so towards the end of July, i was whisk away from the east coast and crash landed in Colorado to meet up & Road Trip with some Buddies to Kansas City! Its was a Amazing time for that past week there. I have a lot of cool stuff i wanna talk and share about but i think it'll be easier just to show pics and bullet points in stead LOL. Enjoy!

VLOG!

[insert vibe music~]

DAY 1: The Arrival !

• met with @psychogoldfish in Colorado and had a banger ass burger w/ fries at a bar
• went mini golfing for the first time (i lost)
• chill at barcade for the evening w/ @psychogoldfish @idontknowcorp and @mayalacookie

DAY 2: The Hike!

• PG and I went hiking up Golden State Park that morning! (i will regret this the next day)
• I never thought i would have so much fun marchin up a steep hill; sweatin profusely while wheezing like my lungs was about to collapse! the weather was great and the view was . . . breath taking.
• before that someone had crash their car into a fence (poor fence )

• afterwards we drove around the country area and i was able to catch some nice mountain shots
• stop at nice gift shop (grabbed some stickers) and a smol cafe near a cute church (loaded up on sweets and coffee)

• The Last stop was Estes Park which was more of the tourist area! i was able to place some ng stickers in the that area. kek~
• it was still nice lookin at all the ducks and humming birds near the river
• snag some more stickers from a different gift shop; grabbed ice cream and chocolate from a candy shop and for the rest of the time there we browsed around and window shopped lol.

Day 3: The City!

• @Mayalacookie kidnapped me for that day and took to some parts in Denver!
• we went to cool collectable store that had music/movies and dnd stuff (and a smol section of manga/anime. i also got a cute sticker there.)
• went to her favorite diner called Pete's kitchen! we order root beer floats!

• after we ate i vandalized the diner's door with my sticker. (the owners was cool about it)
• My foot started to give out from yesterdays hiking. so we decided to hit two more stores before Maya had to drop me off. (wizards chest is such a cool place~)

DAY 4: The Road Trip!

• It was finally time to hit the road across Kansas to Missouri with the party of @psychogoldfish @mrsgoldfish @idontknowcorp @mayalacookie @galneda and me!
• we got breakfast from a diner called sunrise sunset where i got a nice burrito (it had the good ass green chili hot sauce. i devoured that thing)
• crossing Kansas was chill. there was so much open land. i kept on missing takin pics of horses and cows. i at least took a pic of a rainbow tho!
• After a couple of rest stops and lil traffic we finally made it to out air bnb in Kansas City! (man i miss my room!)
• @wiggidywack @cartersterling and @jacob met up with us later that evening to hang out!

DAY 5-6: The Kansas City!

so a lot happened during the meet days so im just gonna slap this big image board of photo's

• we went to a nice museum
• Joe's BBQ SLAPS.
• took a lot of mid life crisis pics of wiggidy lol
• WE WENT DISC GOLFING AND I FORGOT TO TAKE PICS OF IT CUZ I WAS HAVING TO MUCH FUN! TT.TT (it was also hot as balls that day)
• we play mario kart, tmnt shedders revenge and jackbox. (gotta be the funniest and most unhinged time of jackbox i had thus far!)

DAY 7: The Departure ;(

so we said our goodbyes and head out that morning and did our road trip back to Colorado and for me i flew back to NJ the next day.

Man what a wild time. i experience a lot that past week and awesome seeing everyone again and for the first time! you guys are the greatest. i honestly wanna just go back to Colorado for the hiking. Hopefully til next meet up!

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Hello yall~

i would like to obtain some pocket change so i opened up Art Requests on my Ko-Fi!

if your interested, check out this Link: https://ko-fi.com/raviolibox/commissions

it will also be added on the list of links on my NG page.

You know what time it is~ It's the FINAL DAY TO SUBMIT YOUR ANIMATION!

- You have till 11:59pm est. today until applications are closed. 

- Plz make sure to double check for any finish touches and credit details before submitting.

There are 3 ways to submit your short; 

- By Google Form.

- Direct messaging me with a newgrounds dumplink

- publicly posting on NG with the tag “HelloKittyCollab” (last resort option)

Thank you to those who have already submitted their animation. I’ll be starting grabbing and combing through the qualified shorts and compiling them into one big vid.

