So, this is a news post that I didn’t want to make but ultimately, it needs to be said since I have been helping out with Newgrounds: Zero Hour for the past year now.

Concerning what has been going on with ThatJohnnyGuy. I cannot defend his actions regarding what has come to light, nor do I condone them. I do not know the details besides what has been brought up as I’ve only known Johnny for a year. So please, don’t ask me anything in regards to his problems. I really don't need the headache.

A lot of things were put up in the air with the project. What I can say is that the project will continue, but it will do so without Johnny’s involvement and there has been a change in leadership. I will continue to work on it as a sprite artist for the team.

Edit: Now that my thoughts are more settled in, I want to add the following to expand the second paragraph exclusively, that stated this opinion is my own and no one else's.

Far as my professional ties with Johnny himself and myself are concerned, I have chosen to cut ties in light of these developments. Ultimately this decision for why I'm distancing myself should be evident so I'm not going to repeat what I have stated in my initial stance and what I expressed in my comments on this news blog.

He needs to take responsibility given the decisions he made in his life prior to my joining on Zero Hour. I can't in good conscience continue to maintain that connection between myself and him, and that has nothing to do with the project I joined knowing that it can carry on w/o him even if several changes have to be made in the long run.

I'm only hoping that he does get the help he needs. There isn't much else that I can say beyond that.

This is something that I have long been meaning to put up, but never had a whole lot of time to really organize this thoroughly as I would like until now.

Yes, I'm opening up for commissions. All prices listed are bases for an hourly rate depending on estimated time needed to put the work in for your piece.

As of right now, I'm limiting myself to three slots to see how that will work out. That may change in the future.

8/8/23 EDIT: It is also very much my birthday today! I was debating whether or not I should make a new blog post about it but I figure that it would be better to bring that up in passing.

One year closer to 30, but still feeling like a kid sometimes. Age is weird.

I don't think it needs much saying but please support my friend @Jeminix2 they make really awesome artwork and you won't be disapointed in following them.

(Congrats on the front page Jerry!)

Not that it has anything to do with here all that much but some bastard managed to fool me into thinking that one of my friends needed help when it turned out to be a hacked account using Ai.

Hackers and scammers are getting smart with this tech and that's the scary thing that worries me. Too bad these people have chhota lands as the hindis call them otherwise they wouldn't be desperate to take advantage of people.

Recently, I just hit the milestone of 100 followers on Newgrounds! I couldn't be thankful enough for everyone who has supported me and my work since I've gotten more active on here.

So, where do I plan on going from here? Obviously one thing remains the same that I will be continuing to hone my craft and do what I can to support my fellow Newgrounders on here. Soon as I work toward the next milestone of 200 things are going to get more interesting. That much I promise on my end.

And while the world continues to go wild, as always I'm gonna have a thing or two to say about some of it true to my own fashion.

Til' next time, stay fresh, do good for the world!

Honestly given how Elon has pretty much been shitting on the platform and forcing tweet limits in the news feed I'm pretty much done and closing it.

I'd rather just cut my losses and move on. I'm probably going to make a follow up post on this in the coming days because besides Elon driving the platform into oblivion I got other gripes with the site and it's user-base as of late that I've been having as of late that finally forced me to pull the plug on it.

Bit of a different direction for my blog but... I think it's worth talking about

I was skeptical at first but ultimately I found myself liking it a lot.

To copy and paste a review I did for Rotten Tomatoes: This is not a movie that is everyone's cup of tea. Arguably, some may find it a bit pretentious and I can get where people are coming from with the criticisms they have. Perchance, it could be justified that it does seem like a pointless film where a lot of troupes are recycled. And yet... I can't help but enjoy Asteroid City

I'm going to be real on this, but the movie hinges on absurdism in both it's plot A and Plot B story. I was caught off guard by this because the advertising almost indicated something different until I found out Wes Anderson was the one directing this.

Sure, we could talk about how he got top name celebrities for the film, or how he managed to get away with a moment where we get a brief glimpse at Scarlett Johansson's naked body in a PG-13 film... Or even the fact that there is an alien. The thing is that is not the crux of the film as much as it is Jason Schwartzman's character, Jones Hall and the very confusion he has with the play itself that is being written by playwright Conrad Earp, as played by Edward Norton.

And while I don't wish to spoil the film, I do think that the message is clear to the careful eyed observer on who Conrad truly is, which is both foreshadowed in the beginning, and lamp shaded at the climax of the play when it all comes down to a rather chaotic scene toward the end and how it's meta pokes a hole in the meaning of nihilism (Or those who hold a particular faith) which in some fairness I do think Asteroid City criticism on that particular philosophy as much as it does a few other perspectives.

