Hey Everyone!!! Sorry if I haven't been updating y'all here. I haven't been motivated a lot to even post more art here than I should. A lot of personal shit had been happening to me lately such as losing friends and family issues that I'm just not sure what to even do at this point.

I dunno. Maybe I'll post something when I'm in a better mental state then. See y'all then. 👋

Hey guys!! I finally finished all my finals and I'm back to making art at full swing!

I just wanna thank you all so much for supporting me these last 16 weeks or so. You guys have no idea how much I've been struggling through, getting paper's done on time and sobbing and crying for thinking that it was all too much for me to handle. But thinking of you guys has always been on my mind and I can never thank you guys enough for that.

So what will I be working on during the summer??

I'll probably be working on improving my art skills a bit more, possibly experimenting with different art techniques, learning to draw anatomy better and perhaps opening up commissions soon. I might also work on some Pride month art for the month of June and whatever comes to mind.

Again thank you guys so much for supporting me. I never could have made it without you guys! :D

Hey y'all! Just thought I'd do a quick Journal update to let you guys know what's been happening.

First of all, I haven't been motivated enough to upload my art on NG for a while since I've been caught up in my personal life and mostly because I'm always on discord (which is my main form of communicating). Plus, I'm still in college and I want to at least focus some time on my classes before I can actually submit my recent art I've made this past month at least.

Don't worry, I just need to take a break from here until I'm done with my spring semester soon.

Anyways, see y'all soon! ;)

A very special announcement: Today begins my 1k YouTube Subscriber Giveaway Contest!! If you wanna enter you gotta follow these simple rules:

1) You must be a subscriber to my channel on YouTube (IcyBirdPenguin). If you haven't already, here's the link to it --> https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbVDis6yiJyi6RrLpTW1sRg

2) You must follow me on my other social media accounts:

Twitter - https://twitter.com/icybird96

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/icybirdpenguin/

Tumblr - https://icybird-penguin.tumblr.com/

3) You must comment on one of my recent videos here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2IINtt3azTE

The comment must be the answer to this question: What do you like about my channel and what can I do to improve it? 

Remember to also give a like to other people's responses. The comment with the most likes will win one of three prizes:

1st place: a 8x11 drawing from me along with 15 stickers

2nd place: a small index card size drawing from me along with a few stickers

3rd place: 2 of each sticker

NOTE: The drawing can be your favorite video game character, cartoon character, or anime character

The contest starts from March 24th to April 24th! You'll have a month to enter the contest. Good luck everyone!!!

Here's how to enter!!!

An example on what the stickers look like:

Hi everyone! Before I get to the generic introductions most people make nowadays, I just wanna share a few things about myself:

I'm a California born Mexican American who's big dream is to tell my stories I want to share to the world through the power of art! I've been drawing since I was 4 and that's when I knew where my calling is. I have a bit of history towards Newgrounds back in the early days where flash games was accessible and watching flash animations is the only means of entertainment. My fondest memories of Newgrounds came from me playing Sonic The Hedgehog flash games using sprites from Sonic Advance and watching Sonic Flash animations from animators who are now known in Sonic Paradox.

I was a bit of a Sonic Nut in my middle school years and have been since then. Nowadays, I'll branch out to any fandom and I glad I did because I get to meet cool and awesome people and I really hope to meet cool and awesome people here in Newgrounds too.

As of late, Friday Night Funkin' has put Newgrounds on the map and inspired almost everyone to make a Newgrounds account so expect me to post something Funkin' related every now and then.

Major shoutout to Ninjamuffin99, Phantom Arcade, evilsk8ter, and kawaisprite for making this awesome and funky game! :D