Hey friends, it's been a while.

Happy holidays, new years and all that! I hope you all did great and were with your loved ones during the holidays.

As the new year starts, I wanna give another update on how stuff has been.

Twitter Complications

Recently, I've been on and off about using Twitter/X. I said I was gonna quit it, then I came back.

But now, it feels a lot different. The climate there already felt very hostile and unwelcoming with how people behaved there, but recently it feels like it's being take to an extreme.

I probably will stick around on that website to check on some of my buds. But fact is, I won't post art there again.

The new policies about the block feature make me really uncomfortable about posting art there. It doesn't feel like it's worth it in the end.

State of my art

Something that depresses me is how little art I've been putting out these last three years. With 2024 having a pretty low amount of art made. While part of the reasons on why are because of real life and college getting in the way. It's also cuz I feel like I'm a bit too slow at drawing. And I'm currently trying to find methods to speed things up (just to be clear, I'm not talking about using AI or plagiarizing). I also want to motivate myself more. Just to clarify, I don't want to overwork myself or anything like that. I just want my time spent with art a bit more effectively. And that I draw enough so I can get most of my ideas out.

I'm also a bit disappointed in myself in not reaching some of my goals last year. I did want to spend more time with backgrounds and experiment with other stuff. But I didn't get the motivation (and definetely not the time) to do it, sadly. Hopefully I can organize my time better this year and accomplish all of it.

Note about Commissions

Last post I've said I struggled with getting ANY art out because of moving elsewhere, and because of a stomach desease I had. Thankfully, that's all been taken care of for now. And commission work is going smoothly.

If anyone is interested to be added to the queue, I'm currently open for them. Info is in my profile.

That's all the important stuff. Thanks to everyone for sticking around, and checking on what I'm up to.

I barely say stuff like that. But I'm really grateful for my fanbase, as small as it is. And I'm proud of the long way I've come as an artist! I still need to do some stuff before I get things in order. But I hope that this year I can achieve all my goals and be more ambitious with what I create.

Take care, everyone!

Hey friends, it's been a while.

I feel like I've been a bit quieter these past few weeks, and there's good reason for that which I'll explain later. For now, here's all the stuff I wanna update y'all on.

Staying on Twitter?

A couple months ago I said I'd leave Twitter, and for a while I did just that. But I eventually came back to post my art and interact there again. I've decided that even if it's an awful, dying website I should at least keep using it so I could stay updated on some mutuals of mine. Of course that doesn't mean I'll keep mainly using Newgrounds and Tumblr, because those two are still my main platforms for art. And eventually I also wanna use Tumblr for blogging stuff since it's really good for that. It could be good for talking about my interests and stuff.

I do feel a bit of shame for being one of those people who is like "urgh, I'm leaving twitter for good!" and then like... keep using it. I guess it's just something that happens. But if you're not like those people and don't use twitter, you can follow me here, my Tumblr, and bluesky, which can be found on my Linktree.

Where's the Art? (And my commissions!)

I'm just gonna be honest here, this past month has NOT been good for my art. I've barely got any time to do any progress on art.

Last month I had to do a lot of preparation so I could move to another state, and I also started to deal with a stomach disease that I'm still trying to recover from as of writing this. Thankfully I could move safely and without much issue, but I left all my desk equipment on the old house. So this means I'm gonna have to take some time to getting all that stuff back, and getting to finally work on a space that's comfortable again.

I wouldn't feel so guilty about the lack of progress if I didn't have a lot of commissions to do still. I really want to get to finishing them, but right now it's just not possible.

Future of this account

If it wasn't clear before, I'm pretty much on a hiatus right now and there's nothing I can really do about it besides just waiting. I'm pretty upset about it to say the least. 

If one thing's for sure, once I get all the stuff I need and I'm finally able to draw again I'll get on finishing those commissions ASAP, and DMing the respective commissioners when progress is made on them. Once again, I'm very sorry for the silence, and all the hold-ups with the commissions. These last couple of weeks have been hard and I'm very tired.

That's everything for now.

Hey friends, it's Astro.

It's time for another update, as I got some news.

Astro's got a BlueSky Account now

I'm gonna be honest, I never intended on joining Bluesky. The app is still in early development, and doesn't have the same sustainability that Tumblr or NewGrounds have. Despite that, I surprisingly got an invite code I forgot I asked for a couple months ago.

So here it is, my Bluesky account.

Go follow it if you'd like. Despite everything I said, I am a bit active on it now. The community is pretty supportive there (specially compared to Twitter/X).

Commissions are OPEN once again!

Starting today, I am once again opening Commissions. This time I'm going back to hosting them through PayPal. And I tried to price them a bit fairly, so I don't charge too much and also don't get my income eaten up by PayPal.

Later today I'll drop the details on another post so you guys can check it out.

That's all I gotta say for now.

Hey friends, Astro here.

I wanted to do a quick update to keep you guys posted on what I'm doing right now.

Today I have officially retired from Twitter/X.

This comes from two main reasons:

1- The multibillionare currently running it is, quite frankly a f***ing moron. And every change they make to the site makes me feel like shit for starting to use it in the first place, and makes the site harder to use for artists unless you're paying for Twitter Blue or trying to climb through the algorithm.

2- The community is incredibly toxic, I see harassment of innocent people on the daily. Specially those who are queer or neurodivergent. But the real deal-breaker for me is the art community. It's grown toxic to a point where I feel anxiety and insecurity every time I'm about to post new art, and I don't really wanna deal with that anymore.

Now, am I gonna fully shut down my Twitter? No. But I'm not gonna use it for anything besides "lurking", or talking to mutuals through DM's.

So what happens next?

I don't plan on leaving NewGrounds anytime soon, of course. I always idealized this website as my main platform anyways.

But this also means that my online art will exclusively be posted here. Alongside my Tumblr. and Instagram. Which you can find in here.

As well that I'm probably gonna be posting less (like I'm not already doing that lol) so I can try to figure out what type of content I wanna be making online.

That's all I gotta say for now.

Hey guys, it's Astro.

I just wanted to make a new post here since I haven't done one in a while.

Thanks to everyone for supporting me during all this time! I'm glad I'm able to put out art that people consistently like.

I'll make sure to not disappoint with this years art!

That's all I gotta say for now. The year is only getting started, and I'm excited for the projects I'm planning to work on for it!