I’ll take Time to Work, but we’re rolling into the Holiday Season FAST. So until after Christmas I’ll be slowing down quite considerably on Drawing at least. But I’ll be hanging around Socials more.

I know some of you probably don’t care about Thanksgiving,and those who do might be nervous seeing some Family given there’s still a lot of Tension after the Election; but I hope that even if you decide you can’t reconcile those differences that you can find some Respite that day.

Thanksgiving tends to have a bad connotation to it nowadays and it’s not unwarranted to think of it like that. But I like to see it as a time of Preparation and Appreciation. Preparing for the Winter and the coming year while taking time to appreciate where you’re at in Life. And to start Opening your Heart to spread some Kindness during Winter, which is a time that can be Tough for a lot of reasons for people. Not overextending, just taking the Time to kind of share Good Will that’s been shown to you onto others. So that Good Will spreads as far as it can.

Anyway I’ll not ramble. Like I said, Art at least is going to significantly slow down until after Christmas. After then I’ll also write a News Post that’ll serve a few different purposes, but mainly as an Artist Introduction I’ll link on every following post; as well as a New Year’s Resolution/Art Plans List for 2025. Anyway take care of yourselves Chooms.

Currently on Episode 4, Dandadan is the kind of Wild, Crazy Shit I adore. 

Helps that I also grew up with an Interest in Occult and Alien Shit.

But God, This Is The Definition Of Fun!

You bet your Asses I’m drawing the Hell outta these Characters.

Man Rolling Up on Episode 4’s End. I Adore This Shit 😂

Also these Episode Names are just South Park Episode Names and I Love It

Episode 5: “Like, Where Are Your Balls?!”

It’s something I’ve been trying to keep Alive for the past few years, and successfully too. My Competitive Spirit.

But if you need something to Fire You Up and Spark your Competitive Spirit I Highly Recommend these vids. I get So Inspired by stuff like this.

https://youtu.be/Vnxvpv1PWcQ

https://youtu.be/b4Kc1p6Iat8

https://youtu.be/3Kq2hJ0VDWw

Shit’s been Awesome and Wild before the Headline Fight.

POST FIGHT EDIT: Man, it was a Good Fight. Really Good in fact. Mike’s Defense and Endurance was Amazing the whole time, but Jake had that; and Speed. If Mike landed some Devastating Blows then he could’ve had it honestly. But Jake just had Total Control of the Match’s Tempo. I did honestly appreciate that show of Respect at the End from Jake to Mike. But I was hoping he could pull it off. It was a Good Fight tho. I could see this having close to 50/50 Odds but with Jake’s Speed it’d still be in his favor. Mike took that Shit in Stride though.

Oh God and Jake spoiled it a tad by running his Mouth.

I don’t actually dislike the Gratitude shown to the Working Class.

But America’s back my Ass.

Fuck that for now tho. It was a Good Fight on it’s own merits.

Time to get to Work

It’s 5pm, am I actually getting this Ban lifted today or is this another thing that we’re gonna be Wishy Washy about Newgrounds?

(Or You Know, Ya Too Busy Featuring An Artist On Your NGTV Christmas Banner Who Still Has Their TOS-Breaking Smut Up Because It’s Legacy Smut?)

(No Shade To The Artist Of That Banner BTW, I Thought It Was A Great Piece)

Ban should be up Today, tho I still can’t upload Art yet so it’ll likely be later in the Day. I’ll add Art I’ve made in the Ban’s Duration ASAP. Also I’ll be making a News Post soon to serve as an Artist Introduction for Newcomers in the Future. I’ll try to keep it up as the Featured Post, but add it to the Bottom of any Future Post when not replacing it with the Featured. Just a reminder I will be slowing down with Artistic Output a bit during the Winter, but that’s just to Focus Efforts elsewhere like with Winter Chores and the like. I’ve been making New Socials/Art Pages too that I’ll link in the Future. I Love Newgrounds, but that ban was absolute Nonsense and I’m drawing whatever I want. While I constantly see that rule getting me a Ban ignored here, it’s better to make Alts to put anything I think will alert any BS Mod. I’d rather not lose my First Ever Art Social, ya know? It’s why I’ve not really contested the Ban aside from Bitching a bit. Anyway Have A Good One Folks!

