• Newbie Artist Training Grounds XIII: Day 14

     


    Now that is one really strong donut if you can lift a whole unicorn with it! Speaking of fishing, today was an excellent example of when the prompt is taken in a completely different direction than I thought it would which is one of the great things about the NATG. While I did expect some fish puns, I did not expect so many different fish themes! One of those cases where a lot of you took the prompt quite literally to great effect, heh.

    As for what we were able to reel in for today, we got 71 ponies which puts us at 1057 ponies in total meaning we finally passed the 1000 pony picture mark! Let's see if we can hit 2000!

    While our ponies have their villains in their world they must also learn to be brave and prepare to protect their home. So as a complement to yesterday's prompt I want you all to Draw a pony preparing for a showdown / Draw a pony gathering their courage.

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    Check on after the break for today's gallery!
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    3 Jinxie Voodoo - SazerLite

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    Izzy would appreciate Sprout's craftsmanship. Maybe.
    4 Not again - KiwiPLUR

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    Master of the fourth... (sometimes)
    7 Get in the Robot - In3DS

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    "Or Chipset will have to do it again."
    8 NATG 13 - Guns Out - Isuvyw

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    Undersized coat, trusty magnetic pistol, and slick hairdo.
    9 Look at my Among Us - CreedyBoyRocksMC

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    11 Prank - Healthpack

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    hehe
    12 Principal Prank - Tidmouth

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    Photos taken seconds before disaster
    13 2023 NATG day 13 - Minty up to Her Old Tricks - C_||_R

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    *heard over the PA*: "Can you believe it, ponies? Socks, 30 perquad off. Socks are on sale. I am so happy about this information. Oh, wow, can you believe it? Sock sale. It got here so fast." Minty couldn't help herself.
    14 Threatening Pink - Ace Play

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    Here's the great pink shark in its natural behavior
    15 SuspiciousMisty - IrschY

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    Misty is being Mistie-rious
    16 Wicked by the Warped Will - EveryDayDashie

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    As I moved from one item to another, the hues of the glints smoothly transitioned to one another, guiding me to the stone pillar with a thick violin string sitting thereon. I was virtually teleported 12 years ago, during which I had my very first encounter with my violin. These strenuous strings would always cleanse and purify my negative thoughts as every note made its way into my eardrum. But as I became more intimate with the instrument, I developed my virtuosity and confidence with its side effects - jealousy. Its melodic witchcraft always enchanted me with power but also cast a spell to render my soul wicked. Commanding me to rise to the podium for I desired to earn glory and faith. But with each attempt failing miserably, plus witnessing how this artifact of a rusted violin string struck my heart even stronger than Bruch's Scottish Fantasy, I could not help feeling resentful of my envy and anticipation to experience triumph, constituting to my loss of legacy and passion...
    17 What staff, What you mean - Zeccy

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    She might just have kept it as a keepsafe. You know, as a memory :)
    18 My Friend "Magic Trick" - Karimis Thofa

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    19 Class Actions - Termyotter

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    So, eventually some time after the events of the last episode there'd be some official performance reviews and transfer of the school to someone else. It's not that Starlight WANTS to do this, but things just get out of hoof and there are easy ways to take care of these things either directly by spells, social engineering, etc.. Then everypony gets all angry "oh, that's inhumane (what even IS HUMANe?), "that's a crime.", "you've created a cult", "we're filing formal charges", blah, blah,blah...
    20 SeaPony Training (NATG 2023 Day 13) - IronYoshi

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    You can't really teach a SeaPony old tricks. Especially if they find it absolutely degrading...
    21 "Obey Me, My Troops!" - Lili Dash!

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    Sombra is up to his old schemes and is using his mind-controlled army of Crystal ponies to try and conquer Equestria. The coloring on this one kind of ruins it because it gets in the way of a lot of small details, but I tried very hard with this one. It's my first time ever drawing the helmeted Sombra troopers!
    23 Fishy - Llametsul

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    Go Fish
    25 Nothing to see here - Ragmo

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    Well well well. Seems someone couldn't resist the shop offer from Day 7...
    26 Skystar - Pineapple

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    27 Wolf in sheep's clothing - LeOebele

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    29 Jagged Milk - Lorewolf / Docard

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    Jagged Pill, my sociopathic alchemist OC goon, is back again, and she's getting more dangerous. She's found a way to weaponize ponies' magical essences. The process seems pretty invasive, too
    31 NATG XIII Day 13: Flim Flam Filibuster - AceBlazewing

