Blake's 2024 Recap

January: BBS Chicanery

19th- My first post to the BBS, “Disappointed” is made. I have no clue why I called it that.

24th- My “infamous” post “HATE” is made on the gaming forum. I regret posting it to this day (read this for much needed info)

Not a lot happened this month. I was working on an animation that never came to light.

February: Many firsts

25th- I joined my first collab, the Mall Music Collab by @TeffyD, with my song “Room of Doom.” Quite possibly the worst name for a jazz song. Overall, I could’ve done better, but not bad for a first song.

27th- @FERNASGS made some fanart of his first 10 followers, including me!

28th- My first art is posted! I know it looks like shit but I keep it up for sentimental reasons.

March: More collabs

9th- I touched up on my website

24th- I joined my first art collab, the “Sandwich Collab” by @skilledfella

26th- I collaborated with @FERNASGS on an art piece where we kept drawing off of each other’s parts.

31st- I made a parody of the album cover of “Nevermind” by Nirvana

April: Advice and parody

7th- I gave some advice to people starting out

13th- I made a madness combat parody where Hank uses his words instead of his fists to solve his problems.

16th- My first blog is made. I think I made one before this that I deleted. I don’t even have a clue what it could’ve been about.

29th- I asked what the worst animating software is

May: A shitpost a month keeps the doctor away!

1st- I made art for the N64 collab by @AlexToolStudio 

2nd- I made a parody of the album cover of Nirvana’s “American Idiot”

16th- @SkilledFella interviewed me

22nd- I asked if my computer (at the time) was any good. Spoiler alert, it wasn’t! File explorer would crash often!

27th- I got flash 8 and asked for advice

29th- I made a LL shitpost. Your guess is as good as mine. One of my first animations in flash 8, which really shows.

June: Experimentation

2nd- I was testing out beepbox.co more

13th- Should I use deviant art? Hell no!

26th- I released my first game! A simple platformer I made in gdevelop. @FERNASGS was the beta tester and did the menu art.

July: Slow and steady

5th- I ask what games people have beaten many times

I drew marsh as a zombie

16th- I made… I have no clue, actually

21st- @whimsical-wife drew many people’s characters poorly.

26th- I announced that I would get supporter soon and change my name. Yikes.

August: The most busy month

2nd- I introduced my friend @sirargon to newgrounds. Apparently, he already had an account!

NGAP Doom Collab was “teased”

3rd- I announced that I was gonna blog more

5th- I asked what you guys know me as

8th- I did an art request for @vampiricgabe to redraw my pfp

11th- My first entry to the summergrounds showdown, alien hominid in the postal dude pose

13th- I made a sheezy art account.

14th- I asked newgrounds to make a comic based off of one panel

15th- I made a CC shitpost for the day (and some art)

20th- My second entry to the summergrounds showdown, madness combat in the style of the cs 1.6 menu!

26th- I made @Simoes1000 fanart

27th- Speedrunning tips

30th- @fnaflaxter made some fanart for me!

September: Blue skies and art requests

2nd- I did an art trade with @somedoodles

6th- @Aalasteir interviewed me

8th- @ZenonRetna made my first art request!

13th- More testing out beepbox

19th- I made a song for marsh

29th- I make my bluesky account (fuck you, elon!)

October: 100 fans and Voice acting

6th- I reach 100 followers and talk about users that were a great help to me

https://blaketakesthecake.newgrounds.com/news/post/1479603

22nd- I did some human drawing testing

27th- I did my first VA role in @Fnaflaxter’s random boy halloween special

I quit work on my entry for @thetageist’s costume jam

November: Collabs and celebrations

11th- I released my first collab that I hosted, the NGAP Doom Collab! I made this because I like the doom games and I also like the music.

I asked for some games to put on my windows 7 laptop

13th- @fnaflaxter made another fanart of me! This time thanking me on my VA work on his random boy animation

16th- I did an art request for @jakbot3000 to redraw my pfp

I asked for some help to stay focus animating

I posted my first art on sheezy art

30th- Two years on newgrounds! One year on necities!

December: Smooth Sailing

6th- I announce my first animation collab, The Pencil 2D Collab. It’s gonna release early February!

7th- @elrandomgmd made fanart for me in his “24 Fanarts Before Christmas”

8th- I did my second VA role in @Fnaflaxter’s random boy christmas special

11th- I drew marsh with a body

17th- I got the supporter upgrade and changed my name from “BlakeyTakeyTheCakey” to “BlakeTakesTheCake” finally breaking a two year “curse”

18th- I made MAJOR improvements to my website

21st- I made an art dump of some more crappy drawings

Overall, this year has been great! Here’s a list of people I want to thank! (I’d say a bit about them, but we’d be here all day if I did!)

@FERNASGS, @SkilledFella, @Creeperforce24, @Fnaflaxter, @Anamonator, @Simoes1000, @ElRandomGMD, @AnassAnimationPro, @Dungeonation, @EmilyRose420, @EmsDeLaRoZ, @KittyhawkMontrose, @alsoknownas1, @AlexToolStudio, @PLJerry, @TheShokBlok, @Blitzilla, @OviManic, @KokoroHatsaru, @Aalasteir, @DancarMar, @DrunkGecko, @Cyberdevil, @Carcitypilot31, @BoiledMilkz, @co0lkid98, @mawibblap, @Lolbackwards, @Chdonga, @53xy83457, @whimsical-wife, @Chris, @TeffyD

I want to thank all you guys for supporting me, laughing at my jokes, giving me fanarts, and making me feel like a part of a community!

-Blake