wshe.es/mBw6XwYy This is for the Etsy Shop Contest that is going to reward the winner some money to be able to fund their business. I don't think I have enough of the following here, but I thought I still give this a try.  At the moment, my shop doesn't anything up so I will be getting on that as soon as I recover from my trip. 

For anyone who wishes to take a look, check here: https://www.etsy.com/shop/ODMGraphics?ref=hdr_shop_menu

Alright, last call from our Beta-Testers for Wizard's quest. If you have not tested the game and sent me feedback this weekend will be the last time I will be accepting feedback and including names on the credits. After Sunday I will collect info from my testers, add the names, and finalize the game.

I will not be accepting anymore new beta testers at this time, thank you for participation and stay tuned for more news.

I have some really good news for my Beta Testers! There is a new patch update for the game that fixes many of the bugs that were pointed out thanks to ZeroDigitZ. As of right now I am still going over some tweaks and some final touches. The incentive for this game is to be really short with a cliffhanger ending, but with rich content that make this game very unique to play. Here are some new features that have been included for this update:

*  Some new incounters and dialogue
*  A new cutscene added
*  A few hidden messages added
*  Minor bug fixes
*  A few easter eggs

There will be more stuff coming your way as I will continue to work towards completion. There are some new bugs I will be trying to fix so hopefully those will be taken care of by the beginning of February.  As of right now the Beta Testers are:

JK Flipflop
ZeroDigitZ
Kurosen
Robyn Shelton
Lancelot Jean Mallia
Awp Williams
HiddenSpikeTrap
TheUtilityMan
Terrin Scott
Ziza Tremor Walker
Andrew Radford
cdubbz
Gorbish

For those who would still like to join in for Beta testing please PM me the name you want me to put in the credits and the email address to add you to the Google Drive. You will be notified when you're added. The last day for sign up and testing will be the 31st of this month. Stay tuned for more updates!

At the start of the new year I will be looking for Beta testers from 3 different categories. 

First category I need someone who are more open to social networks, in other words, people who love to talk and socialize. 

Second category I will need smashers, people who will play the game to break it. They will hunt out bugs that needed to be fixed. The prize? Bragging rights.

Third, anyone who had never picked up gaming before. I know, this is Newgrounds, who hasn't played a game right? I just thought I ask anyway.

The beta testers will be splitting up into 2 groups, 10 on each group. First group will be play-testing for the first week of beta testing and the second group will be play-testing for the third week. After the week of testing I would like feedback on the game. What worked? What didn't worked? Week 2 I will fix the bugs for group 2, and week 4 will be when I will make final adjustments. The testers names will be listed in the credits of the final version of the game. So please let me know what name you would like me to use to put in the credits when you PM your feedback.

Testing will start around January so stick around and stay tuned for further news. For beginners who are starting out on making their game, I have use this as a helpful guide. http://aveyond.com/downloads/How-to-Sell-your-Game.pdf 

Hello everyone.

There hasn't been a crazy amount of new artwork other than the Moonlit Battles exclusive art for DA. Yes, that's right. All that flashy new concept art that exploded in here will only be found in Deviantart. HAHA! Don't worry, it's still accessible to everyone so everyone can see it. ..Back on topic. I haven't been showing that many artwork as I have mainly due to the lack of commission work so there hasn't been much flow of new content. So if you like to commission me for an art piece or see more commission work displayed talk to me or tell your friends to talk to me. 

It can be whatever you decide. Though I would like to include more colored artwork eventually..>_> With commission work and trades you win, I win, win win. To request a commission visit my page on Fiverr.com

www.fiverr.com/omar_du_more

OR, or.... If you like to do an art-trade PM me a note and we'll work out a trade. I no longer do requests unfortunately as I am now having to adult my life and believe me, when you get to this part of your life you don't have any more time for anything else! 

I'll stick a round a bit more and try not to be a stranger. 

Thanks for reading,
~ Omar

For Moonlit Battles concept art go here:

http://omardumore.deviantart.com/gallery/57647789/Moonlit-Battles

Yep, Have a lot more to show this time. I know I have been say I'll be coming back and lah-de-dah, but with so much stuff here with no where else to put in I think I'll stick around for a bit to load up my next batch of artwork. 

My only delimma about putting up art is that most of my works are sketches and since there are more sketches produced that colored pieces I have been reluctant to put up my sketches because it's not going to be shown in the art portal. Plus I rather not risk putting up sketches as a non-sketched art just to draw attention from the art portal.

SO, without further adue, here are some latest news. Currently I have been finishing a class project which I have made a reel demo for. Yes, class is over, but the work is not over yet. So, once it is done I will have it readily available here on newgrounds. This will most likely be the first game I will put up on here and it sure as been a long time since...well...ever. A lot has changed since way back when. This new demo will be called Wizard's Quest and it is made with RPG Maker VX Ace. I'll look into the rules on putting up games so that I will have them available for you guys to try out. Eventually I would like to get my hands on working with other programs such as Stencyl and Unity, but more importantly I would like to animate. It is my dream to give life to my works of art and bring color that may have never seen before.

Here is what the title screen looks like. More to come pretty soon.

