Hey everyone, been a bit since my last update hasn't it. Didn't post very much either for that matter.

So, what's going-on?

Well, not long after my last update I decided to quit my job. It was a decent job work wise, and the place did sell really good quality products...but it's just the owner's "strange behaviour" that constantly put me in a depressing mood, and after working there for more than a year with little to no changes (maybe worse too) I decided enough was enough and quit my job.

If you want to know the specifics, look here:

Straight afterwards I went and worked at my parent's cottage for a week, and occasionally doodled on my DSi

These ones here:

Just a bunch of tough physical work that pretty much left me sore for a few days. By the end everyone just wanted to go back home and relax for once [which kinda defeats the purpose of staying at a cottage for a week, but oh well]

Secret Projects

Another reason why I haven't posted much is because I was also hard at work making a drawing for one of my OC's "birthday", and for a 3DS collab.

Both of these are now finished, but one won't be released until the June 15th, and the other probably won't be released until early July.

Why didn't I start them later?

Well it's because both of them used Blender in ways that I wasn't familiar yet (one is a mix of 2D and 3D, while the other was full 3D), and I didn't want a repeat of 2022 where I kept missing my own deadlines. So I'd rather it be done as early as I can, and have a bit of breathing room for other projects that aren't so time sensitive instead of constantly crunching my ass off.

It also means I can do little teasers like this to hype things up

Sneak peek

Ooo, so mysterious! I wonder what it could be?

Well, that's all the news that happened last month, now I'm off to make myself a cake to celebrate my hard work

See you next update!

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Photography (DOWN) • WIP/Abandoned Stuff • Tips & Tricks • Technobabblery (DOWN)

...I don't know what I'm doing anymore...

I feel like I'm at a point in my life where I want to be known, and to do crazy projects...but all of that takes time, and good connections. All of which can't quite be done with my 2.5 years of art experience, even if my skill improve exponentially.

Everything (including myself) is screaming at me that I should try to turn my happy little hobby into a job, but every time I try I just get overwhelmed, confused, and stressed-out. Doesn't help that my job at the bakery is on the line too. That alone spiked my stress levels.

I genuinely don't know where I should put my focus anymore because I don't feel motivated to do any of them right now due to the constant stress I'm feeling right now.

Been running around like a chicken with its head cut off for too long, and now I think I need some time to just flop-down and stop thinking for a bit because my brain hurts. Might even do some mindless vent-art to pass the time.

I know almost all of you never read these things, so I'm essentially screaming at the void for the 500th time...

...Don't even know why I'm still even trying honestly...Guess I'm still hopeful in a way that at least one person will see this...

...but for the few that do read this...

...thank-you

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Photography (DOWN) • WIP/Abandoned Stuff • Tips & Tricks • Technobabblery (DOWN)

Haven't updated in a while have I?

Not much has been happening as of late. Just been stressed-out for a good bit as I was trying to figure things out. Which is why my drawings slowed-down drastically.

I've since calmed-down and been trying to formulate a plan, and scrounged-up enough money to build myself a new PC that I oh so desperately needed.

[Finally, I can do animations and 3D modelling without constantly micro-managing everything]

I want to ask everyone here a question:

Do you want me to do commissions now, or later in the year?

Been thinking about it for a good while now, and what's happening with my job made me panic about that too. Right now I don't feel like I ready for it, but I know that I'll never do it if I don't push myself.

I also want to know if there's even a demand for it. If a whole bunch of you want me to do commissions or other art/graphic design work, then I'll push myself to get it started. Otherwise, I'll just keep doing what I'm doing until I feel like my art has improved enough.

That's all for now. Se you next update

And Thanks for reading

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Photography (DOWN) • WIP/Abandoned Stuff • Tips & Tricks • Technobabblery (DOWN)

Just got the news that the general forum was taken down.

This means Phun Photography, and the Technobabblery Corner will be no more :(

Although these forums never had the time to blossom (especially the tech forum), their memories will live on in our hearts.

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Photography (DOWN) • WIP/Abandoned Stuff • Tips & Tricks • Technobabblery (DOWN)

Today is a bit of a special day for me, as this day 2 years ago was when I first started drawing full time!

It wasn't that long of a journey, but that journey was still a bit difficult to overcome. Mostly because I started said journey by drawing every day for one year straight, and succeeding somehow even though it demolished my sleep schedule and tore me to pieces by the end of it.

Even if my art has greatly improved since then, completing that first year was the first time I ever felt like I've accomplished something in my life (and I went to college...twice!)

Since the very beginning of this Newgrounds account I've organized playlists for all my art for my first year.

Part 1 (Day 1-174):

https://www.newgrounds.com/playlists/view/6af6151ccfe12f4fe2b42f6c3c9645f5

Part 2 (Day 175-268):

https://www.newgrounds.com/playlists/view/fa8c86277fe0850ad3d173efab2704d4

Part 3 (Day 269-356):

https://www.newgrounds.com/playlists/view/407c7412551d4be3ab1154bf029323e6

Part 4 (Day 357-365):

https://www.newgrounds.com/playlists/view/a2c38bacfb7afe8f8ca3f6dc1fb56862

What makes that year different from the rest is I wrote extensive notes, and journaled all my thoughts throughout the entire year. Some of these notes can really help motivate new artists too.

