• Newbie Artist Training Grounds XII: Day 26

    My Little Pony Newbie Artist Training Grounds Author Calpain
    Artist: EbbySharp

    Of course, Trixie would be a favorite this time around for her boisterous nature, it's hard for her not to spin a tall tale when talking about her travels. After all, she is the Great and Powerful Trixie and who is to say otherwise?

    For today we managed to bring in 49 ponies which brings us up to 1861 ponies in total! We keep getting closer and closer to that 2k mark everyone, keep it up!

    As we start to wrap things up for this year's NATG, our ponies have really seen it all, experiencing all sorts of emotions and all sorts of situations. Now, much like our own ponies after going through a season-long or many seasons-long arc, our ponies reach a crucial point in their journeys. So, much like how Twilight eventually earned her wings, it's time for our ponies to face a crucial point in their journies as well! That's why for today I'd like you to Draw a pony facing their destiny / Draw a pony about to make a life-changing decision.

    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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    2 - mandumustbasukanemen

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    3 Stretching the 'Truth' - EveryDayDashie

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    Oh, come on! Don't tell me that you stole somepony else's art for NATG again, Rainbow?! Sweet Celestia, when is she gonna learn? We're just 1 week away from finishing this year's NATG! Everypony seems to be very proud of their marvelous artworks, and so am I. However, you gotta expect that there's always somepony who's trying to ruin the whole thing by gaining unfair advantage, and it looks like Rainbow is about to get in trouble this time. I decided to draw Rainbow Dash hiding the truth that she cheated in NATG, which you should never do. And since she doesn't want to be exposed for cheating, all she could do was to hide the truth and maybe stretch it even further. Who knows how far is she going to stretch the truth? Well, the sky's the limit... Anyway, this drawing took me around 3 hours to finish and I'm very happy with the result! Remember, honesty is the best policy and don't cheat!
    4 Darby's Storytime - Alyssa Rice

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    Darby has so many tall tales to tell, that she wrote a whole book about it!
    7 NATG 2022 - Day 25 - Living Legend - DarkDabula

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    "Who needs age verification"
    8 Zeph's Tall Tales - Faith?

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    What? He's clearly just talking about how big the fish he caught was...
    11 Baroness of Ponyhausen - Ragmo

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    ... and then she jump onto a cannonball to fly over the changeling camp. After she gathered all the informations, she jumped to a cannonball of the changelings to return to her generals and share her informations.
    12 [SFM] Tell Your Tall Tale - red4567

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    I really gotta stop using puns for my entries.
    13 NATG XII Day 25: Tales of Adventure - Blazewing

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    Lesson learned for Tough Cookie: don't tell tales of adventure when Syntax is around. He might just remove the creative embellishments. =P
    14 Moonwing is planning a story - Minty Treble

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    This is Moon Wing, a blue griffin that’s definetly not Gallus, a friend of mine's OC. It’s crazy how he had been working on a story based on MLP for more than 6 years, we have recorded more than 80 episodes 45 mins each, and haven’t really showed it to many people... I hope we find a way of sharing it someday.
    16 Special Oats - Zeccy

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    It was only in episode 100 she dared to tell Bonbon the truth!
    17 How to handle a Dragon Bully! - Tarkan809

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    Spike had faced with the Dragon bullies during the time when he was looking for dragons that could be able to teach him how to breathe fire... Overall he never handled it by himself (nor Weston as well)... Then again he might have learned a few things from that adventure when he tried to find dragons like him... Whenever the Dragon Gang happen to come and strikes back again... Spike knows what to use in order to prevent them from terrorizing again... (Sorry if I wasn't clear but more than likely it's trying to tell a tale about how to deal with a Dragon Bully... (might not be related to the theme but it's alright it's something that I had in mind about Spike dealing with the Bullies again with a hose... (Yeah this is commonly related to "Spike's Search" episode)))
    19 - TenebrisNoctus

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    26 A Very Fishy Tale (NATG 2022 Day 25) - IronYoshi

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    You're probably better off just telling your mom the truth, Sky...
    27 NATG #25: Bad liar - MrKat/Panko Pai

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    "You lying swine!"
    32 Stair Tales - Termyotter

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    Had a very very short time for tonight's so things were sort of random...
    33 Stretching The Truth - Desert

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    There was only one option....
    34 Mandela Effect - Phutashi

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    Yea, I got nothing for this prompt
    35 Campfire Tale - Frith

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    Dash tells the tale of the Olden Pony.
    37 Captain Floyd "Rowboat" Pones - SOENJAY

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    Today's prompt had something to do with telling a tall tale. The first thing I think of when those words are spoken is Sea Of Thieves, so here's a ponified version of my pirate, Captain Floyd "Rowboat" Jones. The pun just writes itself with a name like that.
    38 Hard Truth to Stretch - Pone-Dancer

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    Sugar Rush and Twigg were thrilled to raise Lunadrop Lilly as their own; sadly, foals don't stay small forever. She grew up so fast! And with newfound freedom comes newfound 'problems'. Oddly enough Twigg is the one who wants to decimate whoever Lunadrop decides to date. That's their little girl! She must stay young and innocent and only love her parents forever! Sugar Rush doesn't care. He wants healthy communication and will teach her how to set up boundaries. How to be careful. He doesn't want her ending up like her biological mother! Together the adopted parents make one heck of a team when it comes to Lunadrop's love life XD Lunadrop belongs to A-Generic-Artist-Lol
    40 " . . . And It Was This Big!" - EmeraldPencil

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    I think you're getting a bit too excited there Emerald! I am still getting used to drawing eyes, but I think I did pretty good on this one. As always, constructive criticism is encouraged and appreciated!
    44 The truth is stretchy - DominicToblerone27

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    University studies unfortunately made me stop drawing for a while. Hopefully I can draw a few more though before the ATG ends and see this through! ^_^
    45 Public Apology - Optimistic Neighsayer

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    Guiding Light doesn't always give credit where it's due.
    46 A Withered Rose. - BlueSkies

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    It wasn't actually just jealousy that made him evil but also sadness and depression. What will he do next?
    49 When a Homie Drake Half-Truths... - Rupert the Blue Fox

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    Wanted to go for this Newbie Artist Training Grounds stuffs, but with dragons! Looks like the homie just spun a little something... well, whatever it was, Smolder is certainly NOT happy to hear it come from Spike. What did he do or say this time? I'm leaving this up to YOU guys.

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