I’m in a group chat where someone was kinda shaming feet kinks so as a person with a feet kink myself, I decided to draw a bunch of feet to spite that person. You’re welcome lol.

Definitely made it more of an art practice than just fetish art. But don’t be surprised if at some point in the future you end up seeing me post fetish art. 😉

(Also, if any artists who actually know how to draw feet see this and have feedback, be sure to provide some in the comments. Thanks!)

I don't draw too much vector art currently. (I aim to change that now that I'm back on Newgrounds.) But I did do a lot of traditional stuff. Here's a big fat dump of Traditional Art for you guys!

What you saw in order:

1: A ref of Atticus. The new design and name of Pearl's BF. (Atlas is a fucking cringe nugget, wipe your memory clean of him.)

2: Pearl hugging up on him like the love bug she is!~

3: Queen Ruby I! Or just Ruby for short. She's Pearl's best friend and a member of The Pretty Squad which is a trio of Pearl, her, and another bitch named Emerald.

4: This is a picture Atticus took of Pearl sunbathing without her knowledge. Capturing that fat blue booty in Ultra HD 1440p60 quality on a 12x12 ratio. Pearl's quite happy with how the image came out.

5: An expression sheet for ya girl, Pearl! Expressions are so fun to do! :)

6: Pearl's Battle Gear designed to distract her opponents so she can shatter their bones, deform their tissue, and tear their muscles in a single punch or kick!

7: A Selfie Pearl and The Pretty Squad took on a private yacht. (Emerald's the on chillin' in the back.)

8: This was made during November. She was desperate to make people fail the funny triple N challenge.

And yeah that's it... Bye lol.

GUESS WHO'S BACK MOTHAFUCKAZZZZ! >:D

No but seriously, when Newgrounds needed me most, I returned. And it feels great to finally be to the only place on the internet where I can authentically be myself and not worry about offending some crybaby fucktards by literally just doing what I like to do. For those who are unaware of who I am, I used to go by FrostPen hence the name as of writing this. But I've rebranded to RaymationStudios! I was an artist here who occasionally drew his ocs and other people's ocs. I never drew characters from popular francizes because I purposefully wanted to keep a low profile on Newgrounds so as not to start an online career before I felt I was truly ready. All this was just a place where I could show off stuff I made in my freetime, everything I made was for me first and for the viewer last. While I was here, I ended up making a few friends and I quickly made a name for myself as a funny individual who made some really cool art, music and animation occasionally. A guy who could do a little bit of everything! But my time here was kinda short lived as I realized this site was so fuckin' sigma, I was immature in comparison. And I kinda ended up making a fool of myself over in the forums. (I'd like to assure y'all, I'm not that same pathetic asshole I used to be anymore. No hard feelings okay?) So I ended leaving with the intention to not return until I felt I was mature enough to actually be a respectable individual on the site. I would say I've gotten a lot more emotionally mature, (As vulgar as I like to act.) and I'm also 18 now there's that! :)

So a lot has happened to me since I was last here. For starters, I graduated Highschool and very soon I'll start community college! My life has gotten a lot better, back when I was on NG my parents marriage was falling apart, I was still dealing with abuse, I was unable to cope with school, I was going through some tough things which contributed to me being a piece of shit back when I was here. But my life is amazing now, my parents are divorced, my mother has been able to take proper care of me and my brother, me and my brother's relationship has become absolutely amazing, and now that I'm not in school, I've had lots of time to self-discover, find out who I am and how I deal with life. And I honestly feel like the way I am now, I can take on any challenge that comes my way. While I was not on Newgrounds, I was mostly alone just existing and doing what I wanted. But in recent months, I've reconnected with some old friends and made some new ones, and I feel like my time with them kinda prepared me for being in an online space again. But it also helped me remember what I loved about NG so much. I never had to be too close to anyone, I can know a few cool people but no one had to be my friend and I didn't have to be anyone's shoulder to cry on. (People vent to me a lot and as much as I like helping people, it's become tiring to be frank.) People can just appreciate me and my work from a distance. And that's why I'm here again. I have no intention to make many friends here, but I won't say I'm unwilling to be friends if I think your a cool dude.

