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So where have I been?
Posted a year agoI went through a major depressive episode last year.
Around June, Patreon switched payment processors to an overseas based one. This caused chaos and I lost a huge amount of supporters on my patreon. I've yet to recover from it.
With AI art on the rise, I started to receive messages about this more and more. A discussion about it ended with someone telling me that I'll just be no longer needed to create my art. This cracked my spirit.
I got bad health news late in the year. It's just been bad news after another and the idea of living off my creativity has been slipping further away.
Recently I started to feel better emotionally. I'm trying to keep my chin up and keep a work/art/life balance going. Then payment processors started kicking off NSFW artists again. I'm sure you heard about Gumroad fucking shit up and patreon adding a strange condition that fictional characters now need to consent (but them consenting isn't actually enough). My characters consent but the broadness of the rule's interpretation leaves anyone on their trust & safety team the ability to kick anyone off because the character consenting wasn't enough. This rule asks patreon to not act in bad faith, but can I trust them when last year they killed off half the support I've been receiving by moving their payment processor?
Then now... a big one. My significant other got laid off last thursday.
There's a huge weight on my shoulders, but I'm trying. Thank you all who've sent messages and left comments concerned for me. Thank you everyone who supports my work.
I seriously can not continue my art without you.
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You can find my socials and sites to support me here~
https://linktr.ee/unnamedart1
Around June, Patreon switched payment processors to an overseas based one. This caused chaos and I lost a huge amount of supporters on my patreon. I've yet to recover from it.
With AI art on the rise, I started to receive messages about this more and more. A discussion about it ended with someone telling me that I'll just be no longer needed to create my art. This cracked my spirit.
I got bad health news late in the year. It's just been bad news after another and the idea of living off my creativity has been slipping further away.
Recently I started to feel better emotionally. I'm trying to keep my chin up and keep a work/art/life balance going. Then payment processors started kicking off NSFW artists again. I'm sure you heard about Gumroad fucking shit up and patreon adding a strange condition that fictional characters now need to consent (but them consenting isn't actually enough). My characters consent but the broadness of the rule's interpretation leaves anyone on their trust & safety team the ability to kick anyone off because the character consenting wasn't enough. This rule asks patreon to not act in bad faith, but can I trust them when last year they killed off half the support I've been receiving by moving their payment processor?
Then now... a big one. My significant other got laid off last thursday.
There's a huge weight on my shoulders, but I'm trying. Thank you all who've sent messages and left comments concerned for me. Thank you everyone who supports my work.
I seriously can not continue my art without you.
---
You can find my socials and sites to support me here~
https://linktr.ee/unnamedart1
Final Day of Grow Drive
Posted 3 years agoToday's the final day of the grow drive! Riley could possibly be looking at 500k CCs, but could she actually get to a potential 1 million CCs?!? Comment and like to help get her there or even tip through ko-fi to really give her that bump!
Another Grow Drive.
Posted 3 years agoYes I am planning to post out another grow drive. I need to raise funds soon to help with car maintenance. Keep an eye out for it and if you'd like to participate financially that would be incredibly helpful!
Really its important that I raise what I can this month for car maintenance, without it my car will likely fail inspection.
Really its important that I raise what I can this month for car maintenance, without it my car will likely fail inspection.
Feelin Better
Posted 3 years agoFeeling better today. Got added stress but I'm alright. Gonna make bbq chicken to cheer me up and maybe get some more art done tonight~
Bummer
Posted 3 years agoTaking a break for the next day (or more)... had something pretty unfortunate happen today so...
but something unfortunate coming up for me isn't really new... š¢
but something unfortunate coming up for me isn't really new... š¢
Health Update
Posted 3 years agoBit of a health update, got some blood work back and things at the least are in an positive trend. Still doing pretty awful in some regards, but it's going in a good direction. All those years of stress seem to have done a number on my heart. Still one of the best things one of my doctor's recommend was a nutrient shake, it's really helped me regain my energy.
Still some stressors are creeping. Recently had my car's tires replaced only for the tire shop to unjostle things so it's now very apparent a wheel bearing or two need to be replaced. Likewise the brakes need to be replaced soon.
