At 1/15/26 06:28 PM, Vinity wrote:I'll tell you, someone who's made HUNDREDS of comics, each HUNDREDS of pages long, without either of the options mentioned. WRITE. A. DAMN. script. As complexity becomes part of your job and jumbled concepts race through your mind, the best thing you can do is write a script instead of illustrating every panel sequence, making mistakes, and doing it all over again. Scripts come before storyboards.

At 1/2/26 11:39 PM, Czyszy wrote:

At 1/2/26 11:29 PM, CrimsonKero wrote:LIke this isn't misleading either.

It's better. Great job, Brandy.

I think it's the lesser evil. It's still "in the spirit" of the uploader's intention but without the AI slop part and to be honest, it more clearly informs the watcher about the ironic nature of the short, hence the out of place 3D Knuckles in the foreground.

The previous thumbnail really looked like what you'd see the worst scum do unironically on NG, you know? I keep seeing such crap all the time. ;)

At 1/2/26 10:36 PM, CrimsonKero wrote:

At 1/2/26 09:14 PM, Czyszy wrote:Can something be done about this misleading AI slop thumbnail?
https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/1013072

An "honest" thumbnail would look like this, but knowing Doctor Gordon, it was clearly used for bait and switch (and also because he said he was "lazy" in one of the replies).


On a related topic: I've always had a feeling that the Guidelines applied mainly to the submissions themselves and the only thing that applied to thumbnails is that you can't include nudity (unless rated A) and can't include illegal material like CSAM or bestiality. I might be wrong, or it might be an oversight in the rules.

At 1/2/26 03:34 PM, TomFulp wrote:

At 1/2/26 11:44 AM, BrandyBuizel wrote:

At 1/2/26 09:31 AM, AYJAYKENS wrote:You'll need the Newgrounds Supporter Upgrade for that, for the File-Dump it's not a one-time purchase like it used to be. If you still have a problem with me using the DA Sta.sh storage link, I've used it when participating in other collabs and no one complained about it.

Do you still want to participate though?

At 1/2/26 01:51 AM, BrandyBuizel wrote:did... did you just link deviantart when the dumping grounds exist?

@TomFulp I thought accounts before the dumping grounds change were grandfathered in?

I thought that was the case, unless it didn't grandfather for people who never used it.

At 1/2/26 12:16 PM, KittyhawkMontrose wrote:

At 1/2/26 12:12 PM, BrandyBuizel wrote:

At 1/2/26 12:07 PM, KittyhawkMontrose wrote:

At 1/2/26 11:43 AM, BrandyBuizel wrote:

At 1/2/26 09:27 AM, KittyhawkMontrose wrote:

At 1/2/26 09:03 AM, BrandyBuizel wrote:

At 1/1/26 11:53 PM, KittyhawkMontrose wrote:LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOO!! Can't wait to see this year's Pixel Day and Low Poly Day. 👾

And I'm already brewing up Halloween... 🧙🏼😸

you should be working on april fool's day 2027 fr fr

gotta start early if you wanna finish on time!

I'll never run out of pictures of me to react with

Nudes when????????

At 1/2/26 12:07 PM, KittyhawkMontrose wrote:

At 1/2/26 11:43 AM, BrandyBuizel wrote:

At 1/2/26 09:27 AM, KittyhawkMontrose wrote:

At 1/2/26 09:03 AM, BrandyBuizel wrote:

At 1/1/26 11:53 PM, KittyhawkMontrose wrote:LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOO!! Can't wait to see this year's Pixel Day and Low Poly Day. 👾

And I'm already brewing up Halloween... 🧙🏼😸

you should be working on april fool's day 2027 fr fr

gotta start early if you wanna finish on time!

At 1/2/26 09:31 AM, AYJAYKENS wrote:You'll need the Newgrounds Supporter Upgrade for that, for the File-Dump it's not a one-time purchase like it used to be. If you still have a problem with me using the DA Sta.sh storage link, I've used it when participating in other collabs and no one complained about it.

Do you still want to participate though?

At 1/2/26 01:51 AM, BrandyBuizel wrote:did... did you just link deviantart when the dumping grounds exist?

At 1/2/26 09:27 AM, KittyhawkMontrose wrote:

At 1/2/26 09:03 AM, BrandyBuizel wrote:

At 1/1/26 11:53 PM, KittyhawkMontrose wrote:LET'S GOOOOOOOOOOOO!! Can't wait to see this year's Pixel Day and Low Poly Day. 👾

And I'm already brewing up Halloween... 🧙🏼😸

you should be working on april fool's day 2027 fr fr

At 1/2/26 07:56 AM, TomFulp wrote:

At 1/2/26 12:58 AM, CrimsonKero wrote:Just saw JohnnyUtah is listed as "Supporter" and not Mod or Staff.

Did Jeff get fired or something?

Jeff doesn't happen to have any mod status or staff (super-mod) status. We should probably make a staff designation that is unique from mod powers, or maybe Jeff would want to be a mod of something.

