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I write sad stories (with hope!) and then animate them in cute pastels to lull you into a false sense of security.

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Underrated Artists Feature #11

Posted by Bleak-Creep - February 8th, 2024


First Underrated Artists Feature of the year so far; I'm making a conscious effort to try to get back into watching out for up and coming artists here these last couple weeks, and I'm a big fan of the art scouting change made recently that allows people to get scouted even if they only have one piece so far. I used to see a lot of folks in that unscouted portal who had three really nice pieces, but I couldn't scout them until they finished a fourth.


I'm hopeful more newcomers will be encouraged to keep posting with all the streamlining changes the site's been making on that front lately, because I'd love to make these posts a monthly thing if I can. There's always so much to see! 

And on that note, let's get started! 


@gloopyscrabble combines unique color schemes, with some wild anatomy and crazy poses. Their work has a certain offbeat sort of sensibility to it that I really admire.


@SheepHeavenly has a couple different "modes", and I really like them both, but I think there's something extra special about the MS-Paint pieces, maybe because I don't really ever see anyone attempt to do lineless work in it. In any case, I like the way they do eyes too. Very expressive.


(I'm putting three pieces here, because I know the moth girl probably isn't in the top 2, I just wanted to include it because I love her. 10/10 design.)


@anzky's art is just fun. I get so much joy just browsing through their gallery and seeing all these little goobers goofy, stupid faces. Their stuff is oozing with charm.


@mahogare is someone I just discovered a couple days ago, but I instantly fell in love with their cute character designs and expressive faces. I'd love to see them do a few more polished pieces sometime, but there's a lot of charm in what they're already doing too.


@Trisynine is a little bigger than most of the folks I typically feature in these posts, but they have SO much really high quality, really imaginative, nightmarish work, that I decided I needed to feature them anyway. There's so many crazy details and patterns hidden away in their stuff, and those neon palettes only add to that sense of surrealism.


Debated whether or not to include @Astroma on this list, because it's been a while now since they've posted new art, but maybe they just need a little push. (Please give them a follow, caus I wanna see more!) I really like their linework though; it always feels really confident, but has a certain level of looseness to it too. Some really nice character designs.


And I think that's about all I've got this time! Hope you all have a nice Valentine's Day! (or at least treat yourself to a fancy box of chocolates if you're single)


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I believe I was scouted at one time but apparently that’s no longer the case. If you want check out some of my drawings.

You look scouted to me!

@Bleak-Creep when I upload art is says I have not been scouted.

This is a fantastic write-up. I LOVE finding new artists and followed everyone, hoping to see more. Thank you for doing this.

Thanks! I try to do one of these every few months, so there's some back issues if you ever wanna take a peek! :)

I always enjoy these features! I should start doing something like this myself, as well. I suggest a lot of artists who recently joined or have a low follower count to be suggested on the front page, but there are not a lot of ways to enhance discoverability on Newgrounds besides getting featured.

You should, you should! I always love seeing how often I see you and VulpsVulps in the frontpage suggestions threads. Inspirations for us all.

@SolidSnakeOnAPlane You're not scouted, I'm sorry. You can check your scouted status here: https://solidsnakeonaplane.newgrounds.com/art/tree - it shows an error message if you're not scouted for the art portal.

I didn't know this was a thing. I assumed if I didn't see any buttons to scout, it meant they already were. Interesting.

@Madmazel I’m not sure how as I believe I was scouted at one time.

I love hearing about the undiscovered gold that lies within the art section.

@SolidSnakeOnAPlane
same thing happened to me. i assume i was de-scouted for art quality reasons, as they can strike you off if your art is considered not good enough for portal standards.

@ProffessorDunce how does that work?

@SolidSnakeOnAPlane

I hardly know, i just remember a moderator mentioning that you could get thrown off the scout list and have your ability to be scouted temporarily removed if you didn't upload art to a certain level of quality. what that level is? i have no idea.

AAAAH OH MY GOD!! thank you so much this is AWESOME!

No problem at all! Your little guys are adorable. :)

Wow some of them are really good!

AAAAAHHHH OMG thank you sm for the feature youre so kind!!! :'''] everyone featured is so talented!!

No problem! You've got a lot of neat stuff! :)

Love reading these and going over new artists in every post! Keep doing what you do :P

Can do! :)

BASED mention of Mahogare. They're one of my absolutely favorite artists on Newgrounds.

They’re quite new to me, but I really like what I’ve seen so far. I’ve got a real weakness for cute, dorky little witches.

Thank you so much for the shout out!!! <3 <3 <3 I just got my 100th follower and I really appreciate the kind words and the encouragement! Iv been very busy with college and an animated project so I havent had a lot of time to post. But iv got some sketches Ill post soon. Thank you again so much for the shout out! I really appreciate it! <3

Oooh, that sounds pretty exciting! Looking forward to the animation! :D

oh dude thank you so much for the feature!! ur so cool

YOU’RE so cool! Keep makin’ stuff! :D

WOAH! Thank you so very much for the feature and kind words!! I saw this and it made my day <3 Awesome of you to do this for smaller artists and give them a chance to be seen. :-)

You deserve it! Your stuff is so flippin’ trippy and unique. :)