#Independent Artists

[puzzledjaypros]

We made a sticker with a similar vibe last year! :D

https://www.puzzledjay.productions/store/isopodonna-sticker

an isopod!

Today, Jesus is holding:

An Isopod

[yellodisney]

[gollancz]

Here it is! Our gorgeous cover for A FINE AND PRIVATE PLACE! It's out on the 12th October 2023, with a brand new introduction from @neil-gaiman (which got me all teary-eyed while I was proofing it, ngl). Obsessed with the sunset colours, obsessed with the stunning lineart by Borg, obsessed with how this is going to sit so perfectly next to our editions of THE LAST UNICORN and THE WAY HOME.

[foxglovefaun]

fresh outta rehab and ready to eat 🌤️🍽️

[talesofthemilkmen]

Grerky prep!!!

[motziedapul]

Saw this discussion on Reddit about independent podcasts and I wanted to throw my hat into the ring!

The original post was asking if a podcast is still indie if it's part of a network, and the answer is, usually, yes. Unless they are explicitly financed by the network in production, which many network podcasts aren't.

I'll go into what our Rusty Quill Network membership means below, but these comments are generally correct:

So people must be wondering what being part of the RQ Network means if they're not financing us:

Two things:

1) We're now part of their ad revenue structure and get a percentage of ad revenue from ads run on our show and Rusty Quill site.

2) Rusty Quill will market us to their audience, which gives us access to a bigger audience than we had.

You'll notice that neither of those mean Rusty Quill pays us, because they don't *pay* us per se. It's a revenue sharing system.

Would you like to know how much we earn from ads?

$400~ CAD (approximately $280~ USD) every two months in our BEST MONTHS.

More accurately, we only started getting those numbers in July after we were advertised on the Magnus Protocol. Before that we got $300~ CAD after 4 months.

Other than that, we finance through Patreon with $400 CAD/month from our amazing Patrons-but you'll notice even that isn't a living.

(Though it very much does cover groceries, which I'm grateful for)

This is why we ultimately have to run fundraisers every so often. I'd run less if I was employed, which I'm trying very hard to be, but in the meantime if people want to see more of Hi Nay this is our only recourse.

That's why we're indie even if we're part of a network. That's why your favorite podcasts are indie even if they're still part of a network. Rusty Quill has done so much for us including connecting us to some amazing podcasters in the space and giving us opportunities we never would have had before, but they don't pay us for making our podcast. They just share the ad revenue and help market us.

And that's why I can't continue Hi Nay on $400-$800 Canadian every month when my rent is $1300 Canadian ($920 US) a month. Especially when I've been out of work for 1+ year.

[year-of-the-rabid-dog]

Palestinian Artists/Record Labels on Bandcamp

{ELECTRONIC}

00970

377

Bilna'es بالناقص

BOUNCYDUCK

BRUT_FORC.e/TRAUM.a

Cyber Witch

Double Dunks

Loris

NaJazz Project

Sea Level Records /تسجيلات سطح البحر 

Toumba

{EXPERIMENTAL}

Dirar Kalash

Dunums

Garden of Gethsemane

Irritable Syndrome

Mamzera

Maya Al-Khaldi

Never A Land Without People

Phonodelica

Raymond Haddad

{FOLK}

Akram Abdulfattah

Arhan Afndy

Gazelleband

Marwan Abado

Rim Banna

Samah Mustafa

Sounds of Palestine

{INDIE/ALTERNATIVE}

Bassam Beroumi

Discoverer

Eddie Violet

Haya Zaatry

Mafar

Maysa Daw

Shadi Zaqtan

{JAZZ/RNB}

Drink Sage

Majazz Project / Palestine Sound Archive

{METAL}

Bahal Amma

{RAP/HIP-HOP}

Asifeh

ERROR

Exist Records

Moody Kablawi

Shabab

{FUNDRAISER/SOLIDARITY PROJECTS}

"A Better Tomorrow for Palestine" by naru records; profits made will be donated to Medical Aid for Palestinians

"Archivio Futuro x Gaza" by Archivo Futuro; profits made will be donated to the Gaza Emergency Appeal by the UNRWA

"By the People, For the People" by House of Afandi Records; profits made will be donated to the Palestine Children's Relief Fund

Dunums & MANAS' Self-Titled EP; profits made will be donated to Medical Aid for Palestinians

"For Palestine" by Paralax Editions; profits made will be donated to Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders

"For Palestine" by Toumba; profits made will be donated to Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders

