@Doggonnys - @Aalasteir (Q) - Index

Q: How did you get interested in the Internet?



A: I think it started with itch.io, pretty cool site. Lots of shit games which is fun

Q: How did you discover and why did you join Newgrounds?

A: I originally discovered it through a YouTuberr named draw with jazza and that’s why I made my first account. But I came back because of fnf 😔😔😔

Q: How do you feel creating art has influenced your life?

A: I get bitchess. Plus it influenced what I plan to do in my future career

Q: What is a content creator?

A: the people I watch when I eat

Q: How do you feel about art?

A: I love it

Q: Top 10 ways to make the website worse for everybody!

A:

1. be annoying
2. spam
3. be as cringey as you can
4. be annoying
5. fuck you
6. ummm
7. zero stars for no reason
8. feet pics
9. idk man this is stupid ur stupid
10. im too swag for thiss

Q: Who is awesome?

A: meeeee

Q: How do you decide on favouriting?

A: I just fav like a dumbass lol

Q: Your advice for Internet users



A join NG and listen to DCtheDon. He doesn’t have anything to do with the internwebz I just think u should check him out

@SevenChakras - @Aalasteir (Q) - Index

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.

@BroSkullEmoji - @Aalasteir (Q) - Index

Q: how did you discover Newgrounds and why did you join?

A1: I had nowhere else to be mentally ill online

(I knew about Newgrounds ever since I was a kid cuz I used to play a ton of megaman fangames and watch a bunch of cartoons, but I re-gained interest in the site thanks to the FNF boom, which made me remember this site, want to visit it again for nostalgia, and then I noticed that I could post my art there, it's all a snowball effect from there)

Q: How do you feel creating art has influenced you? Why do you post art?

A2: My father finally came back after I became good at art.

(It started as a side-hobby when I was a tween and had a ton of free time, it was a fun activity and my friends and family always complimented and encouraged me, they did when I was starting out and they still do to this day, so I'd say I'm a happier person altogether thanks to art)

I post it because I need the instant gratification that I get whenever that bar turns yellow for a split second and I see a number next to the bell.

(Okay that one is partially not satire lol, but I guess as an artist I just developed the need and urge to showcase my work, whether I get attention or not, plus feedback is very useful)

Q: What is Analog horror and why do you like it?

A3: It's when you get scared when you look for the dictionary definition of analog like I did, I like it cuz it makes the hairs of my neck feel funny.

(It's a relatively recent internet horror subgenre which mainly uses old analog-esque aesthetics such as VHS tapes, a lo-fi approach to video and audio production and stuff like that, it's very common for a lot of analog horror series to seem harmless at first but quickly transition into a creepy video, I guess I just find it cool and edgy, plus when I was young I was birefly introduced into the whole analog technologies world thanks to my parents and my brother, so yeah, it connected with me, sorry for yapping)

Q: Why do you draw disturbing art?

A4: I want to SCARE people

(Okay I kinda do, but I mainly draw disturbing art because I find it fun, it gives a lot of room to play with and do "wrong" things with your art, plus I'm already a big horror and metal head, from where I drive a ton of inspo for my disturbing or edgy art)

Q: Do you think Newgrounds is considered a "gay" website?

A5: Remove "website" and "considered a" and replace "Newgrounds" with "Aalasteir" and my answer is yes.

(Some parts of Newgrounds are lol)

Q: How did you decide on doing your El Dorado Collab - Scene 166

A6: I broke into the collab host's home and convinced him to have me in by doing the puppy eyes.

(The collab host reached out to me after he saw my previous animations and asked me if I was interested in joining the El Dorado Re-animated collab, to which I accepted.

The collab was around midway-through in production so he gave me a few scenes to choose from, I picked my scene and finished it. Speaking of which, shoutout to Wes Makowski for organizing the collab, pretty excited to see the finished collab)

Q: Is the community on the site good?

A7: NO, they call me dumb and stupid.

(It's a good community, flawed of course, like the great majority of communities, but overall, the people are kind, helpful, and pretty funny too)

Q: How do you decide on trying out commissions?

A8: I'm fucking starving

(I thought my skill level was good enough and my art style appealing enough to start commissions, tbh I've never done commissions before so this is rather a big learning process rather than something I'm already experienced in, so I'm not complaining, also, yes, I can afford food, not by commissions but I can, thankfully lol)

Q: Your advice for artists

A9: Abandon everything and become a NFT bro, I'm already better than you.

(First of all, don't become an NFT bro lol, second, as general advice for all kind of artists, I'd say the following:

-Take your time and enjoy the process of learning and improving, art takes time and so does getting better at it, so take it easy.

