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Posted by MagentaNova - 2 weeks ago


Well, this was a rather disappointing week. About halfway through, I got really tired, mentally and physically, and decided to just take things slow. However, that won't stop me from announcing a few things I forgot about.


First of all, Ultralius Volume 1 is finally finished! Chapter 10 concludes a 2-year quest to get the first volume finished. 10 chapters, 170 pages, done significantly later than I would have liked, but done none the less. You can read all of that on either Tapas or Webtoon. That does mean, however, I am working on Volume 2! With my new drawing tablet, I'm hoping to get this one done a bit faster than the first one. The whole thing's been scripted since Autumn '23 and I just finished planning Chapter 11 within the week. I planned on releasing it today, but obviously couldn't with everything going on. I do hope to get it done around the end of the month.

iu_1175032_9520241.webpI meant to announce it earlier, but Obscurity Love Life has started posting again, with the 8th Tapas chapter releasing last weekend. I'm hoping to do a chapter a week, so feel free to check back up on the series. I'll probably wait until after it's finished to announce the chapters just for simplicity. I'm hoping to be finished around April-ish. And, against my better judgement, I feel I should mention I'm also writing the third book as well! Like Ult chapter 10, I was hoping to get this done for the holidays, but oh well. I just want to get it over with. Assuming all goes well for once, I plan on having a similar schedule to Love Life, wrapping up around the early summer time. Now, I probably shouldn't say this, but I'm also trying to bring Obscurity back into the comic scene. I haven't done a comic for it in two years, but I want to try again! Whether I release it or not is TBD, but I want to at least try again. Hopefully this'll get me back into drawing the cast again.


To wrap things up, I want to bring up another novel I'm working on. If you've seen my new banner, there's a story on there called "Hayx." It's about a girl who's a little... above average. For now, that's all I'll give, but I'll probably put character art out soon enough. The goal is to have it finished at the end of April/beginning of May, around my mom's birthday.


And that's about it. The hard life of an artist, amirite? I was hoping to have more art by now to spice this up, but oh well. I'll crank something out by the end of the week. Like the banner. I should really be finished with the banner soon... promise. Welp, here's to the 2nd-ish anniversary of Obscurity and Ultralius.


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Posted by MagentaNova - 3 weeks ago


Lemme just start by saying; this year's been a roller coaster. As someone who doesn't like roller coasters, it's been terrifying. It's been stressful, my stomach's been churning (no, literally.) It has not been fun. It's only the beginning of March and it's already been one of the most complicated years of my life. And to top it all off, today, the 5th of March, is my birthday. It doesn't quite feel like it yet, but this birthday signals the end of an era for me. It was just a few years ago that Covid hit around this time and caused a turn for the worse. However, thanks to new friends and this whole Newgrounds thing, I've been able to bounce back from it, if only a little bit. Thanks for supporting me.


Anyway, now that that's out of the way, I want to talk about something I wanna call "Creation Week." This is something that I want to start from my birthday on the 5th to the 12th, the anniversary of Obscurity/Ultraius. Every day, I plan on releasing something related to my projects, whether that be chapters of stuff, cool art, or announcements on new projects I'm working on. I'm hoping to stick to the script for once, but knowing me it might change. Just expect something new every day this week.


For example, Ultralius Chapter 10! I know it's crazy, but it should be out sometime today or tomorrow. You can find the chapter here or through my links. It's been a long long time coming, but it's finally here. I'll say this, I think I did alright on this chapter. It's themed more towards the Christmas season, but it's out here, ties shit up and I can finally be done. I hope you can enjoy it.


Like I said, I have a few things planned, so be on the lookout here to see what's up. I'll be sure to announce stuff that releases, but feel free to check back in for art and concept stuff. And to finish up, I would like to welcome @TheCakeMage for joining. Hope you enjoy your stay.


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Posted by MagentaNova - January 20th, 2024


First off, happy new year everybody! Hope this January has been treating you well. It's been a while, I know, but this announcement will have a buncha shit in it. A bunch of important shit. Like the fact that I recently got a drawing tablet with a screen! Anyway...


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Ultralius Chapter 10. Fuck, this is taking way too long. I wish it could have come out during Christmas like it should have for two years, but oh well. I was busy in the real world with Christmas and visits and whatnot. HOWEVER, I want to make it known that I'm actively trying to finish this up before the end of the month. In fact, to prove I'm working on it, here's a little preview down below! Like my post last year mentioned, feel free to catch up on Tapas or Webtoon if you haven't already.


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Next, I would like to mention that I'll be continuing Obscurity Love Life sometime in February. I'll hopefully have the book finished by the end of March this year. In the meantime, I'll probably publish a few pieces to the anthology. You can also read what's already released of the second book on Tapas!


I would also like to mention I'm working on another book project! This one will be a bit different to what I usually write, but I hope you guys will like it. More will be announced closer to the release date, which is estimated to be some time in late April or early May.


