#just do the commission for 100$ instead of 200$
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I wish I had something to post
#i also wish we could get to our commission goal 🥲#at this rate i might have to just cancel it#so that i dont feel like im just jerking around the people who have offered to contribute#though one part of me is like#just do the commission for 100$ instead of 200$#because 100$ is better than nothing#but 100$ for what is going to be around 20000 words is less than a penny a word 🥲🥲🥲#im already only charging one penny per word essentially#cutting it in half is too big of a blow to my already pitiful dignity#god i wish i werent poor 🥲#the energy i had to write when i wasnt constantly thinking about if i can afford food each month was boundless
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Drawing Hornet everyday until Silksong comes out - Day 200!!!
(huge thanks to this person for the art suggestion!! <3)
I genuinely can’t believe that I’ve made it to 200 days, it’s truly been wild how time flies by like that and the amount of doodles I’ve made during that time. Over 200 doodles (217 to be exact if we’re counting double pictures/extra doodles) have been made over the past 200 days. :0
And thank you all so much for the love and support! Not only have we reached 200 days but also 1400+ followers about a week ago! <3
But, having said that I’d like to make a few announcements—some good, some not so great—about a few things regarding the blog, myself, and other stuff.
Putting it all under the cut so the post isn’t long if you’d like to know more
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Announcements!
My pfp!
1.) I’ll be changing my pfp again!! I’ve officially decided that after every 100 days or so I’ll change up the pfp so it’s up to date with my doodle style (assuming it changed at all lol), but generally it’ll look relatively the same as the last!
Possibly more admins?
2.) As of right now I’m looking into the idea/possibility of having a second (maybe third?) person help me with daily doodles! As much as I’d like to keep doodling everyday there are some days that it can be tough or some situation might be happening. (i.e. recently got injured)
See, the problem is I don’t exactly have a proper way of trying this out??? My idea was to maybe do this through dms or more preferably Google Forms. I also don’t really know what form of communication afterward would be best either, suggestions to help me work this out would be great! (as you can tell I’m not very good at this stuff lol)
Commissions!
3.) After much consideration and a lot of thought, I’ve decided that in the near future, I’ll be opening commissions again for the first time in years. I don’t have everything set up quite yet, but expect more info in the near future!
About requests:
4.) You may have noticed recently that I haven’t been doing as many doodle requests recently. Sure, there’s usually quite a few in a row at once but you may have noticed I’ve also been doing “non-requested” doodles aka ones that I just do on my own.
Expect this to become a very normal thing going forward. I probably won’t be doing as many requests as before because frankly with the amount of requests I get daily when it’s open is a lot to handle sometimes. Does this mean requests will be stopped entirely? No, I’ll still do some occasionally, but not as much as I have in the past.
Also I’ll likely be doing strictly anonymous requests.
About Burnout:
5.) Alright let’s address the elephant in the room.
There have been quite a few instances where people have wondered if I would ever have burnout and have occasionally joked about “dying” from said burnout because “Silksong will never release, you’ll be doing this forever” etc etc.
In the past I’ve been fine, motivation has been great, but recently I’ve noticed it a little bit.
Unfortunately life has its own plans so it can be a little hard for me to make a doodle that day, expecially recently since I’ve been experiencing personal/medical issues. It’s part of the reason I’m hoping to get a second (maybe third) person to help me do daily doodles so I can take a little bit of the load off my shoulders.
So what does this mean for this blog?
Not much right now. But in the future, there may be some changes. My current plan is to keep going on daily doodles/posts for the length of a standard year, so roughly 365 days. After that, if things in personal life keep up the way they have, I may have to stop daily doodles and instead will post only if I have time. That likely means doodles every other day or every three days or something. At the very least I’ll still post a doodle once a week.
Not to worry though! I’ll still try my best even after I reach day 365 :)
I’ll discuss how things work a little more on my main @miizori later, but that’s as much as I can think to explain rn.
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Just a few more things I wanted to say!
This community has been so cool to interact with, so much tamer than some others I’ve been apart of in the past. I’m genuinely thankful for how much support and how nice everyone has been. I truly didn’t expect to get this far, I was fully expecting to have stopped like 10 doodles in lol. I especially love to see all your comments in the tags and people sharing their art. You’re all so cool :)))
I have a dtiys from back when I reached 300 followers that’s still available if you’re feeling up to it!
Also my main (again, @miizori) is where I make updates on doodle stuff, regular art stuff and so on if you’re interested at all in that lol
I think that’s all that I can remember wanting to say, so thanks!! I look forward to more doodles for you all :)
#hollow knight#silksong#hk hornet#hollow knight hornet#silksong hornet#hk shade lord#shade lord#hollow knight shade lord#hollow knight fanart#hk fanart#silksongeveryday
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In 2013, Weinstein pleaded guilty to running a $200 million real estate Ponzi scheme. In 2012 and 2013, while he was out on bail for that Ponzi scheme, he did another financial scam involving “purported sales of pre-IPO Facebook shares and Florida real estate”; he pleaded guilty to that one in 2014. He was sentenced to a total of 24 years in prison for all of this, but in January 2021 President Donald Trump commuted his sentence and let him out of prison. I don’t know why Trump let him out, but possibly he admired Weinstein’s moxie and sense of humor and wanted to see what else he’d get up to.
That faith in him was richly rewarded yesterday, when Weinstein was charged by the US Securities and Exchange Commission and federal prosecutors in New Jersey with doing a new Ponzi scheme in the two years since he left prison. Pre-IPO Facebook shares were very much the current thing in 2012, before Facebook went public, but in 2021 through 2023 the things were apparently:
» “In or around late 2021, Optimus [one of Weinstein’s companies] started raising money directly from a small number of investors to finance purported transactions related to COVID-19 medical supplies.”
» “In or around May 2022, WEINSTEIN (posing as Mike Konig) asked CC-1 and CC-2 [two unnamed alleged co-conspirators] to raise money from investors to finance the purchase and delivery of three million first-aid kits (‘FAKs’) to USAID to be distributed to the people of Ukraine during the Russia-Ukraine war (the ‘FAK deal’).”
» “In or around May 2022, WEINSTEIN (posing as Mike Konig), asked CC-1 and CC-2 to raise additional money to finance Company-1’s purchase of 100 million N95 masks (the ‘N95 Mask deal’).”
» “Similarly, in or around early August 2022, WEINSTEIN (posing as Mike Konig) asked CC-1 and CC-2 to raise money to finance the purchase of approximately 29 shipping containers of baby formula from [alleged co-conspirator Alaa Mohamed] HATTAB’s company, Hattab Global, in order to capitalize on supply chain issues which had created a shortage in baby formula (the ‘Formula deal’).”
Just pick a thing in the news, and he was allegedly pretending to supply it. Of course prosecutors say he was not actually doing any of these things and was instead stealing the money
– Baby-Formula Ponzi Schemer Does This a Lot, Money Stuff
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Alright- I figured I might make a lovely long post detailing my commissions options to link to over here.
