brodnork

i'm something

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Game developer, animator, artist, dumpling eater, bug appreciator, creator of squishy friends.
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Created Frogsong! Working on a secret new game!

finfin come and see him


My website! 🐝
bumblebee.city/
My frog game! 🐸
frogsonggame.com/
support me pls!! 🦑
www.patreon.com/brodnork

MOOMANiBE
@MOOMANiBE

if there's one thing I'm learning from a lot of the incredibly kind things people have been saying about my posts over the last day or two it's that it's worth doing things becuase you find them enjoyable even if there's no immediate, obvious reaction

we're so trained to only care about likes and reblogs but there's so many people who read, don't interact, but still have a positive experience, and that is valuable. Holding faith that if you enjoy something, it'll be enjoyed, even if there's no immediate positive reinforcement that says so, is an attitude I hope to carry into my next Era of Posting


dog
@dog

A specific goal I set for myself when I started CD-ROM Journal is that I'd have no metrics. And I still don't. I have no idea how many people read my blog, or how they get there, or what search terms they used to find it. With so much else online very specifically wanting me to metricize every single moment of my experience, I need something that doesn't have those things that helps me remember that there are meaningful things that aren't represented by those metrics.


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in reply to @MOOMANiBE's post:

Two years ago (to the day? somehow???), I liked a bunch of posts from a new artist. They DM'd me saying "wow thanks! you know, you were a huge inspiration for me."

I wasn't mad. But hey mf'er how am I supposed to know that! Speaking into the wind, getting nothing back, not knowing I got someone into drawing. You may never know how far reaching the positive effects of your posts are.

Been trying to pay it forward ever since and will continue to do so right now: Your posts are really good, and have been for a long time. For years even. There are bound to be countless people out there who you've inspired. In big ways or in small ways. But they'll rarely tell you outright.