MY FIRST NEWS POST IN AGES!

Earlier this month when I logged onto Newgrounds, one event listed on the homepage caught my eye. The London Newgrounds Meetup! Out of curiosity and interest, I got me a ticket and I even joined the event's Discord. Part of it was to know in advance what would be happening at the event, part of it was to check out people's art/WIPs and make posts of my own.

When I heard some people were going to be giving out custom-made stickers, I was unsure whether to commission a T-shirt with my design on it or stickers of my own. In the end, I went for the latter. With the event almost 2 weeks away at the time I joined the Discord, I had to think fast and get my stickers made or else they wouldn't arrive in time. This was the one thing I worried about the most, but as luck would have it, my batch of stickers came the day before the Meetup when they were scheduled for today as of this writing.

My big batch of tiny (roughly the size of postal stamps) stickers. It's my latest SFW piece without the background.

When the day of the event came, I got the train to London Paddington and then the Hammersmith & City and Northern lines to get to Old Street station, just south of the meetup point. On the way there, I made a pitstop for a sushi lunch and when I arrived, I was a tad early, but the others gradually started showing up by the Shoreditch Park boulder.

The meetup turned out to be awesome! Never before had I met Newgrounders in person, so this was a great opportunity to talk about what I do on Newgrounds, swap creative advice and make some new friends! But one thing about the event I especially liked was being able to draw a sketch in other people's sketchbooks and at one point, the back of a poster. My Angry Face drawing at the top of this news post was on the aforementioned poster.

Since I draw more original art than fanart, I drew a little sketch of Nicole on this board. To be honest, I'm better at drawing on a computer than with a marker pen.

Here's another sketch of Nicole I drew, this time in @HugelDude's sketchbook. This was drawn with a basic pen and it looks a bit better than the one on the board.

Overall, I really enjoyed this event and I can't wait to attend another Newgrounds Meetup in London (or possibly Birmingham) in the near future! Next time, I'll bring bigger and better stickers along as well as a sketchbook of my own for my fellow Newgrounders to doodle in! Who knows? This could be a turning point for me as a Newgrounds user! I could make more than just art, I could be up for collabs so bigger projects can get done! Such a boost in confidence! Thank you very much, @HenryEYES for organizing the Meetup. Hope to see you again soon, and to all you awesome people too!

@ChadDude @CappyCat @MustyyYew @KooliozArt @Imprez @Snackers @GuardiasVA @Lexonimous @TomDoy @Aalasteir @hollaartyourboy @UnculturedMutt @F1krazy @Roposhipin @The-EXP @morbid-giggle @P1nkSeal @punkape

-J.T.B Preston

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