I can't believe my animation actually made top 15! My baby animation made 7th place and I can't really express how I feel about it. Imposter syndrome really starting to hit because all of the other winning entries are amazing. I sort of feel like I have no choice but to participate in the next round, so I guess that's what I'm doing with my life now. This one's going to be tougher for me because I'm going to animate in a style I don't have experience in, but I'm determined to at least make something that's cool to see.

If there are any animators reading this who didn't participate in the first round, I highly encourage you to join in now. I loved watching the entries.

I managed to buy an rtx 3060 at msrp from best buy this morning. I wont be able to pick it up until next week but I'm already super hyped. I have a gt 710 in my computer so this is a massive upgrade for me. I currently render stuff from blender on my cpu because the 710 is that bad. Faster render times are going to help a lot with any 3d animations I make. Its a shame I couldn't get one sooner because I have to render an animation for the animation jam right now.

I don't have any other news really, I just wanted to share my excitement. :)

I was working on an animated short in December and I was only considering uploading it to youtube. On the 24th (the day I posted my animation) I happened to see someone talking about newgrounds on twitter. I was actually surprised because I thought it was long dead, but I took a look and immediately realized that I had to upload here. It's just nice to know that I get guaranteed views if I post something here. Its a real change of pace for me. It was awesome to get even a little bit of feedback on my work and I'm inspired to keep creating because of it.

So yeah, I'm new and I plan on being more active here. It will probably be a while before I finish another video project because life responsibilities get in the way, but I'm hopeful that I can at least post a drawing every once in a while.

Anyways enough with the boring stuff, here's a little animation I made that I hope to clean and color someday.