• 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.



    2 Befriend Again - Star

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    As a wyrmling, I was often the receiving end of much bullying. If the bullies turned a new leaf and came to me. To ignore this would be the same as denying a good evening. So it is up to me to offer the change in their degree. Yet remember that if you are in a position. That thee dislike, whether a beast or a friend. Accept that recognition And ask someone to help end this situation.
    3 - MNbrony2012

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    Fluttershy painting Chicago red and enjoying herself after freeing some Beluga whales from the Shedd Aquarium then escaping on a jet ski while being chased by the CPD. Little does Fluttershy know that Lake Michigan is a freshwater lake and not an ocean.
    4 [SFM] Isn't Hell already red enough? - red4567

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    There weren't much prompts left, so I went with a Helluva Boss crossover for this one.
    5 Painting the Ponies Red - emilylsart

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    The MLP series needs more red ponies to be honest...it's my favorite color why are there like 4 of them in toy form?!
    6 ATG2025 14b Sunset Shimmers painting the town red - Wissle

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    These Sunset Shimmers decided to paint the town read. They really will do it, and they will start with this wall.
    7 Not what i meant - Ragmo

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    You said you wanted to paint the town red. Not so sure about that, but it seems fun
    8 What uniform do you want? - Ragmo

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    What uniform would you take of these two? Plant Team oder Animal Team?
    10 - asfri013

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    Living your best life can get costly. (The smaller bag is for the cakes, the larger bag is for her silence)
    11 Snowcone Maker (NATG 2025 Day 25) - IronYoshi

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    IceBeak is hard at work making snowcones!
    12 ED NATG 2025 Day 27+28 - Addelum

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    Obviously inspired by Harold and the Purple Crayon.
    13 Flawless living her best life, working her favorite job - SonataDidIt

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    (favorite job besides beating up literally anyone)
    16 Our Boom Box - Lore / Docard

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    Treehugger and Lore enjoying the simple pleasures. These two run a Ponyville-adjacent speakeasy inside a giant tree stump that they named The Root Cellar. They hold Open Mic. Nights. They also just love to enjoy a good dance when nobody is watching.
    18 NATG2025 prompt14 - painting the town red - C_||_R

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    One year, Ponyville got the heads up that if they used red lights it might keep the spring swarm of bluebugs away from town. Will it work? ¯\_(?)_/¯
    20 Friend to draw - Solent

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    Oh, look at that!
    21 Painting the town red. Literally. - apic86

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    Taking things to the next level.
    22 Applejack is covering graffiti - Shane Park (CreedyBoy124)

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    In the Sweet Apple Acres, Applejack is planning to buck some trees in Apple Season, then she discovered that somepony had vandalized their Apple Barn with romantic between Rainbow Dash and Applejack painted on walls. While Applejack is getting rid of some graffiti by covering with red paints, Rainbow Dash approaches, and told Applejack what's going on here. She realized that notes was written by Fluttershy who's behind all of this, Fluttershy did that because she doesn't wanted to get annoyed with both trying to ship.
    23 +5000XP - Vapor Trail

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    Feeling burnt out, but learnt a lot so far!
    24 It's All In Your Head - Frith

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    "Living their best life // painting the town red" had me stalled all day yesterday until I saw that "best" is subjective, fluid and all in your head. Ergo, the solution is to depict the horse plugged into a virtual simulation, or the magical equivalent. So I drew that. As for drawing a town and dozens of buckets of red paint, nope. Not doing that. That's the 3rd pod-pony's virtual life. The ponies living it up are Svengallop, Angelwings, John Candy, Twist, Wind Rider and some other pony. The 7th pod might as well be empty.
    26 Influence - Optimistic Neighsayer

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    "Red is in style this year, darling." Since I had Rarity living one of her worst nightmares in the crossover prompt, it was only fair to have her living her best dream in this one.


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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 (Donky, 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:


    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]