Hi guys, you might or might not know I'm struggling with a really tough financial situation where I'm in the dreaded welfare trap, where I'm losing my healthcare because I'm making too much money suddenly, even though I made less this year than last. Making more money and getting the care I need for my many health needs isn't a feasible option because not even the best plans cover my most important medication, my antipsychotic, which very literally keeps me sane.
I've talked to my supervisors, case manager, agents, and all have come to the same conclusion. That I need to work less hours, and make less money to get the optimal healthcare I need. I'm going to have to work with my room mate to figure out how she can help pay rent more, hopefully with rental assistance, and we can look into affordable housing.
This means things with commissions going forward will be different until the threshold for medical insurance is lifted.

For the next couple of months, my room mate and I are going to make an effort to make enough money for a move, and once we're paying less for rent I will cut my work hours and offer commissions sparingly. However, my roomie and I are opening collab commissions where payment goes to my roomie instead of me, as a workaround. These collab commissions will be cheaper than normal commissions. Collab commissions will also be prioritized on my end since I'm only doing the quick and easy parts, so they won't have as long as a wait time as the rest of my queue.

Do note though that I am planning to raise my prices a little.

I've also taken feedback from the survey and plan to start offering sketch pages for a limited time where people can get a collage of character art sketched out for them. I'm also going to make more YCHs based on what people are most interested in. I might also offer some comic and ref sheet discounts, with the discounts being what makes up for the time it might take to finish them.

Once I figure out prices and get commission sheets together, I'll open commissions.