#and i an a broke disabled artist

[heart-sprout]

No shade, but if this doesn't trigger 'scam' alarm bells in your mind, multiple times, then you need to update your internet safety skills

(I blocked them after that. If I am wrong I'd rather risk one upset commissioner vs getting scammed out of my time and skills as an artist)

[scleracentipede]

still thinking about fear state

[slimemanagement]

Icon commissions are available on my brand new Ko-fi page! Get 'em while they're hot.

Donations are open as well. If you ever wanted to give me five dollars, well. Now you can.

I'm still learning the Ko-fi interface, so I'm starting simple with icon commissions. That being said, I hope to offer more types of commissions very soon. Please feel free to let me know what sort of offerings you'd like to see from me in the future.

Some of you already know that the last few years have been pretty rough for me, health-wise. It's been a while since I was able to offer commissions. Things are getting better, though. My newfound ability to sit in a chair and draw is all thanks to physical therapy, medication, and my lovely friends and family. Just wanted to use this chance to say thank you to those irreplaceable people. 🩷💛🩵 Thanks as well to the folks who helped me get my sea legs back by commissioning me privately. I appreciate you!

[lorcan-chan]

How do artists make money off their art? Because in theory it sounds easy. Make art. Post it. Get likes. Open commissions. But in practice? I don’t know if I’m just not reaching the right audience or if I suck. I tried being a frequent poster and just did not seem to get any traction. I’ve posted on all socials and I just can’t seem to garner any attention, or any attention of someone wanting to commission something. The most I get is a reference to pay another platform to boost my art. But if I had the money to pay others to market me, I wouldn’t be trying so hard to sell my art. So any advice or tips would be welcome.

[poppyknitt]

y’all help me out a bit and go check out my etsy

rn i only do digital stuff but i really need money soon as i don’t have much after rent. I hate putting myself out here like this but I don’t have another choice as i’d be down to maybe less than $10 after rent and I’m low on food and cat litter.

https://jrossjcreations.etsy.com

please don’t buy anything you don’t have money for but like. If you do I genuinely would appreciate getting the support!

[si0l0id]

this is my bank acc balance rn im looking for irl work currently and dont have time or energy to do much online other than the occasional design i draw and decide to sell, but they never sell!! if anyone would like to support me by buying an adopt it would help a ton, or just sharing this post so others can see and maybe buy one of my adopts!! :')

/nf/gen

link to my toyhouse!

[arynecho]

New little design for my Redbubble shop because I'm poor lol

[gaysaito]

i love (mental illness) why do i randomly go completely fucking delusional ????? i swear from my point of view i make complete sense but the people i talk to just get very confused n concerned ?//1/11/

ok girl! anyway anyone else ever only able to express their feelings through acts of extreme violence n destruction either inflicted on others or themselves. why do i express love through literal downright abuse n mutilation. ohhh i love him so much i want to gut him n feel all his warm organs in my arms ^^ < babe that is NOT normal behaviour

[starlightshadowsworld]

Palestinians are not "animals."

They are not "children of darkness."

Little kids are rescuing cats and trying to comfort them when they themselves are terrified.

A doctor broke down when his father and brother came into the trauma unit.

And several of his colleagues hugged and gathered to comfort him.

Journalists are playing with babies.

Doctors are refusing to evacuate hospitals because their patients can't and refuse to leave them.

There's a little boy who gives tea to the journalists and thanks them for spreading their stories.

He's displaced at the hospital, his home is gone.

A kid was asked what he wants to be when he grows up and he said kids in Gaza don't grow up.

Kids are writing their names on their arms so they can be identified.

Momin Kireka is a Palestinian journalist who was disabled by an Israeli attack in 2008.

And despite the difficulty in moving around, he vows to continue to show the world the truth.

Awni, a young Palestinian boy has a gaming YouTube channel he loved so much.

He was killed in the bombing.

Mohammed Sami was an artist who's dream was to open an art gallery.

He was playing with the kids to raise their spirits. And the next day he was killed.

They are victims.

They are going through unimaginable horrors and still find it in their hearts to be kind.

