@CappyCatII - @Aalasteir (Q) - Index

Q: How has being born in Singapore and growing up in a multicultural environment affected you? How would you describe your experience living in the United Kingdom?

I didn’t hold any biases towards others. I was taught to be kind, not having presumptions about people when meeting them for the first time. Attending local schools that also had an international section meant I made friends with people from many different backgrounds!

At some point this had to change. When the time came my family moved back to the UK.

I would say living in the UK is… different. There were pros and cons, as there were in Singapore, but it was time to get back to the reality of a country that I held a passport for. Being the ‘new kid’ with no local friends and also being neurodivergent. There were inevitably some tough moments in school, but there were a lot of ups too, including living near the countryside and being able to do more acting. Living in the UK helped me understand the importance of small things; Singapore helped me understand the importance of diversity.

Q: How did theater change your life? How did you decide on taking a gap year to figure out if drama college is the right place for you?

As mentioned earlier, arriving in school with no local friends or contacts, it was quite tough a and I often found myself a bit lonely. Then I saw on my school’s billboard that a local theatre company was taking auditions for the musical production of The Wind in The Willows – I took that chance.

That changed everything. Being a part of the production and involved in a community that cares was the greatest feeling ever. I took the role as the Magistrate, and they loved me so much that the backstage team gave me his gavel as a reminder. With this and some other local theatre experiences behind me, I thought about applying to drama college, but as my time studying Games Design progressed, I found concept design to be more my fitting. So instead, I decided to take a year out to figure myself out.

I asked my brother’s friends if they would recommend taking a gap year before uni and they all lamented not taking it!

Q: how did you decide on taking a gap year to figure out if drama college is the right place for you? And why do you say you believe everybody should speak a second language

Most of the people I know who are bilingual, are some of the loveliest people I’ve met, including my boyfriend. Learning another language is not only showing a sign of respect but also a sign of empathy as language is a part of people’s identity. Being able to communicate across borders helps remind us that these borders are arbitrary and we’re all human in the end - with pretty much the same hopes, fears and dreams.

I watched Kneecap recently, bonkers movie I tell you. A true story about a rebellious Irish hip-hop group making the Irish language a part of their culture. The movie ends with a caption that states, “every 40 seconds a language dies”. It’s damn important.

Q: How did you meet your boyfriend, and how did he become fluent in French? Do you also want to learn French because your boyfriend is fluent in it?

Oof this is personal. I really don’t want to give too much away if I’m honest so I’ll keep it short. We met at my college’s expo, he was with a friend of mine and there was a… spark between us! He’s half-French and when I was chatting to him on the phone, his mum came up and talked to him and I could tell that he was completely fluent. 

I may well pick up some French just to surprise him, and also feel more in touch with him!

Q: Why are you trying back to getting learning Mandarin?

I did learn some Mandarin in elementary school, so I’m hoping it would be easy to pick up if I put my mind to it. It's one of the most popular languages in the world, so I think it'll be polite to hold a basic conversation.

Q: How did you decide on creating art?

At first, I thought programming was going to be my thing, but later discovered that I preferred to visualise what I saw in my mind. It felt thrilling to create these worlds and characters, conjouring up something new to share with the world! I hadn’t studied art in high school, I didn’t think I had the passion for it or that I could ever become good enough. But with enough practice and patience, I found myself enjoying it more and more!

Q: How to describe your experiences with being part of the NG community?

Amazing. Absolutely amazing. I joined this site initially to host the portfolio for my GD course. But after joining a collab, it changed my mind.

Never have I seen such a strong community as this. I never saw it with other platforms like Twitter or Instagram, just the fact that these people are all rising or established artists puts a smile on my face!

Q: How do you know if a opportunity is good?

I think that you need to assess the person or people who are putting it forward. Do they seem authentic and genuine? Do they have a solid plan for the idea or project? Are they going to be truly collaborative and willing to try new ideas and be patient if you’re still learning?

I often tend to be more positive than negative about opportunities though as I think it can, within reason, be a way to learn and grow in experience and skills.

Q: Your advice on being kind

In the end, it’s a bit like the race of the tortoise and the hare. Being kind may seem to be dull and slow when other people are being cynical and flashy with witty cut-downs or sarcasm. But kindness will often win in the end as you reap what you sow and who wants to be remembered as a bad person?

Kindness is free to give but is priceless to receive, which helps to start a virtuous circle too.

Q: The story of your CappyCat character

He’s a reflection of myself. A… fursona if you will. My general design philosophy is to be down-to-earth. I designed him based on myself, from the confidence I like to show, even down to the grey cap! So, whenever I’m wearing his attire, I become him. Or… he becomes me.

It helps me get into a good place whenever I want to be more confident. Works every single time. Saves spending a grand on a fursuit if you ask me!

Q: What does it mean to be happy?

The state of happiness that is ‘sold’ to us through films, social media and ads is so superficial.

I’m coming to realise that you can’t be full-on ‘happy’ all the time, it has shades and different depths. Sometimes you find yourself happy from moving outdoors in the fresh air, at other times it could be when you’ve finally cracked a drawing or finished reading a great book. Or it could be simple hanging out with family or other loved ones. I know I’m still a bit ‘grass is greener’ about happiness, convinced that everyone else is having a great time somewhere else, but I’m learning to savour moments and that good old ‘pursuit of happiness’ rather than needing to feel like you’re at a rave party all the time.

To be happy is… to live and experience it.

@Itsmega - @Aalasteir (Q) - Index

Q: Your experiences with the Internet

It can be a rather mixed bag between genuinely cool people and people you cannot stand, but for the most part I've been meeting people that are genuinely cool people, especially the ones from TETR.IO, despite me being above average in terms of the playerbase, I have made a lasting impact over the course of 3 years being there.

Q: The story of your username: Itsmega

Oh, this one... It's rather odd and also humorous. It started out as: ItsMegaLosers and later down the line I realize that having that Losers suffixed in there would look funny to onlookers, so I dropped that and made the "M" lowercase, which turned it into "Itsmega" I'll also add to the fact that I use an alternate handle in some places, in cases where "Itsmega" is taken: "1tsm3ga". L33tSpeak is the byproduct of having to pick something else. I did incorporate it into my online signature since the Valentine's Day illustration.

Q: How did you discover NG, and why did you join?

I discovered Newgrounds from Markiplier who was playing some popular flash games at the time and found out about the Henry Stickmin series and achievements it had integrated somehow nudged me young brain into making an account on the site. Eventually I would forget about it as I got busy with other things, but came back after seriously wild decisions by Elon Musk with Twitter (the name is more recognizable than "X").

Q: What do you like about art?

