Let's do it right this time around.

It's no secret that I can be... awkward in social situations. There are times when I literally need to have something spelled out for me in order to figure out the way it should be done. This is why I sometimes don't react in a proper and timely manner to things that call for it... such as having my work frontpaged on Newgrounds. So here I am, typing this news post to make amends.

Mateja's coming out, a short comic I did back in 2019, was featured on the front page today, and I find it hard to put in words just how much this means to me, how content I feel as I'm writing this. I literally poured myself into this comic, and I will probably always consider it one of the best things I ever created. @Yolkbyte, thank you for mentioning it in the Art Front Page Suggestion Thread. I deeply appreciate the fact that you felt it deserved more attention.

Which brings me to the next issue: this is not the first time a work of mine was frontpaged. My Sweet 16 Comic Contest entry also got featured; thus I owe an overdue "thank you" to @Madmazel for, once again, suggesting it in the forums. Seeing my little comic in between other works that seemed far superior to it, and realizing that someone thought it was worthy enough to be featured, made me giddy like a schoolgirl for days.

Finally - and let me try to do this without being too weird - I owe a very overdue "thank you" to the person who scouted me back in September, when I was still a Newgrounds hatchling. When I made my own art thread and started posting my works, @PerKGrok was one of the first people who commented on them, always providing encouragement and helpful feedback. Needless to say, when I got the notification that I was scouted, it wasn't too difficult to figure out who was responsible. Thank you for your support and for believing I deserved to be scouted.

Lastly, to all those in my followers list, thank you for clicking "follow"! There aren't a lot of you at this point, but I'm grateful for each and every one of you. Hope you'll like my future scribblings as well.