• Newbie Artist Training Grounds: Day 4




    calamari saved my life edition. Did you know I actually got to read things today? I even played some video games! Don't think for a second I would have given up if we hadn't found an alternate route, but after yesterday's low point I think I needed this helping hoof more than I realized. And you guys certainly provided a great stress test for the program today! I'm counting 286 Great and Powerful ponies. A lot more Trollestia than I would have expected, but hey. They don't call her the bestia for nothing.

    Here's your nightly reminder to send the next day's images in through this new super awesome program, explained here. If for some reason you just can't get it to work, don't worry about it and just e-mail it instead. I can handle a couple of extra manual uploads on the end easy peasy.

    The Theme of the Day

    Draw a pony eating fruit. These are art lessons, and this is your obligatory foray into still lifes, except that there are also ponies. Or maybe I just need an excuse to explain why the phrase "Two dollar whole banana" is hilarious. That will make sense tomorrow, I promise.





    On a personal note, I wanted to say thank you to everypony who sent along their well wishes along with their submissions. I even had a couple of people e-mail me for no other reason than to tell me thank you and offer their condolences after the death of my cat yesterday. I'm still having some difficulties with that, but I am feeling infinitely better than I was 24 hours ago, due in no small part to all of you. Stay awesome, bronies. Oh, and on a slightly more upbeat note - I keep getting messages as a result of this event addressing me with, "Dear Princess Phoe". And every time I see it I giggle and clap like a six year old girl who just found out she's being taken out for ice cream. This is what you do to me. And I think that's enough embarrassing revelations for now. The Show Must Go On!



    1) By Tenchi Outsuno



    2) By Sage Leaf



    3) By Anakah



    4) By Lacrox



    5) By Thanqol



    6) By midnight shadow



    7) By Fish0and0chips (What is it? I must know!!)



    8) By Latte



    9) By Milk (Digging the power level on that card.)



    10) By ChaosDrop



    11) By RainbowRash



    12) By Petal Burst



    13) By FrostV952



    14) By Mr. Wonko



    15) By PandaRoux



    16) By Hamcha



    17) By Zu Kraze



    18) By Fallin' Winter (Seth, you're not allowed to send him to the moon.)



    19) By Silent Oink



    20) By nanapuff



    21) By Shiver



    22) By Wontorres



    23) By Silent Oink



    24) By G-Rocks



    25) By Konig



    26) By Volatile Shrapnel



    27) By Kitty Tail



    28) By Twilight360



    29) By Doc New!FillySAOwk



    30) By Nullh



    31) By Jimbo1023



    32) By Laetificat



    33) By Ash (Longbow) (Great and Tonic? Gin and Trixie?)



    34) By Moongaze



    35) By TallTale



    36) By Captain British



    37) By Evergreen II



    38) By ShinePaw (I have no words. This is awesome.)



    39) By Nullh



    40) By Damian Foxx



    41) By Rai-dash (Now you... um... o.o)



    42) By FoxOfWar



    43) By Grue



    44) By Shiko



    45) By Cybie



    46) By Pony Stark



    47) By MrMichla



    48) By Niblic



    49) By Luna



    50) By Grim



    51) By Goggle Sparks



    52) By Smock



    53) By Blü



    54) By Axelsrose



    55) By Moabite



    56) By Lorina



    57) By Sherlock Hooves



    58) By Erthilo



    59) By TheWiseWolf



    60) By Noneko



    61) By Sneo



    62) By Partition (Oh CMC. When will it work for you?)



    63) By Mister Bristle



    64) By Dr. Trotson



    65) By PenguinPlayer



    66) By Tarynsgate



    67) By Invidlord



    68) By Dangereaux



    69) By Shockwave



    70) By Coat Rack



    71) By Spark



    72) By Whitney (Mein Gott...)



