GET OUT OF MY BASEMENT!

This time the task is to: "Draw a pony beside themselves with emotion (of your choice) // Draw a pony who is over the moon". Hmmm, anguish and ecstasy. Or space travel. We know Major Tom's a junky. How about a ride on Princess Luna's back?

As always, draw (or sculpt or do a photo-montage), host the image of what you made in an online gallery and drop the URL into the submission form here, it's live. King Grimlock does not specifying the prompt in the submitter, but otherwise it's the usual: you can enter five different images per prompt. The maximum resolution is 2000x2000 pixels, so chose a link from your gallery that points to a version of your image that does not exceed 2,000 pixels on either side. Also, don't exceed 4 Mb per picture or the poniloader will plotz and choke on your picture. MLPforums and Discord work as image hosts in a pinch, although I think that there's an expiry date on those options. Xitter works somehow, it looks like Mastodon does, probably Bluesky as well, if you're savvy and Imgur apparently works too. I use Flickr. The pictures will be visible on EqD along with the next task at 9 PM (MST) on June 16th. KG threw me a wobbler last time, using an URL ending with a unguessable number but maybe this time it will be this: https://www.equestriadaily.com/2025/06/newbie-artist-training-grounds-xv_16.html .

So be sure to get your drawings in well before 9 PM Mountain Standard Time (or midnight Eastern Daylight Savings Time and 5 AM UTC). The grace period should give you at least two extra days and KG goes back to edit in the late submissions, usually around the same time he posts the next prompt. KG can and does change the close date on the submitter and keeps just two active at any given moment. I don't think there will be any late submission catch-up days in this NATG.

Off topic submissions, more than was usual in past years, are showing up in the gallery. That's because King Grimlock is also posting what Calpain is prompting on Bluesky in his fringe NATG and people have been hybridizing this NATG with it. Calpain's prompts today are pony getting ahead of themselves / pony being too hasty. How the hell do you draw that? All I can think of is the result of too much haste: a nasty injury or death.

King Grimlock is trotting out the tired writting prompt idioms. At least it's not a walk/run idiom. This time the task is to: "Draw a pony taking a leap of faith // Draw a pony jumping to conclusions". So, who's this suicide pony named "Faith"? Why dron't they just bridge the gap to the town of Conclusions?

As always, draw (or sculpt or do a photo-montage), host the image of what you made in an online gallery and drop the URL into the submission form here, it's live. King Grimlock does not specifying the prompt in the submitter, but otherwise it's the usual: you can enter five different images per prompt. The maximum resolution is 2000x2000 pixels, so chose a link from your gallery that points to a version of your image that does not exceed 2,000 pixels on either side. Also, don't exceed 4 Mb per picture or the poniloader will plotz and choke on your picture. MLPforums and Discord work as image hosts in a pinch, although I think that there's an expiry date on those options. Xitter works somehow, it looks like Mastodon does, probably Bluesky as well, if you're savvy and Imgur apparently works too. I use Flickr. The pictures will be visible on EqD along with the next task at 9 PM (MST) on June 12th. My guess was right last time! So, I think that it will be this: https://www.equestriadaily.com/2025/06/newbie-artist-training-grounds-xv_12.html .

So be sure to get your drawings in well before 9 PM Mountain Standard Time (or midnight Eastern Daylight Savings Time and 5 AM UTC). The time before last King Grimlock was at least an hour early taking what had been submitted so far and compiling it into the gallery posted with the next prompt announcement. I missed that deadline. But the grace period is at least two extra days and KG goes back to edit in the late submissions, usually around the same time he posts the next prompt. This time the submitter isn't set to close for prompt 6 until June 14th and the grace period will probably end then, when KG posts prompt 8. That's the pattern at the moment. KG can and does change the close date on the submitter and keeps just two active at any given moment. I don't think there will be any late submission catch-up days in this NATG.

Off topic submissions, more than was usual in past years, are showing up in the gallery. That's because King Grimlock is also posting what Calpain is prompting on Bluesky in his fringe NATG and people have been hybridizing this NATG with it. It could really be a mixed bag this time since at Calpain's end it's a makeup day. KG didn't list all Calpain's prompts.

Would you believe, the 5th prompt requests: "Draw a pony sprinting // Draw a pony running for their lives". We're still stuck at prompt 2, pony on the move and walking the walk! The record is skipping something fierce. Run to the hills, it's Iron Maiden!

