Newbie Artist Training Grounds X: Day 28

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Everyone can do with a little friendship and our ponies certainly aren't the exception. Heck, if it wasn't for friendship Equestria probably would have been destroyed at least a few times over by now. Also according to your drawings tonight a lot of fences need mending in Equestria, good on you all for having our ponies help out!

For today we managed to bring in 93 ponies which brings us up to 3456 ponies in total! The count keeps rising, I wonder just how high we will get?

With the NATG starting to wind down I figured today we'd try to put your skills to the test. I've seen so many of you experimenting with different techniques and trying your best to improve that I thought it might be nice to see how far you've come by Redrawing an older picture using what you’ve learned / Drawing a pony learning from a mistake.

As always you can find the submitter here.

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Remember, our compiler for the old prompt is up a few hours even after this post goes up with the new prompt so feel free to submit your submission to the previous day's submitter!

Also, if you are late submitting and the submitter is closed, don't just throw your pic into the next day's submitter. Wait for a Makeup Day to submit!

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 #artist-training-ground 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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Escape To Equestria Music: Whirlwind - Escape (Full Album) [Soundtrack/Ambient]

Whirlwind presents us a whole album of Equestrian bliss, with the tracks effectively representing a journey to Equestria! The opener track Welcome to Equestria is reflecting our arrival to that new world, Delicious Dessert our visit at Sugarcube Corner, Diamond Mine our exploration of the nearby gem mine (remember that in Legends of Equestria!), and the closing track featuring Wubcake is so emotional with the Ambient synths and the deep bass! And there's many more location-themed tracks such as Manehattan Shuffle, The Weather Factory, Fluttershy's Forest and Everfree Exploration! For many of us myself included, Equestria and the community are a form of escape from the harsh reality, a positive place where we can partake in shared passion and love with other like-minded fans! And the bliss of Whirlwind's album is another of those positive experiences! Thank you for another wonderful moment of "escape"! Let's keep protecting "Equestria" everypony!!

Nightly Discussion #2207

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Some Rara tonight because she is just a cutie. Look at all that fuzz!

Evening my friends! I hope you are all well. Ready for some chatter?

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Luna Concept Music: Night Blaze - Facing Night Mare (Extended) [Soundtrack]

OST-like music and deep pony concepts in the descriptions, that's Night Blaze for you! Their newest piece is an extended version of Facing Night Mare that works well as a boss battle music facing your Shadow, with amazing melodies on the choirs that remind of One Winged Angel at 3:04 especially! A much appreciated beauty for sure!

Discussion: How Are You Liking Pony Life So Far?

Now that the dust has settled and we are four episodes into Pony Life, what do you think of it so far? How would you compare it to Friendship is Magic? It has some pretty massive shoes to fill, especially since it's technically not a full main gen, instead aiming for a more 4.5 deal. Is there anything you'd like to see it do differently or hints you'd pass along to Hasbro for G5 some time in the future?

Drawfriend Stuff (Pony Art Gallery) #3389

2020 has the best OC's. So many great designs.

Get lots of art below!

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Carousel Unique ( Commission ) by RavenSunArt on Deviantart

Cathy Weseluck Explains Why She Doesn't Play Spike in Pony Life

As some of you have noticed, Spike isn't played by Cathy Weseluck in Pony Life.

The actress took to twitter today and explained why she didn't reprise the role.  In short, it was her decision to stop voicing the little guy when Friendship is Magic ended production.

Head on below the break for her full statement, plus a little message from Spike.

Comics: Longest Night / Origins of Hollowshades #145 / Next Gen #25 / Past Sins #10 / Movie Slate - Keeps Going

 Have some cute feelsy with a bit of dark to start, and all updates below.

Pony Life Theme Song Cover: When Hooves Meet Face - Pony Life (Cover) [Metal]

You've been waiting for it, somepony made a Metal version of the opening song from Pony Life!! Sing along and prepare for doom as we perform this unholy ritual using pony plushies, celebrating our ascent to madness partaking in the craziness of Pony Life... now with a rocking version of its Theme Song to provide a reality check!

Broken Polls Finally Fixed! Last Poll Redo - What's your favorite episode starring Trixie?

It looks like polls have finally stopped not working! You should be able to vote now.

I went ahead and slapped the last poll up again so we can give glorious Trixie a proper episode poll. Go vote and lets see if we break it again!

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Morning Discussion #1978

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Now this would be an episode I'd certainly watch! That would have been an interesting scenario to help with the whole reform thing.

Morning my friends, time for the last day of June. Ready for July?

