Drop me a follow if you wanna :)

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

Well here's something I thought I'd never type, thank you all so much for 1k fans!!!

As cliché as it sounds, I legit never thought this would happen, and I'm absolutely honored and thrilled to have achieved such a feat. 

My journey on the grounds has been an absolute blast, I've learned so much ever since joining, and I couldn't be happier and more appreciative of how far I've come, the achievements I've made, no matter how small, and the people I've met, and call friends :)

There's a Jim Henson quote that is pretty much how I view art:

"When I was young, my ambition was to be one of the people who made a difference in this world. My hope is to leave the world a little better for having been there." 

-Jim Henson

All I ever want to to do with my work is to touch people's hearts, inspire, and make people laugh and smile, I hope I've managed to achieve that with all of you, and I hope to continue to do so as long as I live <3 

I would like to thank a bunch of peeps I've met on here, fir their continued support, help, and friendship, 

First and foremost, the big man @TomFulp for creating this site and for being an incredibley supportive dude to his community, thank you so much, Tom! :) 

The one and only No Good Gang, you guys are the absolute best, you constantly inspire me, and push me to be my best with my art. Seeing you guys work is absolutely inspiring, and how you make your ideas come to life is nothing short of magical, I'm incredibly grateful of all the times you guys have helped me out with my stuff, all the times you've bullied and harassed me, but most importantly, I'm grateful for you becoming my buds <3

@Nichols @JCaluger @McMetalface

I love you guys :)

Some incredibley talented throat people:

@VoicesByCorey @JoshDytonVO @Nicksenny @LuckyDee @DrEojPuerte @KenkoiPhish @Tofutehsurvivor @Trinatan @Pawpawgreg @Chitstain @Makestuff @MegaPieManPHD @Saminat @Mikeysota @DaltonDoesVoices @sailorsilverstar 

Thank you peeps for supporting me since the very beginning, when I was just a young foolish lad with big dreams, and thank you for voicing my silly scripts and bringing all of them to life :)

@Olskoo, you are my very first fan, and you'll always hold a special place in my heart for that :)

@WesMakowski thank you so much for inviting me to be apart of DialUpStudios and seeing potential in me and becoming my friend, love you homie <3 

Big shout out and thanks to everyone in the DialUpStudios discord server, all you peeps are talented as heck :) 

Thank you to THE dynamic duo that is @Cheetoh and @DrEojPuerte, working with you guys is always an honor and a blast, I'm incredibly grateful that you guys have become my buddies :) 

Thank you to @GrantTheHierophant, @DinoDork and the entirety of the Hellion team for giving me the opportunity to score the series :) 

Thank you to some very talented music pals, who are absolute mad lads with their music and are incredibly inspiring:

@Jumbs @YasiinClemens @hairmilked @TeraVex @Irish-soul @eden-e @Vadellgabriel @AlbeGian @Troisnyx 

Thank you to some very talented artists who make pieces that should instantly be in museums all over the world:

@DoctorGrambo @Sabretooth2611 @Devoidgazer @KCJ567 @QueenBoo @Kolumbo @FlamingPickle @Sevi @Batter-sempai @PukeBomb

Thank you to some very cool peeps who are just as talented as they are cool:

@Austinjaycook @Bro-son @Gray @Jmations98 @Leon0u0 @Ugasisvelta @azork-ledeath @shaddaiwright

@ChordC @midgetsausage @zynagproductions @Aalasteir @Nattosumi @SepticSebi

And last but certainly not least, thank YOU, yes, you reading this right now! 

Thank you for supporting my work, thank you for checking it out, thank you for showing it love, thank you for being awesome fans, thank you for sharing it around, and thank you for being you :) 

I love all of you, I love this site, thank you all so much for your kind words, continued support, and just being amazing <3

Until next time :)

-Zaaz-

Can't believe it's been 50 years already!

I love this site, it's awesomely creative community and everybody I've gotten the chance to be buddies with, it's truly been a wonderful experience :)

Thank you all for your continued support to my silly nonsense <3

Until next time :)

-Zaaz-

Yeah that's it, now go have fun :)

2021 has come to an end and boy what a wild ride it has been! I joined Newgrounds in January, and posted my very first little toon featuring a character I made in college, good ol' Brownus the bear!

Then posted a dumb animation of Cloud strife I had around, and worked with my first voice actor, @TofuTehSurvivor! A Newgrounds vet, had his account since 2002!

Released 4 episodes of a parody series about Persona 4 me and a buddy of mine from college created, started as an in-joke, but evolved into something pretty neat, with the 4th episode getting Frontpaged!