They have hopes and dreams just like you and I.

They are people.

And they deserve to be recognised and known as such.

[theglamorousferal]

I yearn for a life I'll never get to live.

I want to travel. I want to see everything I can in the world. See the beauty of it, both natural and man-made. I want to feel the history around me like a heavy shawl placed upon my shoulders. I want to try foods from everywhere, learn the delicacies and the history of the dishes.

I want to create. I want to have all the equipment and supplies I'd need for whatever project sparks my fancy that day. I want to go through the gentle movement of pottery making. I want to do the intricate details of jewelry. I want to spend my hours writing the worlds in my mind.

I want to not be in pain. I want to be able to go for a walk in the woods without having to stop every hundred feet to sit. I want to peak mountains, swim in lakes, climb rock faces. I want to explore and discover the world around me.

I want to help my friends. I want to have a large house where we can all live together. I want to get them out of their bad situations. I want to help them pursue their passions. I want to give them opportunities to create again.

I yearn for a life I cannot have.

A life I feel would be fulfilling.

A life of passion and love.

[dovesndecay]

Listen, I hate begging for monetary help every month, just in general, but I think I hate it the most in December. Because I know we're all broke, and in need, and the people who would give are rarely the same folks who can give, particularly at this time of year.

That said, I'm not in a position of choice here, so if you would and you can, I'm a disabled biracial queer artist trying to build up my patreon in the long term, but still need to pay the $1,100 in bills in the meantime. And $600 of that goes right towards keeping my car so my household of disabled queers can get around.

Other ways to help me out live here.

Paypal: mireyahkwolfe@outlook.com Cashapp: $dovesndecay Venmo: dovesndecay

as always; if you do, thank you. and boosts are always appreciated.

[renthony]

A Quick Lesson in Royalty Payouts

I just made my 500th sale of The Queen of Cups! I'm genuinely thrilled, because that's a pretty huge milestone for my little fantasy story! I originally wrote it as part of a series of short stories inspired by tarot cards (hence the title), but it really took on a life of its own. The other stories are still sitting in a folder on my desktop.

The Queen of Cups is a $0.99 USD ebook, and while there is a paperback available, most of my sales are digital. I never planned to make a ton of money on this story, because it just wasn't realistic to assume I would. And I haven't.

These are screenshots from my Amazon dashboard (which is currently the only platform tQoC is available through, thanks to issues with other distributors):

I make an average royalty payout of $0.32 USD per sale. Most months, I don't make any money off this story, and when I do get a payout, it ranges from pennies to maybe a full dollar if I'm lucky. I once made $6 on a payment and was ecstatic.

Authors, especially indie/self-pub authors, are broke. Many have to work other jobs, cutting down on the energy available to write. I'm personally unable to work outside the house because I'm disabled, so I contribute to the household income largely via Patreon and desperate e-begging. I say often that I don't feel like a person, I feel like six side hustles in a trench coat.

Support your favorite small-time artists in whatever way you can. You need art in your life, and we need money to live. It's fuckin' brutal out here.

(If I happen to be one of your favorite small-time artists, there's a page on my website with info on how to help. <3)

[tangibletechnomancy]

Economic anxiety has a way of bringing out reactionary sentiment in anyone if they're not careful.

It is deeply, deeply frustrating to watch it play out in front of me in leftist spaces such that self-proclaimed leftists are using actual, literal fascist arguments about Real Art vs. Fake Art and Real Labor vs. Lazy Button-Pushing.

These things don't become any less bad when you SAY your enemy is "some rich techbro" while calling broke disabled hobbyists "evil soulless automatons".

The central logic doesn't become true when you SAY you're targeting an inhuman machine while you screech obscenities about a great replacement at its operator.

When you say one minute "there is no unskilled labor, only undervalued skills", it doesn't magically absolve you of saying "nooo, you were supposed to automate away the BAD and DEMEANING jobs with no financial safety net for the workers, not THIS one I consider RESPECTABLE" in the next breath; it only makes you a fucking hypocrite.

"Fair use for me but not for thee" is not a rational position to prevent plagiarism and forgery; it's just a means to codify an ingroup and an outgroup.