-Learn to balance skill productivity and doing it for fun, depending on your goals and how seriously you want to take it, you can lean more into one side than the other, but always remember to find a balance that works for you.

-Learn and practice fundamentals, with the topic of skill productivity, this part helps a lot, whether that be shape and form, gesture, anatomy, perspective, composition, rendering, etc, these will greately speed up the skill section.

-Expand your fields, don't get stuck with just one niche, medium, or art style, unless you want to, these are just advice; try more things, backgrounds, props, scenes, comics, animation, storyboarding, stuff like that, if you don't like them, at least you tried.

-Feedback and references are underrated, and I can't stress this one enough, these are two really big sources that will help you open your eyes a lot more and pin-point areas or mistakes that you want to improve.)

Thank you again for having me.

-William (broskullemoji)

@SourCherryJack - @Aalasteir (Q) - Index

Q: How did you find if Newgrounds? Or is it the other way around?

I found Newgrounds through the pre-loaders that were on other flash sites in the early 2000's. The first Madness Combat was on FunnyJunk, my friend showed me that, I can't remember if it had a preloader though. Later on then sites like AlbinoBlacksheep hosted games with the NG preloader so eventually I ended up on Newgrounds. Then a few years later I was looking for a place to post drawings and saw the "Forums" tab on the top bar, so that's when I made an account.

Q: What is the story behind you becoming an art moderator, and why did you choose to accept the invitation? Also, what do you enjoy most and least about being a moderator, and what would be your advice for users to become better users?

I had been a regular in the Art Forum for about 6 years when in 2015 another Art Moderator stepped down; I got a PM from Tom asking if I'd like to be an Art Mod, and I accepted. As far as why I was chosen, it was around the time I was leaving pretty extensive critiques on Art Submissions, and generally when I made huge leaps of progress in my own Art. So that probably made me stand out.

The best part about being an Art Mod is being able to Frontpage cool art that I like, especially the type that might get overlooked. The worst part is a fairly recent development; but investigating AI art submissions is time consuming and just interacting with/ learning more about the type of people who try to hide that it's AI is kind of soul-crushing in its own way.

Advice on how to be better users: Comment on other people's Art Threads and submissions- even if it's just to say good job. Don't just comment in/make discussion threads, or what's your (least) favorite X threads. Involving yourself in the community is more than asking that the community get involved with you.

Q: Do you look down on me because I'm only level 25 and you're level 28?

I do not. But if you want to dig into that question: do you look down on me because I'm only level 28 and have been on the site for 15 years, while you're level 25 and have only been here for 2 years

Q: Why do you choose to post in the BBS and not use the Something Awful forums? Are they not cool enough for you?

I've only been on Something Awful a handful of times, it's not really for me. I'm sure they're plenty cool, but they don't really have an art section, and that's really what I get up to as far as posting in online communities go.

Q: How does it feel dealing with abhorrent scum like me on a daily basis?

I don't know that I really deal with you enough to know if I'm dealing with abhorrent scum like you on a daily basis. But if I do, feels fine I guess.

Q: Are you proud of the fact you live in Los Angeles? Or is it the other way around?

I don't know that proud is the right word; but I am glad I'm from LA and live in LA. Talking shit about transplants is a pretty good pass-time for us. Also as far as regions go: hard to beat the weather (when the hills aren't on fire), beach, nightlife, and people (as long as they're not transplants).

Q: What would happen if you banned me from posting art? I'm also scouted which proves that the system has fallen and is fundamentally corrupt.

I don't think Art Mods can fully ban users from posting Art; we can De-Scout from the Art Portal for sure, but a full posting ban probably has to come from an Admin (I'm not going to look that up for this sorry).

I mean, if your Art isn't up to the quality threshold of the Art Portal you'll probably end up De-Scouted sooner or later. Sometimes things slip through the cracks. The Art Mod team is pretty small and made up of volunteers, we can't catch everything all of the time.

Part 2:

Q: Why would you go to Something Awful?

Mostly just to see what it was, in the early 2000's it was often brought up along with Newgrounds, AlbinoBlackSheep, YTMAD, Ebaum's World etc etc.

Q: How big is the AI problem? And is it going to get worse in the future?

It's not a super huge problem right now overall; there are still a lot of tells for people who know what to look like, and detection software -- despite some wonkiness -- can be used to cross-reference hunches and build cases.

But it is only going to get worse as generators get more powerful, which is a constant and will continue to happen.

Q: What's going on in the secret Mod Forum? None shall pass.

Art Mod Forum is mostly just discussing ways to expand and clarify rules to better reflect moderation practices, as well as documenting potential AI art accounts and other consistent problem areas of the Art Portal - like potential art thieves.

