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PoniesPlus is a group dedicated to collecting and promoting a premium selection of the finest My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic art that deviantART has to offer. Unlike other My Little Pony groups, PoniesPlus is a gated community and membership is only granted to those who we think are the more talented artists in the MLP-FiM fandom. You can watch us to receive our new selections in your message center.
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Founded 2 Years ago
Mar 28, 2011

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346 Members
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Welcome to Ponies Plus!

#PoniesPlus is a group dedicated to collecting and promoting a premium selection of the finest My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic art that deviantART has to offer. Unlike other My Little Pony groups, #PoniesPlus is a gated community and membership is only granted to those who we think are the more talented artists in the MLP-FiM fandom. You can watch us to receive our new selections in your message center. If you do not plan to submit anything, just watch us.

Becoming a member
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:pointr: Membership in #PoniesPlus grants you the privilege to submit art to our group. Membership is limited to those we see fit for the group. You can watch us regardless of membership.
:pointr: You can apply for membership by clicking "Join our group". This is a gated community, so give us a little introduction about yourself to convince us. Linking to what you think is your best work is highly recommended.
:pointr: Our panel of admins will review and vote upon your application. Empty applications will receive automatic no-votes.
:pointr: Make sure that you have something to show, we're not looking for "I'm planning to do pony art", make some pony art first and then apply for membership.


Rules of conduct
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:pointr: We're all here because we're a fan of a show about magical ponies and friendship, in other words, use common sense when commenting in this group. No drama please.
:pointr: If you have a question, you can send us a note directly, or post it in the comment section if you're comfortable sharing it in public.
:pointr: #PoniesPlus reserves the right to moderate the comments posted within the group limits.


The content
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#PoniesPlus aims to provide a finer selection of art, as we believe there are already quite some groups out there that have a lower level of entry. This means that our submission policy is much stricter than you may be used of in other groups. The most important thing to remember here is that we're not here to put every single piece of your work in our gallery, only the very best.

We accept
:pointr: Deviations that depict the characters from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.
:pointr: The artwork must be of high quality; finished, polished and something you're proud of.
:pointr: We also accept humanizations or other depictions of the characters.
:pointr: We do accept OCs, which are, in turn, subject to the same criteria.

We do not accept
:pointr: Fan art to other generations of My Little Pony, this means that G4 renditions of past generations are welcome.
:pointr: Effortless work, simple sketches.
:pointr: Anything that's drawn on lined paper, or poorly scanned or photographed. We put a lot of value in overall presentation.
:pointr: Work in progresses, this group is to feature the finished work, that includes everything that "feels" unfinished such as line art.
:pointr: Fan fiction.
:pointr: We do not accept anything that is marked as mature (or ought to be).
:pointr: We run a policy of not accepting official artwork and direct derivatives of official artwork, which includes screenshots or vector traces of screenshots. If such a deviations differentiates itself by doing something that makes it unique and original, we are willing to make an exception.


Submission policy
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Only members can submit art to #PoniesPlus. All members are obliged to follow the following rules.

:pointr: You can submit seven deviations per week, you can also submit work by other deviants.
:pointr: Please make sure to submit your deviation to the right folder. Each folder contains a description of its contents and its folder-specific criteria.
:pointr: Your submission will be reviewed by a panel of admins. The admins have the final word. Do not resubmit your deviation once it is rejected.
:pointr: If we notice that you keep resubmitting a previously rejected deviation, we WILL revoke your membership, or ban you from this group if the situation calls for it.
:pointr: When we discover that a deviation that resides in our gallery is put in storage, it will be removed as soon as possible. For it to return to the gallery, it needs to be public and go through the submission process again.


Affiliation policy
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Anyone can submit an affiliation request. Much like membership requests, they need to be accompanied by an introduction explaining why our groups should affiliate. More information on our affiliation policy can be found in our terms of service.


For more details on how we run this group, please consult our terms of service.
Ladies and gentlemen, here's your neighborhood group founder =TheArtrix with a special announcement.