Enough about me, now it's time for the stuff most of you guys actually care about. (It's fine, I honestly don't care lol.) I can confidently say that my art, music and animation has improved greatly since I was last here. I'm gonna share some stuff I made to catch y'all up! As for the future, I intend to start drawing characters from francizes now. I think I've gotten over that quirky little fear of mine and frankly, I think I'm ready to build a fanbase here and become more well known. I've actually been scouted for the art portal and the audio portal while I was gone to, which means everything I make is gonna go straight to the front page. Basically what I'm saying is, no more low profile. I'm coming for that fame suckers!

But in conclusion, I'm just glad to be here again. Don't expect me to do too much for now, I've still got life stuff I need to prepare for. But in the foreseeable future, we're gonna be ramping things up a bit. But yeah, that's about everything. Can't wait to see y'all again! :D

Don't freak out upon reading this, but I'm gonna entirely leave Newgrounds indefinitely. To be clear, you WILL see me again at some point if you don't leave before my return. How long will I be gone? It really depends on how my life ends up working but my idea is probably for about 5 or so years if I'm unable to balance Newgrounds and my future college life. I have a variety of reasons I want to temporarily leave. But for the most part it's me, not Newgrounds, contrary to scratch itself being why I left scratch.

Here's the first reason. A big reason why I left scratch was because it was too childish for me. Interestingly, On Newgrounds it's the opposite. This place is too mature for me right now. As of late, I feel like I'm the silly meta little child Mike and I would burry 12 ft under back on scratch. That's not who i'm trying to be, if anything i'm against people like that. But my level of maturity on here equates to that annoying sort of person on scratch so feel I have to leave temporarily so no one has to put up with my nonsense and go through the trouble of burrying me 12 ft under like Mike and I used to do. Now, normally I wouldn't give a fuck about this and be myself regardless but when the other reasons are added this becomes an additional desirable benefit.

The next reason is similar to another reason I left scratch. Time management, for lack of better words, I must confess that places like this are an addiction for me and it takes time out of things that are actually important for me in life. While I could be studying to return to school, i'm busy looking at pointless forum posts. While I could doing chores and helping around the house, i'm rewatching an animation I saw 15 times already. While I could be getting ready to go get my learner's permit, here I am typing this shit. There's nothing wrong with using social media if you can balance it and your personal life. But if you can't do that, the social media has to be removed for your own good. My mom has already discovered that I use Newgrounds and came to the same conclusion. She also saw a lot of the stuff I posted, even the sus ones. (Fun fact: she didn't mind at all. If anything she loved it and encouraged me to just make what I want. This is a mere fraction of why I brag about my mom being the best mom in the universe.) Not that it's relevant, I just thought i'd tell y'all. But yeah, the point is. I use it too much so it's time for a break. Especially now since school is coming back soon, i'm gonna be learning how to drive, i'm at a pivotal moment in my life so if Newgrounds is getting in my way, I have to remove that obstacle.

The last reason is the benefits I'll get from this. If I keep practicing art, animation, and music production. By the time I return I'll be able to compete with most of the more well known people on here. I'm sorta still a nobody now and it needs to stay that way so that when I come back i'll start gaining recognition at a time I'm actually great at what I do. This was my idea all along so it's time I actually bring it to fruition. By then I'll be a lot more mature and less naive. (hopefully) and be a master at time management. Then I can make content creation my little side career like I dream it to be. (My main career will be web development.) So the idea is by leaving now, I should come back as a better person and actually be prepared for the extreme chad energy Newgrounds radiates.

To be honest, I have confidence in myself! I know that this personal change is possible I just have to pursue it. When I come back, I will post in Tom Fulp's old user reintroduction thread. It will be my first activity on Newgrounds since I left. I will also make an identical news blog post.

So here are my final messages to those I've met here who made a significant impact on how I felt about being here on Newgrounds.

@Thetageist

Fun Fact: You actually were the first person to ever PM me! (Disregarding PM replies from Tom Fulp) It was nice to see someone in the same boat as me who left scratch and came to Newgrounds realizing how much better it is.

You're an amazing individual and you do an amazing job representing Newgrounds as a community. You'd make a good forum moderator to be honest! Have a great time on Newgrounds and here's to the offset chance you do become a moderator! XD

@ZeeTeem

Thank you for pretty recognizing my art and making me feel like I exist. I know it doesn't seem like much but to me it really is! You're also a very cool and kind person! Hopefully you continue having a fun time on Newgrounds!

