Hi there! Just wanted to drop by to say MegaDiegoVA's DTIYS is ending in a week!  (a lil' bit of spam I know, but bear with me for a second- you could win a cool commission!)

Since not many people have participated nor have seen the original post, I wanted to give it a lil' extra boost and post a news post about it. Anything that could help reach more artists that might be interested!

I really like his character designs (especially this one, Amelia) and you should definitely check the DTIYS out! All the info is in the OG post, but the prizes are:

1st place - fullbody, full shaded piece

2nd place - half body, flat colored piece

3rd place - bust, flat colored piece

The prizes depend on the number of participants!

Thanks! Good luck and have fun if you participate :)

Yesterday I tried an ongoing trend on Instagram that was searching for your username on Google, and I found out someone had recently posted some of my artworks from here to Danbooru. Like really recently (the page said "posted 6 hours ago" when I found it). I usually post my drawings with the Creative Commons license and I know that in legal terms you don't really have to ask, but... these two didn't have that CC box checked out. It clearly states "You may not use this work for any purposes".

Please, if you repost an artwork from an artist, always ASK them about it beforehand.

It's out of politeness, and I'm sure that in most cases the artist will be happy about it.

Danbooru is sadly popular for its misuse for AI training datasets even if the own webpage is anti-AI. If you check the site's contact links, the first paragraph is about NovelAI's misuse of the database, and that you have to send an email to them in order to get your art taken down off the platform.

I'm in no way a professional artist nor a popular one. But still I want to make sure none of my work is used on AI training data so, prevention is better than the cure (it sounds better in spanish tbh)

From now on every single thing I'll upload here will be glazed + downscaled to a lower resolution so no one can use it on AI datasets. And while I'm sure there's good-intentioned people out there, many others choose not to ask and just simply repost something they like without asking for permission. I know I know, CC allows people to repost without asking for explicit permission, but it's out of politeness than anything else. Newgrounds doesn't have any more licenses than Creative Commons when it comes to posting art, so I'm a little bit baffled I can't do anything about it but to clearly state it myself.

I believe internet has sadly made people too comfortable with the feeling of entitlement that comes with having so much information at the palm of oneself's hand. That once something is posted, they can do whatever with it since it's "publicly available and free. If you don't want that, don't do it".

It's pretty disencouraging, but eh. Things happen.

Holy moly we're almost at 200 followers! Thank you so much! I feel really comfortable posting on Newgrounds, so far it's my favourite place to post my art >:)

Also, I'm deciding the winners of my DTIYS, and I'll announce them next week! It's really hard to choose when there's so many good entries, I'm really thankful to all the people who participated! These are all the entries (with their respectful credits, too! Go follow em') <3

Have this beautiful gif in the meanwhile! Take care <3

No seriously when did 70+ people start to follow me? That's a lot-

To the new people, thank you so much for following me, and welcome! :) <3

Plus some news, I'm working on a bunch of collabs and projects that are taking me a lot of time so, even if I won't be posting as much because of them, I'll assure you there will be cool stuff coming! >:)

I'm also awaiting emails to know if I've been selected to some artist alleys I applied to. I hope it'll be a yes!

Take care! <3 I'll leave you with a cute doodle I did of Vinni last week

Heey, the DTIYS is finally over!! Thank you so much to all the people who participated.

There were a total of...

16 pieces!

Holy cow that's a lot :') You guys spoil me so much...

It's going to be hard to choose the winners! But rest assured, I'll announce them in a few weeks. I have a lot of stuff to do in the meanwhile! :) (And maybe a fanzine project going on soon...)

Thank you again for those who participated on my DTIYS, and those who support me! :)

Heya! I'm extending the DTIYS time limit from today (31th january) to 1st of march!

A bunch of art moots told me they needed more time so, I'm more than glad to extend the time :)

I'm also going to rest a while, so that means no posts for a while. I'm really burnt out and need more time to myself. I'm not taking proper care of myself nor of my hobbies, and lost that spark that drawing had once for me. It doesn't mean I'm going to leave- not at all! It's just that I feel a little bit lost with where I should go, nothing more.

Thank you for those who participated on my DTIYS, and those who support me too! :)

Thank you so much for following me! We've reached 100 followers already :D

That was quite fast! Even if it may not be "much" compared to other accounts, I'm really happy about it!

Also, merry christmas to whoever reads this! <3

I swear I've been on my PC all day and checking NGs from time to time, and the only moment I'm not using it an art mutual goes and tells me my art has been frontpaged!!

I didn't expect it at all, since I'm still pretty new here AAA- I'm so happy!