https://technocookie.newgrounds.com/news/post/1387310

I’m choosing not to delete this original post so I have some positivity to look at incase I’m down

I'm super burnt out on drawing at the moment, I'm gonna give myself a few days before I start working on something again.

I know I said I'd be a month or so, but I got better much quicker than I thought. And honestly, I'm glad to be back. While I'd say getting away from the bad of the internet was for the best, that also meant getting away from the good.

Newgrounds is one of the few places left on the web where amazing creative works aren't overshadowed by negativity and people fighting over meaningless bullshit. So I'm grateful Tom and the NG crew has kept it up all these years.

As for my question, I'd be curious if any of you would be interested in me opening commissions. I've tried before but always felt weird about asking people for money, so I'd to ask first before taking any action.

I was informed by a friend that my piece for Pico-Cross got the frontpage and I just wanted to come back online real quick and say:

Holy shit! Thank you! I genuinely never thought this would happen! During my vacation from the hellish world known as The Internet, I've been avoiding doing artwork, as me overworking myself was one of the causes of my mental breakdown. However, knowing someone loved something I made that much makes me wanna do something cool again.

Though, saying I've been avoiding the internet completely is sort of a half-lie. I initially isolated myself completely from the web, but later decided only to avoid social platforms like Newgrounds, YouTube, Discord, etc. My only exception is messaging friends on Discord because I miss them.

In regards to my mental health, getting that fixed up is still taking up most of my free time. Unfortunately a therapist is out of my budget, so I've resorted to doing my own research on how to better myself. It's too early for me to tell how well that's working, but I'm staying optimistic.

As for when I'm gonna be back, maybe around a month-ish? Give or take a few days or weeks? The real answer is whenever I feel I'm in a good enough spot to come back. But I wanted to give a rough estimation for those who wanna know. This shit ain't easy, so it's gonna take time.

Anyways, welcome everyone who followed because of that piece, and I hope you enjoy what I bring in the future.

I’m so sorry if I terrified anyone over my well being, especially on Pico Day of all days.

I hit an all time low with my mental health today, and took my frustration out on people who had nothing to do with it or wanted anything to do with it.

I’m gonna be taking a long break from the internet to better try and better myself. I already called a suicide hotline today as a start. I will upload my Pico-Cross entry out out of respect for the collab organizer, but after that, you won’t be seeing me again for a while.

If you've seen a recently uploaded cartoon on this site, you might figure out who I'm drawing.

Still need to add posters, props and textures. This is currently the only poster I finished