ONE DECADE ON NEWGROUNDS!

What a journey it has been!

When I discovered this glorious website back in the early 2000s, I waited until I was thirteen years old to make an account as I was told by Grandmeister Tom. Since then it has been my go to place for criticism, inspiration and being amazed by the wonderful works uploaded on here.

In 2006 (10 years and 2 weeks ago) I started out as a kid who just sketched away a bit and now I'm studying animation, doing what I love and I owe a lot of it to these grounds here. Even when my projects looked like shit, people tried to help me improve and supported me. I've had some bad years where I had some troubles and barely created anything, and it was wonderful when I actually got messages from people asking if I was okay/where I went. Also love all the criticism I get on my work from awesome people such as JamesHetfeld, VicariousE, Doomroar, RealFaction and many more! I've tried DeviantArt and other art platforms but I never got that kind of support anywhere else.

Well, enough emotional talk, I made a little piece to commemorate this moment, you can check it out here! Also here's a little sneak peek:

Here's to 10 years and many more to come!

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VicariousE 2016-06-16 22:43:06

I recognized all your characters from the '10' piece, it's a wonderful way to celebrate your achievements since you joined up here... I would've put this into the review, but I've never been good about impartial reviewing when it comes to favorite artists, of which, you are certainly one of them!

Thanks for making this place what it is today... and making an old man like me happy to be here, who the blazes is that, and what poison is he drinking?

HongKongBong 2016-06-16 22:43:06

Good to hear! Thanks a lot, it was fun bringing all the characters back.
That man is Officer Jim Lahey (played by John Dunsworth) from the show Trailer Park Boys, and I have no clue what he is drinking there to be honest! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aXaRfF4qwn4

VicariousE 2016-06-16 23:36:48

Holy shit that is him :O I only watched the first few seasons not long after they hit the scene. I might be a hipster pothead, but I found the dozen or so episodes I watched an acquired taste... but now that time's passed, it's likely now a kick ass ancient bourbon with little hint of ice-pick hangover lol, also painfully Canadian in nature, also an acquired taste, one I haven't had since the first 5-10 years Nickelodeon's been on the air (many shows from teh grate wite north)

ninjamuffin99 2016-06-17 00:52:10

GG old man

HongKongBong 2016-06-17 00:52:10

no re

ImpendingRiot 2016-06-17 01:11:00

Time goes by quite quickly

HongKongBong 2016-06-17 01:11:00

It really does...

TribesofHalo 2016-06-17 03:59:57

Welcome to the decade club marker of membership tenure mate! Hope you discover many more worthwhile characters and stories on this crazy site to keep you another decade. Awesome claywork in your art submission by the way! Actually wondering if you plan to pursue the next level and jump to doing stopmotion short films with your clay sculpting skills.

HongKongBong 2016-06-17 03:59:57

Thanks! Feels good. And glad you like my sculptures, I've dabbled in stop motion a bit when I was a kid with Aardvark studios as my main inspiration but in recent years I've not tried it.

GoldMinaz 2016-06-17 09:20:37

Why do people feel the need to post how many years they've been on this site? No one cares.

HongKongBong 2016-06-17 09:20:37

ok.

Faxion2011 2016-06-17 17:21:03

I couldn't stand to be on this website for 10 years.

HongKongBong 2016-06-17 17:21:03

Half way there!