Every year, I cross my fingers and hope my computer lasts another year. Every year, I hope less and less programs stop working on my operating system. But now with a decade old obsolete all-in-one computer, and after a year of use, the simple, cheap little graphic tablet I got from my brother, is now dying.

There are too many issues the tablet is having to consider it just a glitch. Consistent and constant errors, disconnections, and problems tell me I'm not gonna be able to do digital art quickly anymore. My computer has degrading problems and being an all-in-one, you can't really fix or upgrade certain parts, and the computer was discontinued a looooong time ago. Mix that with obsolete operating system, programs, hardware(on my second internal harddrive replacement and its already showing bad sectors), and a cheap graphic tablet, I wont be able to do digital art easily or fast. I can't make any art and commissions to let my few fans enjoy. I was kinda slow currently, and incredibly slower without a tablet (yeah, coloring with a mouse sucks all sorts of disgusting ass).

I need a brand new system and tablet. I need a system I can possibly upgrade. I also don't have much room for a tower. So I found a compromise; a tiny micro computer. It is not even all that "out there" in the way of a huuuuge upgrade, but it WILL handle the load I need to do work and has parts that are upgradeable down the road. But this also means other problems.

I don't have a spare monitor(remember, I had an all-in-one!), I also need speakers, a new keyboard and mouse, and a webcam. I found several cheap accessories, but I found an even better great combo monitor that has built in speakers, cam, and microphone so I don't have to get them all separately(my all-in-one had all of those). Lastly, I need a new tablet. I don't need a cintiq(like so many artists I see), but I need something a little more "robust" than what I had. So I found one that is higher quality but 100$ more than my old tablet.

Altogether, to get a whole new setup to work comfortably and "decently" fast again that hopefully will last me another full decade, requires 1.5k, all money that I don't have(I blame inflation when it used to cost me 600$ for a new system). I need help. I don't exactly know what to do(and I don't usually ask for help in the first place). I'm getting even further behind on work due to computer and tablet issues and I don't know if I'll be able to catch up if I become an art slave to someone to fund me. If anything, I might be willing to make a single, 24 page colored comic with wraparound cover for someone if they fully fund me. Currently I'm considering a gofundme page though. I could list all the items I plan to purchase with the funds and only ask for the amount listed and not anything over. That way donators can see what the money is going to so I can go back to work asap. My patreon could have helped in this but I still don't have enough patrons that have joined to even afford basic necessities and pay bills either(not to mention that you can't even find me by the search function due to adult art limitations on Patreon).

I would really appreciate any help and spreading the word once I have a gofundme link ready to go. If anyone has any ideas of what I could do in the way of art that won't hinder my art que, I'd also appreciate the input too. Thanks for reading this.