I'm very unhappy with my panting/shading skills, so I'm going to attempt to digitally paint every few nights with a random pony (using MyLittleWiki.org to choose). If anyone wants to participate, they may! This may also be an opportunity to give less-known/appreciated ponies some fanart.
Tonight was Flurry! The whole piece is a giant mess, but I had fun on it, at least? I'll try different shading and coloring styles to see what fits best.
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Perhaps this will push me to stretch my boundaries and learn more. 

(apologies in advance for cellphone pictures!)
It turns out I live ridiculously close to an artsy shopping district, y'know, the ones with vintage stores and botiques. My friend went there a week or two ago and had showed me a pony shelf in a store. The prices were high, but I wanted to exhaust them of their stash. It was $12 dollars per pony, with the only G1 being Peachy and the rest common G3's that seemed WAY overpriced.
Thing is, she didn't tell me where she got the pony, she just said that it was in that shopping district. After weaving through many stores with dusty antiques, I found a small toy shop on the other side of the town. NOT where she found the pony, but looked very promising! I swear I had been in there before, but they didn't have any older ponies, just some G4 tins and a card set.
Of course, this was a "no pictures" store, but there were quite a few uncommon G1s! I scooped up three and promised to return to exhaust them of their supply. There was no wi-fi or mobile connection, so I couldn't do on-the-spot price checking, but I'd prefer to overpay for a pony I found in store than I would pay whatever shipping eBay has and wait for at least a week.
Apologies again for the poor cell phone pictures as WELL as the abysmal lighting.
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Sunny Bunch is my first Merry-Go-Round pony! It's hard to see in the picture, but she had some metallic paint that came right off with a bit of Goof-Off (haven't seen any weird plastic effects yet...I've been rinsing them off quite a bit after usage so I'm assuming it's alright to use), and her hair cleaned up very nicely.
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I'll be honest, I'm not as big of a fan of space-related ponies. I think she's cute, but I'm not crazy about them. The lady at the shop gave her to me for 4 dollars, though! She's gonna need more work, as some of her stars have faded/shed off, and her plastic just seems so...dull to me. It's too late in the year to sunfade, so I'll have to work on her later on...
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Aaaand my favorite grab, Wave Runner! I've been attached to this girl since I first saw her, so I feel very blessed to find her so close to home. She's got some sticky spot on her I'll work with when I'm not working every evening...
I didn't end up buying any other ponies from the overpriced store, but my friend and I plan to go back to that store and pick up a few other ponies! They've got a perfume puff as well as a twinkle eye (one that came with a set, I believe? Where are her friends, though?) that I'll have to pick up on Friday.