There isn’t really any other way to put this but I really need your help right now. As much as people have helped me previously by purchasing my art - and they did help a lot and I’m really grateful - my situation hasn’t got much better. It’s actually worse than before. Basically my financial situation is shit. I was able to get past one obstacle, which was paying for the security deposit of my new apartment, but now I have a bigger obstacle which is called bureaucracy and being broke. I have my apartment now but I cannot move in because I can’t buy food or pay for internet. School is going to start and I need to get back on track soon. That means more expenses on living and such. I am currently living at my parents’ place, working on commissions to get money because there is not much else I can do. Because of bureaucracy I will start receiving my student allowance and loan in October the earliest and I have all this time before that to survive by some means. I should be entitled to living support but it’s uncertain because of bureaucracy. I was supposed to get the remaining part of my exchange stipend when I returned to Finland but it’s stuck because of bureaucracy. There is going to be one convention in September but I will need funds for ordering the prints that I will sell. But I have no source of income whatsoever, selling my art aside, and I have so much at a stake here. I found my dream apartment, I have planned and organized my life and made plans and everything would be fine. Except that I can’t pay for it. My parents have been supporting me, more than enough and I owe them so much. Also literally. They said they would support me as long as is needed, but my family isn’t wealthy and I don’t want to be a leech, I don’t want them to have to pay for my expenses, I don’t want to keep asking for help or being helped without having asked much longer. It’s about pride but it’s also about wanting and being supposed to support myself. This has been stressing me out as hell ever since I returned from Italy. I don’t think a day has gone by that money hasn’t been the source of my foul mood and stress. I’ve mostly been optimistic about it, I live by the thought that things have the tendency to turn out alright. Now it’s worse. I’m really stressed, angry, tired and I can’t sleep. It’s stressing me out as hell and I don’t know how much longer I can take it. Needless to say is that all my personal projects, my art, my Nuzlocke, streaming etc. is pretty much reduced to zero and will continue to be so until my situation is resolved. I don’t want it to be this way but I have no other choice. I hate to do this but please, I need your help. I will probably regret this in the morning but if this will help me get at least some sleep tonight I’ll risk it. Check out my commissions. Check out my traditional art sale. Checking out my Redbubble would also be nice but it will not directly help me. A lot of you have already been reblogging these two posts but you can still help by reblogging them some more: http://shinondraws.tumblr.com/post/126820462722/shinonarts-commissions-open-i-have-been-doing http://shinondraws.tumblr.com/post/126610526982/traditional-art-sale Thank you for your time.

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