Because someone asked for it, my commission sheet is finally here!! And i just realized that it's getting a bit outdated, so expect some changes in the future.
Please note that my prices are balanced with the effort and time that it takes me to make art and may increase over time if needed.
If you're interested, please DM me! ^^
They are open once again!!1!
Because, frankly, I'm still reeling. I was...forced into being constructively dismissed from my job. Among other things, they made me relive in excruciating detail, despite my Fit Note telling them I had acute stress, and later, PTSD. I was told they were worried about me becoming 'too dependent' on my cane.
I stuck it out for two weeks. I tried my hardest.
I am reaching out for freelance. I am applying to jobs despite my failing mental state as I sit on a Therapy Waitlist to help me with my severe reactions and to refer me for an autism assessment. I am on medication for my heart.
But I am also, desperately, having to reach out for help. Again. When I thought I'd finally found my footing. It is what it is, I suppose.
I don't really have the energy to write more than the bare facts, so forgive me. My rent to keep us housed is £1190, my bills are around £200, depending on the month. £1390 a month all in. I have just enough to scrape through December, barring an act of God I have basically nothing left for January. I have a wonderful friend helping me navigate the bureaucracy of everything, because mentally am a complete mess that can currently barely fill in a form without a full breakdown.
If you have information on a salaried Remote Position, that's even more helpful, but also desperately unlikely.
Hey my name is Dante, I live in the Midwest with three of my best friends. We have four cats, one of which is my babyman whom I love very dearly.
His name is Latke Library Card Mango (LLCM). He's very orange and he's the light of my boyfriend, Kris, and I's life.
Cat pics are great right? Have a few.
A few months ago, latkes chronic bladder stones condition acted up which resulted in two emergency vet visits and a week long stay with his actual vet to get the stone removed.
It was the size of a chickpea.
Here's a photo of his post surgery when he had a nakie tummy. He was very very happy to see us.
He's since recovered, but the cost of this put us back around 1300 dollars in total. He's now on a special diet with rather pricey food to prevent this from happening but it might still act up eventually.
We've paid down some of his debt, but the interest is making it become more and more as we try to pay it down.
On top of this, our pipes backed up into our basement and refused to work suddenly a few weeks ago. We live in a house that is over a century old, and the clay pipes keep getting roots growing into them that causes them to not drain.
The roto had to come out and high pressure the roots out to clear them (which required expensive equipment), This put us back another grand.
To add to everything, our 700+ auto insurance bill is due in November, which is the worst time for this bill to need due, but both myself and Kris drive over ten miles to work during different shifts on opposite ends of town- neither of our jobs have public transit anywhere near them.
We are currently barely making ends meet-
I am a lunch lady at a public high school. I love my job. I feed kids who possibly don't even eat at home some days. I do work I am proud of.
However, I can only work around 25 hours a week without risking losing my insurance as a disabled person. My job does not have longer hour positions available, and I am too disabled to work more than this without ruining my body like I have done in the past.
I have been going without buying groceries out of fear that what little money I have in my account will be needed in an emergency. I will be out of work for a week this month, around Thanksgiving, and during Xmas break- unpaid due to me working in a school. Me being out also means no guaranteed meal every day.
Kris works in a factory. He is currently working 55+ hours a week to make what we can to pay off the bills and keep our house. He only has one and a half knees that hurt all the damn time and is barely eating either just to afford everything. His factory keeps calling for sudden shutdown weeks with little notice at the worst times, and he's the main breadwinner in the house for us.
The other two in our household, one is severely disabled and can barely work 10 hr/week (he is waiting on hearing back to receive SSI) on top of having multiple medical appointments a week to figure out what is wrong with his body and why it keeps failing. The other is a freelance artist who is working her butt off to make money while carting the previous to appointments nearly every day. She is full up on commissions at the moment, but when she opens them I'll reblog her posts.
