Alright babitos, it's a bit of an early announcement but since my hands are tied with a lot of things I wanted to get this out of the way.

THE SOFT DEADLINE FOR THE POKEMON MYSTERY LOVERS COLLAB IS FEBURARY 2ND. AS OF WRITING THIS THAT IS TOMORROW.

Still working on a Submission? No problem!

Remember that this is only a soft deadline. That means that you have a bit of a warning before the hard deadline hits Feburary 10th, which is the Saturday after this one.

So if you happen to still be working on a few submissions OR figure that you have enough skill to sneak in a submission within the next several days, By all means! JOIN NOW!

Otherwise, forever hold your piece because once 11:59PM hits on the 10th, YOUR WORK WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED INTO THE COLLAB.

So what will the final result look like?

Well right now, 36 users have joined in on the fun, a few who haven't even posted in the thread and opted to DM their submissions!

In total as of writing this we have 56 submissions. Will we get more? I don't know! I'm actually a little surprised myself that it got this far! Stay tuned!

I COME TO YOU WITH NEWS OF THE HERE AND NOW AND WTF I DO WITH MY PEN AND TABLET!

So here we are in the beautiful new year! It's 2024, the snow is falling, politics are getting wild, and scientists are probably going to move the doomsday clock down to either 60 seconds or 30 seconds depending how fucked they think the world is right now. BUT THAT'S NOT STOPPING ME FROM DOING MY THING! Besides it's the 25th Anniversary of Ed Edd n Eddy and later this month I'll be officially hitting my 30 year mark.

So lets get the ball rolling.

NEW SUBMISSIONS!

COLLABS!

WE ARE NOW OFFICIALLY NEARING THE LAST STRETCH FOR THE POKEMON MYSTERY LOVERS COLLAB!

As of right now, 23 users have come together to make it happen for the Mystery Lovers collab and many many submissions have been made for the project!

But we can do more! And there's still time before Feburary 2nd when that soft deadline hits! If ya feel like joining in on the shenanigans we're having in the collab board then by golly JOIN NOW! The more submissions we get the better for the Big Picture!

That being stated, I am going to start getting to work on setting up the canvas and compiling everyone's submissions! By next week I'm also going to set up the project's user page and getting it ready for launch come Valentines Day.

I also did finish my submission for the Transformers Collab and did some art for the credits roll... Shout out to @CrockketDK for the opportunity to contribute!

I'm also continuing to work on Newgrounds Zero Hour as we speak. I've been talking with @LuckoDaStars and the rest of the team and we are in fact looking for pixel artists so, that said if you have experience with it, DM one of us! We'd love to have you on the team.

OTHER THINGS:

So there are no updates to any of the current submissions that are uploaded. I've been tied up between learning my new job and getting the hang of my new work schedule as of late so I had to start prioritizing some things on my end.

BUUUUUUT assuming that WWIII doesn't start and we don't end up in a situation where our current superpowers and other countries initiate M.A.D. and we all end up in a nuclear winter... What I will say is that for what it's worth, I'm going to continue what I've been doing best on my end and essentially keep making content. I'm also going to start looking into ways I can get more content submitted on a regular basis since the 7:00am to 4:00pm schedule gives me far more leeway into doing the things that I would rather be doing with my time and focus on building up my portfolio while having a consistent routine which... makes me pretty damn happy!

Until next time!

No major update at this time to really update stuff at the moment. I figure that I'd save that for another time later this week.

What I did want to say is that this past year really has been quite the trip. There's been growth, some pains and other things. But if there's one thing that has always pleased me about this community is that there's always been a level of support coming from everyone and we continue to push each other to new heights.

Lets keep that going in 2024 yea? No expectations, no anything like that in case shit hits the fan and the world gets nuked, we all just run in head first and enjoy the ride!

SEASONS GREASONS FELLOW N.G.'ERS!

It's that time again where we join friends and family to celebrate some holiday cheer, but on here it's weirdness and awesome shit galore!!!

