At 1/27/21 01:43 PM, DevilRat wrote:

At 1/25/21 08:55 PM, HavryloThePigeon wrote: Newgrounds is truly a place where artists from all walks of life can come onstage and make it big without being screwed over by algorithms and censorship and the like. Despite this there are still many artists on this site who put out great content and still don't get the recognition they deserve. And as a consequence of being underrated, it can be difficult to connect with other artists in a similar situation. Which sucks, because connecting with those who are also just trying to make it like you are, is a great opportunity to learn and grow with each other and learn what it takes to make something of yourself out in the vast, vast, cutthroat world of art.

So here is this thread to come and save the day! Maybe. Not sure whether this'll actually develop into anything or not, but I feel it's most certainly worth a shot, especially since I haven't seen anything like this in the BBS before.

If you're an artist who makes great art and you feel you have an unacceptably low follower count - or whatever the case may be - consider this thread your new home! If you want to interact with your fellow underrated artists about your crafts, your work ethics, why you create the art you create, your future plans for where to take your art, career choices, hobbies and other non-art-related things, whatever ends up happening! Let's try to make this a friendly chill zone where everyone is welcome.

I'll kickstart this thing off by pinging a whole bunch of artists that I personally consider underrated in hopes that they will heed the signal and flock on over! Feel free to ping artists you consider underrated yourself! I'd recommend not pinging anyone with more than 50-60 followers, but obviously this is just a general guideline. I'm also well aware I'm pretty much only pinging those who are primarily active in the Art and Movies Portals because that's just where my expertise is, but underrated game devs and musicians are most certainly welcome here too!

Anyways, let's get this thing going hopefully.

@AdepthZone
@AshlynniisBrackets
@asemsera
@Blankyboi19
@Citrine106
@Cowzey
@cribble
@DozyMike
@DSixZey
@dunkleshreken
@ElemenopeeN
@FoofooCuddlypoop
@GenericAnime
@Gvilyam
@headstove
@heartcandi
@Holokin
@IquooArt
@JackyCoco
@JavaJake
@JustRigo
@Kerriska
@MagnificentArsehole
@MatthewLemons
@MellonSnow
@NeoBlueRose
@OniDraws
@Pancaketophat
@PowPink
@projectanything (creators of @XRL-7)
@Ribbon-Dove
@rivux
@Rxxou
@semicabbage
@Spazdables
@Sulaimandoodle
@sumawesum
@TechnicalBliss
@TENGUSE
@WhiteHorseAnimations

I seen these artists before. Though not underrated, but pretty much niche.

At 1/27/21 01:49 PM, HavryloThePigeon wrote:

At 1/27/21 01:43 PM, DevilRat wrote:

At 1/25/21 08:55 PM, HavryloThePigeon wrote: Newgrounds is truly a place where artists from all walks of life can come onstage and make it big without being screwed over by algorithms and censorship and the like. Despite this there are still many artists on this site who put out great content and still don't get the recognition they deserve. And as a consequence of being underrated, it can be difficult to connect with other artists in a similar situation. Which sucks, because connecting with those who are also just trying to make it like you are, is a great opportunity to learn and grow with each other and learn what it takes to make something of yourself out in the vast, vast, cutthroat world of art.

So here is this thread to come and save the day! Maybe. Not sure whether this'll actually develop into anything or not, but I feel it's most certainly worth a shot, especially since I haven't seen anything like this in the BBS before.

If you're an artist who makes great art and you feel you have an unacceptably low follower count - or whatever the case may be - consider this thread your new home! If you want to interact with your fellow underrated artists about your crafts, your work ethics, why you create the art you create, your future plans for where to take your art, career choices, hobbies and other non-art-related things, whatever ends up happening! Let's try to make this a friendly chill zone where everyone is welcome.

I'll kickstart this thing off by pinging a whole bunch of artists that I personally consider underrated in hopes that they will heed the signal and flock on over! Feel free to ping artists you consider underrated yourself! I'd recommend not pinging anyone with more than 50-60 followers, but obviously this is just a general guideline. I'm also well aware I'm pretty much only pinging those who are primarily active in the Art and Movies Portals because that's just where my expertise is, but underrated game devs and musicians are most certainly welcome here too!