I really didn't want to make this post. I hate asking for help. But we are drowning and there's no sign of land. None of us can afford to live on our own, nor can we move back in with our parents for various reasons.
All I'm asking for is some help. I don't care how much. Five dollars is five dollars. Five dollars is half an hour less we have to kill ourselves to make ends meet.
Even if we don't make the full amount, every dollar will help us get a bit closer to paying this stuff down so we can afford gas and regular grocery trips again instead of having to save up to go once a month like we are currently doing.
Yes, this is the high amount. I do not believe we will ever reach it. I can hope we can raise this much at some point.
But for now that's the dream number.
It's the number that is looming over our heads, telling us to pay up or lose our home.
It's not something we need this very moment, but just what we need in the next few months to be able to afford living without destroying our body or working three jobs/ridiculous hours.
We thank anyone who can spare a few bucks to help us, and if you can't afford it just pass this post along to someone who might be able to.
Please send as friend/family if you can, PayPal is threatening to withhold money sent as transactions now if you receive over a certain amount.
This includes sending things through my ko-fi account- so here's the preferred methods:
Thank you for reading. I love you.
Thank you to everyone who's donated so far, with what we've gotten we can make some payments to pay down latkes medical debt and our plumbing bill.
Everyone has been so sweet to help us, it means the world to us, every single penny y'all have sent so far is going directly to get us back to a position where we aren't drowning anymore.
So far we have enough to pay that car insurance off halfway and pay down latkes medical bills A Lot before the interest becomes too much to handle.
Y'all are so good to us, we were able to finally get groceries for the first time in almost two months- I had been saving what little i had in the bank (which was supposed to be food money for the house) to pay off the upcoming bills since there was almost no way in hell we were going to make it work otherwise.
We were even able to finally get more wet food for our kitties, and they are Very Happy.
So please take another thank you Latke.
So far most has been allocated to bills with a small bit set aside to pay down Latke's medical bill coming up.
I think we can get there, let's GO
We're stagnating and have even more bad luck hitting us.
I've been in and out of the hospital with unknown severe gut issues and a severe throat infection and am completely out of sick days for the year, meaning my money will be drying up soon even without the real possibility of upcoming hospital bills.
On top of this, kris's union has voted to strike.
He's only JUST started to get money into our accounts by working 55+ hour weeks, but on unemployment it takes several weeks to clear and only gives him a fraction of his wages. A strike isn't bad, this one just has bad timing.
We have no idea how long he might be out of work but with a PLANNED shutdown coming up in a few weeks (which he won't get a single cent for) we're currently looking at the possibility of being worse off than before.
But it's getting cold, my health is failing, two of our housemates who NEED medications to function enough to make money aren't able to afford it right now, and the very real possibility is me owing a shitton of money for a dozen blood draws, tests, and appointments soon.
Donate to a Palestinian family directly:
eSIMs: (*urgent!)
Food:
Water: (*urgent and crucial)
Help provide tents:
Medical Aid:
Hey my comms are open again! Things are suddenly pretty tight for a bit so I would really appreciate it if you could check out my ko-fi and share💖🙌
hi y'all! it's me again, apples, your local disabled system.
over half a year ago, i had to move out of an apartment i had shared w/ a roommate after i had sunk over $2,000 into paying all rent/utilities on my own (and i was making at most $400/mo). i moved to live in a friends basement, which i really do appreciate as i needed the time and space to get back on my feet (even if it's flooded down here multiple times)
anyways -- i've been approved for another apartment! perfect timing as well; last month i got a new job that pays me better and i'm finally out of the 4-digit negatives with my bank. and while i'm doing better, i still need help getting together what i need to live on my own.
the past two years have been a rollercoaster of me struggling with housing due to covid, being institutionalized, cutting contact with abusive family, and mitigating my extreme chronic pain. in truth, i just need a hand setting up utilities and moving assistance!
thank you so much, look at my ESA
hey guys!! i just opened up an etsy shop!! i'm currently selling pride bracelets!!