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Newbie Artist Training Grounds X: Day 27

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Got to say I think this has to be one of my favorite prompts for this whole event! You all got so creative with the two different prompts that I didn't know exactly what to expect. From adventures to wild ponies, we seem to have it all tonight.

In our art roundup tonight we managed to pull in 95 ponies which brings us up to 3363 ponies altogether! Another great showing my friends, keep it up!

I only really noticed now as we enter the last few days of the NATG that for a show about friendship we haven't really had a prompt that is focused on it! In the spirit of the show for tonight I'd like you to Draw a pony giving the gift of friendship / Draw a pony mending fences.

As always you can find the submitter here.

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Also, if you are late submitting and the submitter is closed, don't just throw your pic into the next day's submitter. Wait for a Makeup Day to submit!

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 #artist-training-ground 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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Diamond Tiara Music: Direct Current - House Canary [Alternative Electronic/Indie Pop]

Direct Current made a much welcomed song about Diamond Tiara's character depth and how she's been caged as a bird by her parents (not without reminding of Yukiko in Persona 4), and such character-driven works are always so appreciated. The lyrics speaking about her struggle, the vocals full of compassion toward her, and the emotional instrumental are all part of this powerful song about Diamond. The melodic part starting at 1:31 in particular is my favorite moment!

Kotobukiya Reveals Limited-Edition EQG-Colored Pinkie Pie

Kotobukiya continues to share the pony love with a new, limited-edition Pinkie Pie bishoujo statue. This particular variant has her rocking her Equestria Girls skin tone, as well as a special sparkly mane and hairstyle, and more highly detailed box.

With the first wave of statues becoming harder to get a hold of, these ones will likely be extremely sought-after.

Check out below the break for the announcement tweet and more images.

Nightly Discussion #2206

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I wonder what sort of adventures Braeburn gets up to out on the frontier? Could have been a cool part of Equestria to explore.

Evening my friends, hope you all had a good Monday!

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Little Librarian (Don McLean ponified)

Parodies of popular songs with ponies is one of my favorite fandom pasttimes. Luckily 4everfreebrony is one of the best at it. I do miss all those Fluttershy impression ones back in the day though...

Anyway, get a new one below.

Community Soapbox - Crossovers, Fiendship 2.0, Coronation, and More!

As revealed a while ago, soapboxes will now happen once we get enough submissions for it. Send them whenever, but also expect them whenever!

If you'd like to submit one, hit this post up.

This time around, your headlines include:

• MLP Crossover Idea: The Dark Crystal
• What if the Student Six get NEW elements?
• Ways Father Knows Beast coulda been better
• Fiendship is Magic 2.0?
• Twilight's Princess Coronation Vs Ruler of Equestria Coronation

Get the articles below!

Pony Plushie Compilation #413

I love that lifesize is just like the standard these days. It's crazy how many there are now. Missed opportunity hasbro!

Get the plush pone below.

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Vinyl Scratch cuddle size plushie by Epicrainbowcrafts on Deviantart

Drawfriend Stuff (Pony Art Gallery) #3388

Pony Life has started spawning some pretty great fan art. Hopefully it keeps that up.

Get the art below!

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Rarity fantasy - MLP Pony Life by PyroPk on Deviantart

New Counter Response to The Atlantic's Brony Nazi Article from Quillete, Focuses on NSFW Instead

We were originally going to just move on from this one, but since so many people are bringing it up, it's probably disingenuous to ignore it. After The Atlantic's article a few days ago, another news organization has decided to pick up the story and bring on an alternate perspective. They dig into the numbers in specific over on derpi, citing that while there are racist images, they are a tiny fraction of the overall content.Instead, Quillete focuses on how much explicit material there is, and how much it greatly outnumbers the political drawings.

Consider it an alternate outlook on the topic.

As a general warning, they do get pretty NSFW in their language. If "clop" bothers you, steer clear. 

Read it over here. 

Thanks to beans, Forcling, and everyone else for sending it. 

Animation: Reflections

We previewed this animation for you all back in mid-May and it looked to have quite a bit of promise! Now, a month and a half later, the project is finished and is up for view on Youtube, in Russian and Chinese too for our viewers who have those as their native language (check the video description).

Now, sit back and relax. You can find the video after the break!

Thanks to all of the people who sent this in!