As for art projects, I wanted to bring back an old thing I did when I first got here; murals. That's right, baby, I'm bringing back the mural project for 2024, a bunch of pieces I make based off of webcomics I like. I'm thinking of releasing them monthly, so be on the lookout for those. I'll be putting them in the same folder as the original ones so I don't have to clutter my page with more folders.


That should be about it for now. Other than a few smaller pieces for the portal, I probably won't be too active on NG (especially with this new 2-step stuff, merde!) Looking forward to finally getting back on track for the new year, despite this post coming out halfway through January. Oh boy, 1/24th of the year already gone, lookit that! Thanks for reading and have a nice day.


Also, thank you @Ryandddher for following! Good to see ya.


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Posted by MagentaNova - December 2nd, 2023


Welp, just got off of what I hope was just a really bad cold I've had since Sunday. While crumpled on the couch, I tried to think through migraines. 'Shit. I'm really not gonna be able to get Obs finished by the end of the month... And I only have half of Ult 10 finished... AND I got more stuff to do... blegh.' Now that the agonizing sickness is finally leaving, I've formed a realistic(-ish) plan for once! I have a list of things to do, and the rest of the month to do some of them.


First of all, Obscurity Love Life is being shelved for now. It's not canceled, just on hold. Currently, half of the book is written, but I won't be able to finish it by the end of the year. I'm gonna try to take my time with it and better organize my thoughts. I plan to resume releasing chapters sometime in March 2024, but the first chunk of the book can be read here on Tapas.


Second is Ultralius. With all of the stuff I have to finish this week, I won't be able to work on it for a while. However, it was supposed to be released this time last year, so it loops around! With my schedule, the 10th chapter should be released around Christmas, but feel free to catch up on Tapas or Webtoon beforehand.


Miscellaneous! This week, I'll be working on a Secret Santa. ALSO, the Sweet Sixteen! Again, sick, no work, but I've planned it all out and think I can get it done by the deadline. Currently aiming for the 9th, but we'll have to see what gets in the way next. Finally, I'm hoping to get a few "smaller" pieces finished during December so I can beef up my art gallery (and who knows, maybe get scouted again.)


And that should be all that I got so far. I think the only other announcements I should have this year are to announce Chapter 10, a merry Christmas and maybe something for the Sweet Sixteen. If none of this gets completed, then expect me to walk off into the sunset. Anyway, thanks for reading. Have a good one and see ya soon.


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Posted by MagentaNova - November 5th, 2023


Last night, after another while of waiting, Ultralius Chapter 9 has been released! It took a little procrastination and lackluster self-care to make, but it's finally here! You can read it on either Tapas or I guess Webtoon, both linked below.


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In related news, I changed the rating of Chapter 6 to everyone. After reviewing it, I figured it's no worse than the others I've already posted. Hope that helps. I also wanted to bring up my schedule for the rest of the month. Since I haven't released much for a while, I figured I'd work a little harder on my already busy schedule.


FIRSTLY, Obscurity Love Life. The plan is to release the rest of the book THIS WEDNESDAY. What's released is a little less than half of the book, with about 20 chapters planned in total. If I can't make the Wednesday, which is more than likely, then I still got this weekend. SECONDLY, Ultralius Chapter 10. The goal is to have it released by the end of November. This is a surefire date so that I can improve the momentum of releases.


There's more that I have to work on and iron out the details of, but these are the big things I want to bring up. I still have things like the Sweet-16 comic contest that I've barely started alongside real life, but I'm hoping I can organize it all to get everything done on time-ish. Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoy Ultralius Chapter 9; Smokestarter Part 1.


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Posted by MagentaNova - October 1st, 2023


Huh, what a wacky art portal update.


Anyway, hi. Recently I realized that it's now October and I still haven't finished releasing chapters for Obscurity's second book; Love Life. For a quick note, this was supposed to be finished in MAY at the LATEST. This'll make more sense as the story goes on, but it shouldn't have taken this long for me to release this. I already falsely released Chapter 6 because I thought I could make the deadline. Even for this deadline, I was working under the hour to finish the chapter about five minutes before it released! GAHD!


Now, what I wanted to mention was that, for however long it takes, Obscurity Love Life will be releasing daily* hopefully until it's finished. I've got some later chapters already written and I know where the story's gonna go, it's just a matter of writing the shit and releasing it. *There may be points where I take breaks, but hopefully I can fill my chapter quota decently. It's looking better.


Anyway, Chapter 6 is out now. Feel free to read it on Tapas here. Thanks for reading and I hope you enjoy.


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Posted by MagentaNova - September 9th, 2023


Well damn, I guess it's been a while, huh?