Hoping y'all are having a fine holiday, as for me I've been a good boy this year and Santa gave me the best gift I never would have expected!

Well technically, it was from a secret santa my relatives have every year. It just so happens I got a T-Shirt with my favorite cartoon of all time on it. I'll probably be updating this with a selfie later down in the comments because why not. But I digress I couldn't be more happier!

Speaking of which, here are some of the things that I've been up to as of late.

NEW ARTWORK:

So as a foot note, one of the submissions was actually for @fe3l1ngsk1lleddd 's snowman collab! Check out everyone's submissions on it while you're at it!

Speaking of collabs, another one I partook in actually got completed, @bisteca2007 recently uploaded the Burger King Collab that I partook in fairly recently. Check out some of the work everyone did on it!

And lastly, it's worth noting as a fun fact the Patriotism piece I made was actually for a cousin-in-law of mine that I ended up making a print for. My old man wanted one too so I ended up going out of my way to make one for him.

Don't worry, I framed the bottom one too. But I figured for the sake of seeing what it looked like without it in comparison to the frame it'd be a fun thing for y'all to see.

POKEMON COLLABS: FOR THE SEXY LOVERS AND HORROR FANATICS!

So now that we are on the December Christmas mark, we are a little past the half way point for the collab.

But don't fret, if you want to join the madness, THERE IS STILL TIME!!!! Just be sure to read the rules and when the deadlines are.

Also as a bit of a cross-promotion, I wanted to highlight what @Thetageist has been up too with their collab and suggest y'all check out the Pokemon Mystery Meat Collab!

If y'all got the stomach for it and want to piss off PETA to remind them that people do in fact eat tasty animals... You should join up! I plan on submitting something in the near future for it as soon as I get a few other priorities out of the way but I do feel that for those who want to be able to take on something a bit more horrifying then y'all should give the collab a shot!

There isn't really much else I need to update you guys on. Other than a few other...

HAPPENINGS! HNNNNGHHH!!!

I suppose it's worth mentioning that every now and then I upload a few gameplay videos of what I am up to on what I'm playing. Recently, I decided to throw a little commentary onto a gameplay video of F-Zero 99

"But dio, why add your babbling into a video of some gameplay?"

Well for one I figure it would be good practice to get in front of a mic and for other reasons I actually want to get into doing some streaming every now and then. I figure it would be some good practice and if anyone has some feedback on how I can do better on this I'd be more than happy to take on any suggestions because to be honest doing things intentionally while playing a game is actually a bit harder when multitasking is not my forte.

But hey, we all start somewhere so why not?

In any case, Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa, Happy Holidays, and a Happy New Year!

HELLO ALL YOU BEAUTIFUL SOULS MAY THE LIGHT SHINE EVER SO FROM YOUR CREATIVE SOULS I HAVE COME TO YOU WITH UPDATES ON WHAT I HAVE BEEN UP TO!

FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS - POKEMON MYSTERY LOVERS COLLAB!

I am pleased to announce that we now have a total of 69 replies to the collab!

But you may be asking yourself "Why on earth does this matter? that's just the amount of replies!"

I'll tell you what that means. It means that a total of 16 Users (Myself included!) have contributed to the cause of the collab! In total right now we have about 23 Submissions and currently counting!

Ironically enough, I actually wasn't expecting the collaboration to take off as quickly as it did in the past two weeks alone! With that being said there is still much much work to be done before we hit our deadline for the lovely holiday that is Valentines Day where people will be hogging down chocolates and getting jiggy with it!

And that means that you still have time to join our collab! So don't wait until the last minute like some dork, ACT NOW!

NEW SUBMISSIONS AND UPDATED SUBMISSIONS:

So as of recent, the following posts I have submitted to the art portal are new submissions from yours truly:

^ For the Burger King Collab! ^

For organizations sake, some of my pieces that I have submitted into the gallery have been relocated and moved into one submission. This is something that I felt was appropriate since I felt it would be better to have some of the pieces I've made in the past to be put into one place so people don't have to go bouncing around between different places in the art gallery to find them.

