grim fandango is a good game :)

Thank you so much for your continuous support. We’ve been able to come this far because of your help, and my family and I are deeply grateful for every contribution and share. ❤️

Right now, we are still trying to settle permanently in our new home. I’m currently the only one with a job, supporting my family while they do their best to find work and build a stable future.

At the same time, the situation in my home country remains highly unstable, especially for minorities, so going back is not a safe option for us.

Your support - whether through donations or sharing this fundraiser - helps us cover our basic living costs and take the next steps toward safety and stability.

>> I’m also always offering art commissions. Please feel free to DM me anytime if you’d like to discuss any ideas. <<

With heartfelt gratitude,

Mai ❤️

Collected: 2,780/10,000 € (PayPal isn’t able to show this progress)

Again, I know I constantly ask for help cuz we really do just get by paying for bills every month. I am a black transsexual living with my mother who is on disability, we have 2 cats we also need to take care of and we need money for food (we just wasted money on frozen stuff recently that we obviously couldn't take with us 🙃)

I also still have pixel art commissions open, please email if you're interested. I'll also turn on DMs if people prefer.

Fully painted + bg of any chara of your choice for 100 USD

Portrait comms for 60 USD

If you have any interest in buying an art commission from me please DM me through here or email me at [email protected]

Alternatively if you'd like to contribute any amount you can support me on ko-fi

After seeing post like this 👇

And this gem 👇

As well as countless of others from the AI generator community. Just talking about how "inaccessible art" is, I decided why not show how wrong these guys are while also helping anyone who actually wants to learn.

Here is the first one ART TEACHERS! There are plenty online and in places like youtube.

📺Here is my list:

Proko (Free, mostly teaches anatomy and how to draw people. But does have art talks and teaches the basics.)

Marc Brunet (Free but he does have other classes for a cheap price. Use to work for Blizzard and teaches you everything)

Aaron Rutten (free, tips about art, talks about art programs and the best products for digital art)

BoroCG (free, teaches a verity of art mediums from 3D modeling to digital painting. As well as some tips that can be used across styles)

Jesse J. Jones (free, talks about animating)

Jesus Conde (free, teaches digital painting and has classes in Spanish)

Mohammed Agbadi (free, he gives some advice in some videos and talks about art)

Ross Draws (free, he does have other classes for a good price. Mostly teaching character designs and simple backgrounds.)

SamDoesArts (free, gives good advice and critiques)

Drawfee Show (free, they do give some good advice and great inspiration)

The Art of Aaron Blaise ( useful tips for digital art and animation. Was an animator for Disney. Mostly nature art)

Bobby Chiu ( useful tips and interviews with artist who are in the industry or making a living as artist)

Sinix Design (has some tips on drawing people)

Winged canvas (art school for free on a verity of mediums)

Bob Ross (just a good time, learn how to paint, as well as how too relax when doing art. "there are no mistakes only happy accidents", this channel also provides tips from another artist)

Scott Christian Sava (Inspiration and provides tips and advice)

Pikat (art advice and critiques)

Drawbox (a suggested cheap online art school, made of a community of artist)

Skillshare (A cheap learning site that has art classes ranging from traditional to digital. As well as Animation and tutorials on art programs. All under one price, in the USA it's around $34 a month)

Human anatomy for artist (not a video or teacher but the site is full of awesome refs to practice and get better at anatomy)

Second part BOOKS, I have collected some books that have helped me and might help others.

📚Here is my list:

The "how to draw manga" series produced by Graphic-sha. These are for manga artist but they give great advice and information.

"Creating characters with personality" by Tom Bancroft. A great book that can help not just people who draw cartoons but also realistic ones. As it helps you with facial ques and how to make a character interesting.

"Albinus on anatomy" by Robert Beverly Hale and Terence Coyle. Great book to help someone learn basic anatomy.

"Artistic Anatomy" by Dr. Paul Richer and Robert Beverly Hale. A good book if you want to go further in-depth with anatomy.

"Directing the story" by Francis Glebas. A good book if you want to Story board or make comics.

"Animal Anatomy for Artists" by Eliot Goldfinger. A good book for if you want to draw animals or creatures.

"Constructive Anatomy: with almost 500 illustrations" by George B. Bridgman. A great book to help you block out shadows in your figures and see them in a more 3 diamantine way.

