11-19-24

just dropped a huge update on my site yesterday- a new blog page (finally), mobile support (beta), and a bunch of other tweaks to make the experience better!

you can read more about it in the blog section at:

jpixel.neocities.org

10-05-24

https://jpixel.neocities.org/

after working on it on and off for weeks, MONTHS since graduating, i FINALLY finished working on my personal site after spending the past few weeks tweaking it, doing the final touches and stuff, it's all ready to go.

it's pretty light-weight, made from scratch by yours truly.

i may add some more stuff in the future, maybe downloadables, character bios, and a blog to write to, but for now? i'm just glad i have a place to put everything in one single spot.

hope you like what you see here, and don't hesitate to leave me some feedback!

-JPiXeLAnimations

10-3-24

WEBSITE FULLY LAUNCHES THIS WEEKEND (10-5 @ 11:00am CDT)

been crunching til the end of the week to get everything together so i could finally put it up, so definitely keep your eyes peeled for it

https://jpixel.neocities.org/

-JPiXeLAnimations

09-26-24

alriiiight... quick update

new PC's all set up and ready to go, and i've got a new art piece to boot!

-JPiXeLAnimations

09-19-24

hello, long time no see

great news- i finally got a NEW PC

the reason for this is because i was gifted a Kamvas 13 drawing tablet as a graduation gift, but it didn't work very well with the PC i've been using this whole time, kept locking up on me and crashing, so i had to search for a more powerful PC capable of running two screens at a time

this was a very long time coming, i kept trying to order a few i had my eyes on from Walmart, but the PCs never came, which was really frustrating, then i kept waiting for certain PCs to go down in price, and the ones i looked at kept going out of stock, until finally, i settled with this big tank from Amazon, the Panorama RTX 4060 TI Gaming PC Desktop

aside from having to upgrade from Windows 11 to Windows 10, (yes. upgrade.) it runs pretty good! all i have to do now is move all my stuff over to the other PC and it should be smooth sailing from there!

and now for the personal stuff (you can ignore if you really don't want to hear me yapping.)

since graduating, i've been trying to find a decent job to get into, that's at least close to my field of study, that pays better than my current job, and doesn't require anything higher than an associates degree.

90% of the creative jobs i've looked at are for companies nobody's ever heard of, AI animation jobs (ew.), or really good jobs that i would apply to if it weren't for the fact that it requires a BACHELOR'S DEGREE

so i kind of felt demotivated tbh, it's kinda taken a toll on me

asking for the creatives, do you have any tips on getting a job as a creative with only an Associates in Art degree? i would really appreciate it.

also,

I'M STARTING A KO-FI PAGE.

it's still a WIP at the moment, but now you can support me through Ko-Fi!

I plan on taking commissions through this, so definitely keep an eye out for those!

but anyways, yeah i apologize if i keep disappearing for several months, kinda bad at keeping up with my socials, that and trying to keep my motivation up with the whole job search thing. but if you're looking for somewhere i'm actually somewhat active on, check out my Bluesky! they've recently rolled out video support, so i've been putting out my shorter animations and stuff there. and that's about it, see you around!

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...new website's coming this October, too. (if all goes well.)

-JPiXeLAnimations

7-15-24

guess who just turned

613.33 in rat years today

so... this was kind of a weird filler year, huh? (well, to me at least.)

honestly not the most productive year, but it certainly was a year!

i've just been finishing up college and graduation's ONE whole semester away right now, and i still need to figure out what to do next afterwards, so, there's that.

and then i've been feeling quite a bit of burnout during october, didn't feel like i could get anything done, i just felt kind of...

dead

although my year didn't really go as planned, i'm at least proud of a few things i did this year.

honestly? looking back, this year really wasn't as bad as 2022.

last year i set some goals for myself to finish SOMETHING for once, and honestly?

i feel like i've kind of met some of the goals i've set up for myself last year, i mean if we're counting finishing lil side projects (music, flipnote animations, animation projects i've just done recently for my 3D animation class) as something, sure.

