Johnny: https://thatjohnnyguy.newgrounds.com/

https://90aa.drr.ac/

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Introduction:

https://thatjohnnyguy.newgrounds.com/

Reinvention: The Audiobiography of Real Faction

https://realfaction.bandcamp.com/album/reinvention-the-audiobiography-of-real-faction

Music Portfolio:

https://www.newgrounds.com/playlists/view/418e843790458b861066f2b199a8caba

Formally:

https://realfaction.bandcamp.com/album/real-faction

Piercing Lazer - Simple Sight (Castle Crashers Necromancer Theme)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VK_mZFdo-hY&ab_channel=ThatJohnnyGuy

Pico's School Soundtrack:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHD84rUiKHo&list=PLM_ItXF6mgdqCwa6k9x7lcFcM_Aj8hsj5&ab_channel=ThatJohnnyGuy

Pico's School:

COLLABORATIONS ORGANIZED:

Pixel Day + BIG NG COLLAB TEASER:

https://thatjohnnyguy.newgrounds.com/news/post/1333809

Art-Inspired Music Contest: 

https://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/1409442

NGAP20 Collab (Audio Portal's 20th Anniversary)

https://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/1519057

Off The Wall Show:

https://offthewallshow.newgrounds.com/

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 

(1) - Before Newgrounds, what were some events that shaped your personality:

Johnny discovered Newgrounds in 2003 (Easter)

“Movies had a really big impact on my life.” 

Steven Spielberg movies

Robin Williams 

Jim Carrey

“The people on Newgrounds, help me struggle less in some ways, 

I felt really welcomed there and I connected with a lot of people like me.” 

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 

(2) - Experiences with other websites:

AOL:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1UY7eDRXrs&ab_channel=RetroHead92

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A3DudqwsRPw&ab_channel=LGR

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cv1B9sPPOXo&ab_channel=GreatBigStory

What Happened to Saturday Morning Cartoons?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bux83X6G99Y&ab_channel=Cinemassacre

Early use of the Internet:

https://web.archive.org/web/19961219123812/http://foxkids.com/

https://web.archive.org/web/19961229111201/http://www.kidswb.com/

https://web.archive.org/web/20041204185743/http://www.ebombsworld.com/

https://web.archive.org/web/20061231140225/http://www.stupidvideos.us/

2003-2004:

AIM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lNAgfMtRte4

MSN

Skype

2005:

https://web.archive.org/web/20050228223856/http://www.myspace.com/

https://web.archive.org/web/20050401094836/http://www.homestarrunner.com/

Yahoo Search:

https://web.archive.org/web/20051101003433/http://search.yahoo.com/

ThatJohnnyGuy. My Retro Life (Podcast)

https://www.newgrounds.com/playlists/view/eb600da1c962f5758288946287a94662

“I kind of regret showing my face on the internet,

but at the same time.

I really like that I could bring my characters like Jack Serious to life 

and old JKTV footage on YouTube.” 

JKTV:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OlQL9Xrg1ro&list=PLM_ItXF6mgdojn1Z-AASs4AyNgTiYiP7o&index=1&ab_channel=ThatJohnnyGuy

“If I had advice; about using the Internet to anyone, 

who's kind of new or they're teenagers and they're young 

and it's haven't shown their face yet.” 

“Don't show your face on the Internet.

If possible not your legal name.

Not too much personal information.

Cuz things go viral and you just don't know 

and it could ruin your life or somebody else's life.” 

“There are a lot of ways people 

can take advantage of you on the net.”

Off the Wall - Season 4, Episode 4: LeviRamirez & TeraVex on Gappy's Playground & Making Games:

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 

(3) - What makes you happy:

“More anything, what's made me happy is throughout my life is connecting to others.” 

“Life is about learning things, 

not know them right away.” 

“A wise man once told me to stop trying to be like a hammer,

and be more like a screwdriver.” 

“Take it at your own pace, it's not a race.” 