"Dynamic Anatomy: Revised and expand" by Burne Hogarth. A book that shows how to block out shapes and easily understand what you are looking out. When it comes to human subjects.

"An Atlas of animal anatomy for artist" by W. Ellenberger and H. Dittrich and H. Baum. This is another good one for people who want to draw animals or creatures.

Etherington Brothers, they make books and have a free blog with art tips.

📝As for Supplies, I recommend starting out cheap, buying Pencils and art paper at dollar tree or 5 below. If you want to go fancy Michaels is always a good place for traditional supplies. They also get in some good sales and discounts. For digital art, I recommend not starting with a screen art drawing tablet as they are usually more expensive.

For the Best art Tablet I recommend either Xp-pen, Bamboo or Huion. Some can range from about 40$ to the thousands.

💻As for art programs here is a list of Free to pay.

Clip Studio paint ( you can choose to pay once or sub and get updates. Galaxy, Windows, macOS, iPad, iPhone, Android, or Chromebook device. )

Procreate ( pay once for $9.99 usd, IPAD & IPHONE ONLY)

Blender (for 3D modules/sculpting, animation and more. Free)

PaintTool SAI (pay but has a 31 day free trail)

Krita (Free)

mypaint (free)

FireAlpaca (free)

Aseprite ($19.99 usd but has a free trail, for pixel art Windows & macOS)

Drawpile (free and for if you want to draw with others)

IbisPaint (free, phone app ONLY)

Medibang (free, IPAD, Android and PC)

NOTE: Some of these can work on almost any computer like Clip and Sai but others will require a bit stronger computer like Blender. Please check their sites for if your computer is compatible.

So do with this information as you will but as you can tell there are ways to learn how to become an artist, without breaking the bank. The only thing that might be stopping YOU from using any of these things, is YOU.

I have made time to learn to draw and many artist have too. Either in-between working two jobs or taking care of your family and a job or regular school and chores. YOU just have to take the time or use some time management, it really doesn't take long to practice for like an hour or less. YOU also don't have to do it every day, just once or three times a week is fine.

Hope this was helpful and have a great day.

All the photos on this tumblr ad the animal photo reference site I run is another resource available for artists to use!

my characters and myself being more fetishized by reactionaries-

people questioning if I'm truly black, saying they'll just "pretend I'm a white person" (weird)

my vents about my grudges with white people being anti black to me is twisted into being too "mean to white people and that I'm on white devil speech and I need to be nicer to them"

Hello everyone, if you can please share and donate to the Shehab family’s campaign to support them through displacement and famine. Sahar, her family of eight (five of whom are children), and extended family (three are children) need funds to survive as food, water, formula and baby products become more and more scarce and expensive. All donations will go towards evacuation funds, and to help them recover afterwards and build towards a brighter future once more. Please keep this family in your hearts and minds, and show them your kindness through sharing and donating, thank you. @danashehab is one of the accounts for the family who contacted and asked me to make this post for them.

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~TIME SENSITIVE~ I desperately need help to pay my overdue rent!!!

Saturday, August 2nd: Hello, everyone. I’m Gem, a bi, mentally ill, and multiple disabled woman in desperate need of help, as I'm struggling to pay my rent, which is now overdue!!!

I apologise for asking for help again, but as most of you are already aware from my previous posts, I have been struggling quite a lot recently to make ends meet due to my rent arrears and outstanding debt, which keeps building up every month as I am unable to clear it.

To be quite honest, these past few months have been absolute hell for me, and with no other income, I've been relying on the kindness of others to get by.

I desperately need that kindness again, as the welfare I received last month wasn't enough to cover all my bills and rent, and I received this letter today stating that I am £143.06 in rent arrears.

Again, I know this is a lot to ask, but if anyone could spare any amount to help me, even if it’s just £1/$1/€1, it would mean a lot, and sharing helps just as much. 

Thank you ❤️

£0/£144!!

How do I explain that this is his portion, and there will be no more, no matter how hungry he is or how many tears he sheds?

I look into his little eyes, watch him reach out innocently for more and I stand there, helpless a mother with nothing but heartbreak to offer.

