Ponies and pony artists, lend me your ears! After many trials, tribulations and setbacks including but not limited to power outages, personal emergencies, broken scripts, and very angry dogs, I am here to announce that the Artist Training Grounds is officially back on its feet! Please give a huge thank you and round of applause for the incomparable and recently christened (Riot) Reinboom for writing our new submission script. She saved me from Michigan, and now she's saved me from death by e-mails. My hero!
You'll find the new submission site right here. Make sure you fill out every section, and it'll take care of the rest. If you need something clarified for any reason, e-mail me at phoe@equestriadaily.com. Sound good? Sounds good. Oh, and just in case you haven't seen enough pony art tutorials, have this amazing batch from our dear friends at the ATG Alumni, who were kind enough to keep the event floating while 1001 technical problems knocked me out.
If you are submitting from DeviantART:
You need to make sure you select the actual image url and send that. Do not link the DA page, or it will fail. Right click the image, select "view image", and put in the resulting page. Thanks, and sorry for the confusion!
Restart Day 1: Draw a pony in armor.
Relevant link. I know, I know. This is the farthest thing in the world from progress, and I'm sorry. But there were so many problems, and so many of you who missed out or lost the chance at getting posted, and I want to give you a real chance at doing this legitimately. So re-send your Day 1 works, or make a new one, or retouch your old one. Just send me armored ponies. You have until 7 pm PST tomorrow (we're primtime now. Yaaaaay). Then, Day 2. For realz. I promise.
107 comments:
Yay its back!
ReplyDeleteDamn I wish I could draw...
ReplyDeletei forgot about this.
ReplyDeleteme 2
ReplyDeletewee
ReplyDeleteI was wondering when this was going to come back. Props to everyone involved that got it back on its feet. My drawing looks like total garbage, but I'll submit it anyway. I want to draw, and I'll take any kind of experience.
ReplyDelete"She saved me from Michigan"
ReplyDeleteSay what now? EXPLAIN!
Oh Phoe. How I would love to be a part of this. Unfortunately it's Exam week. So there's no chance.
ReplyDelete@amkirby10
ReplyDeleteWell, that's the point of this event, right? Give it a shot, draw a pony, and submit it. It may not be great at first (or for awhile), but you can certainly get better with practice.
HOORAY.
ReplyDeleteI didn't get a chance at Day 1 last time cause I was travelling. Pony in armor, huh...?
You're doing fine, Phoe. I'm sure everypony can forgive ya for some difficulties outside your control. :) And thanks to Reinboom for the new submission submitter. Nice, clean, simple. Looks good.
ReplyDelete"(Riot) Reinboom"
ReplyDeleteLEAGUE OF LEGENDS bringing everyone pony! I love you so much.
You guys need to give her the most epic pat on the back ever!
ON WITH THE TRAINING GROUNDS!
So Much YES!
ReplyDeletenow i can try this because i couldnt draw for the first day and i wanted to do it for the second but this went down :( second chances FTW!
...I hate to say this, but it seems to be giving me a "server error" when I try to submit. Is anyone else getting this or is it just me?
ReplyDeleteYes I'm getting a server error too :(
ReplyDelete@Dusty the Royal Janitor
ReplyDeleteDusty, you aren't the only one. I tried submitting it using my DA link and it said 'image upload failed' so I had use imageshack to resubmit it.
The website says it can't display the page when I hit submit. Does it still go through?
ReplyDeleteIf only these hands and this paper could make magic beautiful enough to show to my fellow bronies but sadly magic is not present in this world *sigh*
ReplyDelete@MasterofRoku
ReplyDeleteAlso, my picture came through.
Server error 500 when I submit the DA link. Now what?
ReplyDeleteServer error, will wait till tomorrow to sub then
ReplyDeleteWoot, Phoe! I'm glad to see the training grounds are a go. I'll be looking forward to what you guys come up with so flood us with pony art, folks!
ReplyDeletehate to be the bearer of bad news, but the submit link is not working 8(
ReplyDeleteHang on tight, folks. We're trying to replicate the error.
ReplyDeleteyes now I can do it digitally instead of a drawing in a notebook.
ReplyDeleteWait, derp. Are you guys submitting from the actual image url, or just the deviantART page?
ReplyDeletedeviant art page for me at least
ReplyDeleteIt was just the deviantart page...
ReplyDeleteShould I have submitted from the download page?
I'll try that.
@Dusty the Royal Janitor
ReplyDeleteNo, what you should do is right click on the picture and select "view image url" or whatever it says. You need to submit the actual image link, and not anything else.
@Phoe, we're supposed to submit just the image? Hold on...
ReplyDelete*retries using the image URL, not the page URL*
Much better!
@CityFlyer502
ReplyDeleteArts art, it's all in the eyes of the beholder anyway.