The Passion, Effort and Commitment to make something that you like or find something you like about someone else's work speaks volumes than just some engagement. Every illustration you make is some sort of learning process of trying something and see if it works or not.

I had times where things weren't working out, especially with the hands at one point looked so wrong, that I had to redo those, so they looked better.

Q: What do you think about the Henry Stickmin series?

Fun, Goofy and chalk-full of references from several media (games, cartoons/anime, comics/manga) from the western and eastern hemisphere.

Q: Why do you dislike Crunchyroll?

It's got something to do with the paywalling of content, when I get the sudden interest in watching it and can't because you have to pay €6/month just to watch the show.

The reason why Anime got popular in the West was because of ill-gotten means on the web and fan-subtitles.

Q: Your advice for artists

Burnout happens to even the best, it's important to take a step back and relax. The best place when to take a break is when you have: "I'm enjoying this, but it's getting a bit annoying" mood, that's where you stop and take a break.

It's a cycle: "I'm enjoying this!" -> "I'm enjoying this, but it's getting a bit annoying" -> "This is annoying and I'm not enjoying this..." -> "*Quit the activity for a good while" -> (repeat)

If you are in the 2nd phase, step back from it and jump to 4th phase. It'll turn "a good while" into "a bit".

I learnt this from SoundSmith, I just can't remember which video it was from...

Q: Your experience with Tabletop RPGs

Rather interesting, I'm in 2 groups, one with consistent session times (with some exceptions) and one with rather inconsistent. The Roleplay with complete strangers is really fun to do and the element of chance, that something might go spectacularly well or in complete disaster by the luck of the dice. You gotta roll with it and adapt to the situation, you still have your party members to soften the blow of a Natural 1 (otherwise known as a Critical Fail).

Q: What is it like being a community manager and commentator for EUCannon?

As a Community Manager, not much different to holding moderation tools on a site. If you can keep a level-headed, neutral stance with having the place tidy to newcomers and welcoming them, and keeping the bad actors out, it's perfectly fine.

As a Commentator, you watch top-tier players duke it out to see who's the best. You gotta have the knowledge of the game and have the energy to pump the viewers' excitement up to whatever is happening in-game. I'm not commentating alone, I always have someone by the side to bounce off one another.

Q: What are your goals in life?

Not much really. I could be popular and famous eventually, but I think I rather just make a lasting legacy to where ever I'm around in places, such as: YouTube, Newgrounds, TETR.IO, etc. That's all I what, make a lasting impact, even if my life outside the web is boring.

Q: Have you ever struggled with negativity, and how did you overcome it?

I've come to terms with the lack of trust, because I got bullied in school for growing a mustache before any of the boys did in class and mocked my dog's passing. It was just too much and I just decided to transfer schools, because it was too much (I went on to graduate from it with an average score).

Some time later, I found people from the US West Coast, during a VC in the Fall Guys discord during Classic Season 1 (when that was hot in 2020) and slowly opened up with them. They were trustworthy enough to be able to slowly open up about myself and have my faith restored overtime. I'm not gonna open up more about my life, but I have recovered from the bullying.

@BlakeyTakeyTheCakey - @Aalasteir (Q) - Index

Q: What is life about?

Achieving goals and spending time doing what you love

Q: The story of your username: BlakeyTakeyTheCakey

"Blake" is my real name. The cake part is a subtle reference to the portal games. The rest I added because it sounded nice. I'm thinking of removing the y once I get the supporter upgrade.

Q: Why do you like bike riding? And what do you like about bikes?

I like riding my bike because it's where I get most ideas for my animations/art

Q: What makes you interested in history?

I find events like battles in a war to be interesting. I also like wondering about what would’ve happened if different things happened

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?

1. I discovered the site a while ago at school, a friend was playing interactive buddy and he showed me the site. 

2. I think the reason I joined was because I just wanted to be active around the site. 

3. After using the site for about one and a half years, my opinion of the site changed a lot. When I first joined I had no clue what the community was like! But I’ve learned that this community is one of the best out there!

Q: What do you think about art?

I love it. Need I say more?

Q: Your advice for artists

Do not do things just to get popular. Trust me, you’ll get burnt out INSANELY fast.

Q: What do you like and dislike about the NG community

I really like the community in general! I would say it’s the best place for new artists to start out. There are a lot of good people here. I would have to say the adult content is my least favorite part about the community and site in general. That’s all I feel comfortable talking about.

Q: What do you like about games?

I love the gameplay, immersion, and storytelling the most. A perfect example is Half-Life 2. It nails all of those aspects in my opinion!

Q: What does it mean to be happy?

Everything's going your way, nothing can put you down!

@SkankyMojo - @Aalasteir (Q) - Index

Q: What is it like living in the United Kingdom?

I don't want to bring it down from the start, but at present, and since Brexit, honestly... it's politically divided, there's brutal economic disparity, and it feels like living in a collapse-of-Rome situation. As a working-class British citizen, you exist in a kind of neo-serfdom, where, like in America, I'd imagine, you're at the bottom of the top of the world. I get clean water from a tap in a rented house, a flushing toilet, and I have the trappings of a Western life: phone, computer, internet, music gear, access to supermarkets with fresh fruit and vegetables. But the majority of the things I benefit from in the UK are offset by death and suffering imposed around the globe. My entire existence is drenched in blood, suffering, and slavery... and for it, I live a life that only 1% of the planet is afforded. Obviously, there's a 1% of that 1% who actually have true agency... I've not been able to figure out the best course of action yet, and I can't comfortably exist with things the way they are though, for sure. But what praxis looks like, I have no idea. 😅 I just want to live in a world where we share resources instead of exploiting each other for them. But yeah, living in the UK comes with a lot of existential baggage.

Q: How did you get interested in creating music?

It was something I found through an ulterior motive, really. I always wanted to be a character artist for Squaresoft (now Square Enix). I was in love with Yoshitaka Amano's work, and that's all I really wanted. But then I hit puberty, and this girl I fancied made the comment "bass players are fit," and my adolescent mind understood what must be done. That relationship didn't work out, but god, I fell for music—it did what art did for me, but sound felt more immediately expressive than visual art did. I've been obsessed ever since, went to college for it, and have been in loads of bands. All in all, I've been playing bass for 20 years and recording/producing for about 17. I got into production because of punk bands I was in, and later prog-metal and djent bands. In the punk band era, we'd use the old Boss 8-tracks that burned to CD. Then I had my first studio experience recording to the old ADAT racks. Eventually, the DAW thing came in during the Prog/Djent era, and that's when I started learning to produce properly, reading Sound on Sound magazines, and buying books on it all. I'm a massive fan of Sylvia Massy's approach—she's a huge inspiration. Her work with Tool is beyond words. Also, people like Kenny Segal in the hip-hop world.