@VampireMeishu917

You have an overwhelmingly positive vibe and that's what makes you likable! Of course, shit gets tough at times. But you have friends who care for you and will help you through anything. So if at any moment anything bothers you, never hesitate to ask for help. We're right here! Anyway, thanks for being adorably positive. Also, I'm still waiting for you and Zee to have a baby. :3 /j

@Dynomike03

Ever since scratch man! What can I tell ya that I haven't already? At this point, you're almost like a non-biological brother to me. The moment you PMed me I knew from that point forward that I would never be alone no matter what internet hell hole I stumbled into. Really, all I can say is thanks. Thanks for always being there man! Thanks for existing lol, You're the best dude! <3

4 people, I told you it wasn't much. XD

But anyway, with that out of the way, this is goodbye for now. I will see you guys in like, idk a couple years from now. There's always a possibility I may surprisingly drop by to briefly say hi so don't worry dudes! ;)

Peace out! <3

Virgin Scratch:

The best games on scratch can be okay a times but overall tend to be overrated, crappy, bootlegs.

Chad Newgrounds:

The best games are actual well made, high quality, masterpieces that tend to be tributes or homages instead of bootlegs.

Home to the 2020 cult classic behemoth that is Friday Night Funkin' (That the kids on scratch all keep making dollar store recreations of.)

Virgin Scratch:

Censors or mutes you over words that sometimes aren't even bad.

Chad Newgrounds:

You can fucking swear as much as you want bitches! >:3

Virgin Scratch:

The moderators act like they have a god complex, don't care for criticism, don't always have a proper reason for bans, and overall care more for themselves than the community.

Chad Newgrounds:

The moderators are like one of us. Making content like us, reviewing stuff like us, vibin' like us, and are willing to help those in need. The rules encourage you to report a moderator if they're acting sus.

Virgin Scratch:

Doesn't allow any fnaf related content and bans it on sight.

Chad Newgrounds:

Front paged an amazing FNAF homage.

(Play it! It's awesome!)

I'm actually really liking the news feature because it's a great way to share opinions, philosophies and perspectives. Perfect for someone who has really complex, and strong ones like me. On that note, I have yet another big rant to make this time about Newgrounds itself!

To start, I haven't even been here a year yet and I can tell this is one of the best content sharing platforms out there, even though it's not really a mainstream one. (Friday Night Funkin' did change that a little. It's the reason I ever considered coming to this place as an alternative to Scratch.) I love how Newgrounds has very relaxed rules that allow people to just be themselves, it has a wonderful community and all the people I've met here are really kind, and any issues are handled and resolved professionally, and it has great forums for sharing opinions better than the scratch ones which can be closed by the scratch team at any moment, XD this place has given rise to MANY internet legends some of which are sadly no longer with us. The way it is now, it's perfect for giving rise to many more skilled and successful creators. If you have talent that can get you a following it's a perfcet place to go to second only to YouTube! (Which has bad moderation these days.) Out of all content sharing sites in the world, Newgrounds has to be my home sweet home that YouTube, Scratch, Twitter, and pretty much every other place could never be. But there is one big problem with this site that I'm really displeased with yet almost sort of happy with? Let me explain.

Newgrounds has a big focus on high quality content and getting extremely talented people recognized. I have nothing against this, if you're great at what you do, you deserve recognition and if you aren't getting that, well that just fucking sucks. But this is exactly where some major issues that leave a sour taste in my mouth begin. When extremely talented people get frontpaged and get lots of clout from it. The community expectation gains a high standard. The community believes something has to be as amazing and impressive as something that would show up on the frontpage in order for it to be considered quality. This is why my good friend @Dynomike03's movies have less than ok reviews despite passing the judgement phase even though the movies are actually pretty good in terms of quality and animation. I have nitpicks but overall am ok with the concept of a judgement phase. It actually gives you recognition before your submission is even part of the website if you think about it. And only the amazing stuff that has months of work put into it will make the cut. Not small silly things that only took a few hours or one day. You should be working harder than that, if it comes easy, it ain't worth having. But don't worry, I can totally get why people would think this is batshit as well. Maybe you did work hard on your submission and maybe you get as tired spending a day on work as I do spending a months on it. People are impacted differently by stuff. And when you get that email telling your hard work got blammed. That can definitely seem like a blatant insult. But my advice would be to spend more time perfecting and improving upon what you work on. It may not get the best reviews because of how many people are gonna be voting on it, but hey, you'll still know that lot's of people like what you made! And most people here are probably idiots who think they're cool when they blam stuff so try not to pay attention to that part of it. But the judgement phase isn't my big problem with Newgrounds. My big problem with Newgrounds is scouting. Jesus christ, I HATE the concept of scouting so damn much!

