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  • Newbie Artist Training Grounds XIV: Day 1

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    Hard to believe yet another year has passed us by as we now enter into another summer and yet another Newbie Artist Training Grounds. Not only is it my favorite event of the year, but one of Equestria Daily's longest running events. Plus, it is nice to post more than just the nightly and morning discussions, heh. I'm super excited as I am every year to see new and old faces take part in this month long event and I can't wait to see what you all come up with!

    Of course, the NATG would not be here without a very important person. I want to give a big shoutout to the founder of the NATG, Phoe, who started the NATG way back when and took me on as a helper back when the event was young. The NATG would likely have never been or, at least, not in the same form we see today without her inspiration and diligence. Go give her a visit and some love at the link above!

    Now, without further ado, onto the very first prompt for the NATG, an oldie we start every new training grounds with: Draw a pony standing / Draw a pony holding its ground.

    You can find the compiler you'll be submitting your drawings to here! If you need some tips on drawing, check out our Tutorial Codex for hints and tips!

    Now, as this is our first NATG post for this year, check after the break for all the details you need for this event, including how to submit (for computer and mobile), some commonly asked questions, our schedule and more!

    If the guide after the break is too confusing or not detailed enough, we have a guide written up by a past NATG participant, Lorewolf, covering in detail how to host your pictures, how to best take photos of art on paper, how to submit and more. You can find the guide here!

    Important Details:

    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.

    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!

    Max Image Upload Size is 4mb per pic!

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  • Nightly Discussion #3595

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    I wonder what it is like in Canterlot on a Friday night? I can only imagine it must be buzzing with all sorts of parties and activities.

    Speaking of, welcome to Friday everyone! We made it another week! How are you all holding up?

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  • Drawfriend - Equestria Girls / Anthro MLP Art Gallery #551

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    You get a Pinkie Pie header today. Does this make you happy?


    Go get a bunch of anthro and human art below!


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  • Discussion: Could AI Ever Be Used Fairly in Official Content Creation?

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    There's been a lot of drama in the fandom with AI lately.  I know you've been hearing about it a decent amount on this blog, so I'm sorry for that if you are tired of it.  I've got a different kind of question to ask about it today though.  How would you feel if Hasbro decided they were going to make a G6 in the future, but it would lean heavily on AI for its creation (ignoring any SAG-AFTRA implications here)?  What if they were completely transparent about all of it and never lied about how it was used in any way?  What would have to be done to make it ethical, if anything even could be done in your opinion?

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  • Drawfriend Stuff (Pony Art Gallery) #4787

    by Sethisto

    The mare will enjoy nature.


    Go get lots of awesome art below!


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    Pony in the Zhangjiajie by Atlas-66 on Deviantart

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  • NO AI for Tell Your Tale or Make Your Mark Confirmed from Hasbro!

    by Sethisto

     


    Well, there you have it. Hasbro has offically confirmed that no AI has been used at all in either of the G5 projects, including Make Your Mark and Tell Your Tale. The rumors are finally squashed. 


    Yes - we realized we hit 'Reply' too soon on our earlier post! (Is it the weekend yet?😵‍💫) To clarify: neither Make Your Mark NOR Tell Your Tale have ever used AI-generated audio or visuals at any stage of production. - Hasbro


    What a wild ride that one was. I'm glad we can put it all to rest though!


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  • Hasbro Confirms Stance on Not Using AI For Make Your Mark

    by Sethisto

     


    We now have irrefutable confirmation that AI was never planned for Make Your Mark. We already debunked the French VA who was found to have received false information from a fake Hasbro employee, but Hasbro themselves have dropped a rare response off and wiped out any possible rumors entirely with the twitter message above. I'll quote it here too:


    The #MyLittlePony ‘Make Your Mark’ series has never used AI-generated audio or visuals at any stage of its production. We’re proud of our artists and actors who played a role in creating magical experiences that brought our characters to life and connected fans across the world. - Hasbo


    I've asked for confirmation on Tell Your Tale season 2's dubs since people have been speculating that those are AI for weeks now, but on the Make Your Mark front at least, you can rest easy.


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  • Comics: Adork - Reigning Down / PArtying is Alcohol / QFF #129

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    Comic time! We adork, we drunk ponies, we QFF. Get them below.



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  • Chrysalis Day Halfay Point Warning!

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    Chrysalis day arrives on June 4th! Time to send your bug queens in. Consider this a halfway point warning to get her sent!


    If you would like to submit to Chrysalis Day, send an email to [email protected] with Chrysalis Day as the subject followed by what it is, so you would name the email CHRYSALIS DAY - OPEN ART if you are sending in for open art. Be sure to include a source to your art if you want one listed.


    Now go submit! It is demanded.