Anyways, let's get this thing going hopefully.

@AdepthZone
@AshlynniisBrackets
@asemsera
@Blankyboi19
@Citrine106
@Cowzey
@cribble
@DozyMike
@DSixZey
@dunkleshreken
@ElemenopeeN
@FoofooCuddlypoop
@GenericAnime
@Gvilyam
@headstove
@heartcandi
@Holokin
@IquooArt
@JackyCoco
@JavaJake
@JustRigo
@Kerriska
@MagnificentArsehole
@MatthewLemons
@MellonSnow
@NeoBlueRose
@OniDraws
@Pancaketophat
@PowPink
@projectanything (creators of @XRL-7)
@Ribbon-Dove
@rivux
@Rxxou
@semicabbage
@Spazdables
@Sulaimandoodle
@sumawesum
@TechnicalBliss
@TENGUSE
@WhiteHorseAnimations

I seen these artists before. Though not underrated, but pretty much niche.

Regardless of whether they're truly underrated or just niche, it's never a crime to try and grow your audience through your own improvement and networking.

At 1/27/21 05:43 AM, MellonSnow wrote:

I'm a very happy person so it's about loss and grief. Please don't eat me.

It's actually very interesting that a happy person makes very sad content and vise-versa huh!
Comedians, comedy comic writes etc. can often be very depressed/sad people in their personal lives.

At 1/26/21 10:07 PM, DesertSage wrote: I'll sometimes leave notes on artists that leave an impact larger than being underappreciated.

@sleeeeeenky
@GoGoJo - Good artist and character designer who really should post more.
@palmshoes
@Purple-Addict - Good with Trad Art. Lotsa purple, like the name says. Got gumption
@CoolGuyAnubis
@chinesegator
@RoomsintheWalls - S l i m y, W i t h ch o mp e rs !!
@Toonsly - Fantastic replicator of the Fleischer/Disney Rubberhose style of animation with a modern twist.
@PDDimes - Makin me gay for robots. (More than i already was)
@NeroGalvano
@sadewoo
@zoetheduck - Reminding me why I like Yakuza. Just barely skates out of the threshold.
@InkInMyFingers - Gottem to listen to music I like. They get love. :)
@JustWorkingOnIt
@Psychoinabox - Wholesome images that are better motivational posters than what corporates make.
@Garnet-Frost - Cheating a lil but I still wanna throw you love.
@Cobalt-C3rberus
@Juicedupmangoes - Unscouted, and for some ungodly reason has 90 Followers, one of which is me. Somebody scout'em for god's sake!

At 1/27/21 01:52 PM, DevilRat wrote: Good to grow your audience with niche content. Just don't do a western company by replacing the fans.... Looking at Star Wars how there is two distinct seperations in the fans, and "fans". I am continuing to digitally paint with some character illustrations here and there.

At 1/27/21 04:25 PM, Kerriska wrote:

At 1/27/21 04:18 PM, Urichov wrote: fuck are you talking about lol

I think he’s talking about how a lot of artists will over time stray way off the type of art their original followers followed them for, to the point where those original followers routinely ask themselves, “Why do I still follow this person?”

At 1/27/21 12:50 AM, Rxxou wrote:

At 1/26/21 09:37 PM, heartcandi wrote:

At 1/26/21 03:19 PM, Rxxou wrote: 2) What do you make?
For illustrations, I mostly just draw whatever interests me that week. Other than that I'm working on 3 things:
Withering Dawn - A series of short horror stories I post whenever I come up with a new one
Rxxou - Animation I'll upload in the future
StarBorn - Webcomic I'm making in the style of a sci-fi western

You have a lot of projects you're working on! I need a work ethic like you ;-; For the Rxxou animation, what will it be about?

Always remember to work smarter not harder, pick one thing you want to see done and work on that. DONT be a dummy and work on multiple things at a time like me. The animation will just be a short high energy comedy about a demon living on earth.

At 1/27/21 04:38 AM, HavryloThePigeon wrote: Just wanna thank @heartcandi for putting out a nice little list of questions for everyone to answer. Looking back I should've just done that myself in the first place so I'm glad someone else decided to do it lol

At 1/27/21 05:31 AM, MellonSnow wrote:

oop, The tables have turned. But since you asked so nicely~ I'll give it a shot!