The other Mod forums I'd assume is mostly the same, just with whatever part of the site they handle.

Q: If you could steal all of my Exp Points would you do it?

Probably not

Q: It's awesome you can Front Page art! You are very powerful!

Yes, very.

Q: "What's your (least) favorite X threads" Are there other threads people should stop making, and things which personally annoy you in the BBS?

It's not so much that I dislike the "What's Favorite X" threads on their own. It's more that it's kind of lazy -- a bit like a top ten video or something. Most of the time they tend to be users throwing in their favorite X with no discussion or attempt at discussion, it kinda just becomes show and tell. Talking about things in a general manner is cool and all, but I think it's a stronger Art Community when people are talking about each others' art directly to each other.

The main thing that annoys me in the Art Forum are the people who endlessly ask for help or advice without ever taking or utilizing the mountains of help and advice they've been given.

Note: I almost exclusively post in the Art Forum so all BBS questions are filtered through that lens.

@Finasty - @Aalasteir (Q) - Index

Q: How did you discover Newgrounds, why did you join?

A: I discover Newgrounds not by friends or stuff, back then i was making music, but ended up abandoned it, since i don't want my account died, i am looking for another hobbies and found art

Q: What do you like about creating art?

A: Fun and also i have my own trick to draw art, i never gonna exposed it >:)

Q: Has the Internet been a positive influence?

A: I did get money from making art, although not much, but it's a monthly payment for sure

Q: Who made Madness?

A: Dont ask me lol, i don't know

Q: Which user needs to be banned from the BBS?

A: Any user that hate me or doing terror should be banned from existence

Q: Have you ever considered quitting the Internet, and why?

A: I did gonna try to quit internet, but seeing my fans and friends already know me a lot and my art, i have to keep doing it until i am die

Q: If there was a button that, each time you pressed it, would kill one random person, and you would get 10 dollars, would you press that button? And how many times would you press it?

A: Probably several times, it's depends

Q: Who is the best moderator?

A: The one who created this site

@OnyxGalaria - @Aalasteir (Q) - Index

Q: When did you become interested in using the Internet? Why do you use the Internet, and what would you like to gain from it?

I started using the internet at the ripe ol' age of 7 if my memory serves me right. I remember borrowing my moms' phone to binge watch "X ways to kill Toad" and this one Mario sprite animation series based of the Total Drama series. I use the internet to connect with friends, share my art and post whatever is on my mind. Sometimes, I wish I got more eyes looking at my work.

Q: Why did you join the site?

My earliest memories of joining NewGrounds were of me submitting a gijinka aka a humanized design of DeviantArt for a DrawWithJazza/Jazza contest back in 2017. I deleted that old account and made a new one under "OnyxGalaria" in 2020 because I didn't know that Supporters could change their username, lol. [Or I was too broke.]

I know y'all are gonna beat my ass for this, but I joined when the FNF hype was at its' peak. Despite this, I've stuck around for the fact it's one of the remaining places that actually showcases HUMAN talent and not robo-slop. :P

Q: What inspires you as an artist?

Lots of things inspire my art; including music, trends, media I like, other artists, other peoples' OCs or just some cool image I find on the internet! My BIGGEST inspiration changes on a case-by-case basis, but as of writing this, it's the music I listen to!

Q: How did you become interested in creating art?

Ever since I was young, I loved to draw! But in 2015 when I got my first WiiU, Art Academy: Home Studio was my breakthrough moment. I remember uploading my art to Youtube and MiiVerse and being SO proud of it at the time! The Youtube videos are considered "lost media" since I deleted them, but SOME of the art is out there if you look deep enough! Art Amino was also a driving point to take my art seriously.

Q: What are your thoughts on collabs?

I LOVE collabs! My favourite thing about them is when each submission comes together to make one big piece! :D

It also gives me an excuse to do some side quests and engage with the community more! My goal this year is to be part of at least 10 collabs; as of writing this, I'm about 3/5ths of the way through!

Q: Why do you think there are people who have different interests than you?

People can like all sorts of things; no 2 people have the EXACT same interests! Some people prefer more casual media, while others like more mainstream/popular stuff! If people don't like the same stuff as I do, no biggie! Just don't be an ass over it, lol. Same for me not liking things other people enjoy. Unless there's a reason for me not to like something [for example, the fandom being unpleasent], I'll hold my peace.

Q: Who is some ordinary gamer?

Mutahar? Is this a trick question? :P

Q: Who do you think should be bad from the BBS, and does he know who the creator of Madness is?

