if you were around for the last one, you know i shut it down when i got an email -right- after reaching its goal saying that another 5k was added to my debt.

so... it took me four months to build up the courage to make another GFM to try to clear that debt too.

https://gofund.me/05f3ad0c

please consider sharing/boosting/helping out. thank you all so much

sooo my art ipad is dead

i'll add the details and attempts to fix it below, so other tech nerds can see i really have tried everything (for like six hours yesterday!!! i got a migraine from all the Apple Branded Bright White websites) but ... unless some miracle occurs it looks like ive lost my brushes, my WIPs, my master files and everything else on there.

the repair shop quoted me higher than backmarket.com would charge to -replace- the damn thing, so that's what i did... ordered a slightly smaller replacement. not...really what i wanted to spend the last of my savings and the All of my bday money on :T

this comes literally one day after i had to put my hedgehog down. for the same cancer i had, in the same place i had. so im like... not in a great mental location. so do forgive if you offer a suggestion and get a terse reply. i am so, so tired.

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THE DETAILS OF THE IPAD ISSUE

the problem:
-touchscreen stopped working
-siri not responding
-ipencil (obviously) unable to interface

attempted solutions:
-rebooting it lol
-booting it in DFU mode and updating the OS
-bending it slightly (?? it was a suggestion)
-pressing over the digitizer
-trying to navigate settings by voice (thus discovering siri is broken)
-trying to navigate with a bluetooth keyboard previously paired to it

the bluetooth keyboard is the most telling of all, because though i can interface menus with it? once i do so, it freezes entirely.

so i think that it's something like the board, or the cpu or something that just straight up died on me.

the last hail mary i have (they've all kind of been hail marys ngl my luck has been THAT bad this week i didnt expect ANY of these to work) is to let the battery run down entirely and see if that does jack shit. i dont know why it WOULD, but that's where i'm at.

what a week, huh?

i'll be there friday suiting o/

i'm not vending this year because i want to scope out the new venue and decide how i feel about the covid policies (last year was a fiasco, they didnt announce a policy until the week before the con and only with repeated public prodding....) before i go back into that realm.

im hoping ill see some of you there tho!

edit: friday. i meant friday. n o t monday. its been a long hard january already

could you please direct some financial support to an artist on here who is currently living out of his car as this weather plunges into super ice zone shit??

 otterlychaotic is in a really, really rough spot.

here's his kofi: https://ko-fi.com/vagueplagues

here's his survival wishlist: https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/.....ref_=lol_ov_le

please let the spirit of the season guide you into helping someone who really, truly, genuinely needs it. you could save a life. we don't need another artist with an infinity symbol marking their account as a memorial just because they couldn't get housed in winter

there for absolute happenstance go i, yknow?

Just fyi! If youre waiting to hear when they open, kofi is THE BEST spot! Subscribers/supporters get the first slots for art these days!

Http://ko-fi.com/notfun

And i could use your support anyway! We only just got insurance back after having HR mess up ... 500$ in meds in that time. X.X fala lalala fuck cancer

🦔

remember those?! omg so rainbowcemetery was the best and wrote a lil webring code for me to use. i dont even know what kind of ring im going to build yet!!

so i built a demo site, and a demo ring, and i've filled the demo ring with webrings i am stumbling across as i go!
but yeah if anyone has their own site (or wants to make one w neocities) heres the webring code pickup on its lil demo page. i made it some cute art bc of course i did.

http://demon-sushi.com/ring/

...rainy and i are both horror fans u see.

it's a very difficult time for me, i wont lie. but im still goin somehow! still learning new tricks...

commission intake form is forthcoming, hopefully 2023 will see that happen.

hope yall are having a kind end of the year... if i dont see you before then :v

after dragging my feet bc i dont feel great abt it, i made a gfm

please help me pay off med bills related to the big C, it's not That Much luckily but its more than i can do alone. small donations stack up, and sharing it around does too. thanks ;-;

https://gofund.me/e128ba93

this is SPECIFICALLY a post for those who are supporting me via patreon

YOU NEED TO SHIFT PLATFORMS ASAP, AND STOP LETTING PATREON HANDLE FINANCIAL INFORMATION!!