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 

(4) - Your history with Newgrounds:

2006 and 2007:

https://www.newgrounds.com/

https://web.archive.org/web/20000510004620/http://www.newgrounds.com/

Pendulum (Drum and Bass)

Knife Party

Madness Combat

Madness Combat Fan Songs:

https://web.archive.org/web/20060701015117/http://www.newgrounds.com/

Queen (band)

Piercing Lazer

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VK_mZFdo-hY&ab_channel=ThatJohnnyGuy

https://realfaction.bandcamp.com/

Piercing Lazer Playlist:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jd6laXjGXY8&list=PLM_ItXF6mgdqhlYZV0dcAlSEsoJ-HfBk-&ab_channel=ThatJohnnyGuy

Halo 3

Kingdom Hearts 1 and 2

2023:

A Silent Voice - Cryptic

https://asilentvoice.bandcamp.com/track/cryptic

Hate to Love - Johnny Guy

https://thatjohnnyguy.bandcamp.com/track/hate-to-love

Cursed Server

https://cursedserver.bandcamp.com/

Pixel Day

https://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/1520525

NGAP20 Collab (Audio Portal's 20th Anniversary)

https://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/1519057#bbspost27617896_post_text

A.i.m. Audio Contest

https://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/1339801

Off The Wall Show

https://offthewallshow.newgrounds.com/

TheNewgroundsPodcast

Show #1:

The Great One

https://the-great-one.newgrounds.com/

NG: Zero Hour Demo

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 

(5) - How does it make you feel about all the experiences you've had:

“It's incredibly humbling.”

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 

(6) - What does it mean to express yourself:

“What it means to express yourself is,

just to do what makes you happy just. Express no matter who you're around,

as long as you're not hurting yourself or anyone else.

People will just love you.” 

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 

(7) - Soundtracks:

2008

Piercing Lazer - Simple Sight:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VK_mZFdo-hY

(2011)

https://thatjohnnyguy.newgrounds.com/audio

2013

Fischer OST (Cancelled Game)

https://realfaction.bandcamp.com/album/fischer-ost-cancelled-game

The Thing (Cancelled Fan Game OST)

https://realfaction.bandcamp.com/album/the-thing-cancelled-fan-game-ost

2015

Realfaction

https://web.archive.org/web/20210227072748/https://www.realfaction.net/

2016

Pico's School

Pico's School (Original Soundtrack)

https://thatjohnnyguy.bandcamp.com/album/picos-school-original-soundtrack

Off the Wall, Season 4, Episode 5: Spazkid on Nightmare Cops, Animating, & Why Things Suck

https://offthewallshow.newgrounds.com/news/post/1344817

Fetal Fury

https://www.newgrounds.com/playlists/view/7c2613a0c4bf1c4863690f94df92f3a5

Inspiration:

Capcom Vs SNK 2

Tekken (Games)

Street Fighter (Games)

(Japanese rock metal bands)

Fear, and Loathing in Las Vegas

BABYMETAL

Cuphead (Game)

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 

(8) - Music media and resources you can recommend:

Resume of past work mostly for game-style music

https://www.newgrounds.com/playlists/view/418e843790458b861066f2b199a8caba

Off the Wall Season 3

https://www.newgrounds.com/playlists/view/b09ec850ffc3d203f2397b28c54d0abd

Off the Wall Season 4

https://www.newgrounds.com/playlists/view/3f1df7b8c728ba432946dccc6c799c8d

A podcast series that took a deeper look into the earlier years of my music:

https://www.newgrounds.com/playlists/view/f741fd1df5772e6b5a5e5285ca2d01a5

FL Studio

https://www.image-line.com/ 

Reaper

https://www.reaper.fm/

Audacity

https://www.audacityteam.org/

XLR Studio mic AKA G

Preamp

Audio box

Morphvox Pro

https://screamingbee.com/morphvox-voice-changer

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 

(9) - Podcasting:

The Faction Report

https://www.youtube.com/@ThatJohnnyGuyyy/search?query=the%20faction%20report

Factioncast

https://www.newgrounds.com/search/conduct/audio?match=tags&tags=factioncast

Talking Real

https://www.newgrounds.com/search/conduct/audio?suitabilities=etma&c=3&terms=talking%20real

The Newgrounds Podcast

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 

(10) - Podcasting media and resources you can recommend:

The official Newgrounds podcast

https://thenewgroundspodcast.newgrounds.com/

Conan O'Brien

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Conan+O%27Brien

Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hctVTiG5y6c&list=PLVL8S3lUHf0Te3TvS37LaF6dk4rhkc2gg&ab_channel=TeamCoco

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 

(11) - How do you improve at a craft:

“You study.

