Hey, everypony! It's time for our very first weekly giveaway contest, from our very first Featured Artist: MadPonyScientist! If you don't win this first contest don't worry...there are 11 more weekly contests to follow featuring 11 more sculptors!With rich colors, soft lines, big googly eyes and a fluid, animated quality, MadPonyScientist's sculptures are some of the most popular ponies here on DeviantArt!Aside from being one of the most prolific pony sculptors, MPS has incredible versatility - just look at some of those commissioned works and OC's! Luna definitely gets the royal treatment with this sculptor - tiny or massive, majestic or playful, she can be seen adorned with crystals, socks, and even fishnet stockings!MadPonyScientist is unique in creating sculpted-on modifications to ordinary objects. The result? Pony cuckoo clocks. Pony carousels. It's the science of ponification!It's hard to believe that someone who has completed SO MANY SCULPTURES has only been sculpting about a year! How'd that happen, MadPonyScientist? "I looked at a pony sculpture on eBay a little over a year ago and said to myself, 'I can do that.' So I got some Sculpey and picked a picture I liked and about 30 hours later I had this :It was as close as I could get to the picture...even the purple Luna as she was in the picture. I thought it was pretty good considering it was the first thing I had ever sculpted in my life. Since then it has been trial and error. Learning new things as I went. A lot of stumbles along the way which, a lot of the time, were probably from my own stubbornness in not wanting to use tools and doing things my own way. Of course, along the way I had to try to make my stuff stand out so I decided to be the weird sculptor in the group and make crazy things like talking Lunas, very large Lunas, a Fluttershy cuckoo clock, a My Little Pony Foosball game, carousels, merry go rounds and just a bunch of weird things which prompted me to get the username MadPonyScientist. I have been fortunate enough to have had my crazy stuff get their own feature on Equestria Daily on 3 separate occasions which was awesome!!! I'm sure I could have been a lot better if I had taken some classes but I like learning things on my own. My biggest challenge is a lack of patience. If I can't make a pony in 2 or 3 days I have a really hard time finishing it! So here I am today, still making ponies and trying to do better with each but still fighting my lack of patience. This community has been so awesome and I have made a lot of good friends. It has been a great journey to where I am today."There you have it, fillies and gentlecolts! MadPonyScientist? More like MadPonyGENIUS.Now, on to theCONTEST DETAILS:Enter to win a sculpture from MadPonyScientist! is generously offering this week's pony giveaway prize - a custom pony commission!The prize is for any one pony from the show (Mane 6, side character or background pony) or basic OC, Mare or Filly.Will do Princess ponies but only as fillies.No clothing or accessories.*Winner is responsible for shipping cost. Artist will contact the winner with additional details.Thanks for reading, thanks for watching, and best of luck!