THIS IS SO COOL WHAT? WHAT? ? AAAAAH!! ??? ??? Dude !!?

I'm struggling to say anything at all i'm sorry but this is just so cool i literally like have nothing prepared cuz i thought it was gonna be a bit longer till i reached one thousand y'know?! This is honestly crazy THANK YOU all so, so much. Wow. It's so weird seeing that I'm now at a number i'd see people i looked up to BE AT, like idk how to explain it- it's weird!!!

Can i now say i'm officially KINDA known on this site by sheer presence haha, like maybe 10% known cuz i still pretty much don't go out of my way to interact with anyone hahaha i've been living full on hermit style just doing ART!!!1

I'm so blown away by this, i don't mean to get relatable or anything but it's so hard to come to terms with the fact my art is liked sometimes, i probably don't show it much through the kind of stuff i've been posting lately but i've been trying really hard to push myself as much as i can to improve as much as i possibly can, and well, sometimes you over do it! You start talking to yourself very negatively and feeling like you need to rush and be the very best NOW, when, y'know, you don't need to. Life's hard enough. Sometimes, it's nice to let validation get to you like this.

There's so much i could go on about right now haha but i think i'm just going to leave it at thank you, again. It genuinely means so much to me, even when i don't realize it, and i'm really happy to have newgrounds to post anything/everything i want to make and all that. It's crazy to think i've visited this site for so many years before making this account, and i'm now part of it's community :P I mentioned i don't interact much with people, but i feel like i can, if you get what i mean. Even not directly talking to anyone, i feel welcome, and supported, and inspired by everyone. There's just this deep sense of belonging here, and maybe that's mostly nostalgia talking, but i dunno. I hope Tom knows just how much he's achieved with this site, and how much it's helped people achieve their own goals. It's all very cool. One of these days, when i have money, i'm definitely giving back to newgrounds 100% lolz. Until then, well, i hope you keep enjoying my art and stuff <:) u r all very cool, keep creating.

See ya!

Hello :) !

I'm not dead and I'm NOT gonna apologize for lack of activity cuz I feel I do a variation of that every news post and it's time for a SHAKE UP! YEAH!

Now let me ramble! I've been taking the month easy y'know, playing some Metroid Fusion and LOTS of Hyper Light Drifter. I've never actually beaten Fusion before but I've played thru HLD a trillion times and this time I'm going full completionist mode B) gonna try to get everything I can or irl die trying. It's also my first time playing Chrono Trigger ever and so far it's pretty fun!

It's not all fun and games though. Except it is. It's been only fun and games.

I've been working away at this little game idea for this past month, working on designs and sprites and all that good stuff. I used to be super into making sprite animations when I was a kid and it's been really fun and refreshing to start again :) I actually got Godot to MAKE the GAME MYSELF but you can probably guess how that's going LOL. My coding knowledge is only so VAST. I'm gonna be looking for a PROGRAMMER soon maybe, but the responsibility is kinda scary if you know what I mean. Don't mean to sound like I don't know what I'm doing, but I really don't know what I'm doing :P someone smarter than me is probably thinking right now I should save this project for later and start helping my fellow Newgrounders on THEIR game ideas to get a feel for what's it like working with a team, and that someone is probably right! When I think of doing that though I do have that stupid voice at the back of my head telling me whatever I make is not gonna be good enough. TBH that voice can probably shut up and DIE. I wanna learn! Gonna work for ppl and then make ppl work for ME because I am EVIL!

Oh also! Birthday coming up, turning 19 on the 12th :) Every year I get closer to death's sweet embrace...

YIKES

Some character concept art and tiny outdated sprites just for u

Also I was working on this Ritz for Pixel Day but I got too carried away with the game thing. I could finish this still but I thought why not share!

Anyway that's pretty much it, g'bye! Hit me up if you wanna

people of newground. christmas is now (tomorrow) and i would like to yoink this beautiful moment out of your stubby little hands to tell you about something almost as cool as santa claus. Me,.,

story begin: any way the story begin like any other in way that no more than less a year or so agos (less), when young boy whos is name is BeatumPopcorn once was not but and now is., due to damage in brain now boy art when no art no come no boy no sad when boy don't. this cause boy to die. boy say hello? where are you? ...but no respond. suddenly, boy die again, but in cool way. boy is bitcrushed into thrid dimention where god of hell destroy bone soul and eat flesh of boy, yummy yummy in my tummy, say god of hell. boy say ouch my bone when boy touch feel rib cage gone. laughter.., oh me NOT happy for this! takes out me take shutgun to murder kill cyber god of hyper hell and eat IS flesh instead of my.,,, blood .now i a ma am power of god and hell at same time i go to earth dimention one and story start all over... heh... it is cool you see, like story of re-birthing...... THE END

ANYWAY ???

apart from writing that stupid nonsense i wanted to make this news post to get real and thank yall for the support this year! i probably say it too much but it really is the nicest thing seeing people enjoy my art, especially OC stuff which you can notice i've posted more of these past couple days. so yeah, thanks! it means a lot

now apart from that and praising NG for always being the coolest site ever ever, i got nothing else to add really :) you know how it is, this year stank outside of creating and posting here, i'm sure many artists relate, so i hope all goes well in your life.. nener giv.e up...,,, stay determin.ate.d. eat health,y..

that's it CYA

Hey! Sorry for the lack of drawings, I've been very very unmotivated and stressed but I am tryyyying :,) anyway I'm not here to cry like a little poo poo BABY or whatevER just letting yall know that, even though I probably shouldn't, I feel pretty gosh darn bad about posting so little recently! And that hopefully I'll get some october monsters out before the end of the month AND lotsa drawings before end of the year! Which now that i'm typing it I realize JEEZ just how fast this year went by that's NUTS! 2022... That's like the future. Those are future numbers. Damn. Wow.