You keep practicing.

You have a passion for it.

It's really as simple as that.” 

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 

(12) - Literature:

Halo

The Chronicles of Narnia

The Magician's Nephew

The Silver Chair

The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe

“Look up tips online.” 

“Make sure you have proper grammar.” 

Grammarly

“Go with what you know.” 

Venturescape (Audio Drama Series)

https://www.newgrounds.com/playlists/view/9076bec75d496c58f9e6c4aa0b52b9b1

The Great Gatsby

The Lovely Bones (Warning story about sexual assault)

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 

(13) - Recommendations:

Lord of the Rings (Movies)

How To Kill a Mockingbird (Book)

God of War (Game series)

Life Is Strange (Game series)

The Fallout series

The Elder Scrolls series

Bioshock series

Peter Jackson King Kong (Game)

The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers

The Lord of the Rings: Return of the King (Game)

Portal and Portal 2

Undertale

The Last of Us

Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines

Final Fantasy 6

Final Fantasy 7

Final Fantasy 7 (Remake)

Final Fantasy 14

Silent Hill series

Resident Evil 7

Legend of Zelda series

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 

(14) - Voice acting:

-Be careful with what roles you get. People can take advantage of you-

-You have to trust the people you work with-

(Started)

Voice acting with his built-in microphone in his laptop

(Early)

Blue Yeti microphone

PreSonus audio boxKRK rocket monitors

KRK rocket monitors

MacBook Pro laptop

(Later)

AKG microphone

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 

(15) - Voice acting in media you recognise as good :

Batman The Animated Series

Kevin Conroy

Fullmetal Alchemist

Atlantis the Lost Empire

The Lion King

Mulan

Avatar The Last Airbender

Aladdin

Robin Williams as Genie

-Learn to express emotion with your voice-

-Learn to do impressions-

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 

(16) - What is your self-image shaped by:

“Ultimately what's most important;

is that you are happy with yourself.” 

-It's about taking small steps and recognizing the progress-

https://www.16personalities.com/

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 

(17) - How does one become a community organizer:

“Talk to someone who's done it before. 

Just kind of shadow them, I guess a little bit.” 

-Study contests-

Necromancer Theme Remix Contest

https://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/1299957#bbspost23862468_post_text

-Putting the contest acronym inside of the beginning title of the art-

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 

(18) - How to help:

“Make sure that you're listening.” 

“Sometimes it's not something you can help.” 

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 

(19) - Eudaimonia:

“Enjoying the challenge.” 

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 

(20) - How to process negative emotions:

“Study your personality type.”

“All about the journey, it's all about the challenge.” 

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 

Conclusion

Hate To Love

A Silent Voice - Cryptic

“Life is unexpected, 

so expect that.” 

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The Crazed Side: https://thecrazedside.newgrounds.com/

https://90aa.drr.ac/

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Thumbnail artwork:

Introduction:

https://thecrazedside.newgrounds.com/

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 

(1) - Origin:

Dads books:

https://www.amazon.com/stores/Thennek-Evood-Ghuelle/author/B072239918?ref=ap_rdr&store_ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true 

Adult Swim

Aqua Teen Hunger Force

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 

(2) - The Crazed Side:

The Crazed Side documentary:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeYaJeA-pe0&list=PLJb3CLBzkMwYW9-etHmP-AGgQWyJJvM1I&index=2&t=54s&ab_channel=CrazedSideStudio

Stoned Rivals Of The West:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9psi_6aQz7g&list=PLJb3CLBzkMwZgUYSJ9B3zh5meQ4xpVrfP&ab_channel=CrazedSideStudio

The Crazed Side series:

https://www.newgrounds.com/playlists/view/7c26a41f89fe11a94377ef3a304c99ac

“It's nice to have that one thing,

you have complete control of.” 

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 

(4) - Do you feel that your taste in media has changed:

Deus Ex (2000)

Arkham City

“I used to be more like watching dark longer anime 

stories like Death Note and Code Geass.” 

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 

Conclusion:

“When the drugs see you they should get high as fuck.”

