Forgive me but I’m gonna Copy and Paste this from my Twitter. Same Applies Still.

Pros and Cons of Making a NSFW Alt

Pro: Keeps a Barrier between my Risqué Stuff and People who don’t wanna see it and People under 16.

Con: Twitter’s Algorithm likely will Show Posts from that Page anyway and is Not Hard to Access for Minors anyway Sadly.

Pro: Less Clutter on my Timeline.

Con: Will be Cluttered either way.

Pro: My Tame Art can Reach a Wider Audience.

Con: That isn’t Necessarily a Good Thing by itself

Pro: It’ll Show I’m Fixated on more then Edgy, Raunchy Stuff.

Con: My Account does Already in my Opinion.

Pro: Minors are Less Likely to Follow NSFW Artists through my Page.

Con: I’d Potentially Have to do Double the Policing with Two Accounts.

Pro: More Peace of Mind on the Matter, Supposedly.

Con: Possibly Not.

Pro: People will Appreciate the Effort to Separate the Two Sides.

Con: Is that enough? And furthermore, MANY of us liked Things Beyond our Years in Content and Tone. Just look at Horror Films!

So Far the Best Conclusion I can come to is unless it’s for any Family-Friendly Project I become I Part Of in a Significant Manner; No One under 16 should Interact with me on here. Enjoy my Work I Guess, just don’t Tell Me about it. For now this is the Best Answer I Got.

Guess y’all liked the Rebecca Illustration a lot, huh?

The Megas - The Belmonts’ Discography

Stellar Corpses - Dead Stars Drive-In

The Merkins’ Discography

Raygun Cowboys - One of Them Tonight

GaMetal’s Halloween Remixes (Shade Man Def)

MF DOOM - Scooby DOOM

Aesop Rock - Jumping Coffins

I could List More, but not only was this and the Title was the Twitter Character Limit, but this is a Sizeable Start to Build Off of.

So. My Redesign of Amber is Nearly Finished. I know I know it took me Way Too Long. But as well as Life being Life and my Scattershot Focus at Times, I wanted to Feel like I’ve Substantially Improved as an Illustrator before I Released a Redesign of One of my Most Popular Pieces. And at this Point I Feel I Have.

Now. I’m Gonna Draw some Established Harpy Characters because Believe It or Not the Wings are what’s been Giving me the Most Trouble and I wanna Work On That. Been Frustrating as Hell not being able to Draw Her in a Satisfactory Way to me. I’ve Decided to give her more Traditional Harpy Wings instead of the Angelic Ones she had, though their Designs will largely be the Same. I may make another OC with those Type of Wings in the Future because despite me not doing it for a Good While now, I Love Drawing Wings. Maybe I should start Drawing Winged Animals more…Anyway.

I Still Need to Rewrite her Lore, and to Do That I gotta Find some Old Paperwork of mine. But I can Legitimately Say that ya’ll are Finally Gonna See Amber Again Soon.

And Once you do I Think it’ll have been Worth the Wait.

One Last Thing Before I Wrap Up Here: I’ve Got Some WIPs and Character Sheets for her. Would you guys rather Wait for her Release (Giggity) to see all of that or do ya wanna see it now? Personally I wanna wait but for as Long as I’ve Promised Her I Feel I Owe ya guys a Say in that Decision. So Let Me Know!

See ya soon, Shoto Signing Off.

So First Off I’m Going To List What Projects Of Mine Have My Focus At The Moment.

*A Redesign Of My OC

*Amber Redesign And Lore Restructure

*More Lewd, Violent, and/or Scary Art

*A Special WrittenProject Centered On Horror

And now for the Reexamination of my Time here. I Looked through All of my Art and was Pleased and Enlightened by the Results. You all really seem to like not only my Horror/Extreme Art, but a lot of my Character Pieces as well. I even got my First Fave not my own on my recent Sonic Art! Though it’s Clear that my Work slumped for a bit, and not Surprisingly it was during the Time where I felt the most Anxious and Disappointed with my Art. On Top of IRL Crisis after Bullshit after Crisis. But now it would seem that it’s Showing it’s Worth Once Again as I’m coming to Terms with Everything in my Life. And I’m Very Glad.

Now I’ve Starved you all Long Enough. I Promise to not Only Release Amber after all this Time, but try to make more of the Art you Gravitate Towards. That said I always Create what I want First and Foremost. So if I get the Impulse and Drive to Work on something I Find more Fulfilling I’ll Do It. But I do want to make Art People find Enjoyment and Intrigue In. So if anyone Reading This who Appreciates My Work. Please don’t Hesitate to give your Feedback. Hell Tear it Apart if you Wish, but I’ll Admit not seeing any Comments is a bit Irritating at Times. I’m Naturally Curious of the Perspectives of Others, and with all the Views they get I’d Really Like to Know people’s Thoughts on what they get outta my Art. It doesn’t have to be a Novella either, it can simply be “I like your Style on that character” and that’s Enough for me.

I’d just like to Hear your Honest Thoughts. Don’t Hold Back!

