LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Good Morning! Welcome to the first issue of The Tank Tribune! Newgrounds Official Newspaper! Does life get you stressed? Project eat up your time? Wondering what was happening on Newgrounds during your absence? Whether you've been away or just want to know what's going on, this is the paper for you. Just be sure to Follow this page so you can get the latest issue every Sunday!
THE LATEST FROM THE FOUNDER AND CEO OF NEWGROUNDS @TomFulp
The month of May has come and gone and we had a lot of great submissions. A new addition to the Sublo and Tangy Mustard series took home third for the month. PICOLLAGE2020 celebrated 25 Years of Newgrounds. Below are the Best Movie and Best Game of the Month!
Tom has also touched on the events going on in the country entitled America this Week that you should absolutely take some time to read. He has also showcased some Cool Artists to Check Out.
In other news, if you're not participating in the Musk Jam you should know that the prize pool is now over $5,000. With money being awarded to those even in the bottom ten! Get out there and poke some fun at Elon Musk.
@VoicesByCorey is also hosting a Voice Actor Collab. It is open to both voice actors and writers. If you got a microphone then now is the time to jump in! If you don't and have the gift of gab to put to pen and ink then your time to shine is here as well!
ROBOT DAY is on August 26th and entries can now be submitted. You can read all about it from @MindChamber here. It has been three years since the last ROBOT DAY so get out there and make something robotic! (In a creative sense of course).
Last Week's Daily Features from the Portal as posted through P-Bot's Postings are listed here. We have a return from @Krinkels with An Experiment. A new cartoon from @meatcanyon parodying The Office. An entry in the Musk Jam from @JohnnyUtah entitled ELON. Also Mario and Sonic have cracked the Daily Features once again. Enjoy!
NEWGROUNDS MEMBERS LOOKING FOR WORK
I'm gonna start taking requests
@MegamewtwoniteX is taking requests. He does SFM renders. You can PM him for more details about his portfolio.
Advice for Someone Starting Commissions For The First Time?
@PizzaGuy579 has recently been wanting to start taking commissions. He's looking to get his work out there more and get feedback.
@3p0ch has created a MetaGame Collab Interface Prototype. It is an idea for multiple developers to work on a game at the same time even with difference interfaces. He is looking for testers and feedback.
NEED WORK ON NEWGROUNDS OR WANT TO GET THE WORD OUT ABOUT YOUR WORK?
CONTACT THE TANK TRIBUNE FOR DETAILS
LATEST INTERVIEW: Interview with Cyberdevil
One of Newgrounds best rappers, a poet, musician, and overall terrific and cherished member of the Audio Portal. Find out more in this two part interview!
ARTIST NEWS
@Syntrus latest song intends to capture the anxiety of vaguebooking. He also discusses the current climate of the United States and abroad.
I'm not doing okay but it's okay
@Hackmusic isn't doing alright. She's been feeling a little down lately in terms of motivation. If you're not too busy, stop by and listen to her music, say hello. She could use a pick me up right about now.
@Zer0to has given thanks to his fans for liking and supporting his artwork. If you haven't yet you should check out his art. While you're there you should follow him!
Cassette Girl
Zer0to
From 2007 comes one of the first collaborations from the Art Forum. All about the journey of a red line. Over 50 artists contributed to this collab. The collab was created by accident when @HeRetiK made the thread.
"When I started the thread, I never meant to create a collab. It just seemed like a fun thing to try.
Then things took off and I started to compile it into a scrollable Flash gallery too see how it would look like. Since so many people participated and enjoyed making entries for the thread, I started to update the gallery whenever I could and suggested to turn it into a collab. I still can't believe that this little fun thread became the first of many Art Forum Collabs :)
Looking back I can't decide whose entries I enjoyed the most. There were too many people that contributed a lot to the thread and collab."
-HeRetiK
THE MEMBERS OF NEWGROUNDS
NEW USERS
@Skoops is a concept artist and game designer who joined us! He gave a friendly hello in the Introduction Thread. If you got the time, introduce yourself!
@Seth-Infinite joined at the beginning of June. He is a writer and an artist working on a graphic novel series and developing games. Perhaps we will see these two projects intertwine! He said hi in the Introduction Thread so give him a shout if you're in that department.
STORIES
@TheGhostOfSevenSeize has refused to put on pants today and is asking others to join in her crusade.
@Jackho has presented Newgrounds with the Reading Challenge back in January. If you love to read it's not too late to jump in! Even if you don't want to do the challenge, but are looking for some new reading material then there is plenty!
@WahyaRanger2 is curious about what Newgrounds likes to collect. Share with others what you like to collect with the other members of Newgrounds. Whether it is video games, books, knickknacks, or rocks!
A LOOK BACK AT THREADS OF THE PAST
Created by @MetalDart on September 15, 2007. Each thread has its own ID number so it can be easy to find and track. This happened to be thread number 777777. Quite a lucky number to get.
Created by @Rohedin on April 11, 2007. Sometimes two threads would be matched up by coincidence on the forums and it was always funny to see it. Then parody threads would pop up with the original thread and then it wasn't much of a coincidence anymore. The thread was fun, but it got out of hand and became a +1 fest so it was locked. It is fun to look back on it though.
Three phrases of five,
Seven, five respectively;
That's how you do it.
Everyday Newgrounds chooses a User of the Day at random! Here are the selected people of last week! Congratulations to all of you!
USERS OF THE DAY ON THIS DATE
2003: @downwithpants
2004: @asspenny
2010: @EdpR
2019: @LEONHART012
CONTESTS
DEADLINE: June 22nd
DEADLINE: June 22nd
DEADLINE: July 1st
Two Lungs Breathe As One Art Competition
DEADLINE: July 1st
The week can get people down sometimes. With all of the hustle and bustle and action packed drama that entails our lives, sometimes it's nice to just kickback and relax. Here are a few games to play to unwind on this Sunday Morning.
I hope you enjoyed this first issue of The Tank Tribune! This is just the beginning. There will certainly be more and more added to editions as we move forward. I only hope you will all be moving forward with me. Just hit that Follow button at the top of the page! Hope you all have a Happy Sunday!
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Hackmusic
I really wasn't expecting this. I feel kinda outed, but at the same time, I feel kinda special. A little more exposed than I'm comfortable with, but it's still nice to catch some positive attention.