    73) By Pwny Pokes



    74) By ZAquanimus



    75) By unholyhen



    76) By Rydel



    77) By Arcani



    78) By Bananizen



    79) By blooblahbleeblehk



    80) By Easteu



    81) By Roper



    82) By StarStep



    83) By ClearSkies



    84) By Kooldude



    85) By Amehdaus



    86) By RexRoyale



    87) By Paintroller



    88) By ^Graff



    89) By Circuit Mane



    90) By redcladhero



    91) By Ori



    92) By SnarkyShark2010



    93) By Condor



    94) By EssAeEm (But... that's the best kind of narcissist...)



    95) By Quantum



    96) By Nicolette



    97) By Blueberry Muffin



    98) By Inspiration



    99) By Fickle



    100) By VeoBandit



    101) By Kelz



    102) By TallTale



    103) By KilobyteBrain



    104) By Zephire



    105) By Omega RKB



    106) By KiltGuyLeo



    107) By Menelven



    108) By Quill (My mind is blown.)



    109) By Mere Jump



    110) By Taco Bandit



    111) By Chromadancer



    112) By naektpov



    113) By Nido Media



    114) By Silent Echo



    115) By Flaskgarg



    116) By Kentora (Not a pony, but you'll all agree that's ok.)



    117) By Saphin



    118) By Dorca



    119) By Kaiser



    120) By Frith



    121) By Latverian_Ponyfan_2993



    122) By jablechien



    123) By rich-tea



    124) By Paavi0



    125) By Issy



    126) By Fabr0ny



    127) By Bravura



    128) By Philith



    129) By Haafiz



    130) By Relias



    131) By Game Broth



    132) By Uncle Leo



    133) By Tomto



    134) By Professor Basil



    135) By Darken_Skye



    136) By Tanman



    137) By ecmc1093



    138) By Starshine Dawn (I'm as surprised by this as she is.)



    139) By Natry



    140) By Ster Zetanee



    141) By Canadian Bacon



    142) By Pineapple Skitter



    143) By Afentis



    144) By sUiCiDaLn00b



    145) By toonboy92484



    146) By Misharra



    147) By jennytablina



    148) By PinkiePied



    149) By Lunawings



    150) By Squidbombed



    151) By jaayro



    152) By Andï



    153) By DiZaster321 (Look, Seth! Fanart!)



    154) By SirTopHat



    155) By kits



    156) By Windfall



    157) By Luna (Luna wishes to inform us she is not Lauren Faust.)



    158) By Doombah



    159) By Alleen



    160) By Chriss



    161) By Miguel



    162) By PonyLover



    163) By lolstaz



    164) By Chessie2003



    165) By Starlight Bolt



    166) By Drilltooth



    167) By Kitsune



    168) By Crowfall



    169) By ∞



    170) By Vines



    171) By Dragon Rage



    172) By Demoknis



    173) By scio (How can you be bad, Trixie? Look at that face!)



    174) By T-Brony



    175) By Adrian



    176) By DarthVader



    177) By Pun-Pun



    178) By Landmine



    179) By CrazyGamer6



    180) By Epona666



    181) By TopoCruz



    182) By Phantom G



    183) By Vega



    184) By Trot Pilgrim



    185) By auiumn



    186) By Atlur



    187) By Acoustic Brony



    188) By al03480049



    189) By Leaf Growth (Please imagine your favorite Megaman theme now.)



    190) By Portalsoup



    191) By Lucky



    192) By Hellkipz



    193) By SiuiS



    194) By Dutch



    195) By Crimson Risk



    196) By Prisma Pencil



    197) By Prismatic Pretzel



    198) By Sageling



    199) By Gear X. Machina



    200) By Tarragon



    201) By Gersh



    202) By Zachary (Such fabulosity!)



    203) By Rerann02 (I want to learn muffinmancy.)



    204) By Auburn Pixel



    205) By rkr7



    206) By Chance Witte



    207) By Entropy



    208) By New DCD



    209) By Illumina



    210) By HeatWave



    211) By Yuri



    212) By 4Tens



    213) By Hipposaurus



    214) By Fetchbeer



    215) By MasterofRoku



    216) By The Obsessor



    217) By Buddy Vox



    218) By DJ Rainbow Dash



    219) By Macon Mixx



    220) By Brongaar



    221) By Ven



    222) By Strawberry Spice



    223) By dillman502



    224) By Neoridgeback



    225) By IAreLemons



    226) By MetalPandora (And then my heart melted into goo.)