"Degenerate art" is always, ALWAYS a reactionary and proto-fascist thing to believe in, even if you wrap it up in other fancy words because you know "degenerate" is a Bad Word. "There is Good Art that makes society better and Bad Art, if you can even CALL it Art at all, that will rot our brains and turn us all into mindless drones if it's allowed to survive" cannot be made into anything but a reactionary position! Period! End of!

"Lazy button-pushers" are EXACTLY what corporations want you to think ANY automation operator is, so they can take credit away from those employees and criminally underpay them. They said the same damned thing about digital artists back in the early days of Photoshop. They say the same thing about overworked VFX artists today. You are DIRECTLY helping them make it worse with this argument.

The same old fucking trick of making you uncertain of your financial future so you lash out at other victims of the system because you "can't take the risk" of coming together to fight the actual enemy? Is working a FUCKING treat on way too many people who pride themselves on Not Being Like That - and it's even worse because a lot of the time pointing this out will get nothing but denial because maintaining pride in a leftist, progressive, pro-labor, pro-human Identity is more important to way too many people than ACTUALLY identifying the root of reactionary sentiment and the strategies used to spread it.

It makes me genuinely feel like I've fallen into a Fox News convention, hearing all these blatantly reactionary arguments and actively self-defeating strategies to Protect Labor.

[calendae-creations]

I could really use some help signal boosting my shop right now. I'm a disabled artist with no other income, and I'm in a bit of a situation because I haven't had a sale in nearly a month. I'm almost completely out of money, my phone broke last week so I can't update my shop or share WIP pics until I replace it, and I'm running low on some necessary meds. I've had to ask my parents for help paying for my storage unit for the second month in a row. There are projects I really want to be working on and sharing with y'all -- like a tapestry loom I'm making but am still short a few small parts for store -- but I can't do so until I get some sales or commissions! Reblogging this, or any of my other sales posts, would really help me out

My current inventory -- which includes shawls, hats, doilies, jewelry, kippot, bookmarks, and more -- is all available in my ko-fi shop, as are several customizable options for commissions. I am also happy to take commissions and custom orders aside from those options though! Just message me if you're interested!

I currently only offer shipping within USA in the shop, but if you need something shipped elsewhere, feel free to message me and we can get that sorted out.

[princesstokyom]

FUCKIT, everytime I get an ask ignoring my request to not send me asks begging, I'm gonna reblog this.

I'm a broke ass unemployable, disabled, queer artist, you are under zero obligation to do so, but if you want to throw me some pennies, then you will have my eternal thanks.

[creacherkeeper]

yall, its finally happening ... getting my tits shot off is simply so within my grasp 😭

i'm getting top surgery on january 8th 2024 and im so excited and so scared but im being so so brave about it

though i've tried saving the funds myself for years now, emergencies keep wiping them away, like vet bills, emergency moves, wage theft, a con artist roommate, you name it, its happened in the last two years. i never wanted to have to rely on crowdfunding for something so vital and important to me, but now that it's here im really calling on my community to help support me

top surgery is not only a dream come true as far as having a body i can finally call home, but also with living in one of the most conservative states in the bible belt as a trans, gay, autistic, disabled, jewish man, its a matter of safety as well. temperatures frequently reach 115f/46c in the summer here, and with some of my health problems, binding isnt always feasible in that kind of heat. but not binding also means i risk getting clocked, and i don't think i need to tell yall how bad that could go for me

i've really been scraping by on low wages for years as a social worker and now as a graduate teaching assistant. and the previously aforementioned vet bills, con artists, etc have just really squashed any hope i had for paying for this myself

it's not easy for me to ask for help, but it would genuinely mean the world if yall could share this around. i know this is the webbed site of unemployed disabled people and broke college students but every little bit helps

if not for me then please do it for my nanny, a 10 year old pit bull who simply loves to step directly on my tits and would really appreciate if i didnt weep and wail every time she did it

[ID: a photo of a tan pit bull wearing blue spaced-themed pajamas.]

godspeed little gay people in my phone and thank you!!