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  • Morning Discussion #3392

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    It's always nice to wake up to someone who loves you. You're one lucky pony, Vinyl!

    Morning everyone, welcome to Friday. Ready to tackle the day head on?

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  • Nightly Discussion #3594

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    Quite the legacy to live up to, isn't it Sunny? You've got this, just keep believing in yourself and your friends.

    Evening my friends, we are almost to the weekend and to June! Just a little while longer!

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  • Fanfiction (Scouted): The Talk

    by Sethisto

    [Comedy]


    Author: Shakespearicles


    Description:It's time for Lil Cheese to learn about the birds and the bees. And everypony wants to help. Surely nothing can go wrong.

    The Talk



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  • Short Animations: Card Animation / Minecraft / Maud Pie Eventually Eats Jerky

    by Sethisto

    I don't know a whole lot about these card animations, but it seems like a good way to market those things!


    We've got one of those, followed by some Minecraft and maud being silly. Get shorts below.


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  • Drawfriend Stuff (Pony Art Gallery) #4786

    by Sethisto

    Roseluck needs more love, so I will header with her today!


    Go get poni below.


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    by jfrxd

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  • My Little Pony: Kenbucky Roller Derby #5 - 2 Page Preview Released!

    by Sethisto

    Kenbucky Roller Derby #5 releases on the 19th of June, and we've got a preview to get you ready for it!


    If you missed the announcement on this one, you can find it over here for all the specific details.


    Now go get pages below.

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  • My Little Pony: Tell Your Tale – Season 2 Episode 13: P + P = BFFs - Stream / Discussion

    by Sethisto

    It's Thursday, which means another Tell Your Tale episode released at... 4AM my time. I do love this schedule! 


    Head on down below for the embed as always, toss your thoughts in the comments, and feel free to check out the Episode Guide for all TYT goodness.


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  • My Little Pony RPG: Story of the Seasons Now Officially Released

    by Sethisto

    For all of the tabletop RPG fans out there, the MLP RPG Expansion Story of the Seasons has officially released. We've been posting teasers they pop up on Facebook for the past few months, so it's good to see people can finally dive in!


    You can pick it up over here. Or catch up on everything revealed for it over at the Renegade Tag.



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  • Morning Discussion #3391

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    Pinkie would make for a wonderful mother I think. You just know the birthday parties are going to be amazing!

    Morning everyone, how are you all doing? Sleep well and have pleasant dreams? Let's get the day rolling!

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  • Comic: Pinkie Pie Says Goodnight – Next Time!

    by Silver Quill

     


    A preview before the new Tell Your Tale tomorrow!


    Click on the image for the full comic.

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  • Nightly Discussion #3593

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    It's starting to get late and the sun has finally set. Ready to enjoy Luna's night, gang?

    Hello everyone, hope you have been doing well! Half the week is already done! Ready to kick back, relax and chat a bit?

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  • The AI Voiceover Drama Continues - French VA May Have Talked to Fake Hasbro Source!

    by Sethisto

    THE PLOT THICKENS. After loads of digging, G5 superfans have found who the french voice actor's Hasbro source is, and determined that this person doesn't appear to be a employee of the company at all. While dubs in other countries have fallen massively in quality, it's most likely that they are simply using lower end studios rather than actual AI.


    Of course, more things could change at a moments notice on this juicy story. We still haven't seen any response from Hasbro yet. Hopefully they can clear this all up for absolute good! For now at least, it seems AI was not the reason for the shutdown of Make Your Mark, and is not being used for voicework in non union countries.


    That being said, AI TOOLS are a completely different beast, and finding artifacts in voice work might be due to these, rather than due to the entire thing being recorded in AI. Most companies are using some form of AI at this point just due to it being baked into every modern creation software out there. Lower the pitchforks for now when it comes to this technology. It's going to be harder and harder to tell.


    Now back to poni.


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  • Drawfriend Stuff (Pony Art Gallery) #4785

    by Sethisto

    Praise the sun at least once a day! I demand it.


    Go get art below.


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  • Full Translations Reveal Make Your Mark Was Allegedly Cancelled Due to Rejection of AI Voicework

    by Sethisto

    UPDATE: This has most likely been debunked. The VA that reported all of this may have had an unofficial Hasbro contact all along.  See this post for details.

     

    Yesterday we posted about the use of AI in Tell Your Tale season 2 for various language dubs around the world, but further translation of the conversation has revealed something pretty startling. Apparently Cort Lane, producer of Make Your Mark, allegedly called off the project entirely when Hasbro demanded they use AI in the second season of the show.


    We still have a lot of digging to do here, but multiple french speakers have confirmed that this is what was said, including right here in the comments of EQD. 


