HEY!!! i know i don't have the largest following, but if you're a fan of my webcomic, Roadkill, and want one of these stupid guys to be real and huggable, vote in this poll and tell me who you'd buy as a plush!

https://strawpoll.com/kjn1D2aKeyQ

i think this is something we could really make happen. so lets do it!!!!!!

so! as of right now my ongoing webcomic, Roadkill, is only available on the website. i want the site to still be the primary source of info on the characters and such as well as the main hub for the comic itself (much like my personal site is a lot more in depth than my NG and Spacehey are) but i've also been thinking lately of moving Roadkill over to here so it can reach a larger audience. i cant guarantee every single person who follows me has read Roadkill so the context on those characters is lost, plus it would be fun to post comics here! the only thing really holding me back is that Roadkill has been running for a little over 2 years now so it would be a very large backlog of old art and most of it isnt really up to my current quality standards. obviously i can just have multiple pages in one art upload but i'd still not want to flood the portal with a ton of old art. so what do you guys think? would you want Roadkill here on NG or do you think it should stay on the website? i'd love to hear what you guys think!

woah! i shoulda realized sooner but TYSM for 200+ fans here on NG! i love being here and posting my art and interacting with the community so, thank you for joining me in the zombie a-paw-colypse >w< youre all lovely people! xoxo

the year is coming to a close so here are my top 5 favorite art pieces of this year! (i plan to start moving these retrospectives to my website once the redesign is done, but for now, it all goes here!)

most of these feature my fursona since i draw him a lot, i want to draw more of my other characters soon, but 2024 was definitely the Year Of Viscera. i had a lot of ups and downs with my art this year and my style is the most inconsistent its been in a long time. but i see that as a positive - i'm experimenting, having fun with my art, and focusing more on emotion than aesthetic appeal. my art this year has been a little bit of my mental health struggles, a little bit of silly horror-themed fun, and a whole lot of throwing shit at the wall and seeing what sticks. i think that's what makes art so beautiful and human. AI is scary to us artists, but we can take solace in knowing that an AI will never be able to replicate that. without further ado, lets get onto the list!

at number 5 is "19th birthday brain bash" (July 25th)

i drew this one on my 19th birthday (wow, shocker!) and have been using it as my PFP in several places ever since. its one of the pieces that started getting me heavily into mixed media and just experimenting with my materials, and i think the color palette is super cute. if i redid this, there are a few things i'd probably change, mainly the eyes and how i drew the body, but overall i love this piece a lot and i always love to look back at my birthday art and see how my style has grown over the years. i don't have much to say about this one - it's simple, but cute, creepy, and a fun celebration of my life and my art. here's to many more birthdays!

number 4 is "Feasts For Beasts!" (December 8th)

this one is recent and i'm putting it here for two reasons: 1. it looks fucking dope, and 2. it helped me get myself out of a horrible bout of art block and depression. when shit just isn't going your way and you need an outlet to express how you feel, turning to art is a great way to cope. or, you could be like me, and draw yourself as a cannibal eating a platter of flesh, bones, and apples bc theyre your favorite fruit. i thought up the coolest sounding thing i could think of to draw and i drew it and it worked and it looks awesome. i love the gloomy color palette i went with, and i especially love the coloring on Viscera's face here. blame this piece for my recent obsession with watercolor pencil backgrounds. its only this low because i have a few older pieces that i think are more personal or just look a little bit better. (and also some parts are blurry. fuck me for not taping down my paper when i use watercolor)

number 3 is "evanescence - fallen (redraw)" (March 26th)

the oldest piece on the list, the only one that doesn't feature Viscera, and my first ever art piece to get frontpaged! i was deep into an obsession with Evanescence when i painted this and despite being older, i think it really holds up as a genuinely good work of art. i challenged myself with the extremely limited color palette of the original album cover and really pushed my style here, especially in the eyes, which makes this art feel like a perfect blend of my emo kid nostalgia and my genuine passion for music. sometimes i feel like i'll never be able to replicate how good this looks, but i dont want to be a copy machine, i want to grow and make whatever art speaks to me at the time - and thats what the next two will showcase in full force.

number 2 is "filth" (August 17th)

i went full-force on the gross imagery with this one. no guts, no brains, no bones. just bodily fluids and bugs. frankly, i think some of my best work is the stuff that i can insert horror into without relying on gore. i wanted to hammer in the disgust and shock value because this piece is meant to represent what i feel when i'm trapped in a depressive episode. and in terms of purposeful symbolism, i think i hit the nail right on the head. the cool colors i used for Viscera contrast the warm colors of the rest of the scene, everything feels boxed in and uncomfortable, and i honestly just love everything i did here. theres little i would change if i redrew this, and im glad to know that this piece resonated with others that suffer from bipolar disorder and depression.