    227) By Kt Kat



    228) By Ribbon Override



    229) By Eeful



    230) By Immersa



    231) By Alipes



    232) By panda_instinct



    233) By aMongoose



    234) By MidwestBrony



    235) By GeeSee



    236) By Mini-Shot



    237) By Ekkosangen



    238) By Ergnon



    239) By A Terrible Person



    240) By Rainbow Flash



    241) By BlackYousa (Wh-what the...?)



    242) By AlterForm



    243) By Starlite (.... *hits replay*)



    244) By Riokenn



    245) By RaspleZS



    246) By Liska



    247) By Silverfang



    248) By ninjawarior



    249) By BronyQuest



    250) By axl1u



    251) By Kupwn (I have never had a scone before. I want one so badly.)



    252) By Da Chi



    253) By Spurs



    254) By Filiecs



    255) By nuclearsuplexattack



    256) By TapeDiggity



    257) By Pyrate



    258) By JanzyBrony



    259) By Thunderthorn (This artist offers his condolences to Seth for liking)



    260) By NightGlow



    261) By SuperStingray



    262) By djTeka



    263) By Duskfly



    264) By Spiritofthwwolf



    265) By 8ftmetalhead



    266) By Xiagu



    267) By Prozzak



    268) By Aeiou (She's never looked happier to be absurd.)



    269) By Avohkah Tamer



    270) By PVRyohei



    271) By Mockingbird


    272) By Display Name


    273) By DJ RBDash


    274) By Gage


    275) By kjh242


    276) By Lykan


    277) Muffinsforever


    278) By Paintsplash


    279) By PinkamenaPie (contrary to what you said, I think the random Lyra is amazing)


    280) By StarSongPony


    281) By Virga Horse



    282) By James Lyons



    283) By Periphery



    284) By DesFox



    285) By Thattagen



    286) By Jackolako

    107 kommentaari:

    1. YESSS, my picture FINALLY got put on a post! I should really get out of my habit of submitting literally last-second... I'm #269 (currently the last image)

      VastaKustuta
    2. A lot of good ones today! I'm impressed everypony!
      Number 153 is gross though... Since it's mine!

      VastaKustuta
    3. #181 ! :D

      This whole project is fun.

      VastaKustuta
    4. #259, I'd almost forgotten to draw one today when I looked at the clock and saw I had less than an hour to submit.

      VastaKustuta
    5. Everyone who made Big Mac dress up in a girly purple cloak is my favorite!

      #100 today!!!

      this makes my OCD very happy!!!

      VastaKustuta
    6. Holy crap, how is it 2 AM where I live already. I swear to Celestia it was just 1. Also, mine is 103, yay~

      VastaKustuta
    7. @DiZaster321

      I beg to differ that one is my favorite

      VastaKustuta
    8. I love you too #153

      Anyway extracted 6 of them for the drawfriend post tomorrow, assuming it's tomorrow.

      I hope that is alright with everyone, but these are definitely full fledged drawfriend stuff images.

      VastaKustuta
    9. 120 is very impressive.

      VastaKustuta
    10. #210! A nice, round number. I really need to learn how to use a scanner though. I also need a descent photo-manipulation software program so I can do a little more with it.

      Snips and Snails have taken their fanboyism a little too far, methinks.

      VastaKustuta
    11. Autor on selle kommentaari eemaldanud.

      VastaKustuta
    12. Darnit, why do my pictures always look infinitely worse after I know other people have seen them!? Maybe I should spend more than 20 minutes and make them more presentable... Like 71 and 130, I was going to draw Derpy with Trixie's hat on her rump, but I couldn't resist G&PLuna.
      And 196 is far and ahead my favourite. Not to say that the others aren't great(and powerful) too, though!

      VastaKustuta
    13. #215, yes!

      I wish I had used that pink color pencil I had so the pink in Sweetie's tail would show.
      Other then that, not a bad drawing.