I want to start with pointing out that my main pride and joy is communication and feedback loops to archive just what you want. The commission process can be long due to the back and forth, but good communication makes great results!
If you're curious, this post shows some of my sketches in the feedback loop stage!
My usual time from start to finish (might depend on the time it takes you to answer) is around a month.
Lets break down the options and prices!
prices are in $usd
prices are for personal use only (ya' know, you can print it for yourself, a friend, but not sell it or use it for business promotion!)- commercial use can be discussed (:
contact me to [email protected]
These can be taken as guide, if you'd like something that doesn't fit here- feel free to contact me to discuss it.
CHARACTER DESIGN
Full character design. Detailed wings, anthro, animal and highly complex designs can change the price.
BASE PRICE: $170
2 full bodies - front view
1 nude or underwear + 1 complete outfit.
Extras
Extra outfit: $50 each
Weapon: $50 each
Extra body: $70 each (alternate version, extra pose, etc)
Back view: +50% of the total
OUTFIT | WARDROBE DETAILED
For characters that already are designed. Detailed wings, anthro, animal and highly complex designs can change the price.
BASE PRICE: $120
2 full bodies - front view
1 nude or underwear + 1 complete outfit.
Extras
Extra outfit: $50 each
Weapon: $25 each
Extra body: $70 each ( alternate version, extra pose, etc)
Back view: +50% of the total
NEW! | WARDROBE SKETCHED
For characters that already are designed. Detailed wings, anthro, animal and highly complex designs can change the price.
Clean sketches of several outfits instead of detailed finished pieces.
BASE PRICE: $200
full bodies - front view
1 nude or underwear + 3 clean sketches of different outfits
Extras
Extra 3 outfits: $70
Weapon: $25 each
Extra body: $70 each ( alternate version, extra pose, etc)
Back view: +50% of the total
WEAPON | PROP DESIGN
Fully rendered and detailed design of prop or weapon on its own.
BASE PRICE: $50
1 full view
1 close-up of detail
Extras
Extra view: $30 each
PORTRAIT
From only face to waist up (showing arms).
$150
one character
double price for extra character
includes simple background, and decorative elements like flowers, jewels, etc.
FULL BODY ILLUSTRATION
BASE PRICE: $250
for one character
+100 each extra character
includes background, props and decorations.
extra charges might apply depending on the complexity of the scene- feel free to ask!
Lovely, right?
Now, some basic Terms of Service:
I won't accept any work related to NFTs and I don't allow my work to be used as NFTs.
Credit is very appreciated when reposting but not necessary as long as you don't claim the work is done by anyone besides myself.
The character designs & adoptables can be resold and gifted with proper credit (link and @), those are the owner's responsibility.
Since I'm a breathing human being, I have the right to reject a commission for whatever reason.
I take payment via PAYPAL. I'll make an invoice once the order is settled. I only work with full payment upfront.
For big pieces (+400usd) we can discuss signing a contract or doing payment plans for everybody's comfort.
I don't have a linear queue and I don't work with deadlines, but I will keep you updated regularly and have no problem with showing progress as anytime. Just ask!
Given that I show updates regularly and request feedback during the whole process, big changes once the work is past its sketching stage can require an extra fee.
I don't do refunds past the first sketch.
I guess this covers everything- feel free to contact me with any questions!
Please contact me via email for an easier and organized process: [email protected]
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Enemies To Lovers Trope
Jake Seresin X Reader
Warnings: low self esteem, hiding sickness,fainting, lack of self care, nausea, protective jake seresin, typical dead characters, curse words, suicidal ideation?, grief ,angstw/ happy ending
Summary: You would’ve gotten away with it if hadn’t been for a meddling Bagman “I hope I’m reading your charts wrong Chione” You were shocked— Hangman usual sarcastic filled accent was replaced with concern.
callsign:Chione(greek goddess of snow)
set during Tpg.m—preferably that one scene. also Hangman isnt the first one to get the first active aviator to get a confirmed air to kill.
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“Your not sick Y/N a venomous laced voice in the back of your head reminded you. Your head pounded again as you tried pushing the dangerous thought away.
You dismissed the pounding feeling in your head. The way everytime you swallowed you felt as if pin and needles were being swallowed as well.
You cursed Lieutenant L/N for getting you sick, you’d also cursed your immune system for not being stronger. He just had to spread his sicky germs through the dagger squad. This wasn’t happening to you-not when your still being trained for the mission. You need to be picked as team leader— being sick would put you out of commission, then Captain Mitchell wouldn’t pick you.
Your weak and vulnerable—unable to lead a team. Something you couldn’t see your father doing- he himself could fly with one eye closed.
Your not sick Y/N— can’t be. Your not allowed to be. You tried zeroing in on what Maverick had in his hand…..a textbook.
“You all know this book, you’ve memorized it…. and so have your enemies”. The room erupted in low chuckles as the textbook went flying into the trashcan.
You couldn’t even bring yourself to crack a smile without feeling nauseated. You rolled your shoulders back—adjusting yourself again; attempting to “fix” yourself back into being the stoic soldier you are.
“Gear up Lieutenants” Maverick told them.
“You comin darling?” Hangman asked her, his toothpick sticking out his mouth as he flashed his signature dickhead grin. “Wouldn’t want you be left behind”
Your chair moved back fast.“It’s Chione to you Bagman” you bit back at him. Your body shook dangerously, sweat blurred your vision. “Don’t come for me” you told him coldy.
He seemed pleased with himself, pleased with the fact that he got under your skin. “Race ya Chione”. he seemed undefeated by your coldness as if a threat didn’t just come out your mouth.
“Jackass” you muttered under your breathe, “fucking hate him”
Fuck. Fuck .Fuck.
“Damn it Hangman where he is?” you couldn’t make out what was infront of your face. Was Maverick there, or is that your eyes playing mind games?.
“Were dead” Hangman’s voice rung out behind you. Muscle memory helped you land— your feet stumbled as you made it towards the tarmac. “Holding up the end of the deal Chione?” he teased.
Too late—like he said were dead. The chances of you becoming team leader were none now.
Son of bitch left me to hang to death.
Both of you slient—neither of you felt the need to talk to eachother. Both of you were pissed off at eachother.
“What happened Chione, I thought the Ice queen never lost?” He eyed you—watching anger etch its way onto your face.
Hondo was a couple feet behind you guys counting.
You shouldn’t be here—here on the ground doing push ups, instead you should up in the air-having a dogfight.
“Up 100”
You could feel the blood rushing from your ears, Hangman’s voice seemed quieter. Your stomach rumbled in protest— Did you to eat forget this morning?.
“Down 150”
“I don’t know Jake” you accidentally said his first name and allowed emotion to slip into your voice.
“Seemed to be getting old Y/n?”, he pointed out how slow you were going— how weak you seemed. Not old but sick as a dog. He’s right you practically a legend in this generation, your considered the a younger and female Iceman.
“Yup Bagman”
“Up 200”
“I would’ve stopped Y/n, If you had” No he wouldn’t have.
Tit for tat.