    Of course, it's always possible that more was to blame for the lack of future Make Your Mark episodes. Way back at the beginning of G4 something similar allegedly happened with Friendship is Magic in terms of creative differences between staff and Hasbro. In that case, Lauren Faust straight up left the show. Instead of cancelling the project, Hasbro went forward with the rest of the team for the seven remaining seasons we got over the decade. It's weird that they'd scrap the project so quickly in this case. 


    This is a spicy situation all around, so we will keep you all informed if more arises. There has been a bit of AI drama on Amazon Prime Video, and in gaming it's already popping up everywhere with AI Voicework being used in the FPS game The Finals. We are in for a very interesting rest of the 2020's at this rate. 

     

    NOTE: We are getting reports that some of the info provided by the VA might be inaccurate. More on that soon hopefully as we dig for more confirmation! 


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  • Comics: Waifu Chart: Chrysalis / HWM Fluttershy #40 / Storms Lullaby #252 / QFF #128 / Random Sketches 390-393

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    Comics! Comics are the best.


    Go get them above and below and click for full.


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  • Morning Discussion #3390

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    Time for a brand new day! Got your coffee and your bags before heading off to work or school?

    Morning my friends, I hope you all slept ok! Ready to get to chatting as we start the day?

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  • Nightly Discussion #3592

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    Watch out, Twi! You're gonna get the boop if you're not careful!

    Evening everyone, how are you all doing tonight? Ready to chat as we get ready for Wednesday ahead?

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  • Discussion: Why Did You Start Watching Pony?

    by PhoenixFire

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    Why did you start watching pony?  Did you grow up with it, did you join in out of interest for the fandom, or were you around for when it started?


    I started watching because when I was in university I decided that I wanted to get more involved in internet communities.  I was always interested in this kind of art (pony and furry :P) and thought I would give it a go.  I just hppened to land on this community pretty early on.  I'm glad I did; I've had a good time the last several years.  I've made lots of friends I would not have otherwise.


    What about you?  Discuss Below.


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  • The Flood of AI Art In EQD's Submit Box

    by Sethisto

    Art submissions are the bulk of what EQD gets every single day, and for the past few months the AI submissions have been absolutely nuts, with a whopping 8 of them today from all different email addresses. Since half of them actually do say they are AI and are not trying to be sneaky about it, I think we need another clarification post.


    So, head on down below for EQD's official stance on AI art submissions, fully clarified for all to hopefully stop spamming us!


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  • Drawfriend Stuff (Pony Art Gallery) #4784

    by Sethisto

    Derpy will do science. Please accept her outcomes even if they are horribly wrong. It makes her happy and we can just quietly delete the results later.


    Go get art below!


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    Derpy Tattoo [Commission] by Darksly-z on Deviantart


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  • French Voice Actor for Hitch Claims That Hasbro Is Using AI Voice Dubs for Non-English MLP: Tell Your Tale Episodes

    by Sethisto

    UPDATE: This has most likely been debunked. The VA that reported all of this may have had an unofficial Hasbro contact all along.  See this post for details.  

     

    We all knew this sort of chaos was coming when AI voices started becoming a thing years ago, but who would have expected it to happen so quickly for actual official content? The French voice actor for Hitch has apparently been told by someone at Hasbro that dubs of the show are now being done with AI voices outside the USA. A lot of people suspected this was going on due to a dip in quality, but this is the first time we've had confirmation.


    Apparently it was doubly confirmed by Nathalie Stas, an artistic director and actress who recently did an interview on a radio station called RTBF We are still waiting on a translation for that one though to find out exactly what she said about it.


    For now at least, it seems like Hasbro has done what a lot of companies are doing, sneak AI into their overall workflow as they shed human talent. We will see how that works out for them in the long run. I should note that some non US dubs are confirmed for being legit still, including over in Thailand and Brazil.


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  • Chrysalis Day Arrives June 4th!

    by Sethisto
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    Chrysalis demands LOVE. Send stuff!


    If you would like to submit to Chrysalis Day, send an email to [email protected] with Chrysalis Day as the subject followed by what it is, so you would name the email CHRYSALIS DAY - OPEN ART if you are sending in for open art. Be sure to include a source to your art if you want one listed.


    Now praise bug or she INVADES.


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  • Fanfiction: The Inspiration Machine

    by Sethisto

     [Comedy]

    Author: RB_

    Description: Twilight's run out of ideas for new inventions, so she invents something to fix that.
    No one said the machine would produce good ideas.
    The Inspiration Machine


     
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  • Morning Discussion #3389

    by Calpain

     

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    I remember doing stuff like this when I was a kid at my grandparents' place who had a set of stairs. You'd be surprised how much fun you can have sliding down the stairs.

    Morning everyone! How are you all doing this morning? Ready to start the day nice and fresh?

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