Yo, what's up!

I've written a blog post on my website (and yes, I'm back to updating that) about 2023, recapping everything that happened on it, and giving some thanks to a few people in there, if by any chance you're interested, go give a check on RootPain.com, my website, or just click the link below, my website is very cool, I promise!

Either way, happy decemberween

I'll see you next year!

https://rootpain.com/blog/pages/personal/junes2023recap.html

THAT'S RIGHT FOOL, I'M BACK WITH MORE

I HAVE A NEW COOL UPDATE

NEW SECTION, NEW CHRISTMAS THEME, NEW THINGS(???)

IT'S REALLY FUCKING COOL AND YOU SHOULD CHECK IT OUT

CHECK RootPain.com AND LEAVE A MESSAGE ON THE GUESTBOOK NOW NOW NOWWW

https://rootpain.com/

It's really hard to know what to say at times like these

I haven't been exactly active in here per se, I have been around, interacting here and there, liking art, maybe a comment or another, but that's about it. So when I got the notification that I was selected to be the user of the day, it blew my fucking mind.

I know User Of The Day is mostly random, but I do feel like in a way, it's deserved

I've been around here for quite a while, even before this current account was made, I've been sticking with NG for my whole life, and after getting my first frontpage with the last art piece I've made, getting User Of The Day almost feels like closing the book with one last trophy, it feels pretty good.

I have to thank everyone that has supported me through these years, and the friends I've made on this community

I've met some of the nicest and coolest people out there, and I'm lucky to be friends with so many cool and talented people, and I don't think I'd be where I am if not for them.

(This post originally had a bunch of stupid garbage in it, so I made you the favor and edited it out, no need to thank me.)

I updated a few pages, improved optimization and how the code is handled between multiple pages

And added more fanart and people to the fanart page

Anyhow, give it a check, byeee!

https://rootpain.com/index.html

https://rootpain.com/downloads/pages/games/littlefighter2.html

Yes, I'm finally updating this thing again

And currently I'm implementing new sections at the Downloads Section, and today I'm bringing you a new game I'm particularly fond of, Little Fighter 2

It's a pretty good game, and you should definitely try it

But the main point is; I'm back, baby

Either way, give it a check, please

See you soon.

Kept you waitin' huh?

It's been a while since I've done one of these, but that's mostly because my life is a tad boring at certain points

But man, this month has been anything but

First of all, I turned 22 on July 3rd

We had a barbecue at my work, and it was pretty fun, but that's mostly it, not much has changed besides that

Second, I've been back to doing art, and somehow, I've been doing really well

In fact, I've been fucking killing it all things considered

One day I just decided to pick up my pen and tablet again, and BAM, complete artstyle change, and somehow I'm

making cool looking shit

I've made this piece based on a song I've been listening religiously recently, and I thought it fitted with my character pretty well, so I made an edgy piece, both as a tribute to the song, and as an experiment with this new artstyle I'm experimenting, and I really like how this piece ended up looking

And today, I made this, which is a piece to showcase the design for one of my characters of my yet-to-be-released webcomic, The Elemental Twins, which is something that's been in the makings for about a decade now, and although I initially planned to abandon this piece entirely since I wasn't digging how it was shaping up, I hercules'd through it, and the end result really satisfies me. I'm glad I actually sat down to finish it, this, alongside the piece I've made yesterday are some of the coolest things I've made thus far, and I want to continue to try and make more of these, and if possible, draw the rest of the Twins aswell, and get the webcomic finally out there instead of just leaving it on the backburner/concept hell, so yeah, big plans all around

Lastly, I'm working with my good friend @yokucasper in making a game on Godot, with him handling the sprites and most of the art, while I handle things like UI designs and the programming part itself

Although things have slowed down considerably due to both him and me having awful weeks recently, I'm still slowly but surely getting back to it, and I do have some huge plans for it for the future

The image below is just a concept art, but you can get the idea.

Either way, wasn't the best of months, in actuality, it's been incredibly stressful, but I do admit, lots of good came from it aswell, and I don't plan to slow down any time soon (despite the fact every time I say this, I somehow dissapear every time without fail) so if you're a huge fan of RootPain (AKA June S. Sai (AKA Big Whiskey)) you'll probably have a good time

If you don't like me, or just outright hate me, too bad

You'll still see my face everywhere.