“This is my fault Jake Hangman?” You felt furious, how dare he blame you. “Are you serious right now?”.
“Down—250, your done aviators” Hondo’s voice could be heard in the background still.
He smirked like a shark— dangerous and uncaring of what happened next.
“It’s seems to be” he stood, “Ya coming Chione?”.
You were sitting on the ground trying to catch your breathe. You felt your lean to the side-dizzy.
“Chione?” Hangman said loudly.
“I’m fine” you persisted eager to prove yourself to the loudmouth texan you took a step forward— but you stumbled.
“Hey” he grabbed your arm gently, steadying you.
“Hang—” You felt your world spin around you, as everything around you went black.
Luckily Hangman caught you.
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“She’s had that stubborn streak since she was a little girl”. Your mom loves telling stories about you to others.“Something her and Tom have in common”.
“Ma” you whispered, your throat felt too dry. You couldn’t tell if it was the immediate sadness that struck your throat or was it your “small cold”.
“Y/n, sweetie your awake?” She asked you.
You nodded your head slowly. You blinked your eyes slowly“Where am I ?”.
“Med bay sweetie, seems like you caught the flu”. your mom said— running her hand down your face soothingly.
“How ya feeling sweetie?”
“Tired, kinda better”, you honestly told her— there was no use of lying to Sarah Kazansky. The woman was one of the few people to break through your father’s Ice-cold facade. Also one of the few who knew your tells when you lied. The other person was your dad.
“I should go get the doctor” a familiar southern drawl softly interrupted.“Sorry Ms. Kazansky”.
“None sense Jake, call me Sarah and besides I need to stretch my feet— I’ll go get the doctor”., something told you-your mother wasn’t being entirely honest.
“Alright ma’am”
“I’ll be back Y/n”
She didn’t come back till afterwards
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“What the hell is wrong with you?” Jake asks you.“Did you want die?”.
“I didn’t ask you for you save me”, you bitterly reminded him. “I didn’t ask for you stay here either, you could have gone back wherever”, unfortunately your stoic facade is starting to crash and you could hear emotion seeping into your voice.
“Am I supposed to leave you—on the fucking ground Y/n, am I supposed let you suffer in pain!?” Jake shouted. He runs his fingers through his hair shakily.
Look at me!" He screams, and for some strange reason you find yourself listening to him.“If you hadn’t fainted, would you kept going?”
He pacing back and forth.
“I…I don’t know” you tell him.
“What, what do you mean you dont know?” concern finds its way onto Jake’s face.“Y/n you could’ve died out there on that tarmac”
I didn’t mean for it get this far. Losing dad was biggest thing that’s ever happened to me.
“I-I’m sorry” your voice wobbled. he grabs your hand softly. “Look at me Y/n—please”.
“I’m so sorry you lost your father” his baby blues eyes pierced with sadness.“But that doesn’t mean the navy needs to loose you too”.
I can’t lose you either.
The bed dipped as Jake sat down.
“I may have never personally talked to Admiral Kazansky myself, but I know he wouldn’t enjoy seeing his daughter in the hosptial, I also know he dislikes the idea of his daughter thinking so low of herself”.
“I-I just want to be like him you know, since I got accepted into the academy everyone always compared me to the legendary Iceman”, you felt tears drop down your face.“I just want to be enough— for him”. your voice broke again.
“Darling, can I call you darling this time?” he playfully taunts this time— there’s no malicious intent behind his words.
“Yeah” you chuckled. “Call me by name again”
“Y/n”
“No my other name” you eyed him.
“Darling, your not supposed to be him, your supposed to be yourself— i’m pretty sure the Admiral didn’t have any intent of his daughter being the exact replica of him”.
“Maybe your right” you shrugged your shoulders innocently.
Jake pointed look said otherwise.
“Okay fine your right”. you sighed into his chest, “Thank you Jake”.
He leans over a drops a kiss onto the crown of your head. “ Your welcome Y/n”.
You start to blush like a fool- your face turning into the same shade of a tomato.
“Your kind Bagman” you mimicked his accent.
“Don’t tell anyone my secret Ice queen” he interlocks his fingers with yours.
“I’ll be damned If I let you ruin my reputation”
“Don’t you worry Slick” you patted his chest while laughing. “If you don’t tell anyone I have emotions, I wouldn’t tell anyone your kind”
Dumbass— Your dumbass gave you his pinky.
“I won’t let you down Admiral”
“I won’t let you down Y/n”.
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Welcome to Bright Oak!
I just looked up to find that-- despite my diligently playing cat-and-mouse with bots-- Bright Oak now has over 200 300 followers (!!), with the main post at over 100 200 notes! ✨ I’m frankly blown away by the level of kindness and support my little project has met with so far; thank you!
Given the influx of new friends, this seems like a good time to put together an FAQ / more global update on the state of Bright Oak, overall:
What is Bright Oak? Bright Oak is a heavily character-driven visual novel game with elements of science fiction, and this is the post you’ll want to start with! I plan to keep the pinned post up-to-date throughout development, so if you need the broad strokes of what Bright Oak is about, that’s the place to look for individual character introductions and similar information.
When will the game be finished? The (free) first act demo will release June 24th, and I aim to release the full finished game before the end of the year. While on the ambitious side, this schedule is by no means unrealistic, given the weight of assets already completed.
Where will the game be released? To begin, Bright Oak will be available on Itch.io as well as on Steam. Other options will be weighed later on, but the current focus is on those two locations.
Is there going to be a Kickstarter? Firstly, thank you so much for asking. Secondly-- no, there will not be a Kickstarter. The decision was made early on to fund this wholly out-of-pocket; as a first-time dev, I felt more comfortable working on a shoestring instead of taking on the risk and stress of a funding campaign (though if you have the means and inclination to support the development of Bright Oak, I do have a Ko-fi account set up)
Will the release be commercial? How much will the finished game cost? Yes, it will be a commercial release, with a free demo. While I have not settled yet on an exact range (I would like it to be something of a sliding scale), I intend to keep the high end under $20. The release will not be serialized, but will include all routes.
What is the overall status on the game? Assets that are currently finished in their entirety include the script (all paths and variations), character art, and the soundtrack. Sprites are colored. The first act is fully coded, with the second act blocked in with basic coding. Backgrounds are about 80% finished.
Who is working on Bright Oak? I am always thrilled by the opportunity to praise the talents I’ve been lucky enough to work with!
Remnantation was hired as the commissioned artist, and has become beyond that a steadfast, treasured friend. They have been on board with Bright Oak since very nearly the beginning, and at this point I feel they’ve invested as much care and energy into it as I have. Rem’s facility with expressions both broad and subtle, as well as their grasp of naturalistic body language, have brought a life to the characters that simply cannot be overstated. For those interested, Remnantation’s character art can also be seen in @windchimesgames newly-released Emberfate: Tempest of Elements, as well as @foxdriftstudios freshly-funded work in progress, Garden of Seif: Chronicles of an Assassin.
John Åhlin is a masterful composer and multi-instrumentalist; I promise the stellar Morricone-influenced Western soundtrack alone will be worth the wait!
