Newbie Artist Training Grounds XV: BONUS PROMPT + MAKEUP DAY

 Artist: apic86

Hello everyone!!! I cannot believe that we are here at the end already folks. It has been absolutely amazing to see what everyone has created this month. I wanted to extend a personal thank you to every single one of you that participated in NATG XV! I hope you all had fun, and I hope you all had a good experience this year. You are all pillars of this community and I hope you all never stop creating and putting art out in the world! To wrap everything up I wanted to do a bit of a combination of a makeup day as well as bonus prompt for anyone that was interested. So, closing out NATG XV I would like to see all of you draw and combine two or more prompts, or draw any prompts that you may have missed as a makeup day! Be sure to stay tuned for the final gallery in 48 hours! Thank you all again!

Prompt list for convenience:
Draw a pony standing // Draw a pony planting their hooves.
Draw a pony on the move // Draw a pony walking the walk
Draw a pony making a funny expression // Draw a pony putting on a brave face 
Draw a pony trotting // Draw a pony on a scenic walk
Draw a pony sprinting // Draw a pony running for their lives
Draw a pony taking a leap of faith // Draw a pony jumping to conclusions
Draw a pony chilling // Draw a pony doing their favorite hobby
Draw a pony beside themselves with emotion (of your choice) // Draw a pony who is over the moon
Draw a pony as your favorite fictional character // Create a crossover between pony and a franchise of your choice
Draw a pony learning a new skill // Draw a pony with their nose to the grindstone
Draw a pony who is dressed to kill // Draw a pony in a fashion crisis
Draw a pony trying something new // Draw a pony getting their cutie mark
Draw a pony hitting the road // Draw a pony starting a new chapter of their life
Draw a pony living their best life // Draw a pony painting the town red
Draw a pony graduating // Draw a pony who just hit the jackpot 

 Makeup Day!(Draw any prompts you missed) // Bonus: Combine and draw 2 or more prompts of your choice

 <<<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. Today's Prompt: Draw as many previous prompts in a single picture as you can / Draw a pony stretched thin 

 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.

Nightly Discussion #3986

 

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For the NLR! Where my New Lunar Republic brethren at? I was listening to NLR songs earlier today, so have a header featuring epic best princess! Sorry these have been running late. I've been super busy getting ready for upcoming conventions.

Open Brony Music (All Skill Levels Welcome) - #112

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Tavi and Scratch at back with another pack of Open Music, your one-stop-shop for all the music, including some incredible instrumental stuff!

Go get it all below if you want to experiment and be sure to give the musicians some feedback.

Discussion: What Do You Think the Average Pony Thinks of the Chaos of Equestria?

Imagine a world, where every year, you may or may not wake up to giant vines destroying your town, chocolate rain ruining your crops, or a crazy filly draining your ability to fly. That's the average life of a regular background pony in Equestria. Despite being a cute utopia, it's absolutely filled with disasters.

How do you think your average pony deals with all of this chaos? Are they just numb to it at this point? Do they have support groups for ponies who dealt with magical anomalies directly during these attacks on Ponyville?

Drop your thoughts below!

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Drawfriend Stuff (Pony Art Gallery) #5156

Celestia and Rainbow Dash are your header today! We've got lots of awesome art this time. Go get it all below as always! 

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by haruh_ink

Featured Music: This Day Aria (Emo Metal Style)

We haven't posted a This Day Aria remix in forever have we? Go get a neat one from Yukigloom in a metal style below!

Fanfiction: The Seven Castles

 [Adventure][Romance]

Author: Peace Petal

Description: After finding an ancient map in the Ponyville castle that showed six more castles, Kimono, Razzaroo, and Silly Lilly set out to find them. They meet an athletic pony named Star Dasher near the Castle of Happiness in Joyville. Star Dasher joins them in their quest to find these ancient castles and to unravel the mystery of why they were built and why these cities lost contact with each other.
<p><p>This story is set in MLP G3, starting after "A Charming Birthday." With a few exceptions, most of the characters are from the toys. The story is meant to blend the adventurous and slice-of-life aspects of G3 while staying safe and true to the feel-good vibes of that generation. I threw in just a li'l romance 'cuz I wanted to. No prior G3 knowledge is required to understand this fiction!

The Seven Castles


Additional Tags: G3 Ponies

Morning Discussion #3586

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Have this adorkable book horse for your Monday morning discussion pleasure. She even do a blep! Too cute. Go chat below.

Nightly Discussion #3985

 

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Pipp Pipp Hurray! Such a regal, elegant pony Pipp is. She looks pretty good in the G4 style too! But that's a given. Pipp looks good always. 🩷 Good evening! 

Open My Little Pony Art Compilation (All Skill Levels Welcome) #135

Snake ponies! How snakey.

