Its been a while since I've last written an update here, and I've been quite busy as of the last 12 months.

The entire reason I joined Newgrounds in my teens, was because I had a deep desire to connect with artists and build a sense of community that I always struggled to find on Tumblr or Twitter, and during my first month, I got user of the day.

And from that point on, I felt more seen and connected than I had anywhere else before online.

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Skipping to today, I have had an amazing journey meeting and connecting with members of this community for many years now, and even more so, have had the pleasure of getting to know and work with a good handful of people who matter a lot to me. For those of you who don't know, I've had the chance to create a new series with @JohnnyUtah and @lemonteaflower , currently known as AppleEye , which we've had in the oven for a hot minute now.

And on the road to creating this project, I've met and worked with people I could have never dreamed of knowing.

To this day, it all still very much feels like a dream.

For anyone whose met me in collabs, or the off handed discord server, or seen one of my pieces front paged.

It is because of you that I never gave up, or put down my pen, even when I'm feeling low, doing poorly, or just not being a great person. And for that I'm very very thankful.

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If you see this, thank you Tom for always keepin an eye on me, and everyone else in your community.

Without you, or what you do, a lot of folk, myself included would have never gotten this far.

And the people you know and uplift, are the same people who lift me up every day.

I'm forever grateful for that.