Q: What does music represent?

To my mind, music represents primarily the intention of the artist, which is then reinterpreted by every individual through their subjective experience of it. Fundamentally, I see it as an externalization of the artist's internal world.

Q: What have you learned about psychology and philosophy, particularly metaphysics?

Well, I've half-read some books and watched a lot of lectures on YouTube, so I reckon I'm at about a PhD level. 🤣 In all seriousness, though, these topics are my other obsession next to music. Let's be frank—being a conscious human experiencing existence is fucking mental. Philosophy is just the collective attempt to understand what the fuck is going on and the implications of that. I'm particularly enthralled with the study of "Ontology," meaning "Being/Existence," and "What is the ontological ground?" or the "fundamental substrate of existence." From a religious point of view, that would be "What is God?" and what is "God's experience of self?" I'll ask myself really esoteric questions, like "Can a thought be aware? And if a thought is aware, can a thought be aware of its thinker's awareness?" and I'll endlessly muse on these mental experiments. It's partly to blame for my out-there lyrics. 🤣 My favorite philosopher is a guy called Terence McKenna—if you haven't heard of him, check him out. Also, do yourself a favor and read *The Conquest of Bread* by Peter Kropotkin—it's old, but it's one of the foundations of anarchist thought, and it's an interesting read. Oh, and if you're on YouTube, check out Philosophy Tube, TheLeftistCooks, and Tirrrb.

Q: Your story of dropping out of university and your tutor Jan Kopinski, who's an acclaimed saxophonist.

So I was very bright-eyed when I left college and went to university. I'd really built it up and had an unrealistic idea of what it would be. I went to Salford Uni, which is good, but I was imagining fucking Berklee or something. Sadly, it fell short of my hopes. I was doing a BA Hons in Popular Music and Performance, and the key is in the name—I thought there would be more focus on jazz and experimental approaches, but I was stuck reading Madonna in session musicianship lessons. Thankfully, I had a tutor called Jan Kopinski, who's an utter legend. He's played sax on fucking everything; I'm pretty sure he's done Bond soundtracks and the like. An absolutely fantastic player. He took an interest in me because I think he could see my frustration. I was producing weird jazz metal with loads of odd meters and dissonance. I'd come early to sessions, and he'd give me notes on what I was working on, really pushing me to explore my creativity without limitation. This had been going on for about three months, and I was getting increasingly sick of pop and had developed a significant disdain for Motown through being forced to over-analyze it. At the end of a particularly mind-numbing session—if I remember correctly, we were having issues with the brass lines—I was sat on the bass amp looking drained and miserable. Jan took me aside after the session, and the first words out of his mouth were, "You know I've not got a degree?" I was taken off guard by this because I was under the belief that you needed one to teach at a uni. He then proceeded to tell me that there was only one member of the entire faculty with one (the guy who taught musicology, he was a wanker). He revealed that a music degree was never going to get me a gig and was brutally honest about the exploitation of the arts in higher education. I'd not completed my first year, and I'd not taken out any more loans. "Quit, put everything into your production, and gig at every opportunity—you'll get where you want to be if you just put everything into YOUR music." I'd never had someone believe in me like that before, not to mention risking his job to save me tens of thousands of pounds. Needless to say, I walked out the door and never went back. One of the things I'm most proud of musically is that I have an original sound. This is the moment that gave me the courage to dedicate myself to developing that.

Q: Your experiences with climbing

I specifically do indoor bouldering climbing-wise, and it's the one sport I'll actually watch. 🤣 I got into it when I was 27, so I've been doing it for about eight years-ish—well, the pandemic killed it for about two, so six years, I guess? Anyway, if you're not familiar, there are networks of converted warehouses, hidden on industrial estates around the globe, containing 5-meter wooden walls adorned with colored plastic blobs, floors cushioned with crash mats, and occupied by skinny fuckers in ballet shoes and North Face beanies. These sacred places are climbing gyms, and it's the most autism-friendly sport going, trust. 🤣 Basically, I love it because it makes me forget I'm exercising—it's a puzzle game on a wall. You start at the bottom on the holds marked, then get to the top hold and touch it with both hands for three seconds. That's it, but they go from things like ladders to doing fucking yoga up a wall, and after an hour—two on a great day—your entire body is jelly and you're full of endorphins. I have to be very conscious of my mental health to stay balanced, and climbing improves my well-being tenfold. If you are or were a gawky teen with no coordination, and exercise has never clicked with you, give it a try—there's probably a gym hiding on an industrial estate near you.

Q: How did you discover NG, and why did you join?

God, I was on Newgrounds in high school, but I can't remember exactly how I found it. I got into Joe Cartoon, and not long after, I stumbled upon Newgrounds and Gigglestick. I remember the old Final Fantasy Chocobo rap that I'd watch on repeat, and a hentai game I used to play—it was like the old GTAs, not quite top-down, but you were a photographer shooting nudes. 🤣

I didn't like being in the yard at school, so I'd go into the IT department and play on NG to get away from the other kids. I probably joined during the pandemic for music. I was (and am) disillusioned with the internet as a whole and the music industry. NG feels like a community of creatives growing together, rather than a dick-swinging contest. And, importantly for me, it's slower. I can't keep up with normal feeds; I get overwhelmed with bloody Discord. 😅 But the steady pace of a forum—I can handle that. I just wish I could host videos here. I want to do more production vlogs, and I think it would be a cool perk for a higher supporter tier, with no portal or anything. At the moment, I'm setting YouTube videos to private and embedding them. I just feel like there's money on the table for NG there rather than YouTube.

But yeah, I love NG. It feels like home online to me. I've made genuine friendships here, and I've learned a shit ton just through osmosis and being here.

Q: What do you think about the internet?

It's a tool, and you can use tools to create or destroy. Or really, it's a communication tool, and it can be used to communicate truth or lies. It's a phenomenal piece of technology, but I fear we as a species are misusing it. Once corporate interests take hold, frontiers become claimed territory, and the people, once free, are themselves reduced to a resource.

Q: What do you like about comic books/manga?

They're dyslexic-friendly 🤣. Seriously, though, I think it's the combination of fine art and narrative. I love animation, but (I feel like this is a theme for me) I like the pace of comics because I set the pace. I can linger on a frame for as long as I wish, get lost in it.

I enjoy them physically too—having a book in my hands feels grounding to me. It puts me in my body, even though I'm indulging in the narrative mentally, so I guess it just feels like a holistic experience, with mind and body stimulated simultaneously.