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    Wouldn't be an appearance from Flim and Flam without some new 'must-have' product or service for ponykind to realize is indispensable, now would it? Also a chance for a big, fancy musical number, but I think Cookie and Syntax just want them to shut up and get on with it already. XD
    32 Suspicious Lunar - Santi0095

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    Once again, translating the prompt into my language, fishy is supposed to be SUSpicious, but of course I was not going to make an AU joke or anything like that, that just on my alt account, also, I could say that I put both prompts in one drawing again lol
    34 Do you want ketchup with your rocks? - mafon2

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    Trying something different. Super flat, no anti-aliasing MS Paint style. Inspired by the real life "edible" rocks salers. It's far from perfect, but I have no time to fix it >_>. Overall I'm not very happy with it -_-.
    37 Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie prank preparation - KevinHz19

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    Rainbow Dash and Pinkie Pie, up to their old prank habits. Least Pinkie Pie is around to keep Dash from pulling exotic pranks
    38 fishing - 32232232

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    39 Pastel Fish - EmilyLsArt

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    Be careful with your spells there, Pastel Brightheart...some may turn out unexpected!
    40 Twiggie Trouble - Mintwhistle

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    Twiggie commits a classic crime... or she would, if Enilapo didn't interrupt her. Who is this "Opaline Arcana" you speak of? (The fish costume was inspired by the many literal interpretations of the latter prompt that I saw.)
    41 Be Vewy Quiet - Lifes Harbinger

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    Liberty is being very sneaky and doing her best to stay out of sight. What, or who, is she looking for? I can't say, because she wouldn't even tell me.
    42 [SFM] Fishing for friends - red4567

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    "I caught an Izzy! Now I'm in a tizzy!"
    43 Two Trustworthy Fellows - Faith?

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    Don't miss your chance to get your hands on this Grade-A One-Of-A-Kind bottle of Top-Notch Top-Shelf Top-Quality Snake Oil today!
    44 That's Telekinesis, Buck. - Buckweiser

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    "Um, I've always been able to do that. Haven't you noticed?"
    48 - Zeta

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    49 New Trix, Old Tricks - Ebony Crystal

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    Ebony gasped for air as she came out into the light. One minute she was working on art for a client in Ponyville's Cafe, and the next, she was in Trixie's magic trunk! "How, how did I even get in here?!" She wondered aloud, soon hearing Trixie laugh. "And that, fillies and gentlecolts, is how it's done! Let's give a round of applause to our volunteer, Ebony Crystal!" She smirked as she heard the audience clap their hooves wildly. Ebony sighed, shaking her head at Trixie as she got out of the trunk, the unicorn may have changed in recent times, but it looked like she'd have to watch out for her old tricks...
    51 Acting Fishy - ArtsyGum

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    I wanted to make prompt literal by havin' Pinkie in a fish costume lol!
    53 Stinky wobniaR - Sigmath Bits

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    Something smells ... fishy around here ... oh, it's just wobniaR Dash. Based on an inside joke with my girlfriend about wobniaR Dash, an AU Rainbow Dash from our joint AU "Elements of Corruption."
    54 Siren Encore - Khazard

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    Sirens back playing their music again. And they're fish, so of course they'd act fishy. Also redid their head fins to be more unique to them/inline with their EQG forms rather than being basic
    57 Moustache-Twirling Pone - phallen1

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    We all know who the real villain is.
    59 Triple double loop - Vapor Trail

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    Firefly in the first few comics does the "triple double loop" almost every issue. so I thought why not take the prompt literally? - what's older than G1, a trick, and something Firefly does a lot? - the triple double loop, of course
    60 Siren and her prey - Cahan

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    Luna didn't enjoy that spell nearly as much as Celestia did.
    62 Gone Fishin' - SOENJAY

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    Fishing on a dock when Rusty is the one holding the pole is much more Mustang's speed. Boats are scary. Water is scary. Fish are scary. Friends are nice tho. Mustang is really just happy to spend some time with his friend.
    64 New Hobby of Discord - Novaintellus

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    Hello my fishy friend, I have some cake flakes for you
    66 Seapony - JoeyDR

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    You asked for it calpain.
    68 Suspicious individual emerging from a vent - PinkR

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    Mob and Brave fan art
    69 The Old Number 25 - Optimistic Neighsayer

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    “Alright, Twi! Snips next?” “You bet!”
    71 Starlight Recruitment Campaign - Aethereus Entropy

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    Starlight has been looking for new followers. Look at that little smile, please, who could refuse? Nothing suspicious going on in this place, just ponies making friends, as Princess Twilight has indicated.

    Twitter: Calpain