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VoicesbyCorey: https://voicesbycorey.newgrounds.com/

https://90aa.drr.ac/

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Thumbnail artwork: 

https://chipollo.newgrounds.com/

Introduction:

https://voicesbycorey.newgrounds.com/

Spooky Month - Tender Treats:

PICO VS BEAR DX:

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 

(1) - How did you take your first step into your artistic journey:

Aladdin (1992 Disney film)

Robin Williams (Genie)

“I loved learning voices and I love performing 

them for friends because it made them smile.” 

“I still have like all my original audio files back from 

when I started on Newgrounds. 

And I actually like to go back and listen to them.

Just to kind of remind myself, how much I've grown, since I started.” 

Blockhead:

https://www.newgrounds.com/collection/blockhead

TANKMEN:

https://www.newgrounds.com/collection/tankmen

Camp Rogain VA Demo:

https://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/search/author/VoicesByCorey/13

“I honestly wouldn't be where I am today without Newgrounds because it has allowed me to grow.

And give me opportunities to hone my craft and just grow as a voice actor 

and it's basically giving me a catalog to see how much I've grown over the years.

I'm very thankful for Newgrounds.

I'm thankful for all the game developers and animators and fellow voice actors

who I've got to work with over these years and I'm very thankful that Tom 

has been able to keep the site up and running, and allow us to share our creative sides.” 

“It's one of the best websites in the world 

and you can change my mind about that.” 

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 

(2) - Warnings and lessons you learned throughout life:

“When you're faced with adversity and negativity 

you can't let it drive you and defeat you.”

“This time around I told myself: I learned my lesson, and I told myself. 

If I'm going to be doing this again,

I need to surround myself with people who are going to want to help me GROW and be supportive.” 

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 

(3) - Voice acting advice:

1. BIG A

“When it comes to voice acting it's little v,

and big A.

Meaning when it comes to voice acting,

your voice is secondary to the acting component.” -- Rob Paulsen

2. LEARNING THINGS EVERY SINGLE TIME

“I'm still learning things every single time.

I try to voice act I try to listen to my old auditions,

and see what I could do differently.” 

3.INVEST IN YOURSELF

“Take the time to invest in yourself and your voice acting career, 

and learn how to act.” 

By Yuri Lowenthal (Author), Tara Platt (Author)

Voice-Over Voice Actor: The Extended Edition

Dee Bradley Baker

https://iwanttobeavoiceactor.com/

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 

(4) - Your production pipeline:

1. AUDITIONING:

“As a voice actor your main job is NOT recording voices

It's recording auditions.” 

1. Audition

“Following the guidelines of what you need to do for your audition.

Record the lines, follow the format send it in.” 

1. JUST LET IT GO:

“Let it go don't think about your audition,

don't dwell on the audition.

1. JUST LET IT GO.

Because the more you sit and dwell on whether,

you're going to get chosen, or not if you don't get chosen. It's going to devastate you.”

“If they really like your auditions, they are going to reach out to you. 

There's no need to check every single day to make sure that they heard your audition, 

and whether they like your audition.”

2. Call back or you get chosen

3. Production

4. Wait

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 

(5) - Friends you've made, people you've met:

Nick Senny

https://nicksenny.newgrounds.com/

Josh Dyton

https://joshdytonvo.newgrounds.com/

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 

(7) - How to communicate with the director/collaborators:

“COMMUNICATE.”

“It also does fall on you as well,

you have to be willing to be proactive and not just sit.”

“Even after you've sent stuff, 

don't hesitate to reach out to a team, 

and say "Hey you know just checking in do you need anything else for me?"

“Care about the project you're working on.

That's something you always want to convey to your team.”

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 

(8) - The projects you've been a part of:

https://voicesbycorey.newgrounds.com/movies

Spooky Month - Tender Treats:

PICO VS BEAR DX:

Camp Rogain:

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 

(9) - Classic Newgrounds:

“I'm very happy and I really hope;

that people continue to come to the side,

and give it a chance because it is truly one awesome website.”

(10) - The tropes of Newgrounds animations

“What ultimately makes Newgrounds unique,

 is just the different styles of animations.”

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 

(12) - What makes a good Newgrounds movie:

“What are the best things that you can do when making a movie,

that's going to be successful on Newgrounds is:

EXECUTION.”

