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No Longer Taking on Paid Work from April 25th 2022
3 years ago
Howdy
The title will likely be enough info for most people reading this, but here's the info on it:
I get my first payslip from work on the date above. My salary is just under £21k per year, and I have a student loan which I will have to start paying off if my earnings for the year exceed £21k. I'll be paying 10% of my income to student loans if I do earn over that.
What this means is, if I dont take on paid art work, 20% of my money will go to the government. However, if I do take on paid work, 30% of my money will go to the government, leaving me with less money in my own pocket.
If my salary goes over £21k at some point anyway, then I'll take on paid work again. Sadly, it could be a couple years before that happens.
I may take on one or two more commissions before this date, or I may do a YCH auction to help with commuting costs before I get my first pay slip.
Ultimately though, as of April 25th, commissions will be closed for the foreseeable future.
Instead I'll be focusing on personal projects, art will be much less frequent but I'll be hopping on the Blender bandwagon to make an avatar for VRC, and eventually I hope to learn to animate with that!
It's been an honour and a pleasure to take on so much work over the past 15 months; over 200 pieces!
Thank you for supporting my work, and thank you for filling my life and gallery with so much life and colour!
I get my first payslip from work on the date above. My salary is just under £21k per year, and I have a student loan which I will have to start paying off if my earnings for the year exceed £21k. I'll be paying 10% of my income to student loans if I do earn over that.
What this means is, if I dont take on paid art work, 20% of my money will go to the government. However, if I do take on paid work, 30% of my money will go to the government, leaving me with less money in my own pocket.
If my salary goes over £21k at some point anyway, then I'll take on paid work again. Sadly, it could be a couple years before that happens.
I may take on one or two more commissions before this date, or I may do a YCH auction to help with commuting costs before I get my first pay slip.
Ultimately though, as of April 25th, commissions will be closed for the foreseeable future.
Instead I'll be focusing on personal projects, art will be much less frequent but I'll be hopping on the Blender bandwagon to make an avatar for VRC, and eventually I hope to learn to animate with that!
It's been an honour and a pleasure to take on so much work over the past 15 months; over 200 pieces!
Thank you for supporting my work, and thank you for filling my life and gallery with so much life and colour!
Just be sure to keep drawing your own stuff in your spare time, you've got a talent and you shouldn't let it dry up on ya by getting rusty! Keep yourself thriving and have fun with your job. Best of luck to you