To be scouted, someone who was scouted themselves needs to scout you and once that happens your art or audio can show up in the portal. (Eligible to be seen upon clicking the art or audio section at the top of the website.) But if the scouting system is deemed to be abused, you and everyone you scouted can be descouted. I love Newgrounds, but that scouting thing is absolute bullshit and is the only thing keeping me from tattooing my dick with the Newgrounds logo! (That's a joke okay! It's a just a joke! ÓwÒ) Sure, it makes the audio and art portal show amazing high quality work, but people who don't meet a certain standard will never be recognized until they are scouted which can take a very long time as people are trying to avoid abusing it and also will only target the highest of high quality. This almost feels like gatekeeping or a type of top dog vs under dog community. For these reasons, my artwork doesn't get as much recognition as I want it to and doesn't get enough votes to give it a score. I spent months trying to perfect it and getting it to the level it is now. You may have noticed my profile used to say "Currently working hard on bettering my art" that's what that was, and to give you a visual of what the definition of "working hard" was for me, here's a comparison of my art now vs 2 months ago.

My art 2 months ago:

My art now:

If you ask me, that's a BIG difference. And usually improvement of that level takes longer. (A year or more.) Well, that's what "hard work" amounts to and let me tell ya, I didn't work my ass off just to have nobody see or care about my shit. Hell no! I didn't come to Newgrounds for that! Even though I think this scouting system is really shitty and upright trash and countless others must agree with me. I have to admit, personally, it works well motivationally.

I have a natural habit of working even harder to create something of better quality if the previous version doesn't work out. This is what happened when I lost the progress to an RHG animation on scratch. I worked even harder and made it better than it used to be and it ended up on the trending page! But then my account was deleted so my path to fame ended there. But I was still willing to work yet even harder to get back to where I was and me being here on Newgrounds is part of that. Whenever, I'm not satisfied with the results of my work, I can just put even more work and effort into the next one. Though, art isn't my main focus anymore. For now it's animation, which we can all tell will take a bit. :(

Working harder is generally the main piece of advice given to those who complain about similar things by community members but that doesn't always tend to work. And when your community is giving the best possible advice they can and it still doesn't help someone who is struggling with your site, who's fault is that? It's not their fault, it's not the community members fault, no, it's the website developers fault that someone is struggling with the way the site is and no one can do anything to help them. You will always have haters who have nothing better to do than be angry for no reason. But if you see large amounts of dissatisfaction with great reasoning behind it. That's supposed to be an indication that change has to be made. You can't tell someone to just tolerate something that goes on and on and on. No, sometimes, you have to do what needs to be done to improve the experience of people who use what you make.

Now, I was mostly here to talk about scouting but I do want to bring up another similar point that applies to other sites and applications as well. You can't always build upon something to make it better, sometimes, utter complete change is what you need. Imagine you have a hotdog and you like it with ketchup, but at some point you're tired of using ketchup. What do you do?

A: Add more ketchup

B: Use something else (Ex: Mustard)

I can deduce that most people would pick B now let me explain why that analogy is important for the point I'm trying to make. Newgrounds was created by Tom Fulp and was founded in 1995. It is an ancient website, YouTube was not a thing back then! :O Now most features I see now in 2022 are very different from the way things work on other sites. For example, reply chains on YouTube look like this:

It specifies who you reply to and the newer it is, the lower it is. All replies are smaller and located below the original comment. Typical right? But here on Newgrounds, they look like this:

"What is going on here?" Is probably your first thought, and so was mine. All comments, even replies are the same size and the newer ones are higher instead of lower, but if the owner of the news post responds it's highlighted and THEN it's lower. Personally, I can't immediately tell who's replying to who, I have put thought into it, and over a reply section? That really shouldn't be the case. Here's another one that's even worse. On Discord, DMs (Which are similar to Newgrounds PMs) look like this:

You just type in you message and the newer ones are lower similar to replies. Again, more typical and modern. Now take a look at what Newgrounds PMs look like:

Seriously, wtf? The reply set up ain't bad but what's with the whole, "At 3 days ago this guy wrote:" thing? That is very old looking and it makes me feel like I'm on a 4chan forum in 2011. (4chan forums don't do that and probably never did but it gives me that vibe.) Now, why does Newgrounds work this way? My hypothesis is that these are visually updated but not structurally updated chatting systems that date back to when those methods were more typical maybe around the 2000s. And this is where my point comes in. Newgrounds likely updated old systems but never created the newer more modern systems like other sites did or were built with. So we're like the guy with the hotdog who's tired of ketchup but by visually updating and not structurally updating the chatting systems, Newgrounds is adding more and more of the ketchup, instead of making them both visually and structurally more modern and giving us the mustard that we really want. So yeah, that's problematic. But it's something I can get used to, unlike the scouting shit. >:( However, I make this point because it might be the reason scouting and even the judgement phase concepts are still around.

When Newgrounds was first realesed and during the golden age of flash, internet culture was a lot less regulated and was edgier back then. Nobody felt like following morals or anything. So the whole thing about Newgrounds is that it was amazing yet badass. And these were nifty ways to keep Newground's whole thing about quality. relevant and also was apparently used to regulate the storage as Tom Fulp said to me in an old PM reply. Long story short, it may have been nifty according to internet culture then but now people are nicer than that and more open minded and accepting so by modern internet culture standards, those concepts may seem a little off. And let's face it, they are. People are only okay with them because they've taken the time to get used to em. But circling back to my point, change is required for improvement, it can't be the same forever or else you could end up like the hotdog guy tired of using ketchup. If a new feature that was less strict and more fair than scouting replaced it in the future that'd be the best day of my life. Until then, fuck scouting! But everything else about Newgrounds is perfect! :D

If you want to share your thoughts on any of that please do so in the comments. Remember to be respectful, I'll never hesitate for even a second to flag a disrespectful comment. Please and thank you. :)

DISCLAIMER:

The following isn't being said to spite LGBTQ+ folks. I believe that unless anyone is hurting others in any way all humans should have absolute tolerance and respect for each other and who they are. My intention here is to share a personal opinion regarding others' viewpoint on the LGBTQ+ community. As a human being I have every right to state my opinion just as you have every right to disagree with my opinion. However if you disagree please refrain from hateful comments. I don't care who you think you are, I will not hesitate to flag your comment. If you wish to contradict any of the points I make please make sure you do it respectfully. I will be more than willing to listen and be open to the perspectives of others

Ok, now that I put that disclaimer there so I'm not cancelled over this. I'd like to share an observation I've noticed regarding how people view the LGBTQ+ community and share a short commentary of my personal opinion on it. For those who do not know, the LGBTQ+ (Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender Queer and more) is a community of genderfluid individuals who have been scrutinized by society until recently because these genderfluid concepts go against societal and social norms and humans naturally fear stuff like this. This is where the term homophobia comes from and is used to describe anyone who expresses hatred or disapproval of the LGBTQ. I'm going to make myself very clear and say this is wrong. Being part of the LGBTQ+ isn't bad, it just means you're different. You're still human at the end of the day. Homophobia is no different from racism and though I am a straight male. I am proud to identify myself as a straight ally who will stand for and protect all members of the LGBTQ+ community. Now, overtime. Humans have become more tolerant and have had a better understanding of good and bad morals. They've also been able to understand the LGBTQ+ community better and the acceptance they now have is beautiful. Though I've noticed something that has always left me confused and left me wondering how it's going to impact our world long term.