Time for open art, where all are welcoem! Go get it all below, and be sure to submit to Grimlock's final Artist Training Ground galleries coming up!

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Numa the Swamp Sorceress by koolfrood on Deviantart

Drawfriend - Equestria Girls / Anthro MLP Art Gallery #626

Humans and athros arrive, with a rare Apple Bloom header!

Go get them all below.

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TF Gashapon: Apple Jack by flechitas on Deviantart

Fanfiction (Scouted): Celestia has Zero Attention Span

[Random][Comedy]

Author: TheMajorTechie

Description: Twilight Sparkle knew this day would come. The day when she must... claim the throne for herself.

Not out of greed or malice, no--because a certain SOMEpony has stopped paying any attention to the day-to-day tasks at hoof.

Luna's alright though she works from home from her e🅱ic g8mer pc.

Celestia has Zero Attention Span

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Drawfriend Stuff (Pony Art Gallery) #5155

The ponies are shipped. The fandom will never stop.

Go get a bunch of art below!

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by kaf_pone

Comics: Nightfall #7 / Stormy Night #4 / TPoL Sombra #XII

Storm Night #4

It's all updates today! Get your comics above and below. 

Lyra and Bonbon Day Arrives July 6th!

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Lyra and Bonbon Day arrives on the 6th of July, and submissions are now open if you want to celebrate them! 

To submit, send an email to [email protected] with LYRA AND BONBON DAY followed by what it is as the subject, so LYRA AND BONBON DAY - OPEN ART for the open art post.

Now go draw Lyra and Bonbon!

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Morning Discussion #3585

 

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Oh yeah, I had completely forgotten about "Sneaksy", haha. Izzy is best graffiti artist. Welcome to Sunday! Another weekend has come and gone.

Newbie Artist Training Grounds XV: Prompt #15

 Artist: Ragmo

Hello everyone! Well, we are here at last! The final official prompt for Newbie Artist Training Grounds XV!! It has been an absolute joy seeing what everyone has created so far this month. I just wanted to send out a huge thank you to everyone who participated. I hope you all had fun! Go check out the gallery below to see all the lovely submissions for prompt #14 (Draw a pony living their best life // Draw a pony painting the town red). Be sure to leave a comment below on what your favorite submissions are! Before we get to the actual prompt I would also like to add that there will be a bonus makeup day prompt following the release of the next prompt gallery in 48 hours! Without further ado, for prompt #15 I would like to see you:

 Draw a pony graduating // Draw a pony who just hit the jackpot

 <<<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. Today's Prompt: Draw a pony feeling the heat / Draw a pony with their eye on the clock 

 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.

Nightly Discussion #3984

 

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D'awww, sleeping Luna is soooooo precious. 💙 And I bet Celestia's gigantic cake-filled butt lovely posterior makes a comfortable pillow. Welcome to Saturday night, folks!

Featured Music: Ryazan - Open My Heart (Colorglint Remix) [Melodic Midtempo]

The ponies will be remixed! We have a fun new re-imagining of Open My Heart. Go get it down below!

Neat Bat Pony Designs in Crowns and Chaos Gameloft MLP Game Update

I don't know what the story is behind this one, but apparently the Gameloft MLP game rleeased a bunch of neat designs for princess sized ponies with bat wings and armor. If you are curious about what they came up with, head on down below for pictures of all of them!

Parody Music: Crystal Heartbreak

We have a parody of "Love the Way You Lie" focused on Chrysalis this time around. Head on down below to listen to it! 

Drawfriend Stuff (Pony Art Gallery) #5154

Posting bats with glasses.

Go get a bunch of art in today's Drawfriend gallery below.

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B-day gift by sonnatora on Deviantart

Fanfiction (Scouted):

Note: Sequel to You Hired Me Three Years Ago

[Comedy]

Author: overlord-flinx

Description:Twilight Sparkle earned her title of Princess of Friendship through hard work and dedication. There's literally a book she wrote on how to be a good and attentive friend. You couldn't find anyone in the entirety of Equestria who knows Friendship or Unity better than her (aside from the collection of friends who taught her maybe). Everyone knows her, everyone loves her; she knows everyone, and she loves them all equally.

Which is why it has been driving her up a tree for weeks that this mare is working in her library and she has no idea who she is! Worse yet, everyone else knows her! Surely she's not going crazy... right?

You Hired Her Three Years Ago?

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Pony Plushie Compilation #905

The plushies have arrived! We've got a bunch of cute ones today. Start with Fluttershy and get the rest below. 

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Plushie Flutty by Jack1Larsen on Deviantart

Morning Discussion #3584

 

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Have some more adorable Wild Manes artwork for your Saturday morning discussion! So cute you just wanna hug her! Also hungry for ice cream suddenly. Go chat below!

