@V1ZION - @Aalasteir (Q) - Index

Q: Your experiences with the Internet

My experiences have honestly been quite mixed. Especially during the first few years of when the pandemic started, I had dealt with former friends making fun of me for my username, which at the name was not V1ZION but rather one that was more personal that I won’t say. However, none of them knew what it actually meant. I still deal with harassment online sometimes, especially with being a part of the LGBTQ community and also being a furry, but thankfully I don’t deal with that on a daily basis. ^^

Q: What do you like about writing?

Writing allows you to get your thoughts out on paper, whether personal or otherwise. For example, with the story I’m making currently called Crystal Quest, it allows for my OCs to have a chance in the spotlight. Before starting Crystal Quest, I had made little stories with them at night, voicing each character by myself. It’s a little weird but I enjoy it and still do it now!

Q: How did you discover the NG website? What made you decide to join the community? Do you feel differently about the site now compared to when you first joined?

I found Newgrounds through Geometry Dash in 2017. I was 10 at that point and hadn’t really used it until 2020 when I made an account. The fact that you could have your songs featured in the game stood out to me, even though I had no idea how to do that. Thankfully, a friend of mine helped me get whitelisted in GD a year later and I’m still very grateful for that. Despite that, though, after being on this site for a good while, I have met so many good friends on here that it’s kind of embarrassing that I joined only for that reason. I love this site and the people on it and I always will. And it’s funny because I don’t even use my songs in GD all that much anyway lol

Q: The story of your username: V1ZION

V1ZION was made at an impulse. It was my 15th birthday, I was lying on the sofa and had the thought of creating a new username for myself. V1ZION was the first thing that popped into my head because I thought it sounded cool, and it does. But now I think the name is much more than that. An interpretation of it could be that if you have a vision of something, you go for it. For example, I create future song ideas in my mind, but they won’t be a reality unless you do something first. So go for it, whatever it is! Hope this makes sense, at least. :3

Q: How did you come up with your OCs?

Again, on an impulse. Actually not exactly. This whole OC thing started in June 2023 when I had made a avatar on Roblox I called Kira. Making girl avatars started as a dare from a friend on the platform, but little did I know I would end up liking making them. So Kira had come to be a few months after that. I’m male so it might have been a bit weird for others, but I loved how it felt using the avatar. It felt like I was expressing myself in some way, in a way I never thought of before. Fast forward a bit, I had then started making little Mii characters on my Switch back in December 2023 (I got my Switch in 2020, but got the idea to make OCs with them at this time) with my first one named Riame (or リアメ), however none of them exist now and have been replaced with new ones because I’m evil. I’m joking, they were just never brought outside of the Switch and recreated. I do have several that stuck with me, a few examples being Cookie, Shimmer, Seeker, Moon, and Lia. The first two characters mentioned are actually in my story Crystal Quest where Cookie is a catgirl who lives in a peaceful Neko village and Shimmer is the princess of another land along with her older sister, Dazzle, who is also an OC. Kira is still here too! She’s never going away! And these OCs were also recreated using AI by my best friend, which I know is kinda yuck for some. But really, I do enjoy making these characters. I just need concrete lore and personalities which lazy me will probably never do. ;w;

Q: What are your thoughts on AI?

This is a tricky one to answer. I’ve only ever used AI for art purposes, like my OCs, or helping to keep my story going with more ideas. I’m more on the neutral side of things when it comes to AI. There are positives and negatives to it like there is in almost everything. I can definitely see the negatives seeping in through the portals here, especially the audio portal. Thankfully, AI still makes mistakes to the point where you can tell it was made by AI in some cases. And I would absolutely love it if it could stay like that. But it’s getting more sophisticated faster than we think, and I don’t really know what’s going to happen with AI in the future. I’ll continue to mess around with art in the meantime, though. I’ll just keep it where it belongs which is definitely NOT on here.

Q: What is it like visiting family who live out of state?

I have family who live in New Hampshire which is about a 7-hour drive from where I live. We don’t really get to see them often so being able to go up there once in a while to visit them is really a treat. December 2024 is the first time we visited them in probably 10 years or so, and then we went back there this past July. That’s also when I did the bow and arrow for the first time. We always get to do fun stuff up there with them and I always get excited when we go, even a week or so before we go I wonder why time can’t go any faster hehe :3

Q: What is it like using a bow and arrow?

Using the bow and arrow up there was amazing. There was a target that they brought out and there were five little targets on it (bottom left, top right, middle, and yeah xd). I had tried aiming for the center one and I was actually really close to dead center for the most part. It was when they moved it further back that got me lol

Q: How did you get interested in creating music?

This goes way back to about 2nd grade or so. I had discovered GarageBand during school on their iPads provided by the district themselves. I had always played around with the different keyboards and synths, doing weird chords and probably getting a giggle out of how some of them sounded. I hadn’t really touched it all that much until 4th grade when I messed around with Apple Loops for the first time and then kept that up until 2020 when I joined Newgrounds! I have always been interested in actually making music but it wasn’t until 2021 when I started to do that, and I’ve loved it ever since. June 7, 2021 will always be a date stuck in my memory. >w<

Q: What do you like about music?

I love how you can make your ideas come to life, much like with any creative medium. I refer to music as art you can hear. I go on Spotify a lot and I always love hearing songs other people make, especially more unknown artists on the platform. They’re like hidden gems waiting to be discovered, much like with Newgrounds too! Music can also tell a story, and sometimes it depends on how the listener interprets the song. The story doesn’t have to be the same for everyone. Sometimes the story is already thought out by the artist beforehand, or maybe some times the story is hidden and it might be left up to the listener to get a grasp on what they’re actually trying to say through the song. Music is lovely in the sense of storytelling and world-building. ^^

Q: What advice do you have for creating music?

Do not stop trying. It always takes time and effort to finish a project. If you don’t think what you’re making is good, then keep going. Try to make it better instead of giving up on what could be something amazing. I’ve made original songs with GarageBand for almost 4 years now. Making new songs has become harder for me as time has gone by. But time hasn’t stopped my flow completely. You can do it as long as you put your mind to it. >:3