hey, do you remember the bathroom cartoon you made almost a billion years ago now? i unearthed an old favorite video of mine riffing on it and other newgrounds stuff and decided to check out some of your new stuff. if you're the same alex salsborg that has to stand in the toilet to close the stall door, then i wanna tell you that you've improved a ton since those early days. you must get that a lot but you're actually really awesome. your recent stuff is great, & im i'm glad you made a career!
I do remember that cartoon! It was called “A Men’s Room Monologue” and I made it when I was learning how to write and animate as a freshman in college.
Thank you for your compliment about my current work and career. It is a textbook example of a “backhanded compliment,” but I accept it and give you the benefit of the doubt that you do mean it.
I’m making the assumption that the video you made didn’t so much “riff on” my cartoon as it did another more scatological term. I don’t know if I saw yours, but I saw others and at the time they made me feel kind of…riffy.
I have improved a ton since those early days and I have managed to make a career as an animator. But I want to make it clear that none of this success is due to mean videos, posts or comments about my work. These things did not make me want to impress the self-styled internet cool kids or “prove the haters wrong.” They were negative and made me feel uninspired.
I improved a ton and made a career as an animator for the exact opposite reason: kind, helpful and supportive words about my work. I worked hard to impress all the people who encouraged me and make them proud.
So again, I do accept your compliment. But it means very little to me that you decided I improved enough since your “riffing” to earn it. The most meaningful compliments about an artist’s work and success will ALWAYS come from the people who have been rooting for artists to succeed the whole time.
PS - I no longer stand in the toilet, as I have trained myself to acrobatically backflip directly into the stall, while simultaneously unbuttoning my jeans, and land perfectly on the toilet seat. As you said, I’m actually really awesome.