as of this week, patreon has fired its -entire- cyber security team. that means no one is keeping an eye on the lock that stands between your bank information and some kind of scamming or spoofing or hacking or identity theft. patreon is trying to downplay this but i'm sorry, firing your -entire- security team is a BAD BAD MOVE

https://techcrunch.com/2022/09/09/p.....urity-layoffs/

i personally am stuck keeping my account there active, as i am sure some folks will never move and it is my primary income source. but i am BEGGING you, as backers, to move away from it.

my ko-fi has monthly subscription functions and will still provide the same comic updates, wips, posts that patreon had. it's already been mirroring the updates for quite some time!! ko-fi is a safer alternative because they HAVE A SECURITY TEAM RIGHT NOW.

please!! for your own sake!! make the swap!!

http://ko-fi.com/notfun

hey folks, big CW PARENT SUICIDE over this but
my friend is raising money for funerary costs of his father. i'm running his GFM because poland is weird about that.

please share and give if you can. more details, cost breakdown, etc in the gofundme

https://gofund.me/03032397

i know some folks here have had to bury parents or lost loved ones to suicide... so please spread the word, donate, help my friend in his time of need.
love yall, ty

hey yall, i'll cut to the chase. after finishing our ttrpg session a couple weeks ago, my friend azir/ryx/ryan went to bed... only to awaken at 3am to police informing him that they'd just given up chasing thet thief of a major piece of his exhaust system (the catalytic converter)

az had -only just- finished paying for this part to be replaced and now is of course on the hook to replace it -again- which is a really pricey job.

he's set up a gofundme to help with the cost, and it'd mean a lot to me if you could help him. i've known this dude for decades, he's a stalwart sweetheart. please do me a solid and help him out!!

https://gofund.me/0915526c

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comic/stream delay, hopefully we'll be back on track next week.

an antimask/vaxer coworker brought covid into the post office, gave it to my spouse, and then kind of inevitably it passed to me. and it hit me about as hard as the time i was sick while on chemotherapy. my doctor authorized the experimental antibody infusion treatment for me, and so now i am finally recovering. but... it was very rough. fairly certain i'd be hospitalized if i wasn't vaxed, and fairly certain i'd be looking at long covid if i hadn't been able to be treated.

anyway, this is the first time this week i've not been primarily trapped in bed sick as hell.

please take masking seriously and stop spreading covid, not everyone is lucky enough to get these treatments and if you enable spread you Are going to Kill Someone.

next week... later

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a very sweet and lovely friend of many years,  chaz-fox, has had the really gutting tragedy of losing their remaining parent this year. they're really struggling.

being disabled and obviously grieving in addition to suddenly being the sole handler of household things has shaken them deeply and the financial situation is dire. please consider helping them out.

they're struggling to get a gfm started (probably due to being in scotland?) but have a kofi that works

https://ko-fi.com/chazserir

please, please. give generously.... this little being has given me such joy in life. i just want them to be okay.

it's been five-ever but i'm finally getting to a point where i can stream art again! this thursday will be the first, and hopefully i'll have them weekly from this point on.

picarto.tv/notfun <- where they shall be held

i'm not sure what i'll be working on yet, but i'd like to take some on the spot coms if i have the time. i'm also not sure the hours yet... it's all very up in the air as i figure it out. but i DO know that folks who back on patreon or kofi are going to get priority for coms over others. for sure.

but anyway i hope i'll see some folks there!!

i owe alexi a great deal of thanks for doing this, so for those who prefer it: the rss feed is live once more!

http://www.inhuman-comic.com/rss.xml

i have yet to link it in the actual webdesign anywhere, but it should work!

quick heads up - due to unforseen circumstances (and extremely shady behavior on the part of dreamhost) i'll be moving my domains to a new registrar this week. currently (due to said shady shit) my emails are offline. i won't be able to fix them until after the 22nd.

weeeeeee

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pssp hey if you're looking for a new tarot deck, a friend has a fundraiser going for a really cool looking stylized one they did

https://www.ulule.com/the-dimlit-tarot/

give it a look! possibly back the project! they're really pretty imo

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Anyone in maine looking for a place to live? My friend rick is looking for a new roomie to split rent.

