How thoughtful of her. ^^
A rescue mission, eh? Sounds awesome. I wonder who'll be on my squad for this 'heroic mission'.
Oh, horseapples. I missed day 3. I was gonna draw Fluttershy and Cheerilee fighting over Big Mac. Oh well, I'll finish it and stick it up on my DA page.
ReplyDeleteConsidering the prompt, I feel like including references to BillyMC-Retsupurea.
ReplyDeleteWhich will of course lead to Mario references and it's obvious that's going to be a thing this round.
"Why are there so many Nazi ponies in this event?"
ReplyDeletePeople like the stylish uniforms and often times the "mystique" that surrounds them.
#103 Oh my, its the IKEA pony. lol
#334 D'awwwww! Trixie can't seeeeee! <3
#346 Oooh, nice. I like it. My kind of dueling. Though everytime I see dueling by instruments, I can't help of think of Dueling Banjo's. lol
Excellant set of pics yet again. Almost 1500 all together now. That's a whole lot of pony.
@CityFlyer502 Thanks! It ended up turning out better than I thought it would for the time I had :) Hopefully I'll have time to finish it sometime. College is super busy :P
ReplyDelete207's reminds me of ninja's fighting with guitars.
ReplyDeleteI like 331's artistic style.
There's some epic art flying around here.
#287 is mine. Food fight. Hehe
ReplyDelete#324 is me.
ReplyDelete*sigh* I knew I should've just done a picture of 2 ponies fighting as Pugilists... I really didn't think there'd be this many Yu-Gi-Oh! Pictures. ._.
256 really just stood out to me.
ReplyDeleteAnd Dusty the Royal Janitor with another hilarious comic.
#297 Reporting... Haha, I made it!
ReplyDelete@CityFlyer502
ReplyDeleteI know what you mean, I managed to make it in dead last at #347 -- with probably a second left on the clock XD
I love the show reference in your submission <3
Number 154 reporting in again. I wish I had the time to look over even half of these pieces, but I'm definitely glad to see so many ponies participating. +)
ReplyDelete@BlankFlankBrony Yeah she has to set up the post via some schedule thingy on blogger ahead of time, so it posts like that and then she keeps updating it, she's only one pony after all. even with an automated system. so yeah last minute entries take a bit of extra time. last minute emails take even longer. and if you're nice she sometimes might accept late work
ReplyDeleteAwww... I think I didn't quite make it... submitted 15 minutes too late, and it's not even finished.
ReplyDeleteThis is the first time I uploaded something to my deviantArt. I hope it's okay if i just put my link in here? >.>
http://2edflames.deviantart.com/art/EqD-Artist-Training-Grounds-Day-3-281544458
And now I need some sleep, stupid timezone (Germany). Will look at everything in this post tommorrow, you guys are all awesome :)
225 is nice too though it oddly blacked out until you click it?
ReplyDeleteMine didn't upload through the site, and I must have messed up when sending an email with the pic's link.
ReplyDeleteOh well I guess, it's not as if it's any good anyways.
And seeing as how making each picture takes at least seven hours to make (pathetic right?) I think I'm going to bow out of at least tomorrow's theme. Hopefully things turn around soon
#224 - Dusty the Royal Janitor
ReplyDeleteI'm with Phoe, I love seeing these every day! I had to feature your pony in mine (#347) <3 Keep it up, I can't wait to see what yours will be tomorrow!
@MagicLlama
ReplyDeleteXD Someone caught the reference! This is the happiest day!
Yeah, that part was largely inspired by one particular Calvin & Hobbes Strip. If I remember correctly, Calvin was screaming about Rosalyn the babysitter coming over to look after him once again, and his mother said just about the same line Gilda did there. Combine that with the 'Sweetie Derelle' face that the bronies made and it was just too good to pass up putting in today's comic XD
Good work again, everypony!
ReplyDelete#191 is mine.
Sorry I can't really comment on everypony's work. Phone internet won't let me load everything =/
@CityFlyer502
ReplyDeleteYeah there is three types of weapons. The sword from my second picture since it worked so well and it was colorful enough on the tail.I figured out how to wrap the tail around the hendle. Ninja stars being thrown from the hoof and a dagger in the mouth. With the dagger I tried to have it trail down before as you may beable to see but that wasn't working so I put it behind her hair.