Pony Con Feelings Music: DoTheDaringDew - We Were Here [Soft Rock]

Dewie just released a masterpiece of music and pony emotions, acting as a wonderful and heartfelt tribute to pony con experiences, and calling for us to reflect on them too. See my wall of text comment on the song to get an idea of how much I love it, although words are not enough to express how much I appreciate heartfelt and meaningful works like these. Not only the message and heart behind it, but the music in itself is quite amazing, and those have got to be the best vocals from Dewie that I've ever heard. And when you think that they have so much relatable feelings behind them, it just blows you away... and makes for a certain emotion, of brony spirit and love toward fellow bronies, that is just... beyond words. But you may know what I'm talking about! Come here everypony... *group hug with all of you* I love you all so much!!

Fanfiction: A Charmed Life

[Slice of Life][Drama]

Author: BlazzingInferno

Description: Ponyville was supposed to be Ditzy’s fresh start, a chance to leave the past behind and be her own mare. So what if that fresh start includes sleeping in her second cousin’s spare bedroom? So what if she’s working double shifts at the Hay Burger? She’s got a plan, a plan that starts with the expensive items that mysteriously appear on the second-hoof store’s shelves on a very special day of the month.
A season one story.

A Charmed Life

Additional Tags: Ditzy's fresh start in Ponyville

Morning Discussion #1977

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Gallus must be one good egg to have made it into the Royal Guard. He really is best burb boy.

Morning my friends, I hope you all are ready for the last Monday in June! Ready to chat?

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Newbie Artist Training Grounds X: Day 26

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Oh, I'm sure nothing could go with this venture. Nothing at all, especially with these two in charge. Though it might be a good idea to make backup plans if the park were to close for whatever reason, don't you think?

Evening my friends! Another day means another day of the NATG comes to a close. Today we managed to bring in a total of 89 ponies which now brings us up to 3268 ponies! Everyone still seems to be going strong so keep it up everyone.

While our ponies are used to getting into all sorts of mischief one thing that is undeniable about Equestria is that living there can sometimes be quite the adventure and not just for the Elements, but for everyday citizens too. So for today I want to see what you guys can do and Draw a pony on an adventure / Draw a pony on the wild side.

As always you can find the submitter here.

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Max Image Resolution is 2000x2000! Resize your pictures to make sure they are the appropriate size, any image software should be able to help you.

Animations do not animate when sent through the compiler! Include some text with your submitted animation that people should follow your links to the source to see the animation in full.

Remember, our compiler for the old prompt is up a few hours even after this post goes up with the new prompt so feel free to submit your submission to the previous day's submitter!

Also, if you are late submitting and the submitter is closed, don't just throw your pic into the next day's submitter. Wait for a Makeup Day to submit!

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 #artist-training-ground 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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Nightly Discussion #2205

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I find it insanely adorable that a reformed changeling would think of this as giving out food for the hungry. It's just so wholesome~

Evening my friends, I hope you all had a good weekend! Ready for the evening?

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Ponies Around the World: Hobbies Edition Results! (Part 2)

Lets go ahead and extend the inception shall we?

The second part of this year's Ponies Around the World has arrived with more hobbies to check out. See what everyone is up to below!

Drawfriend Stuff (Pony Art Gallery) #3387

Bat is purple. Purple bats are good.

Get art below.

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Purple Psychopath ( Commission ) by RavenSunArt on Deviantart

SFM - Forget About Love (Alladin parody)

A rather nicely put together SFM PMV of Forget About Love from Alladin! If you're an Alladin fan it is certainly worth checking out.

Find it after the break!

Comic: Saberplay / Disguised Foal / EXTERMINATUS 1 / Future 22

Smart horse doing what a smart horse does best! Ah, I really love interactions between these two.

Comics guys, get them after the break!

Equestria Girls: Too Hot To Handle Follow Up

With summer here and the heat bringing on more times I should not be eating more ice cream, we have a summer short about trying to beat the heat. Our contender against the scorching sun is the pink powerhouse herself Pinkie Pie. And from this short, I think laughter might be the most powerful element of friendship just by how it can combine with other elements like generosity, kindness and loyalty. Pinkie is true friend and people person and it makes this short kind of heart warming even in 90-degree weather. If I were to give a moral to this short, it would be that making people smile can bring a smile to your face even at some expense. Either that or carry extra money for more sno cones.
(Editor’s Note: I am a huge Big Mac fan and I can’t help but think this back for the title card might be him and want nothing more than to rub every drop of sunscreen on him and that makes this even weirder. Please don’t judge me. Big Mac is husbando.)