And before closing this, I gotta say; It's always fun to be around here, I've made some really good friends, made some stuff that some people seem to enjoy a ton, and it makes me pretty happy that people still haven't given up hopes on NG aswell, despite how bleak things may look from time to time

Keep doing your thing, and keep yourself real, not only for everyone else, but also yourself

If something is truly your passion, don't let the mediocrity of the world taint it.

Keep killing it

I'll see you around.

A few years ago, around 2010, I made my first Newgrounds account, and I mostly made it to be able to earn medals on the games I liked, I wasn't ever expecting to ever be a part of the community all things considered, mostly due to the fact I was an annoying kid with barely to nothing to offer, artistically or otherwise, but I always wondered if I could get featured on the site like all of the artists I used to look up to did

In 2020, I decided to rejoin Newgrounds once again

Now cut to 2023, and I've finally got that fabled frontpage I've dreamed for so long, but most importantly, I've met so many friends in here, I got to know pretty much everyone in here, and now I'm an actual part of the community that (for the most part) a lot of people seem genuinely fond of having around

I can't state how happy I am to have rejoined Newgrounds when I had the chance back in 2020

A lot of the reasons why my life is significantly better than it was back then was thanks for a lot of the people I met in here, some that I even used to be a big fan of before I actually had the chance to meet them personally (looking at you @staggernight), and the friends I've made in here helped me to stir me up in the right directions I should have been going to from the get go

@octo Introduced me to most of the people in here, and his first website inspired me to make my own, and in general, he's always been a good friend to me

@joe-mega was always a good friend to me, and a lot of his support towards my website endeavors made me want to continue to improve and pursuit to improve them

@staggernight has been a sincerely good friend through all the way, and the amount of nights we spent playing Dragon Ball FighterZ and making KaioKen jokes is something I always remember fondly off

and @beatumpop for just being around, ever since meeting him a year ago, I legitimately felt a light lit up inside me like I haven't felt in years, and this was enough to drive me to push myself harder just a little bit more, even when I was I sure I should have just given up

There's tons of others friends I haven't mentioned either, but you all know who you are, and you're all great as well

And for those who kept an eye on my things, either my website, or my Newgrounds, you're cool too

I'll forever be grateful for what this site and the people in here have done for me

But what now?

What's left for big me? (I'm not little anymore lol)

RootPain.com

That's what's left

All things considered, this is my passion project that's been building up for years now

Ever since I first found out about The Mystical Forest Zone when I was younger, I was obsessed with making

a website of my own as cool as TMFZ was, and recently, I got the chance to do just that

Being the spiritual successor of my first website, JuneSSai.com, RootPain.com is essentially a refined and fully realized version of everything I was trying to accomplish with my first website, and I think I did a pretty good job with it

I do plan on implementing more stuff into my website, like more downloads for free games, backgrounds, fonts, programs and other things, and I've implemented the Art Corner recently, and with the Blog Section being very near completion, it probably won't take long for me to do the same with the rest of the stuff too

It's not a profitable site, but I like making it, and if in the future, my website makes enough impact on someone to make them think about it years later, and make them go "I want to do that some day" just like The Mystical Forest Zone did to me back in the day, then it was all worth it

And lastly, I also want to say "I'm sorry" to a lot of the people that were unfortunate enough to have first interacted me a while ago around 2020-2021

I used to be very bitter about myself and my works, and instead of actually improving myself, I'd try to go out of my way to start shit with other people and make them feel bad instead by "fake criticizing" things others make, trying to pass bitterness off as criticism, and that's always a pathetic thing to do, there's a right way to do criticism, and this is not one of them, and I'm sorry, and I hope if we stumble upon each other again, that we might meet under better circumstances

Either way, that's it for the most part

I told you all I never dissapear for good, and you'd see from me again

If you hate that or not, that's up to you, tho

Stay strong, we'll see each other soon.

I never dissapear.

RootPain is coming back

Brace yourselves, you all will hate it.

https://rootpain.com/downloads/pages/doomwads/rootpain.html

You thought it was over? No, there's always more.