So really, if you enjoy my work, and you are financially able, please consider supporting the work I do through my Patreon. I was recently shadowed on twitter so I don't pop up to new people who might be interested in my art.
But anyway, something I've done on my patreon is ask questions to those who follow me. So here's the question:
What kind of art have you enjoyed the most from me? Likewise, what's something you'd like to see from me?
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If you enjoy my work, please support me on Patreon
Help me reach my goal of doing my art full time!
Still some stressors are creeping. Recently had my car's tires replaced only for the tire shop to unjostle things so it's now very apparent a wheel bearing or two need to be replaced. Likewise the brakes need to be replaced soon.
So really, if you enjoy my work, and you are financially able, please consider supporting the work I do through my Patreon. I was recently shadowed on twitter so I don't pop up to new people who might be interested in my art.
But anyway, something I've done on my patreon is ask questions to those who follow me. So here's the question:
What kind of art have you enjoyed the most from me? Likewise, what's something you'd like to see from me?
---
If you enjoy my work, please support me on Patreon
Help me reach my goal of doing my art full time!
The Road Narrows
Posted 5 years agoThis month has particularly sucked, but things will get worse. This, as said in my previous journal, my SO has lost a good chunk of her disability. The appeal is in to get it back, but nothing has come from it yet. From what I've read an understood, the appeal process can take up to a year. Of the job interviews I had in the past few months trying to get my own full time employment, none have called back with good news. I'm continuing to try and get any sort of employment. So far, only a on-call position has picked me up, but I'm only called in once in a while (if I'm lucky).
With the financial issues in the past year, we had hoped, with my SOs new career, things would get better. Back in October, I had looked at our budget and figured that I could even afford insurance by December's end. There was even a plan to get enough of our bills sorted to start a savings account in a few months. Eventually, we said, the burden could be lifted.
The future isn't just an uncertainty now, without your help, we will go under. Early last month I had an ear infection that saw me in an urgent care, and then an ER. The urgent care, essentially an ER, I saw to get antibiotics, ear drops, and maybe painkillers. The ear drops given to me there caused an allergic reaction increasing my ear pain. The urgent care also refused to give me painkillers besides ibuprofen. The ER I was brought into, because of the severity of my pain 12 hours after the urgent care visit, gave me a prescription to better drops and proper painkillers. The ER even gave me injections to deal with the infection and pain on the spot as well. Still, because of all the financial bad news, I did not have the insurance I originally planned to have. We've had to let go of certain bills. The same bills we told ourselves we would get in order soon. Further, I wanted to fund-raise through my ko-fi for January, instead I had to raise funds for my medication.
After my ear infection and pain passed, I had to deal with a few weeks of medication withdrawal and hearing loss. The withdrawals have subsided, but itāll be awhile (a few months) before my hearing in my right ear recovers. Even after it recovers, there may be some permanent hearing damage.
The anxiety of all this is hurting my productivity, creating a cycle of supporters ceasing their support that further compounds my stress. I'm worrying too much about how to make the next day work, let alone next month. I hoped for a job to be a safety net until the appeal has gone through; there is no safety net.
This is my plea. If any of my stories, animations, pin-ups have been enjoyable to you, please help me. I will not be able to continue without your support. My patreon is less than %40 away from my goal to keep me going. I've placed my ko-fi goal that also gets me the help I need for this month. I can't overstate how important it is that I reach my ko-fi's goal.
I appreciate any consideration in helping me out. If each of you joined my patreon even at the $2 tier, I would be in alot better condition.
If you'd like to help me with monthly support:
www.patreon.com/unnamed
If you'd like to help contribute to a February financial donation:
https://ko-fi.com/unnamedart
With the financial issues in the past year, we had hoped, with my SOs new career, things would get better. Back in October, I had looked at our budget and figured that I could even afford insurance by December's end. There was even a plan to get enough of our bills sorted to start a savings account in a few months. Eventually, we said, the burden could be lifted.
