here's a news post i made on december 27th last year, 3 days after i made my NG account, and 2 days after my 18th birthday.

i'm 19 years old now! and 2021 was a lot. in 2021, i became part of this newgrounds community, moved by myself for the first time, started college, started travelling more, and... WOW. how do i even reflect on a year like this? a year ago, i was sitting at a desk in my tiny cramped room, thinking of uploading a cartoon i had made about an alien to newgrounds. a year later, after spending a few months away from home, living on my own across the state, i'm back at home, with a different desk, in the same tiny room, knowing that when i finish my next cartoon, it's going up on newgrounds first.

this year, i met a lot of people, kept the people already close to me, and became part of this big welcoming community of artists. @nokoi was my first real newgrounds friend, i started talking to him around january or february. he introduced me to more of his newgrounds friends, and since then i've just been meeting more and more people and making more and more friends. thank you nokoi for getting me involved in this wacky community, and for motivating me.

@gooberthed , @icy14, and @swagmaster756 are some buddies i've known for years and years. they both constantly push me artistically, and seeing them also become part of newgrounds has been really cool! thank you for sticking with me.

@rumblelurin is someone i've known longer than anyone else here, and as of now i've been dating him for nearly two years! he's also gotten a bit into newgrounds, but i wish more people saw his work. he also made 2021 really great for me. thank you for being you <3

i posted a LOT of art this year, and this doesnt even include the projects i've started and haven't finished yet.

i think my favorite art piece this year is this:

it's from like, the beginning of the year, but it stands out to me a lot. he's actually wearing the outfit i wore on christmas 2020! this was sort of a reflective piece.

i made a fully rigged 3D model of the character from this drawing, but i never did anything with it.

as for other highlights, winning madness day was pretty cool! me, gooberthed, and icy didn't expect to win, but it was a really pleasant surprise. krinkels and the judges on md21 are nice ass people! the response to that cartoon kind of inspired a direction the three of us went in with another project, and i hope soon i can show off some of that.

i would make a list of people who really made my year here, but with how many amazing artists i met, i feel like i could never write enough for that.

with all of this said,

THANK YOU!

this year was hectic and crazy and new to me, i did a lot and met a lot of people, and i'll never be able to write down all my thoughts on this year. just know that it was a really special one, and as it comes to a close and i prepare for the next, i feel more confident about the future, and i can see a few cool things on the horizon. to my long-lasting buddies, u mean the world to me, and i can't wait to get up to more crazy shit with u next year.