Hey everyone! BEATUM HERE!!!!! Been a while, i thought it'd be neat to let anyone interested know where i've been and what i've been up to through this impromptu thread i felt like writing on my twitter. there's some images and stuff added here and there as well mostly to keep things coherent and also show a bit of what i'm talking about, which i didn't do in the og posts. with that said, i wont go much deeper on any of these ideas or characters, at least not for now! enjoy!

(Lifted straight from my thread on twitter, stitched together for your reading comfort <3)

i'll be posting doodles again soonish, and more-- apologies for absense as alwayss, weird times, i'm working a lot on my own projects (made huge progress all throught this year alone on Caira One) and i find the stuff i'm doing is not that worth sharing as of now... stuff like very rough concepts, character designs, nothing final and pretty to like, show to people outside of friends and stuff like that yknow? but i'm thinkin' maybe it'd be cool to share with you guys as well, why not! so YEAH!

i've been having fun! i'm also somewhat scared to ruin this like, ball i've managed to keep rolling if that makes sense. so we'll see how much i do share and all that. there's a bit of a fear of expectation that'll probably come from it, so it's something i'm still figuring out! Caira for those who know is a character that has become especially dear to me as i've been working and reworking her story behind the scenes since early 2021, i wanna really get this right!

i've also been writing a lot! that's been awesome, i've never been very good at writing but i feel this year i've really started to lean into that and finally everything is sort of falling into place, i find i struggle with something and i can overcome it, which wasn't the case years ago.

uhh but yeah!! the year's ending soon and i guess i got a lotta things to say, i've taken a huge step back from posting and i've sorta adapted to that (i've had to switch to this style due to being genuinely too busy and burnt out to finish illustrations!) and it's been actually working out in my favor in a way, because i'm chipping away at the story of Caira in a meaningful way now instead of just throwing ideas and getting frustrated nothing stuck. i feel i have something to say now.

anyway i'm sorta rambling now haha, basically goin thru things still, not any less busy than i was last year but now managing way better. i got lots of nice and cool friends that make me laugh and smile. life's not too bad! i wont stop creating things ever! so with all this said thanks for all the bits of love thru the years y'know, it means a ton for a small time fella like me.,.. i hope to share more of what i love doing and i hope all of you sticking by can connect with it in some way. that's what it's all about.

these crazy times have made me change a lot. i don't think anything was lost, but it's like yknow, you grow, evolve, you're different in the way that sorta shapes who you're gonna be in the following years. i definitely wanna do a lot more for the people around me, as well as the people i'll probably never get to meet face to face in my life. i think this is what i want to do with my life, be it through art or other ways, i wanna help people and make them realize the time they have is in fact worthwhile. i'm getting emotional now but y'know, it's hard out there. it's easy to lose hope, easy to feel powerless, easy to be complacent. sometimes you're so tired you just wanna crawl in a hole until it all gets better. idk if it does, you will always go through painful things, and that's okay. don't close yourself off from the world. welcome those experiences with open arms and that way you'll always bounce back.

...anyway!!! if i keep going i wont stop and i gotta eat soon hahaha-- closing thoughts, be safe, take care of the people you love, don't fall into numbness, or apathy, for that matter. we're all whole human beings, with our own things going on, and in my humble opinion...

every one of us matters. see you around!!!!

THOUGHTS.........

So! Christmas rolls around and a new year comes out. How fun is that, 2024 in a few days! This News Post is gonna be a ROLLERCOASTER and a HALF so get a drink, i'd appreciate it if you read all the way through and checked out all the artists i mention x). Now i usually tend to be all jokey jokey and ha ha's but i'd like to take a second to get kinda real, it's a little heavy maybe,. I know this year was awful for a lot of reasons, very big ongoing stuff too, you know what i'm talking about. I'm not really scared to bring up the current genocide of Palestinian people because others feel it brings the mood down or something, i think the least we can do is acknowledge it's happening as we're all safe in our homes eating with our loved ones during the holidays, because these people can't have that. If you're sick and tired of hearing it, well, y'know, haha. Go fuck yourself LOL NO ANYWAY that's all, my intention isn't really to tell you how to spend these times and come off condescending doing so or whatever, but that i myself am thankful for what i have, now more than ever. Corny? maybe, i don't care. It felt weird not to mention here as it's a part of my life as well, and i'd rather stay true to myself than not make some people uncomfortable i guess.

