• Newbie Artist Training Grounds X: Day 28


    Everyone can do with a little friendship and our ponies certainly aren't the exception. Heck, if it wasn't for friendship Equestria probably would have been destroyed at least a few times over by now. Also according to your drawings tonight a lot of fences need mending in Equestria, good on you all for having our ponies help out!

    For today we managed to bring in 93 ponies which brings us up to 3456 ponies in total! The count keeps rising, I wonder just how high we will get?

    With the NATG starting to wind down I figured today we'd try to put your skills to the test. I've seen so many of you experimenting with different techniques and trying your best to improve that I thought it might be nice to see how far you've come by Redrawing an older picture using what you’ve learned / Drawing a pony learning from a mistake.

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    2 She fix the fence. - Stardust/Dafiltafish

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    hahahahahaha original joke hahahahahahahaha my tablet decided to commit scooter ankle while I was drawing this and I ran out of patience... I still have no idea what I'm doing in clip studio.



    3 A Changeling Can Change - Star Shine

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    Its beautiful to think that the Changelings went from taking love to giving it, which was all due to Spike extending a hand (claw?) of friendship to Thorax.









    6 Mendin' Fences - nagoluckyart

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    7 Mending a fence with Middy - Taurson

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    NATG2020 Day27: todays prompt is to draw a pony giving the gift of friendship or mending fences, so I drew @MidPrem OC and @Blazing_Beams OC mending fences here



    8 Mending Fences - flutterkind

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    I know. So original.



    9 Tough Friendship - Daimando

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    Danged Spell and Moondancer often enjoy getting under each other's skin. Friendly rivals in a group of six unicorns, a human, a baby dragon and a kitty cat. But every once in awhile, they are both humbled down in ways that makes them forget about their rivalry, and showcase why they are good friends, even in the hardest of times. And BTW, going forward with the last set of drawings, I may make them more depressing. I've done alot of drawings that are funny or heartwarming. But I think a change in emotions is needed to balance things out.






    11 A gift to let bygones be. - GoggleSparks

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    Oh, and you get a raise, Killion!



    12 "Friendship" Level Increasing... - Lorewolf

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    I wanted to do a submission that was deeper. It would have been about Scootaloo and Berry Punch. My work schedule wasn't going to allow me to do the idea justice, though.

    Instead, here's that fantasy episode's suggestive wrap-up.



    13 I did it, right? - Yelowcrom

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    15 Twilight explains the Rule of Sarrus to Moondancer - Pingmader

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    16 NATG2020 - Day 27 - Fence of Friendship - DarkDabula

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    "Want some strawberries ?"



    17 Imminent hug - Ragmo

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    Well... this topic wasn't easy to figure out what to draw... and i think it shows. It's OK, but i can do better



    18 [SFM] She couldn't just rent a room? (NATG 27) - red4567

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    I think most of the other artists are gonna take the "mending fences" part literally.



    19 Patching Up - Ikederp

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    sketch



    20 Tank mares mending fences - Frostclaw

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    Ts: But I didn't have anything to do with driving it.
    Sa: it was your voice i heard manically laughing when you drove over it.
    Nice to have some continuity



    21 LyraHugs - llametsul

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    friendship noises












    25 Solace - Noctus

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    This feels a bit more "heavy" than what the prompt seemed to be about, but i felt like drawing this. Vent art, basicially.






    27 Twilight giving the gift of friendship - Zoade

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    I'm testing even more stuffs x)






    29 The Taco of Friendship - MachoPony

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    This looked so nice i didnt want to ruin it by attempting to trace it.



    30 Reunion - NATG - Sprite

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    I should have taken a longer break, or maybe even skipped today, but I didn't. Nearly seriously injured myself out of frustration while trying to line this one.
    Have a Snowie and Sprite hug after a long time apart.
    Snow Frost belongs to ittybittybrittykitty // FrostTriesDrawing.






    32 Lost Treasure - Soobel

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    Friends organize back the necklace what Dusklight Blossom broke and lost on fight at Northern Pass. This one are made of pure gold and ruby not brass and pink glass like lost one.












    36 Happy Meal Part 2 - Termyotter

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    Since doing the comic about these two a few days ago I kept thinking about what would happen next. A happy accident turning into an actual lunch for the pony, a lot of talking, then some shared interests, things eventually coming full circle in a new friendship.



    37 Equestria Daily Artist Training Grounds 2020 27a - Meto30

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    Sunset remembers and reflects upon the last day of her reign, when she was defeated by Princess Twilight Sparkle and brought back on the path of friendship. This is the first page of a five-page submission.



    38 Equestria Daily Artist Training Grounds 2020 27b - Meto30

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    Sunset remembers and reflects upon the last day of her reign, when she was defeated by Princess Twilight Sparkle and brought back on the path of friendship. This is the second page of a five-page submission.






    40 Equestria Daily Artist Training Grounds 2020 27c - Meto30

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    Sunset remembers and reflects upon the last day of her reign, when she was defeated by Princess Twilight Sparkle and brought back on the path of friendship. This is the third page of a five-page submission.

