You Probably Get Asked This A Lot, But How Do You Draw Hands? Even When I'm Tracing, They Look So Weird

some gposes of my ffxiv char. because no matter what, she cute.

Fate/ランサー

UPDATE: So I have 8 payments to make that must be over $50. I told this to the person who defaulted on the internet bill. "How much is the payment plan" when I told him that $50 over 8 months only amounts to $450.

I have commissions open, though they will be slow due to me consistently depression napping and always in bed lately.

You can find the commissions here: https://ko-fi.com/curruidcoinhenn/commissions

The OG text is under the cut.

Hi.

So, recently, I've ended up in debt. Wow, how could I. The thing is, I've never been in debt before and I, rightfully, freaked out about it yesterday. I owe $730.03 for a service I barely used for a month because it's in my name and the person who was supposed to pay it stopped paying it on time. Leaving it to go to a debt collector.

And yeah, that was my bad! I learned my lesson from it. No more having bills in my name that aren't paid for by me. The rest is kind of long and rambly so you can skip to the tl;dr by pressing ctrl+f and typing in tl;dr.

I woke up yesterday to a text message about it and cried. I cried, I contacted the person who was supposed to pay, who said he'd fix it but never paid anything towards it last month. Leaving me to get called and texted by debt collectors.

And yeah, I get it, money's tight during the holidays. The unfortunate thing is that this guy? I know he's paid bi-weekly to do barely anything but game at his work. He's got loans, he's got debt to a lot of things he never paid off and I should've taken that as a sign.

I didn't. I stupidly believed he'd pay and he just let it get later and later until I bothered him about it. And then he'd pay, and the cycle would begin again. He told me to cancel it, I tried, they wouldn't unless I paid.

The account is closed now. And the bill got sent to a debt collector.

I want to get this squared away as soon as possible. Clear it out so there's nothing tying me to this anymore. To a bill I struggled to pay until I told him to take care of it because I couldn't pay it anymore-- pay for a service I wasn't using. I scrambled month to month to get the $180 needed to pay for that bill because it was oh-so-important.

And I've tried to help him with this. Tried to help him with his finances and bills, as I'm broke consistently due to being unable to get a job (and I have tried for years) and cut things out when I'm not able to afford them. Yeah, he's in debt to people. He's got loans, but he has payments to pay them back that don't affect how much he can put towards bills. I've calculated how much he can put aside back when he asked for my help (which he never took! I may be bad at my own finances but that actually makes it easier for me to help others, funnily enough), and he never did. It was suddenly all gone every time.

tl;dr: I bitched for a while about how I tried to help this guy but he didn't use the help I gave him (after asking for said help).

But. That's not the point here. The point is, just like that damn phone payment he made me pay when I didn't have the money to and had to beg for help on it, he's left me a debt I can't pay.

And I hate it. I hate that I can't pay it.

I have a Ko-Fi set up. A goal set up. It's $750 for the goal because I don't know how much'll be eaten by fees and it's better safe than sorry.

I'm struggling again, and I hate it. The new year has given me a debt that I can't pay, and I have to rely on help from everyone else.

If you want something like a doodle or something for your assistance, just IM me here. I'll try to draw it to the best of my ability (sfw only)

The ko-fi is here: https://ko-fi.com/curruidcoinhenn

If you can donate to help clear it, please do so. If not, please at least share this so someone can help. I appreciate it all.

Another short interlude. This time on Art Style. An opinion that I think might help those struggling too much.

Reblog if its ok to spam you with boops

really helpful technique ^ once you know how to divide by halves and thirds it makes drawing evenly spaced things in perspective waaay easier:

I was asked by a friend yesterday if I could offer basic tips about comic paneling. As it turns out, I have a lot to say on the matter! I tried breaking down the art of paneling using the principles of art and design, and I hope it helps you out!

EDIT: uh uh there are a lot of people reblogging this, so i figure i may as well append this now while i can lol

This whole thing was very much cranked out in a few hours so I had a visual to talk about with a friend! If this gives you a base understanding of paneling, that's awesome! Continue to pull in studies from the comics you see and what other artists do well and don't do well! You can tell paneling is doing well when the action is flowing around in its intended reading format.

Here's the link to the globalcomix article from which I pulled the images about panel staggering! Someone sent in a reblog that it wasn't totally clear that the 7th slide mostly covers what NOT to do in regards to staggering, and that is my mistake!

I saw in a tag that someone was surprised I used MamaYuyu too, and I don't blame them lol. If I had given myself more than a couple hours maybe I would have added something else on, I just really admire MamaYuyu's paneling personally.

uh uh, final append: I am by no means a renowned master of paneling, so if you find anything off base here, by all means, counter it with your own knowledge and ways you can build upon from here! Art is always a sum knowledge of everything we find. 💪

Writing Worksheets & Templates

will update this every few weeks/months. alternatively, here are all my tagged Writing Worksheets & Templates

Chapter Outline ⚜ Character- or Plot-Driven Story

Death & Sacrifice ⚜ Magic & Rituals ⚜ Plot-Planning

Editing: Sentence Check ⚜ Writing Your Novel: 20 Questions

Tension ⚜ Thought Distortions ⚜ What's at Stake

Character Development

50 Questions ⚜ Backstory ⚜ Character Creation

Antagonist; Villain; Fighting ⚜ Protagonist & Antagonist

Character: Change; Adding Action; Conflict

Character: Creator; Name; Quirks; Flaws; Motivation

Character Profile (by Rick Riordan) ⚜ Character Sheet Template

Character Sketch & Bible ⚜ Interview your Character

Story-Worthy Hero ⚜ "Well-Rounded" Character Worksheet

Worldbuilding

20 Questions ⚜ Decisions & Categories ⚜ Worksheet

Setting ⚜ Dystopian World ⚜ Magic System (AALC Method)

Templates: Geography; World History; City; Fictional Plant

References: Worldbuilding ⚜ Plot ⚜ Character ⚜ Writing Resources PDFs

all posts are queued. send questions/requests here.

My Mom needs help

Hi.

This is gonna come across as a scam since I don't use this blog right now and- honestly? I don't blame you for thinking that. I put it down in a document, but I'll write it out here too.

On April 26th, I got a message from my mom saying she needed to talk to me. I figured there'd been something new like maybe my cousin was once again in some sort of financial trouble that they wanted me to fish her out of and give to "the love of her life" (which is probably where the money I got my cousin before went).

What I didn't expect was that my mom would ask me for help to get her out of her situation. She started crying on the phone during because it was that horrendous. Telling me about how she doesn't get basic amenities, is treated like the scum of the earth and her dog is getting thin and she doesn't want to die. Doesn't want her dog to die.

And honestly? I do not want to lose my mom nine months after my brother's passing. I don't want her to lose the dog she's cared for since he was a pup that she bonded with over their shared status as the small one of the family.

The worst part about this? My mom is disabled and on SSI/SSDI, so she's on a horrendously limited income because it's not been fixed for inflation and prices rising/modern day needs.

Here's the google doc that has the full information. I got evidence today (April 30th) of the conditions she has to live in and it's bad. She looks like she's living in a repurposed shed, has no AC in Arizona of all places and is basically being treated less than a prisoner.

You can donate to help her here: https://ko-fi.com/tsukuyomibun

All the money will be given to her the moment she says to give it to her. I want her out. I want her safe and with her cousin/sister instead of slowly dying in the heat of Arizona.