1) Who are you?
I'm a regular digital artist that spends 90% of my time thinking of what to draw and 10% of my time actually drawing

2) What do you make?
I make a buncha fanart cause that's all I know o-o

3) What got you into art?
Like all you guys, I've been drawing ever since I was a small kid. But I guess what had me stick to it was seeing my small growth over the years and seeing what I could make in the future if I kept at it.

4) What are some goals (big and/or small) you wish to achieve?
For a big goal, It would be really cool if I could one day help out in making an animated movie. A small goal I'm working on rn is focusing on my craft & my fundamentals as an artist since I've been feeling mediocre on what I make recently.

That's really cool! So you would like to be an animator? Or more in the sense of concept art/character art etc.?
Do you have any studio's in mind that you admire? :D

At 1/27/21 05:37 AM, MellonSnow wrote:

At 1/26/21 09:32 PM, heartcandi wrote:
Now that you've mentioned that, I can totally see it lol. Your style is really cute tho!

Oh dang, so it is true! haha
Thank you! I always find it hard to define my own style :P

What kind of comics would you like to create?

You mean, as in genre? I don't really think in terms of genres but often use dreams as bases for the stories i come up with, or images that come to me while daydreaming i guess.
But in general they all have fantasy or magic elements in them! I'm not as interested in everyday story plots.

God, makes me wanna start making them right now just talking about it pffhaha

At 1/27/21 06:19 AM, Duplexide wrote: What's up! I wasn't tagged by anyone but I'm very new to the Newgrounds community despite browsing the site for about 15 years. Might as well plug my stuff here and answer those thread questions!

1) Who are you?
I go by Dupe, I'm obsessed with science fiction media, red/blue color coding and 90s nostalgia. I've watched The Matrix way too many times and I'm storing my last will and testate in the expansion bay of my PS2.

2) What do you make?
I use my interests stated above to mostly make crazy retrofuturistic sci fi art! I'm currently developing a webcomic that will be launching very soon. Here's some examples of characters and environments from it.

3) What got you into art?
Video games and boredom mostly. I liked the idea of creating new realities once getting bored of the one we're stuck in.

4) What are some goals (big and/or small) you wish to achieve?
My current goal is to launch my webcomic within the next month or two. It's something I've been working towards for years so I'm pretty hyped about it.

I appreciate this thread giving me the opportunity to introduce me and my stuff, thanks!

At 1/27/21 05:59 PM, Zerodecoole wrote: Awesome initiative!!

I've been on Newgrounds for at least a decade and a half now, but mostly spent my time in the BBS these days.

Besides that, I make different types of art. Mostly music here!
I make music in different genres; Trip-Hop, vaporwave, ambient, experimental music etc etc

https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/967111

My visual art is mostly available on my Instagram as it's not entirely Newgrounds type art.

I also like writing poetry, I have written some Dutch and English spoken word poems.

At 1/27/21 03:50 PM, CoolGuyAnubis wrote:

At 1/26/21 10:07 PM, DesertSage wrote: I'll sometimes leave notes on artists that leave an impact larger than being underappreciated.

@sleeeeeenky
@GoGoJo - Good artist and character designer who really should post more.
@palmshoes
@Purple-Addict - Good with Trad Art. Lotsa purple, like the name says. Got gumption
@CoolGuyAnubis
@chinesegator
@RoomsintheWalls - S l i m y, W i t h ch o mp e rs !!
@Toonsly - Fantastic replicator of the Fleischer/Disney Rubberhose style of animation with a modern twist.
@PDDimes - Makin me gay for robots. (More than i already was)
@NeroGalvano
@sadewoo
@zoetheduck - Reminding me why I like Yakuza. Just barely skates out of the threshold.
@InkInMyFingers - Gottem to listen to music I like. They get love. :)
@JustWorkingOnIt
@Psychoinabox - Wholesome images that are better motivational posters than what corporates make.
@Garnet-Frost - Cheating a lil but I still wanna throw you love.
@Cobalt-C3rberus
@Juicedupmangoes - Unscouted, and for some ungodly reason has 90 Followers, one of which is me. Somebody scout'em for god's sake!