      VastaKustuta
    14. Oh~ #9
      I was 2 pics too late to hit my favorite number!
      I'm not too pleased with how my pic came out this time.
      I'll have to try at least 20% harder this time!
      Wonderful work, as always everyone!

      VastaKustuta
    15. #148 reporting in
      Confound these finals they drive me to not have enough time to dray

      VastaKustuta
    16. So many people drew The Great and Powerful Sweetie Belle, and I love you all for it.

      VastaKustuta
    17. There are a lot of duplicates going on. Bug in the script?

      Loving how I'm not the only one who did a "Trixie cutie mark doodle taped to the flank" idea. <3~

      VastaKustuta
    18. @Muffinsforever

      Jeez, give me a couple of minutes to tie up the loose ends before feeling sad, ok? You're in there, I promise!

      VastaKustuta
    19. hmm, dont think my drawing made it up tere for some reason

      VastaKustuta
    20. Woo second time in with a pic, and already improving. Although I haven't watched the trixie episode in months. Probably should, but maybe after this assignment tomorrow, and the two tests the days after that, and the exams during the two weeks after that. Hah.
      I'll still draw something though. I shall force it of myself tonight. (not that it's a chore. You get into it, use a pic or pony figure as a guide if you get stuck, et voila, you're enjoying learning to draw ponies!

      VastaKustuta
    21. #270
      I bought a new camera this weekend so i decided try a hand drawing. I spent 2 hours at it but the camera battery ended before i could upload it -.-
      I was 1 hour away from the deadline and had rush to make it in flash, but i ended messing up with imageshack and submited the thumbnail.
      Well, i hope i'm luckier the next time.

      VastaKustuta
    22. @Phoe

      Sorry I'm hyper right now, just drank 2 Mt. Dews and an energy drink.

      Thanks Phoe :P

      #277. Lyra is awesome XD

      I wonder what fruit I will draw...

      Oh I know One Piece crossover TIME!

      VastaKustuta
    23. 108: WE MUST GO DEEPER

      121: I approve of this reference.

      243: ...now I'm humming it. You jerk. :P

      VastaKustuta
    24. @Anonymous
      I beg to differ your begging to differ. Everything about that pic is out of proportion... So ugly.

      VastaKustuta
    25. >> The Theme of the Day

      >> Draw a pony eating fruit.

      I don't want to spoie the fun for you guys, but Kloudmutt wins this one without entering.

      Too bad for you :P

      VastaKustuta
    26. ha ha alright here's your trixie post Seth you can go to bed now

      I see I wasn't the only one who thought of Derpy! I just wish I had more time to work on mine (there was going to be a muffin themed hat and cape and she was going to be conjuring a muffin and stuff...)
      Oh well! Props to 251, 235, 227, 226, 202, 184, 157, 138, 127, 91, 90, 41, 38, 21, 20, 16, 9, 7
      But yea these were all pretty awesome! Nice work everyone!

      VastaKustuta
    27. Awesome job once again, everypony! All of these are wonderful. :)

      VastaKustuta
    28. Whoa! This event never cease to amazes me, many great artists. Great job everypony! Now onto the next one :3

      VastaKustuta
    29. @Avohkah Tamer

      You're not the only one who couldn't fit/too lazy to drawn in Trixie.

      #263 is mine by the way.

      My art fails. Was trying to add color to it but I didn't have the time.... and didn't have the time to remove my drawing strokes. Kinda embarrassing to show.

      VastaKustuta
    30. #84 is me! Yay! I finally got on. Wow there are so many great ones! I laughed at all the Big Macintosh one, good job everypony!

      VastaKustuta
    31. I'm getting SO MUCH behind :( damn you final exams!!!!

      VastaKustuta
    32. Augh! I just finished mine and sent it in! 30 minutes late!!!

      Please add it, Phoe? Please please please please???

      VastaKustuta
    33. @DJ Rainbow Dash

      Great minds think alike XD
      -Tarynsgate

      VastaKustuta
    34. @Sethisto I think it is a great idea to put some of these in the Drawfiend posts, if someone sees their image get featured it will really make them feel good about themselves.

