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YendorNG
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Yendor @YendorNG

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Posted by YendorNG - 1 month ago


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Bear with me here. I'm going to try to make this post a bit more readable then last month's;


Hello NewGrounds! Hope you are doing well! I think this month has been kinda fair. But let me show you some things I got going on!


Kamen Rider cartoon


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Every day, for at least 3 hours on my days off for work I have been working full-on to get this thing done. Its gotten to the point I'm literally dreaming about Kamen Rider! (Its really weird, I hope that stops.) This cartoon should be done in about a week and for the upcoming Kamen Collab next month. Read about the collab here!


I also separately submitted an nice Eye-Catch for the collab as well. Hopefully it will turn out great and people will like it when its released! :)


Valentines Day Collab



Hooray! I have something under the games section in my profile! While technically not a game and not something I directly programmed I did provide a cute little card for the event. Todate, this collab has been the one with the MOST USERS listed as contributors ever on NewGrounds! Good Job everyone and congratulation to StormyDew and CootieGirl who lead the way!


Code BootCamp Rejection


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I got rejected from my own workplace's tech program to learn how to code. How lame. The process also for applying was kinda weird as well. I took a aptitude test then immediately right after I had to do a camera interview. That was unexpected and not fun to do. But oh well, always next year. In the meantime...


Godot and GDQuest


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The greatest thing about me is my tenacity to find another way around obstacles blocking me from my own development. I did post last year about trying out Godot and along my journey with that I stumbled upon something called GDQuest. The person who runs this named Nathan did a really good job with this and broke everything down for me and others on how coding in Godot works amongst other cool tutorials.


My favorite so far has been Learn to Code From Zero with Godot. Its highly enjoyable and I learned a lot more then I did trying to Learn Ruby-on-Rails. If you have no experience at all with code, give it a go!


"Suck it, Amazon Tech Elevator weenies!" -YendorNG 2024


I really have no plans at the moment in Game-dev. Maybe I'll try out a game jam when the opportunity presents itself.


Odds and Ends


I got to have a nice two-hour interview with @Aalasteir for his A100 podcast which should be coming out on March 29th. You get to hear about how poverty kinda sucks, how I got my start as DJ, and later a producer, why I left the IT industry, on top of how much I hate MMOs and their dumb goldfarmer syndicates and why I don't play them anymore.


Speaking of which, the fire department has been called out to my home a couple of times because "Someone smelled smoke". I think they maybe smelling something else.


Work is still slow, its gotten to the point where I am being asked to take two days off a week voluntarily. Doing my best to resist that since I missed paying rent yesterday. My Landlord understands and usually this happens around this time of year. But I don't think my credit card and my car loan servicer will be as understanding... I'm not in any immediate danger, so we shall see how this plays out.


The bathroom faucet has been broken by a roomate. I haven't shaved in two weeks because of it and I look like a hippy. Replacement hopefully today.


Applied for promotion at work.


I'm still gonna try to go to Too Many Games meet up in June. I have a promise I remembered I need to keep.


Other then that. Get cracking. I want more cool movies to watch and games to play on NewGrounds Dot Com.


NewGrounds! 2300 AD! Thats how long we are gonna live!


--YendorNG :)


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Posted by YendorNG - 1 month ago


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Posted by YendorNG - February 7th, 2024


Howdy NewGrounds,


Hope everyone had a nice January, and happy Lunar New Year to those who celebrated! Its time for the February update. I am feeling a bit down because it is winter-- its cold, dark, and not a lot of sunshine to keep me awake and happy... so sorry if I appear withdrawn and grumpy. I stepped away from a couple of chats to avoid giving off that aura and to focus on projects that need to be done. Work also has slow downed and I am only working 2 days a week, which means less income, so... depressed and strained is a good way to describe the moment, but it is temporary and we will make it through. :)


Anyway, here is what's going on:


  • I have completed audio, and storyboard for the Kamen Rider Collab that is upcoming in April. It should be an animation that is less then a minute and has the voice talents of JennyGlynn and myself. I admit thought I feel like I bit off more then I can chew-- and feel a bit behind in production. I am currently painting backgrounds for it now and redesigning the initial characters that will appear, so it will make them easier to animate by hand.