“Having good communication among your group to make sure 

that you guys finish the task.”

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 

(14) - Webcomics:

Cyanide & Happiness

He's venturing into webcomics

https://cheetoh.newgrounds.com/

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 

(15) - Media recommendation:

“Support your favorite artists on Newgrounds.”

South Park

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 

(16) - How would you describe your mental health:

“During those days when you're having all those negative emotions guarantee you,

there's going to be one positive thing.”

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 

(17) - Things that make you angry:

“Especially in voice acting is when you replace me for a role.

That I was casting for, and you don't let me know.”

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 

(18) - How to define your goals as a creator:

“The first thing you ultimately need to do is start off with small goals.”

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 

(19) - Do you understand your own emotions:

“If you're able to be in touch with your emotions,

you're able to take those emotions,

and apply them to the characters that you're performing as.”

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 

(20) - Create the ultimate unfunny formula:

“If you want to be a DICK right out the gate;

you're going to be unfunny 

you're going to be unlikable 

you're going to be unapproachable.”

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 

Conclusion:

“Bring happiness to people through my performances...

and doing that makes me happy too.”

“Voice acting really makes me happy.”

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Zedrin: https://zedrinbot.newgrounds.com/

https://90aa.drr.ac/

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Introduction:

https://zedrin.carrd.co/

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 

(1) - How did you get interested in making art:

Zoids TV Series 2001–

Newgrounds animations

Miniclip animations

Oney's Toon Tutorials:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkdmg4Gq-lM&ab_channel=HardDriveArchive

“We banded together with a bunch of people;

to try and make a movie. 

Which DO NOT try to make a movie for your first animation.

It is suicide!”

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 

(2) - Origins... DeviantArt. YouTube. SFS Animation:

Shantae (Series of platform games developed by WayForward)

MLP FANDOM:

Silly Filly Studios -- https://mlpfanart.fandom.com/wiki/Silly_Filly_Studios

https://mlpfanart.fandom.com/wiki/Zedrin

https://www.youtube.com/@SFS_Animation

“I'm not disappointed in the work at all, 

I do kind of wish that we hadn't like devoted 

so heavily towards the fandom at the start. 

Because ultimately when we tried to move on,

and try to branch out to do other things. 

Cuz we all kind of got collectively sick of like the fandom 

and whatnot and MLP as a whole.”

“So as a result we eventually did wind up 

shuttering the studio.

Which was kind of a shame, shutter that in 2015.

but it's like we're not going to make anything else;

on that channel.

Whatsoever.”

“When it comes to MLP:

I think really what I wanted was;

more of like a sense of community.

And things like that cuz,

like the show itself it's fine 

it's not terrible or anything

it's not something that I would really enjoy in modern times,

But back then there really wasn't 

a whole lot of competition.

When it comes down to it and it was really competently written.

Still. It was still enjoyable all things considered.”

-EDITOR'S NOTES-

Attaching yourself to popular franchises.

And providing value for that audience.

Is one of the best ways of getting an audience yourself.

-EDITOR'S NOTES: STOP-

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 

(3) - PV02... Pivot:

https://www.pv02comic.com/

Cave Story:

https://cavestory.fandom.com/wiki/Curly_Brace

Ask Blog:

https://pv02.tumblr.com/page/74

“It was always hard when it came to like making the comic;

by the deadline and things like that and getting things ready.

Just because it's a lot of mechanical work.”

“Finding plot holes that I had written myself way back.

And came back to haunt me later on. And eventually got so bad.

That I just could not keep up with it anymore.”

-EDITOR'S NOTES: USEFUL RESOURCES-

Write the beginning, and write the end.

Fill in the middle.

Writing is Rewriting.

Create a Show Bible:

Examples: https://www.scriptreaderpro.com/tv-show-bible-examples/

George Carlin tells his own biography - Interview 2007:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nm4YnDl5hOk&t=3s&ab_channel=RareInterviews

If you see or hear a good idea, write that down. 

It might be subject to change. 

Though it's important that you write it down.

The Habits of Effective Artists:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vM39qhXle4g&t=162s

The Surprising Habits of Original Thinkers:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxbCHn6gE3U

Writing:

https://www.youtube.com/@filmcourage

Business:

https://www.youtube.com/@thefutur

--

DRAWING PRACTICE THAT MAKES YOU WORSE:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Trltj40RLaI&ab_channel=MarcBrunet

Deliberate practise.