      VastaKustuta
    35. @Sethisto

      I think at some point Drawfriend should just have a Training Ground Section. Might as well.

      Also, 202 here, finally in color and apparently fabulous. Yay?

      VastaKustuta
    36. @Thattagen

      Tonight is the night I make wishes come true.

      Now it's 3:30 AM again. Phoe needs her rest.

      VastaKustuta
    37. 85) By Amehdaus

      This is the timeline wherein The Great and Powerful Trixie was the element of Generosity -- generously sharing her greatness and power with the world. But then the Dr. came along and set things right.

      VastaKustuta
    38. I sketched, but didn't make the submission time. Here's hoping for tomorrow.... I see I'm not the only one who thought of sweetie belle. It's interesting to see all the interpretations.

      VastaKustuta
    39. Great event. Things like these make drawing enjoyable.

      Now to work on the next theme.

      *figures out which fruit to use and wonders how many different fruits will be used*

      VastaKustuta
    40. 196 - Prisma Pencil:
      was hilarious! hahaha this made my day.

      231 - Alipes:
      that's some awesome pencil colouring!! man, I wish I could colour in like that.

      256 - TapeDiggity:
      8-bit glory. you have all of it.

      Overall, this training day seems to have really inspired everyone!

      VastaKustuta
    41. 104 tonight. I just wish I had had more time to fix and polish it. But it was either get it done before work or not at all. Oh well =/

      But another day, another mountain of cool art. Keep up the good work, everypony!

      VastaKustuta
    42. Swell work everypony! I even saw Acoustic Brony contributing as well!

      VastaKustuta
    43. Ah snap, couldn't enter this one, I spent most of the day doing projects and drawing Herpy Dooves (That is her name, I'm so original)

      VastaKustuta
    44. #51 here and everybody's picture is awesome :3

      VastaKustuta
    45. Wow these galleries are growing I love all the ideas! All this... delicious.. OC. It fills me.

      I think #208 is my favorite, because it reminds me of the Trixie/Snails Normal story It's Not Where You Go.

      VastaKustuta
    46. #42 ish moi. It's a good number for what every self-respecting nerd considers "obvious reasons."

      Also, I was surprised not that many did Rarity. At least for me, her commenting on Trixie's outfit was the first thing to come to mind. So I guess this kudos @ #56(Lorina) for being the "great mind to think alike" with me ;)

      Actually, I think I know "why" in hindsight - Rarity's hair is easily the hardest of 'em to draw even semi-correctly. Not everyone is as silly as me as to try to go with that.

      VastaKustuta
    47. I screwed up and managed to get myself on their twice as 30 and 34. Sorry folks :/
      My favourites: 41, 56, 85, 116, 157, 168, 196, 226
      Loving this so far, you folks are awesome!
      Now, off to banish the nightmarish vision of how horrifying I managed to make Scootaloo's eyes.

      VastaKustuta
    48. @Phoe

      Yay! Phoe is the best pony!

      #285! Hooray for effects brushes! If I had to draw all the stars, I would have been waaaay late. But I accidentally a typo, and her tail.


      That's a manifestation of Trixie's ego. It's huge, but entirely harmless, probably. Originally, I was gonna have her acting nonchalant while being attacked by a bunch of clones, but this idea seemed way cooler.

      Tomorrow's drawing...fruit fruit fruit...I may have to sit this one out. I'm having a party tomorrow!

      VastaKustuta
    49. All of these amazing drawings just make me feel inferior :(

      VastaKustuta
    50. @Nullh 30 and 34? 30 and 39. Sorry Moongaze!

      VastaKustuta
    51. Wontorres/blindferret here (honest, I accidentally used my old nickname in submitting. Now I'm blindferret forever)
      These are great, and mine kinda sticks out with the GIMP look (I knew i should've hand drawn it)
      I still am curious about how some can imitate the vector drawing of the show.
      Eating fruit?
      FOREVVERR!