I've finished the Downloads seciton and I plan to implement more things into the site soon, I was just taking a long break and I've been really tired and busy over work, but I'm definitely still working on it

Give it a check if you can, please, it's a cool website.

https://rootpain.com/downloads/pages/doomwads/rootpain.html

Holy shit, how long have I gone without doing one of these in here?

I usually leave these for my website, but since I'm still reimplementing the Blog Section into it, I'll stick this into Newgrounds for now

We're only four months into 2023, but it already feels like an eternity, because so much has happened in such a small amount of time, and fortunately, most of it being really good things

First of all; I've got a job!

That's right, at the beginning of this year, I started living by myself, although I didn't had a job to afford much, so I had to preserve money as much as I could so I could realistically survive and pay bills, but somewhere around mid january I've started working full time on a newspaper factory, and my life quality has improved dramatically, not only because being able to support for yourself is everything, but also over the fact that the work itself is very easy and fun, with a lot of the people in there being really nice and fun to work with, they're so nice that at times they cover my shift so I can sleep for a while at work

The second thing that really is cementing this year as a really good one aswell; I've finally got around to redesign my website

It took me months, but I've finally went ahead and did it, and the results couldn't make me happier

Although my first website was pretty decent visually, structurally and code-wise, it was pretty dogshit, and I took my time to make things not only look and function better, but to also get the chance to make things look a little bit more professional now since I've honed my skills a lot ever since my first website, and the way things came out makes me so proud, it's one of the few things that I made that I can say is objectively good, and although updates are slow as of now since I'm taking a breather due to work being incredibly demanding of me as of right now since I have to cover one of my coworkers shift over him being on vacation, there's still more to come, and I haven't given up on updating it at all, so please, give it a check if you can, and maybe even support me while you're ahead!

https://rootpain.com/

And third, which is the most recent thing; The Newgrounds Dreamcast Collab!

...Alright, it's the Kill Moushley collab, but we thought naming it The Dreamcast Collab just for it to be five minutes of a meme mouse getting killed would be funny

My entry on that collab was rushed and weak, no doubt, but just being able to participate on something like this made me so happy

Being around on Discord while we saw each other working on our entries was legitimately really fun, and seeing everything come together and seeing how people reacted to it was so exciting

We didn't expect much reaction since it's just a joke collab, but the response towards it couldn't have been better.

The collab was incredibly successful, and a lot of the people seemed to enjoy what we did, even if some people got really angry at it just because it existed, but going through all the comments, seeing people confused, angry, happy and overall just enjoying it for what it was left me so happy, and some people even enjoyed my admitelly weak bit, and it really made my week

I'm still getting new people following my account, and knowing that someone out there enjoyed this little thing I made with some friends makes me really happy

In general, I'm really lucky to have so many good friends around me, and I'm really happy on how I find myself in life right now despite the turbulence here and there

A while ago, I was friends with people that didn't even like me, people that really couldn't give less of a shit of how I'd find myself in if they hadn't something to leech out of me, and now, I'm friends with a lot of fun and talented people that I could always count with if push came to shove, a while ago, I couldn't even bring myself to do anything, neither draw, code, or anything of sorts, but seeing my friends work and having the chance at working alongside them gave me a burst of inspiration that I hadn't had in a while, with me eventually making my website, then going back to art, and now, even attempting animation (even though my entry was barely animated lmaoooo), all thanks for the few people that hang around with me

My life isn't the best, not by a long shot, but I've reached a point in life in which I can say confidently; I'm happy

Good friends, semi-decent living conditions, being completely independent, and having a creative drive again, it's all I could ask for.

I'll keep making art, I'll keep updating my website, I'll try to make new things, and I'll even try my hands at animation again, eventually, but I just wanted to take a moment to say thanks to everybody, including this entire community

Either you're new, or old here, the people in here have been nothing but cool to me, even when I absolutely didn't deserve it, and the fact I had the chance to know and befriend so many of you makes me extremely happy, and I wouldn't have it any other way

Either way, I'll go sleep for a little bit more before I have to head to work

And despite everything, this has been a pretty good week, and thus far, a pretty good year

So let's try and keep it that way

It's been real fun, and I hope to see you all again soon

Check my website, it's real good, I promise you

And thank you.

Big Winner

-RootPain