I've been coding the whole day. The first hours before midday were fine.

The past hours tho... huh

I can't believe it... I reached 45 billion followers!! Thanks everyone for their support! I love you guys!

(Side note: this is obviously a joke. Anyway, I still wanna thank the 41 people following me right now, thank you :))

...and now you lost too

No matter in which pose I sleep, I always wake up with back pain. Is this what being old feels like?

After many Kinbari drawings, I realized I haven't drawn anatomy in a pretty long time, so i'm back at it:

Oh yeah, spoiler of my next artwork btw. I was gonna make it something about bondage, but I think I prefer exploring this "model showcase" idea instead. This girl is Nora B. Amsterdam, in case you didn't know her (and in case you care at all). She's a model, actress and bondage fanatic. I wanna showcase her more in the future

There goes my first animation submission

I just wanna live in a dystopian world of despair and death...

...that or quit my job, both ideas are great

I occasionally find songs I like so much I feel I need to share my thoughts about them, even if no one pays attention at all. This is the case, and I'm fact, long ago I had the idea of making a top five to cover more songs, like the one's I do for the "artists recommendations" thing, but it didn't feel ok since I felt I talked very few about every song without actually analyzing. So, I decided whenever I do one of these I will talk about one specific song so I can deepen as much as I want.

This post, compared to the others, is not intended yet to be a series. I just wanna share a funny point of view, and I don't know if I will actually do this again in the future. Only time will show us. I also wanna sharpen both my music analysis and story writting abilities.

Deaths flashing before my eyes

By Lothyde

To me, this is one of the best soundtracks ever made around madness, and I'll tell you why: it embodies everything that makes madness series so cool, and explores a bit more in a way is so ridiculously emotive.

This song starts as expected: ominous and somewhat stressful, proper of many madness tracks. A build appears slowly as if it was telling us something is coming, but all of a sudden, the track quiets and presents us a melody. The melody design sounds like a dialogue due to it's complexity, even tho it feels very recognizable. Imagine is a grunt trying to say something, in whatever situation it is.

Suddenly, the madness releases, as the track begins to turn very chaotic, and presents us a different melody. This melody is simpler, but is faster and the instruments are very harsh sounding. Everything feels like a struggle, action has taken place. Probably a usual battle like the one's we see in a madness animation. This time however, we are not only spectating, but actually communicating with someone during the song, as if they were sharing us the events happening.

Out of nowhere, everything gets calm once again. However, melody is still loud and ominous: melody is not calm. Even more, it sounds panicked. The melody sounds like a traumatizing think. We're probably in the aftermath of the battle. As the only survivor (either the protagonist or a victim), our fellow appears to feel horrified of the things that happened. Now think about this: none of the protagonists in the madness series has shown fear for death at all (except for Sanford in recent episodes). However, every other character, like a regular grunt, or even the sheriff, has shown a fear of death many times. These are actually conscious of the consequences and actually care about themselves. This song is basically one of these grunts speaking to us.

In the next part of this song, the melody is modified a bit, in lower tones and a more subtle sounding instrument. Feels like an inner thought. Whoever survived, has realized everything that implies. Knowing you survived the unsurvivable, or that one single error could've made you shut down your eyes forever can be a life changing experience. In a brief moment, we return to the loud melody, as if the trauma became clearer now. It's obvious whoever passed through this wasn't having the time of their life.

Suddenly, the song gets back to were it all started, but feels different, as if something changed. Probably another battle is about to begin, and our fellow grunt knows it. The build up is the same as it was at the beginning, but it feels more terrifying. Since we have all this backstory behind, we already now what's gonna happen, yet cannot do nothing about it. Just embrace the fact the madness is always gonna show up.

And just then, action takes place again. We return to that struggling and active melody of before, and happens exactly the same as before, with low to no change, 'cause that's how the madness works: different origins, same results. This time, however, the melody of the thoughts appears as well while the song keeps aggressive. Let's analyze that: A thought full of trauma and remorse alongside with a constant sense of stress and continued action. Sounds like anxiety. The thoughts are happening while the action is still present. It's very depressing if you think about it: Our fellow grunt in this situation is beginning to question a lot of things while he still has to survive a death battle. Is like he was questioning his life decisions, which lead him to this point.