One of my favorite comics is *Saga* by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples. It's absolutely captivating. It's a fucking sci-fi fantasy romance—think *Romeo and Juliet* meets *Outlaw Star*—but it's the most viscerally real, character-driven, heart-wrenching story I've ever been exposed to, and I don't think it could have been achieved in any other medium. Also, I know it's a bit trashy, but *Chainsaw Man* is sick. I'm just waiting for the next volume in October. 🤓

Q: How do you feel autism has affected your life?

First, autism is a spectrum, and I'm diagnosed with it, but I'm not an expert—so I'm just speaking from my own experience. For me, there's not a way it doesn't affect me. The foundation of my perception is looking at the world through an autistic mind. From what I understand, my experience of self and my processing of sensory information is quite radically different from the majority of people I've ever met.

This kind of presents a massive barrier to communication because my existential frame is so different. It's like everyone's watched a film, and you think you've watched the same film, but you got mixed up and watched the making-of documentary instead, but you think you watched the same film as everyone else. So you're missing all these references, and you have all this insight that ruins the cinematic magic for everyone else. Then you kinda end up very alienated and traumatized as a result of it.

I was a late diagnosis—it was only the other year. I'd been misdiagnosed with major depressive disorder and had crisis team interventions for being suicidal. Then I find out my arse just watched the special features and didn't know everyone thought I was a dick because I wouldn't shut up about the entire thing being shot on a green screen.

But that's it, I guess. You just see that society is a narrative construct—90% of the world lives in an internal narrative and not the objective world, and people hate the idea that they're really just a story they tell themselves. 🤦🏿‍♀️ That's why it's so hard as an autistic person—because society only appears to work if you accept the underlying ontological claims. The moment you broach the absurdity of those claims, people become volatile, and the system works against you.

I'm fortunate, though, as I get medical weed, and that helps take the edge off the overwhelm. Unfortunately, I do suffer from periods of crippling burnout that I've yet to figure out how to keep at bay, but it's a process.

Q: Your experience with drugs?

In broad strokes, drugs saved my life—specifically the classical psychedelics (LSD, DMT, Psilocybin). Disclaimer: I'm not telling people to do as I have. I also know people who've lost their minds to this stuff, so it's not to be taken lightly.

I think it's quite a normal experience for neurodivergent individuals to find cannabis in their teens and experience therapeutic benefits from it. This was my personal experience. As touched on above, I've always suffered from mental health issues, both from autism and traumatic childhood experiences. But when you're misdiagnosed (remember, I didn't get my diagnosis until I was 34, so I'm autistic and have PTSD), you're not given the support you need to self-regulate or navigate the social environment. So from the age of being self-aware, throughout my entire life, I've had suicidal ideation. I just couldn't understand why I shouldn't kill myself when life was so painful.

Psychedelics were something I turned to as a last resort. I'd been studying religion and philosophy, and everything seemed to point back to the psychedelic experience and the root of transcendental ideas. I figured, well, how about I try this before I gas myself in the oven?

Putting the psychedelic experience into words is a fool's errand—they are steeped in the archetypal forms that precede language, and any attempt to describe them will innately fall short. But I'm nothing if not a fool, so here goes: once upon a time, I was an atheist. I smoked DMT, ate some mushrooms, and now I believe in God. There you go—some call me eloquent, you know. 🤣

Right, so how the fuck do I explain this? The psychedelic experience presents an ontology where "mind" is primary, and we are something akin to "God" having a schizophrenic episode as a result of a state of infinite loneliness. God exists as the totality of all things. Time is a unity for God—all experience is unity, all things from all time rendered meaningless as a result of there being no one with whom to share the experience. Meaning comes from shared experience; meaning comes from love. If you kill yourself, you just wake up at the beginning and end of time, alone with your infinite bounty—alone for eternity. Suicide isn't the act of killing yourself; it's the act of killing the world.

Needless to say, the shift in perspective this gave me has had a massive impact on my want to be "here." This is what my song "Life" is about.

And my album *To Be Adrift In Infinity* covers the period of my life when this all took place.

Got to get the plugs in. 😉🤣

Q: Your perspective on health?

I think it's crucial. You're a mind fused in a meat puppet, so you have to maintain the meat puppet to maintain the mind and the mind to maintain the meat puppet. It's also just about the most difficult thing to balance, especially as... and this pains me to say it... a middle-aged dude. My optimal health routine is:

- 8 hours of sleep with set bedtimes

- 3 meals a day, high in protein with broccoli and peas, and avoid sugar

- 30-40 mins meditation daily

- 20-30 mins yoga session daily

- 1-2 mile walk daily

- 1-2 hour climbing session 3 times a week

- Working on, practicing, or performing music daily

If I'm doing these things, I'm functioning at my best, and I have the best impact on the people around me. I do find it extremely challenging to keep this as a constant, though, because I do suffer from burnout and loss of executive function as a result of my autism. So it can be a battle, but the healing is in the return, and it's a process, so you have to treat yourself with grace.

Q: What does it mean to be happy?

To be content, satiated, with a good amount of dopamine in your system? 🤣 I'm not sure. I'm more a fan of meaning as a gauge for well-being over happiness. Happiness is fleeting, or it soon becomes hedonistic if left unchecked. Meaning will weather the storm of suffering, while happiness will wilt at its mention.

@lowstation - @Aalasteir (Q) - Index

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

I imagine it's something surprisingly cool, as it's a way of sharing a story, and one of my stories might inspire someone else

Q: Your experiences with the Internet

my experiences were never that cool, I was pretty reclusive most of the time, I watched a lot of youtubers and a few channels that I really liked, like, the channels that did gameplay of undertale, FNAF, castlevania, because I REALLY found it very captivating

Q: The story of your username: lowstation

this is something interesting, because I needed a username that was simple and easy to remember, I really liked the idea of ‘station’ that the playstation had, but the rest I had no idea what to put, so a friend of mine told me to put ‘low’ before ‘station’ which, besides being interesting, was phonetically similar to ‘louis’, you know? ‘lows’, it's similar, since louis is my name, it fit like a glove

Q: Why do you appreciate the art of drawing, and where does this passion come from? How would you teach others to develop the same appreciation for drawing? Also, why do you enjoy drawing gestures?

I love drawing because it's a very expressive way of showing people what I want, until I realised that I could ANIMATE the things I wanted, and I was truly WONDERED!