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Despite everything, this year was one of the best i've had probably. I was really scared about my art output all the way through but honestly i don't hate not being as present online anymore, it's taken a lot but i think i'm finally taking things easy, or easy-er if you know what i mean haha, i definitely would love to be more active next year but it's not a priority right now. This year was jam packed with new experiences, met so many nice wonderful people, made new friends as well.... overall i don't have much to be sad about, bad things come and go. so do people, i've learned. But that's okay too, things happen and we move on like always. Crying is good. Feeling stuff out and talking to your loved ones is good. Being vulnerable is hard but worth it with the right person or people. I love my mom and my friends. Some of you have gone through everything with me and i genuinely could not be more thankful for everything, i want to give back. For you to feel that, if only the littlest bit of it. I'd be lost without you. I never thought i'd be at a point in my life where i can genuinely say from the heart, that i am loved and cared for. I *know this was always the case, but now i *feel it. Seriously thank you so much for sticking by, i want to spend all my life with you. Love u guyz

Shoutouts!

Urgh ANYWAY enough tearing up ay....... lets get to the good stuff.................heh, so. I want to show you some people. Artists i really love and that are worth checking. Part of that giving back thing i'm feeling ig haha, but really do give these people a follow, they make cool stuff. Let's start off with someone who 100% deserves more eyes on:

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ChiliChapters !!! If we're talking underrated we start HERE cus THIS DUDE MAKES SUCH BANGER ART that is imo being TOTALLY SLEPT ON!!!!!!!!!! Chili's bits of worldbuilding and characters for his upcoming manga Pinup Monster are so so awesome and honestly inspiring to me as i'd love to make something of this scope in the future. I'm a huge fan of this rendering style he's adopted for some pieces where it looks like copic markers, very pleasant and quite an unique look if i do say so muself.

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IvySnyder! LISTEEEEEN TO THIS... WHAT!!! Ivy has this like insane ability to only make good music..? Like how's that happen,?? I like the tone she sets in her music, sometimes it's really kinda unnerving and cold but other times like in this EP it's something more welcoming and positive i feel, though you'd find there's always cool rhythms going on, very dancey fun stuf with LOTS OF ENERGY but also with an underlying dark introspective vibe goin on heh...... somehow Ivy currently sits at 200 songs posted yet only 94 followers so let's balance things out YEA?!

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Wilieu. U can't really talk about cool music without bringing homegirl up........ i'm being fr if you're a longtime beatumhead you've likely noticed Wilieu's name come up here and there throught the years.,, That's cus Erin is probably one of the coolest people alive at the moment and i say this very very SERIOUSLY JUST LISTEN BRO GRR a few months ago she released her new album Fall-Between and it's full of LIFE. IMMERSIVE WORLDS. WEIRD SOUNDS. MELODIES ABOUND. GIVE HER SOME LOVE !!

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Jremby! the man of the hour. Creator of THE BIG DANCE,... might've heard of it.... jremby's constant grind will make you go HOLY SMOKES as you'll soon find bro's working on stuff left and right, cool projects all around. I wanna see him reach even higher heights. Give him love !!! Sidenote; also an incredibly chill guy :) ! That's always a plus i think.

FINALE

That's it that's the end of the news post weehee!!! These are just a few friends cus i've been writing this for hours and i'm tired and hungry but again pls check out my favs cus there's tons of small accounts that deserve love and stuff....... no more typing for today! i wish you all happy holidays ^^ thank you for giving me your time, as always.

As for the future of BEATUMPOP INC. Expect NOTHING because i'M OUTTIE !!!! JOKES BUT REALLY UERRMM DON'T EXPECT MORE CONSISTENT UPLOADS CUS I CAN'T PROMISE IT WILL HAPPEN HEHE. Pls text me if you got anything to show me or just wanna chat i'm always down for that :) anyway sorry i'm the guy that goes bye bye and then keeps talking into your ear for hours so i'll stop now! cya around, much love !!

