Hey everyone.

The first thing I'd like to get out of the way is that, for everyone who participated in The Great Homer Collab it's really no secret at this point that it's been an overwhelming success not just within less than the first 24 hours it's been out so I want to get it out of the way that this isn't just a success on my part, but for everyone involved in making the collab.

Truthfully, I want everyone who participated to feel that they've earned the recognition for it, not because I organized it but because more than 100 users had the courage to step up and take a part of something that I think truly highlights one of the best things about Newgrounds when many artists come together. I'd like to once again thank @Taytonium for the inspiration behind the Collab, @TomFulp for being willing to reschedule the collab deadline, and I'd also like to thank you, the artists.

Hell I think the amount of favorites and views that it has gained in one day speaks for itself:

As for me...

Where does Dioshiba plan on going from here?

The first thing that I would like to get out of the way is that I will not be organizing any more collabs for the forseeable future. Give it about a year or two before I organize another one.

This is in part because as I have had a couple of lessons as I was organizing this on where doing this on my own can be a bit difficult even if it's just for an art collab. TRUTHFULLY, I didn't expect the success to be this much for The Great Homer Collab to hit in some of the ways it did. There were a few things that I came to realize that I knew it would be but to see how it evolved from back in July into now I realize that there's only so much one organizer can do in the face of having to make sure everything goes smoothly.

This is also added on to the fact that, on the side I'm doing paid work too and between having to take care of those two things on top of doing a full time job well... it's left me little time to focus on a few other things that I'd like to do with some of my own personal artwork. And I'm not just talking about fan art as much as I am talking about original works I haven't shown because I don't feel they're at a point where I'm comfortable publicly showing them yet. It's a choice of my own doing but it was one that I was willing to make when I did start the collab.

So there's that insight I'd like to add. However, one of the most positive things to come out of this from a realistic standpoint is that I've gained experience in organizing a project and I think there's some merits that can go a long way with that.

So there's that. Once I've gained a bit more experience I might get back into doing another collab but for now, the time is nigh for me to move on to some of my own things and focus on what I gotta do for some of my own work. It's been a blast organizing TGHC and when the day comes, I think it'll be interesting to see what happens next once I've picked up a few new skills to and ideas to organize a project more efficiently. Until then, see you around!

I don't know what to say waking up to this

I feel honored. Happy to be part of the community here.

So.... I've been wanting to make this post because a part of me has been using the Newgrounds supporter feature in regards to what I've been doing for collabs and what I've been up to as of late.

The problem is, and maybe this is because I've found it more difficult to keep track of when I do updates in full detail due to everything that has been going on as of late and haven't really been able to do a bi-weekly update on the mark and I kind of realize that, unless it relates to a specific project or just a dry summary of some of the things I've done over the course of the few weeks, I'm realizing that's not doing a whole lot when interacting with people on here.

I think I've hit a point where I've gained enough followers to ask something like this and try to get some more engagement so I'd like to hear from you guys.

• Is there anything I can do moving forward that some people would like to see?
• Are there areas where I can improve on concerning how I go about the blogs, user page, or potential work with commissions?
• Any concerns with me in general?

This may come off as odd on my end to ask these types of things, especially at my age where it might seem like I'm coming off as a little insecure. Especially given that I've been more active as of late for the past five years since 2019 up until now compared to the early 2010's where I only had a very few moments on here just to play a few games, upload only one thing and college ended up being my focus up until the end of that decade.

I still intend to make as much artwork as I can, that isn't going to change anytime soon. However as the year is drawing into a close and where I'd like to kind of move forward I realize that there are things I could potentially improve on that I might not be seeing in particular with my own eyes because for me I'd like to start shifting into a new direction with my work and what I can do.

If any of you guys have an honest opinion and are willing to be direct, I'd love to hear them! Because as much as I have experimented with a few different things here and there I'd like to find ways to innovate my time on here.

HELLO NEWGROUNDS FAM

I have an important announcement regarding....

First, I’d like to thank everyone who has joined so far. The collaboration has proven to be more popular than anticipated, and I believe that this has truly brought out the best of all the artists who have come together, both beginners and veteran artists alike. So far, we have achieved getting a grand total of 74 members and a grand total of 128 Homers!

So… Why is that important, you might ask? Well, due to the overwhelming popularity of the collaboration and after discussion with Tom, it’s been decided that the collaboration will be set to release on December 17th. And the significance of that date is quite important if you know your history on The Simpsons well!

However, the time between the 28th of November and up to that point is a long time, it would be unfair for everyone to wait that long, between those who have made their submissions and for those who are still undecided on whether or not they want to participate...

So, with that stated, I’d like to make the announcement that there will be an extension to the hard deadline as a two week encore! You heard it here first folks!

THE NEW HARD DEADLINE FOR THE GREAT HOMER COLLAB SHALL FALL ON DECEMBER 12th! Five days before the 35th anniversary of The Simpsons!

