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Warming up with breakfast - Slizergiy





Becuase any pony needs food before the start of the day

Sleep is for the weak. - Binky T.





This is pretty much how I warm up for the day art wise. Staying up til dawn drawing ponies.



At the time of submitting, it is 4:54 AM EST. Mistakes may or may have not made.

Wrestling is Magic: prompt #3: Wrest-hold! - Jameson Ethan





Commentator:

"Spotlight Splash isn't wasting any time with Rocket Tier, as she applies her knee-driven arm / chest stretch!

However, it looks like Rocket isn't ready to submit just yet, but Spotlight knows this just beginning, as she already done some damage to his upper body by her Spotlight Back-Splash; and now she's draining the stamina away from Rocket Tier!

Can Rocket Tier power through her wrest-hold?!



(Trained professionals, it is all part of the show, folks. In most wrestling matches, performers need to recover after a big 'bump', so a 'wrest-hold' spot will be initiated. Don't try this at home.)

-Equestria Professional Wrestling

spook rooster





weh, i dunno the difference between green and blue anymore. 13 spoop hors

Marc Fisher





I tried to color this with marker, and absolutely ruined it.

So have the original line art, and be grateful if you have digital!

/)^3^(\

16 Fresh from the Oven

RozzerTrask





Best not get too close to the fire, Fluttershy 19 Warming Up

Grayhoof





Decided to go for something a lot more simple today. I also wanted to get my practice drawing unicorns, as well as a pony from the front. 21 Magic Training

Aaron Enigma





Only want beef with the lean in it

I added the different ingredients

That's why the streets show me love

Cause I've always been feedin' 'em 27 Handburger Helper

Mirakil





Princess Celestia's all warmed up and ready to squash the rebellion! 30 Daybreaker

Zecora





Get it? "a pony stretching its limits." Eh...

That was a terrible reason to draw this :P 31 Stretch Out

Stone39





Everyone's favorite Wonderbolt is getting ready for the big show! 44 Wonderbolt Stretching

MDStw





I can't believe I can done this today...tomorrow.

Especially when I need to wake up early tomorrow ; ; 45 Mmm-Ha!

B.J. Dazzle





Now let's see how many dozens of other people interpret the prompt this way.



And I couldn't be bothered detailing Twilight's castle after writing all the math, sorry. 47 Twilight Warms Up Her Limits

Bestasus





Definitely harder to draw than the prior ones. Clearly need some more practice for more complicated stances to make them look good. Improvement shall commence! 51 Milaya's warm up katas

Ragmo





Before any sports activity make sure you're warmed up and stretched :)



She's a bit thin in the middle, but otherwhise i'm fine with it :) 61 Some stretching

Equalizer (EQ)





Yet again, hereâ€™s Sunset, getting some exercise! Sheâ€™s trying to lose some weight, because her head is too b- I MEAN she wants to be fit! Yeah, thatâ€™s it. 66 Training Day

The Commandant





I figured "warming up' meant exercising, so I went with Sangria doing her routine stretches. 67 Sangria Stretch Sketch

DarkDabula





Perhaps you should warm up before stretching, Dashi !



Hi guys !



Back at home from Galacon 2017 I am very exhausted but also very happy !

So here a simple vector piece again. Maybe I will keep that style over the whole NATG.

There is a piece for the upcoming Twilight Day I have to finish, so my time is limited ...



Hope you like the vector Dashi.



Created with Inkscape 73 NATG2017 - DAY3 - Stretching the limit

StarlytheGreat





I made this as a request from Grazie(Frost)

Hope you guys like it 77 Grazie (Frost)

Drawpones





Lo and behold, the first pony pic I ever drew, and also the first one I created digitally.

It was actually easier than expected... I just have to practice drawing legs and remember to draw cutie marks. -.-

Comments, suggestions and criticism welcome! 79 After a Hard Day of dashimg

The sqveel





The quality of these is a bit pants as im just snapping a quick pic on my phone rather than scanning.



Im rather shocked at the lack of traditional arts. Its mostly digital. Im here as part of the pen n paper patrol representing old school mediums :) 94 Warming up

Widow Peak





Her horn ached like it was about to explode. Her coat was discharging painful static into the lightning rod. Every single cell of her body screamed on agony as the hoarrowing energy caused her muscles to jolt and twitch every split second.



She had never felt better in her whole life. 96 Breaking the Limits

TallaFerroXIV





Uh, I really liked Shinodage's rendition of Lyra in some gym gear. SO here she is. 99 Pony Training

Gary Mitchelhill





Day 3 of the Artist Training Grounds - Draw a Pony Warming Up / Stretching its limits.

Well Shining Armor has over stretched his limit whilst looking after his daughter Flurry Heart who has decided to try and create a fireball which is warming up her fathers tail. Moral of the story, don't leave your children unattended if they can cast fire spells. 100 Hot Tails

AspieFluttershy





I decided to make a DeviantArt finally! 101 Reach

Oakinshield





Some ponies stretch, some ponies run, but she just sits by the fire to warm up. 107

Franzyd





I think he's really stretching the limits.

You can see a lot of erased lines in this one, and this is also done mostly out of my head 113 Game Note trying to pick a pencil

World Eater





For warming up, I decided to show some fiery fury. The result.... looks less than impressively furious. At least it's a nice almost-head-on pose?

Doing a proper head on perspective would really stretch my limits. 118 World did not like that.