Which, ultimately, leads us to the songs title. "Deaths flashing before my eyes" sounds like a thought happening during a battle. That's what it was all about: a thought. All that happened in this song was basically to expose out the thought of someone in the middle of a battle. However, it's a neutral expression: Doesn't sound neither as a complaint nor as a good thing. Seems like pure acceptance. We also don't know if by "deaths" the song is refering to our protagonist near-deaths, or just the death of everyone at their surroundings. What is clear however, is that they accepted death as a normal thing. Questions or not, death is happening right here and right now.

That seems complete to me

This would be everything from my part. As I said above, i'm still not sure if this is gonna be a series of posts (I put the #1 'cause y not), but I wanted to share my thoughts on this song anyway, and on some others I like a lot. If you have any opinion or different perception for the song's analysis, i'd love to read it. For now, bye bye :D

-Emiliano

Like, urgently.

Yee, I know they're called personas (or sonas or whateva), but I refuse to call 'em that way. Sounds weird to me.

I don't have none 'cause I really don't know how to represent myself. I'll have to get through some anxiety before I realize who I am...

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Hello, this post is part of a series i'm doing to help NG artists outstand a bit. I'm not scheduling these, so the next entry could be next week or next month, have at you.

Below are 5 artists selected by me, as some of the best artists in this platform, and some of their work so you can criticize them. These 5 are elected for this particular post, not meaning they are the bestest out there (maybe they are tho).

1 - K1D: Animator

For such a daring name, this fellow is way too... Mature?

@K1D is a user who has been more than 5 years in NG, and has been sharing many quality pieces of art in that time. Even thought his oldest art already shows lots of quality, he never comforted with that and made sure to really upgrade his work, as you can see in the posts below:

His more actual works lean to an edgy nature, which when mixed with the matureness of his work make a very cool portfolio of art to look at. If you're either in some fetish, have a particular humor or just like to look at detail in art, this guy has you covered. But even thought his most works are mature, he sometimes surprises with something different:

2 - Galaxyless: Blank slate

He might be a silent type... but his music speaks otherwise

As a guy who appears from nowhere and releases a bomb (except his bombs are not deadly... or glittery), @Galaxyless is a must hear for any techno fanatic. His genres oscilate between Dance, Dubstep, and sometimes Drum & Bass or Synthwave. These are the perfect songs to put in a party if you ask me.

However, aside from making bombing musical pieces, He's not that active in the community: you won't find any news, posts or reviews from him (at the moment). He uploads every once in a while, without a clear schedule for the next submission. If the wait or lack of interaction is passable to you, or you just want to hear cool music, he's a very nice option.

3 - SpACe-C0wb0y-6251: Art lover

He's Samson. You should know it.

@SpACe-C0wb0y-6251 is a very talented artist, who features art for all ages, from E to A, with lots of quality works that go from cute to wholesome back and forth. Even his nsfw art feels somewhat calmful, tho if you don't like nsfw, you may want to look to other side.

If you're brave enough to go forward, you might even be surprised with some really amazing art, like the ones listed more below. However, he's not that active in other Newgrounds places, so don't expect him to show up that much over the BBS or the other Portals. Show a bit of the helpful nature I know you have and rate some of his art.

4 - Onimiere: Art lover

These drawings are so clean you're gonna feel bleach in your eyes from seeing them.

Searching for something cool looking or toughtful? I present you @Onimiere, an artist that shares art that goes from simple and warm feelings to very interesting and toughtful pieces.

The quality outstands in these pieces, as his art style makes everything so smooth and beautiful for the human eye. A rated content is very rare in his account (tho he's not closed to doing some), and his focus goes mainly to character design and posing, so you can please a lot with either original designs, or fanarts of various iconic characters. He's also making commissions, so consider giving him the opportunity to showcase more awesome art.

5 - Moonshen: Blank slate

Like it or not, those character designs are pretty sick.

If you're into character design and detail attention, @Moonshen is a great option to take. The level of detail put in these characters is so ridiculous it makes my art look flat (and it is, unironically).

In their older art you can also find various cool pieces that don't focus in character design at all, showcasing also some of their other pluses as an artist. As a user however, the path has been quite dry, so don't expect having many conversations with them. In summary, their art is cool and you should take a look at it whenever you can.

THAT'S A WRAP!!!

Thanks for spending your time reading this post, and if you know any artist you think deserves more recognizement, let me know in comments, so I consider them for future posts (you can even recommend yourself, and i'll make sure to visit your profile whenever I have time). Also remember, i'm not a critic, and this post is made for both fun and for giving visibility to other artists.

I'll see you out there, Emiliano out!