(more to come later! shipping is usa only)
Hey my name is Dante, I live in the Midwest with three of my best friends. We have four cats, one of which is my babyman whom I love very dearly.
His name is Latke Library Card Mango (LLCM). He's very orange and he's the light of my boyfriend, Kris, and I's life.
Cat pics are great right? Have a few.
A few months ago, latkes chronic bladder stones condition acted up which resulted in two emergency vet visits and a week long stay with his actual vet to get the stone removed.
It was the size of a chickpea.
Here's a photo of his post surgery when he had a nakie tummy. He was very very happy to see us.
He's since recovered, but the cost of this put us back around 1300 dollars in total. He's now on a special diet with rather pricey food to prevent this from happening but it might still act up eventually.
We've paid down some of his debt, but the interest is making it become more and more as we try to pay it down.
On top of this, our pipes backed up into our basement and refused to work suddenly a few weeks ago. We live in a house that is over a century old, and the clay pipes keep getting roots growing into them that causes them to not drain.
The roto had to come out and high pressure the roots out to clear them (which required expensive equipment), This put us back another grand.
To add to everything, our 700+ auto insurance bill is due in November, which is the worst time for this bill to need due, but both myself and Kris drive over ten miles to work during different shifts on opposite ends of town- neither of our jobs have public transit anywhere near them.
We are currently barely making ends meet-
I am a lunch lady at a public high school. I love my job. I feed kids who possibly don't even eat at home some days. I do work I am proud of.
However, I can only work around 25 hours a week without risking losing my insurance as a disabled person. My job does not have longer hour positions available, and I am too disabled to work more than this without ruining my body like I have done in the past.
I have been going without buying groceries out of fear that what little money I have in my account will be needed in an emergency. I will be out of work for a week this month, around Thanksgiving, and during Xmas break- unpaid due to me working in a school. Me being out also means no guaranteed meal every day.
Kris works in a factory. He is currently working 55+ hours a week to make what we can to pay off the bills and keep our house. He only has one and a half knees that hurt all the damn time and is barely eating either just to afford everything. His factory keeps calling for sudden shutdown weeks with little notice at the worst times, and he's the main breadwinner in the house for us.
The other two in our household, one is severely disabled and can barely work 10 hr/week (he is waiting on hearing back to receive SSI) on top of having multiple medical appointments a week to figure out what is wrong with his body and why it keeps failing. The other is a freelance artist who is working her butt off to make money while carting the previous to appointments nearly every day. She is full up on commissions at the moment, but when she opens them I'll reblog her posts.
I really didn't want to make this post. I hate asking for help. But we are drowning and there's no sign of land. None of us can afford to live on our own, nor can we move back in with our parents for various reasons.
All I'm asking for is some help. I don't care how much. Five dollars is five dollars. Five dollars is half an hour less we have to kill ourselves to make ends meet.
Even if we don't make the full amount, every dollar will help us get a bit closer to paying this stuff down so we can afford gas and regular grocery trips again instead of having to save up to go once a month like we are currently doing.
Yes, this is the high amount. I do not believe we will ever reach it. I can hope we can raise this much at some point.
But for now that's the dream number.
It's the number that is looming over our heads, telling us to pay up or lose our home.
It's not something we need this very moment, but just what we need in the next few months to be able to afford living without destroying our body or working three jobs/ridiculous hours.
We thank anyone who can spare a few bucks to help us, and if you can't afford it just pass this post along to someone who might be able to.
Please send as friend/family if you can, PayPal is threatening to withhold money sent as transactions now if you receive over a certain amount.
This includes sending things through my ko-fi account- so here's the preferred methods:
Thank you for reading. I love you.
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Good hello everyone, you may have noticed I have been relatively quiet in my socialising with you lately. Well, I and my partner almost died!
