As a rule of thumb, don't reblog donation posts or people asking for donations unless they've been vetted and reblogged by Palestinian bloggers. We usually go to lengths to verify this shit because we know scammers have been faking to get people to send them money, using the urgency of our genocide as bait.
It's disgusting this is what we're dealing with, but people are losing money because of some truly evil people out there.
Accounts don't just randomly spring up on tumblr without gofundmes while asking for someone to help them create a campaign. Fuck out of here with that shit.
Sorry for double posting but APPARENTLY those commission scammers have showed up on Tumblr at least for the first time for me.
For those who don’t know what I am talking about, there were/are commission scams going on in Instagram and even places like Artstation where people would pretend to be interested in your work and try to commission a pet or portrait for the sake of trying to get your bank details. Here’s how to (somewhat) sniff them out:
1- They don’t seem to be an average customer/ person that would be involved in your fandom, or has a blank template for an account or don’t even follow you.
2- They ask you to draw a portrait or a pet picture either for themselves or their children/family.
3- They promise to overpay you (in the hundreds) and do not listen to you even if you firmly state the price is cheaper.
4- They are constantly asking for your email name, or private details regarding things like banking details or passwords or other private information others should not know.
5- They try and over reassure you they mean no harm, try to guilt you into giving them the info, or become aggressive over you not giving them what they want.
What should you do if you come across one of these guys?
My best advice is to block and report. Sadly these people jump account to account so there isn’t really much to do other than spread this info to prevent artists from being scammed.
It has been awhile, so I wanted to give an Update on Welcome Home for folks who are tuned into it!
( Drawn by @downydig )
I have returned from a prolonged hiatus and have begun work towards the Next Update! I hope to return to updating our Ko-fi and have done so with two smaller pieces of a much larger guide. (With the help of Downydig!) You may take a look- -> Here !!
We hope to update more regularly as we come closer to our various updates'... Updates! Please keep an eye out as we head towards the year's end. We intend to keep the website alive in its meantime, which is to say active! I want it be able to live without my meddling.
I would also like to say Thank you for your patience as you gave me time to settle down and organize my Thoughts. For others working on Welcome Home, too! We would also like to state our very very Small opening of the askbox on August 14th for our Morsel of a Q&A. Our smidgen! Our particle of a question-answering soiree!
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Have a wonderful Today or Tomorrow or Whichever time of day it is!
Advice from someone who lost everything suddenly in the blink of an eye.
Take pictures of everything in your life
For yourself, when you are happy or even sad, with your family and friends, at your work, in the café you prefer, in the parks and streets you love,
record the voice of your loved ones and your laughter together, birthdays, anniversaries, wedding parties, pictures of your favorite meal, pictures of your plants and pets, pictures of your house and every corner of it, pictures of all your beautiful memories as a child, and do not forget to document a photo album of you and your family and save it in a folder or cards.
Pictures of your certificates, and everything you are proud of,
Pictures of sunrise and sunset between your neighbors' homes.
As you envision all of this, be grateful for these blessings.
There are people "and I'm one of them" who have lost those things in the blink of an eye. All I have left is a photo album, and I bite my fingers regretting that I didn't take more pictures.
BE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR LIFE and take more pictures 🙏
Hello do you like puppets? Do you like gay people? Do you like them thriving and being able to be free from the goddamned boot on their neck?
my friend, my wonderful wonderful amazing friend Tobi, member of the welcome home team is finally executing on their plans to get out of their really REALLY scary and awful living situation but they need your help to make this a possibility! Not only should you share this post but also please make a post of your own? Here’s in their own words their plan.
This has been something we’ve been discussing for months. I want my friend to be safe in an environment where he is cherished and able to create his projects surrounded by people that support him. PLEASE help my friend.
Helping is not constrained to money. You can share (please share) you can make separate posts relating this info (really helpful) Any kind words of support you have for Tobi would be much appreciated too.
thank you for your time, thank you for helping my friend.
Howdy-do! Say hello to the deal of the century… Again!
In partnership with Makeship, we are happy to announce the return of Welcome Home’s very first genuine, one-of-a-kind, top-of-the-line, never to be imitated, never to be replicated, official Wally Darling plush toy 2.0! With You by his side, there’s nothing Wally can’t do… 2!
For folks who missed out the first time, head on over to https://www.makeship.com/products/wally-darling-2-0-plushie to order one for yourself for $29.99!
Come back next week to see Wally's exciting advertisement adventure conclusion ending spectacular!
Special thanks and credits are below! Thank you to Huck, Frankie, Rocky, Synth, and Puzz! Check them out below! You must!!
Thank you to Synth for his bodacious voice work as Barnaby and Howdy!
Tumblr / Twitter
Thank you to Frankie for his phenomenal voice work for Wally!
Twitch / @frankenbugvods
Thank you to Puzz for helping to organize and film!
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Thank you to Rocky for his help filming!
/ Instagram / Twitter
Thank you to Huck for building props, filming, and co-writing with me!
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And thank you to all you too! With your continued to support, I hope we can keep moving forward!