• Newbie Artist Training Grounds XV: Prompt #8

     Artist- Vapor Trail


    Good evening everyone! I hope you all have been having a wonderful weekend so far and have had a fun time drawing some ponies enjoying life! Go check out the gallery down below of all the ponies for prompt #7 (Draw a pony chilling // Draw a pony doing their favorite hobby)! For this prompt I would like to see you all:



     Draw a pony beside themselves with emotion (of your choice) // Draw a pony who is over the moon


     <<<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 getting ahead of themselves / Draw a pony being too hasty 

     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 Shane is doing paintings - Shane Park

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    He loves doing paintings on the boards at the Art Class as favorite hobbies.
    3 Do You Wanna Build a Snowgriff? (NATG Day 3) - IronYoshi

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    IceBeak loves building snowgriffs!
    4 Do Not Disturb - In3DS

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    5 ATG2025 07a Chilling and Shivering Applejack - Wissle

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    Applejack feels the chill as she's shivering on that log waiting for Scootaloo to get fire wood.
    7 [SFM] Watch out for blue shells! - red4567

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    Making this was cheaper than buying Mario Kart World. I swear having a hobby is getting more and more expensive.
    8 Granny Smiths Apple Pie - Star

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    POV: Granny making a pie. Another recipe today, my favorite Apple pie: https://www.allrecipes.com/recipe/12682/apple-pie-by-grandma-ople/
    9 Well deserved massage - Ragmo

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    Well it's still nice to lay down from time to time and have that back worked on
    10 Getting caught - Ragmo

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    You know for day 6 they got hired for a heist on the CMT (Canterlot Muffin Treasury)? Well... that didnt go as planned :D
    11 Did YOU bring your own cup holder? - Terminotter

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    I've been doing a lot of stuff with Macrophage this year so I had to give him a beach episode. Also, had to get in at least one leg holes gag.
    15 NATG2025 prompt7 - favourite hobby - C_||_R

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    The Wyld Stallyns, doing their thing.
    16 ED: NATG 2025 Day 13+14 - Addelum

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    My OC Slurpie slurpin' a slurpie.
    17 BugScare - SonataDidIt

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    Technically both discord and chrysalis are "doing their favorite hobby" of tormenting Twilight.
    18 Pastel Brightheart Chillaxing - EmilyLsArt

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    Exactly what it says on the title, she's just chillaxing :)
    20 Chilling - Mightytidy

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    22 Holy apples - Vapor Trail

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    Tried an unusual pose for this one and calling it close enough.
    23 Natg 15 Day 14 - Fleximus

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    She really like to eat, huh
    24 Cheving in Chillalia - EbbySharp

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    Introduce an extended fictional universe, then never mention it again. Rude.
    26 Atg202507 - mandumustbasukanemen

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    27 - MNbrony2012

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    29 FavouriteToys - IrschY

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    When I was a kid, those were my favourite toys. Countless devices were disassembled and never assembled back :) And now I'm an electronics engineer! The image is based on my childhood photo, and the foal is my OC, Mau
    30 ATG2025 07b Fresh Coat about to paint - Wissle

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    Fresh coat is about to paint something. She loves painting.
    31 Treehugger Painting Session - Lore / Docard

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    What were YOU doing on Saturday?
    32 Why Don't You Do Right? - TealMint_Moonrise

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    Like some other mares do
    33 NATG XV Prompt 7 - peachyraccoonsart

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    Moonlight Dusk and Ray Moonshine’s favorite hobby is video games! They play adventure games, shooter games, and even more games like Mario Kart.
    34 Chilling Yakutian Snow Pony - Frith

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    Since chilling = resting and thus doesn't require props like an ice box or chili or bubble gum or such the like, I went with that. I chose a Yakutian snow pony, because snow. Alas, snow is not easy to draw.
    35 Organ Practice - Optimistic Neighsayer

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    Guiding Light can work wonders on the manuals.


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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]