Cant think of a witty title

Okay! This is. The last post I'm ever making about this, 1000% for certain cuz if this ever happens again I am simply giving up collapsing into dust forever.

So it took me nearly all month but I finally managed to lock down a permanent housing situation, where I'm allowed to move in BEFORE the first of the month. I do have to pay a deposit, as well as cover temporary housing for the next two nights, however

Total, between first months + deposit, and two nights' housing, I'm looking at around 3200$ total, which I'm not asking for that whole amount because fuck thats so much money


Right now I'm just trying to cover the rooms (450$/2 nights) and the deposit (1400) ASAP, with the room obviously being most important since I need somewhere to sleep before work the next two days.

You can donate here if you're feeling generous, but my priority right now is commissions & finally selling the premade designs in my ko-fis.
I will be making more premade designs the next couple nights as well as I need to get this handled ASAP.

0$/1850$

if you want something not listed currently, please feel free to reach out and we'll talk about it

these will be open until I receive my first paycheck at the job I start this week, after which point they will all be semi permanently closed until I'm able to clear the entirety of my backlog which is gonna be a while since I'll be doing so while working full time

I don't feel like i've made enough progress on my last set yet, but I also didn't finish any of the adopts i started either and I still gotta sleep somewhere so!

This is gonna be the last set for at LEAST a week though, probably longer, though I do think I want to have a full a-z set cuz i like numbers. anyway! 45$ as per usual 💖 boosts appreciated tremendously!

Don't forget to click into the downloads! that's where the form is!

POSE K // POSE L // POSE M // POSE N // POSE O // POSE P

Decided to open up a second round of these as I'm putting the finishing touches on the other fits today, to push me over into tomorrow!

Still 45$ each, though as always tips are appreciated

PAINTED BUST COMMS - 50$

I'm only taking two of these and they'll be completed either tonight or tomorrow depending on how much longer it takes me to finish these outfits (which speaking of, expect to be hearing from me soon guys)

image with the difference between painted and sketch busts under the cut btw

use overdrive, libby, hoopla, cloudlibrary, and kanopy instead of amazon and audible.

use firefox instead of chrome or opera (both are made with chromium, which blocks functionality for ad-blockers. firefox isn't based on chromium).

use mega or proton drive instead of google drive.

get rid of bloatware

use libreoffice instead of microsoft office suite

use vetted sites on r/FREEMEDIAHECKYEAH for free movies, books, games, etc.

use trakt or letterboxd instead of imdb.

use storygraph instead of goodreads.

use darkpatterns to find mobile game with no ads or microtransactions

use ground news to read unbiased news and find blind spots in news stories.

use mediahuman or cobalt to download music, or support your favorite artists directly through bandcamp

make youtube bearable by using mtube, newpipe, or the unhook extension on chrome, firefox, or microsoft edge

use search for a cause or ecosia to support the environment instead of google

use thriftbooks to buy new or used books (they also have manga, textbooks, home goods, CDs, DVDs, and blurays)

use flashpoint to play archived online flash games

find books, movies, games, etc. on the internet archive! for starters, here's a bunch of David Attenborough documentaries and all of the Animorphs books

burn your music onto cds

use pdf24 (available online or as a desktop app) instead of adobe

use unroll.me to clean your email inboxes

use thunderbird, mailfence, countermail, edison mail, tuta, or proton mail instead of gmail

remove bloatware on windows PC, macOS, and iOS X

remove bloatware on samsung X

use pixelfed instead of instagram or meta

use NCH suite for free software like a file converter, image editor, video editors, pdf editor, etc.

feel free to add more alternatives, resources or advice in the reblogs or replies, and i'll add them to the main post <3

It never goes away. Like. Literally ever. "It's so hard and I keep stumbling over it" yeah. Never goes away. For anyone. Keep that in mind.

While you do have to train your eye to get better at drawing, which means you have to look at good art, you also have to stop only looking at artwork made by professionals or people who've been doing it longer than you. Jealous of another 21-year-old whose art is better than you? Block or mute. Lol. It doesn't matter who cares. Jealousy is ugly and you should work on that but feelings like that don't just go away and so if it's not hurting anyone just get that out of your sight. Unblock/mute when you're in a better headspace.

If you can't keep your drawings to yourself then have a dedicated set of artist friends to complain with or hold each other accountable. Preferably people of your same skill level. And no I don't mean a huge discord server full of randos, like, your actual friends, chances are you're only going to get your feelings hurt if in you're some huge buttfuck discord server where people are busy doing god knows what and they either ignore your posts or just leave reacts.

What actually helps ease this is by practicing in bulk. Everyone tells you art is like a muscle and you have to train it constantly, with rest, but constantly. And what this means realistically is you're more likely to learn by drawing something repetitively. Say you're struggling to draw a profile. Don't waste hours getting one drawing of a profile right. If it sucks just start over again. Repeat. Literally the fastest and most efficient way with almost every drawing roadblock is just start over again. The time will pass anyways etc etc.

Confidence is won through effort! Confidence is not so much a feeling as it is the cumulative result of the work you put in. (I read this on reddit one time and never forgot it.)

6. This is a really tough one but you'll have to substitute motivation for discipline.