The only thing that prevents me from giving this a full 5 stars however, is that there were some things in the play itself that could have been expanded on. Hopefully by the time the Blu-Ray comes out there are some deleted scenes that will expand on some of the other characters and what they are thinking, but I digress for what I saw on the widespread release I am pretty well content with the film.

There is truth to a moment in the film that "You can't wake up if you don't fall asleep" as for the meaning well, you may just have to put two and two together to figure that one out.

But I supposed if you feel that the film is too pretentious to your liking then, there's no point in dwelling on it. As for those who enjoy absurdist humor to it's full delight however, well you'll find the exact glimmer of hope you will need in the context of the movie.

For me, 4.5 out of 5 Stars.

So I think it's fair to update everyone on what's been going on my end.

As of right now I have relocated back to my hometown. To keep a long story short, financial and work stresses put me on the deep end of my mental health and it's affected me pretty negatively in the past couple of months.

That being said... You've already noticed that I'm getting myself back into the swing of things. Since I'm currently out of my job I'm doing what I can to find something to fall back on ASAP, until then I'm just doing what I can to keep myself going with my portfolio and any other projects I've been up to in the past. Same with my physical health and that's what led me to get back into martial arts for the time being.

So that's really the gist of my situation.

As for where that will take me as of right now, I'm not going to jump into any assumptions. While there is some uncertainty and stress involved in my situation in life, it's not as bad as it was while I was located in Salem.

Was awesome to live there and it was certainly an eye opener but at the end of the day, I still have to do what is going to be best for me moving forward. On the bright side of things I've been keeping up with the Stanley Cup Playoffs and getting back into watching NHL, I realize not many people who follow me might be sports fans but to be honest hockey is really the only sport I can get behind.

Currently, my hunch is that Panthers will win. I can go on about that but right now they have the most factors into being one hell of a hungry team compared to Vegas and they've gotten more rest due to Dallas pushing to a Game 6 much to the deserved credit they need. I would have preferred Boston but obviously, that's not gonna happen because of how they choked.

Finally here's a doodle that I had from 2021.

Inspired by a patron at the Norman Rockwell museum during my time working a temporary job. I actually liked talking with her back then and I hope she's doing alright. The outfit was too ingrained in my head so... It kind of was something I was able to memorize and doodle.

Well... Until next time.

Yep, I'm almost ready to start uploading some new work again.

Currently I'm in the midst of moving. Salem Mass has been fun but due to the cost of living being pretty high there I'm moving back to my hometown for the time being so that will be my focus to finish wrapping that up for this week.

Once that's taken care of one of the first ones will be uploaded. Some people have already seen what I've been up to but... I'm sure it will be worth the wait for some of y'all on here in particular.

Alright so it's been a bit that I've actually posted any artwork on here, rest assured that there is a few good reasons.

The first being that, I'm still making artwork however things have been going a bit slow on that lately due to my time being divided between two jobs (Edit: as of earlier this morning I was informed that I was let go of my second job, figured I’d edit it in here and own what was originally stated when I posted this last night) and projects like Zero Hour that I've been lending my hand in. Rest assured that I am still working on my end to make artwork but chances are I won't be posting any new artwork on the portal anytime soon.

Adulting hasn't been easy and on my end I'm still trying to figure out the best way to divide my time so I'm still providing content to you guys. With that being said, there's some stuff that I need to figure out on my end in regards to work I do just so I can keep making art to begin with. That's putting aside the state of my mental health currently.

So where does that take me from here? When will I be posting more artwork again?

To answer those questions:

• 1) I'm hoping to start posting content again sometime around late May - early June. Maybe sooner if I can get my shit sorted out by then.
• 2) By the time I start posting artwork again you're likely going to see some projects that I've been putting on hiatus for one reason or another, some of them might actually work in favor of the time I start posting again.
• 3) Given that, with what's going on currently in regards to real life stuff I may end up taking a step back from posting on the BBS and keep to lurking and making my posts a bit more rare. I've been putting a lot of time into that out of boredom and to be honest it hasn't been doing me a lot of favors lately. What I may do is that I'm going to start being more active in the Art, Animation, and Music portals and talk about things that don't have to do with politics or shooting shit with other users on here and actually help focus on seeing what other people are doing with their creations.

I hope that explains where I stand currently. And who knows, with any luck once I get back into the projects I've been meaning to get back into I might actually look into learning a few new programs so I don't have to rely on adobe to do everything (I'm already kind of doing that with Aseprite and Clip Studio but... hey whatever works)

Until then here are some sprites that I made of Wario in SMW style, but more so in the vein that he's a boss as opposed to a playable character like other people have been doing with him.

Until next time