Wudgeous of @herotome is an absolute superhero and coding wizard, aiding with everything from sprite layers and small animations, to unswerving support and helping answer all the silly questions I lack the bandwidth to sort out on my own. If you haven’t yet, may I recommend playing the Herotome demo? And if you’ve played it already-- well, nothing will stop you from playing it again, either. ✨
Finally, if there’s anything I missed here, my Ask box is open (past Asks can be found here). Thank you again for your interest and support; I look forward to sharing more of Bright Oak with you in the coming months!
B.
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so I don't watch itzsubz, but I have some friends who do and they have recently told me about a situation that I think is a good example of how a lot of mcyts continue to not understand proper compensation for artists. to be clear: this is not a callout post. i think that the mistakes made here are understandable and fixable and I just want to spread visibility.
yesterday (11/26) subz announced a competition to design a new channel logo in his discord. he said that the winner would be paid $25.
people might not know this, but 25 dollars is significantly under what would commonly be paid for a commercial use logo. this logo will be used frequently, and subz will be gaining profit using it. the expected cost from a crowdsourced design contest is $130-$700 (source).
again, I am not trying to blame subz or say that he should have known this beforehand. however, there have been previous events in which mcyts underpay artists. as influential figures, I think streamers have a responsibility to make sure they properly compensate those who work for them. creating art takes a lot of dedication which should be rewarded.
someone (who has asked to not be identified) did privately talk to a discord mod of subz, explaining most of what I have said above and suggesting the prize be raised to somewhere from $100-$200. this was the response they got:
after this, subz did increase the 1st place prize to $50, with a $25 prize for the runner up. however, I still feel like there could have been a better way to go about this (such as raising the price or asking for portfolios to commission from instead of a contest). at the end of the day this is not really my battle or my problem to solve, I just hope that content creators consider how to properly reward their artists in the future :]
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I almost got scammed! How to avoid my mistakes.
I’ve been pretty quiet on my social medias for a bit for a lot of reasons, and one of them being that I very nearly fell for a scam that would’ve cost me $2000. Several calls to my bank later, it’s finally all been sorted out, which means I can finally talk about the whole thing. Even though I didn’t end up losing much of anything (certainly nowhere near $2000), I don’t want any other commissions artist to go through this for the crime of giving someone the benefit of the doubt that doesn’t deserve it.
I do commissions online. I got a message on Instagram from someone wanting me to do a picture for their daughter’s birthday this month, offering to pay me way above my commission rates ($200) for what I assumed was a rush job. They provided pictures and lots of details about what their daughter liked and what would be good to include in the picture, and I even drew up a sketch for them. The way my commissions work, I take the full payment once the sketch had been approved, and so far, everything was looking normal.
That is, until, they revealed they were going to pay by check. And really I’m just going to give you the biggest TL;DR piece of advice: Just don’t take checks. It’s not worth it. The reason is that they’re prone to scams because when you deposit a check, the funds will show up in your account. That doesn’t mean the check has cleared, and won’t bounce. This is incredibly annoying to research because so many google results will tell you that a check ‘clears’ within 1 to 2 days, but that’s because the law requires the funds to be made available that quickly. If they find out the check is forged or bad-- WHICH CAN TAKE A MONTH OR LONGER-- you not only get hit with a returned item fee, but the money vanishes from your account.
So say, if the person you’re assuming is trustworthy has told you they “accidentally” wrote a check for $2000 instead of $200, and gave some excuse why they couldn’t simply write a new check, and came up with the brilliant suggestion of just having you deposit it and then Zelle them the remaining $1800-- If you do all that, suddenly you’re out $2000.
I came dangerously close to falling for it. When the person wanted to email me a scan of the check (so I could use mobile deposit, which I did because I figured it’s a rush job and they didn’t want to wait to mail the physical check, look I’m not smart okay--) AND THEN suddenly demanded I use Zelle to instantly give them the money, that’s when I got suspicious. I literally googled “Scams that use Zelle” and found my exact situation. But I figured it’d be fine if I waited until the check fully cleared and kept my bank in the loop, which is why I risked depositing it. I figured I was at no risk until I actually sent them the money, and I still wanted to believe this was a legitimate customer, and I really liked the idea of making $200. Which definitely blinded me to better things I could’ve done. Like, you know, not depositing the check and demanding a different method of payment.
It’s been about a forty days since I deposited the check. Three calls to my bank’s fraud department + one physical visit (two of which told me they might find me culpable for depositing the check and burn my account, which was scary) is what it took to get this mess sorted out. ONE OF THOSE CALLS TOLD ME THE CHECK HAD 100% CLEARED AND HAD A 0% CHANCE OF BOUNCING. I almost Zelled this person the money that night.
Seriously. If you get a bad feeling, trust that. That’s the only thing that saved me here. So did getting lots of advice from family and friends about how this stuff works.
TL;DR Here’s a quick and dirty list of red flags I learned just from this single experience:
Insisting on paying with a check is a red flag by itself if I’m honest, but especially if they just mail you an image of it and expect you to mobile deposit it. Seriously just don’t do this I don’t know what I was thinking
Especially especially if they insist on paying with a check and then want you to give them money with some instant form of payment, like Zelle.
If all their accounts have different names. (This one was Jessie something, their email was Shawn, they wanted me to Zelle to another account with a different name.)
If their account is a generic name + number thing. (Like jessie.10 or something.) I know a few legitimate people with accounts like that but it’s just one of many boxes to tick.
If they seem way too trusting to give a stranger on the internet a crazy amount of money with the expectation that you’ll pay them back. I’d never met this person and they were saying they trusted me with the $2000, I just had to give them my word that I’d give it back.
If they’re offering you well above your commissions prices. They want to blind you with the idea of a big payday when they’re paying with imaginary money.
If they put a ton of pressure on you to respond quickly. This person kept spamming me with Instagram audio calls early in the morning or while I was at work.
If they say stuff like this, which honestly was the biggest gift they could’ve given me because it just removed all doubt:
#not art#I don't even know how to tag this#There's a lot I'm leaving out like. A lot#Like I'm aware I'm an idiot but there's gotta be a million idiots like me out there and I don't want anyone else to learn the hard way#Or the REALLY hard way of the scam actually succeeding#I don't want to think about what would've happened if I gave them the money#The account's name right now is andrea_34vo though#And I'm sure these accounts are a dime a dozen#But I might as well share since apparently they're targeting people like me
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𝙱𝙰𝚂𝙴 𝙸𝙲𝙾𝙽 𝙲𝙾𝙼𝙼𝙸𝚂𝙸𝙾𝙽𝚂 !
hello ya’ll it’s me, poloma, finally making this post after being reminded like five times by space over the course of like two months. i decided to try my hand at doing icon commissions given that i do almost all of my own ( except for the few lazy comms i’ve made ) and i actually enjoy it! it would be nice to make some extra cash as well because of the cost of living crisis where i live and everything is going up in price, and i mean everything. so if you’d be interested or want more info then read below the cut! reblogs are VERY much appreciated! ♡
( steve rogers voice ) so you’ve read below the cut? well, thank you for even wanting to be nosy! or if you’re here because you’re genuinely interested then i’ll get right into it. i want to start by stating that i will not screencap or make icons for any problematic actor / actress. the same can be said for some fictional characters, but i’ll let you know if i’m uncomfortable capping for any character or actor / actress, but i tend to be very open about stuff.
please note i only have access to uk netflix, disney plus, crunchyroll, and hulu ( and maybe a few other websites like them ) so if your face claim or character of choice isn’t from a show from any of these platforms then please provide me with a website that i can watch it on. i can use youtube and am willing to rent films if provided half the payment!
moving on from that let’s get into the pricing. ngl i understand that people can be put off a lot by prices and it’s not like i’m a graphics blog and can do a shit ton more than just making caps and slightly editing them ( and on a good day making a cute and simple icon border ) so i plan on keeping my prices low and affordable, simply because i enjoy doing this, so it’s not the type of “you pay for my time” situation. below are my icon prices!
50 base icons £5
100 base icons £8
150 base icons £12
200 base icons £15
and so on and so forth! if you’re wanting lighting adjustments then i’ll probably slap on an extra two pounds or so given that requires me going through each cap / icon and editing it individually. now, moving on from that, i think a few examples of my work is in order? so i’ll toss some examples of manga icons i’ve made and some caps from some shows i’ve had open recently. ( there are no examples of any webtoons or manhwa, but i think you can kinda get the idea of things from the examples below! )
example: phanora kristoffel from the manga the witch and the beast.
example: steven grant from marvels moon knight.
example: sabaku no gaara from the manga naruto.
example: musa from the netflix show fate: the winx saga.
in addition to making icons, i’ve decided to also do screencap comms! purely because every icon maker has their own way of making icons, they cap and crop and edit differently and i’ve noticed how some people prefer their icons up close and personal or with certain angles, which i totally get. ngl, i’m the same. if you’re not too sure what i mean i’ll provide a little example below.
so here we have the absolute love of my life, may calamawy as layla el faouly. in this single cap alone you could get three, maybe four or five icons if you messed around with the angles and sizing. and, of course, i took the liberty of making another example for you all because i am never too sure if what i say makes any sense.
as we see here it’s the same exact cap but just positioned differently, which is easy to do if you have an icon border with all the little nooks and crannies. so the option to commission caps instead of icons is there, an alternative if you will, if you’re not too fond of the way i make my own screencaps or the angles i use!
please note this option works best with realistic face claims as manga caps, webtoon caps, and manhwa caps can be tricky to work with. if you’d still prefer this option with a non-realistic face claim i’d have to flicker through the manga / webtoon / manhwa to see if i can work with the artwork to create big caps that work well enough without ruining the quality.
but if you’d prefer icons but like having multiple icons of the same cap ( like above ) then that is also an option, but i will charge for each icon instead of each cap. so if i make three icons from a single cap alone i’m charging you for the three icons instead of the cap ( does this even make any sense ) unless you’d like to pay for extra. honestly, anything goes. i’m open to discussing it if nothing i’ve written makes sense. so if you’re interested or have any questions then shoot me a dm and i’ll get back to you!
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i hope it's okay if i ask you this serre, but what do you do to keep from getting burnt out on large commissions?
don't only just gif that commission. meaning, work on other faceclaims that you want to gif. set a goal aside for a day, like maybe getting 100-200 gifs of that commission done, and then work on something you want to work on. but honestly, instead of giffing someone else, just use that time to do anything other than tumblr or giffing. anything that'll take your mind away from it. if you feel like you're taking too long you could always have the option of someone paying in full or an estimate amount and send them the link so they can use them as you gif. and don't feel like you have to gif everyday.
i don't have tumblr on my phone so i don't check it unless if i'm on my computer/laptop. maybe try this so you don't feel pressure to start giffing right away or feel like you're falling behind people or feel like you have to message someone immediately. although we do this in our free time, you're still working in a way since you're getting paid and you're giffing someone you would have otherwise not considered giffing if it were your choice. you shouldn't allow it to take up all your free time or have it be something you check all the time.
people who commission from you will always understand if you prioritize other things and take your time. i've even been late on commissions for a month plus because i've had to take care of real life things and as long as there is a solid line of communication between you and the people who have commissioned, there really is nothing to worry about. everyone who has commissioned from me has always been very understanding and kind!
i kind of rambled so i'll end it off here! if you want more advice, feel free to send me another message. i hope this helps in the meantime!
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We, as in myself and the people who seem to be surrounding me, are short selling ourselves for pennies
This is a post mainly for the younger artists. Those who’s main source of commissions use da points or some other virtual currency. Please reblog and share this so the people who need to read this will see it.
Essay under cut, as well as more in-depth pricing by professionals linked at the bottom of the post.
TL;DR: If you take a half an hour on an art piece, price it $5 minimally. Then price your stuff at around $5 every half hour it takes. No this isn’t overpricing yourself. It’s still underpricing.
Just today as I start writing this, my sister came to me and my mom asking if we could meet up with a stranger who was buying her car, so we can get the check for her.
I went, haha, you can pay me $20 to do that. But then my mom and sister were like ‘that’s cheap’, so I bumped it to $50, and then $75.
But then my mom turns around and asks for $200, which both her and my sister agreed that was reasonable, as it would leave my sister with over $500 net value (the amount of money you get in the end)
And that hit me. And it, along with professional suggestions that I’ve looked at in the past and absorbed into my subconscious, as well as seeing people go “I can do 200-300 da points for a ref sheet!” Made me stop, spin around, and think.
If we go by my own conversions, 100 da points equals $1. A reference sheet is one fullbody minimum. So you’re basically doing a fullbody for $2-3 bucks, or even 50¢ as I’ve seen some people.
Now, I get it. I ended up surrounded by people who are minors. Those below age 19 who don’t have experience, and who may have a stable household. But, here, let me phrase it this way.
Your clients, the people paying for your art, aren’t just paying for art. They’re paying for your time and experience.
I take 30 minutes per piece of art on average, the numbers taken from the month of August, which has a variety of a sketchy headshot, and a full scene with a background, all colored and shaded, with some as exceptions. As thus, I will be using the $ per half hour phrasing instead of the $ per hour phrasing professionals use. I will also be doing $5 a half hour. While yes, professionals such as the animators who host BamAnimations recommend $15 an hour for teenagers, half of that is $7.50. $5 is a simpler number to do math with.
So for me, the shortest timeframe I took of a Art piece was a fully shaded sketchy headshot at 9 minutes. And the highest was a fully shaded scene, with extra sketchy not colored characters in the background, at 2 hours and 3 minutes.
As you can see, that is a wide range. You may think that $5 is too much for a 9 minute sketchy headshot, but you should agree that $5 is way too little for a piece that takes 123 minutes. And I am a faster artist, so your time may vary, but anything that takes over 30 minutes should cost more than $5.