Remember the entry I've posted about a new game coming to the Horizon? Well, I'm half way there and soon there will be a handful of my buddies pinching in to help out. The Demo will be ready anytime now, but the full version still has a long way to go. This one is going to be pretty big. What's so big about this RPG you ask? Well, it's the exactly the same reason why I'm taking as much time as I can to make this game right. I've noticed there's a lot of creative JRPG games that are very well made and some that are not half bad, so to make this one different is to make it as ridiculous as possible while polishing up the graphics and gameplay as much as I can. I will be talking to a friend soon to so that I may include some metal tracks that may fit for combat sequences. There will be a lot of interactions in the map all throughout so that there will be puzzles, secrets, easter eggs, extra content, and more. 

This isn't going to be any different from any other JRPGs out there really, but this will definitely be made into a shinning gem. Since this game may either be super easy or annoyingly hard, I will also look into making a Difficulty option possible. 

SO....Right now I had worked out a title for this short RPG game and there will be more news of it soon.

If you think this post involves boxing, boy I wish you're right. I'm just getting back into crafts again as there is a demand for it recently, well mainly jewelry, but also working to have other stuff finished up as well....Damn it, just remembered the gator skull..

Anyrate, As most of you know most of my awesome art submissions are hand-drawn and in black & white. Sit tight folks, there will be colored commissions on the way as I'm running commissions and making an rpg game all at once. Yes, thats right. I'm making a game. Awesome huh? I'm only starting off with one step at a time, baby steps, to actually start making things that people can enjoy not just with eyes alone. So for starters I'm running RPGmaker VX Ace to potentially come up with two different type of games that'll tie into a two part series. It's going to be bombing with excitement, but the learning process comes first as I am sorting out all the errors which has been really difficult to resolve. This isn't my work, but here is an example: 

The game I'm working on is a regular JRPG with some really polished up features to make the gaming experience fast-paced and exciting. The second game which will be a prequel is going to be an overhead adventure RPG with some really cool interactive environments. The second game since you can only have one character will definitely have a character select screen similar to this though. I want to keep these to games short, but it seems its been stretching out to be a decently sized game, that is, if the program doesn't keep messing up on me while trying to map out the levels. Maybe something to do with the scripts I've added? Dunno, but I am working on it. More stuff will be added onto here and there's still so much I want to do to work towards finishing the game that I'm still learning about. Anyone is welcome to help if they're interested, their names will be added under the credits. I already plan to look up some people to help out once I'm coming close to finish.

As to whether or not Newgrounds will see this game being available? Probably not. People will rant and bitch about how this game isn't "original" and blah blah blah. No it's true, they will rat me out and try to get admin to shoot down this game because the game was made off of presets from another. Whatever man..

Let me know what you guys think, yay or nay? There are gimp versions of Sonic and all kinds of other stuff all around Newgrounds and not many ever say much about that. Whether or not they're still around..mmmmmdunno, but I'm digressing here. Tell me if you guys would be interested in trying out playing or helping out with this game and you can bet your ass that I'll do what I can to make it happen.

Now back to the topic about rings, I've been teaching myself on chainmaille weaving for a good while and have just gotten back to it. Not much changed, just the material available. I make necklaces, bracelets, rings, arm bands, and all kinds of other stuff in chainmail form. I'll probably also put up pictures of those as well since I haven't put up photos of my craft in a long time. More for the portal coming soon. 

Well...Hmm, how can I put this..

Sure, its been a another long time since I've got on and although I have been putting up more artwork, mainly drawings, I have ran into a brick wall with technology and have been struggling to keep my commissions afloat. Well, a digital brick wall. In other words, my laptop is down. Since its so heavily outdated I'm looking at having to buy a completely new laptop to be able to work in. The hold-up? This must be a macbook. Yep, why make it harder on myself I know, but I have been able to do alot of things with what I'm familiar with and switching to something like a windows computer which I have not had since the age of 13 will not get me very far. I need the best to do my best if that makes any sense. 

The thought of starting a fundraiser came to mind, but I haven't really publically been that exposed to call out to everyone to help me out with this. So I guess I'll have to find another way. I'm having to limit the amount of commissions I can take in and tighten my budget. My sincere apologies to everyone for being so absent time and time again. Life has been throwing so many things at once to keep me this busy, but now I REALLY have to get busy to save my life. Well....Don't think anyone in NG would read journal entries anymore anyway, Newgrounds is very distracting in other departments of media. Hopefully I might be able to put up something or two before life eats me up again. 

Damn....I have comments on my art when I was away? This is a surprise! I haven't been able to finish a single colored picture to put up, but I have made drawings in RIDICULOUS amounts. So, what I'll do since it is Christmas Eve now is bombard you all with gifts...which will be the most awesome and badass art I can muster. Sure, I may lack some color art which may come in scarcity, but I will astonish you with what I have been drawing for the past few months.

On another note, I would like to thank -Tom, Wade, Jim, Rob, Stamper, MindChamber, Jeff, Bob, PsychoGoldfish, Tim and Mike for wishing me a happy birthday. Another year and I'll finally get to have my Mid-life Crisis....yay....

Thank you all for the comments. There will be more art to come soon, I promise.