    The depiction here is of course different from canon - but it is something that I believe is plausible given the circumstances, especially in light of the headcanon I gave to Sunset's rule over the school in the previous pages of the ATG2020. As Sunset's dominion collapsed around her, those who once feared her, those who adored her, those who avoided her, those who abided her, even those who abetted her all united in their newfound hatred of Sunset Shimmer, one whom they once willingly voted as Fall Formal Princess. With their jeers and their insults, the students of Canterlot High do away with her reign and wash away the unpalatable memory of their docility and their complicity.



    41 Equestria Daily Artist Training Grounds 2020 27d - Meto30

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    The depiction here is of course different from canon - but it is something that I believe is plausible given the circumstances, especially in light of the headcanon I gave to Sunset's rule over the school in the previous pages of the ATG2020. I always felt Twilight's speech to Sunset in the first movie felt a bit off in light of what would follow in the Equestria Girls series, although it is in keeping with Twilight's state of character growth at that point in the overall timeline, immediately after her coronation. Here I present my interpretation of the event, where Twilight's offer of "redemption" does not exist in a vacuum, but rather as a way to deescalate the enmity between Sunset Shimmer and the students of Canterlot High. The olive branch is extended in both directions, and it is now up to Sunset to make the peace work.



    42 - Scarfanon

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    46 Mouse Drawings - Proposal - Feather Data

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    47 hard sell - t72b

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    nothing says friends like 4 S8 AP3 barrage shots!






    49 Ravepunzel part 2 - Pony4Koma

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    Continuation of the one I did on day 14






    51 Star Struck - MLT

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    While the language of the Star Ponies may be unfamiliar to most, some truths remain universal across any language: Amicitiam in perpetuum












    55 Equestria Daily Artist Training Grounds 2020 27e - Meto30

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    Sunset remembers and reflects upon the last day of her reign, when she was defeated by Princess Twilight Sparkle and brought back on the path of friendship. This is the fifth page of a five-page submission.

    The depiction here is of course different from canon - but it is something that I believe is plausible given the circumstances, especially in light of the headcanon I gave to Sunset's rule over the school in the previous pages of the ATG2020. This is the central theme of my interpretation of the relationship between Twilight Sparkle (the pony) and Sunset Shimmer - that of the saviour and the penitent. It will feature prominently in the Siren Business, which I hope to draw and complete some time within this year.



    56 - Deletethis

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    What friendship with pinkie pie would feel like



    57 Friendy Gifty - Sparkyler

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    He means well. There's not much worth anything in 2230, except for a friend. Rebel thought it would be a good gift to bring me a bucket of mud where someone found a temporal anomaly.



    58 Mending Fences - FuzzGod5

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    More bughorses! Two different varieties!



    59 Mending Fences - Frown Factory

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    time taken: 80min



    60 A good start - Zeronixma

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    I'm probably just gonna keep doing this simple one till the end of this event. I'm still suck at shading and doing backgrounds took forever.






    62 Fences Mended - EbonyCrystal1986

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    Sorry guys, no story to this one, since I think we all know how these four mended things after their friendships split apart, but I couldn't choose between them for today's prompt which was to either draw a pony giving the gift of friendship or draw a pony mending fences. I loved both the episode/special these four were in and I decided to combine the two here, though I was pressed for time so I couldn't really do a proper background but who knows, I might do a redraw with one after the ATGs are over. :3












    66 Painting the Friendship Fence 0 - Skypause

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    Not sure that I like the shading on Big Mac.
    I think this may be the first time I've ever drawn Discord.

    Critique and art advice welcome!

    :3



    67 Gift for Friendship - Pone-Dancer

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    EnderGurl22's characters Reality Check and Needle Work have a very new, very budding friendship! I'm sure they can strengthen that bond by sharing the scarf Needle made ^.^ I know they also like each other romantically, but to have a solid relationship it's best to lay the buddy foundation first.




    68 Hug - Frith

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    I was aiming for a degree of translucency and then I decided that the grey mare's hoof was too much and now it doesn't work so well.






    70 Steve - Faith?

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    *Cues a 40 hour playlist of nothing but A Changeling Can Change and the Live version of A Changeling Can Change*









    73 Mending bird houses - Zeal Crown

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    76 Father and Son - SOENJAY

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    Cat Stevens, circa 1970






    78 Mint-ing Fences - NotADeliciousPotato

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    Like many others, I decided to take the prompt quite literally, and also let a background pony shine while doing it.

    The pony on display is Diamond Mint/Mint Jewelup.



    79 Mended Fence - Th3iPodM0N

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    80 Sigift - Sigmath Bits

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    I'm drawn to giving!






    82 New Friend - Cornerback Fluttershy

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    Drawing two ponies in the time I had ended up being ambitious. Also there is actual work on a fence in the season 5 episode.



    83 Mending Fence - vaser888

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    86 ATG 27 aggie - ponyhell

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    89 New Friends In Her Pony Life - SazerLite

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    My first attempt at drawing in the Pony Life style.



    90 Tea Time Tease - Novaintellus

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    Discord and I appreciate you sharing your company with our little tea time, I hope you've been enjoying yourself.






    92 Redemption for Everypone - Celerarity

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    Just because you have a dark past doesn't mean you can't have friends. Keep going strong, everypony!



    93 A Welcoming Pie - SupermarineSpitfire

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