I also updated some of the other pieces I have done in the past for digital art specific pieces because I thought it would be worth compiling some process related stuff like sketch work into some of the submissions I have made to give people an idea of where I went about making something from nothing, so to speak.

OTHER UPDATES:

So progress is being made on my end for other projects like the Transformers Collab and Project Zero Hour, of course, those things have been a priority for me to focus on given the nature of the projects and their respective deadlines. Of course, the other thing too is that I've been in the middle of an onboarding process for a new full time job. The only thing I'm waiting to hear on is if I ended up passing a drug test but assuming that I do then I'm probably going to end up being more busy in the coming weeks soon as I know my start date, so that will be an adjustment to my own personal schedule when all of that comes to pass.

Unrelated Happenings:

My boys at the Boston Bruins however haven't been doing so hot lately. I'm hoping personally that they can get their shit together come Thursday when they face off against the San Jose Sharks, but that aside there just seems to be a lot of bullpucky going on in the NHL as of late thanks to Bettman being well... Bettman. But that's just another day in modern day National Hockey League I guess. He's someone I'd like to rip on sooner or later... Hell I'd actually rip on Jack Edwards from New England Sports Network personally I don't get why people love him that much I think he's a bit of a fucking nut.

Also, thanksgiving was great. Got together with family, ate, did all that fun crap that most Americans do I guess.

But that's all I really have to talk about today. Go fourth, and do good for the world!

ATTENTION USERS OF NEWGROUNDS

READ THIS POST CAREFULLY

Do not panic and stay calm

It has come to my attention that several users on Newgrounds and a few other websites have had their artwork stolen thanks to this thread that has been made on the Art Forum of the BBS thanks to @Prismisho and @Hexamak. Some of the artwork in question has also been some of my own. Upon further investigation, there has been many more developments that have come to light regarding ArtWishers.

Scam Adviser's verdict is that ArtWishers is fraudulent and attempts to scam people out of their money.

Do not attempt to buy anything from this website.

Remember your web smarts: Do not give out any personal information such as emails or credit card information to sites that are not reputable.

That being said, I do have to own up to adding to an otherwise chaotic situation since I have not anticipated what the intent behind the owners of ArtWishers may have been when this news first broke out, given the site is using a search engine based on google to steal people's artwork it is safe to assume that it likely will do with everyone who uses since it's likely a scare tactic.

If you have not already visited the site then please do not attempt to go looking for the website. Instead, just report it as a scam to the following places below. It will feed into the algorithm.

If you have already visited the site and intend to send a DCMA Complaint,

then DO NOT SEND AN EMAIL THROUGH THE SITE ITSELF.

Doing so will not only prompt the owners of the site to block your IP address. Additionally, you will be giving them your personal information since these people are likely not selling your art as much as they are intending to steal people's money and other important information.

Please send the complaints to the following parties:

DNS PROVIDER - CloudFlare

DCMA complaint page

Email: abuse@cloudflare.com

WEBSITE HOST - Hetzner Online GbmH

Email: abuse@hetzner.com

Sauce 1: https://lookup.icann.org/en/lookup

Sauce 2: https://blogimg.ngfiles.com/1113000/iu_1113172_3993712.webp

DO NOT ATTEMPT TO BRING ANY MORE ATTENTION TO THE SITE. Given recent information that AutomationTonic of Toyhou.se has provided, It would be safe to assume that whoever made this site did so with the intent to use word of mouth in an attempt to get it fed to online algorithms. (Thank you @Bappledik for posting this in the thread!)

The website in question looks like this:

Upon the information that has come to light I felt it appropriate to update this article in a way that will help those identify what the site will look like upon seeing any of the posts involving art wishers.

@Zfert has pointed out that there are similar sites to ArtWisher that are insanely similar to each other that are gathering images from google searches in the same manner as the site above.

There isn't much more I can do beyond what has been looked into. I do hope that this blog helps a few people out and these sites are taken down in the near future. Sooner rather than later if anything.