Apple Bloom Music: PumpkinZ - Through an Alternate Dimension of Chaos [Industrial/Hardcore]

Released on the Equestrian Terror Corps label, PumpkinZ's melodic and vocal chops-powered beauty takes us through a trip between dimensions, with Apple Bloom's emotional voice resonating in our hearts. The lead melodies are quite lovely and this is such an impressive experience of almost 7 minutes, featuring a beautiful and reflective Ambient intro too. I didn't know about PumpkinZ before, so I'm glad that the label made me find out about their stuff! Go sub to them and show your appreciation! Lots of other emotional melodic pony songs on their channel, such as Remoteness, Sleet, and Coco!

My Little Pony Pony Life - Episode 3 / 4 - How Applejack Got Her Hat Back / Cute-Pocalypse Meow

Pony Life returns for another weekend! This will be our schedule going long into the future it looks like. At least during the summer.

Your stream parties for the Canadian Treehouse release are below.  The show beings at 8:00 AM PST, with another episode right after.  

Morning Discussion #1976

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Gallus is best burb boy!~

Morning everyone, hope you are all doing well. Ready for another Sunday?

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Newbie Artist Training Grounds X: Day 25

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While I love all the entries we get for the NATG I always do find the ones where the artists try their best to tie all the prompts together into some sort of narrative pretty fascinating. In a way it makes me feel like I'm making the choices in a Choose Your Own Adventure type story.

Evening everyone! Here we are on Day 25 as we start to make the sprint towards the finish. This coming week we should be able to finish everything up and finish strong! Today we brought in 74 ponies which now brings us to 3179 ponies in total. Keep it up everyone!

For today's prompt I was thinking of not only Equestria but the time of year. With a holiday coming up in the US and summer being the prime time for travel (at least when there isn't a pandemic going on) I figured maybe our ponies should check out some other places outside of Equestria. Today I'd like you to Draw a pony going to a foreign land / Draw a pony caught in a tourist trap.

As always you can find the submitter here.

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Once you have the image uploaded to Twitter, DeviantArt, wherever try this Touch and hold the image. Depending on what browser you’re using, select the image URL by tapping the links below: Chrome: Copy link address Safari: Copy

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Max Image Resolution is 2000x2000! Resize your pictures to make sure they are the appropriate size, any image software should be able to help you.

Animations do not animate when sent through the compiler! Include some text with your submitted animation that people should follow your links to the source to see the animation in full.

Remember, our compiler for the old prompt is up a few hours even after this post goes up with the new prompt so feel free to submit your submission to the previous day's submitter!

Also, if you are late submitting and the submitter is closed, don't just throw your pic into the next day's submitter. Wait for a Makeup Day to submit!

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 #artist-training-ground 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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Comic: Pinkie Pie Says Goodnight – Unboxing

The pinkiest of ponies gets to celebrate an unboxing as we await tomorrow's new Pony Life. Let's see what's in the box!

Click the image for the full comic.

Aloe & Lotus Music: Hearse Percy - Unwind (feat. ThatMusicBrony) (PegasYs Remix) [Glitch Hop]

PegasYs gave another spin to his collab with Faulty and ThatMusicBrony originally from [email protected] Ignite, and the steam has just been doubled! Peg's hot Glitch Hop wonders are hitting like an arrow to the heart once more, while the subtly questionable lyrics are completing the tasteful Aloe & Lotus art anew. I love those two and their colors a lot, and I actually have a picture of them displayed near my desk!

Nightly Discussion #2204

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Pony and steampunk go together quite well! Maybe it is because it is already such a fantastical land that crazy mechanical contraptions don't seem all that out of place.

Evening my friends, ready for a brand new day?

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My Little Pony Speedpaint Compilation #141

Pone is very serious. You seriously need to check out these speedpaints.

Get them below.

What Do Your Fellow Pony Fans Do For Fun? - Ponies Around the World: Hobbies Edition Results! (Part 1)

The Coronavirus killed travel over the past few months, so Ponies Around the World has migrated into the homes for hobbies instead! We kept the submit box open for any and every hobby with a pony involved, and now these are the results!

Expect another post with the rest tomorrow. Head on down below to see what your fellow pony fan is up to.

Drawfriend - Equestria Girls / Anthro MLP Art Gallery #208

We all need more Boola in our life.

Get  a bunch of anthro and humanized below.

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Somnambula by Puetsua on Deviantart

Drawfriend Stuff (Pony Art Gallery) #3386

We are getting some awesome stuff out of the Artist Training Ground this year. And so many people improving! It's fun to check that out every night.

Get lots of pone below!

