2025 turned out to be the most amazing year, full of surprises and participation in various collabs.

So, I've decided to summarize each moment of this year briefly, trying not to overwhelm with too much information.

(If you get tired from reading for a long time, take breaks, it helps a lot)

SO LET'S BEGIN!

January

Starting Jan 15 I created my first ever full animation in Adobe Animate as a homage to FNAF's 10th Anniversary

The day after Wanted! Collab (organized by @sebulant) got released, which featured over 450 submissions from over 150 artists, here's my submissions:

On Jan 18 I drew a submission for NG 30th Anniversary Wall Art Collab, and before actually drawing Alloy first I analyzed his design by sketching him:

From Jan 20 to 21 I posted a few sketches and Luigi's Mansion Fanart:

Same Jan 21 - Heritage Day Collab 2024 was published, along with my animated submissions: https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/965453

On Jan 23 Petri Pals Collab got published along with my "Snotty Amoeba" submission. https://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/mantis/petri-pals

Jan 27 and 29 - Chutney Glaze's Winter Art Contest Illustration and Mega Man Fanart:

Same Jan 27 - Astro Collab (organized by @DrSaturn2) came out! For this collab, I drew my OC Astro "Gunner"

Jan 31 - posted a few old animations from Procreate:

February

If I remember correctly, due to being overly active on NG and publishing a large of works over the previous month, I almost got burnt out and wasn't able to post much as I wanted to :(

BUT, I managed on Feb 16 to post a single artwork that surprisingly got Frontpaged, thank ya :D

March

Drew myself several times:

Mar 4 - https://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/zloler56/56-zlolers-me

Mar 15 - https://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/zloler56/silly-me-2

On Mar 16 - The Toybox Collab (organized by @whimsical-wife) came out! This time, for a submission I remembered and drew my childhood toy Giraffe ^^

https://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/zloler56/plush-giraffe-toybox-collab Game

Mar 18 - Did another submission for The Crazy Collab (organized by @ElectroNat)

Mar 24 - Finished a birthday gift for @Stugli that ended up very well in terms of dynamic and composition.

Mar 28 - drew Fanart of Sonic for the first time, creating my own version of him. https://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/zloler56/sonic-fanart

April

This month was probably the most art focused, where I came up with new characters or refreshed to previous/old I've posted, as well as other stuff.

Apr 2-6 - Character icons:

Apr 4 - Second polished puppet rig animation for Hello Kitty Collab:

Apr 7 - Since I'm a Soviet Cartoon fanatic, I wanted to draw one of my favorites - Soviet Winnie the Pooh from 1969:

Apr 10 - Pokemon Fan art as I adored their designs.

Apr 11 - my 18th Happy Birthday!

https://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/zloler56/happy-bday-zloler-me

Apr 19 - Probably the my most favorite original illustration I've done so far and satisfied with.

Apr 22 - foreshadowing and a hidden reference to PlayStation Collab animation submission "Snake Extreme"

Apr 24 - mid Illustration of my unknown character, was designed at first with limited color of markers.

Apr 28 - The most unexpected first comic I've done so far, enjoyed doing it.

May

May 5 - JonhyUtah Chad submission sketch for Wojak Collab (organized by @SkilledFanBoy)

May 8 - The Petpet Collab was published, I submitted over 4 Neopets w Supporter from the limit of 2 without it, since I had one at that time, I'll be always thankful for @Tiltro gifting me one for 2024 Christmas!

May 17 - Pico and Tom Fulp Day animation ft. @Crashtroid music Railcoin

June

Jun 9 - Fanart of @succojones game Jeri II: Tower's End

Jun 10 - Original drawing made out of boredom, it's mid.

June 23 - Cheeky Zach Hadel's portrait sketch, nothing special.

Jun 27 - Fanart of @ChutneyGlaze game SuperPip: Level One (We must need Level 2, please make it hap- aaAAA!1!!)

