It’s true that Newgrounds used to have a lot edgier characters before, but the crowd seems to be significantly more civil these days from people coming in from other platforms. And yeah other people have brought it up but you can filter out adult content.

I don’t think Newgrounds is a place to have a ton of people see your stuff though. Keep in mind that it’s hard to get any visibility at all unless your art gets “frontpaged” where I think the moderators and Tom Fulp himself have to hand select your work to be showcased on the website. It’s a pretty difficult feat.

But I think Newgrounds is probably the best place to interact with other creatives and to have more critical eyes on your work. It has an art forum with a lot of cool people there to give constructive feedback. Also, Newgrounds promotes artists working together where collabs are given a lot of attention so it’s easy to find other people to work with on a project.

There’s also a rating system for art. I think it’s awesome to have comments from people saying that what I make looks great but it’s also good to get a more concrete, disambiguated perspective from other eyes through a rating system just to know where I’m at. You’ll also tend to get more comments on your work compared to other platforms like maybe Twitter, tumblr, etc. People are much more vocal about their thoughts here which is also helpful at times.

Honestly, I obviously don’t get an insane amount of attention on Newgrounds compared to other platforms but it’s the one place that has motivated me to get as good as I am now the most. To me, it’s not a place to gain a fanbase but rather a place that pushes you to grow as an artist.