I LOVE FAT MEN AND WOMEN

I'm an artist and medical student, and I use art to help me pay some bills.

I built a free, helpful tool because to help prevent other talented creatives from undercharging, as I really see this a lot online.

It's a calculator with a built in reality check

Input your survival costs and expenses

True billable hours

Get the rate you actually need to charge to hit a 20% (or whatever you choose) profit margin.

It generates the rate, a template negotiation email + final invoice.

Plan to keep this tool free, ad-free, and open to everyone.

🔗 Check your math: fairpaycalc.artres.xyz

If the "Thriving Rate" calculation empowers you to double your quote on your next job, please consider hitting the "Buy me a coffee"button. It keeps the server running and the code flowing <3

Crayon meme of DL characters (based off that one crayon gif) More to come, I plan on making on of every hero. (edited to add what I based these on, couldn't add it before)

And he kept doing it. Scene after scene.

He spent the film expecting someone to make a joke about how unserious things were or to break the fourth wall or do some other self referential type thing.

Now, maybe I'm just at that point in my cycle or maybe I'm too delicate in general, but I literally teared up hearing that. Straight up cried a bit. It is so fucking sad that sincerity and genuineness is being bred out of people.

People say all the time 'this generation can't take anything seriously!' and really, is it any wonder? Younger people have been trained out of it. You are no longer encouraged to be genuine or show emotion or be honest. You are actively punished for it. In fact, you are almost guaranteed to suffer for it.

That is so fucked up. I'm sorry to go on a bit of a random ramble rant but it's so fucking gut wrenching to see younger people lose that element of themselves. You can't express your passion without being told you're 'crashing out' or 'cringe'. You have to live in this neutral state of fear of perception, and god forbid anybody step outside of it!

You're told you should only consume and succumb and be ironic and emotionless and cool.

Listen, if you're following me and you're like.... 25 or under, let's say. Please. I beg of you. Do not fall for this rhetoric. Please, for the love of all things, feel. Feel and create and be honest with yourself. Indulge in things that make you happy. Be sincere. Wear your heart on your sleeve. Do not let this hyper-capitalistic, hyper-consumerist, self-centred, individualist culture take that from you.

I got a whole lot of issues going on, like abuse, neglect, trauma, and most likelt autism. I've always really struggled with expression emotion and being serious, especially with those closest to me. However, a good few years ago I met some friends who helped me a bit in that sense, and it has been nice

While i still struggle with affection and stuff, I am getting better at it. And honestly, it feels nice. Like, when I comment on YouTube videos and sincerely compliment the creator, it always seems well received, and a few even seem to recognise me and say they look forward to my comments!

And when i recently contacted friends i hadn't spoken to in years, it was gay as hell, but truthfully telling them about my silence, how much I missed them and cared for them, and some of my best memories of them, it was nice. Also, yes, when they met me with that same warmth, I literally broke down crying, multiple times, due to how touched I was