July

During this month, I finally participated in ArtFight for the first time, mostly doing attacks 'n revenges, coming up with new characters like Lazuli the Crystal:

Jul 1 - Illustration depicting my OC Edmon the Demon outside his butchery job: https://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/zloler56/edmon-outside

Jul 3 - Art Fight drawings:

Jul 4 - Art Fight drawings too:

Jul 5 - Published two scenes for Bee Movie Repollinated Collab

Jul 6 - Sebulant Attack on his character "Phantoreon":

Jul 15 - Published another two scenes for Smiling Friends Reanimated: Charlie, Pim, And Bill Vs. The Alien episode, hosted by GoldAxolotl aka IndiCros:

August

Before the end of Art Fight event, on Aug 2 I've managed to finish revenge on Sebulant's OC Cass:

Aug 5 - Animated BDay gif-t for @Syrupmasterz:

Aug 21 - George Harrison Fan Art:

Aug 23 - Another BDay gift for my friend @andesuka:

Same Aug 23 I submitted "Siamese Fighting Fish" for NG Fishing Collab:

After that, on Aug 29 I wanted to observe simple Mario franchise characters like Poochy and this is what I came up with:

On Aug 31 Undertale 10th Anniversary Collab was going and I started working with my submission very late, since many already took best Undertale characters I researched a ton for any unused character to somehow fit. In result I found Library Loox that wasn't used before and was appealing at the same time, so I quickly drew him in Aseprite and that's how I got into this collab, it was very intense.

September

Sep 6 - first ever Art Commission from @Syrupmasterz:

Sep 11 - Oquanaut Fan Art:

Sep 24 - https://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/zloler56/ff7-fan-cover

Sep 26 - Charmander submission for The Kanto Pokemon Art Collab: https://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/zloler56/charmander-kanto-pokemon-art-collab

The Kanto Pokemon Art Collab https://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/zinnia999/the-kanto-pokemon-art-collab

Sep 23 - Animation submission for Chutney Glaze's Grill Contest, took about 5 days to animate:

October

Oct 7 - NG's PlayStation Collab Thumbnail:

Oct 8 - Collage of all Astros submissions, which appeared in the credits of PS Collab:

Oct 9 - MGS3 Fan Art Cover for @X3ll3n inspired remix "Virtuous Mission":

Oct 13 - Submission for the Underboard Art Contest:

Oct 28 - OC Illustration:

Oct 31 - Drew cool Biker clothes for Pico Dress Up Collab (organized by @sebulant and @whimsical-wife)

Oct 8 - PS Collab came out! (organized by @theextreamh)

Oct 9 - "Snake Extreme" PS Collab 1st submission:

Oct 11 - "Chocobo" PS 2nd submission:

November

Was doing a lot drawings again as with April and October, leaning more towards traditional art form, that was fun!

Nov 13 - Big Bird/Caroll Spiney Fan Art:

Nov 15 - This is when I started sharing sketches dumps from time to time:

Nov 17 - mid piece that was more of an experiment, which was executed poorly:

Nov 18 - Sketch Dump numero 2:

Nov 19 - First watercolor I posted on Newgrounds and got it Fronpaged:

Nov 27 - Illustration showcasing new OC - Gongo the Axolotl:

Nov 28 - Sketch Dump number 3rd:

December

Dec 5 - Watercolor drawing attempt:

Dec 13 - Another Traditional art piece of skull practice 'n painting with many colors and tools:

On Dec 19 @JayNightfort drew a gift for me after I played guitar on Discord VC session, appreciate it you very much ^^

Dec 25 - Secret Santa gift for @ProffessorDunce:

Dec 28 - Dragon Quest Fan Art, depicting various Slimes:

Dec 29 - Keychain submission (originally made in 8th April) for NG 30th Anniversary Collab https://www.newgrounds.com/art/view/zloler56/hartrup-keychain-ng-s-30th-anniversary-collab

Dec 25 - Submission for The Sketch Collab (01:35 timestamp):

Dec 28 - Animation assistance for @Cappycatii submission for NG 30th Anniversary:

https://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/1012210

Dec 29 - Scene 7 for NG 30th Anniversary with help from @Cappycatii and @thegaman, thank you guys once again <3

NG's 30th Anniversary Collab itself:

Phew this was a ton of work, I couldn't believe this blog would take way too long. I hope I didn't miss anything else.

Hope you had fun reading or at least visiting this page. See you soon in 2026 Recap and other blogs!

Happy New Year!

Cheers,

Zloler56 ^^