1. Deliberate practise, the method is what should, if you're just putting in the hours at best

you'll make insignificant progress will only help to ruin your motivation or worse; 

you'll develop bad habits. Bad habits take a lot of work to unlearn.

2. Copying is at the root of all, learning so you should most definitely. copying very wise words the third. Steal like an artist.

3. Don't set your targets too high it's normal to get more bold and try more advanced and technical drawings as you get better but I've noticed often the increase in difficulty 

is faster than the increase in skills. Do something you can finish.

4. Don't be afraid to change or violently add or remove elements.

5. Always practise with a clear goal.

6. Always try to find an angle that's fun for you.

-EDITOR'S NOTES: STOP-

“Maybe I would have had a little bit better luck 

if I kind of like studied few other webcomics.”

“I think really the biggest issue that I kind of had with original PV02.

Is just like I kind of would write things that 

just happen for no reason.

It's like there's no real agency in the story.

And Pivot doesn't really feel all that active in what's going on to her.

She's reacting to situations, I wanted her to be more:

Proactive.”

“Start with a story; that is consistent with itself.”

“I can't decide if it was going to be;

cyberpunk or post-cyberpunk?

I didn't commit to anything, that was one of the issues.”

“One major change would be; instead of Pivot just suddenly 

waking up, in this factory arbitrarily...

I would want her to essentially be investigating, actively.

And decided to go there because there's some reason, why?

She feels drawn to it. And that process;

she winds up screwing something up.”

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 

(4) - Advice would you give to aspiring artists:

1. PRACTICE RIGHT

“Make sure you're practicing right.

Cuz doing the same thing over and over again, 

that you don't care about.

Or you're doing it wrong, is NOT going to be helpful.

Draw what you want.”

2. TELL A STORY

“Remember: art is NOT a matter of; 

"Hey, I put in a bunch of work coins and, 

now I get out progress."

You're only going to get progress; if 

you actually CARE about what you making.”

“Really the entire purpose of art is...

it's not about a matter of technical skill.

What makes good art is; art that is trying to say;

something, or trying to tell a story.”

“Also, it's not trying to actually hurt people...”

3. CONVEYING THE IDEAS

“Art's purpose is basically; how well it conveys ideas.”

“This is the whole reason why:

sometimes you'll get like; "Oh hey I spent like 5 minutes on a sketch."

For some reason, this is getting a ton of notes.

Meanwhile...

"This thing that I spent 8 hours on is getting NOWHERE."

Well it could be that the sketch, 

was way better at conveying the ideas.

Or that those ideas are just way more relatable.”

“Focus on how you tell a story with your work.

Even if it's not technically impressive,

if you know how to tell a story: 

right.

And if you know how to make things feel impactful.

it'll feel more: 

fulfilling.”

4.THE EFFECT OF SPECIALIZATION

“Likewise. When it comes down to it.

That is also the reason why NSFW;

tends to be more successful.

Than SFW.

It's not because NSFW is like an

easy mode or anything.

There are a lot of technical aspects that still go into it.

Its NSFW; 

knows what it wants to be,

and knows what it wants to do.

It's "easier" in that respect,

that you don't have to think as much about what it's trying to do.

“Whereas like if you're trying to do a SFW piece.

You got to put MORE thought into it: making it interesting.

Sometimes I have had some friends who...

they are really funny,

they're really good at doing SFW pieces,

they get a ton of hits on their work.

But then when they try to go to do NSFW, 

they have a hard time making it sexy 

because they can "only" do funny.

As a result; they're NSFW do not

as well as they're SFW.

And they are confused as hell as to why that happens.”

“it's not black and white.”

5. FEEDBACK

“Really a lot of people have this misconception that like "Oh hey, you need to:

sandwich things." —Positive common, first. critique in the middle. Positive common, end—

"If you're being critical of somebody, that means that you're being truthful..." 

That's BS!

The entire point of critique is understanding;

what the artist is trying to do, and express?

How they can accomplish that, either better 

or what is holding them back from that?”

“You have to understand as a critic.

You have to try to figure out what the artist is trying to do,

before you can give advice.”

