I hate Twitter and DeviantArt for their AI art and toxic atmosphere, so I'm going to move off of those platforms tomorrow and stick to posting here. I think in the long run, it would be helpful to me and my art to stay here.

Hi to anyone reading this. This is Smug. AKA Smugeth A. Rugeth.

I wanted to say a few things. One, thank you to the six people who followed me. I'm glad I managed to make art that some people liked. Hope you stick around to ogle at what's next in the pipeline.

Second is a question: how would I get noticed more on Newgrounds? I'm not sure of how to get more eyes on my art, so any tips would be appreciated.

Hope you all have a good day. This has been Smug. Signing off.

Well, here we are at the end of 2023. And as a year in review, I'd say "Yeah, it was just okay." I went through a lot this year, a lot of personal highs and personal lows, and some pains I'd rather not talk about. I can't and won't talk about them in depth here.

That being said, I'm still here. The most I can do is go forward and hope for the best. Do your best, be kind and compassionate, and learn from others. And keep your mouth shut when you don't have anything important to say.

That lesson shoulda been learned sooner, but hey.

2024 may be a bigger year than 2023. Especially for my art. My mentality about it has changed, but not in the way that I thought it would. It's honestly sort of liberating.

To those that follow me here, you might not see me posting too often, but I'll be around.

Happy new year, everyone. I'm gonna make the next one count as much as I can.

- Smug

Hi, I'm Smugarug. I do digital art with my original characters more often than not. I've been dumping a lot of the original art I make onto here, since I heard NG's better for getting my work out there than any other site. And I do need that, especially now.

I'm planning on making much more bizarre and weird original stuff in the future, so please follow if you'd like to see that stuff. I swear it'll be a good time for everyone involved.