Keep a look out for a project invite towards the end of March.

Hoping to get it posted by the beginning of April!

The Best of luck everyone!

I'm gonna try my best to summarize this year but if I miss anything, forgive me. Play this song on loop while you read cuz i think its a fitting theme for this recap!

So without a doubt the biggest highlight of this year are the NG meetups. It’s always a blast to attend and seeing old friends along with cool new ones with these get-togethers. Especially with people who have similar tastes and interests. I don't really get that a lot from where I live so it's a refreshing break away. This year I have gone to four of them, which are; Pico day, Too Many Games, The Short Short Fest, and the Fun Stop Arcade meets. I'm going to give a little tidbit on each of them as I write this.

Pico day

Holy Shit! I got to tell ya that it was a BANGER-ASS-PARTY! This year's Pico day has been an amazing event and I feel like I didn't want it to end on that day. SOOOo much was going on. It was hard to take pictures and I wasn’t even able to make a vlog. I was just having too much fun lol. Thank you @Brandybuizel @Coby and @Tamag0 for hosting it. Blood, Sweat and Tears went into this, i know it!

Man, where do I begin? I was doing so much running around the whole place trying to give people their stickers, their signatures for my autograph book, and trying to trade cards (which by the way I was glad I was able to participate in the Newgrounds TCG collaboration. I wasn't able to get all of the cards but I did get the majority of them.)

 There were so many people just talking to one another, at the tables grabbing stickers and signing things, peeps had personal tables stands for hosting their indie game projects. There was even a section where we all went to the theater part of the building and we're watching newgrounds cartoons which was awesome. There was even a push-up contest @smugarug fired up which was wild.

I had gotten nice gifts too which I will cherish forever! The cool Anatomy statue from @Henryeyes. The awesome Pico pin from @MindChamber! the big-ol OG Newgrounds tank logo sticker that @TomFulp whipped out from his pocket! The one guy that had the box full of mini tank men figurines (I'm sorry I still don't know who was giving those out!) The Pukebomb CD from @NickSenny and his @Pukebomb crew. The elegant Newgrounds envelope letter from @Serenefalconer. @krinkels sweat droplet marks on my autograph book next to his signature! Playing @Bill 's Poop Game~ @srpelo 's skibity-toilet rant at the after party! I love them all! yes YES!! Lol

Gawd there were so many people i believe i met for the first time but idk exactly who cuz there were also peeps from the yestercade meet. There was @Droid @Ramen-Noodiles @loopykins @cartersterlin, @MrShmoods, @Jack @KOLANI @owen @someoneunkown @littleredlo (aka Bri) @SirLenward @Broly @D-slick @thedyingsun @Dungeonation @kingcrowned @singpiano @OviManicand many others. One person that I was surprised to meet was Coryspazkid! ( I also like to point out that @spazkid gave one of the best hugs! I felt like I was hugging a family member that I haven't seen for a long long time. LOL)

Also wanna shout out a thank you to @Tamag0 and @kastozx for hangin out with me towards the beginning of the event (grabbin breakfast from playabowl) Thanks @milkypossum and @Andyl4nd for the double up Hug! it was Awesome finally meeting you guys im a big fan of yall work and can't wait what's to come from your projects! Lastly Thank you @kriskokoon & your friend for also hangin with me afterwards (grabbin a burger and lettin me carpool for the ihop afterparty)

I feel like there's SO so much more to say about Pico day. truly an unforgettable event!