Here is the typical process I do these pictures. I come up with an idea for the ATG then I find reference pictures and or expressions online then I bring out my tools and then I draw. Works pretty well.
Tomorrow's theme sounds fun. Sure wish I could participate, but I'm still at college.
ReplyDeleteWell, I'm sure tomorrow will bring a lot of pictures of tied-up Phoe to cheer me up.
...And I mean that in the most non-creeper way that it's possible to say a sentence like that.
@Ashanderhill
ReplyDeleteWell, you have no idea how glad it makes me that I could have inspired that much into someone that they would use my character in a cameo XD It makes me feel all fuzzy inside. You keep up your good work too!
I've already got something cooking for tomorrow. Gonna see where it leads... ;)
@CityFlyer502 I love your attitude my friend. it's constructive and upbeat, not to mention your perserverance about submitting. keep it up man, you set a wonderful example. true brony spirit
ReplyDelete@ #306 PIIIIIIIIIIKMIIIIIIIIIN!! :D Now THAT is a crossover I wasn't expecting. But I think it would have looked even better with color instead of just the red and blue overlay.
ReplyDeleteMine's 261, and if you look closely you can see an *ahem* expertly drawn Pinkie Pie about to give a gryphon a taste of the Party Cannon XD.
224- i think that is the first thing to make me actually laugh out loud.
ReplyDelete214- anybrony else notice the thumb-parts of the boxing gloves?? Lol at the comic, btw
@Ashanderhill Um. I'm not sure what you mean by show reference. I just put out what my mind settled on. I wasn't trying to reference anything.
ReplyDeleteYours sure made me laugh. Especially how you brought the poor pony back to reality and then had them send for the clueless medic.
Aww, I thought the days were going to end at midnight again. I was going to quickly make something for Day 3... =/
ReplyDeleteOh well, I guess I'll just skip to Day 4.
224
ReplyDeleteThat's a war crime >:C
#306 is the best of them all. It's been too long since I've seen a Pikmin reference... anywhere.
ReplyDeleteHopefully my entry went up... accursed computer problems.
I never was one for the pure hearted, lightly judgmental person, and physical composed arts never been my passion. Find it hard to submit, or enjoy these related post.
ReplyDeleteI thought I had posted this. My mind's playing tricks on me again.
ReplyDelete@wootarded
This one's kind of cute. Though, not much of a duel if one of them can't see what's going on.
@Misc. Brony
Overall, very nice. This has the potential to get very interesting.
@1amth3guy
Oh, man. That's one duel I would bail out on immediately. Great detail with the…I assume it's a dragon?
@Jay6
That looks so awesome. So much action and nice way to bring that deflection spell alive.
@Luna Moona
Haha. Now this looks like quite the duel and one that should settle the debate once and for all.
#306 I respect the brony community. But I'm strongly against the "Pony everything" rule in the fandom. It kills good memories for some people and can offend others. Honestly, there's things that, if ponified, I'd probably be loss of this fandom.
ReplyDeletedammit, I get bogged down with work for a day and completely miss the return of this event, well it's to late now, at least I only missed one... Luna's Lullaby goes back onto the back burner again.
ReplyDelete@CityFlyer502
ReplyDeleteThanks <3 I really wanted to feature Dusty in mine and deflate my pony's ego from the first two submissions. I thought you were going for the sleepover pillow fight reference with Rarity and Applejack, but adorable none the less <3
Yay, I'm #370! I'm so happy right now! :D Sorry for my earlier comment, I should've just waited... 5am, I need to go to bed now. >.>;
ReplyDeleteBut I Pinkie-promise that I'll look at every single image tomorrow at breakfast ;)
Awesome, it's up. :D
ReplyDelete#350 is my piece for day 3. It's a quick drawing, but I'd still appreciate critique on it. Thanks. :3
dammit, I get bogged down with work for a day and completely miss the return of this event, well it's to late now, at least I only missed one... Luna's Lullaby goes back onto the back burner again.
ReplyDeleteWould've submitted something, but I've been busy with school. Ah well, I have some time now, so I shall now attempt to draw a rescue mission.
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ReplyDeleteNo Dovahkiin Fluttershy shooting other ponies in the knee? Awww... missed opportunities... if only I had any talent.
