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Nightly Discussion #2540
by CalpainTo see all of Equestria would be such a beautiful journey.Good evening, my friends! How are you all doing tonight?
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Just a final heads up for those who might have missed our prior posts about the NATG! It's back once again for its 11th run and will be starting tomorrow on the blog at 9pm PST, the same as last year. I'm really excited to see what you all come up with this year and I hope you all have a lot of fun as well. After the past year, some fun would be really appreciated, right?
For those of you who have never participated in our NATG events before it's basically an event where you can try your hooves out on creating art for the first time and improving over the course of 30 odd days.
Artists who are veterans are more than welcome to join as well! Remember, you can never stop improving!
As for what sort of artwork you can submit, you're welcome to submit digital art, ponies made on lined paper, paintings, elaborate origami ponies, chalk board ponies, animations, pixel art or even SFM ponies like we did last year.
We're pretty open on what can be accepted just as long as it matches the theme in some way shape or form.
Finally, all entries submitted for each theme day have to be a new creation of some sort. We won't be strictly policing this, but the way I see it is that if you're submitting old work you're not giving yourself a chance to improve so you're only hurting yourself.
Once NATG arrives I'll have a more detailed post on how to submit, where to view, and what to expect out of the schedule. So until then, you guys have a couple weeks or so to prepare and make time for it, so get hyped, get those pencils or drawing pads ready and I'll see you all then.
For any questions before the event starts, send them to [email protected]Twitter: Calpain -
The fandom needs more Somnambula. I demand it.
Art below!
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Fanfiction: I Miss You. Five Ever.
by Calpain[Sad]
Author: Short TaleDescription: Maud tries to escape the pain of loss but finds solace in her friend Starlight Glimmer.
I Miss You. Five Ever.
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Morning Discussion #2311
by CalpainDerpy's here to say hello and wish you a great start to the week!Sleep well, everyone? How are you all doing today?
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Nightly Discussion #2539
by CalpainTime for the moon to take over! Any interesting dreams for Luna tonight?Hope you're all doing well! Ready to chat everyone?
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Battos are glorious. Have some of that as a header and lots of awesome art below!
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BABSCon is currently running an online convention for everyone as per the usual with covid, and with that comes online panels! G5 character designer Imalou popped on to do an interview panel for everyone, and this is the writeup on what she said about her journey in delivering us some future pony!
Head on down below the break!
(Update) Panel is over! Find it all below.
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Community Soapbox - Shipping Zephyr, Scootaloo's Disability, Flutter's Perfection, and More!
by SethistoThe soapboxes continue! As always, these are the opinions of fandom members, not us here at EQD. If you'd like to submit your own soapbox, hit up this post for infos.
Have some headlines:
- How do pony musical numbers work?
- Other Zephyr Breeze Ships
- Is Fluttershy too Perfect?
- "The Washouts" Confirms Scootaloo's Disability
And go read them below!
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So I will not deny that the moment I saw the title card, I wanted to write about this one. It’s Sunset Shimmer and it’s Sunset Shimmer this happy. This was a mighty need. So we have another YouTube based blog styled short with Sunset touring the backstage life of music artists. But since this is still a children’s show (as far as they know), they have to be more wholesome than popping bottles of champagne and drug use. We even get to know the real stars of these music festivals. If I were to give this short a moral, it’s to always appreciate the little things in these music festivals and not just the band. Everybody and everything is just as important as the performers. Either that or check on the swag bags before recording how cool they are. Never know what you’re gonna get. Let’s take a look backstage with Sunset and see how the VIPs live it up.
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That's a cute dasho right there. Sometimes I think these open art submission should be submit for the main art post instead!
Go get the open art below for this week.
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Morning Discussion #2310
by CalpainKitty Smolder is here to brighten up your morning!Hey everyone, how are you all doing? Ready for a new day?
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Nightly Discussion #2538
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RUL is back with a new pony-inspired beauty, and this time it's a delightful House song about Spike and Gabby's friendship! You can feel those caring Equestrian vibes in the positive atmosphere of the track for sure, and the cute and uplifting melodies will make you smile and linger in the love and the positive place created by the song!
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Bat is WAR. You know this due to the big sword.
Get pone art below.
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Athena header, cause this is a multi-cartoon-horse site now or something. As long as they have a cute G4 style design~
Get a bunch of awesome art below!
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Hello everyone! The Illustrious Q here once again with a brand new interview!
This time I had the honor to sit down and chat with new MLP Comic Writer Celeste Bronfman. Celesta wrote Friendship is Magic issue 98, which according to Diamond is scheduled to come out this Wednesday, June 2nd.Knowing Diamond this year, we'll see if that actually holds.