Okay, I did what you said. It said it was a success. I think I might have accidentally somehow submitted it twice by accident, though. I did it from the download page which also said it worked. It was odd. My bad if you get it twice. ^^;
ReplyDeleteAs a clarification... Does it have to be a show pony, or can it be a OC?
ReplyDeletePhoe is smartest pony and i need to go back to magic kindergarten. thanks phoe
ReplyDeletePowers of artistic ability! I call upon you today for one common goal:
ReplyDeleteDon't suck!
But I have no way of putting my art onto the internet right now! *cry*
ReplyDelete@Rakshata
ReplyDeleteIt can totally be an OC. Of course it can, I love seeing OCs doing cool stuff!
Woo! Hooray SweetRei- I mean Reinboom!
ReplyDelete>_>;
@Phoe
ReplyDelete*Phew!* Glad to hear that! While the mane cast are fun, It is more fun to create more person specific gear! Wasn't going to do this when it first came out but now I'm in! Starting!
damn, the submission won't work
ReplyDelete@ombutescentdin
ReplyDelete(Pats on the back)
Don't worry you'll always have another day. I wish I can art too.
Ugh.
ReplyDeletePhoe, I am using the image URL.
It's still not letting me submit.
Imageshack is an acceptable image hosting site for this, right?
@Pegasus Rescue Brigade
ReplyDeleteAny image hosting site is fine. Sorry you're having troubles.
@D. Shadows
ReplyDeleteThanks, and its not like I don't have it already drawn or anything.
I can't even get my laptop camera to work... There has to be a way!
When is this due?
Ponys an war
ReplyDeleteMy two favorite things in the world
Too bad I have the characters but can't draw them
So wait, is PST Pacific Standard Time? I'm bad with time conversions...
ReplyDeleteThx for clearing up the error Phoe :D
ReplyDeleteAlright, I got it working now.
ReplyDeleteDeceptive website was giving me the wrong link or something.
Awesome! I just got a new drawing program, so I'm going to have fun testing it out.
ReplyDeleteResubmitted! Yay!
ReplyDeleteNow time to start on the second pic I had 2 weeks to work on :3
I think I'll take the time tomorrow to redraw my original submission. I suck a bit less and might be able to draw something decent this time.
ReplyDeleteI am sending a suit of Derpy inspired armor. Just believe that a pony is inside it!
ReplyDeleteGonna try and get to this now. I think I have an idea of what I want to draw in my head.
ReplyDeleteHmm, I've got plenty of time, maybe I'll draw another one.
ReplyDeleteFor the record are we able to submit more than one picture? (In this case my old one and a new one)
Or would that be kind of redundant?
i can't draw and i work most days, but i'm still going to try this. My thing might look like shit, but at least i tried and contributed, and thats part of what this fandom is about
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ReplyDeleteWhile the event is great, my drawing is shoddy at best and there's no way I'd be able to finish by the deadlines for the whole event. May just take the themes and work on them in my own time.
ReplyDeleteAH! Guess I need to get back to finishing the day two submission. I've been lazy...
ReplyDeleteWill resubmit!
Anyone know how to get a picture URL with an iPad. Or am I stuck going back and forth between it and my very hunk a junk computer?
ReplyDeleteOkay, Resubmitted!
ReplyDeleteI'm feeling too lazy to upgrade or rework anything I've already done.
Well since my submission from day 1 was showed in the original thread, then I'll just wait till day 2 to submit my piece. 8D
ReplyDeleteDoes it have to be armor in the traditional sense? Or can we do our own schtick at this?
ReplyDeleteParticipation, it feels pretty good.
ReplyDeleteKnowing that I had time to do a better draft but didn't... not so much. C`est la vie.
i feel like a moron lol. i went to a hole other image hosting site because i couldn't for the life of me see the "copy image url" on my deviantART page. after i submitted it from the image site i went back to DA to see if i was doing it wrong. when i right clinked on my image there it was "copy image URL" option *facehoof* i think i may be blind lol
ReplyDeletep.s. sure my first drawing was pretty bad but i refused to go back and redo my first submission. it was the first pony i ever drew and i want people to see how i have improved since this event first started. seeing as that's what this hole thing is about. ^ ^
Working on my character and I think I may have to do things a bit out of order to get the way I want them to look on my pony. I hope it looks nice.
ReplyDeleteI´ll send my pic in a few hours. Am in school currently.
ReplyDeletestupid question:
ReplyDeletewhen the form says "name," is that the artist's name or the title of the work?
There time to put armor on this pony.
ReplyDeleteAll: I'll be looking in to adding a deviantart page scanner for if you just link the full deviantart page. Soon.
ReplyDeleteSarah: The name field is intended for the artist's name.
Hooray, it's back! I look forward to submitting my day 2 one.
ReplyDeleteYAY! Artist Training Ground is back!
