“THE TANK TRIBUNE IS MADE POSSIBLE BY READERS LIKE YOU! THANK YOU!”
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR
Good Morning Newgrounds! This is the official return of The Tank Tribune! It’s a new era for us all! Welcome to my Patreon @YendorNG! Happy to have you here! The Newgrounds Audio Deathmatch has made its return! The Best of June and the Treasure Hunt winners have been announced! I recently spoke about removing the Featured Artist section of this paper, due to how the licensing worked here on Newgrounds. I put more thought into it and realized I had no idea what I was talking about. I made a thread in the Art Forum, to gauge some thoughts and possibly find answers as to whether or not I would be misusing people's works or Newgrounds as a whole. I am pleased to say that the Featured Artist section will be staying on The Tank Tribune. Today is my birthday, I'm 34 years old now. Without further ado. Here are the hip happenings of Newgrounds!
The-Great-One
INTRO AND OUTRO
FEATURED COMPOSERS
@Vista-Sound13 @H31072 @G2961 @OrionsAscendant @Ethan64Music
@MissFluentOfficial @sorohanro @I-Saved-The-World @boza44 @MeditativeDelusion
@MarlAngel @LKGaming421 @NNonick @Nockess @MightyMuso
@ZaneLittle @Aalasteir @VyletPony @TurtleBox420 @CielOuvert
Best of June 2024!
Newgrounds has watched, played, looked, and listened! The best were selected, and Newgrounds voted! Here are the Best of June! Best Movie goes to @Speedo, @arkoirisangel, @flou-art, @GloryBoy, @ieJoMaFLo, and @VonKreepula for the next entry in the PUNCH PUNCH FOREVER! Series, PUNCH PUNCH FOREVER! ep2. It also won the Triple Crown, winning the Daily Feature, Weekly Users’ Choice, and Review Crew Pick awards!
For Best Game goes to @JamesTDG and @ThePixelDud for Portal Re:/ Flashed. This is ThePixelDud’s debut game here on Newgrounds!
@FutureCopLGF has also released a video of him playing and reviewing all of the Best Games of June entries! Just click the playlist below with his Top 10 Games from June!
The Top Featured Art goes to @NyanaKnifegal for their Gravity Falls inspired piece It's gonna... get... 👁️W̷̢͐̒ ̴͈͂́Ȅ̵͕̙ ̶̙̍̿i̷̺̹̓ ̸͔͇̔Ṟ̵̊̓ ̴͇̥͒D.
The Top Featured Audio goes to @octopus58 for Kib and Bigg: Outside of the Box OST - Kicky Guy. It is from the new animation Kib & Bigg: Outside of the Box by @spicycoffee. You can listen to the whole album here!
It's gonna... get... 👁️W̷̢͐̒ ̴͈͂́Ȅ̵͕̙ ̶̙̍̿i̷̺̹̓ ̸͔͇̔Ṟ̵̊̓ ̴͇̥͒D
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Treasure Hunt 2024 Winners!
@SplatterDash and @The-Great-One hosted the Newgrounds Treasure Hunt for the second year of its revival. The Treasure Hunt is a contest to find the underrated gems in all of the Portals. Submissions that have not won any awards or been Frontpaged. Judges this year were @YendorNG and @LexRodent for Animation. @TharosTheDragon and @FutureCopLGF for Games. @Xinxinix and @Template88 for Art. @Cyberdevil and @SplatterDash for Music.
Best Animation was DR ASMR -- Rx: More Sound, which was made by @hollaartyourboy and found by @OnyxGalaria. Best Game was Dream Punk, which was made by @bokononyossarian and found by @OnyxGalaria. Best Art was Me, Myself & Us, which was made by @digitalpops and found by @Madmazel. Best Audio was Shores of Time, which was made by @LoneConstruct and found by @BASCUTI. Congratulations to all the winners! Be ready for more swashbuckling as we travel the high seas of Newgrounds come 2025!
Me, Myself & Us
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The 15th Annual Newgrounds Audio Deathmatch is currently underway! The Audition Round is still open, but you have until Next Sunday, July 21st 11:59 PM | EST to post your Audition Piece, that's next Sunday folks. Be sure to read the Rules that will be for every round of the Deathmatch.
The Audition Round you simply share one of your tracks in the Audition Thread. You can talk with the other combatants and ask questions in the Discussion Thread.
July 14th - Comics and Random Art Battles entry deadline.
July 14th - Wallpaper 2.0 Collab deadline.
July 20th - Sludge Brothers Fan Art Contest deadline.
July 20th - Five Nights at Freddy's Collab deadline.
July 20th - Subspace Emissary Art Collab deadline.
July 21st - NG Audio Deathmatch Audition deadline.
July 25th - NG Underdog Audio Tryout deadline.
July 26th - NG Summer Smash Meetup in Wildwood, NJ.
July 28th - Summer Art Collab deadline.
July 30th - The Ocean Mean Audio Collab deadline.
July 31st - Blind World Collab writing sign-up deadline.
