yerrrrr what's up guys.

it's been a fun year for me and my art. Since we're close to 2024, I thought why not go over what i enjoyed this past year?

pretty much my favorite drawings I did this year, my favorite NG events, and what I intend for the upcoming year.

(this is more of a personal thing, i believe it's good to journal down thoughts and shit, plus it's therapeutic for me)

Starting off, I made a cool concept art piece of my OCs because my last resolution was to draw them more.

I was inspired mostly by pokemon promotional art for sun and moon (god i love those games)

this artwork by Megami Mizutani is one of my favorites

I have a list of things to draw, and half of them are Sun & Moon characters, ive drawn a lot of Pokemon recently...

Moving on, Pixel Day 2023 was really fun! I did my piece on cassette girl, which was a nice experience but i don't really hold much regard to anymore. (yes it's because of why you think).

i would like to make some more pixel art, but i'm not really that into it. I'd rather stick with my regular illustrations.

i made a valentine's day comic strip, someone asked for a part 2. maybe i'll do it, if i have an idea.

a few fanart drawings in between and then we reach Pico Day!!

this was my first ever year participating! i planned a month in advance and my ass still didn't finish in time. But it don't matter cuz we love Pico Day all year round! I did a piece where we see everyone enjoy their stroll down a park over a bridge. I go more in depth on the actual post so go check there if interested.

Speedo released Punch Punch Forever! It was a hilarious and really well put animation. So I made some fanart for it.

og animation

Halloween came and went. Idk why but there's something about Halloween and Newgrounds that just fits together so well. idk what it is but regardless I made a Frankenstein/Tankman hybrid piece.

I got the chance to participate in the Crazy Bone's Gogo's Collab, hosted by ForgeFrog!

I didn't grow up with these figurines but that didn't stop me from joining. ngl i completely forgot about the collab until i got jumpscared by the 99+ notifs i got. Here was my contribution, i drew this purple character.

https://www.newgrounds.com/dump/item/1319d70ba4ae2620a41816a15b06f129

then there's the 2023 secret santa, which is in 3 days so I'll probably edit this bit with my secret receiver.

edit: here they are!!

this was the gift I gave.

and here's my gift, i can't get over how cool it looks!!

That's it for the NG events I participated in, I wanna talk briefly about the audio portal... THERE ARE SO MANY BANGERS ON HERE.

I'm pretty mainstream when it comes to music taste, but that doesn't stop me from coming to the audio portal occasionally and discovering some heat. lemme put y'all on to some of my favorite songs this year.

Now here are some drawings I did this year that I really like. (besides the ones previously mentioned)

I was pretty big into Splatoon this year, i made some cool art (looking forward to side order!!)

Xenoblade Chronicles 3: Future Redeemed released and I was motivated to make some more xenoblade related art.

(xenoblade characters are so hard to draw, their clothing is so complex)

The Amazing Digital Circus came out a few months ago. I did not think I would enjoy it but it was a fun watch. It prompted me to draw some art.

Here are a few Mario related drawings I really like.

This summer I rewatched the Yo-kai Watch anime and I love it even more than I did back then. I'm thinking of drawing some more.

I did the Six Fanarts Challenge with Nintendo Characters! The NG art portal update was perfect for it!

I finally made a reference sheet for scott and abby.

For 2024 I want to draw more backgrounds, i did a few but i wanna keep at it since i've been lacking recently. From now on if i go a month without posting a drawing with a background,

you are obligated to say "yo where's that background yam???"

That's pretty much it. I have nothing else to say, i dunno how to write a conclusion paragraph. just stop reading.