FINAL UPDATE TO THIS POST (11/16/2023):

While I have no intention of further updating this post, if new developments come to pass I will put it in the post if it's needed however, given the information that has come to light this will not be edited any further than it has been.

I appreciate everyone's efforts into getting to the bottom of this. All I can say at this point is to report the site to CloudFlare and Hetzner.

HELLO LOVELY PEOPLE OF NEWGROUNDS I BRING YOU ANOTHER UPDATE OF WHAT SILLY THINGS I AM UP TO ON HERE!!!

In any case some say that when life gives you lemons, that you need to make lemonade. I don't think there is ever a more true sentiment to certain situations you come across in life. Of course, creativity is often a good outlet for the everyday mundane absurdity we happen to call that.

THAT ASIDE ITS TIME TO PROVIDE SOME UPDATES ON WHAT I HAVE BEEN UP TO THESE PAST TWO WEEKS SINCE MY LAST UPDATE SO HERE WE GO!

SUBMISSION UPDATES:

In coordination with the ongoing effort to update several submissions to include content that is related to their initial pieces, the following posts have been given some new content related to them.

Granted, most of these are really just updates to include the native sizes of the original pixel art. HOWEVER, there has been some other things I provided in the Seductive Abyss and Takamaru pieces to include some experiments with CRT style filters.

EVENTUALLY what I'd like to do for some of my digital art pieces I may revise them to include some sketches that are relevant and re-organize a few pieces into one submission, primarily because it's a wee bit jarring to have things all over the place and not keep anything remotely tidy in spite of all the things that have been going on.

COLLABORATIONS:

In some of my recent activity on the BBS you'll notice that I have been taking part in a few collabs as of late. Mainly because I've been feeling the need to take on a few new challenges on my part. The snowman collab hosted by @fe3l1ngsk1lledd is one such project that helped get me thinking somewhat outside of the box. That was a bit of a quickie. However since I feel like it'd be more appropriate to wait until all the submissions are done and he's uploaded all the pieces for every user, you'll have to wait before you see the piece formally in the gallery.

Additionally, I am also now taking part in The Transformers Collab hosted by @CrockettDK on the grounds that I happen to dig giant robots. This is actually going to be something that will put me out of my comfort zone and, I'll be making some artwork for that collab. Maybe even a quick animation once I'm able to get the appropriate software to pull it off. That being state, that is going to be a project alongside Newgrounds Zero Hour to take some priority on my end.

BUT WAIT A SECOND!

There is in fact one other priority that, while not a massive one for me personally actually leads into a slight announcement for a Collab that is simple enough to not create a massive effort on my end since it's intended to be a group effort to create the best shit post possible.

THAT'S RIGHT I'M HOSTING A HAPPY LITTLE COLLAB

It's not intended to be anything massive or labor intensive on my end. I was initially planning to do another request-a-palooza on my end but with the amount of projects I'm taking on and the major life changes I'm currently going through on my end I realized that I'm not going to have as much time to take on a ton of people asking me to create free art. But then I realized something and asked my self "Why should I have all the fun in the joys of drawing?"

So I figured that I would allow for several artists to make and submit some of their own artwork and make it into one masterpiece in it's own right that can be a group effort by the masses of Newgrounders and the rest of all online denizens to enjoy. So here's the drill:

If you partake in the collab you are more than welcome to create up to FIVE drawings!

You read that right! Not a maximum of four, or six, or seven! FIVE is the magic number!

Just be sure to read all the rules in the collab and make sure it doesn't land an A rating. As much as I know some of us want that hot Wailord on Skitty action in an explicit manner, it'd be more of a challenge to make it Funny, Sexy, and Outrageous without making it explicit porn. Think of it like a bachelor show or some Japanese anime dating sim but with a flair of rampant cartoony hilarity and chaos that brings the magic out in all the surfers and memers in us! All of us under the spell of the internet!

SOME FINAL NOTES!