The first episode had a different voice actress for Rise, we originally recorded the first three episodes with her, but she couldn't make it for the 4th one, so I got @TrinaTan to voice her :)

Posted a bunch of silly parodies as well, made a bunch of good friends through them too!

Shortly after posting the Yakuza parody, I was contacted by @WesMakowski to join the Toy Story 2 Redialed Collab, a reanimated project that gathered a bunch of cool folks to reanimate the entirety of Toy Story 2 from the ground up, even with new sounds, voice acting, and music! I ended up reanimating one scene, and making a bunch of music for the collab :)

Here's the trailer for it:

Here's my part:

Speaking of music, I also participated in this year's Art-Inspired Music Contest! Here's my entry:

During this year's summer animation jams, I got the chance to make music for two very cool animations!

"O' That Stingey Dragon" by @Devoidgazer and @KCJ567 for The Game Fan Jam:

"Dudley?!" by my buddy @JCaluger for The Epic Trailer Jam:

While we're on the topic of audio, I joined the second part of this year's Voice Acting Collaboration! I voice acted in a few skits, edited a couple, made music for some, and wrote one!

Here's the full collab:

Here's my skit:

Posted 43 art pieces, two of which got Frontpaged!

https://zaazng.newgrounds.com/art

Also participated in @Mabelma 's Isometric Room Collab! A cool little game where you search for a bunch of hidden stuff!

Here's the game:

Here's the room:

Now I'd like to thank a bunch of folks who made this year truly special to me, helped me out, worked with me, and most importantly, became my friends :)

@Austinjaycook @Bro-son @Chitstain @ChordC @Danielamaral84 @Devoidgazer @DrEojPuerte @Grayanimations @Hazencruz @Jcaluger @Jmations98 @Joshdytonvo @KCJ567 @Kenkoiphish @Leon0u0 @Luckydee @Makestuff @Matthewjackvo @Milkypossum @MisterJames @Nichols @Nicksenny @Pawpawgreg @Pktoastyva @Sabretooth2611 @Saminat @QueenBoo @Tofutehsurvivor @Tomamoto @Tomfulp @Trinatan @Vadellgabriel @VoicesByCorey @Wesmakowski

Thank you all from the very bottom of my heart, this year has been crazy for everyone, and I'm truly excited for what the future holds for all of us!

Lastly, I leave you with this arrangement of "Auld Lang Syne" to finish off the year :)

Hope you have a wonderful new year, filled with many great moments and opportunities!

Until next time! :)

-Zaaz-

Just a little over a month ago, I surpassed 100 fans, and now 150! I am speechless, I never thought I could reach 50, let alone three times that!

From the very bottom of my heart, I thank each and every one of you, thank you for your support and love, and thank you for enjoying the stuff I put out!

A special thank you to @Sutter for being my 100th fan, and @x40Arxade for being my 150th ;)

Thank you so much to each and every one of you folks, much love from the bottom of my heart :D

And a special thank you to @GuiltyPixel for being my 50th fan ;)

It's time for another update!

So, what the heck is up? Hmmm???

I'll tell you, I've been hard at work making a bunch of cartoons and music, here are a few screenshots:

A waste of time:

MGS, ft @voicesbycorey :

FF7, ft @austinjaycook :

Also, I'm part of a pretty cool collab, it's The Toy Story 2 Collab! While I do have a lot of work done for my part, I don't want to share anything just yet, so I don't ruin the magic of the full finished collab :)

I'm also, very close to reaching 50 fans!

Thank you all so much for everything, NG fam!

-Zaaz-

Hi, everybody!

It's been a while since I posted anything, so, I'd like to update all of you on what's been going on.

If you missed it, I posted a new cartoon yesterday, give it a watch if you haven't! It's a Yakuza cartoon :)

Also, I posted a cover of the Dad N' Me theme for Pico Day, it got frontpaged! Thanks, @tomfulp :)

give it a listen:

-Future Projects-

For future projects, I have a bunch of stuff brewing for ya!

-The next episode of a series about Persona 4 I and a buddy of mine have been workin' real hard on since the beginning of the year. Ft. @trinatan and a very special guest, I'll leave it as a surprise :)

-A Metal Gear Solid cartoon. Ft. @voicesbycorey

-A Final Fantasy VII cartoon, that could possibly turn into a series of shorts if it performs well. Ft. @austinjaycook

-Two original tunes

That's it for now! Thank you all so much for your continued support :D

-Zaaz-

Hello, everyone,

I'm gonna be posting my stuff on Newgrounds first, everywhere else second,

can be minutes before, days, years, who knows?

But, here before anywhere else.

Have a jolly good day!