Q: What do you like about independent games such as Undertale, Friday Night Funkin', and Five Nights at Freddy’s?

in the ‘passion’ of how these games are made with love and care, I've never liked triple AAA games so much, and each independent game had a different feel, such a great feeling

Q: What are your thoughts on animation, and what are some discussions you've had about it that resonate with you? What conclusions have you reached?

that in animation it depends a lot to judge, and that any kind of style in animation can be done, since speaking in a more crude and ignorant way, there are a lot of drawings clustered one after the other, so the only thing that limits a person is their own creativity

Q: Your profile picture is of your character, inspired by a cat you once had who sadly passed away. How has the experience of losing your cat affected you?

a lot, I was devastated, because I felt that even if the others didn't understand and all, I don't know, I felt that he at least tried to console me, or was one of the few who showed affection, you know? a child thing I imagine, I carry him with me even after that, because he really helped me

Q: What elements of Dragon Ball do you find most compelling, and would you say it inspired you to learn animation?

maybe the ‘animation’ factor itself, but I thought the effects were VERY cool, I thought the effects were very cool too, like the KI aura, the lightning and the colours themselves, it really was a great inspiration

Q: What are your goals, and what do you hope to achieve by being part of the Newgrounds community?

oh, notoriety, and also people for me to get to know too, I think this community is really cool, so why not join it? I imagine they can accept new people, right?

Q: How do you make an action in an animation interesting?

with the principles, in order to make an interesting movement, you first need to put yourself in the reader's shoes, and that's what we do with staging, staging is very important, and arcs help a lot too, well, I've listed the most important ones I imagine :)

Q: What are the differences between the types of animation you are interested in and those you are not? What common elements resonate with you, and which elements do not? Please explain why these specific elements are positive for you, and why the others are negative

look, I really like the kanada style, I love the styles of studio trigger, but my favourites are those of ghibli, studio ghibli knows very well how to captivate me, the ones that don't interest me so much are cheap animations made with rigs, most of which you can find on youtube itself, and that's just... makes me dislike them? I'm not sure, 

Q: Art and animation resources you would recommend

Proko's YouTube channel, Marco Brunet's channel too, Toniko Pantoha's, studios now, Studio Ghibli comes first for me (I'm sorry, I really love the animation from this studio :D ) wit studio , mappa (even with her problems, they can be very good), and no other studio comes to mind, sorry :(

Q: Life advice

some advice I could give is that perfectionism can kill your project or anyone else's, and that people should evolve as quickly as possible, yes, it's about evolving, but take it easy, get some rest, nowadays people are forgetting to take care of themselves, because art is about what the artist thinks, if you're not mentally well, that will reflect on your art

@PLJerry - @Aalasteir (Q) - Index

Q: What is it like living in Poland?

A1: Living in Poland is awesome, for example you can teach polish language to other people from around the world and oh man trust me polish language is hard.

Q: What makes a game good, and what makes a game bad?

A2: Game good makes a lore, for example, Team Fortress 2 have an amazing lore about mercenaries, their history etc, etc. Bad games makes a violence, like Postal 2, when you play first time this game you'll an information from their creators.

Q: What do you enjoy about voice acting?

A3: Voice acting is fun, you can do whatever you want with your voice.

Q: What makes something seem stupid?

A4: I don't know *lol*

Q: What do you think about drawing?

A5: Drawing is cool, you can rise your drawing skill even better when you just begin with your illustrations.

Q: What are your thoughts on going to the gym and playing football, and how have those experiences affected you?

A6: I wouldn't call it experiences, I just play football sometimes with my friends, same to the gym. My thoughts going to gym is that, you must work hard to build perfect strong body and my thoughts of playing football? Let's see I have bad memories, one time I almost broke my hand when I goalkeeping but my hand is healthy and fully recovered.

Q: What are jokes did you think of funny?

A7: In Poland we all the time joke about politics, a guy dressed up like a girl, etc.

- PLJerry stories

I have some stories I would to share.

My story with drawings, started in primary school, when I draw my first drawing of my family and for some reason I burned this for no reason, I so unhappy and sad at the same time.

Story with animations also started in primary school, when I was doing some animations in MS Paint on my old laptop, of course I saved some of my animations but for some reason my laptop died and I've lost my animations.

After that since my laptop died I decided to retire from drawing and animations in primary school, but when I finish high school in my hometown, I said that's it, time to return to drawings and animations.

Story with voice acting started 14 years ago, when I was some dubbing from televisions, I mean when some cartoon I watched, I mute volume on my TV, and I started showing my dubbing skills to my friends, and they were shocked, they say to me "How do you that? Your dubbing skills are perfect!" all rest is history.

Q: How would you say those experiences has affected you in shaping your personality?

A8: Those experiences about shaping my personality, I would say is it great.

Q: How did you discover NG, and why did you join?

A9: I discovered NG when I was looking a site to share my drawing/animations stuff, I joined because I like this website.

Q: What makes a good Newgrounder, from your perspective

A10: From my perspecitve a good Newgrounder makes when you support other artists/animators you name it.

@Blitzilla - @Aalasteir (Q) - Index

Q: What is art, what does it represent?

For me art is a representation of intent, like starting and finishing an art piece shows a drive to create and organise a vision you yourself had, that is something that takes time and energy and is one of the most purest human expressions. All art to some degree deserves respect regardless of "quality" or "detail" as long as the heart is there, the ability is secondary. Not to say that high detail and quality don't matter, but the smaller details and overall want for quality kind of falls under the same umbrella as the want to create. A personal touch if you will.

Q: From your perspective what is the purpose of the NG website? How did you discover NG? What made you decide to join the community? Do you feel differently about the site now compared to when you first joined?

I've been creeping around Newgrounds since like 2011, and officially joined in 2019. I found the site through searching for Sonic the Hedgehog flash games and stumbled the "Awesome Chaotix" by @Egoraptor animation and from there I kind of just kept returning since then, since then I guess you could call it the "terrain(?)" of NG has changed somewhat since then. A lot of the old "Newgrounds Edge" has diminished since the time of stuff like "Smash 4" and the whole thing with "Alfred Alfer" but with this current era I feel the decline in this kind of content hasn't really effected my personal experiences with the site as back then I was younger and didn't really see too much of it.

Q: Your experiences with the Internet

The internet is a funny place, my first proper introduction to the internet was through the cartoon network website (RIP) back when it still had all the Toonami stuff on it. So I kinda just lived on that site for a few years playing Billy and Mandy flash games. I remember playing that one where you play as Billy and you had to magnetise his nose to traverse the levels. Since then its just been Newgrounds and YouTube tbh lol.

Q: The story of your username: Blitzilla

My name used to be Blitzo. BEFORE ANYONE SAYS ANYTHING this was BEFORE Helluva Boss was a thing, I used to play rainbow 6 siege a lot and I was a Blitz main. It got to a point in the past few years that Vivziepop fans would keep bugging me about my alias that I decided to change it to Blitzilla because I get to keep some of my OG name and Godzilla is cool!