In any event, Celesta goes into detail about her career, the differences in writing for television and comics, and how much fun she had writing for the former princesses of the sun and the moon!Be sure to check it out after the break!
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Glimmer and friends save the day! I always did like this finale. It helps that two out of four are my favorite pones. Go get the episodes in the links below and discuss away!!
To Where and Back Again Part 1
To Where and Back Again Part 2
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Animation: My Tiny Pony - Rarity
by CalpainLooks like the DoubleWBrothers have another bit of tiny pony cuteness to grace our long weekend! Rarity gets her turn and is as glamorous as usual.Check on after the break for the video and thanks to everyone who sent it in! -
Morning Discussion #2309
by CalpainI know the book is really good, Tia, but it is time to raise the sun!Good morning, friends! How are you all doing today? Any plans for the long weekend?
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Not too long ago we dropped what we thought was a possible name for the G5 movie thanks to a post by Netflix Malaysia's Twitter feed. Now it seems like we have the most likely candidate for a name thanks to Boulder Media's own website, the folks behind the animation of the movie. In a statement they posted to their site the movie is called My Little Pony: A New Generation.Of course, like with the Netflix Malaysia info, I'm still going to call this tentative till we get more promotional material on the movie, but since this is on the website of Boulder Media itself there is a good chance this is it!Check on after the break for a screenshot of the statement and thanks to Aisling for sending it in!
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Nightly Discussion #2537
by CalpainMaybe Smolder should have opted for a dragon fitted Wonderbolts outfit, heh.Good evening and happy weekend everyone! Ready to chill this Friday night?
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Lets just do an OC pony as a header for this one. I'm in the mood for oc's.
Get plushos below!
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Exobass plush by meplushyou on Deviantart
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Have a Thunderlane header. I don't think he has ever been up here.
Art below!
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If his cutie mark wasn't enough of a hint, it's looking like Hitch is actually a sheriff according to a recent post over on the official My Little Pony instagram. As part of a speedpaint of a facepainting of him, they dropped the quote below:
Looking for a new face paint design for your little one? Create Hitch, the new sheriff on the block!
What do you think? Is this a recipe for success in the pony fandom? Or is a stallion cop something that won't pick up any traction at all?
Thanks to Elena for the heads up
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Chrysalis Day is right around the corner over in June! We celebrate best buggo and her evil ways all day long!
If you would like to submit to Chrysalis Day, send an email to [email protected] with Chrysalis Day as the subject followed by what it is, so you would name the email CHRYSALIS DAY - OPEN ART if you are sending in for open art. Be sure to include a source to your art if you want one listed.
Now go feed her with your love, via art!
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The 7th edition in the Omnibus series of comic collections has a new release date set according to it's publisher Penguin. Expect to find it dropping on the 18th of January in 2022. This one will cover all of the issues from #79-88. We will pop up the usual pre-order links once that arrives. It's still a long ways out.
Thanks to Debbie for the heads up!
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Finally the new roundup post is here! Time to check out all of the other works made by the community in the meantime if you didn't get your fill with the solo posts! And don't forget about the Treasure Chest too!
Also check out my new project Pony Family that aims to bring more exposure to pony musicians and create an Equestrian place on Earth! For Passion and all the things we see in the show! Ponies forever!
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Have you ever felt completely disconnected from something you should definitely be connected to in some way? That's what happened in this case. Apparently the old Discord remix that we used to jam to ages ago has been going viral for the past month over on TikTok. According to Cracked, 330,000+ videos have been made with it playing in the background, used in everything from dance videos to making fun of the fact that it's a pony song.
Even The Living Tombstone himself did a video, reaching a whopping 8 million views and 1.7m likes, which you can find below.
Cracked has a writeup over here on the entire thing.
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Morning Discussion #2308
by CalpainIt's Friday morning and Celestia has a flower just for you to help start the day out right!How are you all doing? Ready for some chatter?
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This is your open art for Vinyl and Octavia day! We got some great submissions this year. Head on down below to check them out! And be sure to participate in the Newbie Artist Training Ground next month for more practice!
Art below.
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Morning Cuddles by llametsul on Deviantart
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Nightly Discussion #2536
by CalpainTime to switch things up! Wouldn't have been interesting if things were the other way around?Good evening everyone! How are you all doing tonight? Ready for some chatter?Twitter: Calpain -
Teepublic is running another one of their big sales, covering a bunch of new designs from artists around the fandom. These include the usual $13 shirts, along with 30% off everything else.
Have some links:
New Shirts
Popular Shirts
Shirts up above:
Startrix // Real Magic
Trixie Lulamoon
Derpy Hooves
Coffee Makes Me Less Evil