This week’s featured artist is @razorvampire. He joined Newgrounds just last month and has already posted quite a bit on the site. He’s also posted in a thread featured here on Newgrounds with his feelings on art. Check out his works below!
“The path of art is like an infinite spiderweb, there is millions and millions of ways to express yourself and to take the path of art, but the hardest part of being an artist is figuring out why and how. How should you express yourself? Would anyone care? To help with these thoughts, ask yourself “what is the bad reason I do art and what is the good reason I do art.” AND THEN CHOOSE THE GOOD REASON!”
-razorvampire
CYAN
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Have You Ever Thought About Giving Up Art?
@ColinsCreations is curious if other artists have thought about just giving up. Mostly due to non-feedback from their works. Share your thoughts on your artwork and your experiences as an artist.
let me interview you, you interview me!
@uleezy is looking to learn about other Newgrounds members' works. Through interviewing one another. In other words, they interview you and you interview them. The process will involve audio interviews and will be posted on both Newgrounds Audio Portal and their Instagram.
Is Traditional Animation Dead?
slothyykittee is wondering if traditional 2D animation is still being done today. In other words drawn frame-by-frame. There is a discussion of rig animation, digital frame-by-frame, and the history of animated movies.
What's your workflow?
@c4ndl3W1ck wants to know what your workflow is for animation? He’s typically all over the place because he doesn’t know where to start. Share how you make your animation from beginning to end.
You may remember this section of Newgrounds being called Flash Portal History. Although Flash was the foundation of the site, there are many parts of Newgrounds that have helped the site. It is time to recognize the parts of Newgrounds that have helped it evolve on the World Wide Web.
There is nothing this week. Be prepared to see not only movies and games from Newgrounds past, but audio, art, contests, events, and everything else that the community has made for Newgrounds and the Internet for almost 30 Years!
@DamnedByFate
DamnedByFate has been a member of Newgrounds since 2008 and a Supporter since 2018. A contributor to the forums, the Supporter Party, and the growth of Newgrounds. He is also the archenemy of @Wegra. Thank you to DamnedByFate for bringing joy to the users of Newgrounds throughout the years!
QUOTES OF THE WEEK
“So, uhhhhh, has your stock decreased in the last 24 moon cycles?”
“6 for $6 dollar tacos are back at Sheetz! - I am so happy.”
“I can microwave a mean chicken nugget.”
PIC OF THE WEEK
LATEST INTERVIEW: JamesHeart
@Aalasteir has been talking with creators, learning their stories and philosophy for nearly two years now. His podcast is a deep dive in not only the creative process, but the creator behind the works. It also involves community questions for guests. An interactive, laid back experience. Check out the latest episode with musician @JamesHeart.
Games you have beat countless times
@BlakeyTakeyTheCakey wants to know which games you have beaten over and over again and again. He himself has beaten Super Mario World and the first DOOM game multiple times. @Darkwhisperer666 and @Painbringer have also beaten the first DOOM multiple times. @Chlorruption beat The Binding of Isaac so many times, that they hear the tear splat sound in their sleep. Share the games you have beaten too many times to count.
Is PIMP still active?
@austin, one of Newgrounds earliest users from the year 2000, is wondering if another older user by the name of @Pimp is still around. Pimp has been with the site since 1999 and was the first user to reach Level 60 on Newgrounds! The whereabouts of Pimp and who he is has become one of Newgrounds cryptid lores.
USERS OF THE WEEK
Here are the Users of the Day from July 6th, 2024 - July 12th, 2024.
Congratulations to all of you!
@AlexToolStudio
@KDT
@ElRandomGMD
@GGishere
@Yann1i
@Abelhouaua
@ExorYer
USERS OF THE DAY ON THIS DATE
2023: @CartoonCorgi
2014: @Farplane
2006: @ToonCastleTV
2004: @Leigh
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. This week we’re looking at the games of Treasure Hunter winner @bokononyossarian.
If a game is not loading properly for you, then install the Newgrounds Flash Player. There are instructions on how to do so. If it is still not working or you don't understand, create a thread in the Where is / How to / Help! Forum for assistance.
I am happy to be back on Newgrounds and just in time for the Newgrounds Audio Deathmatch as well! I am looking to expand my Patreon further and start newer projects to branch out more. I worked alongside Rex, covering the Southeast Game Exchange. That will be posted here on The Tank Tribune sometime in August, early September. Rex did photography for me for the event, so I’m waiting to get pictures back from him. Thank you all for reading The Tank Tribune and being a part of Newgrounds! Have a fantastic Sunday morning!
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BottleTopBillFanclub
Happy Birthday, The-Great-One, and congratulations on Treasure Hunt 2024! So much awesome treasure! Great to see Booliards on the front page.
Thank you so much for mentioning the latest interview with @JamesHeart! I'm really grateful to listen to his experiences. I'm so happy @OviManic, @payopayo, @Cyberdevil, and @SkilledFella gave their amazing questions! Thank you so much! You are super awesome! :D