Q: How did you get interested in working with Blender and 3D modeling? Is it related to game development? What type of games would you like to make and why?

Using blender started as just a fun little thing id do on the side. For my University course I'm required to do a 3D modelling course as it has large elements of game design. So yeah it is going to be put to use to create games which I may upload to NG depending. I've always loved the DMC franchise so Id probs make like a third-person hack and slash.

Q: Your advice for artists

Just draw/paint/build/render whatever you want, it doesn't matter if you don't think its any good, art is a way of learning not just skill but learning yourself. If you create what YOU want with YOUR talents, there is always a way to improve both your method and your way of thinking. what some may see as trash another person may see it as a piece of inspiration to create there own art, it has a beautiful way to connect people from all walks and stages of life. just the act of creating means you have accomplished so much more than people who don't.

Q: Who are the top 10 people you admire for their villainous qualities and would like to emulate

1. The Monarch from The Venture Bros is an all time favourite villain, Flying cocoon AND Dr Mrs The Monarch, actual greatest setup in Villain history
2.  @Tomfulp 
3. Murdoc from Gorillaz is technically a villain right?
4. Dr Robotnik has to be a pretty high tier bad guy I reckon
5. NNY from johhny the homicidal maniac, simply because the series had a large impact on me art wise, NOT murder wise :)
6. Heihachi MIshima can withstand being thrown of multiple cliffs, that takes insane endurance, would be useful to have!
7. I've always had a soft spot for Bakura from YuGiOh, the guy emanates pure aura
8. Wesker from resident evil
9. Bill Cipher
10. Walter White

Q: How would you describe your experience with playing games?

I play da video games !!1!

Q: How did your experience of creating Homestuck SFM edits and posting them on Reddit impact your artistic development?

Regret, I regret making those

Q: When you draw while listening to music, it inspires your art pieces, and you often name them after songs. What is your series 'DeCODE,' which is named after a Paramore song, about?

The series is still in its infancy but I'm developing its story behind the scenes. I plan to release a comic series for the characters but as it sites tight now its based on kind of Bio-android people born from an experiment with Stem cells that may or may not be human, the main character BASH is a product of this and she seeks to find other products of this experiment to destroy them and add their parts to herself to become more "Human" and "Pure" with wacky hijinks along the way. So the TLDR is robot people wrapped in "human" skin and blood with different abilities being hunted by the main character who is also one of them to attain true form while encountering enemies and followers along the way, I thought it would be fun to write a story from almost the Villains perspective! The music thing I just think is cool, Jojo esc.

Q: How did you become interested in the FGC?

I started playing fighting games very early on in life, started on OG street fighter 4 playing Ken

Q: Who is your main in Street Fighter 6, and what do you enjoy about playing the game? What have you learned about yourself through playing, and why did you choose your main?

I play a mix of Marisa and Zangief in SF6, Marisa's general build is what originally inspired me to make my main character for my series more buff and muscled. also Zangief is actually top tier but no one want to say it

Q: What’s the backstory of how Oney sent you a personal birthday video for your 18th birthday? In the video, he talked to you about your university course and game and art development. You mentioned it was one of the coolest things you’ve ever received and that you saved it across four Dropbox accounts.

This was pretty heavy at the time and I haven't told anyone online about this, but for my 18th birthday my mom knew I was a long time @Oney fan from like waaay back, so to my understanding she politely bullied Chris into making me a birthday message, and it was that message that really pushed me into art and getting into games dev again. That message really helped me when I needed a direction and so far I haven't been steered wrong. Yeah I need that video secure so it held across a lot of different storage accounts.

Q: Your favorite characters from NG, and why?

Fav NG character by far is Salad Fingers, He really is just mentally gone and we all love him for it. I used to be into Foamy The Squirrel but idk wtf happened to that guy recently, fall off of the century.

Q: What are the biggest mental health struggles for people from your perspective, and how do you think the psychos could overcome them? Besides from going on killing sprees?

Killing sprees are always good to keep as a last resort but before that try breathing, if that doesn't work then id say killing spree is a logical and sensible step 2

@Creeperforce24 - @Aalasteir (Q) - Index

Q: Is the community on the site good? And why do you think it is good?

A1: Newgrounds is full of amazing people, it’s basically the opposite of twitter! It really deserves more people to check it out, it’s got amazing music, art, animations, games, and just a great community.

Q: The story of your username: Creeperforce24

A2: My username is anticlimactic, it’s just my fave Minecraft mob with my favorite song (Waterflame-Octagon Force). The 24 is there cause it sounds good.

Q: Your experience with making music? How did you get started creating music on your phone or tablet using FL Studio Mobile?

A3: I first got fl studio mobile in 2021, and my first actual song is called -Bass-sic-, but my first 31 tracks were absolute dogshit and had no effort put into them. Ever since 2023 I deleted many songs I made just because of how shit they were. My first song published was mossy grotto, and it’s still there today! It’s my lowest ranking song for good reason! It’s just like my friend @Overscore said, “From humble beginnings, very humble”. Thankfully someone known as @taintedlogic was able to help me improve my work, though believe it or not, I always thought he was just a hater until recently, prolly cause I was extremely immature back then.

Q: Why are you writing a fictional story based on WaterFlame’s adventure album?

A4: I have listened to @waterflame for over half my life, and it was only till 8th grade I realized that there was an accidental story behind the adventure album. During my 8th grade I was at that book like hell, though I had to scratch it to move schools. I then started rewriting it and this time I got farther! The reason is just through pure respect for WaterFlame’s work, I owe a debt to him that’s impossible to pay for all the help his songs gave me!

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

A5: As a big fan of @Taintedlogic, reviews and criticism are very important. I used to have a mindset that criticism was the same as hate, but these days I beg for criticism lol!

Q: What do you think music represents? Why do people listen to music?

A6: Music is huge, it’s put into sound, some say digital instruments don’t count as real music, some say the genre electronic itself isn’t real music. But me personally, Music is varied, some music sounds shit, some music sounds amazing, but if you made it, nobody deserves to call YOUR music, not music. It’s your unique style, your music. Have you ever heard of Jean michel Basqauit? He has his own successful art style! Some say it’s shit, but I’m reality, it’s art! Ai music is not art! If you think ai music is music, you need therapy! Just cause it sounds good, doesn’t mean it’s music! I heard someone on a commercial say “People who made music in the 80s considered this mobile studio era cheating! But look now, what makes you think you can’t use AI to make your chords!” Do you know how much I wanted to strangle that man in the commercial!? Ai music isn’t made by you, it’s ai. That’s why I have an extreme hate and dislike for ai “musicians”. Music is your own hands making something through sound, that was made by you alone. Everyone can higher the quality of music, but don’t think you can get away with ai music.