ReplyDeleteLove the fencing ponies! Parry, riposte, parry riposte riposte, parry riposte riposte, parry riposte riposte, parry riposte riposte, parry riposte riposte, parry riposte riposte, FLÈCHE! Its all a riposte of a riposte until someone does something...
ReplyDeleteI'm number 360.
ReplyDeleteEverything looks so awesome. I still wish I can draw better, but o well!
sigh just finished (ok, so it still needs the darkening and shading done) a cool looking Jedi / sith duel.
ReplyDeleteOf course the uploader works now instead of the two hours before the deadline...
ReplyDeleteAaand aparently it went through instantly, that was quick. (bottom of the page 414 lol)
Goodnight everypony.
@MyLittleBrony421 Trust me, you don't want to make an arrow in the knee joke.
ReplyDeleteThere we go - #354.
ReplyDeleteNow, to get started on the next one... ^^;
@vcrmaster Same, except I've been sleep deprived, been having normal occasion sleep paralysis, sudden asleep, sudden dreaming, etc.
ReplyDeleteMine's 118 :)
ReplyDelete304 wins
ReplyDeleteso many yu-gi-oh pictures !
ReplyDeletemine are #12 and #248
#12 lol you challenge my oc to a duel he will blow up your entire property lol.
http://lazzyx.deviantart.com/art/EQD-ATG-Stripes-explosive-duel-281394407?q=gallery%3Alazzyx&qo=2
#248 a drinking contest is still a duel right? i made this in honer of the live stream that happened not to long ago lol JOHN JOSECO!
http://lazzyx.deviantart.com/art/John-Joseco-Drink-281526266
now how in the hay am i going to rescue some pony with explosives . . . ah ha! got it! i will use cartoon physics !
#159, I'm inching up in the numbers~
ReplyDeleteA pony on a rescue mission. Haha my first thought was the Black Wings captured Evan's coward of an older brother. XD
Something I didn't do last time, here's the dA link for the page (shortened URL for convenience) http://dft.ba/-ATG3
Wow, thanks Phoe for taking mine at the very last minute!
ReplyDeleteMine's #359. I was trying to go for RD and Gilda duel in the same style as the NES Ninja Gaiden intro, but it didn't work :/
So many. A few personal notables.
ReplyDelete#2 - Like the background detail
#47 - LOL!
#66 - Adorable
#77 - The muffins! like the face
#118 - Like the perspective
#168 - Nice pen work.
#222 - Newspaper vs umbrella, cool
#227 - Like that style
#280 - Reminds me of "El Kabong" but with banjos
#292 - Dynamic piece
#297 - Something about the sketchiness is appealing
#352 here! I was almost afraid it would get lost in the shuffle, but Phoe delivers!
ReplyDeleteThis event has been just what I needed to get back into the swing of drawing and inking a picture every day. It's also helping to push be a little beyond my comfort zone, encouraging me to try things I don't normally do (like perspective, and composition!) Still not sure what I'll do about tomorrow's entry, but I'm kind of excited by the challenge.
You bronies sure do love Yu-Gi-Oh.
So for day 4 are we suppose to rescue Phoe in our drawing and if so I haven't seen her pony yet. And if that isn't the case can we just go nuts on who or what we are rescuing?
ReplyDeleteOh my Celestia, #407 blew my mind. That's just...how did you do all that epic in one day? X.x
ReplyDeleteAAAAH! GIF! T U NO SPIN!
ReplyDelete(#202)
*sob*
@Knuckleshy
ReplyDeleteIt's an option. You don't have to. But look me up on ponibooru if you really want a reference. =D
Lyra swinging on a grappling hook across the chasm of the Death Star with Phoe in her hooves.
ReplyDeleteDamn I wish I had the skill to draw that.
@Croswynd
ReplyDeleteSimple. I started last night. And I cut out bathroom breaks, eating breaks, and blinking breaks.
@Phoe
ReplyDeleteOkay thanks for that. Think I may have thought of something just now for my picture.
@CityFlyer502
ReplyDeleteActually, it's supposed to be Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton dueling. Here's a link to the picture it's based on.
http://0.tqn.com/d/history1800s/1/0/b/8/-/-/Burr-Hamilton-Duel.jpg
But, now that I think about it, Applejack's reaction is appropriate in this situation.
Yours, on the other hand is awesome. Unicorn pillow fight duel? I like it. And it's done so well! I especially like the detail on the faces.
I just noticed that the two of us keep talking about faces...