If you still believe that the price to half hour I listed is too much, let me also point out the other thing that your client is paying for. Your experience. In this case, I’m not just talking about what you did to learn how to draw. I’m talking about that, in addition to how much time you’ve practiced drawing, as well as what you sacrificed to get to your level of drawing. That could be the cost of the equipment to draw, like a tablet or a drawing program. Or it could be a drawing related injury such as carpal tunnel.
My experience includes this. I started drawing more frequently in 2019, which as of 2022 is over 3 years. That’s the time I’ve spent drawing. I also have used my time watching videos about how to draw, which has increased my quality and time of my art. And while I may not have paid any money to make any of my digital art, I started drawing traditionally, which the sketch books I bought did cut into my budget. And on top of that, when I first dove into digital art in 2020, I made a grave mistake which injured my right arm, rendering it in pain and unusable for months afterwards. That also injured my left arm due to overuse, and I am still feeling the repercussions of that over 2 years later.
Quick tip for people who want to get into digital art. Do NOT use a laptop mousepad to draw.
As you’ve seen, my experience should qualify me to more than that $5 a half an hour baseline. And even if you are only just now starting to get into drawing, you should keep in mind how much time you spend on a drawing, how much time did you spend learning how to draw? How much money did you spend on your drawing journey? And what other sacrifices did you make to get where you are on your drawing journey?
The next step would be to figure out how to price things. Canonkiller (link at end of essay) has a good chart on how to price things, though they use the $15 an hour method. I sincerely recommend their document a read, as they go more into pricing, boundaries, and payment options. But I’ll be using their math here.
Their math starts with the lowest option, a sketchy headshot, and goes to the highest option, a shaded fullbody, and only includes a halfbody/waist up as the other size option. A sketchy headshot is the base price $5. Then lines raises that price by x1.5, which is $7.50. Color raises the price x2, which is $10, and shading raises that to x3, which is $15. Then when the size bumps up to a halfbody, the sketch price goes up to x2 the base price, making it $10, and then the other math follows. This will lead to the shaded halfbody being $30. Fullbody raises the sketch price to x4 the base price, leading the sketchy price $20, and shaded price being $60.
You are probably thinking that this is a lot. And here’s the thing. It is a lot. But here’s the thing. Canonkiller used a $15 base value. Which made the shaded fullbody price to be $180. And that’s just for a shaded fullbody with a simple or transparent background. And Canonkiller said that $180 for a shaded fullbody is still underpaying.
But perhaps $5 a half hour is a better way of decreasing the time of the pricing? Let’s take the 123 minutes from the art piece that took me longest to do, rounding the number up to 125 for easy math. It ends up to be $25. That seems like a lower number. But the math and timing you have to do to figure that pricing out probably isn’t worth it. And you may take more time than I did. But the thing is people are doing this kind of art or more for $5. At the most. You should stop doing that. Just stop it. Take down your commission prices and look up videos on money and business if you need to. And even if you still think it’s a lot, and that you won’t get any commissions like this, BamAnimations said that it’s better to take fewer commissions for more, instead of more commissions for less. It’s better for your health and your pocketbook.
Here’s the thing. I didn’t write this to babble about math, and shame you for pricing your art at 50 da points. I wrote this for the people who think that their art is worth that little. I wrote this for the people who don’t realize they are underpricing themselves. I wrote this for myself. And I wrote this for you.
Now if you’ll excuse me, I’m going to go adjust my own prices accordingly.
Please watch these guys’ videos. Not only for their pricing opinions. But for their quirky and fun videos teaching art at a professional animator level.
Bam Animation: https://youtu.be/ghQNQNzFmT4
And read this guy’s document. It not only shows a way you should price your stuff, but also it explain how minors (under 18) can get paid with actual money, and how you can set boundaries no matter what others may say.
CanonKiller: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1cKFMOQiYl8hdLEFzuuQ8nsMV4Gpwd44oVF4PMstwS7k/edit
If you have any questions or concerns, please let me know. And please share this with people you think that need to read this.
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Hi lovelies,
Okay so on account of me having a very a lonely childhood, I read the Iliad at age 11 and so I could probably recite that thing in my sleep. The Aeneid, however, I do not know nearly as well, on account of Aeneas being the most boring hero ever. Anyways I was checking out the World of the Hero spec for my A-levels and there is a huge chunk on Augustus’ reasons for commissioning the Aeneid and the political context behind the epic, and so today I am going to try and explain the reforms made by Augustus- also known as the Pax Augusta.
Okay so some general context. When Virgil wrote the Aeneid Rome had just finished a period of 100 years of civil war and was dealing with its new found peace at the hands of Aeneas, and the concept of single leadership. At the time of the Roman Republic it was massively important that no one man had all the power, and so power sharing took place. Some things happened and this all went to shit, hence the emergence of a civil war. Towards the end of the civil war, there were two powerful individuals vying for power- Mark Antony and Octavian (aka Augustus). Augustus defeated Antony at the battle of Actium (31 BC) and became the leader of the new Roman Empire. As the first emperor, Augustus has to be incredibly careful about how he plays his power, not wanting to risk rekindling another set of wars, and the way that he enforces his power is through a series of new laws and, frankly genius, propaganda victories- these were known as the Pax Augusta.
Quick note, the Pax Augusta are sometimes referred to as the Pax Romana and also refer to a 200 year period of peace and military expansion, starting with the rule of Augustus, but his propaganda, politics, and constitutional reform are also known as the Pax Augusta because of the major role they played in this 200 year peace.
After the demise of the Second Triumvirate, Augustus restored a sort of mask of a free Republic with the majority of governmental and political power belonging with the Senate, the magistrates, and the Tribunes. However, what he actually did was get the Senate to agree that, by law, Augustus had the power granted to him by the Senate for life, this included military command. He passed a series of laws from 30- 2 BC that transformed the framework of the Republic into the constitution of the Empire. Some of these reforms included a new system of taxation, a standing army, and an official police guard. His reforms are split up into the First and Second Settlement.
During the first Settlement, Augustus modified the Roman political system to make it more palatable to the senatorial, rather than the plebeian, classes. In 28 BC, he got rid of the emergency powers he had as a dictator and returned all power to the Senate and Roman people. But this is not the democratic win you think it is. So in the time of the Republic, a sure fire way to guarantee someone’s assassination was to refer to them as ‘king’, because of the fear of single leadership. Now, if Augustus calls himself a King he is sure to get overthrown, so if he wants to be a single leader, he needs to be clever about it. So instead, he has himself called Principes Civis (first citizen). Clever. He also has another title ‘Imperator Caesar divi fillies Augustus’. This is genius, because, it links him to Caesar who was still very popular amongst the lower classes, and also calls him ‘son of the divine’ which just gives him a whole new level of legitimacy. Sort of like the medieval concept of the divine right of kings. By the end of the first settlement he finds himself in an ideal political situation where unofficially the Senate have granted him all the powers of a dictator, and he has an identity of such influence, that, if he says something, people naturally just agree.
