This is about Atomic MASSPRODUCTIONS and what it stands for, and also myself, under the alias of MassUnknown.
[WHO ARE YOU AND WHY ARE YOU ON MY COMPUTER SCREEN??]
Hello! I mean you no harm. My working alias is MassUnknown. I'm an artist, a writer, and a creative all in one package. This is my website, the repository of my creative factory known as Atomic MassProductions. This is where I'll post my work, past and upcoming. This will be the sole webpage where my work will be found.
[Why create this website?]
In the most recent years, I had been in a dormant fugue state as to where I could really put my image out there, as a creator and as an artist. However, I came across the issue of how to do it best.
First, social media was the option, and seemed the easiest, however, in the contempoarary sense, most of the modern methods of social media foster a very negative culmination to creativity. That, and the asinine reality of what social media is to the person - where one has to fidget with the constant tussle of engagement, likes, retweets, and adopt a whirlwind of other factors that are designed to make you keep yourself plugged onto a site, for the ads to be seen. The lecherous desire for attention and views and exposure, constantly shoving what you make into mouth agape of an apathetic public, constantly tricked into getting angry at the smallest infraction to their rules. It really makes someone feel insignificant in the whole world that is on there. A meld of belonging that if you aren't 100% patient enough to roll with each punch, you will never truly belong. If that is Twitter, what is Snapchat? Instagram? Tik Tok? They are all avenues for portraying ones creativity, sure, I will not deny value of these sites to many other talented artists, however, at a personal level I could never see myself flourishing with it. It's just not for me.
Second, Newgrounds was another option. It was one of my most closest next steps in where I could go - especially after hearing the mythic prominence of what this site was as at its hayday, as a bastion of unbridled creativity, hosting a closely-knit tied of creators who were able to create truly unique and inspiring creations, while also providing access to the Joe Average who wanted to be a part of that movement. However, I was never around during its glory days, and unfortunately there is the notion that I have "missed the party". (This is a bit of an older thought of mine, I do admit. I will happily accept Newgrounds as the next step, and will probably be my place to branch out beyond Neocities as a secondary presence. It seems promising. But do not fear, this website will remain priority.)
My third, and final option, was to... sort of give up looking. Really! At this point of time, I was at the end of my rope as a creative trying to post my art, finding solace in one or two Discord servers that held my niche liking of storytelling that I enjoyed, with characters that I really connected with. [If you folks are reading this, my millions respects to you, my long lasting friends of the internet.] In limbo, I found myself in the precipice of what comes next. One of my next moves was to join other Discord servers that had this niche appreciation - however, it was quickly apparent to me that my kind of desire was niche, and no longer readily shared. Those who did exist were of questionable quality, by people who just didn't get it. It didn't feel right. None truly matched. I ended up looking to join others, to broaden my options even I had to sacrifice my flavor of story - and even a bit of my dignity - to find like-minded people. To no avail.
Disheartened, I had little to no motivation to continue looking. I had reserved the thought that my desire for creativity would not make it anywhere in the modern internet without settling for the colorless and excrutiating social carousel of metaphorically getting kicked in the behind just to have my work misinterpreted and watered down by apathy. And in the world of AI training, do you really want to be out there? I didn't want to be part of the humiliating status quo that I loathed. But, you sort of desire to create for people, right? To want to make something that people would like to see. And doing nothing feels like creative suicide. I like creating. I like to have ideas flurry my mind and pasted on paper. So it felt like it was a no-win situation, and I could do nothing else but wait around. Wait and see. Wait to see if something was about to change.
And that change came, when I was recommended to this little site, here.
Neocities provides a window to the past, at a time where unbridled creativity was squarely in the hands of the individual. Where they can create, edit, and arrange a website completely from their own hands. Imbue meaning that matters to the person and make it wholly their own. Simplicity in creation, with no added cost. Though, incredibly simple, this was the answer I had been looking for. What better way could I represent myself than a website where I can do just that? Be able to project my ideas and flourish them to the average visitor of the site? I can provide an avenue of my perspective and stories to people who are willing to come along and read it for themselves.
And you could not BELIEVE how invigorating that was.
So, my reason for creating this website? It's my one true avenue of showing my content in the way I like it, where I have full control over what I can create. Where I know that the people who visit this site have come through their own interest. And with that interest, hopefully, stick around and see more. So, welcome! Welcome to my site. I hope you'll stick around, because I'm just getting started.
[Why adopt the "Sahhnick da Heeehdghehaawg" style as a medium?]
In a vaccum, the franchise and characters are relatively simple. Having this simplicity lets you dive into core character concepts, and presents a challenge in how you can make this variably meaningful to people willing to suspend their belief. Like many artists before me, I really like to complicate things and breathe new meaning to the idea of a colorful bunch of animal characters fighting an egg-shaped man. Besides, animal characters are really inoffensive. Yadayada. If it's good enough for Aesop, it's good enough for me.
(That, and I find them fun to draw.)
[Hey, why the Atomic in Atomic MASSPRODUCTIONS?]
Well, as it turns out, MASSPRODUCTIONS was a name that was already taken. A furniture line beat me to it. And, out of respect for what seems to be a fairly good furniture line, I had to tack on a little more to my name. And hey, who doesn't like a little radiation in their products?
This FAQ is here for those who have questions, and answers. If you have any comments about the site, business inqueries, the ideas I have here, or just plain want to yank my chain and ask a question, feel free to contact my email at:
atomicmassproductionzz@gmail.com
and I'll be sure to get back to you as soon as possible! And, well, if it's good enough, I'll even post it here.
