Newbie Artist Training Grounds XV: Day 1

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Hellooooo everyone! I would like to formally welcome everyone to the 15th Newbie Artist Training Grounds!!! I, King Grimlock, will be your host this year as we all take the journey toward becoming artists together!! I am very excited to be hosting this year, and even more excited to see all the amazing art that you all will be submitting this following month!! Due to this being my first time, this months prompts will be given EVERY OTHER DAY (15 Days of Prompts Total) of the month instead of every day of the month.

Some ground rules that I would like state are as follows. No AI, No clop/NSFW, No Gore. Please be sure to be respectful to all artists who are participating in this event and make sure to build each-other up!

Now, with all that said, for the first prompt of NATG XV: 

 

Draw a pony standing // Draw a pony planting their hooves.

 <<<You can find the compiler you'll be submitting your drawings to here!>>>

 We are also teaming up with Calpain over on Bluesky who will be hosting thirty prompts on their end. The first one of which is: Draw a pony standing / Draw a pony rooted to the spot

 If you need some tips on drawing, check out our Tutorial Codex for hints and tips! Learn how to submit below if you have any questions.

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What is the Artist Training Ground?

The Artist Training Ground is a month long event in which individuals challenge themselves to draw a pony every other day for a full month with the goal to teach you how to draw ponies.

Each other day there will be a gallery of submissions where you all can compliment, critique, and otherwise bond over yalls amazing growth as artists.

Each other day we will release a pair of prompts (One basic, One complex) and you will have 48 hours to complete and upload said prompt to the compiler for submission.

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What can I submit?

You can submit the following:

• Any Pony from OC to Canon
• Any Race from MLP (Donkey, Zebra, Griffon, Dragon, Etc.)
• 3D Art
• Traditional Art
• Equestria Girls
• Anthro

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Tutorial For Submitting to Our Compiler - Computer

First off, our events where pictures are involved require the use of our compiler which can accept links from deviantArt, tumblr, FurAffinity, or any other hosting site as long as you can grab the image URL.

A tutorial for grabbing the URL of an image can be found below.

If you can't use our compiler for whatever reason, either you can't use an online hosting site or our compiler is blocked in your country, please send your submissions to [email protected] for inclusion into the gallery.

A tutorial for grabbing the DIRECT URL of an image can be found below:

(Note: Imgur is recommended if you are new to this, but plenty of others allow you to grab direct URL)

In Firefox select "Copy Image Location" after uploading your image then right clicking on it:

In Chrome select "Copy Image Address" after uploading the image then right clicking on it:

This will give you a direct URL. It must end in ".png" or ".jpg".  Example for what it will look like:

https://i.imgur.com/UFb67bU.png

Paste your URL Here:

Mobile Users - 

For our mobile friends trying to upload, try this:

Once you have the image uploaded to Twitter, DeviantArt, or 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

If that doesn't work, you can Touch and Hold an image, open it in a new tab and the URL of that tab should be what you're looking for.

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

If you run into issues, send an email to [email protected]