And off we go! It's nice to see that after 14 Newbie Artist Training Grounds, I always find something creative and surprising from those who enter. Especially on the prompts that have been here since the beginning such as the classic 'Draw a Pony Standing' prompt. Equally lovely is seeing the return of some familiar faces as well as some new ones deciding to join the fun as well.
A big welcome to you all! Let's all have a blast over the next month!
For our first night back, we managed to bring in a total of 66ponies! Not a bad start, if I may say so myself. Let's see what we have cooking for tomorrow.
Now that we've popped our ponies into existence, we need to start getting them moving. I'm sure they are a bit stiff after being inactive for so long. So today is another NATG standard as I would like you to Draw a pony taking its first steps / Draw a pony coming to life!
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Tutorial on First Day on How to Upload
Art TutorialsPrompt was Draw a Pony Standing / Draw a Pony Holding Its Ground
1 ED: NATG 2024 Day 01 - Addelum
Here we go again! A quick warm up drawing, nothing too fancy. I always start off with a Twilight Sparkle.
Hope to be seeing some ponies being dawn! <3 span="">3>
It's that time of year. Good luck everyone!
5 - Peruserofpieces
Hello, thanks for that really nice event !I hope i didn't do mistake while submitting here... if it's the case, don't hesitate to tell me (if you had time, of course)Also hope to being able to post more during that most for the event, so... see you soon maybe ! Take care of yourselvesFleximus
7 Princess Seira - SeiraTempest
9 Pnikie Pie standing (for how long? ^^") - KevinHz19
Pinkie Pie, standing and showing her smile. Knowing her though, how long she can stand, hold still before excited with happiness to bounce?
11 Vapor Trail - Mintwhistle
It's that time of year again. I wasn't sure who to draw, so I just drew Vapor Trail. (And yes, the "sky" is green.)
12 Pastel Brightheart Standing - EmilyLsArt
Another year, another NATG... let's do this!! Expect more characters rather than my ponysona (Pastel Brightheart) soon!!
13 Thats MY ground!! - Ragmo
Be carefull. She's very territorial about HER ground.And here we go again for a month full of drawings :3
14 Sunny - Wolfy
15 TyT RD Standing - Frown Factory
100 minutes
16 This Again - Zeepheru
17 Danger? - FlutterLove
18 - AdamV20/Sawmaster
And here we are again!This time in digital!Just coloured the most basic way with bucket, I’ll leave proper shading for later.I was trying a brush with smoothing turned on, and it feels a little like cheating. But I’m happy with the resultAltough this pose feels preety generic. But hey, we need to start from something.
19 - Tenebris Noctus
20 Pinkie Wink - Lore/Docard
21 A new day, a new challenge - Professor Venturer
Surprise! I’m now participating in Equestria Daily’s Newbie Artist Training Grounds for the first time! This should help me to overcome burnout.On that note, tell Bob I said hi :)
22 - DoodleDonut
23 - Disty Dusk
24 Twilight Sparkle - Soobel
Tablet computer is broken.I dont remember, when i drew traditional way recently.
25 Scare-No - bobthedalek
26 NATG Day 1 A Pony Standing - GoldenMidnight (or Angus)
I use to do digital art a lot more as you can see with my older art. But recently I switched to paper and learned to draw ponies the proper way. This is Bubble Drop! An adorable OC I created today, she likes to read books and do chemistry, she got her cutie mark by creating a cure to the cutie box when she was a filly.
27 Standing Ground (NATG 2024 Day One) - IronYoshi
Queen Novo is standing firm so that her favorite beach spot isn't taken.
29 - PinkR
31 NATGA 2024 day 1 - Draw a Pony holding her ground(s) - C_||_R
Princess Luna considers trying a new brand!
32 Day One - Standing - Caneighdian
Thanks for another awesome year of NATG! It's been a while, but I'm excited to try the challenge again. - Phoebe <3 span="">3>
33 Standing in for year 5 - Termyotter
Okay, getting into year 5 of this I'm not sure I can come up with new ideas, so a wee bit cynical start.
34 Holding ground - Termyotter
Well, part of the prompt was "holding ground" so went totally literal with it.
35 NATG XIV Day 1: Password - AceBlazewing
Cookie may be proud to have a clever little niece like Pastel, but sometimes she can be a little TOO sharp, like when her chubby aunt is stuck in her own doorway. =P
36 Sparklehorse - Tori
37 Sunset Shimmer gets back to Equestria - glitchedwoody
38 Archive - Equestria Exploration
Prior to her career in storytelling, A. K. Yearling, briefly worked as a researcher for the 'National Archives for Equestrian Artifacts and Ponthropology'...
40 Bookhorse - Chronomyre
42 Day 1 - SqueezyMouse - squeezymouse
No DA but I upload everything to Derpibooru due to anxiety.I also mistook the days, thought yesterday was like the day we were supposed to upload, and then drew it in like 30 minutes, hahaha oh im a wreck
43 2024 ATG #1: Fanart: MLP G1 Glory - Blackblade360
Heres my Derpibooru gallery just in case: https://derpibooru.org/profiles/Blackblade360
44 CloudZilla - Adit
Plus ULTRA
45 Taut - SkulltanEve
This is my first drawing in five or so years and my first ever drawing on a computer. It's not meant to be any pony in particular.
46 My Ponysona - Absolea
47 Elise holding her ground against Queen Crysalis - Faery Elise
I wanted to shade more and change the colours of the inking, but ran out of time.When I read "Draw a pony holding their ground" this is the first that popped in my mind. The pony is my oc/sona. Basically me.
48 Long Day and Short Night - Novaintellus
Why's he so tall and hot, it makes my job hard
50 Equestria - Arcane Thunder
52 There are many ways for a pony to stand - Chira
53 Jar of ground - 32232232
57 Holding Grounds - Frith
S'up? Holding my grounds. Barely.
58 Check Point - AnimatorWil
59 Bad Legal Joke No. 1 - Optimistic Neighsayer
60 NATG Day 1 - peachyraccoonsart
61 NATG 2024-01: Stand - phallen1
Think about direction; wonder why you haven't before.
62 The Reassurance of Miss Sparkle - spicyricexxiv
“Dont you fret, I’m here to help all the way”
65 Grogar's Game - Party Queue - Khazard
Grogar's Quest, a fantasy world to quest to your heart's content. Through the use of magic, a new game has been made for ponies to enter an entirely new world full of adventure and whimsy. Five ponies have entered the queue and been put together into a party. Will they succeed? Only one way to find out...
66 A Pony Standing - Taichi
Tai takes a moment to enjoy the view from Artist Point, where he can see Ponyville down below, and the lofty castle of Canterlot in the mountains. Just standing in this spot, he can feel the flow of inspiration in his hooves as he starts on another creative journey.