The future isn't just an uncertainty now, without your help, we will go under. Early last month I had an ear infection that saw me in an urgent care, and then an ER. The urgent care, essentially an ER, I saw to get antibiotics, ear drops, and maybe painkillers. The ear drops given to me there caused an allergic reaction increasing my ear pain. The urgent care also refused to give me painkillers besides ibuprofen. The ER I was brought into, because of the severity of my pain 12 hours after the urgent care visit, gave me a prescription to better drops and proper painkillers. The ER even gave me injections to deal with the infection and pain on the spot as well. Still, because of all the financial bad news, I did not have the insurance I originally planned to have. We've had to let go of certain bills. The same bills we told ourselves we would get in order soon. Further, I wanted to fund-raise through my ko-fi for January, instead I had to raise funds for my medication.
After my ear infection and pain passed, I had to deal with a few weeks of medication withdrawal and hearing loss. The withdrawals have subsided, but itāll be awhile (a few months) before my hearing in my right ear recovers. Even after it recovers, there may be some permanent hearing damage.
The anxiety of all this is hurting my productivity, creating a cycle of supporters ceasing their support that further compounds my stress. I'm worrying too much about how to make the next day work, let alone next month. I hoped for a job to be a safety net until the appeal has gone through; there is no safety net.
This is my plea. If any of my stories, animations, pin-ups have been enjoyable to you, please help me. I will not be able to continue without your support. My patreon is less than %40 away from my goal to keep me going. I've placed my ko-fi goal that also gets me the help I need for this month. I can't overstate how important it is that I reach my ko-fi's goal.
I appreciate any consideration in helping me out. If each of you joined my patreon even at the $2 tier, I would be in alot better condition.
If you'd like to help me with monthly support:
www.patreon.com/unnamed
If you'd like to help contribute to a February financial donation:
https://ko-fi.com/unnamedart
Crossroads
Posted 6 years agoYesterday was my birthday, and I want to thank everyone that gave me well wishes. Being born in december, Iāve been used to having disappointing birthdays where I seem to be forgotten and be told that āyouāll get your birthday gift on christmas.ā So itās nice that I actually get notes, messages and comments that understand that and want to remind me that I have shoulders to lean on.
But this journal isnāt about that. I have never posted a journal here. Instead, I usually muse about monthly things on my patreon and maybe smaller things on my twitter. Iām not very sociable, but I figured Iād try harder on those places.
However, Iām in a situation that warrants a journal posting. Currently, Iām at a crossroads. Proudly, my significant other started her new career in late October. This was huge as not only would this help pull us out of our financial issues, but she also gave me blessings to stay at home and spend all my time on my art. āSo long as you can make something from that, I donāt really mind what you do,ā she told me. Because of this, I created over 50 still image renders in November. Already it was a huge boost from her new career. Unfortunately, we also reserved dire news in November.
My significant other is a disabled veteran; she receives a monthly payment to compensate for the injuries she received. As well, she works to manage her chronic pain and to figure out what is causing it. In september, she visited a specialist outside of Veteranās Affairs (VA) system who pretty much gave us a 2 hour lecture on what the cause of the pain is and that the VA has essentially been misdiagnosing her for the past 4 years. This was absolutely brilliant as maybe they could actually fix what is going on, but then, in November, she received a letter notifying her that she will no longer be receiving the majority of her monthly payment. It talked in detail about how they reviewed her case and that based on their findings she could not be as disabled as they initially rated her. Instead, they lowered her rating to 20% disabled and said that over $1000 of her monthly payment would be withheld. They also clarified they have the right to ask for repayment for any payments they gave to her during the time they deemed for her not to be as disabled as they rated her initially.
We didnāt sleep that night. Instead I kept re-reading their documentation, I also began looking up legal advice. I thought that maybe the outside specialist convinced the VA that the issue wasnāt that bad; my mind raced that what if they just cut off her treatment and her pain is no longer managed and sheād have to quit her new career. Weād be homeless nearly instantly.
But, amongst the documentation, it says that the decision was made after missing a C&P Exam. We saw that both the exams were for Foot & Back pain. The date listed for both was on the same day; we were perplexed because her foot doctor is in one city, and her back doctor was in another city (4 hours away.) Theyāve never scheduled something like that, we wouldāve noticed. My significant other is also very organized, we could easily open up her calendar/journal to that specific day to see if she did miss something. On her calendar, all it showed was that she was scheduled for a shift at her part-time job. What the hell even is a C&P Exam, we asked ourselves. Itās not on the calendar and the VA has never asked her to see her foot and back doctor on the same day.