So, if you haven’t finished all your Homers, wish to make a new Homer, or you just happen to be a spectator who wishes to get into the collab… Well now would be the perfect time to join! Maybe consider getting a few friends on it as well! All you really must do to join is just draw a Homer and you’re in!

Well... Election day has come and pass.

Trump is, once again in office.

I realize that the political board has been shut down for a good reason and in this situation, I think that it's far better that be the case given the circumstances. Truthfully? I voted Harris and Walz but I damn well knew that for the life of me they wouldn't win.

I'm not saying I'm perfect by any means, in fact I got a lot of my own issues and biases. Hell sometimes I admit that the way I word shit draws ire to the point where I come off a bit bigoted. Truthfully, I have awareness to that fault. But if it means that I have awareness to that fault then I would rather not vote for the person who I knew damn well that was going to be no good for office and at least try to take steps to better myself in that regard.

But this is the thing I do not understand. For the life of me, is that when people are trying to combat ignorance and hate with the exact same behaviors in a different coat of paint then what the hell did Democrats expect with Harris from the start?

More importantly, does the average Democrat realize that, when you look past the media bias and what the politicians seem to be advocating for, especially when there have been plenty of Democratic politicians creating the rhetoric that Donald Trump being a dictator or some kind of Hitler to the point where those words lose meaning, only for two would be assassins to become failed martyrs just for Trump to appear stronger... Did anyone expect that the average person who happened to be either Moderate or Republican to vote their way? No. It was obvious a good portion would dig their heels in, say "fuck you" and walk the other way to vote their way or not vote at all.

Between how the Biden administration failed to do any proper planning to pull troops out of Afghanistan, having a soft stance on the Isreal Palestine conflict, dragging out the issues with the student debt crisis, and then not handing the torch to Kamala a lot sooner than he did to build the platform that she needed to actually win. And even going as far to court republicans only for the exact same attitudes that voters had from 2016 and 2020, it just tells me that the Democrats have not learned a damn thing and only delayed the inevitable of a Second Trump term.

But I voted for Harris and Walz anyways because I know for a fact Trump isn't the direction we should be going, but we are now.

And while it is sorely tempting to use the post to front page on this article, there's a reason why I'm choosing not to do that. I don't want politics to be necessarily the front center of what I do on Newgrounds and I feel that would be in bad taste given what has happened in the past few years.

I'm not surprised by the outcome, but I am not angry at Trump.

I am directing my disappointment at Democrats, Republicans, and those who didn't vote equally, even a little bit of myself for trying to believe that we could change as a society after the last four years. I can understand the reasoning for why everyone did what they did for those I did talk with, but it tells me as a society that none of us are capable of knowing peace and learning how to not hate each other.

But I also don't want this to be another mere doom scrolling post. Truthfully, it is tiring to hear it that the country is going to fall apart because of the orange man who only understands McCarthy style politics, which is really what this is because it's not about trying to make a dictatorship as much as this is deeming what is "Un-American" at this point. Whatever that means.

I don't proclaim to have all the answers, and I don't want to say what we have to do as a society when none of us are really sure where to go from here.

I can only implore as many people that I can to ask ourselves... what can we do to face our demons and learn from our own mistakes?

Some people might tell me to shut up on that but you know what? It needs to be said. The United States is a young nation. We're all artists, musicians, game devs, writers, and animators. We can still work to make people's lives better, if not a little bit more happy. That's what I plan to do in spite of my faults so. You decide on how to handle this.

So, I just want to throw a hot take here because frankly, it needs to be said.

I made my vote for Harris, I got no problem saying that. But being a Liberal raised in a Republican household for a good portion of my life I just gotta say that I'm not holding onto a lot of hope Harris will win despite how much I want her to.

Like real talk I don't really give a shit if you vote for Trump or for Harris but if I'm going to use my voice productively then I can tell you right now that grandstanding for either or isn't going to help them win and it might cause people to dig their heels in more than anything else and tell you to fuck off.

That said, trust your gut, be safe, vote for who you think is the best candidate on your conscience and be wary of the bullshit.

Hey everyone!

So I don't really have a massive update yet but I want to take the time to acknowledge my fans and finally announce that I managed to hit the 300 fan mark! Yeehaw.

Thank you to all my followers for the support!

If you've been migrating over to BlueSky lately like the millions of other artists who are finally leaving X, be sure to follow me there!

Also earlier this week I had a slight issue with the supporter status but because Tom and the Newgrounds team were able to fix it relatively quickly.

That said something I've been meaning to do lately is that I'd figure that I'd give a small donation to Newgrounds in addition to my usual monthly dues. Might not be a whole lot but I'm hoping that if I have the extra money to spare then I hope I can do a few more donations and keep the goals of the community alive since they align with mine!

Will be making my usual bi-weekly update in a few days. Until then!

WELL HELLO NEWGROUNDS HOW ARE YOU DOING THIS LOVELY DAY!

So folks to start out with I've been on a string of drawing art for the past couple of days and even streamed on of the pieces I did so lets get right down to business and get the show on the road!