Warning for the pic of the munched car : https://postimg.cc/SJhbB151
We were sideswiped on the 31st August by a Ford F50 that attempted to play rock paper scissors with us in a normal car at an intersection at 100KMPH while I was spending time in Canada with my partner and spun us across a full 4-6 lanes of traffic. We're both very lucky to be alive, though my partner has a totalled car and a badly broken clavicle and had to spend several hours in hospital getting poked and prodded and rolled onto her broken bone >:I
Getting back to UK on the 7th Sept, i got a full check up, and I'm fortunate enough to have broken no bones, but: I now have to wear glasses (expensive private appointment and frames), walk with a cane for an unspecified amount of time (weird to get used to), and most unfortunately I'm having to be monitored for PTSD and put on medication to control my constant heart palpitations and seemingly back-to-back panic attacks and chest pains.
This also requires me to take Sick Leave from my job....and because I've not worked for them for a full year yet, I don't get company Sick Pay, just the state Sick Pay....which is not enough to cover my rent.
Hopefully only for this month, but I'm personally not able to give an objective view on when the hell I'll be able to return to work because I've apparently disassociated from the situation ever since I had to help triage my partner with the paramedics (:
I know the tone of this post is very different to my usual, but not only am I trying to respect our privacy as best I can, I'm also really not sure how the fuck to phrase any of this. Frankly I'm just grateful we're both alive.
Donate to a Palestinian family directly:
eSIMs: (*extremely low, desperately needed)
Food:
Water: (*urgent and crucial)
Help provide tents:
Medical Aid:
AFTER JOBHUNTING FOR 8 MONTHS I FINALLY GOT A NEW JOB!!!! it pays better and schedules me more than my current place (that i'm leaving cause minimum wage at 8 to 12 hours a week was completely unlivable!!) im so thankful!!! technically i got the job last week but i wanted to wait to say anything until it was totally confirmed i got the position...
it'll be a few more weeks until my paychecks actually roll in, and my final paycheck from the workplace im leaving will only be for about 15 hours total. as such, if anyone could toss my disabled ass some dollars in the interim so i can take care of myself and get a couple new needed clothing items for my new job, it would be fantastic
I'm god's favourite little jester and personal punching bag and I've been going through it lately. So uh, yeah sorry to be annoying but here are my links again if anyone wants a doodle, or a print. I uploaded a lot of stuff to inprnt and there's a sale right now.
I also do commissions in a 'pay what you want' so if you have a budget, I will just adapt things lol. I will ask for patience as I have. Many things going on, clearly, and also suffer from health issues that make me work slower than I'd want.
🌸 10-12 per month
🎀 NOT first come first serve
💕 Requests without refs add +$20 to price
🌸 Lineless arts +25% to price
🎀 For icons, specify ver A or B
💕 Emoji bundles: 1 for $25, 5 for $150, 10 for $300, animations +$5 per extra frame
email me at [email protected] !!!
🥰 Things I will draw: OCs, DnD characters, self ships, OCxCanon characters, and mild pin up stuff!!
🚫 Things I won't draw: mechs, extremely complex designs, gore, sexual/fetish stuff
Im opening c0mms, starting next month (September)!! Feel free to send your requests in to my email, and I'll get back to you as soon as possible 💕 please note, with these, I don't know how long they will take bc of real life stuff, but I'll do my best to get them done each month.
The animated emojis are for example only 💕
HEY I have... a problem. My desktop computer died!! Without it, I can't work on secret EFTW project, music stuff, play PC games, or use.... any of my Adobe programs!!!! No vector graphics nooooo
Anyway so if you can commission me, it'd be a big help! I'm hoping I should be able to just get my PC repaired, but I may need to just buy a new one. Not sure yet. So any help is appreciated!!
Donate to a Palestinian family directly:
Help provide tents:
Food:
Water (*urgent and crucial!)
eSIMs (highly needed):
Medical Aid:
