Hello everyone, Jigi here

Just wanted to say thank you all for your support and gratitude with me. It's been a while since I've ever posted lots of art before. However, this year went into a downfall since school has been recklessly taking me away from freedom of drawing everytime. It's quite sad to hear but, I was able to post art in the previous months just to cope more. I've been lately suffering with school issues ever since the start of classes and it hurts a lot that I don't even get to draw often. I do not want to forget about doing art everyday because I've been meaning to share not just my art but, my whole gratitude to everyone else here. My main reason I joined Newgrounds is for curiosity before I even get to post my art there. I've known this website absolutely for 3 years and thought it would be great to feel comfortable being in this platform than other art platforms that have gone worse.

Honestly before having my own pfp & banner art on my page, I used to act dumb those times in 2021 since out of curiosity, I didn't know anything better. Until I did get used to this platform, I believe that it was mostly my home not only for artists but everyone else here. I'm glad that I also joined in simple certain collabs last year and did lots of art trading during Art Fight '24 event so I can easily break free from art block.

Just like AF24, I would honestly do the same thing too because it's really important to mainly set things aside and not to cram a lot. I'm quite sad to see those memorial people pass away and it just breaks my heart. I feel really sorry for the sake of their sufferings ever since we were about to reach through the end of the year. But I'm still happy that I'm able to have friends with me and no matter what happens, I still have hope inside. It's really saddening that another year round is leaving (I do kinda feel crap but), despite the fact that I cannot let go of my nostalgic memories, they could easily be forgotten immediately and they fade away to dust. If anyone's reading this, I'm slightly tearing up soon because all the moments that we've had, are becoming one of our passionate memory and we cannot forget the times we have enjoyed through 2024. Even the times we have faced challenges, we still always accept the fact that nothing is much easier than we've expected and that is alright. I have suffered severe challenges too and this happened to me especially over the past few years & months, and I always keep on trying and trying until I reach through the flag.

My apologies for my rambling but, I always have care within Newgrounds to this day that I appreciate everyone else's work and I'm very impressed. A little off-topic but, I did remember mentioning these two fanarts having it frontpaged twice. I'm not always here to have mine frontpaged everyday, I'm always here to enjoy here on Newgrounds and to cherish the happy thoughts that I've always had with my friends and most especially my family. Also I may post the 2024 art recap next year because I feel like I don't have much art posted the past few months. Those were one of the suffering times that I have experienced when I'm trying to catch up. Although it doesn't have to be perfect when it comes to art recap, it shows how understandable it is when they find it difficult to post art. I do completely understand for the sake of the artists' struggle, they aren't forced to share if they didn't do art much.

Besides that, I'm glad that I've gained lots of followers and I do hope everyone appreciates my artstyle so much lol. I've seen people giving complements elsewhere saying that my art is eye candy. I don't know if I'm honestly done writing this yet (just a little more.......) but to conclude this, lets always remember that everything else that we've had, our memories, our excitements, our happiest moments, and our dear memorial people, will always be in our hearts forevermore.

EDIT: Thought of sharing some of my favorite artworks I've made this year as a recap:

(Actually I wanna give this a hell to the yeah because holy crap, I'm in love with his Halloween costume)

Thank you once again for the support and gratitude you gave me, I'm hopefully looking forward to 2025 and I won't give up yet!

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!