Give it a look at the very least.

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Photography • WIP/Abandoned Stuff • Tips & Tricks • Technobabblery

Wow! Finally made it to the triple digits, and I thought getting to 50 fans was exciting. almost in a flash I've doubled my fan count.

And really thank you for following. Even though I would have continued making art, having that little number there is what lets me know that I'm at least spreading some joy with my stuff.

And at the end of the day that's what makes art fun right? At least to me it does.

The Big Reboot~

Lots of big changes this year. I've upgraded my rig, got a new camera, explored Blender for the first time, got back into animation, and even met new people through events here on Newgrounds. So here's some of the bigger changes I want to do:

Abandon Twitter

Been really enjoying my time on Newgrounds, so much so that I'm willing to more or less abandon my Twitter account. Not completely, but like...90%. Wasn't really a big fan of Twitter to begin with anyways, so it was easy to quit.

I mostly used it as a way to make small talk with a few people, but even then I couldn't do more than that. On top of that organizing my art on Twitter was a nightmare, plus with all the other stuff happening with Elon Musk, and how some animators I followed more or less quit animating shortly after trying to teach them didn't help matters either

Newgrounds all the way babey!!!

Organize Stuff using threads

Second order of business is making more threads. The News thread is nice, but it's not good when I want to talk about so many different things that not everyone is into. Good thing Newgrounds has a bunch of forum threads, so I can sprinkle my shit everywhere instead of just in one spot [...that didn't sound right]

I'll be making four threads:

>Phun Photography [a thread where I and many others can post pictures for fun, as well as a few camera tricks]

>Nothany's WIP/Abandoned Stuff [a thread all about upcoming projects, and projects that needed to be taken to the back of the shed]

>Nothany's Behind the Scenes Tips & Tricks [a thread all about shit I've learned, and other shit]

>The Technobabblery Corner [a thread where I spout computery nonsense all day]

In order to find these threads easily, I'll include them at the bottom of each news post. I'll even add little markers on top of that so you can even see if I've added a new post in that thread!

Hope you like these new changes, it'll at least make thing a heck of a lot cleaner on both sides that's for sure.

See you next update!

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Photography (NEW!) • WIP/Abandoned Stuff (NEW!) • Tips & Tricks (NEW!) • Technobabblery (COMING SOON!)

Bit of quick news today. More coming soon-ish, but I've finally found a worthy candidate to scout!

Check @epicwinnzer out, They're a really cool traditional artist!

Total finished drawings: 39

(Not counting alts or the year-long challenge)

With alts: 44

With doodle: 51

With year-long challenge: 99

Fan-art of other characters/artists: 7

Unique Styles used: 20

Completed Animations: 1

(Sketch Collab Animation)

Unfinished/Abandoned Projects: 11

Hard-Drive Failures: 1

Projects with Lost Progress: 2

Lost Raw Files: 2

(Feeling Festive, and Passing a Moment)

Lost Full-res PNGs: 1

(Passing a Moment)

RANKING: B

Great first "real" year, but the output could have been a little better.

Speed and procrastination were my biggest weakness this year. Partially because I was fresh off of drawing for a year straight, and partially because time management isn't my strong suit yet.

Missed deadlines were common this year, which is something that aggravated me a lot because I was spot-on perfect with my deadlines last year with only a few close calls.

On the bright side I blew-up pretty quickly here. Went from a few fans to nearly 100 in a year. Really appreciate the love I've been getting here on Newgrounds. Thanks everyone!

~~Plans for the New Year~~

Comics, Animations, Drawings, and Upgrades!

I want to start sketching one of my comics this year after slowly writing for it on the side for 2 years.

I want to learn how to use Blender for my animations. Even though Pencil2D is a great program, I can't keep animating with rasters at 1080p. It's too much of a blurry mess at that size, and my laptop becomes a laggy mess when I use a higher resolution, or have too many details in one frame when I use rasters. Since Blender is all vector based it could be easier animate at higher resolutions, and since it also has 3D tools you might see a few of my characters in 3D if I learn it fast enough.

I want to still do a few drawings sprinkled throughout the year. Output for my drawings will probably be even slower this coming year, but I still want to put-out a few things for fun. Can't be animating all year round that'll drive me insane!

And I want to upgrade my setup again...for like the fourth time. Nothing much though, just upgrading the hard-drives so that they aren't ones I found in the dump, and playing around with a few network settings to see if I can stream my laptop's audio to my side PC or even this junk Linux phone I have.

That's all my plans for next year, let's see how long it takes for me completely change my mind and ruin my own plans.

Happy New Year Everyone!

To the person who gave me the 1 year Supporter status: HOW DARE YOU!!! I wanted to pay for it myself!

HOWEVER, your generosity ended-up being a lot better in the end, as I decided to give a bit of that money to a few friends I met recently.

So thank-you. In a way you made me feel a lot more like Santa this Christmas.