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Early sketch, elder artists can tell you I already messed up the perspective.


Getting this done is top priority for me, hence why I am not very social right now. We shall see if I can get over the goal line in time. :_;


  • This week I will quietly celebrate my 35th birthday.


I'm sure I'll find something to do to celebrate. :)


  • Last month I participated in Jamuary for a total of 12 days!:



This certainly did stretch me to my limits! I made chiptunes, happy-hardcore, Nerd-core, short piano comps, you name it! And I did it with even less time because I was very exhausted from work most days. I had to skip one day, then stop at day 13 (song #12) as I couldn't meet the demands of my sleep schedule and do Jamuary at the same time. I don't think I will be doing this again-- This was very stressful and I ended up blowing steam at someone who probably was unaware that I was under more time constraints then others and didn't have time to make things shine like I usually do. Oh well. :/




  • I was invited by @sereneFalconer to be a judge for the Slam Poetry Night contest!


You can watch the recap from Xin's profile and see me dazed and confused here!


  • The next NewGrounds Meetup was announced for June!


https://cortat-g.newgrounds.com/news/post/1419516


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Other then that, I did from time to time did contribute other little things. Also recently I discovered that the Waterlolies flash cartoon wasn't working in Ruffle because of a site-lock error, but @TomFulp and @olskoo got it straightened out. Pretty cool I was able to help keep history preserved. :)


Thats all for now-- see you march!


--YendorNG


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Posted by YendorNG - February 2nd, 2024


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Posted by YendorNG - January 30th, 2024


I was trying to figure out why numbers on a certain song suddenly picked up. It appears that a youtuber used it in a animation reel for her channel. How nice! :D



Weirdly enough, I also created a remaster for that same song today!



Don't know what to call this, so lets just call it synergy for today. :)


EDIT: Lol! They did it for a short as well!


https://youtube.com/shorts/TP3lvUjiMf8?si=oSyMA-A8XbxY2-ge



Thanks @inkhandprint aka Unknownspy


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Posted by YendorNG - January 26th, 2024


Sad News everyone,


If you had a look at the AnimateArchive today there is a new message from its maintainer that Adobe has successfully removed links to many of its legacy Flash programs.


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While I agree that Adobe does has the right to assert its copyright, its doing so in poor taste. Subscription models suck and this takes away exposure for people (especially us poor people) from being able to explore animation. Not all of us are 5 headed programmers working 65 hours a week making 50k+ a year and able to afford something that has worked for decades vs the awful program that is way too expensive anyhow.


Creative ideas for independent animators comes in spurts and sometimes not for months. A middle ground must be made to allow affordability.


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Posted by YendorNG - January 13th, 2024


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Posted by YendorNG - December 31st, 2023



I sincerely hope you all have a nice one!


Here's some music from 20 years ago, maybe you'll use it to reflect on the direction moving forward you want to take-- or not!



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Posted by YendorNG - December 18th, 2023


Hi Everyone! what a year 2023 has been! Since I saw @tritnew do a recap, I thought about doing one myself.


On Me (and harassment of me)


I want to get this out of the way early as this is a BIG bandaid that needs to get torn off now;


At the later half of 2022 and beginning of 2023 I appeared to everyone to a very anxious person and very quick to delete/hide comments and flipflop on my newposts. I am sorry to anyone I confused during that time, especially members of staff/mods who were kinda curious about me ... I was a victim of online harassment because curiosity got the best of me and I discovered a rather-- sophisticated gold farming operation in an MMO, and I did what I did was the right thing and spoke up to my guild and the developer of that game. Unfortunately instead of being praised for what would MOST PEOPLE find amazing-- I was cast out, and in the intervening months of tit for tat at nuclear levels of arguments with all parties involved, my family received disturbing and harassing calls as it came to a peak.