Why are members of the LGBTQ+ community looked up to and seen as amazing legendary people just by being LGBTQ+ no disrespect of course but I find it hilariously annoying. That's like thinking someone is awesome merely because they have a blue shirt. I'm not trying to be a buzzkill but the way I see it, characteristics and personality aren't what defines us as people, it's our actions and habits. To put it bluntly, I personally couldn't care less if you gay, lesbian, bi, not even LGBTQ, I don't care if your black, muslim, or if you have a piss fetish or anything about you. The only way for me to see you as a cool respectable person, is if you're actually a good person, simple as that. The moment someone comes out as lesbian or bi or even asexual like Jaiden Animations recently did. People are like "Ayo! That's sick! You're such an amazing person for being brave enough to do this!" And I can totally get the bravery aspect but personally my reaction would be. "mhm, neat." It's not really impressive to me. Being a good person is what's impressive to me. I share this opinion because while I in no way disapprove or spite the LGBTQ+ community. I want to spread awareness that you shouldn't hold people up on pedestals based on their classifications. That LGBTQ+ member could be a total bitch and a half. Lemmie give y'all a story time example.

In middle school I was in a really cringe private school where a lot of people thought having a date or something was cool and everyone had to have one. So I was suddenly corrupted with that viewpoint. I ended up getting a girl who admittedly was very cute, but I wouldn't learn until later that she was bi and she was actually cheating on me. She even broke up with me right in front of me for another dude who wasn't remotely attractive, The dude looked like a type 2 alternate from Mandela Catalouge impersonating fat albert. XD And my historically down bad simp ass kept coming back to her everytime she broke up with another guy. We kept dating and breaking up over and over. I was too young to know better, I was 12 and she was 14 at the time so I was the victim being taken advantage of. There was also other girls who randomly declared themselves bi or lesbian just to feel cool but really in terms of how they treat others they were also total pieces of shit. My point is not that LGBTQ members are bound to be pieces of shit. My point is that don't look up to them just because they are, look up to them for who they are as a person, how they treat other people.

And also, stop aspiring to be LGBTQ just to feel cool. It's a common phenomenon that I see all the time. The newfound acceptance of LGBTQ+ is absolutely amazing, but I don't like how kids feel like they need to be a part of it to be cool and people are just accepting that like it's okay. No! Kids shouldn't have to feel like they need to join a certain community or be a certain way just to feel cool, they already should. And parents, and also society as whole, should stop normalizing this phenomenon and give kids more time before really making that decision. As mere children you're too young to make decisions like that, parents need to wait until the child becomes a smarter more mature teen and THAT'S when it should be okay to make that decision. Had this been the norm, I wouldn't be seeing members of the LGBTQ+ community every 15 seconds like they're taking over the world. There's nothing wrong with being LGBTQ+ but I'd really prefer if we at least let kids decide at an older more mature age so that it could be regulated more properly.

Hear me out, you can't change the fact that it takes a boy and a girl to create a newborn, that's a fact not an opinion that people can debate about. If you do a little research, you'll find that the current global birthrate has been falling since the 90s. (In the U.S. specifically, it's been declining since 2007.) you'll also find that the rate of people coming out as part of the LGBTQ+ community has doubled over the past decade. Given the evidence I've collected, I believe I can make the deduction that The rise in the LGBTQ+ community plays a fair role in the decline of humanity's birthrate. There's also other stuff to like, COVID-19 and the global inflation, and also the stress and depression everyone is in right now. But my point is, I believe the parenting method I stated may ultimately become important someday to keep the human population at a satisfactory amount. No one has to listen to that right now because admittedly, you could argue saying it's a bit of an unnecessary stretch. (Even though the evidence would mostly prove otherwise.) But it's an idea I felt was worth mentioning as it was relevant to the topic.

Conclusion:

Now I'm going to once again make it very clear so no one can try and twist things in a way to justify attempts to cancel me. (I see y'all, I'm not stupid don't think I don't.) I'm not homophobic, I have nothing against the LGBTQ+ community and my intention were never to hurt or offend anyone, but intention doesn't always equal effect so if I did genuinely offend anyone my deepest apologies. But I have the right as an american citizen to share my viewpoints and tell the world that I think. People shouldn't look up to people because of how they classify themselves, you should do it based on whether or not they are a good person. Don't aspire to be like someone who could actually be an asshole. And also, stop feeling like you need to be in the LGBTQ+ community to be cool and well respected. That's really not cool and I have sympathy for you if you feel that way. Chances are you're an amazing person and you really shouldn't change anything about yourself just for others to like you. You have to be proud of who you are. There is no love like self love. So make sure you have plenty of that. And if by chance a person I'd consider to be a bad person is reading this, well, I believe in change. So just, do better alright? You can be redeemed, don't let the internet tell you otherwise.