6. THE BIGGEST PITFALLS

1 - “Monetizing your hobbies really sucks.

It's very painful because the thing that you used to love doing.

Now becomes a source of work

and you don't really love doing it all that much anymore.”

“Work pieces, fun pieces, things that kind of count for both.”

—It's a blessing when people like you for your own work rather than fan art.—

2 - “Take breaks, you need to take some time for yourself. 

This isn't just a matter of mental health. 

This is also a matter of:

Your hands can only handle doing so many pieces of art per week.”

“If you are over-exerting yourself... I have done this a few times. 

Your hand basically is shot for like 2 to 3 weeks:

You literally CANNOT pick up the pencil, that is incredibly painful... and it sucks.”

“If your hands are cramping up, STOP.”

“You have done enough.”

“Listen to your body.”

—When you age, it becomes more difficult to recover from physical pain.—

7. DO NOT RATE YOUR WORK IN HOURLY WAGES

“The better you get at it , the less time you have to work on it.”

“As you get better, your work will get more skilled. 

You'll also get faster so you can render out something; 

that is more valuable, in less amount of time.”

“DO NOT rate your work in hourly wages.”

“If you're getting a lot of commissions, 

chances are you should raise your rates.”

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 

(5) - Money:

“Diversifying your sources of income.”

“When it comes to YouTube...”

—Uploading videos of vastly varying subject matter, can cause algorithmic problems—

—YouTube prefers specialization—

BE CAREFUL

“When it comes to things like Patreon and Subscribestar:

be very very cautious about doing PERSONALISED REWARDS, 

I would not recommend including them in the tier itself.”

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 

(6) - Problems with online communities: DeviantART, Discord, Twitter

“DeviantART has managerial problems.”

“Newgrounds is a great alternative.”

“Newgrounds really has your back.”

—Discord is NOT a good way of building an online presence

because you can only access content by being on a server.

Discord is isolated—

—Twitter is really good for making reach, 

it has to be combined with an art site Newgrounds... Pixiv... DeviantART.— 

LEAST ONE OF US BOTH

“Each social media site; 

falls into either a SOCIAL SITE or a GALLERY SITE.

As far as artists are concerned, you really want at least one of us BOTH.”

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 

(7) - Good experiences you've had with friends:

“You can make friends with other artists, 

just by doing things like art trades, 

you like their characters get invested in their characters.”

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 

(8) - What to do? When someone impersonates you:

“Confront the person if it's on the same platform, 

I'll make a big statement on the platforms that I am on, 

that; "Hey this person here is not me do not trust their work."

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 

(9) - Streaming advice. Twitch, Picarto:

“Generally the biggest piece of advice I can give:

you're going to stream try to do it; 

regularly, and roughly the same time."

“If people kind of get into a rhythm of expecting you; 

to be online at a certain time.

They will start showing up more and more regularly.”

“Far as Twitch goes;

you want to make sure that you're kind of paying attention to people 

and you're interacting with others.”

“If you're going to be doing art,

try to find a few friends who don't mind being in a stream with you 

and give them a Discord call and just chat with them as you're working.”

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 

(10) - People you had interactions with

RubberRoss:

If pro artists can make me laugh in gartic phone, they get $50

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zqVgGopRHGk&ab_channel=RubberRoss

-- 15:28 --

Tom Wayland -- Youmacon

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 

(11) - TTRPGs:

“Really overall when it comes to like how to run a good game in D&D.

I would say, is to make sure that your players have AGENCY.

make sure that you're not putting them in situations,

where they feel like they cannot win or can't decide what to do.”

“Try to work with your players and if 

they have ideas on how to approach a situation. 

Or come up with a solution... 

Try to figure out what parts of that work.”

“Remember you're working with your players to tell a good story, 

you ARE NOT the enemy, if are DM.”

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 

(12) - Advice on 3D, Blender:

--EDITOR'S NOTES-

—Use multiple monitors, 

So you can look at the shortcuts do you use. Write down notes—

You can resize windows to fit multiple on-screen, so you can take notes 

and look at shortcuts.

https://obsidian.md/ -- Could you also use multiple word pads 

(Ctrl + f) - To write and organize chapters.

Organize all your notes and write down all information 

and able to find it again, make it understandable

—Use steps:

1. 

