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Response to The Art Forum Lounge - Off Topic Chat 2025-12-31 23:34:08


I don't know what so say, but I will try:


remember to be good to one another,

remember to stay strong

and remember to drink plenty of water!


I hope everyone has a wonderful New Year's Eve, and here's to a New Year ^^

Response to The Art Forum Lounge - Off Topic Chat 2026-01-01 04:14:26


Happy new year one and all!


feelin good in the neighborhood!

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Response to The Art Forum Lounge - Off Topic Chat 2026-01-02 22:34:11


At 12/31/25 11:34 PM, PapitaGalactica wrote:I don't know what so say, but I will try:

remember to be good to one another,
remember to stay strong
and remember to drink plenty of water!

I hope everyone has a wonderful New Year's Eve, and here's to a New Year ^^


Yes, & also: don't take any wooden nickels.


Pen pusher, brush dragger, wood butcher & usual suspect.


You can check out my stuff in the folders here if you're bored at work.

Response to The Art Forum Lounge - Off Topic Chat 2026-01-04 00:09:21


At 1/2/26 10:34 PM, ShadenLines wrote:
At 12/31/25 11:34 PM, PapitaGalactica wrote:I don't know what so say, but I will try:

remember to be good to one another,
remember to stay strong
and remember to drink plenty of water!

I hope everyone has a wonderful New Year's Eve, and here's to a New Year ^^

Yes, & also: don't take any wooden nickels.


seeing an ampersand used this way made me wince.


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Response to The Art Forum Lounge - Off Topic Chat 2026-01-04 18:56:45


Does the audio section have one of these? I cant find one


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Response to The Art Forum Lounge - Off Topic Chat 2026-01-04 23:16:52


At 1/4/26 12:09 AM, Soupbones wrote:
At 1/2/26 10:34 PM, ShadenLines wrote:
Yes, & also: don't take any wooden nickels.

seeing an ampersand used this way made me wince.


Well ya can't please everyone...


Admittedly I haven't consulted a style manual in decades. I don't write thread comments the way I would a formal essay. Speaking of essays, I hear most colleges & universities don't give essay assignments to students anymore because so few have sufficient command of English to write a passable essay. Is that true?


Pen pusher, brush dragger, wood butcher & usual suspect.


You can check out my stuff in the folders here if you're bored at work.


i don't even know where i should post my drawings, like, yeah I'll put some finished stuff on NG whenever I pull through and actually finish a drawing, but all my sketches and fun stuff idk man, I mostly send it to the group chat and forget about it.


anyone else feel a bit lost on where you can just post random doodles and ideas without feeling like you're in a empty void online?

Response to The Art Forum Lounge - Off Topic Chat 2026-01-05 09:02:40


Gotta start making art for 2026, butI think I'll start doing some warmup sketches until it clicks to me on what I want to do.


The Possum Dude was here...

Response to The Art Forum Lounge - Off Topic Chat 2026-01-08 08:02:20


Would Da Vinci be a newgrounds kinda guy or a bsky kinda guy

Response to The Art Forum Lounge - Off Topic Chat 2026-01-08 08:22:05


At 1/8/26 08:02 AM, Yeuron wrote:Would Da Vinci be a newgrounds kinda guy or a bsky kinda guy


Newgrounds for sure, the guy made too much in too many mediums not to take some advantage of NG's portals

Dude would make like 15 full flash RPGs a year

Response to The Art Forum Lounge - Off Topic Chat 2026-01-09 01:30:53


Wassup, fellas!


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Response to The Art Forum Lounge - Off Topic Chat 2026-01-10 12:01:37


My brain hurts. I think


My art :) - My art thread :3 - Some of my OCs :]


If you're reading this: have a nice day!


>:(

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Response to The Art Forum Lounge - Off Topic Chat 2026-01-11 21:14:53


At 3/28/24 05:28 PM, SourCherryJack wrote:Welcome to The Art Forum Lounge

The Art Forum Lounge is here to provide an open discussion topic for the Art Forum users. Feel free to discuss the things that interest you that are not necessarily related to the topic of Art.
This includes, but is not limited to: film, music, television, books, food, pets, travel, fashion, just about anything else!

Rules:
For the latter remember to create your own personal showcase thread if you haven't !


Is darkroom photography allowed?


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Response to The Art Forum Lounge - Off Topic Chat 2026-01-13 02:44:04


Question does a severed arm towards the front of the picture and then a corpse in the background with it's lower half gone and intestines spilling out warrant setting it to A rating?

Currently getting close to finishing a piece that has that.


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This is how I feel being a 16 year old on Newgrounds.

Response to The Art Forum Lounge - Off Topic Chat 2026-01-13 09:56:10


At 1/13/26 02:44 AM, Dolorious wrote:Question does a severed arm towards the front of the picture and then a corpse in the background with it's lower half gone and intestines spilling out warrant setting it to A rating?
Currently getting close to finishing a piece that has that.


im pretty sure that A ratings are only ever used for porn, M should be enough


GAY PEOPLE, TOMORROW MORNING

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Response to The Art Forum Lounge - Off Topic Chat 2026-01-13 10:02:29


Classes are about to start... damn, and then I have to find a job... damn... Well, actually no, I'd still be 17, so I'd have to go to university... which would still be a damn.