Every time I give him a small portion, it feels like I’m feeding him my pain before I feed him his meal.

The pressure I’m under is unbearable… My thoughts are scattered, my mind exhausted to the point that I seriously considered seeing a therapist before I completely lose my grip.

There’s no home to shelter us, no food to feed my children, no schools to educate them, and not a trace of comfort or dignity.

I feel like I’m on the verge of collapse.

Sharing is never less valuable than donating.

We are a family trapped between death and fear. We don't know where to go, and we have no means of escape. The nights here are unbearable, dark, and terrifying, and every sound that shakes the earth makes us believe the end has come.!!

We need your support. We need someone to save us from this hell. Every donation from you is a chance for us to live, to escape, to survive. Help us by donating and sharing so we can leave before our trace is erased, as has the trace of so many before us.!!!

My campaign is vatted by :

Anyone who is committed to solidarity with disabled, chronically ill, and traumatized people:

Fadel ( @fadel-dani ) is in his early 20s. He's chronically ill with thalassemia, a blood disorder. The price of the medicine is too high to afford, and struggles with fainting.

He and his family have been displaced multiple times in the genocide. When his family returned to their home, bombs were dropped on them, destroying his childhood home.

Fadel woke up in a hospital and learned that, while unconscious, he had undergone surgery to remove metal shrapnel that had become lodged in his body in the bombing. Because of the extreme danger and the collapse of the health system, some of the pieces could not removed at their location.

The doctor assessed his health and told his family that he needs to receive treatment in another country as soon as possible. Obviously, doing so safely requires coordination and funds for both travel and the surgical fees once they get to a hospital. He has been living in a tent and trying to raise funds since then.

His campaign is vetted by: @gazavetters list (#197) and @90-ghost and @a-shade-of-blue

After fundraising for over 300 days, he had raised €14,500 (almost 50% of the €30,000 he needs). Then April 25, GoFundMe deleted his fundraiser with no warning or clear explanation. He contacted GoFundMe's technical support, but they ignored him and didn't respond.

He has had to restart all over again with a new fundraiser. So far only €3,522 donations have come in, a mere 12% of what he needs.

(All donations were returned to their donors, so if you previously donated, please return that money to him!)

He is still suffering the physical and psychological pain of feeling shrapnel from the Israeli bombing that destroyed his childhood home embedded in his body.

He is badly injured from a bombing, leaving him with fragments of metal in his body. He is in need of urgent surgery to remove them. He struggles with constant pain from this.

He has PTSD from repeated severe trauma, including the bombing of his childhood home while he was inside which left him with the fragments in his body. There is bombing around him, and he fears for his life constantly.

He is starving. Genocidal famine is being forced on him, his family, and many other families in Gaza.

If you have ever reblogged anything about chronic illness, disability, inaccessibility of healthcare, trauma, or food insecurity, recognize your commonality and solidarity with him.

Please donate anything you can.

3,400 people shared my post. If everyone had donated at least 10 euros, I could have raised 30,000 euros (the entire cost of my surgery).

Finally, the news is talking about an imminent ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, after US President Donald Trump announced that the war in Gaza will stop within 48 hours.

I hope the war stops soon Unfortunately, these will be very difficult hours, and many massacres will be committed. I hope that you will not forget us in your prayers and that you will not stop helping us, because I still need to receive treatment as quickly as possible outside Gaza.

1600 people have shared my post.I only received 45 euros from them.! If everyone donated at least 10 euros, I would have collected 16,000 euros to cover the costs of my surgery That is equivalent to half of my treatment costs..Unfortunately, until this moment, I have not been able to collect 3,437 euros, which is a very small amount for treatment. Please, I am in dire need of your help. Every euro you send me will make a big difference in my treatment.!!!!

If anyone, at all, can match even a 10th of my donation, I'd consider it a massive christmas gift.

Please, help my friend Mohammed. His family is cold, and hungry.

It would mean a great deal to me.

You can find his fundraiser here,

my progesterone is about to run out and i use it to manage my endometriosis, i also don’t have any unused T bottles left

the pharmacy near me closed and i had to change it to the only other in my area

after paying rent i have this, i have no income except my gfs ssi and im trying to get on it as well

if you could please share, i have no other way of getting help, i’m cut off from my family and have no support network

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