TooManyGames

Before going to tmg I had met up with a small ng group at the Terminal Reading Market to get breakfast. Its was my first time meeting @psychogoldfish and @mrsgoldfish. @connergrail, @treavex @luis and a few others were also there. We explored around Philly and saw some really cool stores and historical spots~ we made a quick pit stop at a cute little coffee shop and talked a bit ; passing out our stickers and wut-not. it was really nice~ Funny enough, I live very close to that area and I never really traverse around there. Another place we went before the event was like some mall closer to the TMG area. It was also my first time going to a Cheese Factory restaurant! ( just wanted to add thank you Mr and Mrs PG for letting me carpool with you guys ;w;)

Once we got to the place for the TMG panel, I had met a lot of familiar faces and a few new ones like @Mkmaffo @Slimygoo @Bacun @Kekiiro @Kiyo @Bleak-Creep @Leroyalmess @hibachi @pkettles @leviRamirez and so many more! shared a lot of stickers and small presents. that was also that day I misplaced my gooble & locked gooble poster (sorry @kingcrowned. i at least got the cool wooden NG trinket you made!) I felt a little sad that it ended so soon but its understandable because it was only supposed to be for that 1hr and 45 min. Thank you @CorTat-G and crew for hosting!

Afterwards a few of us went to a cozy looking bar. It was really hard to find some seats because there was a bunch of us going to the same bar but it was all right. I still got my beer tho LOL (that picture of @Spinalpalm holding the broken tree-log lives rent-free in my brain. lmao). Then AFTER THAT we went to another bar that had karaoke. it was funny getting to see @Connorgrail @Deucelegoose @erasmusmagnus and @PsychoGoldFish Singing their hearts out. ( I wasn't drunk enough to sing myself. maybe next time~) it was awesome spending time with you guys!

Short Short Festival

I would say this was a casual get together at a bar where they were showcasing a lot of student films as well as films that were posted on Newgrounds. it did kind of suck that it rained in the beginning of it but overall it was still fun. they had tables covered in big white sheets of paper where everyone can doodle on them. a small private table to get posters and stickers for the SSF. Watching the animated shorts back to back got me inspired. If another Short Short Fest happens for 2025 I would like to make an animation for it. I think the highlight of that day was getting that mean ass handshake from @krinkels 's girlfriend. That was pretty badass~ I will strive to get that strong! Thanks @Deucelegoose and Yendor for the free drinks!

FUN STOP Arcade

So going there was interesting cuz I wasn't expecting it to take place at a farmer's market of a place so the actual arcade was inside the building along with other interesting stores. The arcade itself was small and cute. had a nice lineup of pinball machines. i was able to meet up with @Deucelegoose @NickSenny @Imprez @Tamag0 @Mantis @elikapika @Rozebud and few others! We had a great time!

General Summary.

 the overall year was fantastic. I didn't really dealt with anything majorly bad, just minor things. There are projects that I wanted to complete this year but hadn't but I was still able to at least collaborate with other people's projects. Towards the end of this year that's when I started to be more active, contributed more and took a step further as far as projects. primarily I'm focusing on hosting a Hello Kitty collab. I'm hoping that I can release that soonish. 

I want to give a special thanks to @skeletonhero @jackallHow @SpikeyBelmont @TeraVex for taking the time to help me with the Hello Kitty Collab trailer.

 I don't really have a New Year's resolution for 2025. I just have a general sense that I want to be a better person as far as keeping track of things , preserving memories, and doing more passion projects. just in general creating things that I like and making something everybody can enjoy just for the hell of it.  

Again I want to say thanks to everyone on Newgrounds for giving me a wonderful experience. For sticking around, being supportive and encouraging. you guys are the greatest. 

Psst! hey, yall should check the video out =3c

tom's up

Hiya Everyone!

This Blog proudly presents . . . *drum rolls*

The Hello Kitty Collab!

That's Right! Here on Newgrounds dot com I'll be hosting this Project! (Yippee) There've been plenty of collabs announced and dropped recently and so it got me gung ho to try it out.

To start, this collaboration consists of animated shorts centered around Hello Kitty as well as other characters in the Sanrio universe. (Aggretsuko, Cinnamoroll, Gudetama, Show by Rock, etc.)

All forms of animation; digitally and traditionally, are welcomed~ (except for that weird auto generated AI crap) The genre is also open to anything so your video can range from a goofy parody, dramatic horror, Action packed music vid, you name it!

To clarify, this isn't a reanimated collab so you have free will to animate any short as long as you follow the rules and guidelines.

Content Guidelines & Rules: 

• Rating: E-M 

(so no crazy NSFW stuff.)

• No unlicensed music

(You can use music from the audio portal or public domain tracks.)

