Hello~!

Since it's been a couple of weeks since I joined Newgrounds, I wanted to make a formal introduction and a huge "thank you" to everyone who has supported my art!

My name is Rae and I've been an artist most of my life. I have been posting my art online for about 10 years but I have recently become disillusioned with social media and AI art that I took a two-year break from posting online.

I wanted to return to sharing my art and found Newgrounds' community and approach to creators aligned with my personal values, so, I joined! Everyone who has supported my art in the last few weeks, THANK YOU! I appreciate the support so much and am grateful for everyone's comments and being a fan. This community has already pushed me to share my creative works and I hope to be more involved when I can.

Sketchbook #1

Something I recently wanted to accomplish was keeping an art blog. To be honest, I am quite bad at talking about my art or inspirations. My mind is all over the place when drawing and it's very difficult to describe what my art even means to myself or what I wanted to express. So, to become better, I have started a "sketchbook" collection of just posting something from my sketchbook for discussion or just to keep myself drawing on a schedule hehe.

One of the first pages of my 2024 sketchbook. Expect to see Undertale many, many...many times.

As seen from my art gallery, you might notice I have something of a "passion" for Undertale. I actually played Undertale roughly 6 years after it came out in the Fall of 2021—to be blunt, I fell in love. Toby's story-telling and characters reached my heart like it did for many people when it came out and I just couldn't (still can't!) get it out of my creative mind and inspiration. So much so, that I currently have an art collection project entirely dedicated to Undertale named "It's Still You" that most of my Undertale pieces are a part of. Most of my Undertale related pieces and sketches are driven by a desire to just give back to this video game that inspired me greatly and a love for its world.

A character from my upcoming game. He sells stuff you don't want for money you don't have.

I'm a gamer. I recently became a part of a group in my hometown that focused on game development. I haven't made any full-functional games during my time here, but! I still learn so much and want to put my creativity into bringing a video game world to life. Still working out the main ideas, and of course actual development, you will likely see some of my concept art and character designs from it posted here. I don't want to share too much as it's still a large work-in-progress, but if you're interested in following my journey I'll be updating on it when able to.

That's about it for now. Thank you again everyone and hope to continue posting sketches when I am able to!

• Rae