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Posted 13 hours agoNobody has to give me money, I know. I haven't pay-walled anything either (yet). But I'm essentially between jobs at the moment and it does help me survive. Plus it's like a partial refund on the 12 years of drama I had to endure to post art to begin with. Okay I'll leave you alone now.
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On consent.
Posted 2 days agoIf you never had permission, and you never asked for it, I'm not the problem.
There was never a point in my old posts where I gave consent to plagiarize the work I was posting then, and that permission has not been given now. It will never be given.
Much of the work I am posting now is the product of a tumultuous relationship that ended 12+ years ago. Much of the work I post gets stolen or utilized in a manner I do not consent to.
Please don't punish me for sharing. For being honest. For being here. It took me 3 years to work up the courage to show up here again, and immediately, certain individuals decided to fuck that up. Predictable.
I don't know why I'm writing this. It's going to keep happening.
Also, please do not harass my friends when I make it hard for you to get to me. I made it hard for you to get to me for a reason. It's because you're a freak. If you want me to keep posting, stop making the act of posting so uncomfortable. Thanks.
There was never a point in my old posts where I gave consent to plagiarize the work I was posting then, and that permission has not been given now. It will never be given.
Much of the work I am posting now is the product of a tumultuous relationship that ended 12+ years ago. Much of the work I post gets stolen or utilized in a manner I do not consent to.
Please don't punish me for sharing. For being honest. For being here. It took me 3 years to work up the courage to show up here again, and immediately, certain individuals decided to fuck that up. Predictable.
I don't know why I'm writing this. It's going to keep happening.
Also, please do not harass my friends when I make it hard for you to get to me. I made it hard for you to get to me for a reason. It's because you're a freak. If you want me to keep posting, stop making the act of posting so uncomfortable. Thanks.
I have made a discord server.
Posted a week agoUpdate. The social experiment has changed. New members are subject to board approval. https://discord.gg/Nf7nSng6jM
On why I'm back, what my problem is, and money.
Posted a week ago- Hi. I'm Lai. I quit posting for 3 years! I've quit FA a few times actually. Mostly it was because of art theft. For over 12 years, I did my best to support artists, and not once did I ever ask anyone for money. Which leads me to my next point.
- For over 6 years, I've had a horrible job working for my father. But trying to find other work doesn't...Work. So, I'm pretty much trapped and miserable all the time. Only now his company is dying and he's struggling to pay me. Hence, the idea that perhaps if I came back, someone would give me a dollar, at least. (And I think meticulously preserving 12 years of art and bad memories is worth a dollar!) (Also someone did give me dollars! Thank you!)
- On top of that, I feel alone, I feel like I have no friends or support, so...Even though posting art and showing up online led to a lot of negative experiences for me, it did occur to me that I will never make another friend again if I don't at least expose myself enough to run into one. So that's another reason I'm trying to do this again.
- Eventually, I will run out of art to post. I don't even commission people that often anymore, I mean, why would I, if money is running dry and all. Plus I had a bunch of really awful experiences with artists running off with my money. (To the one of you I still commission, you're awesome and I really appreciate you, I'm not saying all artists are bad. I'm flattered that you stuck with me this long. But a lot of people took advantage of me and it really made me give up.)
- I thought about doing twitch streams or something. Just anything that I can do to make friends or get funds, at this point. This isn't the best recording environment, though.
- To clarify, I am not asking for funds so that I can commission art. I am asking for funds so that I can survive. I am taking a risk and exposing my stuff to theft in order to survive. Frankly, it's pretty unlikely that any of this will even cover half of my rent, but any help is better than the none I had, I suppose.
- For over 6 years, I've had a horrible job working for my father. But trying to find other work doesn't...Work. So, I'm pretty much trapped and miserable all the time. Only now his company is dying and he's struggling to pay me. Hence, the idea that perhaps if I came back, someone would give me a dollar, at least. (And I think meticulously preserving 12 years of art and bad memories is worth a dollar!) (Also someone did give me dollars! Thank you!)
- On top of that, I feel alone, I feel like I have no friends or support, so...Even though posting art and showing up online led to a lot of negative experiences for me, it did occur to me that I will never make another friend again if I don't at least expose myself enough to run into one. So that's another reason I'm trying to do this again.
- Eventually, I will run out of art to post. I don't even commission people that often anymore, I mean, why would I, if money is running dry and all. Plus I had a bunch of really awful experiences with artists running off with my money. (To the one of you I still commission, you're awesome and I really appreciate you, I'm not saying all artists are bad. I'm flattered that you stuck with me this long. But a lot of people took advantage of me and it really made me give up.)
- I thought about doing twitch streams or something. Just anything that I can do to make friends or get funds, at this point. This isn't the best recording environment, though.
- To clarify, I am not asking for funds so that I can commission art. I am asking for funds so that I can survive. I am taking a risk and exposing my stuff to theft in order to survive. Frankly, it's pretty unlikely that any of this will even cover half of my rent, but any help is better than the none I had, I suppose.