As some of you may have noticed, the group has come to a crawl in the past few months, mostly due to a decreasing number of available admins. So we're opening a few new admin positions for you to fill. We have four positions open, so don't be shy to apply. Here's what we are looking for.

:pointr: Hands-on experience moderating deviantART groups. While this isn't mandatory, it is highly desirable, since Ponies Plus uses a lot of deviantART's group functionality, so it is good when you're familiar with them.
:pointr: Fan of My Little Pony, friendship is magic, obviously.
:pointr: An eye for good art, and able to explain why you think something is good art. A favorites gallery showing a quality collection of pony art is highly recommended.
:pointr: You don't necessarily have to be an artist, but typically, it helps. Still, art connoisseurs are very welcome as well.
:pointr: Online daily, or at least most days of the week.

If being part of our little elitist treehouse club of snobbish pony art connoisseurs sounds like a good idea to you, please send this group a note, leave a comment in the comment section or by other means of your preference. Once we have found our new moderators, they will be announced in a journal post. If you have applied for this position earlier, it will suffice to just announce your availability and we'll go over your past application.

In other news, the admins and I are going to review our current policy on plushies due to the increasing amount that is being submitted and approved. It has been pointed out numerous times that plushies seem to get a "free pass" and we may want to become more critical when it comes to such deviations.

Also, with the release of the Equestria Girls trailer, we will have to decide how to handle this franchise. This too will be discussed internally before coming out with an official statement.

Enjoy the rest of your regularly scheduled day.
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:iconanightlypony:
=aNIGHTLYpony 3 days ago  Student General Artist
Hello there, my artwork [link] ( <- this one) got featured on EQD [link] . Any chance you might feature it in your gallery?
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:iconfairy-slayer:
Вам нужна помощь понимание Английский лучше? Если вы хотите представить изображения для considertation затем примите наше приглашение стать членом.

В противном случае вы просто в раздражает.
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*ImmortalTanuki Apr 29, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
There have been an awful lot of plushies added lately. Like... a lot. There's at least one every time I check my box including this morning. Don't get me wrong. Plushies are great and some are incredibly impressive. Others that have made it in, however, are basically bland; more like a nod that making plushies is difficult, but the plush itself isn't anything spectacular. I feel the quality in that department has slacked and would like to see criteria stiffened a bit in the plush department.
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=Tridgeon Apr 29, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
Thanks for the feedback! We get a lot of plushes submitted to be in the group, and being a three dimensional media it can be a tricky media to vote on. Personally I try to prioritize my yes no votes based on
Overall shape (lumpy, or shaped like a pony?)
quality of eyes/cutie mark
quality of accessories
quality of photograph
in this order... honestly the cream of the crop of plushes can be determined by the first characteristic alone, and I have voted 'yes' on plushies for just being amazingly well shaped.

I know its a long response to a simple statement, but I wanted you to have an idea of how we are operating before letting you know that, with your feedback in mind, I'll certainly be voting a tad harder on plushies.
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*ImmortalTanuki Apr 29, 2013  Hobbyist General Artist
Hey, I totally appreciate it. I'm not complaining, really. I've been impressed by some of the plushies. And others have left me pondering why they were there. Granted, I couldn't make a plushie to save my life. :)

Thank you for the response!
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*siriasly Apr 29, 2013  Professional General Artist
I just wanted to stop by and say thanks for featuring some of my work, you guys are great :)
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:icontsitra360:
Would my sketch project "102 ponies" Be considered in this group? [link]
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:iconfairy-slayer:
Basically, what he said. We take final works. Pretty terrific though, especially Dash's annoyance when comparing wing sizes. :D
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=Tridgeon Apr 23, 2013  Hobbyist Traditional Artist
while very impressive, I don't think this could be considered a finished work. Most of these sketches if inked and colored (or finished though some other artistic means) would probably do very well in the voting though!
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~janiegodesspony Apr 20, 2013  New member Student Digital Artist
hi im janie
deviantART muro drawing Comment Drawing
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