During the Second Settlement, he takes on the role of Tribunica Potestas, which means that he act of the guardian of Roman citizens. This comes with a stupid amount of benefits because he can now propose laws to the Senate whenever he feels like it, and also veto laws. This basically gave him legislative supremacy.
Surely you’re asking the same question I did when I first learnt all of this. If Augustus has effectively established himself as a single leader, how come no one has challenged him? The reason for that is basically because the last 100 years of the Republic was technically single leadership during the time of the civil war, and whilst the single leadership was constantly changing, it was still there, and so when Augustus establishes himself as Emperor, it isn’t as shocking because that’s effectively what its been for the last century.
Okay that’s a brief overview of the political, so now the propaganda. In Rome there is something called the Gates of Janus. When the gates are open, Rome is at war, and when they are closed, Rome is at peace. So for the last 100 years, the gates have been open. Augustus makes this huge show of closing the gates, symbolising an era of peace, and indicating that the peace is because of him. Seriously this guys PR team worked overtime. Another genius example of propaganda was the Aeneid.
The greatest propaganda achievement, arguably, was the Ara Pacis, or Altar of Augustan Peace. It was commissioned by the Senate in 13 BC to honour the peace established by Augustus. The theme of peace is shown on the east and west sides of the altar. It shows a goddess (probably Venus or Peace) with a symbol of prosperity and fertility. Twin sit on the lap of the goddess along with a cornucopia of fruits. Bene that the goddess sits a bull and lamb- both animals used for sacrifice. On each side of the goddess are two women, depicting the sea and wind (one riding a bird and the other a sea monster). Basically, its him saying looking at the peace and prosperity I have brought you, and also while I was at it, I conquered the sea and sky as well.
Anyways listen, dictatorship is bad, but the guy was a genius about it. That was a whistle stop tour of Augustan propaganda and I hope you all enjoyed reading about the Pax Augusta. Enjoy your weeks xx
~Z
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Miscellaneous information for my Wen Xiachen AU.
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霞 – xia – red clouds 晨 – chén – morning, dawn, daybreak
霞晨 – Xiachen
为什么 – Wei Shen Me – why, for what reason (Wei Ying’s sword)
雯 – Wén – multi colored clouds, last name of Xiachen’s disciples
Fengmi – plentiful or abundant silk
Xilei – to admire thunder
Laniao - chattering bird
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Jin Laniao - mother of Wen Xiachen, concubine to Wen Ruohan, older shu sister of Jin Guangshan, died of complications during a miscarriage.
Jin Fengmi - Jin Laniao’s dowry servant, born into a long line of shu children and barely recognized as a member of the Jin clan, was almost wed to a non-cultivator but chose to disfigure herself instead, weak cultivation but manages to use hers in ways most cultivators don’t (assassin/spy)
Wen Xilei - Wen Xiachen’s guard and head of security, Wen Ruohan’s informant
A-Lin - one of the first five street kids thrown into Wen Xiachen’s isolation/sense deprivation cells, fanatically loyal
Zhao Zhuliu – 13 years older than WWX, married Wen Shao, very dry wit, extremely loyal
Wen Xiachen, shijie – 12 years older than WWX. Wen Xu almost managed to drown her just after Jin Laniao died, she was eight, he was five. Instead of death, she got the memories of a dead depressed millennial, and has been abusing the knowledge of the characters of MDZS, as well as the miscellaneous knowledge of the modern world
Wen Shao er-shijie – 11 years older than WWX – name means excellent, harmonious. Embroiders Xiachen’s clothes, married Zhao Zhuliu, pregnant with third child by canon, no humor, one of the second batch of street kids that experienced Wen Xiachen’s isolation/sense deprivation cells
Wen Tui san-shijie – 10 years older than WWX – name means to retreat, to withdraw. Cheat’s at weiqi, will have a wife at some point
Wen Pinde si-shixion – 8 years older than WWX – name means moral character. Patient until roused, extremely protective, married a mid-ranking Wen maiden
Wen Quwei wu-shijie – 7 years older than WWX – name means fun, interest, delight, taste, liking, preference. Plays every instrument, wants to figure out musical cultivation, no time for romance (ace), ran away from the brothel she was born to
Wen Zhu & Wen Ji liu-shijie and qi-shijie – 6 years older than WWX – Zhu and Ji both mean pearls. Zhu deals in poisons, Ji practices healing cultivation, their father died before they were born, they were a happy surprise to the family, hence pearls
Wen Lingchang, A-Hui ba-shixiong – 4 years older than WWX – name means live long and prosper. Sickly as a child, clumsy, knows fan dancing
Wen Wuxian, A-Ying jiu-shidi
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Jin Laniao’s dowry: Jin Fengmi, three tea farms, seven rice farms, one silk farm, a mountainous orchard, 100 cattle, 70 pigs, 40 horses, 200 chickens, 20 goats, 30 sheep, and enough jade and gold to shame an empress.
What Wen Xiachen inherited: Jin Fengmi, three tea farms, seven rice farms, one silk farm, a mountainous orchard, 60 cattle, 35 pigs, 50 horses, 170 chickens, 25 goats, 50 sheep, and enough jade and gold to shame an empress
What Wen Xiachen did with it: figured out smoked tea and bought more tea farms and a smokery, and fallow land for tree cultivation. Sent one of her “pets” to manage it, gets monthly reports. Started trying to increase the rice yield by cross breeding fat rice grain strain with numerous rice grain strain. It is slow going, but shows promise. Took one look at the silk manufacturing and commissioned a talisman that stopped live animals entering the mulberry grove to let the silkworms eat in peace. It tripled the silk output, and she buys new farms every so often. She has become the Lan sect’s main silk provider. The orchard was on the eastern end on Qinling mountain range and had mainly plum trees. Xiachen would have preferred apples or pears, but made do with plums, and started to cultivate sweeter plums. It was still a work in progress. The sheep and goats were taken to the tree cultivar areas and kept there to keep grass and hey down and to fertilize the soil, because they all had tag talismans that alerted one of the workers if they stepped outside the fenced area or were in any way injured, so there was no particular need to keep them where one could see them. And she started husbandry projects for all the animals, bigger and more milk for the cows, stronger bulls, speed and stamina for the horses rather than strength, size for the pigs and chickens, and finer hair for the sheep and goats. The tea business and silk farms were turning in a hefty profit by the time A-Ying was brought to the fold, so his impression of Xiachen’s finances is slightly screwed, she just doesn’t like shark fin and abalone and sees no point in hiring a seamstress to embroider her clothes when A-Shao would do it willingly. The chores are for character building and understanding the struggles of non-cultivators.
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about my money situation... (please read. I know it's long, but it's the last one today, I promise)
also I thought I might update you all about my 'cars' and the 'money situation' since I know I've posted before about only having 1, and stressing over keeping it running, and that having 2 might make it seem like I'm suddenly doing fantastically.
I have 2 now. My girlfriend has built up some savings over the years and was kind enough to let me borrow some money from her instead of from a predatory loan agency to buy a second. My concern was having a second car so that if anything happened to the first, I'd have something to drive (the area I'm in is extremely anti-pedestrian, and even then, I'm disabled and can't walk even a single block without stopping).