      VastaKustuta
    52. #273

      And Invisipony was never seen again~

      VastaKustuta
    53. Crap and a half, that took an hour for the page to fully load.

      I wish I could have gotten my original idea to work. I spent two hours trying to ponify Sarah Palin, but couldn't get it to look anything like her. So I gave up, switched to Granny Smith, and sent it in 20 minutes late.

      VastaKustuta
    54. I don't really get into the calling numbers thing but I do find it funny I got spot #10 twice in a roll.

      VastaKustuta
    55. #137
      I WAS going to put Trixie yelling in there. Honest! It was just a little too difficult for me :/ sorry to disappoint, Seth.
      On another note, opening this page in a new tab nearly killed my browser, or at least put it in a coma or something. I don't know if it was just a one off or if something changed with the layout? I did load the first day's results (with over 300) just fine so I'm not sure.

      VastaKustuta
    56. Rai-dash here (#41)
      People like my picture ^_^ yay! Thanks phoe and the brony who made that upload website. Now to think of a fruity pun...

      VastaKustuta
    57. #273 here. I wish I had time to vectorize this for my entry, or at least a had a scanner where I'm at. That phone picture with my shadow is so ugly. :(

      @ecmc1093This new method doesn't appear to be generating thumbnails. I'ts downloading the full images and html resizing. I imagine this is killer on older computers, dialup, and consumes quite a bit of bandwith.

      VastaKustuta
    58. @Anonymous

      Guess it's not quite as awful as I thought. 8^D In order to do the hair, body, eyes, cloak and so on in separate colours, I made twelve different drawings on ZeFrank's Scribbler and pasted them together.

      The plethora of hosts and the multiple large files are less than optimum. I've refreshed the page a few times and still there are images missing. At least right-click, open in new tab keeps the whole thing from trying to load yet again.

      Favorites!
      20 -- The Great and Beautiful Luna!
      104 -- The Great and Powerful Gardener, so well executed... but what is that? Is he a pony? Where's his cutie mark? He keeps popping up, pulling carts everywhere!
      150 -- Hee hee, the G & P mooman Derpy.
      196 -- Comic of Big MacIntosh strutting in Trixie's robe and hat!
      202 -- Rarity has gone MAD! Trixie is outraged.
      281 -- Nice monochrome of Twilight, pensive or uncertain in Trixie's getup, with dangling cutie-mark charm.

      VastaKustuta
    59. # 94 checking in.

      I hope Seth or any other Trixie fans out there don't take mine too seriously. I mean it all in good fun. Besides, like Phoe said, an annoying boastful narcissist is the best kind of narcissist (or at least the most entertaining).

      VastaKustuta
    60. @ecmc1093

      Whenever I load this page in Chrome, my laptop disconnects from my wireless internet. It loads fine in Firefox though. I guess it has something to do with the new way of uploading the images.

      #52 btw ^^

      VastaKustuta
    61. #198! This is the best event EVER.

      VastaKustuta
    62. #159!

      Thought I was being original with the Trollestia thing... Oh well, I believe (unless I missed one, which is entirely possibly) that I'm the only one who sent Trixie to the moon.

      Even if you can't read it. D:

      VastaKustuta
    63. Loading this page on my iPhone made it crash and restart several times :S

      Anyway, #77 here saying great work everypony!

      VastaKustuta
    64. All hail The G&P Gummy!

      Good job everypony, it feels so great to be in this with all of you.
      ---
      Mine is #80. No matter the result, I enjoyed creating it and I think I even learned something in the process (not that it shows lol), which is the point really.

      VastaKustuta
    65. #49 & #157
      While I'm glad it got posted, #49 was posted under the wrong day.

      Anyway, my ego has been stroked. Luna is happy.

      VastaKustuta
    66. So many awesome drawings out there! There are
      too many good ones to name them all.

      Some can make their work stand out because of
      their great lineart/colors while some others use
      their powerful imagination/humour.

      Guess what you get when you combine both!

      VastaKustuta
    67. I got in this time and with a number as nice as #150! Huzzah! :D

      VastaKustuta
    68. #257

      Also...
      >#205
      >Witch of Space

      I love you.