Q: Your advice for musicians

A7: I am going to say what waterflame taught me long ago! “Throw everything you know about conventional music out the window! Experiment, and if it sounds cool, your doing it right!” - Waterflame. It may sound absurd, and even a bit lazy, but I want everyone to know that it was THE WATERFLAME that said this! There is no music theory! There is only the theory of music quality! Learning music theory is difficult, but helpful… but it is not everything! I have my own saying now. “Music you were taught to make holds you in chains, but if you add your own style, your own rules, and your own realism… those chains holding you back, will turn into ropes to climb!” To everyone reading… thats the truth broski!

Q: What does it mean to be a good Newgrounder?

A8: Don’t be a fucking asshole, I mean, you can be an asshole, but jokingly! Don’t be a troll basically, or a real nuisance to ng! Just cause there’s 4 columns of content, art, music, animation, and games, doesn’t mean your bound to just those! You can be like TaintedLogic and be an audio reviewer! Or you can be like my fan @olskoo and be a mod! Or you can be like @Emsdelaroz and host a shit ton of collabs enough to make your head spin! Or you can host a bunch of clubs like my friend @thetageist! Or you can be an advisor to other people like @Yatsufusa! Or just be a casual enjoyer of what ng has to offer! Or you can be like this cool dude, @Aalasteir and make interviews! @Tomfulp ain’t joking, this website is LITERALLY, “Everything By Everyone”! Nothing or everything! Sorry for my ranting, but to me, being a good newgrounder is someone who interacts with ng, either in big, or small ways! Thanks Tom!

@KingGunshot - @Aalasteir (Q) - Index

Q: In what ways do you feel your experiences have shaped your personality and outlook on life, as well as defined the habits and skill sets you have cultivated? Would you say these manifest positively, helping you achieve your goals in life?

Q1: I feel my life experiences have very little to do with how my personality ended up developing. I was diagnosed with autism at a very young age, so I've always felt like my potential has been limited in a way. Still, I feel like I've been doing much better recently than I have in the past.

Q: What were your goals, compared to what are your goals now? And why do you have your goals?

Q2: As an artist, the only goals I'd say I have are to improve and to get somewhat popular.

Q: The story of your username: KingGunshot

Q3: I remember reading an interview with Childish Gambino where he said he got his name from an online "rap name generator." I decided to try that and I ended up liking the results.

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?

Q4: I remember going on the website semi-frequently around the time I was 10 and finding it entertaining. Years later when I got a tablet, I wanted to post my stuff online and decided Newgrounds would be the best option.

Q: Why do you enjoy creating art?

Q5: I think the essence of it is remembering that feeling you got as a kid when you discovered Invader Zim or Daft Punk or whatever the fuck it was you were obsessed with at that age and wanting to know how it feels to be the one responsible for that feeling.

Q: Why did you start playing guitar?

Q6: My mother bought a guitar ages ago and gave up on playing it after like a week, I just sat there collecting dust for a while before I convinced her to let me have it.

Q: Why do you like to collect and burn DVDs?

Q7: I think the main appeal of it to me is that its a cheap hobby. an external DVD drive is only like $50, and if you have a few thrift stores nearby you're bound to find something decent eventually. I was lucky enough to find one of those CRTs with a player built-in for $20 too, which I feel really adds to the appeal of watching them.

Q: How would you describe your experience with LootCrate? You have a closet full of it, and you consider it embarrassing crap. Why can't you get rid of it? Why do you want to get rid of it?

Q8: My grandmother (god rest her soul) got me a subscription as a birthday present when I was like 12. I used to have all the stuff up on display, but I took it down once I realized I had pretty much no chance of having sex with a room like that. I've been too lazy to actually do anything with it though, so it's just been sitting in a spare room until I decide to move out.

Q: How did you get interested in creating music?

Q9: I was about 17 years old and i'd started listening to this artist named Daniel Johnston a lot. He was a severe manic depressive who recorded himself playing the organ in his parent's living room on a cheap boombox. despite this, he still remains one of the only musicians whose work could consistently bring tears to my eyes. It was listening to him that really gave me the confidence I needed to start creating music despite my lack of knowledge.

Q: What advice has helped you the most?

Q10: "You steer the ship the best way you know how. Sometimes it’s smooth, sometimes you hit the rocks. In the meantime, you find your pleasures where you can." - Corrado John Soprano Jr.

Q: Where do you see yourself in 5 years?

Q11: Hopefully still with the same passion for art I have today. I'm just about to start a graphic design program that seems promising, but I know how doing something as an occupation can suck all the enjoyment out of it.

Q: Your favourite food and drinks

Q12: Some nice baked pasta with a Diet Pepsi.

@burastar - @Aalasteir (Q) - Index

Q: How would you describe your life

 would say I have a comfortable, routinary life nothing crazy. I have a software engineering job at day which gives me financial security to persue my personal creative jobs, which is right now videogames right now and other side projects. I try to exercise regularly too, to take care of both the body and mind. I don't know if it's just me but days where you don't get physical activity you usually tend to have less creative power. I would say sometimes it's hard to balance this after-work time with social activities though, I get stuck in the flow and time passes too fast.

Q: What are your goals in life? And why do you think you have those specific goals?

One of my main goals in life is creating a game that leaves a big impact. Kind of ambitious, I know, but it's truly what got me into programming as a career and it's always on my mind. I don't think the games I am developing right now are what will achieve this goal, but I think they give me experience to get closer to that goal. As for why, I am not really sure. I like making people smile and improve their days. Life outside can be a little tiring and anxiety inducing so if I can make someone's day atleast 1% better I am happy. I think videogames are great ways to achieve that. I am really inspired by small crew dev teams that achieve this goal through persistence (ZUN, "Pixel" Amaya, Toby Fox, Eric Barone, and many others). I am really fortunate that this goal is more realistic nowadays with sites such as Newgrounds to collab with others, game engines being more accesible than ever, and a great amount of resources to learn programming, art, and music composition.

Q: The story of your username: burastar

I used to go by Blaster for the greater part of my Internet history, not really a story behind this one I just thought kid version of me though it sounded cool. For a short period of time in my peak Sonic fan edgy kid phase it was BlasterTheDarknnes (spelled wrong). This "rebrand" was actually just recently. I am a huge fan of Final Fantasy XIV, and needed to come up with a name for my character. For those that don't know, in this game you need to create a nickname with first name and last name unlike other MMOs. So I tried to do a bad Katakana translation of "Blaster" for this game: "Bura Star". It was kind of a joke at first but the name stuck to me so I renamed all of my socials to this and think I am know stuck with it lol.