This is/was being handled by law enforcement, and a person of interest was arrested in a different country-- but charged for... different reasons I am not permitted to discuss by that court for now. That will be a giggle for another day. Unfortunately this alienated a lot of my former friends as I became very paranoid. As a result, they want nothing to do with me, and looking back at it now---I really don't want anything to do with them either.


Today I am doing much better, big thanks to my employer, and to the people who were much more quieter then I am who continue to help. I stopped playing MMOs as a result and turned to more creative endeavors that I find more fulfilling then any video game. :) I have made new friends and am opening a new and better chapter in my life.


Music Stuff 2023

(HTID-- HARDCORE TIL I DIE)


I love electronic music-- and I used to be a small time DJ in the Mid-Atlantic! Sadly though I don't get out much anymore, so I like to make music that I really enjoyed growing up in and around the music scene-- and apparently so does the staff and users here! This year I was awarded 4 Front Page awards for the following music entries:



and recently one for lending vocals to this collab:



Its a hard call for me as to which is my favorite, but I enjoyed working on 'Take My Hand' as I made friends with @zoidng who provided the synth lead for the song. It does make one get up and jump for joy. \o.o/ Looking at listener count, it seems the choice of the users was 'Be Together'-- not sure if it was because of aspiring MCs or if it was popular with the GD folks, but whatever. I am glad it makes you happy and I hope the song follows you in your heart, and in your life. <3


My very best work has been compiled here, if you don't want to stumble over a lot of loops and other garbage I tend to post:



I did receive 1 front page award that was in support for @tomfulp 's secret nuclear testing society. Don't tell anyone or I'll have to nuke you. ;P



Art and Animation 2023


I began my journey earlier this year, but fell off the wagon... then got back on I began studying art under a self study program and in my last post I finally was able to get my hands on a Cintiq pen-display! Now that the stars have aligned it will be pretty soon I'll be putting out stuff more regularly like clockwork.


I don't particularly have a jewel piece in art for this year, but I did put several days of work into these two pieces I made for Pico Day, Pixel Day and Clock Day 2023:



I did do some goofy sticker stuff for the meetups:



and the long and hard road of art education continues:



For animation... I did participate in the Friendly Frog Collab and got an additional animation credit for my entry which appeared in the credit sequence:



I also pulled one of @Jenital 's... erm... Jenital? for an animatic for a cartoon I'd like to explore more in depth next year:



Games 2023?


I did not submit any games this year. Infact this is my weakest point in the quadfectra that this portal offers as way to showcase talent. I can state that I did a bit of learning with GoDot this year after hearing about the fallout with the Unity engine. I WANT to stuff to do in this space but I am preocupied mostly with art school, so maybe I'll dabble more in this when I get my draftsman's skills a bit more up to snuff.


Upcoming Projects


PicoDay 2024 and the Kamen Rider Collab are the big two I am aiming for this year. I love the Pico art style and want to get more regularly into drawing him, his friends, me, and my... new friends? in that way. Kamen is a whole different beast and I know this will be the biggest challenge. Hopefully the collab leaders will be able to extend more time for everyone-- and I encourage others to join as well.


There are other things I am up to as well. I am looking forward to a new version of Clip Studio Paint which will allow for audio scrubbing next year. That will be a game changer. :)


In Conclusion


2023 overall was as good as could be, and 2024 will be better, and this I am sure. I will get better at art. I will continue to to contribute money for contests and wizardly things when I can. I wish you and yours a happy holiday, and a happy new year, and thank you for welcoming me to NewGrounds. :)


Love you,


YendorNG


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Posted by YendorNG - December 9th, 2023


Don't let your dreams be dreams.


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It was everything I wanted.

Merry Christmas to me. :)


Let's see what I can crank out with this!


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