@SevenChakras - @Aalasteir (Q)

Q: What is Newgrounds about from your perspective, and why did you join it? How did you discover it?

A: Newgrounds, to me, has always been about keeping the freedom of art and expression in a world that expects us to cater to the whims of advertisers. I like that I can draw blood and guts and not worry about age restriction, demonetization or risk having the post removed.

Q: Why do you like horror?

A: Horror is ostensibly a genre written by outsiders for outsiders. It revels in taboo and weirdness in areas where you would expect safety, and because of that I've met some of the coolest people that way.

Q: How are you influenced by music?

A: Music is two things primarily to me: a way to express my emotions and a way to catalogue things I like. My music is often punctuated by stylistic choices and samples that come from things I personally enjoy, and I often hope that I can spread that to others. Plus, music is fucking cool.

Q: Why are you still using Twitter?

A: I'm trying very hard not to! I've actually completely stopped posting my art there as of last September due to the AI scraping, so what little time I still spend there is to catch up with people who are too afraid to move to BlueSky.

Q: What is Newgrounds about from your perspective, and why did you join it? How did you discover it?

A: This was the first question you tricky bitch, I'm not repeating myself.

Q: Who made Madness?

A: Krinkels, but it was probably JohnnyUtah.

Q: Top 10 traits that makes a Newgrounds user awesome

A: Polite, interactive, creative, inspiring, bombastic, rambunctious, many teeth (I will take them), good flavor, bad breath, old yogurt.

Q: How did you get interested in drawing?

A: I have brain worms so from a young age I would draw instead of, say, pay attention in class or take tests. I can't get enough of that drawing stuff! Then I stopped drawing for a while until one day I was in the hospital for a week and had to find a way to pass the time. I thought, "Hey, I like doing this. Why did I ever stop?" And so I started drawing every day since then, and that's how both Nanami Batheris and my comic were born.

Q: How would Newgrounds get more registered users?

A: It would be a terrible idea, but removing the restrictions to post to the Portals (like scouting) would surely see an increase in users (but please don't do that.) That, or adding more baby sensory videos.