This where I found it on a Veterans Legal blog. C&P is a Compensations & Pensions Exam. Basically, to determine if someone should still be considered disabled. The VA does these for some people based on their disability. The VA also sometimes contracts it out to an outside company to do it. From what Iāve read, the outside company has, uncommonly, not sent out a notification for the exam, but also, wouldnāt the VA also sent out a notification? Something had to have occurred on their end, because she was just never notified about it.
Now weāre at the butter of this horrible meal; she was listed as a no show for the Exam in June, and they barely got around to telling her sheās not longer considered at her original disability rating in November. During that time, she was still going to back and foot doctor appointments. Why did not a single person at the VA notify her of anything she missed? Was there no process in place to just say, āhey this is bad, you missed your C&P exam.ā
We filed an appeal, but it took 6 months before the VA told her that she will stripped of the majority of her benefits. I donāt know how long the appeal will take, but theyāve informed us that in february she will no longer be receiving the full amount of her pension. (a $1k difference)
This now brings me to the crossroads that I stand at. We need to make up that difference every month now. Really, I need to make that difference up every month.
With the immense help I received from friends, like you, during our move for her new career, I feel like I need to be done asking for more. I feel crappy that it feels like begging, butā¦ this is another obstacle to climb and I canāt do it at my current pace.
Iāve applied for several jobs in our new area. Iāve had 2 interviews that would get me back into my graphic design career. The salary these 2 companies promise is immense, I wouldnāt have a financial worry, but.. I donāt like that career. I love the work, but Iād much rather have the reward this work gives me. Still, if I get a call back from one of these 2 interviews (or any of the others), I have no choice but to accept it.
This is something I hate to put onto you, but.. I have 300+ followers here; if only 200 of you bring $5 a month to my patreon, I wonāt have to go back into a career I hate. I wonāt have to stop or slow my work here. We wonāt have to worry about the VA taking most of her pension, we can calmly go through the appeal process.
This was hard to write, so I apologize, but I thank you all for the support over the years.
ā
I promise my patreon is worth it. Right now, the stuff posted publicly are things created 5-6 months ago for my patreon. Most (if not all) of my renders have alternative/nude renders included. I have tiers for requests and the $5 tier gets you access to comics that Iām currently working on (over 60 pages of comics, with up to 3 pages added every month.)
https://www.patreon.com/unnamed
But this journal isnāt about that. I have never posted a journal here. Instead, I usually muse about monthly things on my patreon and maybe smaller things on my twitter. Iām not very sociable, but I figured Iād try harder on those places.
However, Iām in a situation that warrants a journal posting. Currently, Iām at a crossroads. Proudly, my significant other started her new career in late October. This was huge as not only would this help pull us out of our financial issues, but she also gave me blessings to stay at home and spend all my time on my art. āSo long as you can make something from that, I donāt really mind what you do,ā she told me. Because of this, I created over 50 still image renders in November. Already it was a huge boost from her new career. Unfortunately, we also reserved dire news in November.
My significant other is a disabled veteran; she receives a monthly payment to compensate for the injuries she received. As well, she works to manage her chronic pain and to figure out what is causing it. In september, she visited a specialist outside of Veteranās Affairs (VA) system who pretty much gave us a 2 hour lecture on what the cause of the pain is and that the VA has essentially been misdiagnosing her for the past 4 years. This was absolutely brilliant as maybe they could actually fix what is going on, but then, in November, she received a letter notifying her that she will no longer be receiving the majority of her monthly payment. It talked in detail about how they reviewed her case and that based on their findings she could not be as disabled as they initially rated her. Instead, they lowered her rating to 20% disabled and said that over $1000 of her monthly payment would be withheld. They also clarified they have the right to ask for repayment for any payments they gave to her during the time they deemed for her not to be as disabled as they rated her initially.