ANYWAY in the meantime enjoy some DOODLES yea you love those don't you

aloy

that's it CYA!!!

the end has begun

Been thinkin' i should try interacting with all of you stupid babies more often now that i have somewhat of an audience on NG that seems to enjoy my art (thank you for that, by the way)- I mean, not2brag, but we're almost at 700 fans! that's pretty nuts right- and i'm sure at least one of you will read this post, so this wont be a full on shot in the dark. beware, my 3rd news post ever. THE "UPDATE" POST.

Jokes aside idk why i'm talking like i have something important to say when really i just wanted to let u guys know i haven't forgotten about you all uvu i've got lots on the mind, so sorry if i seem to loose focus. newgrounds has become incredibly important to me, and reading your reviews and talking to people has been fun- i have cool stuff in the works, but who doesn't haha i'm always amazed by the creativity on this site, it's really inspiring. so happy to be a part of it

ANYWAY that's about all for now! looking forward to reading your reviews and all that, will keep pumping out drawings soon. TAKE CARE

EL PROLOGUE

WHAT'S UP BEATUMHEADS long time no see - anyone tell you you look really good today? uh huh uh huh yeah new dress? looks great on you SO hey I don't know if you've noticed (AWKWARDD) butttt I've beeen kinda dead these past couple weeks ! ... well not *DEAD* dead, still somewhat active (sad attempt to stay relevant) (that is a joke) BUT there have BEEN NO UPLOADS RECENTLY. WHAT IS UP WITH THAT huh??

PART 1

Long story short, art block. Long story long..... actually that's about it I can't seem to finish anything I work on, or even START, really. Pretty funny considering even when I wasn't uploading before I was STILL drawing EVERY single day. It's like in spiderman 2 when he loses his powers for a wee bit. Nowadays I can't even look at paper or pens without instantly projectile vomiting everywhere. Doctor says it might be correlated with other intestinal problems bUT I SAY THAT'S NOT THE POINT! I'M MAD! and I will not stand for this.

PART 2

Nevermind I GOTTA stand for this. I've been putting off school work and I was thinking yesterday, Y'KNOW, now that I am an actual legal adult I should *probably* start acting like one. Be more responsible and stuff? Never cried so hard in my life it's like letting a part of u go... except it like, evolves instead... deep...

END & SHOUTOUTS

Basically I'mma focus on school for a hot second and let the drawing juices flow back naturally, will still upload the occasional drawing here and there thru the month, just not gonna force out any art. Never needed to before so I'll take it easy for a bit B)

I'd like to add I'll still be uploading beepbox music if you're interested (most of these are old so might as well post 'em)

IN THE MEANTIME you can check out my twitter I GUESS? for updates or whatever? I'm not big on tweetin' yet, only really started using that account recently, but I try to post sketches whenever I don't finish stuff... (WINK WINK now)

ALSO youtube. I only have a 5 sec animation up :,) but it's a nice start! Sorta same deal as twitter, sketches will go up there and any fully finished animations will be posted on NG! speaking of my Newgrounds- 300 FANS. WOW. THAT'S A LOTTA PEOPLE. Thank you all, again. Actually reached that number like a WEEK after a 100 and while I wanted to make a post as soon as possible I didn't want it to be just the milestone. This is better in lenght don't ya think. A WORTHY READ NYEHEHE

If you read all that wall of text, thanks :) hope you stick by when i'm fully back. If you didn't fuck you-

Don't forget to look thru my faves! Lots of good art by other people you might like! That's it CYA

Hi :) hope your day is going well person reading this, mine is! Hit a FAT 100 on NG yesterday and i'm so incredibly happy, i don't know what to say hahaha.. just thank you all, seriously. Blown away by all your support and kind words over the last drawing, i'll get to uploading more soon. Got something planned for Pico Day *WINK* which i'll HOPEFULLY get to finish in time! gonna be fun

UH ALSO this is my first news post ever so HELLO NEWGROUNDS i'm Beatum, 18 yr old artist who is VERY BAD at being consistent with uploads :´) and also making new friends coincidentally! what! haha ANYWAY don't be afraid to DM we can talk about legos ? or other stuff you know you don't HAVE to like legos honestly who does

Shoutout to Wilieu for being 1. a good friend 2. making good ass MUSIC check her OUT

Shoutout to Dreamin for NOT UPLOADING EVER (but also being a good friend duh) that's it cya