Q: How did you discover NG, and why did you join?

I've been a lurker in NG for a LONG time (Unsurprising if you go back previously where I mentioned that I was a edgy sonic fanboy). I had an account but it was lost some time ago. I don't think I posted that much anyways. What made me re-join and actually start posting this year is mostly that I tired of other social media plagued with bots and weird algorithms. You can't even open a Twitter post to see comments without seeing 10+ bot posting unrelated content. I still use other socials, but find myself nowadays prioritizng Newgrounds to be honest. While I haven't been that long posting seriously here, I've loved it. I really feel NG's scoring system and communtiy are great as an artist. I really admire the work of the NG crew for keeping this website alive for almost 30 years. I wish I've started posting earlier.

Q: What makes a good Internet user from your perspective, what are the qualities you like to see in online creators?

I Iike online creators that share their method of work, things that they've learned and explaining the hardships they have endured. I feel like that transparency makes you connect with others as well as being open to talk and responding to comments. I guess this should be obvious but also users that are open minded and respectful of others, willing to collaborate and help others rather than insulting and being belittling.

Q: How would you define a video game?

That's a hard one haha. I guess I would say videogames are a portal wherethat users/players can create their own adventures inside a defined imaginary world. Videogames combine music, visual arts, writing, and programming to create a unique experience. 

Q: What do you like about GDC, Sakurai's channel, game development documentaries, etc, and what would be some specific videos you would recommend?

I like learning about the team behind the games and what lead to design decisions. There are a lot of real people involved behind curtains and everyone has their own unique story. It's fascinating to me learning how people are able to create big games such as MMO's or simulate real life physics like in Tears of the Kingdom.

I recommend watching this FFXIV documentary even if you don't play the game. The story behind the team and how the game was rebuilt is fascinating https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xs0yQKI7Yw4

This one is more technical. It's rare that Nintendo hosts a GDC talk but they are always good. I recommend this recent one that they did for Tears of the Kingdom's physics engine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N-dPDsLTrTE

Q: What makes a good game from your perspective?

Videogames should be a blend of challenging, creative, and immersive. I feel like they should make the player really want to sink all their time into the game, and have constant rewards for doing so. A game should have the perfect balance of challenge so that it's fun to learn and master, but not too hard that it feels like you are wasting your time. A game should also be immersive by creating graphics that can look good even years after and with memorable music.  

Q: How would you describe your experience of creating an EarthBound mock-up in Unity?

It was kind of tiring haha. As I mentioned, this was done in a very bad laptop so I couldn't run it properly myself which is why the video is very bad quality. The original plan was not to remake the whole world I wasn't that ambitious but I did want to cover the first part of the game (Onett pretty much) sort of like a proof of concept. While the battle engine was mostly done I figured I would rather use my time to work on original stuff, and there are other remake works that achieve it better than my take. As for the development itself, it was really hard and I was rushing it since I wanted to get it done and uploaded before I went out for a long vacation outside of my country. So I was basically time crunching myself. The main thing I wanted to showcase is a 2.5HD style that Octopath Traveler popularized. At the time this style wasn't used that much and I thought it looked awesome. Nowadays I feel like it's a bit overused. While I feel like it could've been WAY better with more time, I am proud of the battle system and am glad a lot of viewers liked it too. 

Q: Why do you like drinking alcohol?

I think it relaxes my body. I really disliked the taste some years ago. But I guess it's a taste that gets better the older you get. I feel relaxed when I am with friends while drinking. It's about 90% social drinking though, although recently it's also nice to drink while watching something or doing creative work by myself. I am kind of picky with beer though, I very much prefer dark beers stouts than regular light beer. If you are like me and never really liked the taste of beer but would like to try I suggest trying different kinds and flavors, there is a huge amount.

Q: How to describe your experiences with concerts and music festivals?

I started going with friends some years ago and really liked it! Usually I go for specific bands that I like, but the cool thing about festivals is you discover new bands. It's kind of tiring to be standing and walking around in the sun all day, but it's fun. It's a guilty pleasure activity though, since it can be expensive. It may sound obvious but listening to a band played live is way way better than you expect. I am not a huge fan of Imagine Dragons but I watched them live some months ago and was surprised how good it was.

Q: What is the food that you like?

Everything with cheese is good to me. Italian good is the first thing that come to mind: spaghuetti, pizza, lasagna. Also like japanese food.

Q: Why do you strongly believe you are allergic to bananas?

I feel like I am allergic because most of the time I eat bananas I get a weird itch on my throat. I never thought about it or thought it was unrelated until someone mentioned to me this is a symptom. Even if I am, I don't think it's that big of a deal I would still eat bananas despite them causing me itches. I like bananas.

- llama story

When I was around 10 years old I remember going to a school trip to the zoo and a llama following me inside his closed area. It was strafing around and thought it was playing so I ran along. Turns out it was probably actually mad and spat on my chest/neck area. Fun fact: llamas spit is probably one of the worst smells you can think of and it stays for several hours. That's the story.

Q: How to describe the event has impacted you?

Other than the horrible smell and others laughing at me, I guess I also felt betrayed by the llama. I thought we were playing together and turns out it was actually hostile...

Q: What are the bands that you like?

Weird combination of genres:

Gorillas / Blur (Damon Albarn fan)

Radiohead

TWICE

Anamanaguchi

Enjambre

Q: What have you learned about yourself creating art?

I tend to spend a lot of time on details that I think most people won't even notice. This causes me to spend hours and hours on my work. Recently I've tried to tone this down so I can get work much faster, and found out limiting yourself like this is more enjoyable. After spending years trying to learn something and just abandoning it, I've found that for me to stick with doing something is to challenge myself on making small projects and releasing them to the public. Starting small, but every project adding an extra challenge. For example, for Blender doing a character with simple shapes. Then a new project where you try adding textures, after that trying shaders, after that new project where you add animation, and so on. Main point is sticking with it and working on something everyday.

Q: Your advice for life

This is cliche I know but I recommend pursuing what you are passionate about. I spent years not learning piano because I thought I never would be good enough and that I was too old for it. Last year I decided to start self-learning and while way way far from my goals I've loved it and it's really satisfying to see your progress. Try things that you are passionate about, a step closer everyday, without compromising your financial stability. Simultaneously, be sure to take breaks. While it's great to have ambitions, it's also important to step back and enjoy life with friends and family nowadays. Be sure to exercise and take care of And be kind to others!