Greetings, Newgrounds folks. I'd hate to make a new news post as I primarily wanted to feature the introduction post on my page, but an update is rather necessary to share as several things have happened since my last art submission, and changes are to come in the future. And if you've followed me on Twitter or Bluesky, I reckon you already know a part of it.

• Lack of Art

And suppose that's the best place to start. My last submission was posted back in May of 2024. Nearly a full YEAR without posting anything. What happened? Don't think I'm still comfortable sharing details but to still explain, a tragic event happened back in June of last year that left me very depressed and completely passion-less to be creative. It was only exacerbated by a following event that July that I believed would have helped my condition if it happened, but it didn't. While I felt better enough to return to social media by that October, I didn't feel creative again until just last month and it was only to do a few commissions to help pay for an expensive repair bill. So I currently do not have anything to share (or I can share) at the moment and it may still take a little more to get back into the real groove again. Especially under new "conditions" on my Newgrounds account. Which leads me to the next point.

• Lack of a Scout

About a week ago, I was ready to at least post those finished commissions I made last month here until I noticed something different in the process - I was no longer scouted and I was no longer a member of the Art Portal (at least that's what it said when I looked at my status on my profile), I was unaware this actually happened since I had nothing to share until just last week so I don't how long I've been without it; didn't help that the condition I was in unintentionally helped it since I didn't make anything to space out the stuff I had already uploaded because the reason why it was removed (Thanks again @TomFulp for the help) was due to uploading one too many SFM stuff at a time without anything else in-between them like 2023. It was not intentional to only concentrate on SFM last year; it was just a side effect of taking several SFM projects at the time. I apologize so for the lack of variety last year. Guess that came to bite back. Please recognize that this is not a post/section or me asking to be scouted again. I've accepted the responsibility that losing it is my fault and I must regain it back naturally. For the reason why I lost it - like a trend now - it leads to the last point.

• A Future Lack of SFM Art (A "new" home(s) for SFM Art)

Because I lost a "feature" on my account due to my SFM art and to avoid future jeopardy on my account (no doubt also because of my prior history with it here), SFM content will no longer be uploaded here on NG. It has taken me 3 to 5 years to finally accept it but SFM art is just not allowed here indefinitely. Normal or paintover. While I've accepted it now, I'm still partly sad about it since I've always wanted my account here to be a place for ALL of the "art" (2D illustrations, 3D SFM, animations) I make but I've realized that my vision to make it as such wouldn't last long after my prior SFM deletions back in 2022. I can't be too disappointed about it though. Since joining, I've since joined Bluesky, which I've been treating the same as a place for just art but a side-effect of it being new and joining early is that it's taking a minute for all the tools to make it so to be there. But it works with everything it has now. So, if you've followed lately me for my SFM work and still wish to see more, the new place for definitive SFM art is now my Steam profile. You don't have to add me but it may help if you use the "Activity" tab, which I'd be surprised. It'll be added to my profile links. SFM art will still be uploaded on my Twitter and Bluesky along with my usual illustrations and animations but from this point onward, my NG account will be dedicated to hand-made art. To clarify a little, while a majority of my TF2 fanart was made with SFM, making TF2 art won't go away here; only illustrated art will be shared here and that ain't common for me to make. Suppose that's something to improve on for the future.

That's everything then. So, if you've made it this far, thanks for sticking it through and hearing me out. I hope you understand what has happened and what will happen in the future. To any staff (or Tom) reading, I (again) apologize for all the trouble I may have potentially caused by me and my SFM content. I never meant to cause any problems or to do the reasons why they're forbidden in the first place by uploading so. I only wanted to share what I've made. Thanks again for reading. Cheers to you.