This was originally drawn for the 2022 Newbie Artist Training Grounds.

Day 18: Draw a pony dreaming / Draw a pony letting their mind wander.

This is Tough Cookie’s rival, Beryl. She owns a jewelry shop in Canterlot, and is quite materialistic and self-centered. She and Cookie have never seen eye-to-eye. She loves to brag to Cookie about how her business is more profitable and popular than the antique shop Cookie runs, how she has a rich boyfriend while Cookie’s still single, how she’s in better shape than Cookie, and other petty comparisons. Cookie just finds her annoying, and dislikes how she’ll sometimes purchase old and valuable artifacts and repurpose them into new jewelry, which she sees as an insult to the memory of the original craftsmanship and history behind those artifacts. Whenever Beryl starts on one of her egotistical rants, Cookie just tunes her out until she’s done.