#163. My art ain't good this time around. I'm pretty disappoint in this. But I managed to sneak in my favorite gryphon and one of my favorite unicorns. Everyone say hi to JackleApp and Mic The Microphone. Hope they don't mind me putting them in mortal combat.
ReplyDeleteOh hey, its gasmask pony from day 1 :D (Or was it day 2? I forget :)
ReplyDeleteI'm #30!!!! Please leave constructive criticism so that I may learn from these experiences!!!!
ReplyDelete@MyBoyJOh my gosh. I feel so stupid. I did a report on that picture once. Then again, that was years ago. Thanks for the remarks on mine. But like I said, I am far from happy with that one. I probably should have mentioned in on my dA page, but I was so strapped for time I literally copy-pasted Rarity and turned her into Twilight. LOL.
ReplyDeleteThank Celestia, I almost missed the tun in date. Second from last=WIN.
ReplyDelete@CityFlyer502
ReplyDeleteDon't worry about it, mine looks virtually nothing like the original. I would have been very surprised to see anypony identify it.
Nooo I missed Day 3 AND Day 4! Damnit.
ReplyDelete#218 here. Glad to see it got through. Had a hell of a time trying to figure out how to draw the angle I wanted for Silver Lining's decent, and even with that griffon pic as a reference, I'm not good at drawing them. I even had to bust out my D&D Monster Manuals to take a look at some alternate versions.
ReplyDeletePro Tip: D&D Griffons are retardedly badass, and would make mincemeat out of Little Ponies in less than a round.
Super Pro Tip: Dragoons make mincemeat out of flying creatures (like griffons!) in less than a round.
Extra Super Pro Tip: Who wins in a fight between a Griffon and a Pony Dragoon all comes down to who wins initiative, and lands the first hit.
#394-400 Seems do not loads for me refreshed page like 4 times... Anybody having same problem?
ReplyDeleteHey all #22 over here (honestly... the griffin came out bad since i never drew 1 in my life XD)
ReplyDeleteOk folks, Drawing the line. Any more Day 3 entries that come in are not going into the gallery. There's so much left for me to do, and trying to keep up with you all is draining me. I'm sorry, all of you who got confused by the deadlines. =/
ReplyDeleteThank you for letting my picture into the gallery after the deadline (#420)! I'll strive to not be tardy.
ReplyDelete@Phoe
ReplyDeleteI can safely say I speak for all of us when I say we love you Phoe. Now go get some well-earned sleep.
Even if it is only 11:30 PM... I mean, who would go to sleep at such an early hour? The fun doesn't start until 4:00 in the morning!
396, and why isn't it showing up?! What have I done to make you hate me, oh great Phoe?!
ReplyDelete@Doctor Valor he is from both day 1 and 2 . . . actually you will see him in every one of my artist training ground pictures ^ ^ that's why i made him. and i just finished my day 4's entry and its another comic!/)^3^(\
ReplyDeletehere take a look
http://lazzyx.deviantart.com/art/EQD-ATG-the-explosive-rescue-281563521
@orangearithmetic
ReplyDeleteBlogger ate one of my updates! D=
Fixed now.
@Phoe
ReplyDeleteOmigosh thanks, I must be famous or something now! :D
Oh my gowd how good is #212!!
ReplyDeleteNeeds moar Yu-Gi-Oh! crossovers.
ReplyDeleteyay just finished the one for tomorrow. kinda wish I knew what the next one will be so I can get started oh well
ReplyDelete#85 here. Dang, slightly more Yu-Gi-Oh references than I hoped, guess we all had the same idea.
ReplyDeleteI better get working for tomorrows pic if I'm going make that deadline...
@Birdmaster1 a lot of Yu-Gi-Oh but i'm shocked not one star wars reference that I saw
ReplyDelete#219 here, kinda surprised at the number of dueling banjos. And here I thought I was being original :P
ReplyDeleteThere are several pictures that were submitted twice(for whatever reason). I had internet connection problems, on top of using wrong username the first time((
ReplyDelete@Phoe,you can delete #247, the correct username and title is #259.
This would bring the total picture count a little lower than 420.
I was suprises that I fot mine in on time, #244.
ReplyDeleteAlso, SO MANY Yu-Gi-Oh References! but that's what you get when dealing with this age group :P
lovingh this
ReplyDelete380 is mine :D
ReplyDeleteI didn't draw anything for day 3, so I'll just comment on my favorites.
