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ATG Day 2: ponies moving. Who moves better than Miss Pie herself?

It’s that time of year again: Equestria Daily’s Artist Training Grounds!

Today’s subject was ponies standing/chilling. So here’s the best pony of all, taking a much deserved apple break. 

Last year was the first I’d ever heard of this event, and since I’d just started drawing horse a few months prior, I was nowhere NEAR confident enough to even think about participating. In hindsight, I almost wish I had, but fear and low self esteem are a helluva combination, especially when you see all the other amazing artwork that gets posted. I completely disregarded the fact that it was meant to be practice, that I’m simply one of thousands of artists out there striving to be better. I am by no means a professional artist, but I’d like to think I’ve reached a point where I can provide guidance to other aspiring talents (even if it’s just ponies). It’s the least I can do to repay the kindness and generosity of this awesome community.

Huh. I promise I’ll try not to be so wordy with these in the future. Onward!

I was watching the latest AMWDW, and got inspired to sketch the good doctor himself.

It’s hard to put into words how much of an impact Dr. Wolf has had on this fandom. How? He listens. Take a moment to think about how meaningful that is. How many times have you needed someone to just listen to your problem? Not try to solve it, not analyze you…just let you speak, and gently guide you to the answer to your dilemma on your own? The man (wolf?) has the patience of a saint, our fandom’s own Fred Rogers in a way, though I’m sure he’d be much to modest to ever accept that level of compliment.

“A Moment with Dr. Wolf” is one of the best parts of the brony fandom. I can almost guarantee you there’s a subject he’s touched on that you’ve dealt with, or are currently going through. Just a reminder that you’re never truly alone, no matter how tough your situation is.

Thanks, Doc. It’s good to be helping.

Commission for snake8head. It was fun helping him fine tune the design live, I’d like to stream more often. I might even implement OC design into my repertoire as another commission option, but we’ll see.

Commission for katiescootaloo. Luna has a new friend to game with.

Watching the @ncmares and @tsitra360 stream inspired me to do another Greenie. Blep.

One thing I notice about my art is that it I go through weird spurts of “genius” from time to time. That’s not meant to sound conceited, just that there are times when I feel like I draw well above my usual quality of work. I’ll look back sometimes and say “Damn, did I do that?” It’s a bit jarring, because I’ll feel like most of my past art is junk. Except for that one piece where I feel like I outdid myself. Then I get depressed when I can’t duplicate it. I know the solution is more practice, more repetition, until that benchmark becomes the norm, but sometimes you’re just not feeling it, y’know? I wish I knew how to ration my willpower better.

Anyway, NC and Tsi are awesome to the maxx, yo. I don’t need to tell you to follow them; I suspect if you’re seeing this, you already do. But I’mma tell you to do it anyway, just in case.