[MUSIC RESOURCES! WHEEEE!!!]

• Newgrounds Account is a MUST 

This is for proper crediting purposes. I'm okay with peeps teaming up and seeking outside help, but the team leader (i.e. the person submitting) should have a NG account.

VIDEO DETAILS:

• Resolution: 1920 x 1080
• Frame Rate: 24 FPS
• Duration: 15sec - 4 min
• Format: MP4
• File Name: username-video title

HOW TO SUBMIT

There are three ways you can submit your animation:

1. Follow the prompts on this Form to submit your work. [Google Form Link]
2. If you are a supporter on Newgrounds you can direct message me your submission with a dumping grounds link.
3. Using the tag "hellokittycollab" you can publicly submit to the movies portal. (last resort option)

FINAL DEADLINE IS MARCH 25TH, 2025

No later than that.

If you have any questions and or concerns feel free to comment or private message me. Best wishes my friends~

Uncovers a record player; slightly dusted but still in working condition. I then open the case, inserting a familiar disc followed by a needle adjusted in place and so it plays~ ( This is the part where you play the intro song for this journal)

2023 Summary:

This year has been a very eventful! I've done so many things that I thought I would never do and met so many cool people along the way. Reflecting about it now makes me very excited for the future plans that I have in stored. The last New Year's resolution post I made I had set some goals for myself so I would like to talk about what I did to meet those goals.

Making more animation:

As far as animation goes I was able to practice during the earlier parts of this year. I had so many ideas for cartoons that I wanted to do but because of time constraints and doing other things in regards of IRL I had to unfortunately put it to the side for later. Thankfully I was able to put out at least two cartoons. One cartoon was for the Halloween Collab that @Dannygoodshirt put out.

Another animation I did was a goofy cartoon for lethal company. I made this for self-indulgence cuz I enjoyed seeing the crazy mishaps that would happen to my friends whenever they play it. It was so good, so funny. I had to make something for it

I honestly should have known that this video would have popped off given how popular the game is but man thank you! thank you so much everyone for enjoying this! (I was recently hit 1 million views on YT for this cartoon. that's crazy!)

Cooking more accomplished

There's not much to say about that one. Just that I've been cooking more and more when I can and it's good to know that I can survive through these skills LOL

Did I write more?

Yes and no. I was writing when I was coming up with animation ideas throughout the year and I guess that's what kind of driven me away from doing some of them because I was spending more time writing out the ideas then actually creating the idea (if that makes any sense)

Specifically I was working on a spooky neighbor 2 ep. and I wanted to have a better storyline. I made a rough-draft of the script and then I had a good friend of mine revise it while throwing some ideas into the mix. I'm really hoping that I can get a episode out by 2024's Halloween.

Moving

Well here's a big one. Unfortunately because of financial circumstances, moving is going to take more time to execute. I'm hoping by Spring 2024 that's when I'll be able get that done.

Extra stuff:

So there was some other cool things I was able to do this year. I was very excited to attend the too many games event that took place. I have Vlogged and Blogged about that event in another Journal.

I also went to a newgrounds meet up in New Jersey which was really cool as well. You can take a look at my Vlogged/ Blogged Journal on that event as well.

I would say those two meetups was a big deal for me because it took me out of my comfort zone as far as getting out there and actually meeting with people. The too many games event was my first time going to any convention ever and I had so much fun just looking around the different types of games and the Newgrounds panel that took place was phenomenal. it was so much fun. The Yestercade Meetup was like very cozy and very welcoming experience and I wouldn't trade that memory for the world.

2024 plans

Well it's a given that I want to make more content as far as animation. what kind of Animation I'm not sure. I still want to lean into making more original work but there's also always the possibility of me getting into something really cool and making fan work so who knows. All I know is I want to put out more animation that I did this year. I'm still a rookie when it comes to this sort of thing but I'll learn.