      VastaKustuta
    69. #226!
      I initially didn't have any ideas for this one, so I took the sappy approach lol

      And once again, these all look awesome! I had to miss the last one, but I'm glad managed to get this one done xD

      VastaKustuta
    70. 143... The pager code for I love you. YAY!

      I can't draw faces, and this next one involves faces... no likey... Time to get to fail.

      VastaKustuta
    71. Yay #144! I'm so proud, though I messed Dinky up a little.

      VastaKustuta
    72. @DJ Rainbow Dash

      Sometimes great minds think alike, yes. And sometimes the idea is just blatantly stolen from the original great mind ;]

      VastaKustuta
    73. Woot! Number 92!


      Great job everypony! I bet tomorrow we see a LOT of apples XD

      VastaKustuta
    74. Is anyone else getting a bunch of broken links, or is it just me?

      VastaKustuta
    75. >Or maybe I just need an excuse to explain why the phrase "Two dollar whole banana" is hilarious.

      Thank you, Phoe, for implanting a vivid image of Lyra and Bonbon in my head...
      It wasn't bad enough with Applejack and that apple, but now two ponies and... GAH!

      VastaKustuta
    76. I absolutely love all the Trollestias, the idea never even crossed my mind! All the Fluttershies are lovely too!

      Didn't ink mine this time (227) but its not awful for a rush job. :D Going through the entire artistic process from idea to completion in a timespan of a little more than 12 hours is something i need to get used to again, but it feels GREAT! Thank you guys for this event!

      VastaKustuta
    77. #234! I almost went past it. It turned out better than I remember since submitting it!

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    78. @FoxOfWar #56 here :) And yeah, I must totally agree with you about Rarity. I thought many people would draw her too, but her hair is a nightmare to draw. (her tail too, hence why I hid it under the cloak, hehe)

      #202 is pretty awesome! Trixie's face is priceless.

      VastaKustuta
    79. This is a great event! Thanks to everypony that has been working on the tech side and to the contributors! Fine artwork all around. I would comment on some, but I want to see them all before I do.

      @ecmc1093
      @spurs
      I am having exactly the same issues in both IE and FireFox. The previous days worked well, but today I have not been able to view all the "Great and Powerful Ponies" that I MUST see. I'll keep trying.

      VastaKustuta
    80. i didn't get to post cause my scanner decided not to cooperate yesterday ):
      some good stuff out there today though

      VastaKustuta
    81. #171 here. The camera I used really did a number on my comic, but I like how it turned out nonetheless. Still, more of a reason to buy a scanner one of these days.

      VastaKustuta
    82. Drawing is hard. =/

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    83. Not sure if I'm just imagining it or getting mixed up since I haven't been paying too much attention to names yet, but it seems like some of the artists have really picked up a bit and stepped it up a notch since the first post.

      VastaKustuta
    84. #151.
      PONI, Y U NO EASY TO DRAW?!?!

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    85. 19 & 23 are the SAME D:

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    86. 138 ... Can I ask where that magic is coming from?

      Also, the first Big Mac one made me lol xD

      VastaKustuta
    87. Man. I always get depressed when I see someone do the exact same pose as me and do it better:

      Applejack with both her and trixie's hat on? I thought I was being original...
      D=

      VastaKustuta
    88. 16: What a curious style. I like it.
      20: d'awww
      34: Looks a little small for ya, Big Mac.
      50: HNNGGG
      66: Love the cutie mark
      71: ...thanks for sharing, Trixie
      85: "How did this hat grow large enough to fit my head?"
      116: Rock that robe and wizard hat, Gummy.
      120: HOW DO YOU DO THIS? IT LOOKS SO COOL.
      127: The starry sky pattern is simply gorgeous
      128: Bluregard Troll Kazoo
      130: lolderpy
      150: ...congratulations. That will haunt my dreams forever. Good job. ;_;
      159: Want new clothes? Banish their owner to the moon!
      184: You are the best Wizrad, Derpy. The best Wizrad.
      196: Haters gonna hate, Big Mac.
      243: BOOTS ON HOOVES, BIKINIS ON TOP
      261: DAMNIT VALVE WE DON'T NEED MORE HATS
      266: Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes! Yes!

