I almost could've made a post yesterday during Valentine's but I did not have the will and was feeling lazy. No new arts but I do have some minor sneak peaks.

Been writing a bit more for this new project and I'm gonna plan on releasing it featuring only the first few chapters. Not much else to say.

Operation Overcast is still halted in terms of production, but I've drawn this potential redesign of how characters would look following my desires to change the art style to be more realistic.

(My apologies if you find it a bit scuffed, not supposed to have too much detail on it)

Comic script still hasn't progressed fruitfully. Though I'll work on it when I feel it's right to do so.

That's all I have to say for today.

-Goodlands

Hello, hope you're having a Happy New Years. Today I'll sort of recap some things from this year.

I'll be blunt: 2023 is my least productive year on Newgrounds as I've taken lengthy breaks from it and posted very few stuff on the site besides some news posts every few months. I'm sorry that I haven't been very productive this year, but I do have some things to say on the projects that I am working on.

Operation Overcast, a military-themed series with an emphasis on parody and satire that I've conceptualized since 2021, hasn't been receiving that much. I've been writing the prologue comic in early 2023 but it's still not finished yet. I've also had some creative changes like my uncertainty in writing the lore of the series and changing the characters to be of another military branch.

However, in the middle of the year I had announced a new project which'll be dubbed Project Monsoon that strives for a more teenage demographic featuring a more colorful atmosphere around adventure and all of that. I'll reveal more when the time is right.

I cannot speak too much about my personal life but I have gone up and down like the other years. But I think I've got some fairly nice things from it like new games added to my steam library and a new Samsung phone which replaced my outdated Samsung A5 2017.

Overall, a mostly decent year for me. Some misfortune and such has happened, like all the other years. But I think I'm not too unsatisfied with the year, personally speaking that is. Can't speak for everyone and judging an entire year can be a bit difficult but I promise that I haven't felt like 2023 was a year that I had frequently disliked being part of. I've had my fun and I've had my displeasures.

Hope 2024 will be something different and something great.

-Goodlands

Sorry for the lack of productivity this year. A few days before New Year's I'll perhaps make a 2023 year-in-review for both Newgrounds and other things. Here's an unfinished Christmas artwork that I was supposed to finish earlier but procrastination and lack of productivity holds me back from actually finishing it on time. I don't know if I should finish this considering this is supposed to be for a specific day even though I failed to finish it on time. This is hardly the last time I've ever suffered from procrastination issues, even for something as miniscule as art.

Anyways, merry Christmas Newgrounds!

Hi, today's my birthday. Am a year older. Yay.

To not leave some people in silence, I'll post some sneak peaks on what my creative works are at right now.

Operation Overcast

Operation Overcast has been mostly halted for as long as I remember, I had big plans for it since I first came up with it in 2021. Constant lore changes have been happening as I was uncertain to determine what works out for the plot, one of those being changing the branch of the characters to be of the Army as the series no longer exclusively focuses on the Air Force as it brings limited creative potential. However, the general basis still remains mostly the same: some soldiers dabble into some insane antics in the middle east attempting to topple down yet another threat.

I am thinking about 'debuting' the series via a short comic of some sorts, instead of the original animated series plan as that'll possibly be for later. And speaking of that, should probably mention towards anyone paying attention who had been in contact with me in regards to the project: you've been signed out of the project and I have no intention to ever utilize your work without contacting you first. Scripts have been changed, artistic direction has been changed, many things have changed where some of the works cannot be used. I'm a lot more careful when treading into my own ambitions, which explains why I have not utilized them yet and have put them aside in favor of doing progress towards the project myself and only seek outside help whenever the time is right.

I've also considered a change in art direction as Operation Overcast is to adapt a more "realistic" depiction of the human characters being more accurate to real-life though that does not mean it will remove it's cartoonish appeal. I'll still figure out what will work out.

New Title - Project Monsoon

The title reveal has yet to be seen though I have finally come up with a title. In short it's an adventure type story with some emphasis on worldbuilding and to have some kind of vibe and aesthetic that of Sonic the Hedgehog. Here's a sneak peak of the map:

Still a work in progress.

It'll make an official debut as a short book, though of course this is not gonna be it's only thing as I will eventually expand towards other forms of media.

That's all I'll tell you, have a nice day and wish me a happy birthday.

A work-in progress map for the yet-to-be announced project after Operation Overcast that is more colorful and adventurous rather than oppressive and unforgiving.

Hi, sorry yet again for a months worth of inactivity. Personal life is as to be expected. I still have my hobbies and I don't have fixations necessarily. I play games, I create stuff elsewhere and I come up with ideas.

Now, it's time for me to announce a new project. It's going to be a lot different compared to OpOvc as it'll instead appeal to older children and young teens. That in itself doesn't mean older audiences cannot share an enjoyment and learn valuable lessons from it. It's an adventure genre type fiction inspired by things like Sonic the Hedgehog. Name will be revealed soon and I plan to release a written book about it. Maybe will start illustrating and introducing in artists and such.

Inactivity is still present within me, where I only so slightly think about doing something creative and then leaving it behind. My on-going project Operation Overcast started off as an animation idea, before I compressed it into something I can do solo. While I'm sticking to it until otherwise, I can't feel myself drawing every single comic page even if it isn't too long and complicated. So, for any of my projects I have planned, I will say that much of the projects will be released "when they are ready". That's all.

Have a nice day I guess.

Hi everyone, hope you had a happy 4th of July! Time for some extra news:

• Barely forgotten Operation Overcast. I'm working on an art that I wanted to finish by today, but it seems unlikely. Nonetheless I'll hope to reveal some more information by posting a few artworks prior to publishing the comic.
• Been taking a pretty big break from Newgrounds, barely anything getting done and just going on a break. Hopefully I put out something for you guys to enjoy.
• No cause for concern in regards to my wellbeing. By my own words, I am fine.

Hopefully this clears some things up.

Have a great day of liberty.

• Goodlands

Today I just tweaked up my PFP from years ago to look a bit less ugly. The background image you see will be changed sometime soon.

On another note, beginning to work more into the script for the prologue comic for Operation Overcast!

Hi Newgrounds, been slowly forgetting about my account and minding on random past times that aren't that productive.

I failed to deliver the prologue comic I was supposed to release by late April as it will be postponed to a late May/early June release. Again, no strict guarantees.

I've also started designing one of the characters who will appear on that comic, who is an Iraqi helicopter pilot. I don't really have reference images to accurate portray them, so it will be a bit different. It's kind of the same with the USAF Pilots, where I use fictional helmet designs rather than real ones. Accuracy and realism is not my goal here of course.

And from the title, yes I forgot about Pico Day. I have not even drew anything relating to it. It's nothing scary, it's probably better for my health because I am a procrastinator and tend sometimes lose sleep over publishing my NG arts. So sorry, no Pico art from me. But you can check my older Pico art right here.

Have a good one.

• Goodlands

Hi. April fools is over. And I procrastinated just to release a low-effort artwork for that day and writing some gag for it.

Now, onto my personal project of mine: Operation Overcast (OpOvc)

Originally this project was gonna begin with an animated pilot episode but the pilot episode may be put on hold as animation is demanding and casting also costs money. So, I'm going to be releasing a prologue comic of some sorts that will chronologically be before the potential pilot episode and if I want to, make more comics that will be set before the pilot.

So, I have my ambitions for the project but I am going to start small and hopefully grow enough to reach said ambitions.

I'm hoping that the prologue comic will release later this month or in early May. But please, don't take these as guarantees as things can change as always for any reason.

That's all, see you soon and hope you have a happy Sunday.

-Goodlands