before i get to number 1, here's some honorable mentions, in no particular order. these are ones that i think really hold up but just weren't personal or appealing enough to make my top picks. i won't go as in-depth into these ones since i don't have much to say; regardless, these are still some really solid pieces, in my opinion.

a piece i did for Art Fight this year, im really into how i did the watercolors here, and also how i did the eyes, but this list is already about 80% comprised of front-facing subjects.

very experimental, very personal, very nice looking. just not something i would consider part of my all-time best work. if you're also a victim of parental abuse, you might resonate with this one.

my most recently finished piece so i didn't want to put it in because of recency bias, still a very personal piece with great color choices and a fun composition.

drawn to practice alcohol markers, i love the coloring and composition, but i would probably change the background color. was proud of it at the time, but can't deal with that bright yellow next to Chrysalis's gloomy greens and blues.

and with that out of the way, here's my top favorite piece of the year...

number 1 is "FREEK" (September 11th)!!!

i think this piece showcases literally everything i love about my art. it's personal in that i wanted to express my own self-confidence and weirdness, it's got a fun up-close composition that focuses heavily on the eyes and mouth, the colors are fun and vibrant, and it's a piece that i think looks amazing despite not having the cleanest coloring ever. its the perfect example of what i mean when i say that i want my art to be more about the process and the emotion than just being for show. and even without being the most clean, it still looks very appealing in my opinion. i want to do more of this type of stuff in the future and i hope that 2025 can mark the year i'm able to do that.

thanks for reading and happy new year, everyone! <3

hey! this isnt the type of news post i'd normally make but since my last one about going on a break i thought i'd give a little update.

not to make this a sob story, but ive been going through a pretty rough depressive episode lately. if you weren't already aware, i have PTSD and bipolar disorder, and it really drains my at times. sometimes for months on end. you've probably been noticing that my art posts are slower than ever and this is partially the reason. trying to juggle art with mental health struggles and a full-time job is a hassle and ultimately, art is just a hobby, so its not my top priority. plus, i just havent been very happy with my art lately, so im trying to take it slow and really focus on making my art the best it can be. especially with the secret santa event! i dont want to disappoint the person i was assigned.

all that said, im fine, though i might try to step back from the internet a little bit more often. i'll still be online but probably rolling back just how online i am. but yeah, im doing okay, and really focusing hard on myself and just doing things that make me feel happy and fulfilled. i actually got a new hole in my face (a second labret, so now i have snake bites!! woohoo!) and im spending more time with family, working on my executive dysfunction.. its a struggle when you can barely even get yourself out of bed in the morning, but im doing better than i was before, and i want to keep it up.

on top of my ongoing webcomic project, Roadkill, ive been planning a second webcomic with some of the characters that pop up in my art sometimes. if you're wondering why you barely see them anymore its because im reworking them slightly and i wanna get the first chapter of the comic written before i make any big story-inspired art of them. that probably wont be started until chapter 3 of Roadkill gets wrapped up, speaking of which, im not sure when i'm gonna start working on the next set of pages, but im aiming for them to release sometime after new year's. i also have some smaller projects in the back of my mind with even more underused characters of mine but those will wait since the big ones are taking up most of my attention.

thats a lot of yapping (especially at 2 AM like wow... go to sleep) but i think thats everything that needs to be said for now!! maybe i'll make more longer news posts like these. idk. not sure if you guys are gonna actually read all of this. seeya, dorks.

i'll be taking a break from the internet for at least a week, if not longer. lately i've been struggling a lot with my mental health and especially executive dysfunction and frequent depressive episodes. i need some time to focus on myself and get away from social media for a bit since it's a major contributor to the problem. plus, in general, i want to train myself to only use the internet consciously, instead of mindlessly scrolling all day every day. i'll be cooking up some new art in the meantime and i'll post it all when i get back! seeya, freaks. love ya.

after a long wait, four new pages of Roadkill are up on the website! go check it out!

https://roadkill-comic.neocities.org/

oops, i've been neglecting to post this. i finally have a release date for the next Roadkill pages! see below:

i'm still hard at work on the next update of Roadkill. i should be finished by next week - stay tuned!

another update! i have the inking done on 2 pages of this update and i plan to start on the last 3 (as well as color them all together) over the weekend! if all goes well i might be able to get this update out on Tuesday, but theres no guarantee.