The "new" car however is used, of course. For $2500 I got a 2004 Chrysler Sebring GTC convertible. My rationale was that my main car- a 2006 Ford Focus ZX4 SE sedan - could be used as my daily driver, for emergency money making (D**rD*sh, anyone?), since it gets decent gas mileage and is extremely reliable, while the secondary car could be more... fun. So yes. I got a convertible lol.
The convertible needed a bit of work (all new struts, the AC system doesn't work, and the top struggles to come up, but it still functions), but most of that is done now. I have the rear struts and parts for the AC. The front struts have been installed. The back window came partially unglued while we had it, but we glued that back with little issue. After cleaning out vents and putting more freon in, the AC blows cold for the most part, but it clearly still has issues. I have a new convertible motor on the way just in case that is going bad, but it probably won't be installed until this one completely gives out.
All in all, I've probably spent about ~$4000 on the car now, which is as much as plenty of people were asking for convertibles that were just as bad off, so I don't think it was a terrible deal.
That being said, it is extremely hot in my area, and I've dried my funds for the moment on repairing the AC. My dad knows a guy who's willing to do it cheaply, but I don't have any means of paying them for the moment. I also have about $5000 on a credit card at the moment, plus ~$300 on another credit card, and ~$200 on Affirm. My dad asked me to pay his and my mother's ~$2200 overdue tax bills using my credit card and that sorely threw my money management out the window. I've been desperately trying to keep my cards under 40% use which is why they're spread across three sources now, but that extra $2200 (or 22% of my unsecured credit card) was just too much...
I expected to handle most of the repairs and other stuff while I waited for disability decision on my credit card, which has now fallen through due to that. That's why I'm still asking for money, even though I SEEM well off.
I'm not.
I have about $100/wk in groceries, $50/wk in gas (for driving, considering I don't D**rD*sh, which isn't always a guarantee), then about $730.79/mo in bills. My girlfriend is helping some with the bills, but it is... a lot. It is a lot to have to survive on with meager income (it's hard to make even $200 on D**rD*sh in a single week, and I can't physically do any jobs I'm qualified for at the moment, hence the disability claim).
This is why I say even a single dollar will help. because it will. That's a dollar I don't have to make. That's a dollar I don't have to gauge whether D*shing will make me money or lose me money due to the gas prices. THat's why commissions right now would be my LIFEBLOOD.
My girlfriend has gotten money from her father in the past (not much anymore, though), and gets money from the govt to go to school from the GI Bill but this won't last forever. In fact, I believe she may only have 1-2 more years of that. It *could* in theory cover a lot of what I have going on, but... I know what she has in savings, and the amount of money I'd need to crawl out of this debt hole would easily take a significant chunk of her money. And we might need that money in the future to make a down payment on a place to live, not to mention it would be really shitty to take a bunch of her money that she may need for emergency situations or purchases of her own....
So I really, really, really don't want to do that.
so if you were curious. that's why I am asking for money despite seeming well off. I seem well off. but I am not. I am not well off at all and I am scared and struggling.
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so here's the deal...
i really really really hate coming on anywhere and fussing, ranting or lamenting about things but…
i'm extremely stressed, frustrated and upset.
my main pc is fucked, apparently.
for the past 3 months, i've been working off of my old, dinosaur aged pc (it's 10+ years old, barely works, has trouble booting etc) ever since my newer pc started having serious issues. over this past weekend, i was finally able to take it the shop and get it looked at. they informed me a day later that one of the ram sticks was bad (as my partner had already suspected) and i was charged 100 bucks for this discovery, that i had to borrow from my parents.
they voicemail that i had received informing me of the issues found, that if i wanted repairs, it would cost 40 bucks alone for install + whatever price i chose to spend for new ram stick(s), however, once i visited the store to actually SPEAK to someone (their phone system is trash and no one would answer/return my call), i was told any parts install would cost SIXTY bucks instead and offered new parts costing from 100-120 in range, which would ultimately make the total cost + the 100 for diagnosis, close to 200 bucks.
my partner says that's a ridiculous price to pay for something that can be popped in and out to replace but unfortunately, i'm not very knowledgeable about hardware and hardware installation so i don't feel confident in going in there myself and replacing it/them even if i got my hands on new parts and we are also long distance so he's not able to do the install for me.
what i thought should be 'thankfully', the shop took out the 'bad' stick and i was told i should be able to bring my pc home and use it RELATIVELY normally without replacing it at this time, it just would not be able to run at the same capacity as it could have if it had both sticks of ram installed. at this time, it's worked for a total of.. a day and a half normally and without issue before having the same major issues again; web browser/tabs crashing, apps fully crashing or not operating (discord is currently a blank/grey window for me right now and i have to use the browser app to even use it), inability to install anything and finally, a full blue screened pc crash; so now i'm assuming BOTH sticks were bad and the brand installed is trash. (i do not know the brand of any parts installed in my pc as my ex purchased them all months before our relationship ended)
so what's the point i'm trying to get to?
i'm in desperate need of some money. i'm a disabled, unemployed person who my parents basically resent for needing their support for survival and i've been trying VERY hard to work towards making ANY kind of income from my creative skills in order to start saving up to attempt to move out of my parents' home and across several states to live my partner as, after being kicked out and left by my ex, has landed me in yet another home that doesn't respect or treat me fairly and takes a toll on my mental health/stress and motivation/focus on a daily basis. the added daily stress of not knowing if my (EXPENSIVE) devices are reliable and functioning has made it extra difficult to stay focused and motivated to keep moving towards my goals.
i currently have no financial nor food security as my parents often (intentionally) leave me out of meals, don't allow me any cash to go shop for myself and tell me to get a job, on the rare occasions i do happen to ask for 5-10 bucks for some dinner, same as they did when i asked for them to help me repair a device that COULD be a job for me if i could just get it back to working condition.
i am VERY new to doing commissions and i understand it does take some time to establish a good work flow + trustworthy reputation as a commission artist but i am determined to work hard and as efficiently as possible to provide clients with the best possible work i can produce. i am NOT, however, new to the art market world as i've had many mutuals and friends who have had commission shops or have gone on to produce their own physical merchandise so i've had many years of observing the processes and progressions.
at this current time, i'm considering setting aside my plans for vtuber development i had for this year which would have included working on small, 'mini' debuts leading up to a larger, legit debut as i progressed to learn to make my own environment overlays and assets + relearning live2d skills to rig my own model, to solely focus on constantly making art to showcase my skills for hire. i am also considering, after polishing up my commissions page more, including smaller, bonus arts with larger piece purchases as a small thank u for people helping me gain work and funds for my needs.
i'm just.. really drained and tired of prolonged issues taking a toll on me, both general life things i've experienced most my life and now these frustrating tech problems that i hope would have been non-existent with a newer pc as i had been experiencing many troubles with my old pc for years (this new pc is only a year old). i'm ready to be able to have peace in my life and to focus on things that are fulfilling to me and bettering skills that bring me joy.
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