Theyre a very nice NES collector nerd, respectful of privacy & lgbtq+ welcoming obvz.

You can poke around their fa page for a sense of who youd be housing w
https://www.furaffinity.net/user/theotherrickfox

Their telegram is:
https://t.me/TheOtherRickFox

thanks & please spread the word if you know someone who this'd fit! o/

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clearly its a majority in favor of -not- making side accounts for adult work, given there is a functioning nsfw system already in place.

honestly didn't expect that, mostly because i see so many other artists making an effort to seperate the two. i guess that'd make more sense on websites like deviantart. hahahahhahaha deviantart

folks
should i make a seperate side account for what little adult themed artwork i do? i have always thought it unecessary, since ppl who don't want to see it can just filter adult art on this website. but perhaps it would make more sense to seperate the two? what do you think? lmk.

added every comic archive i could of mine to itch.io, including side comics like Memories (pokemon) and Buddies on Away. then i arranged them chronologically.

mm nostalgia tastes like pdf files
https://hekshano.itch.io/

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Right. So. Here is a very big announcement.

Beginning in Feb 2022 i will no longer be using Patreon to facilitate taking art commissions.

This has come after a great deal of consideration and watching how folks feel about the current crowdfunding platform scene. I feel that it would be more sensible to return to my old method of commission work, whereby I accept solicited submissions at my discretion and also can post batches of slots in certain styles.

Those who wish to cancel their pledges on patreon or edit them to smaller amounts should probably do so no later than januray 28th!! (my bday) This will ensure I have time enough to work out my budget for the next month based on whatever temporary dip this is gonna be in my cashflow.

I will still keep my patreon account as an active tipjar, and patrons will still have priority access to when commissions are opened. This is effectively the same as anyone who pledges to ko-fi gets at this point too. anyone who's pledged and paid for January on patreon is still getting their art, too, just. yaknow. stick with me while we go through some changes.

In the future I may try a new platform! There's one supposedly in the works that seems much more like an artist's union than a youtube monetization spinoff.

Until then, you can always email me with biz/commission questions at hi_cial[at]protonmail.com

and you are always welcome in my discord channel (tho its a bit quiet)
https://discord.gg/FcnRd9P8

tl;dr- keep an eye out for 'commissions open!' style posts in the near future.

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hey folks, i just wanted to say thank you to everyone who sent roxanne some cards (demon-sushi.com/cards4roxy/) - especially ones she got to color in art on or something. if you include your return address, evidently she's also sending thank-you cards in return that she makes.

.... thats kinda all i got. still fighting the chronic pain of surviving the C, still working on winterizing the house, still the object of disgust in my pet hedgehog's life. lol

at my pop's urging, i've set up a little site where ppl who follow my stuff/me can send my stepsister a card. any old card will do - it's much more about the thrill of the mail.

more info on the little site i built:

http://www.demon-sushi.com/cards4roxy/

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its been a few years right?! but now once more you too can get a sliding top small tin box with kyo disobeying the rules printed on it. and bonus its full of TEA! for 6$!!

https://www.adagio.com/signature_bl.....ml?blend=90911

... i actually dont get anything out of this btw, supporting me directly is always better lmao

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just a followup to my prior journal - thank you so much to everyone who gifted me with some cash and also to everyone who spread the word. i'm good now, though extra is always welcome cuz you never know what could happen... but mostly? thanks <3 s'all good now

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