^^ Ha ha, yes, the pressure is largely self imposed. Although some of their schoolmates don't think highly of blank flanks.
A cutie mark in finding special talents would surely look interesting, but if that were their special talent--if they were that good at it--wouldn't they have their cutie marks now? ...Or maybe it's helping other blank flanks, such as each other, to find their talents? Well, either way, that sounds like a funny cartoon. Sometimes being in a hurry to grow up isn't a bad thing.
Oh, some things just look off to me: the sloppiness of the backgrounds, the anatomy and shading in places, the colors....I need such technology, nothing looks the way I imagined. Fortunately, the way to improve is to draw more ponies, which is a sacrifice I am all too willing to make.