i know i said in my previous post that i should go outside and whatever, i've not been doing that. well i have but not really, i've been obsessing over getting shit done for real, and it's been eating at me slowly i feel. i hate making a post when i'm not in a good mood, but the truth is i feel like this almost anytime i sit down to try and get an illustration done and i truly am starting to hate it, and hating myself for it. everything outside of the online world is good, great even. work is going great, i'm not struggling in school, i'm actually talking to people and i overall just feel as happy as ever, i truly feel at the top of my game right now, i genuinely love living, i like challenging myself and learning and showing people i'm competent and i don't know, right now everything is just really clicking, i feel like i'm really learning where my strenghts lie this year and also what i'm really bad at, and i want to improve badly, in some ways i am, but not in every aspect. i am unable to have fun making art. i don't know what happened, i know i said it last post too, but it really is kind of concerning to me; i can't get anything done. i know it's a thing that happens with artists but i've never struggled this badly with this ever, it's like i've run out of ideas. i can think of stuff to draw, sure, but the desire is not there. that's what everything i've made relied on, i want to draw that idea. doodling and sketching is fine, but i can't sit down to finish an illustration, i get too stressed. nothing is good enough now. it's really bizarre because i feel like i've been improving quite a bit these past few months but for some reason it just doesn't come together for me. i don't feel anything positive, everything feels wrong. and some days it's like i've gone backwards, not dynamic enough, need cleaner lines, boring color palette, no emotions, i don't get it. i feel like i'm missing something and that it's really obvious, surely i need a breather, but it's way way way easier said than done. drawing is all i really *do*, if that makes sense, all of my skills revolve around creating in some shape or form, and it's not something i can really turn off or stop thinking about, it's a huge part of my every day life. i have sketchbooks everywhere, and even then my brain is always thinking up something when it can. i've been enjoying not having time to think about my stories and designs recently, i really like being busy sometimes because it means all the noise gets turned off for the majority of my day. i'm not the most organized person and even my thoughts get messy, it gets annoying and overwhelming to the point i get really frustrated and can't function properly. i really have been trying, maybe too hard. i'm out of ideas. it's hard to discern what i need and want, i just know something isn't right. i'm really sleepy too so this aint a good time to think haha.... i think i need to concentrate more but i'm not sure anymore. i'm lacking direction, i am doing everything but not really anything either and maybe that's what's been killing me. i've been planning to get out a short animation this whole year pretty much so maybe i'll officially start production on it soon and only do that. i legit want to make this too so it'll probably be easier for me. i'm not taking a break, it's not time yet, but i'm not gonna destroy myself because of this so don't worry, i'll try to work smart. i'll see you soon, thanks for reading this

What's up beatumheads, it is i, beatum original, with news to post. As you may have noticed i've only posted 1 (one) new art piece since last month's news. That sucks don't it, that sucks real bad. Ooh oh, stinks of poopy, you think to yourself. Real mature. I hear your plea, little ones, and all your questions will be answered at the end of this news post. Let's begin.

actually, lets start with hi, hello, hope you're doing well:) i've uh, been alright! my computer stopped working around the start of the month (all good now) and i've been struggling a bit with art block recently. school is going good, job is job yknow, highs and lows but i'm getting paid i guess. i've not been up to much outside of that, honestly. well, i have but not successfully. anyway it really isn't all doom and gloom, i'm just sad i'm not adapting fast enough to my new schedules and stuff, especially with how quickly this month went, feels weird, like i'm wasting time, even though i'm not really. i'm not exactly sure what i'm gonna do about all this just yet. i think i'll take june easy for a bit, not a hiatus, just gotta stop stressing about not posting art and stuff like that, go out and live a little instead of being so hyper focused on the internet world would also do my head good.

also! username change, BeatumPopcorn is no more, say hello to the new and improved Beatumpop. i've been meaning to do this for quite a bit now, like since 2019 haha, the reasons may seem a bit silly but i simply don't like how long and silly it sounds when spoken outloud and also i don't even like popcorn all that much. sorry for being a fake popcorn fan this whole time. but yeah idk it's not a huge change, but i personally like it better :) thx tom fulp.

that's all for now, see you later fellow human!

so! monthly news post! we're doing this, i didn't forget, just got extremely busy!!!! quite a bit happened this month and most of it is not art related at all so i'll try to make it short (key word "try"), but first, i got an idea to start every one of these with a song or something, just to have some fun with it and set the mood or whatever y'know, maybe you'll like a few, or completely hate my tastes :) enjoy!

i'll start by saying i pretty much got no new illustrations finished since april 1st. remember how in last month's news post i was all like oh yeah i've been making an effort to post recently idk if you've noticed and i'll be doing this and that this year and whatever, WELL immediately after that i went back into school and in that same week i got my first job! so not a bad reason to slow down with everything a bit :P so far it's been pretty demanding and time consuming but really really gratifying if i'm honest. it's been a tiny bit hard adjusting to this change of lifestyle though, like, going from not doing anything for all of last year to now studying and working all of a sudden, it's kind of a big jump! but god, if i'm not fucking excited for life right now, i'm genuinely so pumped to be like, DOING THINGS outside of art, i feel like an actual adult haha, and i love moving around and being active and like troubleshooting at work and whatever, plus my peers at school are all people older than me so it's a super relaxed and focused learning environment. it is kind of a shame i'm having such trouble finding time for art right now, but i'm sure i'll have an easier time managing everything as the year goes on, i'll have to, i'm not giving up on anything just cus of this unexpected yet welcomed change of plans, that's life! and i'm ready to take on anything!!

that said..! i um do need to dial it back a bit i think, i've been made aware i can get a bit intense when it comes to "taking on anything" aaahaha so y'know, i'll be doing stuff, but the smart and healthy way so i don't burn out and die or something :) i'm sure my heart will appreciate it so i'll keep that in mind! also i haven't gotten my eyes checked yet but it seems i gotta wear glasses to some capacity too as much as i don't want to admit it haha, i'll see how that goes. get it?