Obviously, it seems like a lot is going on for me personally. Yet life seems to be changing for the better, and soon I'll be on a payroll again and investing my time to help support my creative endeavors. I'm in a better state of mind where I'm more tanned and rested than I have been over the last year where I was pushing myself to insanity doing a 10 hour job four days a week on night shift. Which was insanely stressful on my end and it left me being into more of a salty asshole than usual since I wasn't able to focus on my well being in addition to work and my time to focus on making artwork and getting back into the rhythm of animating.

The biggest challenge in the coming years is handling all of this in my 30's, and it's creeping up on me sooner than I'd like to admit and yet... I have to be real I'm actually looking forward to it compared to my experiences in college and art school having learned my own strengths and weaknesses and getting to know myself better.

So who knows what life will bring me personally through 2024 all the way into 2034? Assuming that World War 3 doesn't wipe out humanity to the point where the majority of us are dead by nuclear and cyber warfare I might be able to save up enough money to attend more Comic-Cons, Pride Events, and Newgrounds Gatherings.

Until then, go fourth, do good for the world, and break out your creative mind and make the world a more colorful place!

Really not surprising in the slightest that this is happening.

Seems to be true with other platforms too. Not that I used it but it’s not going to surprise me if more services, content creators, and users left because of how Elon Musk is raping Twitter.

ALRIGHT TIME FOR ANOTHER UPDATE!

Alright so this one is going to be a bit of a doozy since there has been a lot going on my end. So I'd like to cover what's been going on in the past few weeks.

FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS I RECENTLY HAD ONE OF MY WORKS GOT FRONT PAGED!

I would like to thank @DaShahRach00 for the recommendation for the Art Portal! I feel like some credit is due there and it was certainly a pleasant surprise that I was not expecting for one of my works!

Second order of business is that I have provided another update for the Corrupted OC's Collab to include the Second and Third batches of artworks made for those who requested their characters back when the collab was still active (Just in time for Halloween too!)

I would like to thank @Template88 who graciously stepped up to cover the requests that I was unable to complete in a timely manner on my own as it was a pretty big help. All users who he covered have also been credited as well.

The only downside is that there is a gallery limit so until a work around is resolved to put his works into the descriptions, I did want to at the very least get the main piece covered.

OTHER UPDATES:

A few weeks back I ended up completing another screen for the Castlevania Redrawn Collab. To my understanding that collab will be live by halloween so stay tuned for that if you want to see some of the other artists who partook in that collaboration. The same is happening for the 1-Bit Artapalooza Spooky Edition Collab so there is a lot to look forward to!

With that update in mind it actually brings me to another bit of the updates I have been applying to some of my previous pixel art pieces as well where I have included the native sizes for their respective works, since I uploaded the other screen I had done for the Castlevania Redrawn collab amongst a few other ones (including the Dark Espeon piece!). I also ended up compiling the Pic0njo Day Collab into one submission as well since I'm able to now include both the NSFW and the SFW works since I can rate each individual piece separately.

EDIT: The 1-Bit Artapalooza Spooky Collab is now live! Huge shoutout to @TravelSizedLions for organizing the collab and even though I made one small contribution it was a pleasure to take on a small submission for the project!

HAPPENINGS:

Recently, I ended up getting a job offer for full time employment. There is going to be some paperwork that will be signed and some of my time will be taken once that goes through, but it will be for the best I feel like since right now I need a steady course of income on my end to keep doing what I'm doing. I'm not in the exact best position financially to make my art freelancing into a full time thing, but it is something I intend to continue in addition to any self study and other projects I am working on for the time being.

Also, HOCKEY SEASON IS BACK! Gonna be cheering for my team the Bruins and a couple of other favorites. I don't know how many people are into hockey for NHL or any of the other leagues that are around but if anyone wants some of my insights by all means hit me up in the NHL Hockey Fan Club that has been around since 2004 that @MattThePAranoidKat created.

All the same, stay tuned for future updates. Until next time, go out there and do some good for the world.

So hello fellow Newgrounders! Welcome back to another blog of DioShiba writing his stupid nonsense online again! ;)

Not like I don't do that enough!