NEW ART:

Bunny Wario in fact, not only had a stream video of me drawing live on Twitch as you could see from my last update but it also got front paged! In case you missed it, click here!

COLLAB AND PROJECT UPDATES:

So last update I shared how I was helping out with the Starfire VS. Blaze project. Just to confirm the project is still undergoing production! The Ko-Fi is still up and going and has reached 41% of it's goal for funding. If you have a couple of dollars to spare why not donate and support the artists working on it? Josh and all of us from the @LuckoDaStars would appreciate it!

There is still also one more month and a half left for The Great Homer Collab! If you got the time to have a little fun with the crew we're all working with why not draw a couple Homers!

Additionally, I have also taken part in a podcast hosted by @Aalastier that will be posted on November 21st. If you want to hear some insights on what has been going on with me for the past couple of months, what got me into making pixel art and having an interest in some game development it will be your opportunity to check that out!

OTHER HAPPENINGS:

NHL Season is starting up again and you know what that means? I'm going to be active again on THE NHL HOCKEY FAN CLUB. Plus not only that but later on this week I will be going to the Boston Bruins game to see them play against their long time rivals the Montreal Canadiens! That reminds me, I should work on some Bruins fan art! I've been meaning to do that for some time but never really got around to doing it.

Also for the past week and going into the rest of this week I've been enjoying a bit of a vacation and getting things done. Ended up being a stay at home vacation but hey, I was able to get some rest and focus on my creativity and, I've been enjoying the fall foliage up here in Massachussetts! It's been a good time regardless and I'm getting ready to wrap up some of the things I've been up to for the past few months!

Until next time!

Drawing a sexy wario come join me on my twitch!

https://www.twitch.tv/dioshiba

EDIT: Stream is done and over with.

Here's the art:

HHEEEEY HEY HEY!

WASSUP NEWGROUNDS FAITHFUL!?

So it's actually been awhile since I bothered doing a whole ass update but don't worry, I haven't forgotten to keep y'all in the loop with what I've been doing.

ANYHOW I've been hoping to get to this for some time so without any hesitation let me give you all an update on some of the things I've been doing.

STARFIRE VS. BLAZE DEATH BATTLE

So having been working under @Luckodastars, I've been waiting patiently to help promote this project and confirm my hand for making some of the pixel art.

And right now I gotta help our client out by promoting the project and spreading awareness to it. In fact our client has made a Ko-fi for the project and with enough backing we'll have enough funds to finish the animation! So if you want to see a kick ass fan animation between Teen Titan's favorite Tamarainian take on the Fire Hot Princess Cat from an alternate dimension duke it out, we'd be really grateful for anything you'd be willing to offer!

THE COLLAB CONTINUES

As of today, we hit a total of 69 submissions in The Great Homer Collab!

BUT WE AIN'T DONE YET!

In fact there is still plenty of time to submit your Homers to the collab! We're hoping to reach more than 100 Homers by the time that November comes around! So what's holding you back from being a part of the Simpson Army?

JOIN NOW!

All shall be welcomed in the world of Homer.

GALLERY UPDATES

New and Recent submissions:

That should about cover everything I made since the last formal update post I did.

Updates to previous submissions

So some of you who follow my page more frequently may have noticed that my submission count has been a bit all over the place. For those of you wondering what's been going on with that I have a few changes I would like to talk about in my gallery.

Given that the Newgrounds Gallery system has been implemented I decided to take advantage of this and consolidate some of the submissions that I have made between 2009 into 2012 into one submission.

That said, I'm hoping this will allow me to put focus on more recent works for the time I've been active on Newgrounds from 2017 to the here and now since I feel like that would be the more appropriate thing to do moving forward with my online career with the art and animation.

Additionally, I'd like to take a moment and acknowledge that two of my submissions, while still existing on the internet will no longer be featured in my gallery since I feel that it's no longer appropriate to have Chris-Chan referenced on the profile in of itself. I may officially re-release them as part of a lost works type of situation in the case that I find myself closer to my death bed but for the time being I feel that it would be far better to put them to the side. I doubt many people will care long term but for the few people who did I'd rather you not be in the dark about it.

WASHINGTON D.C.

In my previous update a month ago, I had mentioned that life had taken me to places I didn't expect recently thanks to my full time job. Needless to say work had taken me to help out the company I'm employed under over at one of their accounts located in Maryland and luckily enough, I was in driving distance to D.C. Given that it was the weekend after my birthday well... I couldn't miss the opportunity to go for the first time.

Between walking around the National Mall and the Smithsonian Museum of Art I actually had a blast. Thought I didn't get a chance to see everything I'd actually be happy to go again just to see a few other sights. Maybe the Pentagon if I'm lucky enough. (That's actually very unlikely but I can dream right?)

Well in any case I did want to share some of the things I saw there and I never got the chance to do it until now.

But hey, Preseason for the NHL is starting and that means it's two weeks closer until Hockey Season opens up again! And I'm just enjoying life and even getting better at ice skating myself to the point where I'm learning how to skate backwards.

Until next time!