Nightly Discussion #3983

 

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Hey, at least she seems really good at it! This probably isn't the most sanitary way of going about it, but I do love a Vinyl that takes things too literally. Heck, her next stop was the bacon section! Good evening, folks. Ready for the weekend?

Featured Music: BGM - Crusading

Crusading begins! We've got a new one from BGM today, with an energetic track to get you out there doing things. Learn your special talent below!

Licensing Mag Reveals a Few Plans for Pony in 2025 - TY Beanie Bouncers and More

There is a small blurb in the Licencing World May 2025 edition about My Little Pony that talks about their plans for 2025. While they don't mention any specific new digital releases, the 15th anniversary of Friendship is Magic is going to be celebrated in the toy world. They go on to talk about their various licensing deals with Kayou in China, and Hot Topic elsewhere.

One interesting bit is about an upcoming lineup of TY Beanie Bouncers for all you collectors out there.

Outside of that is the usual teasing for a big pony extravaganza in 2026. Hopefully it's a good one!

Go get the full text below.

Drawfriend Stuff (Pony Art Gallery) #5153

Toy sales turned out good in this case. 

Go get a bunch of art below! 

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by cherry_kotya

Neat Video Showing Off Chainmail Creation for Shuxer's New Pony Figure

Shuxer has been teasing a new pony figure over on Twitter for the past week, and decided to post up a video showing off the creation of that chainmail armor he's wearing.

It's all in Russian, but you can still see the process. Go check it out below!

Morning Discussion #3583

 

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That's one really big princess horse. But that just means more adorable princess horse to cuddle with. 🤍 Good morning and welcome to Friday! Hang in there, it's almost the weekend!

Newbie Artist Training Grounds XV: Prompt #14

 Artist: Optimistic Neighsayer

Hello everyone! I hope you all have been having a wonderful week so far! It is hard to believe how close we are to the end of the month. I just wanted to go ahead and say thank you to everyone who has participated in the event! Go check out the gallery below to see the submissions for prompt #13 (Draw a pony hitting the road // Draw a pony starting a new chapter of their life). Be sure to comment which submission is yours or which submissions are your favorites! For prompt #14 I would like to see you:

  Draw a pony living their best life // Draw a pony painting the town red

 <<<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. Today's Prompt: Draw a pony on the job / Draw a pony who is the breadwinner 

 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.

Featured Music: My Love is a Quickscope (Vylet Pony)

Vylet dropped a new song off! 

Go get it below!

Nightly Discussion #3982

 

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I don't know what the story behind this image is, but I adore those pink clouds and windswept field. The ambiance is just beautiful. I so want to be there. I love atmospheres like this. Just something peaceful and majestic about them, y'know? Evening, pones.

Discussion: What Would Make You Stop Loving Pony?

If you are here 15 years later, you are one of the dedicated ones. It's no secret that things are slow these days as people explore other things while waiting for more pony content, but plenty of people have left for good over the years.

What would be your trigger? What would it take to scare you away from consuming cartoon horse content for good?

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New Dinosaw Brushable Pipp Petals Appears for China

It's pretty rare to see Hasbro let other toy producers dip into their brushable game. Apparently Dinosaw got the greenlight over in China though with another variant to their Pipp Petals figure.

Get more shots of her below. 

Fanfiction (Scouted): Pink Reflections

[Drama]

Author: Silk Rose

Description: Pinkie Pie can't look her reflection in the eyes. Maybe her friends can.

Pink Reflections

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Drawfriend Stuff (Pony Art Gallery) #5152

We seek the pony in the woods. You seek art!

Go get art below! 

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Mushroom forest by rvsd on Deviantart

Sekuponi's Bean Pony Pride Parade

Sekuponi did an event this month inviting everyone to commission event inviting everyone to buy a slot in a giant pride parade for the month, that earned people a cute animated trotting pony. Needless to say, it was a huge success!

Head on down below for the video showing off all of them.

Morning Discussion '3582

 

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A simply beautiful Celestia to start this fine morning. Got any plans for today? Mine are to go to work and come home, haha. Hopefully yours are more interesting. 

Nightly Discussion #3981

 

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A peaceful and serene moon horse for your discussion tonight. I want to meditate with Luna. Go chat below while I contemplate the awesomeness of that.

YTPMV: ナイトメアVIRUS

YTPMV continues, with a new one from Tridashie. Go get it below.

Comics: Nurse / Learned Nothing / Adorkable - Little Bakers

Nurse

The notifications will be ignored, the house will be cleaned, and the ponies are adorkable. Go get comics above and below. 

Pony Plushie Compilation #904

 

Nightmare Moon is a rare plushie, and Lanacraft rarely posts hers, so have a rare header! 

Go get plushies below. 

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by lanacraft