2.

3.

-EDITOR'S NOTES: STOP-

“Stick with it and watch those tutorials.”

https://www.youtube.com/@BlenderSecrets

https://www.youtube.com/@TheRoyalSkies

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 

(13) - Elements you like in art

“Art's purpose is to basically convey an idea.”

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 

(14) - Media that has affected you the most:

Studio Trigger

Hiroyuki Imaishi

Gainax

Panty & Stocking

Kill la Kill

Madoka Magica

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners

Darling in the Franxx (Does not count as a Trigger anime)

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 

(15) - Advice on life:

“Try to make the world a bit better.”

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 

(16) - We need Newgrounds:

“It always puts its users first, more than anything.”

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 

(17) - How to schedule your day:

“I don't really schedule my day.

I kind of have like ONE KEY thing.

that I plan to do each day; 

even if that thing, is just: Relaxed 

or just play some games.”

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 

(18) - What you wish you knew earlier in life:

“The biggest thing that wished that; 

I had known earlier in life was: 

I actually wanted to go into;

what I am doing today.”

“I really wish that 

I had known more; what I want to DO early on.”

“If I had pivoted to programming or computer science.

Then at least would have had some relation to what 

I'm doing now and would have been more useful.

Than understanding building structural dynamics.”

“That's another thing that would also advise for life;

is always be willing to try and learn new things.”

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 

(19) - Useful art, animation. Resources you can recommend:

Oney's Toon Tutorials:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkdmg4Gq-lM&t=312s&ab_channel=HardDriveArchive

Zedrin's Tutorials and stuff:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wC_PJu9qS8U&list=PLZSg-6jAiXc1eTG5xMDSVH6oHRsK9LWs0

“Ultimately you want to try and find a tutorial, that fits your style.

Because everybody's starting point can be different.”

Animation principles

The 12 Principles of Animation:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDqjIdI4bF4

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 

(21) - How did you make: Hiro the Dense. And Hiro the Dense:

“The big thing with Hiro the Dense

is that I originally did it in a way that. I was trying to cut a lot of corners.

In cutting corners I end up making MORE WORK for myself.”

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 

(22) - What makes a good tutorial:

“The information has to be accurate 

and it has to be concise.”

“Different tutorials will work for different people, overall.”

“Cut out as much fluff as it feels like it needs.”

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 

(23) - Curly Brace: HACKED (Series):

“Big animation projects especially like my NSFW ones 

are kind of a headache to work with.”

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 

(24) - How did you get the bronze whistle on Newgrounds:

—Flaged flamers—

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 

(25) - How to interact with a fanbase

“So as far as interacting with a fanbase most people suggest that you don't,

I am not like most people however.”

“Overall generally, you should probably keep them at arm's length 

just because you don't want to get into:

parasocial involvement, which isn't good.”

“Treat them like you would do anybody else.”

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --  

(26) - How do you feel when you get fan art of your characters

—If you get fan art.

It is good that have it somewhere on one of your socials, 

where you just kind of clarify what you're comfortable with and what you're not—

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

(27) - What would be the production plan for your PV02 show:

“A: Make a world a lot more concrete and specific and involved.”

“B: Make sure that things actually feel like they're happening for a reason.”

“C: Lean more heavily into the whole cyberpunk themes.”

-- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- --

Conclusion:

1. CONCERNED ABOUT NUMBERS?

“If your art isn't getting numbers;

it might be because:

you're not saying anything interesting.”

—If you're concerned about numbers. 

Think; how to RESONATE with an AUDIENCE—

“But as soon as you can identify the problem you can level up.”

2.NEW APPROACHES IS HOW YOU IMPROVE

“Always be trying to figure out NEW approaches.

Cuz you don't want to practice all the time,

and practice the same things and then wonder, why? 

You're not improving.”

“Unless they can figure out a new approach.”

—DELIBERATE PRACTICE—

HealthyGamerGG

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks_zt9xzHy4&ab_channel=HealthyGamerGG

16:23 - Success in a video game

“It's usually just working smarter, not harder.”

3. ENJOY THE JOURNEY

“Try to always focus on doing THINGS that you ENJOY,

cuz if you're passionate about it. 

Chances are, other people will be as well.”

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