in other news, this account turned what, like 5 years old yesterday? that's kinda neat! i would say it feels like it wasn't that long ago but honestly 2018 feels like it was three lifetimes ago for me. as an omnipotent being this may be hard to comprehend for some of you, so i understand if you are confused as to what i mean by this. anyway i don't have much to say about this except i still have those old art pieces up and i'm happy with how much better my current art is and how much cooler i am as a person nowadays, it's been a butterly smooth succesful journey with absolutely zero mistakes made along the way and i'm pretty close to being the pinnacle of human evolution rn basically so yeah once i reach the very top there'll be nothing left and i'll be completely unstoppable. that's all though, see ya! :D

news post alert! kinda wanna do one every month now just to kinda talk to you guys thru what i'm up to throught the year or whatever, would be cool looking back don't you think?

anyway!!! hope you're well, rn i'm just here to remind everyone that i have... a twitter! i know, try not to vomit all over my news post please, it's brand new. but yes, last time i brought it up was like two years ago and that's mostly because i'm to this day still bad at twitter etiquette and also i never posted anything hehe. why i bring it up now? because i want followers dummy of course!!! come on guys lets hit 650,001 followers no but seriously i bring it up rn just so you don't miss anything i draw! i've been making an effort to post more frequently this year and there's a few doodles and sketches over on my twitter that you might've missed, that's all :p it's also good for interacting with me! i always really enjoy seeing everyone's replies and reviews and i love recognizing familiar faces so yeah.

this is the part of the news post where i get sentimental for a bit, ahem... joking but no i really appreciate all the bits of support and encouraging words from everyone, i just feel very grateful recently, you've all been super nice and i'm looking forward to seeing what you think of the projects i'm making this year. i hope i don't seem like i'm all talk and no action rn haha it's just kinda awkward for me to show things that are nowhere near completion, i guess i'll make a teeny tiny exception for now though:

this is some concept art for the protagonist of a short animation i'm making, awakening (placeholder title). i hope you like this little robot fella, i'm personally really happy with this design as weird as it is, but that's all i'll say about this for now :) see you around!

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Today is my birthday <:) i'm 20 years old now! I dont have bday art but i wanted to make this post anyway. I wish everyone has a good day today, i hope i do too. Thanks for everything so far, i wanna do a lot of things this year so look forward to it, pls hold me accountable if by december i don't have a major project out haha.

Last year wasn't great in a lot of ways, i haven't mentioned it anywhere before but i pretty much dropped out of school and then sort of hid in my own little cave afraid of the outside world, and to an extent, having to grow up. I didn't make a 2022 recap because i was mostly depressed and ashamed if i'm honest, all i did was draw, and i did improve tons, but if i had planned from the start to study and practice art i would probably be way ahead of where i am currently, though i guess that doesn't really matter. A lot of bad stuff happened, hardest for me being the death of my cat Jorgito, which happened at the tail end of 2022, on december 24th. I was extremely close to my cat and i really miss him, he was a big part of my everyday life and i'd feel weird not mentioning him here. It's hard to bring up even now, but i'm okay and every day it's easier. I appreciate all my friends for being there for me.

Right now i'm the most passionate and focused about creating than i've ever been in my life, and i think it's only because of what i went through last year, it has to get bad before it gets better right? I'm excited for the future and i'm going to really try my gosh darn hardest to achieve these goals for once. I want to make the people around me proud. I want to show my family i can actually do this. Commit, finish projects, start projects! Nothing is going to stop me, not even me, and i'm REALLY good at that. It's gonna be tough but i don't care anymore, i am hungry damnit i need a good challenge!

This is my year. Yup, i'm gonna put that pressure on myself and you can't stop me! You'll sit, and watch...and wait (pls be patient haha) because it's all or nothing!!! Fuck you WORLD!!!

Wow that escalated! Until next time! Love you guys fr and love NG and Tom and all of you that create and inspire. Cya later!

Btw!!! if you guys haven't seen this i did an art trade with @ChiliChapters some time during the holidays :) i drew his character Fondant and he drew Caira super duper cute check it out yes be good give him love! !! !

Hi peoples, i dont expect a lot of you to drop a comment, but quick lil post- i'm wondering what you would like to see more of from me next year :P be it fan art or more original stuff, what do you prefer? What made you interested in my art in the first place?

Obvs i'm not gonna stick to one or the other, but i wanna hear your thoughts either way, if you have any

Hello everyone s:) hope ur well, i wanted to make a little news post about my dear friend Wilieu who just dropped a sick album earlier today! I had nothing to do with the making of it, but i like it and recommend you give it a listen, especially if you're into fun and weird ambient experimental music, or if you just like supporting (bandcamp) cool people (her), which automatically makes you cool as well i think.

Anyway that's all! you can check it here on NG or youtube :)

here's a doodle!!!! thank you for your time