Tbh, I rarely use the BBS unless it's for entering collabs- [i'm shy ><], so I don't have an answer for that right now. But if they don't know who Matt "Krinkels" Jolly is, I'll assume they'll call me a slur.

Q: Do you like waffles? Do you like pancakes?

Yeah, I like waffles! Yeah, I like pancakes! And of course, yeah, I love french toast! :3 [me beating the newgen allegations]

Q: What is the story behind your animation? Blukas' Pizza Order

People were animating their OCs/other characters to a Tiktok audio and it got me envisioning this scene with one of my OCs, Bluka [the blue Robloxian with the tilted face]. So I "animated" it with the very little knowledge I remembered from high school media arts and I whipped up a silly animation! [Tbh, I never expected it to do numbers on Tiktok-]

@antmaster208 - @Aalasteir (Q) - Index

Q: How did you first discover the Newgrounds website? And what motivated you to join the community?

around 2016, i came here to play flash games & sometimes watch movies. i was surprised to see newgrounds still a thing when i opened an account, while other flash sites like stickpage & miniclip had went offline.

as for the latter, when i was grinding for deity, i had become more acquainted with the regs of newgrounds, even befriending some.

Q: How did you progress to becoming a Deity level whistle?

using the EGB & APC as guidance. i also had gone into the review sections of NSFW creator’s (Derpixon, SlipperyT, etc.) submissions & they scream unrelated nonsense.

Q: What are your thoughts on the The Elite Guard Barracks?

it is a nice club & everyone there is very cool

Q: Your top 10 suggestions for how the Newgrounds site could be improved?

hard to come up with 10, since tomfulp did a great job with the website. i will do 5 instead

1- Reopen General. If needed, admins could temporarily close it for a few weeks/month, but i think everyone had became better behaved from a year ago.

2- Revoke GooseOnAPole from forum moderation.

3- Ability to flag author responses. They can get away with saying rule-breaking things, like so.

4- Have the @P-Bot send messages of when your submission was blammed. Have moderators required to fill out a response on why they decided to remove it. I think this will fix the lack of communication.

5- Less enforced user blocks - ive been unable to leave a review in several collab submissions cuz 1 of the ~60 people have me blocked & is very inconvenient to all.

make it dependent on if the main author has you blocked, not some 11yr old that barely contributed to the collab having you lock you out of leaving reviews.

Q: Do you find the game Among Us to be funny?

when the #FF0000 intruder partakes in suspicious mischief

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Q: Your opinion of Team Fortress 2

it is a fun game imo. there is a hacker problem, but i just play on community servers.

Q: Your advice for being on the Internet

if you want to remain mentally sane, do not visit instagram reels.

@OviManic - @Aalasteir (Q) - Index

Q: How did you discover the Newgrounds site? And why did you decide to join the community?

I’ve discovered Newgrounds in Elementary school from a classmate. This was around the time the only person who had Internet access in the household was my cousin from the first floor using AOL. There, my number one fixation on that site were Super Mario parodies and fan videos. After 2010, I was rather distant with the site because I once assumed it was one of those sites that was giving me viruses on my computer.

Eventually, Newgrounds was just a passing thought until August 2020 where a music remixer I liked on YouTube had a Newgrounds account. My first game was released a year ago and I wanted to give my potential franchise another home in case it gets booted out of a site for whatever reason. Foresight was right on the money because GameJolt decided to remove and reject all adult games around a year and a half later with no warning prior to that.

Since then, Newgrounds became the site I am most social in: Twitter and YouTube are a little too chaotic and unstable for my liking. I don’t usually follow artists on Twitter because holy cow, one can get sucked up in whatever political movement they follow more than the art pieces you were originally interested in! YouTube, I just use as a replacement for TV: more of a watcher than a user. Yeah, Newgrounds is basically my social circle for now on!

Q: How do you feel about creating art and games?

The reason why I want to make… well, anything, is because there’s always that metaphorical itch no other media work can scratch. So I decide to scratch it myself by making stuff that I like, even if the grand majority don’t. In fact, after witnessing the absolute madness and headache a trending franchise can become, I’m well aware there’s quite a few benefits of being niche.

Q: How do you feel that creating art impacts you personally?

I’m not sure. Ever since I was young, I always daydream a show or game of my creation being shown to the public. I remember making fan fictions indefinitely until around 2012 where I’ve finally decided to make complete original works and ultimately scrap any use of the IP of others’. Doing that, I was basically free to write my own storylines and subjects without being dependent on the established continuity that the original authors have worked so hard to perfect. I tell you, continuity of other people’s works was actually something that caused me intense anxiety for years! Feels stupid in hindsight, but fortunately I’ve long since grew from that mistake.