We didnāt sleep that night. Instead I kept re-reading their documentation, I also began looking up legal advice. I thought that maybe the outside specialist convinced the VA that the issue wasnāt that bad; my mind raced that what if they just cut off her treatment and her pain is no longer managed and sheād have to quit her new career. Weād be homeless nearly instantly.
But, amongst the documentation, it says that the decision was made after missing a C&P Exam. We saw that both the exams were for Foot & Back pain. The date listed for both was on the same day; we were perplexed because her foot doctor is in one city, and her back doctor was in another city (4 hours away.) Theyāve never scheduled something like that, we wouldāve noticed. My significant other is also very organized, we could easily open up her calendar/journal to that specific day to see if she did miss something. On her calendar, all it showed was that she was scheduled for a shift at her part-time job. What the hell even is a C&P Exam, we asked ourselves. Itās not on the calendar and the VA has never asked her to see her foot and back doctor on the same day.
This where I found it on a Veterans Legal blog. C&P is a Compensations & Pensions Exam. Basically, to determine if someone should still be considered disabled. The VA does these for some people based on their disability. The VA also sometimes contracts it out to an outside company to do it. From what Iāve read, the outside company has, uncommonly, not sent out a notification for the exam, but also, wouldnāt the VA also sent out a notification? Something had to have occurred on their end, because she was just never notified about it.
Now weāre at the butter of this horrible meal; she was listed as a no show for the Exam in June, and they barely got around to telling her sheās not longer considered at her original disability rating in November. During that time, she was still going to back and foot doctor appointments. Why did not a single person at the VA notify her of anything she missed? Was there no process in place to just say, āhey this is bad, you missed your C&P exam.ā
We filed an appeal, but it took 6 months before the VA told her that she will stripped of the majority of her benefits. I donāt know how long the appeal will take, but theyāve informed us that in february she will no longer be receiving the full amount of her pension. (a $1k difference)
This now brings me to the crossroads that I stand at. We need to make up that difference every month now. Really, I need to make that difference up every month.
With the immense help I received from friends, like you, during our move for her new career, I feel like I need to be done asking for more. I feel crappy that it feels like begging, butā¦ this is another obstacle to climb and I canāt do it at my current pace.
Iāve applied for several jobs in our new area. Iāve had 2 interviews that would get me back into my graphic design career. The salary these 2 companies promise is immense, I wouldnāt have a financial worry, but.. I donāt like that career. I love the work, but Iād much rather have the reward this work gives me. Still, if I get a call back from one of these 2 interviews (or any of the others), I have no choice but to accept it.
This is something I hate to put onto you, but.. I have 300+ followers here; if only 200 of you bring $5 a month to my patreon, I wonāt have to go back into a career I hate. I wonāt have to stop or slow my work here. We wonāt have to worry about the VA taking most of her pension, we can calmly go through the appeal process.
This was hard to write, so I apologize, but I thank you all for the support over the years.
ā
I promise my patreon is worth it. Right now, the stuff posted publicly are things created 5-6 months ago for my patreon. Most (if not all) of my renders have alternative/nude renders included. I have tiers for requests and the $5 tier gets you access to comics that Iām currently working on (over 60 pages of comics, with up to 3 pages added every month.)
https://www.patreon.com/unnamed
Possible Move
Posted 6 years agoLast week found out that I might be moving. My significant other will probably get the call this week for this job and I'm super happy for her to get this opportunity, but I've been freaking out about the cost of moving. Mostly, I'm worried about the apartment application fees and deposit. If you've followed me on twitter or are a patreon supporter, you might be aware of the financial difficulties I've been going through for the past several months. It's been a huge weight on my productivity and mental health. The important part of her receiving this job is that the financial weight will finally be lifted with this.
That being said, I'm having a few auctions on my deviantart to help raise something.
The first of three already closed with an Autobuy.
The second was just posted here: https://www.deviantart.com/unnamed4.....bbie-813420622
And the third will be posted tomorrow on my deviantart.
Any consideration in helping me out is greatly appreciated. As well maybe consider helping by joining my patreon: https://www.patreon.com/unnamed
That being said, I'm having a few auctions on my deviantart to help raise something.
The first of three already closed with an Autobuy.
