GOODBYE 2023!!

AND HELLO 2024!

Truly one of the years... I would say I didn't post a lot, but this year has been the year I posted more art on the portal compared to the last two years (If you count 1 old post). I'm thankful I got to participate in a few projects given the amount of stress I was under at the beginning of the year; middle of the year wasn't too good either but quite a lot of good things came out from that pressure, so it wasn't that bad! This post will sound kinda brain dumpy!

In SUMMARY:

Snake Dragon Project Update?!

Beginning near January @kcj567 & I had started cracking down on the SnakeDragon Animation project. It has gone through multiple limbos, and it still will, but we are determined to finish it before the rest of the other projects.

Here's a news post I made about the whole situation for more detail:

Got a cool carrot to chase, again! - by devoidgazer (newgrounds.com)

It is, fortunately, still making progress with the entire color script done *!

(soon)*

here's a snippet :p

Before the start of the year and throughout was my complete obsession with Rain World.

I swear my entire Steam page is just 98% of RW playtime

They held a RW Art month during March and I couldn't resist. The amount of art I pushed during that month alone was the most I could do to keep a consistent schedule. Unfortunately, I could not go on through with the full month since I get distracted easily, however here are the four I did manage to finish very happy with em :)

Because of this I have a ton of AMVs in my head filling me with delusions that I can finish all of it in a week.

I consume this game. Give it a whirl and suffer with me...!

During May

PICO CROSS + Pico Day!

Ta-da!

I couldn't really make anything for Pico Day (animation wise), so I decided to collaborate with others, yeah! @Karlestonchew & @Supersam111 hosted the Pico Cross collab and many artists joined in to contribute their own piece! The end result turned out amazing!

I picked the Mario Kart theme just based off an old sketch I had sitting around gathering dust. Sometimes the best ideas are the ones you forget after a year whoops!

In terms of animation. Around June I began the

Animation Process for the El Dorado Reanimated Collab

by @WesMakowski !!!

-11 seconds of animation during a 4-month sprint *brief overview*-

I tried something new in terms of preparation. I did a couple of character mockups, did the majority of the storyboards through Photoshop instead of Animate, and for once, I tried my hand at post-production bringing a few lighting effects and just overall making the end result looking far more polished than my old animations.

It must have been the lack of animating because I completely underestimated how time-consuming it was! Since the Hello World :) Trailer during the Jam days, I've lost the time to make full animations. I was secretly practicing the basics on a few spare days but in terms of animation output, this collab was the most I could muster while working full-time.

Which wasn't too bad really! I'm very happy with the turnout (snagged daily 3rd) + managed to get over my fear of drawing bodies haha.

Can't wait for the full project to come about! Be on the lookout for it!

In July, I squeezed in a piece for the Love Me NG Contest!

The team behind the game are some of the loveliest folks! I wish I could go to the meet up but ITS SO FAR WHYYYY ?! big L for me for the 2nd time now. Central state meetup WHEN CMON???

Try NG DATING SIM:

In September BIG BRAIN MOVE I left my job to try a tech bootcamp!

September and throughout, were a weird couple of months where I spiraled into insanity, and I did what I wanted to do. I completed the course and now I am certified UX giga chad. HURRAH! NOT YET BUT I AM LOOKING FOR WORK!!!

My time is being consumedddd RAAAAA

In October @JAAS420 made a Fire Emblem Inspired Game!

The demo is out! MY HOMIE MADE IT!

Baby's first game so proud. EARTHBO- I mean WARBOUND!

Warbound Demo is OUT! - by JAAS420 (newgrounds.com)

It is still being updated! But please give it a whirl!

pixel art curtesy of KCJ just look at him... ᵇᵉᶦⁿᵍ ᶠʳᵘᶦᵗʸ

After September...

Everything cooled off. November came and went. Not much to go off on near the end of the year in terms of projects other than I do have important personal work to do for my job search etc. This next year will be busy for sure.

- End of Summary-

SIKE, YOU THOUGHT

how could I end it off without saying a few resolutions right?!

POSSIBLE 2024 STUFF I WANNA DO? SO....

I started writing?!

During the year I did a couple of drawings here and there sure, BUT did you know I also started writing this year...?

BROS. I began my brain dumping of stories within multiple docs and I am going to be honest with yall. Writing is like... SUPER THERAPEUDIC? Why did no one tell me? I ᴀᴍ ɢᴏɪɴɢ ɪɴsᴀɴᴇ ɪɴ ᴀ ɢᴏᴏᴅ ᴡᴀʏ!

I love comics! It might be my delusions again but for long-term projects I want to have this for myself. I have a ton of ideas for stories but the time I give them is extremely limited to just typing words in a doc. However, I feel very strong about these two so far...

- Concept Idea for an Original Comic

I began a concept for an original comic idea that started during August. This one feels shorter than the concept below so this might be THE story for sometime next year, if it does happen!

Here's the premise:

Hidden away within the dark reaches of the wicked forest of the west, countless rumors and legends from the passing villagers state of a treacherous beast with an appetite so tremendous it devoured entire villages without leaving a single trace behind. As black as the night sky, extending claws as long as an elk's horns and an all-seeing eye that could predict your death, words such as this could not scare young nomadic Palpo, who’s expertise in traversing terrible terrains in search of food, water and temporary shelter from the harshness of life’s challenges, gives him unyielding resolve in traversing one of the most warned areas for travel. Given these legends are as old as time, his encounter with the creature itself, as much as an impossible imagination for him it was, left him terribly dumbfounded to meet the creature’s demands as that could mean the difference between life or death.

NO PROMISES though BUT Happy to say that there is a beginning and ending! It should be short and sweet.

- Concept for a Fancomic

Eating me for the past 9 months+ is this fan-story concept based off the events after Pico's School crossover with 'a funny game'. It's REALLY embarrassing for me to share this one! It feels silly to be so into this... fancomic idea?

The only thing I have made anything public about it was this post for context:

Believe me when I say I WANT to talk more about it, but I can't let myself get delusions or else it will never happen. This thing is looking to be a long-term project. For the new year I want to have at least 1 page uploaded based off this concept. A good goal for my short attention span. There's still broken ends and plot holes I wish to clean out before I make the jump so NO PROMISES! 

I was really giddy about this one (o´〰`o)♡*✲ﾟ*

Does looking at this conglomerated mess make you feel reassured?

For all two of these stories I want to get something uploaded here. I get the mental zoomies every time I think about em.

Continue Animating but with Purpose!

It's been in the back burner, but I really want to get better at 2D animation. Want to make it a goal for me to start animating character performance, which also means I want to get better at animating lip-sync and having characters move and walk and do STUFF!

The most realistic goal is having maybe 2 months to practice a bit of dialogue depending on the length involve. I have one in WIP currently.

And finally saying goodbye to my WIPS (drawing wise). I'm dropping a few illustrations since there are so many better drawings out there. I definitely should be doing that more often. Compiling them would be nice however...

ʙᴇғᴏʀᴇ ɪ ɪᴍᴘʟᴏᴅᴇ...

Truly it was a year. I think I did what I could. I wish I could have done more but there's no point in beating yourself about it. More drawings, more work, YES please! Next year the forecast is looking rainy with a chance of my hopes and dreams!

And I dunno, I just feel it man! I have a good feeling about 2024. Yep I said it.

I love this place and the homies who reside in it ⁿᵒ ʰᵒᵐᵒ

Thanks for a great year, and cheers for a new one Newgrounds! <3 <3 <3

Keep in Touch Until Next Time...

Peace!