EbonyCrystal1986





One of Rainbow's jobs as a weather pony is clearing the clouds, so for today's prompt, she's warming up to get ready to do just that. :3



I have to say she looks MUCH better here than she did in the other pictures I drew of her last year. Guess that anatomy practice is paying off. ^-^ 119 Warming Up

ZoneSystem





Applejack's doing some stretches to start out her day. 127 Morning Stretches

Frith





A nice hot bath warms a pony right up. The faucets on the bath in Feeling Pinkie Keen suggests that Sugarcube Corner has a boiler. Castle Hideous might also have hot water, but just in case, I supplied Twilight with a bath kettle. 128 Hot Bath

Torvusil





This certainly took a while to complete. This was my first piece done with a pony laying down. I would like to give a shoutout to the people at the EquestriaDaily Discord server, who helped me with a few anatomical issues. 131 Silly Numptie's Dumbbell Workout

HalflingPony





Pinkie may be the one stretched out, but Twilight's likely to snap first. 133 Stretching Twilight's Limits

Fluttershy_Z





Math puns, yay!

Also, still trying out the movie style, this time I also adjusted the colors to better match the trailer. We can also see the new magic style with the glowing horn. 139 Stretching Limits

Nathanael





First time drawing a Threstral/ Batpony! I'm not sure if I did the wings right, but I'm happy with how they turned out. 141 Sangria Dusk Stretch

The Lunar Dove





My OC Primrose is having her weekly sparring with the owner of Greta's Gym, which a block away from her flat. 145 Sparing with Greta

Bubbly





This was my submission for day two, but by the time I finished the outline it was 4am so...

Ah, well. 147 Warming Up to You

craftisabel





3rd day woo! did not color this one today cuz too lazy and I only have a limited amount of each color so i couldn't come up with a good combo. here ya are.look at my Tumblr for more! 149 stretching cutie

ChiraChan





Another messy sketch in an attempt to practise action and composition.



Some advice:

If you're looking to set up a scene or pose, start with very quick scribbles of the whole scene, rather than spending hours on a pony's leg before you even know what the rest of the picture looks like. A few messy lines can already get the point across. This way you can experiment more and make changes or just redraw the scene quickly if you don't like it without getting too attached to it because you put too much time into it. Once you got something you like you can still decide to clean it up further.

I'm still learning this. 155 Power

thattagen





Man, this took all day. Here's a 4-star Sunset Shimmer unit. Basically anything with fire fits the "warming up" theme. 158 Sunset the Redeemed (4-star)

BluestFlames





This is for the Artist Training Grounds On Equestria Daily!



Today's prompt was to: Draw a pony warming up / Draw a pony stretching its limits.



So I drew Saroba testing her limit 163 ATG [Day 3]

Keegan





Brain Storm tries to demonstrate his latest invention to Dry Quill. Dry Quill is not amused. 165 New Invention

Ignited Sage





Yeah, like Applejack, I was going against a uphill battle to get this done. But, hey, day three. Least I made it this far But behold...Applejack struggling to get an apple uphill, stretching her limits to the max. 167 Applejack Shrugged

Neon Streak





Disclaimer: No Sweetie Belles were harmed in the making of this picture thank you and have a good day 170 Sweetie Burn

Amber P.





A master must push her student's limits so that they may one day succeed. 175

SpindleSpice





she is not on fire 177 Cozy

Zeta





I could not finish it, I stayed in lineart T_T 184 day3

Optic Rainfall





She isn't Captain of the Wonderbolts for nothing, and this must be how she gets her wings working for flying, but I do wonder how long she can hold on with her body weight being lifted by her own wings. 191 [MLP:FiM] Wings on Rings

abzde





While dating Twilight, Dash would often stretch the limits of their relationship. Embarrassing moments like this became a daily occurrence for Twilight. 198 TwiDash Shipping

Yakoshi





A little bit of nuclear manipulation in the morning is the perfect exercise for Starlight. Just be careful? 199

Squeaky_Belle





Wow hahaha I did a joke. owo



The prompt was "Draw a pony warming up / Draw a pony stretching its limits"



This is Luna warming up using sunbutt. :V What have I done. 200 Luna warming herself up (NATG VII: Day 3)

Hailey





Rarity warming up with a cup of tea... I really like this one! 203 Rarity with tea

RhythmPixel





Certainly something, but I'm having fun doing so. Started to try drawing consistently in July actually, instead of just on and off for long periods. 204 Little Old





Good evening once again my friends! As the ATG continues, the ponies proceed to pile up and tonight was no exception. I'm happy to see the creativity of the artists participating this year is as great as ever as I noticed many of you had fun interpreting the prompt in a variety of awesome ways.That's the not the only thing I've noticed as I go through these pictures every night. For many pictures I take the time to read the description paired up with it and I can't help but find myself smiling. "This is my first time drawing a pony", "I've been out of practice for awhile, it's good to draw again", "I think I've improved over last year", "I'm having fun doing these prompts". All of these descriptions and so many more embody the essence of the training grounds: to improve, to try something you've never done before, to come back to something you enjoy, and, most importantly, to have fun!Anyhow, down to brass tacks guys! Tonight we managed to accumulate an additionalbringing us up tototal. Keep up the excellent work everyone!As for tonight's prompt we are going to see about giving you the opportunity to work on your expressions (if you haven't already) now that you've got your pony bodies moving. Expressions can be key to setting the emotional tone of a piece so I think it's good practice, for new artists and old. Thus, for tonight, I would like you all toHave a great day of drawing ahead everyone! You can find the uploader for today207