ReplyDelete#168 Oh Twilight, your training was wasted. Good pencil work and hilarious expressions.
#180 Holy shit, darkest picture right here. Though I can't tell where the rest of Fluttershy's face is, I'd say this is the best image.
#189 Amazing pencil skills. I wish I could draw like that...
#210 This one just cracks me up. Hysterical, well done.
#241 DYNAMIC ENTRY! Haven't seen this meme in a while.
#301 Ouch, that must've hurt like hell. Great shot, griffin's expression is pure pain - this pic wins.
#325 Oh wow, hot western-style action. I love shading here.
#329 Another cool western face-off, and colored to boot!
#373 I love how this pony is drawn, so much detail. He's having a hard time!
#396 Another lunar insurgence? Celly's trooper has badass armor, my money's on him.
#407 This comic kicks so much ass.
#67 by me, I tried hard to not make her look anthropomorphic, but I figured that if Lyra were to learn and use any style of combat, it'd be human martial arts.
ReplyDeleteAmazing job you guys, I'm stunned at how muh detail so many of you managed to ram into a picture in a single day.
ReplyDeleteI'm 340, but I only managed to send an unfinished piece :\ I shall be faster next time! To pencils! To pens!
#215 is my OC drawing. OC stands for "Out of Context", since he's not dueling ANYONE.
ReplyDeleteAt least he has a jam-filled water balloon that will be eventually thrown at a nearby (and not drawn) enemy. Sigh...
Working on my picture right now. I started with the foreground first then background and and then the left side of the picture.The thing on the left side of the screen is something from the show and I think it would fit in the background which I have here or at least the enviroment I have here. I will say this though my picture will be very "gamey."
ReplyDeleteHow come when I submit to the site I get this error
ReplyDelete"Server error
The website encountered an error while retrieving http://ec2-23-20-24-15.compute-1.amazonaws.com/tools/ponyuploader/submit.php. It may be down for maintenance or configured incorrectly.
Here are some suggestions:
Reload this webpage later."
please help D:
@Phoe
ReplyDeleteYou are my hero for getting my late submission in the line up.
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
You really need to hear 'thank you' from everypony, everyday, for the rest of your life considering the effort you put in to make these ATG's awesome.
I appreciate it! /)(\
207 was just of absolutely epic proportions!
ReplyDeleteBTW, I hate my job in this Army, I wish I could quit, but I know I can't. I drive a Chevy Step Van pie ammunitions truck, and those guys and gals need their ammo, so I don't say nothin' about it.
Wow, I must have submitted mine comparatively early if it ended up at #79. It was still the last thing I did before bed that day, though. And it looks crap compared to a lot of the other submissions. On the bright side, it does show that "Lesson Zero" is not a complete waste of 455MB of disk space.
ReplyDeleteOnto other people's submissions: What's with all the card games? What does that have to do with duels?
Special mention goes to #222 with Pipsqueak and the little griffon. Absolutely adorable!
@Roxor
ReplyDeleteAbout the card game question. Look up Yu-gi-oh!! and that should answer your question but basically the catch phrase for the cartoon is "It's time to Duel!"
Duel has lots of different meanings.
On my picture I think I may have hit a small road block. Not really sure how to put a character on a pony's back while it is running away from something. I can't really move on with my picture till I do this...
I wonder, if i will be able to make a comic in time. Have one idea in mind, but fear to miss a deadline...
ReplyDeleteOh well, will try at least to make it in time.
#182 is mine btw. Could make it better, but didn't have any more ideas to add at the time.
I love 46! It just epic!
ReplyDeleteYou don't 'suck' at this at all. It's more than we can ask for of one pony to handle this event to begin with seeing as how huge the community has grown and become eager to produce in the time since you last hosted it.
ReplyDeleteWhat you need is a team of ponies to help you with this, next time you try it, so you don't have to shoulder so much of the burden yourself. You started this thing and can lead it, but you don't need to go through as much as you have been for this on top of everything else you do online and in real life. I'm sure there are lots of people that'd be willing to help check and comment on submissions -- the ATG on dA gets about a fifth of this much action on a per-week basis and they still have a collection of several head ponies that take care of business for that group, so why shouldn't you?