ReplyDelete@amkirby10, @Destroyer, @Travis Smith: Come on guys, the more art the better! Just look up how to draw MLP ponies on google, thats what I did over break last year.
ReplyDeleteP.S. Riot Reinboom and Phoe FTW! The submission site worked for me finally!
@Phoe
ReplyDeleteUm, is there any way to check if image have been submitted?
I've uploaded my drawing on imageshack, used direct link in submission form. I maybe went a little overboard in comment section with description. After I pressed "submit" it gave a blank page.
Should it be like that?
Gotta find a helmet since the place where the cutie mark is is being covered by something. Then color and then upload.
ReplyDelete@IkkouSoryu I could not find an image uploaded under the IkkouSoryu name.
ReplyDeleteIf that's the name you submitted under, you may wish to resubmit. If you posted under a different name, I can look up if you posted or not.
@Phoe
ReplyDelete^^^
HAHAHA DISREGARD THAT, I suck at understanding "direct link" concept.
Upload image success.
I only regret that my extensive description is gone.
@Reinboom
ReplyDeleteCould you pretty please check one more time?
I'm sure I got it right this time.
Found a helmet. Back to drawing with me.
ReplyDelete@IkkouSoryu Try one more time. The script just hiccup'd due to someone sending something in that broke something (I forgot a minor but important security filter. :x ), which in turn required me to fix something reallll fast like.
ReplyDeleteTrying to think of a cutie mark for my character....
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ReplyDelete@Reinboom
ReplyDeleteSubmitted one more time. It said "Image Upload Success"
I hope it worked.
@IkkouSoryu That is the correct message you received, yet I still see no database attempt by an Ikkou :(
ReplyDeleteI'm very sorry it's not working. To help make sure you're getting proper messages with the submit box, I've added:
A database warning error in case my database broke on that upload.
If the upload was success, it should respond now with a thumbnail of the image you uploaded.
If you still can't get it to upload, email me or Phoe the submission directly. I'll make sure to get your submission up.
Sent mine in! Unsure if it worked, but I did get image upload success, and a thumbnail of my picture.
ReplyDelete@Reinboom
ReplyDeleteFolks, don't send your pictures into Rein, no matter how many problems you have. I can't ask her to do that much. If it consistently breaks, tell me. I can very easily get the stragglers up into each and every gallery. I have super powers and way more free time.
Okay I am done coloring. I just need to upload it somewhere. I'll do that in the morning. I'm okay with it considering the tools I was using. Color pencils and a normal Pencil and a sketch book and the internet for reference tools for pictures of things and my imagination.
ReplyDeleteRedrawing, hope I could make it on time =/
ReplyDeleteIs it possible to upload more than one picture under the same name?
ReplyDeleteUpload was super smooth! Thanks, Phoe, Reinboom! Above and beyond the call of duty. Have yourselves some medals.
ReplyDeleteUpload successful. Had problems thought. Put too much text in comment box then it will fail.
ReplyDeleteIs there a way to send a picture through a mobile?
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ReplyDeleteHope to not be late with uploading...
ReplyDeleteFor the name section, do we put in the artwork title or our username?
ReplyDelete@Reinboom
ReplyDeleteI tried one more time. It even gave thumbnail of my drawing. Scripts Y U hate me.
Just posted my new picture. Upload was a success.
ReplyDeleteMight of went a little overboard, but the important thing is that the picture contains a pony wearing amour.
Speaking of which, will anything break if we submit two pictures under the same name? Because I'm still wondering whether or not to post my original picture as well.
@IkkouSoryu success!
ReplyDeleteThere we go. I see it now. :D
So glad to see this back up, as I missed D1 by a few hours.
ReplyDeleteThanks for what you ponies do!
Okay, here comes mine.
ReplyDeleteFinally i uploaded it ^^
There submitted them here and on deviantart.
ReplyDeleteMine are up on Ponibooru and are submitted.
ReplyDeleteIt's a 4 pack, I hope you don't mind.
http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/117713
http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/117714
http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/117715
http://ponibooru.413chan.net/post/view/117716
I'm not sure what I should put in the comment section.
ReplyDeleteSince you said we should fill out every section, I'm kinda rambling there about the picture and why I made it... is that what it's for?
Fiiiinally finished. I hope I uploaded it right.
ReplyDeleteTook far longer than it should have and I'm relieved to be done.
Suddenly relief is replaced by anxiety over actually submitting something.
Too late now.
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ReplyDeleteMade a few mistakes with my first submission so I resubmited it with some edits.
ReplyDeleteSo glad this is back on. Jolly good show to all those involved.
ReplyDeleteJust a heads up I sent you an email, Phoe. I couldn't get auto submit to work.
ReplyDeleteI cut it too close, and the submitter was moving extremely slow, so I'm past the deadline now. Oh well...