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Basic Money Guide for Comic Artists and Other Freelancers
Do you know the difference between a traditional and a roth IRA? No? Ok, sit down and read this zine. Basic Money Guide for Comic Artists and Other Freelancers is a 12 page risograph zine designed for print in blue and red ink.
If you're a comics person, an artist, a writer, any kind of creative or any kind of self-employed person trying to make it work in the US and you don't know how to save money or pay your quarterly taxes... well, I can try to help!
Disclaimer: I'm not a money professional. This guide is extremely basic and serves as an introduction to some terms and concepts that will start you on the right path towards financial literacy. I'm just a dumbass who has been doing this for a couple years, sharing what I've learned.
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Year in Review
Part 2: Art / Other Creative Endeavours
As promised, here is part 2 of my review. Feel free to check out Part 1: Writing/Fandoms if you haven’t already (:
Original Art
Self employment is rarely easy, but it's felt especially hard for me this year. I had to take some time off after a dear friend suddenly died in June, and finding motivation since then has felt like trying to run in thigh-high mud. So my focus, especially for the latter half of the year, has been mostly on rest and trying to rediscover joy in drawing. Most of what is listed here happened before my friend's death, and I was already teetering on the edge of burn out. I'm glad to acknowlege what I managed to create, but with how my health has been (and still is) I don't plan to do nearly as many events in 2026.
List of art things and more under the cut.
Sold work at 6 Events
Two Norwich QueerFests, London MCM, Birmingham UKGE, Norwich Pride, Norwich Art Mart Exhibition.
Created 8 character portraits commissioned by both new and returning customers at MCM and UKGE. My favourite type of commission (:
Made 6 new digial illustrations to sell as prints (and one silly pin design)
Made 9 new paintings (and mostly did them just for FUN 🤯 though I did then exhibit them and wrote about it in this especially chaotic post
Other Creative Endeavours
Finished a tapestry I've been doing since 2022 (what do I do now??)
Made a 2 year old's birthday cake (for my godson Kit). I had SO much fun with this.
Painted a toy box (also for Kit as a christmas present)
Received +10 psychic damage from Robin Hobb (again)
After putting it off for YEARS, I finally read all of The Tawny Man trilogy, and now I'm half way through the Fitz and The Fool trilogy. It is KILLING me (affectionate). @tradgleigh this is all your fault, your writing lured me back to see what happens in canon, but OCACD is still very real to me and your other fics are a soothing balm every time Hobb comes at me with more trauma. Thank goodness also for @leofrun who is reading the final trilogy at the same pace as me, so we can talk about The Horrors together as we go.
Emotionally imprinted on Baldur's Gate 3
I'm now at the beginning of Act 3 with my half-drow sorcerer Lilac (who cannot make a decision for the life of him). Big love to one of my ultimate besties @iamamythologicalcreature for talking about this game non stop with me.
I joined SCA (Society for Creative Anacronism)
Thanks again to @leofrun for encouraging me to join and for coaching me through my first SCA event.
Attended my first SCA event- Yule Ball
This was a lot of firsts for me! At the Yule Ball I met so many interesting people, attended a medieval feast, danced traditional medieval dances, and…
Took part in my first ever archery competition
And actually hit the target a few times! But more importantly, I overcame biiig feelings of imposter syndrome in order to take part. I am so so proud of myself for that, and extremely thankful to the wonderful archery marshall Eleanor who spent at least half an hour talking to me about my fears, coaching me through what to expect, and assuring me that I could do it. I'd never met her before that day, and she was incredible in her kindness and understanding and patience. (She also came second in the competition, so kudos for that too!)
Made a medieval outfit for Yule Ball
Yep, half my creative endeavours are now SCA related. The making of this outfit was fuelled by anxiety, but I am very proud of it, and that it held up to all the archery and dancing.
One last thing before I sign off…
I spent a lot of this past year feeling like I've not done 'enough' of anything. This post has forced me to change my views on that, as I'd hoped it would.
I'd like to bring forward an intention into the new year to be less stressy about whether or not I'm doing enough. We live in a society where nothing is ever really enough. The best we can do is be kind to ourselves and do what we can. Do what we need to and what we are able to.
So for everyone with an inner critic as loud as mine: your contribution to fandom stuff (or indeed ANYTHING) does not equal your worth as a person. I struggle with this a lot, and it's hard not to draw comparisons, especially when circulating literal lists of stuff we've done in a year. I've done more than some and less than others. That's okay. I've also not listed the crap I've gone through this year with mental health, grief, and like generally existing as a neurodivergent trans person in a world run by bigots. This past year has been a challenge on multiple levels for a lot of people. I've tried to remain mindful of my mental heath needs and I'm proud to have prioritised that where I could.
So bascially remember you're amazing, no matter how much you did or not didn't do in 2025. Don't forget that.
✨Productivity ≠ Self worth✨
With that in mind, as always please accept these tags as a little pressure-free hello and feel free to share something only if you’d like to and if it’d bring you joy (: Wishing you all a 2026 full of good things.
I am obsessed! Listening to the Behind the Scenes Episode of Behind the Kangaroo, and Sam Reich says: "Every season I black out a little bit, particularly on stage I'm like -What just happened?" (10:51)
I thought it was only me!
Most of my memories when I'm on TV, are if the day around the recording, there is nothing there of the recording itself.
The wall goes up, I do my thing
The wall comes down, and my memory starts again. Additional wall pic for reference.
I've told this to many people around me, and everybody is confused. I have had people agree that it's a very special time of excitement - but I have not heard anybody describe it the way I do up until now.
But then. His job and my job are similar. We even both have live subjects. I get to do science experiments and make sure they can do something. But they are improvising, so a lot of stuff can happen, that I need to anticipate.
And Sam then goes on to say "There's this little art weirdo that lives inside of me that's just really happy that I get to do something so peculiar and call it a job."
And I can only say - absolutely! I love what I do and it's crazy to see where I've been able to go. It's absolutely amazing to be doing this and it still feels like a dream.