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NATG Day 23 by RysunkowaSucharia on Deviantart

Dashie Fanfic Music: Luck Rock - Bad Ending (feat. Drummershy & CategoricalGrant) [Rock]

Rainbow Dash. Luck Rock. New upload. Enough said, you know you have to check this out if you haven't already! Once again expressing love to other fan creators, Luck invited Drummershy to play the drums on this tribute to CategoricalGrant's fanfic Date-Your-Own-Dashie, and even the author appears in the song! Luck's vocals are a delight and this new song just makes me so happy (the line "Celestia, what do I do~" and how he says it is just to die for), the lyrics are fun and tell a story too (and you know how it will end), and the instrumental full of sweet Tropical vibes just gives you the urge to confess your feelings to Dashie! Dashiiiiie!! Ahem. Yeah, I could just do nothing but talk about my love for ponies in a writeup. Except in this I get to express my love for my fellow bronies and creators of fan works as well!! Love you all everypony, thank you for making this, all my support, keep creating and keep spreading the pony love!
(my voice in the distance) Come on Dashie, technically you're already in my bed every night as I have a custom-made dakimakura of you... No? Wait! Dashiiiie! BAD ENDING

Comic: BoE 8:13 / Extra That Extra / Signing Off 40 / Lullaby 104 / New Beginnings 37 / Destiny 7 / Wine Essence 29

Guess it's time to explain a bit about the birds and the bees to these two.

Comics guys, get them after the break!

Burning Mare II Electric Scootaloo Music Festival Is Underway!

The community got its own Summer Fest! The second iteration of online pony music festival Burning Mare, titled Electric Scootaloo, is starting now! Go attend many performances from pony musicians as well as panels, full schedule here! (Switch to the other tab in the spreadsheet to see Sunday's schedule.) Like for the first festival, you can tune in to Mane Stage here and Sugarcube Corner here! And if you haven't already, join the Discord server here for Scales 'n Tails Renegade Stage among other channels!

Ask Ponies - Rarity

Magpiepony has a new animation out in her "Ask Ponies" series, this time dedicated to Rarity! Head on down below to watch if you liked the last one.

Morning Discussion #1975

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Cute little dork coming your way this morning!~

Morning my friends, it's the weekend! Any plans?

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Newbie Artist Training Grounds X: Day 24

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Yeah, I think I can agree that we could have always needed more Gabby in the show, but then again we could have used a lot of cool things in the show while it lasted. At the very least we have all of your creative ideas to fall back on, immortalized in drawn form. It was a pleasure to see all the cool ideas you all came up with for today!

Speaking of those ideas, you all managed to bring in 90 ponies which now brings us up to 3105 ponies in total! I wonder just how close to 4000 we will get by the time this is over?

For today's prompt I figured we'd do something nice. It's been a rough day and we can all do with some goodness in our days so for today's prompt I figured we could Draw a pony doing a good deed / Draw a pony being a stand up citizen.

As always you can find the submitter here.

For our mobile friends trying to upload, try this:

Once you have the image uploaded to Twitter, DeviantArt, wherever try this Touch and hold the image. Depending on what browser you’re using, select the image URL by tapping the links below: Chrome: Copy link address Safari: Copy

Use that URL in the compiler for your image. Hopefully that works!

Max Image Resolution is 2000x2000! Resize your pictures to make sure they are the appropriate size, any image software should be able to help you.

Animations do not animate when sent through the compiler! Include some text with your submitted animation that people should follow your links to the source to see the animation in full.

Remember, our compiler for the old prompt is up a few hours even after this post goes up with the new prompt so feel free to submit your submission to the previous day's submitter!

Also, if you are late submitting and the submitter is closed, don't just throw your pic into the next day's submitter. Wait for a Makeup Day to submit!

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 #artist-training-ground 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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Nightly Discussion #2203

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Sorry for being a little late guys, lost track of time!

Hope you all had a great Friday and are ready for the weekend. Ready to chat?

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On Racism in the Fandom, and Equestria Daily Going Forward

As most of you have probably heard by now, The Atlantic did a piece on the fandom a few days ago about a underground movement of Nazis and general alt-right pony fans who lurk in the shadows of our little online pony world here. This has sparked a lot of justified outrage, with many demanding that imagery involving their movement be removed from the biggest sites in the fandom. Stuff that has slipped through the cracks over the years as parody or just generally lost in the flood of content that happens due to our humongous creative side.

For the sake of not bumping regular pony stuff off the front page, I'm throwing the break in here. If you want nothing to do with this, I understand. For many in our fandom, pony is an escape from the troubles of real life, and keeping it pure is important. Know that while we will continue to post art and celebrate content that champions good causes, the site itself will not be turning into a world news site. We post ponies, and that will always be the focus.

Anyway, continue reading below.