like, i've redesigned my PFP after like, what, 4 years since making the previous one?

with once again, thanks to the help of @funktoonmix for giving me pointers

had a blast individually making this short loop through traditional cel animation (technically, this had been in development since last december) and a lot of people really enjoyed this one, for everyone i showed this to

made a couple fun little animations earlier this year in Flipnote, too

https://flipnot.es/WFKY69 (Monty's Revenge)

https://flipnot.es/NBFVS3 (a rat's opinion on [current event])

and i kind of played around with the idea of commissions and stuff, hoping to go through with it full-on in the next year or so

plus i tried to step out of my comfort zone and be more socially active, managed to make some new friends, too!

people say that you are your own worst critic, and they're right

made myself feel like i've accomplished nothing, when really, i've got SOME stuff done at least, really doesn't matter how big or ambitious the projects were, i really can't say i did nothing this year, cause that means i completely gloss over the smaller things in life.

and i really cannot say this was a bad year. sure it probably could've been better had i actively been drawing more full pieces and not post as sporadically

but the year before? 2022? that, i would genuinely say it was a bad year, especially for what my mom had to go through.

but to wrap it up, thanks for sticking around, i really do appreciate the support and the fact that you like my stuff keeps me going, and once again, apologies for the multiple gaps throughout the year, it was really kind of a hands-off year in regards to social media, and i feel like i've focused more on just trying to talk to people more than simply using social media for stuff

as you've noticed in the tagline, i'm probably just going to continue my break from my socials through january, but i'll still be active on Discord if you need to talk to me or something. i just didn't want to skip new year's eve without saying anything.

course i've got some plans for next year... but i won't reveal em until later

hope you all had a good year, and i'll see you next year!

-JPiXeLAnimations

PS: here's just one more little thing before the year goes out:

10/17/23

crisis averted. it works now :)

and now back to your regularly scheduled waiting for me to post stuff :)))))))

10/16/23

heyyyyyy! guess who just got locked out of their go-to 2D drawing and animation program!

yeah so today this afternoon i opened up flash to do something real quick and after several years of using this program no problem, this thing popped up before i could do anything

i think adobe being adobe might've borked serial numbers for older versions of flash or something, cause i tried a different serial number and it still didn't work

i'll... update you guys on this once i get this sorted out.

-JPiXeL

9-26-23

HI,

sorry for the lack of anything, really, been busy doing other stuff and totally not procrastinating, but I do have a few new things I have to share

NEW SOCIALS?!

Yep. Twitter is dead. Instagram is dead (to me.) and I found a couple more socials to projectile vomit my stuff on.

BLUESKY:

JPiXeLAir--now boarding! ✈️

https://bsky.app/profile/jpixel.bsky.social

MASTODON:

for those who forgot their boarding passes

https://pawb.fun/@JPiXeL

I kinda needed somewhere else to dump my doodles, cause I feel like the nature of Newgrounds revolves around more finished and refined works, and to be totally honest, it just didn't feel right dumping a bunch of black and white doodles from my phone (especially those that i may or may not colorize, anyways), gunking up the art portal with that stuff, so if you want to find more of my doodles and sketches, or if you just want to see me talk about random crap, such as retro Videos Game, and other-type stuff, you can go to these pages. Unless you still like me posting doodles here, let me know.

KOFI?!

Yes, I do plan on taking commissions through Ko-Fi, however commissions are currently on hold until I set ground rules first, set the pricings and stuff, but you can still support me financially by buying me a cup of coffee, or else the coffee withdrawal will kick in, which ain't a good feeling!!

nah, seriously though, college ain't cheap, could definitely use a couple bucks if you'd like to donate, thanks in advance

https://ko-fi.com/jpixelcommish

The page is a bit of a work in progress, but I'll add onto it over time.

Aight, that's it for now. See you on the next blue moon.

-JPiXeL