Hey there fellow Newgrounders! I just thought I would make a quick front page news post to talk about the many projects I have been working on lately. And yes, "Finale: Pathway Through Newgrounds" IS one of them.

The Beauty of Life Collab:

For the past hour or two, I have been working on my part for the collab, "The Beauty of Life" on Newgrounds Collabs. It's a very interesting collab, and with some more members, it could turn out to be extremely well done. I'm trying to make my part as top notch as I can, without making the file size too huge. Which is hard for me, because I tend to put in too much detail when I'm animating.

If you would like to join the collab, please follow this link: http://ngcollabs.joeynukes.com/viewtop ic.php?t=3465

NGC Talent Collab 2:

A few years ago, Bendo created a collab called "NGC Talent Collab" and it featured portfolio's of members from NGC's work. It won a small award, and has a pretty good score for how short the collab is. I'm completely redoing the idea, and it will no longer be a "portfolio" but more of a "show reel". If you participated in the last one, but are no longer of member of NGC, you are still allowed to join. Old members are always welcome.

If you would like to join my collab, follow this link(NGC members and old members only): http://ngcollabs.joeynukes.com/viewtop ic.php?t=3524

Time Tests:

These have already been completed, and were mentioned in my last two news posts. I had to make some pretty lengthy flashes in just a short amount of time for school. Altogether there is about 8 minutes of animation, which was completed in about 48 hours altogether. It was extremely difficult, and very tedious since most of it was just lip syncing, but it was pretty fun.

If I make any more throughout the year, I might compile it into one "super flash" and submit it here. But since they were made so quickly, they really aren't very high quality and could be sooo much better. Also, there's the fact that they were based on what we were learning in school, which means you would have had to learn about the same things to understand what's happening.

Finale - Pathway Through Newgrounds:

The conclusion to the Pathway Through Newgrounds series, which features Pico in the first episode, Pico Day: Pathway Through Newgrounds and Hank in the second episode, Madness: Pathway Through Newgrounds.

The first part will be submitted on Pico Day of next year, and it's second half will be submitted on Madness Day of next year, as well. I'm hoping to make it a 30 minute epic (split in two), and to include much greater animation and an insane plot. I've been writing some of the script lately, and it really looks like it's going to be awesome.

Tomorrows Nobodies have already said they are willing to do voices for the conclusion, which is great because I was worried I wouldn't be able to get them. They've also said I may be able to be their new "assistant animator" and will hopefully send me a test animation sometime, if I can get into contact with them. :P

Finale: Pathway Through Newgrounds will hopefully be A LOT better than its predecessors. I'm aiming for first place in Pico Day, and maybe even Madness Day. It all depends if I can really make it as good as I have been promising everybody. All I have to do is get these colabs out of my way, and I'll be set to start animating it.

Well, I guess I'll stop here. I don't want to ramble for another 10 paragraphs. I'll give another update in two weeks. =D