As always, draw (or sculpt or do a photo-montage), host the image of what you made in an online gallery and drop the URL into the submission form here, it's live. King Grimlock does not specifying the prompt in the submitter, but otherwise it's the usual: you can enter five different images per prompt. The maximum resolution is 2000x2000 pixels, so chose a link from your gallery that points to a version of your image that does not exceed 2,000 pixels on either side. Also, don't exceed 4 Mb per picture or the poniloader will plotz and choke on your picture. MLPforums and Discord work as image hosts in a pinch, although I think that there's an expiry date on those options. Xitter works somehow, it looks like Mastodon does, probably Bluesky as well, if you're savvy. I use Flickr and Imgur apparently works too. The pictures will be visible on EqD along with the next task at 9 PM (MST) on June 10th. The URL pattern is changing each time but since I'm keen to guess, I think that it will be this: https://www.equestriadaily.com/2025/06/newbie-artist-training-grounds-xv_10.html . I think KG isn't taking notes, he's back to using the calendar date. I wouldn't put any money on my guess.

So be sure to get your drawings in well before 9 PM Mountain Standard Time (or midnight Eastern Daylight Savings Time and 5 AM UTC). The time before last King Grimlock was at least an hour early taking what had been submitted so far and compiling it into the gallery posted with the next prompt announcement. I missed that deadline. But the grace period is at least two extra days and KG goes back to edit in the late submissions, usually around the same time he posts the next prompt. This time the submitter isn't set to close for prompt 5 until June 13th, so this time the grace period could be 5 days past the deadline, but don't bet on it. The funny/brave face prompt submitter got closed suddenly last night, KG switched the close date from June 15 to June 7, causing it to close (but not dump my 'brave face' submission). I don't think there will be any late submission catch-up days in this NATG.

Off topic submissions, more than was usual in past years, are showing up in the gallery. That's because King Grimlock is also posting what Calpain is prompting on Bluesky in his fringe NATG and people have been hybridizing this NATG with it. So look out for ponies: "watching time fly by" or "stuck in the past".

This time it's: "Draw a pony trotting // Draw a pony on a scenic walk ". It's like we're back to prompt 2, pony on the move and walking the walk. It's déjà vu all over again. I should draw a pony dragging a cut-out of a walking pony from the previous prompt.

As always, draw (or sculpt or do a photo-montage), host the image of what you made in an online gallery and drop the URL into the submission form here, it's live. King Grimlock is still not specifying a prompt there, but otherwise it's as expected: you can enter five different images per prompt. The maximum resolution is 2000x2000 pixels, so chose a link from your gallery that points to a version of your image that does not exceed 2,000 pixels on either side. Also, don't exceed 4 Mb per picture or the poniloader will plotz and choke on your picture. MLPforums and Discord work as image hosts in a pinch, although I think that there's an expiry date on those options. Xitter works somehow, it looks like Mastodon does, probably Bluesky as well. I use Flickr and Imgur is said to work too. The pictures will be visible on EqD along with the next task at 9 PM (MST) on June 8th. The URL pattern is changing each time but since I'm keen to guess, I think that it will end in -xv-prompt-5.html . Ha! no. It ended up being this: https://www.equestriadaily.com/2025/06/newbie-artist-training-grounds-xv_8.html . 8 for June 8th.

So be sure to get your drawings in well before 9 PM Mountain Standard Time (or midnight Eastern Daylight Savings Time and 5 AM UTC). Last time King Grimlock was at least an hour early taking what had been submitted so far and compiling it into the gallery posted with the next prompt announcement. I missed that deadline. Eventually KG will go back and edit in the late submissions, but it could be a while. The grace period is getting longer, the submitter isn't set to close for prompt 4 until June 25th! That's, like, 16 days past the deadline. I don't think there will be any late submission catch-up days in this NATG.

Off topic stuff is showing up in the gallery, apparently since King Grimlock also posts the current prompts Calpain is putting up on Bluesky. As a result, there is much romance in the mix.

Onwards: "Draw a pony making a funny expression // Draw a pony putting on a brave face ". Oh! What's this? Maybe KG got my email! There is an idiom but mostly those are art prompts! The submitter for the previous prompt is open until June 7th so late submission are possible, the late submissions will be added to the posted gallery some time later. It was 2 days later for the first prompt pair.

As always, draw (or sculpt or do a photo-montage), host the image of what you made in an online gallery and drop the URL into the submission form here, it's live. King Grimlock forgot to specify a prompt but otherwise it's as expected: you can enter six different images per prompt. The maximum resolution is 2000x2000 pixels, so chose a link from your gallery that points to a version of your image that does not exceed 2,000 pixels on either side. Also, don't exceed 4 Mb per picture or the poniloader will plotz and choke on your picture. MLPforums and Discord work as image hosts in a pinch, although I think that there's an expiry date on those options. Xitter works somehow, it looks like Mastodon does, probably Bluesky as well. I use Flickr and Imgur is said to work too. The pictures will be visible on EqD along with the next task at 9 PM (MST) on June 6th, here: https://www.equestriadaily.com/2025/06/newbie-artist-training-grounds-xv.html

So be sure to get your drawings in before 9 PM Mountain Standard Time (or midnight Eastern Daylight Savings Time and 5 AM UTC) June 6th to get posted when to next prompt pair appears, otherwise it could be a while: this time KG set the submitter to close on June 15th!