47) Powder Kicker
ReplyDeleteHelpful Sweetie Belle is so adorable!
53) Dakishambada
Frying pans. A great weapon that is often under-appreciated!
71) Joel Dash Reed
Oh Shi-!
72-74) Nexbot
Pretty epic there.
78) Wax Tom Cruise
Owch! Why couldn't she be wearing socks!?
156) Beleth95
I have a T-shirt that says that!
181) ChaosDX1
CRIT-MUFFINS!
224) Dusty the Royal Janitor
I'm actually starting to look forward to your submissions.
240) YSuriktaY
Punching Bag! I almost forgot about you!
280) Shachza
KABONG! …No wait, that's the sound a guitar makes. What does a banjo-to-the-head sound like?
306) TheScraft
Pikmin Dueling! Brilliant!
401) Jordan Durling
Using swapnote. Clever!
And Lyra just got a scary advantage.
I count seven double posts, WAY too much Yu-gi-oh, and nowhere near enough lightsabers. Seriously, I think I only saw *one*!
ReplyDeleteWhen I heard the prompt, the first thing I did was to open a tab to youtube to listen to Duel Of The Fates (then cry to myself because I don't have a graphics tablet or a scanner).
@Roman500I know
ReplyDeleteDid anyone else noctice that we have to save princess phoe? This will be interesting.
ReplyDeleteNearly done with my comic. Need to draw 2 more slides and it will be ready.
ReplyDelete@Rowan no kidding. I had a cool Jedi one but it didn't get done in time, it seems I'm going to need a Deviant art account after this
ReplyDeleteNOOOOOOOO! I missed the deadline for Day 3! Aw....
ReplyDelete#145 here. Even I have no idea what's going on there.
ReplyDeleteAnyone else getting database errors for the submission stuff?
ReplyDelete#417 Here I barely made it! so close to disaster.
ReplyDelete@Starwirl the Bearded
ReplyDeleteMine just went through fine. If you're using DA, make sure you use the image URL, not the page it's on's URL. Right click your picture, select 'View Picture', then copy and paste the new URL from the taskbar.
Phew, comic is complete and successfuly uploaded.
ReplyDeleteIt seems uploading-URL doesn't accept images if there is too much text in "Comment to the Editor" description field.
Tried to upload with more than 7 sentences, it didn't accept, but when tried with less than 3, suddenly a successful upload.
But i may be wrong, i just observed this behavior.
Well, anyway, see ya all in Day 5 ^^
Just finished the picture. Now I am off to play Monster Hunter Tri.I will submit it in a little while.
ReplyDelete@IkkouSoryu
ReplyDeleteT_T Thank you soooo much. That really made my day :) I fear I may not live up to this one in coming posts but I'll do my best !
Whew! Unfortunately having only an hour and a half after getting home from work is making me rush. I'll probably end up retouching a lot of my pictures later...
ReplyDeleteMy drawing is finally completed and uploaded! As always, I used my only tools available: a pencil with an eraser and a sucky camera. Unfortunately, I suck at taking pictures as much as I suck at drawing.
ReplyDeleteStill, no regrets.
Ah no need to apologize Phoe. Blogger's failings are hardly your fault. If anything I should be thanking you for handling my e-mailed submission. So thanks for that and for taking the time to run this whole event.
ReplyDeleteAnyone catch the Blackadder reference?
ReplyDeleteThank Celestia the uploader worked! I actually feel alright with today's picture, can't wait to see everypony else's pics tonight!
ReplyDeleteOk, got my day 4 entry submitted.
ReplyDeleteListened to this for inspiration:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8vz186pjY0&feature=BFa&list=LLB80R06nZxmJt8s2Cpmp9MA&lf=plpp_video
Totally relevant to the upcoming pic.
There uploaded and submitted with 30 mins left to spare.
ReplyDeleteIt's 1:50 am.
ReplyDeleteSo tl;dr (the whole thing, that is)
However, I did get to #224. At which point I was forced to stop due to excessive laughter (I'm still recovering!).
Keep it up, people!
did people like 135? the picture submitted weirdly :S its my OC questing game based adventure party! :D
ReplyDeleteUgh! Damn you, EqD! D:
ReplyDeleteI was checking back every single day from the day you guys said you would start this event again, and only after I stop checking do you guys FINALLY start it! Dx
And end it! Dx
I wanted to partake in the event this time!