First thing's first; Ultralius Chapter 8. I don't want to point fingers, but I hate that I made myself release this so late. As earlier posts have mentioned, this chapter should have been out significantly sooner than now. However, after a massive binge of procrastination (and forgetting to change the release date on Tapas), I finally finished "coloring" throughout this week, making the last touches today. With that, I can finally release this in TODAY. IN SEPTEMBER. Eh, I'll place the blame on the new processes I learned over the course of this chapter that were supposed to make the process go faster (it "technically" did, I just wasn't working for a while) Personally, this is one of my favorite chapters and I think it turned out alright in the end. Feel free to read it on Tapas or Webtoon down below.


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This is without mentioning that I still have to draw the rest of Chapter 9 AND the entirety of Chapter 10, won't that be fun? I'm hoping to get these finished as soon as possible, maybe by the end of the month if I can. Now that I have a clear process, I shouldn't have to hesitate as much as I did with 8 and can hopefully get these done at a reasonable time. Currently, the release dates are set for September 24th and October 1st respectively, though this is of course subject to change. With how much I already have done for Chapter 9, I should just need ~2 days of drawing until I need to scan it for inkin/coloring (which is all digital now, yipee!) And these are some pretty big ones, so make sure to read up on Ult before these two end the first volume!


In other news, I'm hoping to release a few pieces for a few different things:

-A 1-year anniversary gift that I made for both Ultralius and Obscurity that I never scanned and posted here

-A piece to celebrate Crungle's 4th year proper. I would count that Faisian thing from a while ago, but I need more art up.

-Something for Madness Day. I know it's not until later in the month, but the sooner I start, the more likely I can finish when the day actually comes.

-Not sure what else to draw, so feel free to send me ideas I guess.


Alright, that's all from me. Hope to see you around and finish these chapters soon.


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Posted by MagentaNova - July 11th, 2023


Okay, it's been a sec, but first thing's first...


The 2nd Anniversary picture's been fixed. I got it scanned and colored up, so now it looks clean(-ish).


Second order of business, I got Chapter 7 of Ultralius uploaded and it can be read on Tapas (and I think Webtoon?) now. I'm still working on Chapter 8 right now, but I ***HOPE*** it can be completed by Sunday. After that, it's two more longer chapters to close out the volume (which I hope to get done by the end of the summer season, but given my current track record, I don't know if I can make it... Oh well!)


One last thing, I have a bit more art that I'll try to post periodically. Be on the lookout for that. I noticed a while ago I'd been pruned from the Art Portal, but hopefully some of these can make up for it. (Probably not, but we'll see.)


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Posted by MagentaNova - May 7th, 2023


Yeah, I missed Pico Day too. But I have a decent excuse! After finally procrastinating my ass off, I've finally gotten to work on some art this weekend and did a ton(-ish) of work, including my Pico Day piece that I plan to release soon. But other than that, I've gotten some decent work done with Ultralius Chapter 7, which I hope to be released... in a week? If I work on it correctly. Oh, that reminds me...


Chapter 6 is releasing today if it hasn't already on Tapas. I hope to put these out a bit more consistently even though I fell from my schedule I made a while back, but I feel like I can since I'm in a better mindset compared to last month. Hope you enjoy and thanks for reading.

https://tapas.io/episode/2798093


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Posted by MagentaNova - April 4th, 2023


Hey, so it's now... April. I missed my birthday... and April Fools... Oh well, better luck next year! Anyway, I wanted to announce my plans for the next while (up until about June) for a couple reasons. 1: to help me be motivated. Maybe if I have some sort of writing for this shit, that anyone can see, I can feel a bit more motivation to actually do some stuff rather than wait around. 2: to tell you guys what's up. It's been a while since I've been truly active on Newgrounds in, what, early February? I'm tired of not having any new content on here! In fact, I have tons of new stuff, I just can't scan stuff enough or properly to get it released, including a few art pieces that I have for this that I'm... less proud of now, but oh well. And 3: organization. Just to get my thoughts on pixels is helpful for my organization skills and can (maybe) (possibly) help my with time management.


But yeah, game plan! Below are some dates I typed as sorta release dates for my projects.

April 10th - Start releasing the rest of Obscurity Love Life

April 13th - Finish releasing the rest of Obscurity Love Life

April 14th - Release the Obscurity Short Story Entry

April 23rd - Ultralius Chapter 6 release

April 30th - Ultralius Chapter 7 release

May 7th   - Ultralius Chapter 8 release

May 21st  - Ultralius Chapter 9 release

May 28th  - Ultralius Chapter 10 release


And that's it for my Newgrounds and internet stuff. In other news, I recently went to a con and have been organizing my "workstation" (bedroom) a bit. Basically getting my life (slightly) pulled together. Well, I better get back to finishing Obscurity Love Life. Gotta have something to release soon! Thanks for reading. (Also, might do more posts like this in the future if the turnout of this one is what I want it to be.)


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