My art :) - My art thread :3 - Some of my OCs :]


If you're reading this: have a nice day!


>:(

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Response to The Art Forum Lounge - Off Topic Chat 2026-01-14 13:24:34


Having some weird problems with image uploads... I've had this before but I thought I fixed it by changing which colour profiles are embedded with images. However, when I just now tried to upload a picture in my art thread it got garbled and is unrecognizable. I've seen other people with similar issues before and I've been told it particularly happens with *.GIFs, but I'm having it happen with *.JPEGs and *.PNGs too.


Anyone have any bright ideas? Last post in my thread is completely screwed up. It shows up fine in previews, I've been able to replicate it using project uploads, generating a preview image, and then checking that in the project list. The project upload itself seems fine, but the thumbnails exhibit this same, strange, garbled appearance.


https://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/1547248/1


I take no responsibility for the above. It's your fault for reading it.

Response to The Art Forum Lounge - Off Topic Chat 2026-01-14 13:59:15


At 1/14/26 01:24 PM, SHITBAGxDETON8R wrote:Having some weird problems with image uploads... I've had this before but I thought I fixed it by changing which colour profiles are embedded with images. However, when I just now tried to upload a picture in my art thread it got garbled and is unrecognizable. I've seen other people with similar issues before and I've been told it particularly happens with *.GIFs, but I'm having it happen with *.JPEGs and *.PNGs too.

Anyone have any bright ideas? Last post in my thread is completely screwed up. It shows up fine in previews, I've been able to replicate it using project uploads, generating a preview image, and then checking that in the project list. The project upload itself seems fine, but the thumbnails exhibit this same, strange, garbled appearance.

https://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/1547248/1


I don't understand what you're talking about, boss. Are you referring to the last image in your thread? Or the link to the project?


My art :) - My art thread :3 - Some of my OCs :]


If you're reading this: have a nice day!


>:(

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Response to The Art Forum Lounge - Off Topic Chat 2026-01-14 14:33:16


At 1/14/26 01:59 PM, Vinity wrote:I don't understand what you're talking about, boss. Are you referring to the last image in your thread? Or the link to the project?


The very last image attached to the post with the link to today's upload. It's appearing as garbled, white noise on my end.


I take no responsibility for the above. It's your fault for reading it.

Response to The Art Forum Lounge - Off Topic Chat 2026-01-14 14:50:22


At 1/14/26 02:33 PM, SHITBAGxDETON8R wrote:
At 1/14/26 01:59 PM, Vinity wrote:I don't understand what you're talking about, boss. Are you referring to the last image in your thread? Or the link to the project?

The very last image attached to the post with the link to today's upload. It's appearing as garbled, white noise on my end.


I've never seen anything like it. But I know file types are configurable before exporting, so depending on your program, some setting might change things. However, if it only happens here on the forums, it's something to think about. You should preferably go to the "Where is /how to /help" forum and report it in the bugs thread or create your own.


My art :) - My art thread :3 - Some of my OCs :]


If you're reading this: have a nice day!


>:(

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Response to The Art Forum Lounge - Off Topic Chat 2026-01-17 15:18:55


At 1/14/26 01:24 PM, SHITBAGxDETON8R wrote:Having some weird problems with image uploads... I've had this before but I thought I fixed it by changing which colour profiles are embedded with images. However, when I just now tried to upload a picture in my art thread it got garbled and is unrecognizable. I've seen other people with similar issues before and I've been told it particularly happens with *.GIFs, but I'm having it happen with *.JPEGs and *.PNGs too.

Anyone have any bright ideas? Last post in my thread is completely screwed up. It shows up fine in previews, I've been able to replicate it using project uploads, generating a preview image, and then checking that in the project list. The project upload itself seems fine, but the thumbnails exhibit this same, strange, garbled appearance.

https://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/1547248/1

Are you using firefox? I've really noticed once a blue moon it fucks up the upload for images.


"I don't want excuses. I want results."

~Skipper


Click here to see my art and animation thread postings. Just a note that some of it might be NSFW.

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Response to The Art Forum Lounge - Off Topic Chat 2026-01-17 17:03:43


At 1/17/26 03:18 PM, xeiavica wrote:Are you using firefox? I've really noticed once a blue moon it fucks up the upload for images.


Yes, I use Firefox or derivatives primarily. I don't have the ability to test anything else right now as I won't have access to my computer or artwork for a while, but I will look into Chromium-based browsers to see if there's a difference. Not a big fan of Chromium, but...


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Response to The Art Forum Lounge - Off Topic Chat 2026-01-18 16:20:41


Suck at perspective? Why not give blender a shot?


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Blender is to me, a powerful overlooked tool that can be more than just animation, it can help you better visualize how perspective works. You can download any free model from online (or just make your own crude and rough one very quickly) and rotate it as you see fit. If it's a human model, you can quickly add a sword or handgun or something to hold to get the gist of an action shot.


I remember that @chdonga mentioned once in the animation forum that blender can be an excellent tool to enhance art abilities and I'm stunned I didn't do this sooner. Thanks man.


"I don't want excuses. I want results."

~Skipper


Click here to see my art and animation thread postings. Just a note that some of it might be NSFW.

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