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    89. QUIIIILLLLL! AAAEEEEIIIIOOOUUU!!!!! GET OUT OF MY HEAD!!! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
      Also, mine(115) needs more hats!
      Never enough hats, I say!
      Hats for everypony!

      VastaKustuta
    90. 217 today. I finally had time to color mine.

      I wasn't the only one who thought Big Mac though, I love the pixel art in 256.

      VastaKustuta
    91. You guys are absolutely right. The page is taking way too long to load (at least in Firefox).. embarrassingly it loads fine on my Android phone, which is what I used when testing, go figure. I'm investigating a way to create thumbnails, but I'm not aware of any image uploaders that would both 1) welcome automated uploads and 2) keep the images up for any length of time. If anypony has a solution to this, please mention it in this thread:

      http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/05/drawing-training-grounds-new-submission.html

      VastaKustuta
    92. @AlterForm

      120 (Applebloom in Trixie's robe and with a trixified ribbon on her head) was 're-inked' using ZeFrank's Scribbler. The Scribbler is on the web, use Google. 8^) The Scribbler has lots of limitations but it's fun to find ways to work within those limitations.

      VastaKustuta
    93. @Retl
      You're not imagining it! I keep finding myself trying to outdo my previous post, and everyone else's while I'm at it. I went from a simple sketch to an effect-filled action pose to a better-proportioned Trixie.

      Just watch. By day 30, over half of the pictures will be drawfriend-quality!

      VastaKustuta
    94. Nice drawings everyone.

      After looking at them mine seems pretty ok to mid-tier good.

      Also makes me wonder how some people make theirs so nice looking with straight lines and coloring. Like #38 and 68 for example.

      VastaKustuta
    95. I'm #245 (again).
      Similar boat as other ponies, not enough time to get done what I wanted. :/
      And, Firefox not liking trying to load the images this way.

      But, eating fruit for the next task? Perfect time to draw myself (in pony form)!

      VastaKustuta
    96. 19 = 23
      30 = 39
      55 = awwww.
      196, Bahahaha, I never expected Macintosh.

      I'm surprised to see so much Fluttershy and so little Twilight Sparkle.

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    97. Seven hours for today's means bad quality in the three hours I get tomorrow.

      Tomorrow's task better not require anypony other than the CMC, Trixie or me, Phoe, or there will be graphiteical anguish.

      VastaKustuta
    98. Bleh, I got college in the morning so I've had to rush my fruit eating picture =(
      Also, anyone getting a "Sorry, currently experiencing technical difficulties. Hope to be back up soon." error on the form/website/script thing? I got to go to bed and won't have time in the morning to upload, so I'mma just gunna have to E-mail Phoe =(

      VastaKustuta
    99. Submitted my next entry. I did a colored comic and it took me about 6 hours. Curse my trollish sense of humor.

      VastaKustuta
    100. I found a solution to the thumbnail thing, I hope, which is storing them on sadpanda.us. Had to complicate my cgi a bit to do that, so I really hope I didn't break anything. But, it was a fun day of learning and coding... I love python.

      I guess we'll find out how well it worked in about 6 hours! ;)

      Sorry about that!

      VastaKustuta
    101. @OmegaRKB

      Yeah I shut it down for about 10 minutes because I was afraid I had some bad code (turned out to be a false alarm, but better safe than sorry). I saw your preview in the log and mentioned it to Phoe already. Don't worry, you're covered! :)

      VastaKustuta
    102. I'd have to say my favorite is definitely 183. The idea is just so cute, and the execution is great, too. I had bigger plans for my picture, but had surprise visitors and had to cut it short. I'm pretty satisfied with my fruit-eating pony, though, and I'm excited to see what the topic will be for tomorrow!

      VastaKustuta
    103. God dammit I forgot to draw Derpy's wings for tomorrow's entry.

      VastaKustuta