It was ponies that got me started. Seeing some of the fan work when I first joined the fandom around the middle of season 2, and especially some of the early askblogs like those first fandubbed by @mindlessgonzojam is what made me want to draw. I bought a cheap tablet and started drawing, and I was god awful, but it was fun. Meeting some fantastic people through tumblr helped a lot and gave me reason to continue and improve, of course.