The second was just posted here: https://www.deviantart.com/unnamed4.....bbie-813420622
And the third will be posted tomorrow on my deviantart.
Any consideration in helping me out is greatly appreciated. As well maybe consider helping by joining my patreon: https://www.patreon.com/unnamed
Reminder about Grow Drive!
Posted 6 years agoThank you to everyone who has participated and helped so far!
Just a reminder that today is the last day to get in on the x2 boost with a ko-fi donation: https://ko-fi.com/unnamedart
Tomorrow will be another day for Sam to get filled up as we head into the last week!
Just a reminder that today is the last day to get in on the x2 boost with a ko-fi donation: https://ko-fi.com/unnamedart
Tomorrow will be another day for Sam to get filled up as we head into the last week!
300 Watchers?!
Posted 6 years agoWell, 302. Missed out on seeing 300.
Eitherway, thank you all for enjoying my work!
If you'd like to further support my work check out my paid comics at https://unnamedart.com/comics.html or my Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/unnamed
Eitherway, thank you all for enjoying my work!
If you'd like to further support my work check out my paid comics at https://unnamedart.com/comics.html or my Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/unnamed
February Comic File Post
Posted 6 years agoFebruary Comic Catch-Up File Available on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/posts/febru.....-2019-25040666
Included in this catch up is every completed page thus far for:
5th Year (29 pages plus the next unfinished pages)
Wrong Medicine (18 pages plus the next unfinished page)
The Cow (10 pages, plus the obnoxiously colored front cover)
Chemists (7 pages, plus the next 2 unfinished page)
File Size: 254 mb (aprox)
Included in this catch up is every completed page thus far for:
5th Year (29 pages plus the next unfinished pages)
Wrong Medicine (18 pages plus the next unfinished page)
The Cow (10 pages, plus the obnoxiously colored front cover)
Chemists (7 pages, plus the next 2 unfinished page)
File Size: 254 mb (aprox)
Hey everyone, just a small update.
Posted 6 years agoI wasn't able to work on the patreon comics the past 2 days due some severe pain that was getting worse. I ended up going to the ER friday night and while I was told it wasn't an infection, it would've become one if I didn't go in.
I will be taking sunday and monday to rest. I hope that's okay. The patreon comic page meant for Friday will be posted on tuesday as well as the pin-up w/short story originally meant for monday. (mostly assuming I'm better by then)
Last week as well, I had to take my cat to his own ER visit and after that I thought I'd be okay financially. However after having my own visit and picking up prescriptions friday night, I'm afraid that I need to ask everyone for some help.
My ko-fi link is below. I would really appreciate any help I can get.
https://ko-fi.com/unnamedart
Likewise, if you haven't bought a comic from my store yet, please go give my store a look. https://unnamedart.com/comics.html
or, consider joining my patreon: https://www.patreon.com/unnamed
Eitherway, thank you for following, faving, and enjoying my work. It means so much to me.
I will be taking sunday and monday to rest. I hope that's okay. The patreon comic page meant for Friday will be posted on tuesday as well as the pin-up w/short story originally meant for monday. (mostly assuming I'm better by then)
Last week as well, I had to take my cat to his own ER visit and after that I thought I'd be okay financially. However after having my own visit and picking up prescriptions friday night, I'm afraid that I need to ask everyone for some help.
My ko-fi link is below. I would really appreciate any help I can get.
https://ko-fi.com/unnamedart
Likewise, if you haven't bought a comic from my store yet, please go give my store a look. https://unnamedart.com/comics.html
or, consider joining my patreon: https://www.patreon.com/unnamed
Eitherway, thank you for following, faving, and enjoying my work. It means so much to me.
200 Watchers!
Posted 7 years agoAwesome and thank you all for seeing something you might enjoy in my work!
Special thanks if you're a tumblr refugee!
If you'd like to support my work (and I kinda need the help) check out my paid comics at https://unnamedart.com/comics.html or my Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/unnamed
Special thanks if you're a tumblr refugee!
If you'd like to support my work (and I kinda need the help) check out my paid comics at https://unnamedart.com/comics.html or my Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/unnamed
100 Watchers
Posted 7 years agoThanks everyone! :D