This won’t be a long read, but I figured I’d put something written more coherently to stand here until I replace it with another post sometime in 2025.

Firstly here’s my Plans for the Foreseeable Future: https://cyberneticshotokan.newgrounds.com/news/post/1482105

None of these have changed.

But anyway on to the Update. 2024 has been strange. On a personal level it’s been a Year of Healing and getting my Life back on track after 2020 really shook me up for the next few years. And I should have most of my Personal Affairs in order by this time next year if not sooner. But it’s no Secret how Rough this, and the last few years, have been. Especially for Artists. This little ban from Newgrounds was a nice wake up call in disguise, because I’ve been on a similar grind for Years now. Since I dropped out of High School, and honestly before even that. And with various Scary and/or Irritating News Stories of the Week playing out, and me taking time to really think on how the Industry and Art Sphere’s been the last few years. I’ve decided I’m slowing down on Creative Work until sometime in Spring 2025. I’m not quitting, and I have been Working still with some Art ready to share here when the Ban’s lifted Nov 14th. While I’ve come to the conclusion that the Art Sphere’s the best it’s been in Years in many regards, there are many clear and harrowing issues within. There were Significant Events in 2020 that reignited my Depression Hardcore, after I had felt resolute in 2019. Some in my personal life, others in the wider world. And 2019 already had it’s own troubles. I Hate how many of these News Posts have been about trying to come to terms with stuff only for New, Similar Stuff to play out.

But there have been Great Things in the past few years as well. And now that I’m not drowning in PTSD-Fueled Manic Depression as much, nor do I feel as pressured to figure stuff out despite it after getting a lot done in these few years (This One Especially). I need to really take time to try and Appreciate all the Good of these years. While not forgetting the Bad.

So yeah, this is my Final Update of 2024. I’ll probably make some Happy Holidays Posts for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Honestly just making more casual News Posts here like I have in the Past sounds like a lot of Fun. But for now this will stand to represent my current mindset on things until I make something more Formal for Informing ya’ll about Set and Future Plans. For now, if you’d like to hear from me Near Daily my Twitter’s an option. Tho I do plan to spend more time here to help in Reappreciating Art. I’ve also made a BlueSky I plan to visit more alongside branching out to others.

Thanks for all the Kindness and Fun Conversations had here. I hope to show more Appreciation for that without being a Suck Up about it. Happy Holidays Everyone, I wish us all a Good New Year!

Happy Halloween Bitches! Enjoy the Spooks!

Here’s some choice cuts of some Pics I took today at Spirit Halloween. I could Live in that Damn Place ☺️

I could post a lot more, ‘cause I took a ton. I might do that later honestly. Anyway Have Fun!

Check Previous Posts if you’re looking for Updates on my Plans for the Rest of the Year.

I decided to delete the last Post. It was discussing it being nice to take a step back from Art during this Ban while a lot of other Website TOS Drama’s happening, and slowing down a bit until Spring 2025 while also discussing trying to be an Artist while not being discouraged by the Unfortunate News in and out of the Art World these last few years. I would’ve left it up but it felt kind of Tasteless to bring up specific events, even if it was to discuss hearing about stuff that brought up Old Wounds really bad while trying to keep up in Life the last few years. But it was all meant to emphasize that while I’ve felt and done Better this Year in general after springing back from stuff like that. As well as taking things more Slowly Art-Wise until Spring 2025. Anyway; have a Happy Halloween, Holidays, and New Year’s people. I appreciate the Kindness I have been shown so far in my Art Journey, I should do a better job showing that more often!

Check Out This Post If You Want My Current Art Goals/Mindset:

https://cyberneticshotokan.newgrounds.com/news/post/1482105