So. I’m still Working On everything Announced.

And not only because of that Stupid Inconvenience, Piece of Shit Glitch, but due to the Fact I need to start finding some Paid Work due to the Job Pool here being a bit Dry. By “Here” I mean where I Live not Newgrounds btw, but back to the point. I’m gonna be Hunkering Down and Focusing on Creative and Practical Work. And now that I got a Power Cable for my Switch again I’m gonna be Catching Up with that in my Free Time for a Good Bit.

On Top of That, I’m gonna Focus on my Studies Too. Especially more on the Practical Side like English Literacy to Refine my Writing, World History for Inspiration and Connection to Humanity, my Usual Media and Psychology Studies for the Same Reason, and Economics so I don’t get myself Screwed. Finances should be something Everyone gets Fluent in at least a little just to Survive. Speaking of Both Devils; Exercise/Martial Arts has been a Staple of my Routine I’m getting back on Track, and I’m looking at how People do their Commissions so once I get that Going I get my Time’s Worth without Ripping People Off. So to Wrap it up while I’m still going about it at a Relaxed Pace, my Daily Grind’s gonna Increase Again so I might be Scarce again but I’ll try to keep myself Available. And I’ll be Exploring Sites to Post My Writing so I don’t Fill the News Bulletin Up with it. Have a Good One Folks!

My Uploads will be Flipped for a While I Guess. Pisses me Off but not that much. If you wanna see Uploads with Proper Positioning you can find them on my Twitter.

So as you may have Noticed I’ve been decently Active, and even made that Nonsense News Feed about the UNFINISHED. I Think that getting the Kirby Myers Picture Done and getting back to New Work, as well as Interacting with people here and on Twitter has been Helping Me Feel Better. Been Hanging with Family too which always Helps. I’ve got some Cool Shit being Drawn too!

So I’ll just be Available when I’m Available, Release Work when it’s Finished and take this a bit more Casually for a bit. Not that I’m Abandoning a lot of the Ideas I’ve Announced. No I’ve got Tons of Ideas Planned. But I don’t wanna Burnout either. So yeah that’s where we’re at. Ray Out!

Nice.

Listen Up Fellas, This One’s Important.

First Off: No Changes In Plans. All the Projects I’ve Announced are happening still. It’s just been a Matter of Preparation and Honing my Skill to a Point I Feel it’s Ready. However my Methods and Priorities are Shifting.

It seems the Cost of how I’ve Performed in my Career is really bearing it’s Fangs. Some of you may know I’ve been Losing a few of my Animals these Past Few Years. Me and my Family have Rescued/Fostered many Animals. And they have all had Good Quality of Life. But having One who was Suffering from Seizures and Living Right Next to a Main Road in Redneck Country, it’s Bound to End in Tragedy at Times. That and Losing my Grandfather Last Year, my Hearts been Shredded. I’m Extremely Lucky to have such a Strong-Willed and Supportive Family in Times like this. and with the Damn Near Daily Tragedies you hear going down in the Art World; I Need Time to Live. I know my Fans so far have Demanded nothing from me, even when I Don’t Fufill a Promise. And I really Appreciate that despite how Little we seem to Interact. But I’ll have to Renegotiate a bit.

For about the Next Year, Expect Any Work of mine to just Release when it’s Ready. I Found my Lost Piece and have Nearly Finished It. I’ve got a few more Pieces just about Done Cooking too, I Never Half-Ass My Work. And like I said, Expect more Extreme/Erotic Art too (Once I’m Satisfied With My Abilities). But I’m gonna be Spending a lot more Time with Family/Friends IRL. I’m also gonna do another Analysis of my Time here, do a Detailed Rundown of how I Think I’m Doing. Also to Refamiliarize myself with all of You Guys: My Fans and Everyone Else I’ve Interacted with. It’s Hard to Recall Everything when I’m Learning a bunch of Shit, and Settling a lot of Other Shit. It’s like Life’s saying, “Hey Fuckface, if you’re gonna get Far in Life; I’m gonna Give you an Unending Flame to Temper yourself”.

The Time I’ve Spent Here has been So Fulfilling. I’ve gotten to Goals I thought would take me Decades in an Extraordinary Amount of Time, but it Cost me Time with Family. And that Duality Fuckin’ Burns. It Really Burns. But all the Time Spent has been Enriching, so I just gotta Appreciate It. Make more Memories and Motivation (Shout Out To Okumura And The Gang, Your Tracks Heal My Soul).

So as well as an Update to my Plans for Ya’ll to Read, consider this as a sort of Cautionary Tale. Take Time for You and Yours as you Strive for Success. It’ll be a Healthy Boon in both Areas when you can find Balance. Have a Good One.

(P.S: Unless I Feel The Need To Update You All Further This’ll Be My Last News Post Until The End Of Fall, If Not This Year. That’s The Primary Purpose Of These Posts. To Inform/Archive My Current Situation For Anyone Interested)

Ray the CyberneticShotokan Out.