I think another major thing is collaborating more with my close friends and partner. It's weird ; I admire a lot of the work on Newgrounds where a bunch of talented people comes together and makes a singular masterpiece but I sometimes feel like I avoid that out of fear(?) idk. I guess it's just something I need to work on. I want to be able to collaborate with different artists and voice actors and musicians to make a cool thing. huh, maybe it's finally time for me to conjure up an event or something. lol

Other than that let's hope that 2024 turns out for the better. lol. Thank you everyone who's stuck around to watch me grow and support me as an artist. Cheers! 🍻

Hello hello Everyone!

to start off ; YES, I have yet again made a compilation video of my meetup at yestercade! The place overall is such a delight to see and I wish I would have recorded more but this is all I have since I was like balancing out from taking pictures and recording. (also shout out to @Wilidaciouse for the End Track of this video. His music is such a vibe~)

There's also a bonus video at the very very end so stick around for those who brought their 3DS's ;3c

NOW FOR THE PHOTOS:

the first photo I took: YESTERCADE!? Wowie Zowie~

While I was waiting for other people to arrive, I was walking around exploring and window shopping for the most part. There was definitely a lot of cafes and restaurants around but I did stumble upon two stores dedicated to comic books and retro games respectively. very nice~

In this pic we have @CheddarExuberant , @CaptainStevie and @thesteves. I encountered the Awesome Trio when I was walking back to the arcade. Very cool and exciting finally meeting y'all!

The four of us were still walking around the area killing time. Eventually we went back to the arcade and met up with more newgrounders like @yendorng and @robertz (i think. sorry if wrong @)

More time passed and more people started to show up. a good sized crowd was forming. We were passing out our stickers and drawing in sketch books. @BrandyBuizel appeared and passed out nametag stickers, the meet up hominid sticker made by @SirLenward and glowsticks! everything was going nicely it was a lil goofy workin around with the small tables but we made it happen. Eventually, we all migrated in the building. (in the vid you'll see me do a walk through) after words i played a few games:

Shout-out to @wegra for vs me in GG strive. its good know i still know how to play Faust a lil. (still feel a bit rusty tho.)

Also Thank you @Pulvite and @GhostHat for vs me in air-hockey! that was a blast! my arm is still a lil sore from it.

group photo of me @kiyo , @kastozx and @pulvite (sorry kaz i got your eyes close in this one but you look very much at peace~ lolol)

FEAST YOUR EYES AT THE CATBOYDAVE STATUE! LOOK AT IT. WORSHIP IT. BASK AT ITS IMMACULANT GLORY! very nice, yeh? :3c

When it was hitting evening hours, the Big-Time newgrounders started to showup:

HOLY SMOKES ITS THE MAN HIMSELF! @TOMFULP !!!!!

So cool! so awesome! so . . . . hold on, wait . . . .

TOM FLIP!? doubleyou tee flippin EFF! Not cool man, not cool. i guess i didn't actually meet TomFulp. *ugly cries* oTL

(kek. cool dude regardless~)

was able to take pics with @IvanAlmighty @SirLenward @PhantomArcade and @ninjamuffin99. These guys lookin so Suave~

much later towards the end i grab a bite to eat and drink with a small group at the brewery. it was very pleasant talkin and relaxing with everyone. i loved the beer they where severing! it called "Blues for the blondie" and it has a sweet blue berry taste to it. (im a sucker for blueberry flavor) Shout out to @coby for buying us wine! the wine was very good too~

Afterwards we went back to the arcade and I talked with a few peeps and said my goodbyes~ This meet up was so awesome. i honestly wish i could have recorded more or took more pictures cuz i don't wanna forget how fun it was and just the overall day was fantastic.

the only bad thing that happened is that i dropped my phone. now it has a crack top left corner but its not so bad~

(my Friday the 13th moment, damn.)

Thanks Newgrounds Fam. im Happy that i was able to attend this. it honestly gets me pumped to work harder on my art and everything. i really wanna do more animation and art so i have something to show for future meet-ups. There's also other big goals i have planned irl things as well. Talking to alot of you really puts in perspective that everyone has their own path in life and has their one trials and obstacles to get through. i hope for the best outcome for everyone and yall succeed in the end.

good gawd sorry for getting sentimental there. Here's an image of my sticker stash placed on things and also more stickers that I miss showing on the video.

Luv ya NG peeps! Stay Frosty~ Stay Juicy~ Stay Smoothie~ Stay Icecream~ Stay~