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Smugarug
Hi. I'm Smugarug. I draw stuff.

Male

Digital artist

Joined on 2/12/23

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Update #11: Supporter status and more

Posted by Smugarug - 1 month ago


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Well, well, well. Finally got around to getting this. No buyer's remorse here. Newgrounds has been a nice place to rediscover myself. I also changed my username because nobody would remember SmugerryARugerry. Anyways.


I've been shaking u how I view myself and the art I produce. It's taken a lot for me to exit my usual comfort zone, but like I've said, "The less bullshit I have, the better off I'll be." And this is true for both my real life and my art. That means you guys will see less frequent uploads from me, but I'm sure nobody will mind. I hope to make a change for the better, for MY OWN better.


I don't want to be stuck in an endless self-abusive loop of paranoia and second-guessing. I have to get out of my own head. Because little did I know, I was only making myself more miserable by staying attached to the OCs and worlds I made, and that wasn't the right move. Never grow too attached to your characters, they said. They were right.


So what does this mean for you? I dunno. What did you want from me? I know what I want from me. And I think that that's all that matters, really. It's for me. And then you. Not the other way around.


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Acceptance is a bitch, ain't it?


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Comments

Smugarug is a really nice username actually!

It was supposed to be my original username, but I changed it because...I dunno why. All I can say is I'm glad to have it changed.

>"It's for me. And then you. Not the other way around."

This notion should resound at the core of any artist. Those who come to appreciate the intricacies and eccentricities of another's mind, laid out unfiltered and unadulterated for them through the work -- they're the ones to treasure. One should never fear needing to translate something because it seems too bizarre or inaccessible, and thus dilute the animating essence that invigorates what they make, and therefore who they are.