"For Those We Lost" by Lowlives Collective

IAFG - Vol. 1 by IAFG - International Artists For Gaza; profits made will be donated to Gaza Freestyle

"For All" by MidnightRoba; profits made will be donated to the Gaza Emergency Appeal by the UNRWA and Medical Aid for Palestinians

"ت​ر​و​ي​د​ة م​و​ل​ا​ل​ا​ة - ح​ر​ي​ة" by 1; profits made will be donated to Medical Aid for Palestinians

"Rap Across the Wall-Palestine" by Musicians Without Borders; profits go towards workshops organized by MWB to help platform lesser known Palestinian artists and provide music programs to Palestinian children (Bara’em Ghirass)

"RE-INSTITUTIONS" by BALLAMONA; profits made will be donated to Save the Children: Gaza Emergency Appeal

"Resist to Exist" by Avon Terror Corp x Exist Records; profits made will be donated to Medical Aid for Palestinians and the Palestinian Medical Relief Society

"The Olive Tree" by Turquoise Coconut; profits made will be donated to Medical Aid for Palestinians

[notwhatiam]

(Forgive me for being a dick and blazing a promotional campaign. I know we all come here for motiveless fandom-based shitposts, but I am but a mere independent creator and I must obnoxiously spread my word wherever the blue light shines. 😔)

Hey, folks! My company, Cotton Candy Flavor Media, and I are currently working on our first ever animated film. It’s called “Get Yeast To It”, and it’s a surreal existential dark comedy about a version of the afterlife where humans are judged by cells of yeast based on whether or not they ever ate bread. We’re currently running a crowdfunding campaign for the project so that we can raise the money we need to achieve our yeasty dreams, which is no small feat for indie artists in the midst of this truly shitty time for the animation industry as a whole. If you all could like, share, and donate to the campaign at the link below, it would go a long way in helping us plucky creators succeed— and you could have the opportunity to receive an unpackaged potato in the mail, which I know is really tempting for a lot of you. Thanks, everybody, and let’s get bread-y to rumbleeeeeeee!!

[riverberumen]

Prints for "Bliss by Palette Knife" are now available to purchase on Storenvy.

[friendraichu]

I want to buy cicada merch in celebration of the periodical emergence this year.

If anyone has anything to recommend, especially anything by small independent artists, I would really appreciate it!! (It's so easy to find mass-produced stuff, but it's also more likely to be cheaply made or possibly a stolen design, y'know?)

I'm looking for anything cicada-related, but especially things I can wear!

[getyeasttoit]

Hey, folks! Prolific independent production company Cotton Candy Flavor Media, LLC. is currently working on its first ever animated film! It’s called “Get Yeast To It”, and it’s a surreal existential dark comedy about a version of the afterlife where humans are judged by cells of yeast based on whether or not they ever ate bread. We’re currently running a crowdfunding campaign for the project so that we can raise the money we need to achieve our yeasty dreams, which is no small feat for indie artists in the midst of this truly shitty time for the animation industry as a whole. If you all could like, share, and donate to the campaign at the link below, it would go a long way in helping us plucky creators succeed— and you could have the opportunity to receive an unpackaged potato in the mail, which we know is really tempting for a lot of you. Thanks, everybody, and let’s get bread-y to rumbleeeeeeee!!

[stargatelov3r]

Heyyy everyone!

Pride month is over but Pride is not!

I’m so happy I managed to make quite a few pride bracelets and I want to thank each and every one of you for your support!

What you seen in the pictures is the current inventory of my ko-fi shop, if there is anything you like feel free to check it out! Shares are also greatly appreciated as this shop actually helps my bank account to recover <3

Current items in my shop

- stargate pride bracelets

- stargate bracelet (two colors)

- rainbow key chains

- doctor who bracelet

- some art (not shown)

- commission slots for simple stargate bracelets

Plans for the future of my shop

- more stargate bracelets (both pride and not pride)

- pride earrings

- star trek bracelets

- continuing to have fun and being baffled by the generosity of people <3

I’m always open for requests/idea when it comes to color/flag ideas <3 so if you have any let me know!

All donations I receive through my ko-fi go directly into my convention fund (currently I’m very much eying GateCon so maybe one day ONE DAY) i can make it over there

Thank you for reading and thank you for your support!!

~Asile

[foxglovefaun]

Brass, Candy, and Broken Glass

i'll scan it later i just cant stop foaming at the mouth skdjfhksjhdjfhsdf had ta get it outta me

[talesofthemilkmen]

Sometimes our dads are a jug of milk, he’ll figure it out someday…