At 12/31/25 03:36 PM, AYJAYKENS wrote:If this is your first time participating in a Newgrounds art collab and you don’t know how to submit an art-piece, here is an example you can follow:

“Here is my submission for the collab, if you have any questions, comments, or concerns, please let me know.”
https://www.deviantart.com/stash/01wks0rxdnak

Where you submit will depend on what instructions the creator/host gives you. Have fun!

Don't worry, my sub will not count for the chart, because I'm hosting this collab. Parappa himself still has 5 slots open.

At 12/31/25 06:32 PM, DeaghlanNG wrote:

At 12/31/25 06:22 PM, BrandyBuizel wrote:

At 12/31/25 06:15 PM, DeaghlanNG wrote:

At 12/31/25 06:06 PM, BrandyBuizel wrote:electronic-lon ain't even funding it xD

So it's purely running off of ads then? Aside from selling user data, presumably.

god no

Geez, and I thought the userbase was bad enough.

With each passing day, I thank teenage me a little more for not bothering to join any socials :P

At 12/31/25 06:15 PM, DeaghlanNG wrote:

At 12/31/25 06:06 PM, BrandyBuizel wrote:

At 12/31/25 05:13 PM, DeaghlanNG wrote:

At 12/31/25 05:03 PM, TomFulp wrote:

At 12/31/25 04:52 PM, BrandyBuizel wrote:

At 12/29/25 02:47 PM, nicolistheguy wrote:2025 ruled, I'm very happy to have been more active on the site this year than I ever was in 2024.

Let's all hope for the supporters to reach 10,000.

maybe maybe, even if it's a temporary one-month bump, this seemed to pop off: https://x.com/BrandyBuizel/status/2005732826428367239

Thanks for that, it's been cool to see it get 12k likes! We had around 9,530 Supporters when I made the recap post and are currently at 9,632.

It's sad to see the haters come out in response to posts like that. It's weird to me that people will say stuff like "bad business model" and "companies shouldn't run on charity" when like... Isn't the whole problem that every service and product is getting increasingly shitty to chase down that extra dollar?

Twitter users aren't known for their logical takes. I mean, saying a company shouldn't run on charity whilst using a platform funded by a billionaire is just bizarre.

What? We should only use platforms funded by tech oligarchies now? I'm sure that will work out well...

electronic-lon ain't even funding it xD

So it's purely running off of ads then? Aside from selling user data, presumably.

At 12/31/25 05:13 PM, DeaghlanNG wrote:

At 12/31/25 05:03 PM, TomFulp wrote:

At 12/31/25 04:52 PM, BrandyBuizel wrote:

At 12/29/25 02:47 PM, nicolistheguy wrote:2025 ruled, I'm very happy to have been more active on the site this year than I ever was in 2024.

Let's all hope for the supporters to reach 10,000.

maybe maybe, even if it's a temporary one-month bump, this seemed to pop off: https://x.com/BrandyBuizel/status/2005732826428367239

Thanks for that, it's been cool to see it get 12k likes! We had around 9,530 Supporters when I made the recap post and are currently at 9,632.

It's sad to see the haters come out in response to posts like that. It's weird to me that people will say stuff like "bad business model" and "companies shouldn't run on charity" when like... Isn't the whole problem that every service and product is getting increasingly shitty to chase down that extra dollar?

Twitter users aren't known for their logical takes. I mean, saying a company shouldn't run on charity whilst using a platform funded by a billionaire is just bizarre.

What? We should only use platforms funded by tech oligarchies now? I'm sure that will work out well...

At 12/31/25 05:03 PM, TomFulp wrote:

At 12/31/25 04:52 PM, BrandyBuizel wrote:

At 12/29/25 02:47 PM, nicolistheguy wrote:2025 ruled, I'm very happy to have been more active on the site this year than I ever was in 2024.

Let's all hope for the supporters to reach 10,000.

maybe maybe, even if it's a temporary one-month bump, this seemed to pop off: https://x.com/BrandyBuizel/status/2005732826428367239

Thanks for that, it's been cool to see it get 12k likes! We had around 9,530 Supporters when I made the recap post and are currently at 9,632.

It's sad to see the haters come out in response to posts like that. It's weird to me that people will say stuff like "bad business model" and "companies shouldn't run on charity" when like... Isn't the whole problem that every service and product is getting increasingly shitty to chase down that extra dollar?

At 12/31/25 04:55 PM, TomFulp wrote:

At 12/31/25 04:54 PM, BrandyBuizel wrote:

At 12/30/25 04:28 PM, TomFulp wrote:

At 12/30/25 04:05 PM, Edcec35 wrote:btw tom
Did you ever announce the winner of that tablet?

I gave out a handful but never announced them on the site. I might still send out some more but might not be announcing this year.

maybe do a lump post at the end? I think awareness of the tablet giveaway is down the last 3 years and it's one of the most awesome traditions

I think a lot of people draw on iPad / Android tablets and the demand isn't like it was in the past, although maybe next year I'll try promoting it more heavily.

At 12/30/25 04:28 PM, TomFulp wrote:

At 12/30/25 04:05 PM, Edcec35 wrote:btw tom
Did you ever announce the winner of that tablet?

I gave out a handful but never announced them on the site. I might still send out some more but might not be announcing this year.