Yoooo thank you for the mention! It's definitley awesome to know my art is underrated :)

my name is CoolGuyAnubis, or if ya really wanted to, you can just call me Hudson, if that wasnt obvious enough lmao.

Im a self-taught freelance Animator and Artist. Im currently in the process of making a show called "A Pretty Cool Show", a scifi comic called "A Guide To Saving The Universe Book 1 - 3", and concept art for a game called "Revenite" (you can find them on instagram). I plan on doing a whole ton o' shit in the future ranging from working with big creators to maybe even working at an animation studio

I started out drawing back in 2016 after my large dip into depression, it actually helped me out of that hole and acted like a cure-all, art really got me in a good mindset ever since I started it.

Again tho, thank you for the mention, it helps a lot :)

At 1/27/21 05:59 PM, Zerodecoole wrote: Awesome initiative!!

I've been on Newgrounds for at least a decade and a half now, but mostly spent my time in the BBS these days.

Besides that, I make different types of art. Mostly music here!
I make music in different genres; Trip-Hop, vaporwave, ambient, experimental music etc etc

https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/967111

My visual art is mostly available on my Instagram as it's not entirely Newgrounds type art.

I also like writing poetry, I have written some Dutch and English spoken word poems.

At 1/27/21 06:18 PM, HavryloThePigeon wrote:
Dude that poetry video is legit something that looks like it should have a million views, just because of the subject matter and all. And it's just well made so there's that too!

Looking forward to Party Island! I listened to your Class of 97 album and it's really good, so I'm hyped!

At 1/26/21 10:07 PM, DesertSage wrote: I'll sometimes leave notes on artists that leave an impact larger than being underappreciated.

@sleeeeeenky
@GoGoJo - Good artist and character designer who really should post more.
@palmshoes
@Purple-Addict - Good with Trad Art. Lotsa purple, like the name says. Got gumption
@CoolGuyAnubis
@chinesegator
@RoomsintheWalls - S l i m y, W i t h ch o mp e rs !!
@Toonsly - Fantastic replicator of the Fleischer/Disney Rubberhose style of animation with a modern twist.
@PDDimes - Makin me gay for robots. (More than i already was)
@NeroGalvano
@sadewoo
@zoetheduck - Reminding me why I like Yakuza. Just barely skates out of the threshold.
@InkInMyFingers - Gottem to listen to music I like. They get love. :)
@JustWorkingOnIt
@Psychoinabox - Wholesome images that are better motivational posters than what corporates make.
@Garnet-Frost - Cheating a lil but I still wanna throw you love.
@Cobalt-C3rberus
@Juicedupmangoes - Unscouted, and for some ungodly reason has 90 Followers, one of which is me. Somebody scout'em for god's sake!

At 1/27/21 07:48 PM, Jatmoz wrote: This is a great idea for a thread. Here's a few artists I've found with so much great works and so little followers:

@sodac - This dude makes awesome vaporwave/synthwave music, he's got phat and crispy sounds and only has 21 freakin' followers. Here's a tune by him:
https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/981900

@Fried-noodles - He's got a cute lil' three-eyed catboy oc, but he hasn't posted anything since July of last year.
https://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/fried-noodles/japanese-style-3i

@TorchicZK - Really likes drawing Mega man robotmaster ocs if you're into that.
https://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/torchiczk/poison-man-mega-man-four-hounds

@Vj - This guy does a variety of music genres, ranging from 90's jungle to hip hop beats and videogame stuff.
https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/969960
https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/976880

@EtyZips - YOU CANNOT MAKE ART THIS GOOD AND ONLY HAVE 10 FANS. Seems like he only posts on instagram now, but the art he posted is freaking awesome look at the detail of this!!
https://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/etyzips/oh-living-a-fish-in-oil

@RikoriStorm - They're working on a comic about a little scorpion dude that stumbles upon an abandoned castle in the middle of the desert. The comic itself is only in Webtoons tho.
https://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/rikoristorm/stumble-pg1

@d0munit - This guy draws a lot of robot girls, and even has a tomboy robot girl oc if you're interested.
https://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/d0munit/fem-ale-dom