PATREON
I'm insanely poor right now, and I cannot afford to draw for free anymore. I will not be uploading any more pieces outside of Instagram and Patreon.
Either follow me on Instagram geek_soup or become a patron on Patreon.com ( www.patreon.com/Methuselah87 ). There are donations as low as $5 a month, but that REALLY adds up for me if more than one person does it! I need colored pencils, markers, and paper, NOT TO MENTION: food, gas, and rent (which I have postponed until December, thankfully). PLEASE try and help out. I am working retail hell right now, and it's a miracle I'm still alive considering the holiday season is here, and I LIFT BOXES FOR A LIVING. I got this job 5 months ago as a fresh college grad because I wanted to get in shape and try to break into a new field, but I'm being overworked and underpaid, no one will hire me elsewhere despite my three degrees, and I NEED YOUR FINANCIAL SUPPORT!
I have paintings, portraits, every day of Inktober so far, and TONS of other content only for Patrons and Instagram followers. If you love my art and you have five bucks sitting around every month, consider giving me a helping hand. I've worked very hard to continue to provide content here and elsewhere totally for free since 2008 - OVER TEN YEARS - but I can't do it anymore! My car is about to explode, my job pays me shit, and I have rent in December and student loan debts coming up in January. That's a LOT of bills to pay.
Until I get a decent job, this will be a monthly sketch-only post. I need your support. Myself and other artists often provide free services and art all our lives for friends, family, and fans, but we are people, too. My fiance is sick and cannot work. My parents lost all my college money in the recession, and all of us are basically the working poor right now - AND I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE! If you think that it's within the realm of possibility to save up some nickles and dimes at the end of every month, please consider signing up on Patreon with your favorite artists or find other ways to donate to them. We're all just trying to make a living, and some of us are struggling very hard every day just to keep our livelihoods afloat.
I'm usually very shy, and I apologize for not being in better contact with all of my followers, friends, and fans, but I need you. I want to keep making art for you. Once I'm financially stable again, I'll be able to post more free content. Help me make that happen.
Thank you so much for reading. Please, consider trying to help.
- Rachel
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Thank you.
Diversity
Diversity is not caring what color your friends are, and laughing at everyone's jokes, even if they're not that great.
It's knowing what they wear doesn't define how human they are, even if it’s like two pieces of clothing, one of which being booty shorts.
Diversity is accepting that everybody is very different, and that no matter how extreme that difference is, you should only base your friendship on mutual love and how much you do or don't trust them with the password to your phone.
It's encouraging them to flirt with someone they like regardless of gender - even if you kinda think the someone has bad fashion sense.
Diversity is the individual freedom to accept how different we all are at the end of the day without letting what other people see define who we are, nor what we are.
This is an obligation not only to each other, but also to ourselves. Who you are is so much more important than what people want you to be. Take my advice. Most of their opinions are based off fear and heavy non-individual influence.
The people who mind don't matter, and the people that don't mind - well, you matter to us.
