Hello, my lovelies! I hope you all had a great holiday season and are sticking to those New Years' Resolutions ;3

NGL I had some pretty rough times this past year. My mental and physical health was for absolute SHIT for the past few months especially, so you'll have to excuse my extended absence. Things are starting to get better on both fronts, and I'm getting back into the swing of things. I've got a lot of commissions backed up and a lot of weird cartoons to make, and I'm excited for that!

Speaking of resolutions, my goals for 2024 are to take better care of myself and to spend more time with art & music. Get my website built, make more animation, maybe even play music publicly for the first time. Basically drop some bad habits & adopt some better ones. Y'know, the standard stuff.

From now on I'm gonna be a lot more active here. I have a LOT of art projects planned that I'm finally starting to tackle, so do keep on the lookout! Just FYI a LOT of it (like, the majority of it) is gonna be either A) queer horror stuff with gay clowns, nightmare circuses and bloody violence or B) surreal, Fleischer-style traditionally-animated cartoons. If wither of those things aren't your bag, now's your chance to dip. No hard feelings, you gotta do you :3

All that being said, the major takeaway from last year is that despite me struggling, I can't really complain. I live in a house with my husband, my first animated short is well underway, I've made great progress on my music & I always have plenty of food to eat. I'm very fortunate and grateful, thanks to everyone who puts up with & supports me.

You can support my work over at my >>PATREON<< if you have a couple extra bucks to spare. You can also follow me on >>BLUESKY<< if you, like me, are no longer active on Twitter.

I just got a sick vintage animation dick from STUDIO SCHOPMAN in Belgium. I spend the morning completely re-wiring it with a modern LED light, and I couldn't be happier with the results.

That's it, just figured I'd flex a little about my sweet new get, back to work now XD

My buddy Sharpy gave me a voice clip to animate for my next project, which will be my first time animating to pre-recorded dialogue. I'm super excited, I've already got the audio clip ready, and I went ahead and designed some characters for the clip!

This is Don and Mr. Bill. I don't have anything huge planned for them outside of the voice test, but we'll see. I'll definitely be adding less wrinkles to Mr. Bill's clothes tho, since I don't wanna drive myself crazy here.

I'll be posting more WIPs on my >>PATREON<< in case any of you feel like kicking a couple of bucks my way to help support an indie animator. ;)

That's it for now, more to come soon!

Heya folks, it's been a while!

First of all, let me apologize for my extended absence. The past two months were pretty hectic and generally awful for reasons I won't get into. Let's just say there's been a lot of health problems I've been dealing with and my productivity has been suffering as a result. 

Fortunately, things have been improving and I'm back to making art again. I'm keeping a progress journal for my latest projects and I'm currently working on a little animated sequence with Viktor that I think y'all are going to like. I have a bunch more animations planned, plus some Stanley comic stuff, and even a few paintings in the works.

First and foremost though, I'm finally going to get my website finished. It's been languishing for months now, and with

Twitter in such a precarious state it's more important than ever that I carve out a little place for myself online. 

(You can still follow me on PATREON for my artwork, of course).

Anyways, that's it for now. Things were pretty bad for me for a while, but they're getting better and I'm back to working on art again! I'll be posting some actual projects here very soon, as well as doing a much better job keeping up with this place in general. Thanks for sticking with me!

Stay spooky, friends!

~Jacob Firestone

I've spent my spare time recently refining the design for the character who'll be in my upcoming animated project, Viktor the fox. I've finally gotten him exactly the way I want, and now I'm ready to make him move!

This is gonna be a traditionally-animated series of shorts in the vein of golden age era Looney Tunes, especially the work of my animation idol, Chuck Jones. It's a hugely ambitious project to be sure & I'm biting off a bit more than I can chew here, no doubt, but I've been wanting something big to really sink my teeth into so I can really start building my chops as an animator. I'm gonna go for it & I'll be sure to keep you al posted!

I'll also be redesigning my >>PATREON<< in the near future to reflect the animation focus, as well as getting back into building my website. So yeah, lots to do, lots to do! Wish me luck, I'm gonna need some XD

I forgot to announce this here, but I've finally gotten a proper acme punch, so now I can make my own animation cells out of any paper I choose. No paper is safe! This will save me a lot of money in the long run, now that I don't have to buy stacks of pre-punched paper anymore (tho I'll certainly be doing that from time to time for bigger projects). 

Anyways, just thought I'd share that as a cool update. I'm currently working on a little animated project, some WIPs of which I'll be uploading to my PATREON tomorrow, so keep yer eyes peeled!

I'm gonna be focusing most of my creative efforts on animation and making comics a bit lower of a priority (at least for now). It's kind of a drag to set my Stanley Crowe comic aside after working on it so much but the fact is: animation gets much more attention, which means more potential supporters, which means more bills get paid.

Make no mistake, I'll still be working on comic stuff, but my main creative output will be animation. That's okay though, cuz I love doing it, I'm super excited to be diving back into it, & I'll be posting all of it here for you all to enjoy. I already have some fun stuff planned out, including plenty of stuff with Stanley, so that's pretty cool too.

Despite my mixed feelings, mostly I'm STOKED to get back into animating. I'm doing exercises and reading / watching coursework, gradually working my way up to making creepy shorts with sound and music, featuring my pumpkin-headed gay boy. For the first time in a while I'm legit EXCITED to be an artist again.

Of course, if you're interested in helping me to devote more time to animation, you can always toss some rubles my way on PATREON!

TO ALL MY FOLLOWERS - Stanley Crowe is an adult comic geared toward the queer horror scene (my peeps) and will be creepy, violent & lewd. As will be most of the art coming here soon. Just so ya'll know what you're getting into if you stick around.

This is also a good time to reveal that Stanley Crowe is gay, and there WILL be monster boy smooching (and more NSFW stuff) going on, both in the comic and on this Twitter. Don't follow if that's not for you, and if it is, you're in the right place ;)

ANYWAYS, if anyone wants to help fund more spooky gay shit, head on over to my PATREON

Yeah, the title says it all, folks.

Well, not really, obviously. Long story short, my boyfriend and I were driving home and some guy blew through a red light and hit us. We're both physically fine, but I'm pretty shook up by the whole thing. If my BF had waited just one more second to hit the breaks the guy would've broadsided us right on the passenger side where I was sitting. It's been weighing on my mind these past few days, as you can imagine. 

So, while I'm going through my little existential crisis updates to my PATREON might be a tad sporadic, but I'll continue to work hard to get some more pages out. I'd wanted to have page 2 of Stanley Crowe done and posted on Monday, but this really put a damper on my productivity. 

I appreciate you being patient with me, I'll be back to my old self in no time.

Cheers, friends.

~ J. F. Fright

That's right folks, my new Patreon page is up and running, the first issue of the comic is well underway & I'd be super grateful if you'd throw some support my way! Your support will allow me to actually earn some money while working on the comic (go figure), which will be a long-running series with tons of spooky adventures. People who pledge some support will get some fun bonuses like early access to finished pages and the ability to vote on monthly paintings.

Stanley Crowe will be posted here on Newgrounds for anyone to read for free, but your support will enable me to do it much quicker and, eventually, make it a full-time gig. Please check out my Patreon >>HERE<< and considering tossing a buck or two my way.

Alright, time to get back to work.

Cheers, friends!