BronyMike's Trixie Pinecone Challenge!

There was an art station at Festival of Friendship a couple weeks ago, so I figured I'd drop my usual prompt. I chatted about it with a couple artists, but I didn't see anyone actually take me up on it.

The con was nice, met a bunch of cool people and saw some fun panels and concert performances. It would be nice to someday see the other UK/Europe conventions, but travel is expensive and I could only attend this one because it happened to line up with an existing trip.

Finally a submission! And with some very impressive anatomy. Whatever she's up to, Realistic Trixie seems to be having a good ol' time.

The other one from Vanhoover this year! I did some white-balancing on this pic, the raw was weirdly blue. This one was in a book where Timsplosion was gathering drawings from con attendees.

I wasn't really sure what I was gonna do with this one and I think Trixie's doing some sort of power squat while trying to jam a pinecone in her face.

As a side-note, I've been posting these weekly on Tuesdays for well over a year now, but the backlog's running out again. If I suddenly stop posting, it means we've run dry! Contact some artist friends and get them to submit more!

I didn't set up an art station at Vanhoover Pony Expo 2026 like I did last year, but a couple artists were taking drawings from people, so I figured I'd contribute some Trixcone to their collections!

I put out the request, and the talented SaxN3ko delivered!

Something about the angle and proportions are very satisfying in this one. I like the crumbs around the mouth, and Starlight's reaction is hilarious. Thanks Sax!

SaxN3ko's Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/saxn3ko.bsky.social

It's not Trixie, but a pinecone's being eaten, so I'm putting it on the list!

This was drawn at the Everfree Northwest 2025 Draft Horses panel. These panels are always a fun collaboration, where four artists take audience suggestions, workshop an idea, and turn it into a comic in real-time, each doing one panel.

Draft Horses is a collection of MLP artists, and they posted this comic here: https://bsky.app/profile/drafthorses.bsky.social/post/3m6iewbn3722k

The contributing artists for this comic were - Punkitt - Balileart - Moozua - TheRealAkiNeko

The whole panel was recorded here:

I went to the panel and sat next to a friend who knows that I'm behind the Trixcone thing. I wasn't going to suggest anything to the artists, but my pal decided to bring up the pinecones, and it turned into a pretty fun comic.

A while into the video, around 1:09:30, the artists start discussing pinecones and it turns into a discussion about the backstory of Trixie Eating Pinecones. I eventually raise my hand, out myself as the guy behind Trixcone, and attempt to give some backstory to this whole thing.

This one was drawn by Oxfordinary, AKA Lost Marbles!

It's an absolutely gorgeous watercolour with a lot of great details. I like the Bit currency symbol and the moth on the pinecone vending machine. The glow on the front of Trixie is really well done. I'm curious about the extra layer of material for the coin and the sign, if they're covering up mistakes or spills or something.

The linework is just beautiful, from the details on her clothes to the sparse background elements like the grass and bricks.

I couldn't close off the Everfree Northwest 2025 roundup without including some "trixcone-in-spirit" pictures!

The top one is Fluttershy's new band "Flutters & the Pinecones" - Her and her two pinecone bandmates are singing a cover of Fallout Boy's "Dance, Dance" and seem to be having fun with it! Only time will tell if Trixie does something to sabotage them at the next battle of the bands.

...Perhaps something like becoming a lamp? If I understand the story correctly, the second pic's artist drew Trixie eating a pinecone, their friend pointed out how her hat looked like a lampshade, and they decided to turn her fully into a lamp. And then made it clear that the lamppost is part of her hat, and she wasn't stabbed by it.

It's great to see the creativity of these both!

The top one may be the same "nost" as this submission from Vanhoover 2025. I can't make out the signature on the second one, but whoever it is, they evidently have two math degrees!

And finally, we round out our Everfree Northwest 2025 Trixie Pinecone collection with an exquisite dinner drawn by Techno Babble.

Some fun details to this one. Octavia's always nice, and Lyra's sitting human-style AND appears to have a hand instead of a hoof up on her harp. It looks like Trixie's using her magic to prep her napkin/bib before chowing down.

I'll follow this up with a couple Trixcone-adjacent posts from the convention, but this post marks a full year of weekly Trixie Pinecone posts going up on Tuesdays at 9AM Pacific. I'm glad there were enough artists willing to engage with this stupid prompt to keep it up.

The queue's getting pretty thin, but I'll continue to post anything new that fits the format. Thank you everyone for your contributions, and please, keep drawing!

You are what you eat, I suppose.

(I feel like I've made that joke about literal-pinecone-Trixcone before, but what else is there to say?)

I like her little sign, I like the hat and horn. I think this artist made another piece of work, and then noticed the Trixcone prompt and decided to draw this, either on the back or on a separate piece of paper.

Trixie has unleashed the beast within. No tree is safe from her massive iron jaws and scorpion-like tail.

Correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe this one was drawn by my friend lily, who was nice enough to lend me their giant Alicorn Twilight plushie to use on my concert set at Everfree Northwest 2025.

Their work was previously featured here: https://trixieeatingpinecones.tumblr.com/post/793592584047034368/in-the-last-moments-of-the-con-i-pressured-my-pal

Look at this fun little stick-pony Trixie! Complete with her classic "AMGIC" cutie mark. She's got a simple happy expression and is using her magic, what more could you want?

Eyyy it's loophoof!

Always fun to hang out with him at the musicians' table, and I'm glad I got him to make an early submission to the EFNW2025 Trixcone art collection. Personally, I read her expression as one of inexplicable shock and awe.

Thanks for participating!

NOM!

I think this one captures Trixie's original personality pretty well. Something about the expression and how the eyelashes are drawn evokes the impatient arrogance she often exudes.

I haven't rewatched the whole show, but I think she got zanier over time, getting into hijinks or having lower stakes to her arrogance. That lends itself well to pinecone-eating, but it's good to have some pics that capture the more self-important "what do you want?" vibe that she had earlier on.

This EFNW2025 submission was delightful! Such a nice expression, and I really like the use of colour. The sparkles and faint swirls all around the picture really add some extra depth and life to it.

Here was a fun little number. I wasn't sure which direction it was supposed to be oriented, but I figure the hat's on the ground next to her, and Trixie's a weird little blob holding the pinecone upward.

It's also fun seeing the crayon-testing marks on some of these pages, my crappy supplies aren't always particularly reliable.

Equestria's tabloids have gotten out of hand! Let her enjoy her pastime in peace.