Q: What do you like about posting in the Newgrounds forums? Also, which user do you think should be banned from the forums, and why?

Just posting a subject and see others’ thoughts on it: that’s usually my favorite. Although I have had disagreements with some forum users before, it’s definitely not worthy of any ban whatsoever! Even when Politics was an active forum, I couldn’t think of anyone that should’ve been banned despite their awful opinions.

Q: Who created Madness?

No clue, honestly. But I believe I saw him in cartoon form in a game where Pico tried to kill other popular mascots in the Newgrounds site. Pico attempts to kill Tricky but he was then told he has to kill his creator to do it… as told by Tricky’s creator.

Q: Could you recommend 5 songs, 5 games, 5 art pieces, and 5 movies that you would encourage people to check out?

The Audio and Game Portals aren’t exactly my favorite places to explore. For Audio, it’s because I don’t generally listen to radio here, and for Games is because go to Newgrounds on my tablet and most games require a keyboard… including my own.

But I will share 5 movies and art pieces I currently like!

Movies:

The Worst Puppet Show!

Joshi Gets a Job

In My Country

metal gear STINKY!

CINDER - part 1

Art:

Loaf of Mimic

asidegrandelatenia

Eri Kasamoto

Big world

Gwimbly Iconic Victory Pose

Q: What would be your advice for people posting in the BBS?

Think of topics many people can get involved in, don’t involve too much of yourself (I find vent posts quite souring), and don’t be afraid of any backlash for lesser subjects. There’s always butting heads in any social circle!

Q: Your advice for being an artist

Be varied and flexible. Honestly, I don’t usually follow those rules myself when it comes to just drawing, but considering today’s market, adaptability is key to survive this industry. For me, different art styles may not be one of them, but animation, programming, and business management / marketing are some of the key things I’m focusing on to keep myself stable in this industry.

@MasterHand4444 - @Aalasteir (Q) - Index

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

I discovered Newgrounds through Friday Night Funkin’, and decided to join so I could talk about FNF with its core fanbase. I feel differently now because I realized that Newgrounders actually HATE Friday Night Funkin’ and want ninjamuffin to be publicly executed via hanging.

Now that I’m a Newgrounder, I think I want that, too.

Q: What do you think about and collabs?

You should only collab for the clout. None of that “creative fulfillment” or “meeting new people” bullcrap. They should call them clout-labs.

Q: What have you learned about yourself making music?

I’ve learned that Tom Fulp hates me deeply because he doesn’t frontpage every single one of my tracks and personally PM me congratulating me on my most recent earth-shattering masterpiece. I wouldn’t be surprised if my account gets suspended for speaking my truth on this matter…

Q: What have you learned about yourself through your Front Page Blog posts?

I’ve learned nothing. In fact, frontpage blogs are now canceled forever. Tune in next month where I’ll write something actually worth a flip — a list of the top five hottest Skibidi Toilet protagonists.

Q: Which specific user do you think should be banned from the forums, and why? 

Aalasteir, of course. Have you talked to that guy????

While they’re at it, they should ban AhWham as well. Don’t ask me why. It would just be really funny.

Q: Can you tell me the story behind your username, MasterHand4444?

No joke, true story — I just really like Super Smash Bros. and the number four.

Q: What is your perspective on the value and role of reviews for creative works?

Reviews for creative works are completely worthless. I would deeply appreciate it if everyone on Newgrounds treated the reviews like a comments section and blindly voted five stars on every single submission they see.

@BoiledMilkz - @Aalasteir (Q) - Index

Q: How did you discover the site?

I discovered the site through Friday Night Funkin' and it's many mods.

Q: What do you think about the Newgrounds community? Would you say it is heading in the right direction?

The Newgrounds community is pretty good and one of the best communities related to creativity, I would say it's heading in the right direction, just needs a few tweaks.

Q: What's the story behind your name?

Okay so the day when I joined Newgrounds, I had cereal and for absolutely no reason I thought, "Hmm, what if my milk was boiled." I then learnt that boiling liquid does not mix well with the mouth.

Q: What are some problems you see with the Newgrounds website?

The community going buck wild when an M or A rated submission wins the daily award.

Q: Is Newgrounds a good environment?

good question.

Q: How did you get interested in creating animations and art?

As well as being addicted to cartoons as a kid, I watched lots of storytime animations such as JaidenAnimations and Gingerpale (do they even count as storytime animator?) and parody animators such as Egoraptor. I then wanted to make animations and art.

Q: What is the community of Game Jolt?

The community of GameJolt is pretty much just Twitter but better and also a lot of FNF mods and FNAF fangames.