Jesus Christ, not this asshole again!

Am I really thinking this or am I reading it?

So I haven't exactly bothered to write everything new lately, A lot has been going on IRL between job hunting and some other things that came up while I'm doing what I can to maintain my own health where I had to reschedule a therapy appointment I don't know how many times due to some weird run-around at the place I've been going to lately concerning my medical issues. It's been more hectic and it's a lot more than I care to really get into. But I hope that helps shed things into some light for those who follow me.

To get some good news out of the way first, still doing what I've been doing since last time, but I've also returned to meandering on TheVGResource forums again because in the near future there is a personal sprite project that I would like to get back into that I would like to get back into and I might be able to get feedback from there on it. Same with SMWCentral. But that's going to be a few months away. I'm also almost done with another Castlevania Collab piece that I am getting done. So that's something you might want to stay tuned for, ultimately as mentioned in my previous posts I still have my priorities for the projects I'm lending a hand to so I'm not going to repeat too much about it since I'd rather be more focused about the upcoming future plans I have concerning my profile.

Oh my god DioShiba are you leaving or some shit?

What the fuck? WIZARD SO SO?

This guy is an artist?

No I'm not getting rid of my profile.

(Sorry to the people that disagree with me over some things but just know I ain't got the room for the hate, I still see some of you guys <3 )

Oh okay cool but why the sass over it? You aren't perfect and you're kind of a dick at times!

True, but it's not like I'm going to sit here and deny that. Not my prettiest trait when I'm blunt I admit but at the very least I give enough of a damn to be human anyways.

Anyways, I suppose it's worth mentioning far as what has been going on here since the massive Art Portal Update and I got the chance to try it out finally. And I gotta say, I am happy about how it works because it makes it far more easier on my end to upload multiple images into one post.

WOWIE-ZOWIE! You actually liked that update! Cool tits on a stick! What do you plan on doing with it?

That said I've actually been looking over some of my submissions and I realized that there is actually a pretty good opportunity for me to re-organize some of my artwork and compact some of the posts I have made over the years. I feel like using the multiple image feature I can also finally upload some of the files that I initially didn't want to upload due to the resolution size of the native pixel art I made before I adjusted the size of the work I exported into their respective images for the sake of easier viewing if anyone is on Newgrounds through mobile.

So wait, hold on a minute, you mean to tell us that there is some content you haven't posted?

There's some stuff that you want to add related to current content that's uploaded?

Some new projects? A big giant brownie that only kings and gods could get high off of?

WHAT DO U MEAN?!?!?!?

This is going to be a project more for here for me to do that will be ongoing with a couple of to-dos I have in mind and you'll be noticing that over time. For some submissions, like the pixel work I have done for the Corrupted OC's Collab I'd like to compile all into one post for everyone's viewing so no one has to hop around between different submissions for example. EDIT: The update for the Corrupted OC's project has gone through! Some of you guys should be receiving a DM to be added on the credits list for contributing your requests to it.

The other thing too is that I may end up posting some WIP related content to some submissions given the gallery features because there are a few pictures that I'm willing to compile into a few gifs for anyone who is inspired to also do what I'm doing.

There is no clear timeline to when this is all going to be complete, so I will be updating which ones will be updated as frequently as I am able to in the upcoming blogs I post here since it's relevant to Newgrounds specifically.

Or not and just enjoy seeing my work or whatever else you're. I don't really give that much of a shit.

Hey will fuck you 2!? >:(

Ehh, I think I'll enjoy the work thanks

I wonder if anyone else besides me has actually bothered reading this wall.

More importantly, what I'd be more worried about is how given the world seems to be getting more and more insane as the time goes by I'd be wondering what ways I can keep myself sane. In the grand scheme of things I'm almost 4 years away from booze in about a month so... That's another thing to be happy about in spite of everything going on.

You know what? Good on ya buddy!"

Well in any case that's pretty much all that I have to talk about today.

Until next time everyone.

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