Banished's Pixels

dA: @banished-dreams // twitter: @banishedpixels // Commissions: OPEN http://fav.me/day56ea (Outgoing to deviantART)

[banished-dreams]

Where to follow me Post-12/17

Hi all, I am unsure if my account will be flagged after the site policy changes and I am unwilling to scour through my thousands of posts to screen out NSF/W content. Please follow me on my other accounts!

After the policy changes I can be found at:

Discord: Banished#7140

Twitter: https://twitter.com/banishedpixels

deviantART: https://www.deviantart.com/banished-dreams

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BanishedDreams/

ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/A0A47L6F

I do not have Pillowfort or AO3 accounts.

Thank you all for following me here over the years, I truly appreciate the interactions we’ve had together at tumblr! See you again soon!

[banished-dreams]

Where to follow me Post-12/17

Hi all, I am unsure if my account will be flagged after the site policy changes and I am unwilling to scour through my thousands of posts to screen out NSF/W content. Please follow me on my other accounts!

After the policy changes I can be found at:

Discord: Banished#7140

Twitter: https://twitter.com/banishedpixels

deviantART: https://www.deviantart.com/banished-dreams

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BanishedDreams/

ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/A0A47L6F

I do not have Pillowfort or AO3 accounts.

Thank you all for following me here over the years, I truly appreciate the interactions we've had together at tumblr! See you again soon!

[inactiveaccountyuppers]

Well is it?

[thesadghostclub]

When we want things to improve, the amount that can be done can be very intimidating. It doesn’t all have to happen at once, on day one. You can take as long as you need to incorporate the right steps towards feeling more like yourself. Hope this helps take the pressure off a little, love from the sad ghost club x

[starcrossed-sky]

HEY GUYS, BUY MY SHIT.

My name is Nai and I’m a broke-ass unemployable queer creator, and like so many of us I am desperately in need of money. I have weird enough brain wiring that I can’t get past the interview stage of getting a job, so without a major skill I’m kind of sunk in terms of making literally any money at all. I’ve slept on various floors for the past four years, and while I’m in the PROCESS of learning a skill I can use in the future… Uh, life happens.

To make a short of a very, very long story, my landlord got a new girlfriend, who is neurotic and steadily isolating him from every outside influence. She’s already driven out his daughter (my former housemate) who moved to Texas for this-woman-triggers-my-PTSD reasons, and she’s currently working on removing my parents (who live on the lot but not in the house). After that it’s me, and the only place I have to go is most of the way across the country in Michigan (I live in Washington state). To be blunt, I’m expecting to get a kick-out notice any day, and getting my ass across the country costs money that I desperately, desperately need.

I have a Paypal.me here and also an Etsy shop here. I also write fic for a variety of fandoms and run a roleplay over at Dreamwidth, if those are things that you have interest in supporting!

Reblogs and signal boosts are deeply appreciated, and thank you for your help!

[iwishyouwouid]

hey

guess what

you’re so close to surviving 2018

you can make it

i’m so proud that you’re still here

keep going buddy

i love you

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

i spent christmas alone while my family got together and fought, and honestly i feel so good about this

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

i bought myself presents, cooked a big meal, drank wine and watched Home Alone 3 w/ my dog. I don’t feel sorry for myself at all.

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

meanwhile my sister threatened to disown my dad so he threatened to disown her, while my mom enabled and my other sister downed a bottle of wine to deal.

on the other side of the country, i was busy discovering, to my delight, that the that the 3rd installment of the Home Alone franchise not only stood up to the test of time, but contains some of the best oneliners and comedic timing I have ever seen.

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

honestly, keep toxic people out of your life. family isn’t everything, and bad family is often worse than no family. don’t be afraid to put in some distance, especially during high stress times like the holidays. you don’t actually owe them anything.

being alone for the holidays is so much better than being with people who make you unhappy.

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

Bringing this back for Thanksgiving!

[aleikats]

Hello hello! I’m finished with all my commissions! Taking a bit more before AnimeNYC comes around the corner. It’s also my birthday next week and I would like to buy me som CA K E pls ?d(ŐдŐ๑) 

FULL-COLORED COMMISSIONS (This one is limited to 3) (*This is a separate option from colored sketch.) Full-Body |  $80-90 Bust | $40-50

1. free

2. free

3. free

In case if slots are full, do let me know if you have another commission option you’d like instead! :)  Further clarifications:  -Full-colored commissions is the only option with limited slots.  - Colored Sketch: is not a page of sketches. It is only full body too. Flat colored. 

- Experimental Design: So I’m trying something new here. I really enjoy designing outfits. This option includes a back and front view sketch of your character quickly colored in. May contain notes! I have experience designing relating to the themes: ocean/seas/space, fairytale, seasons, and sci-fi (this…not so much, there’s still a ton I have to learn.) You may send me a pinterest board for inspiration!  Do let me know if you have any questions! Or confused by anything what I said <u>;;

Email to: [email protected]

[gutgemacht]

ATTENTION ZINE CREATORS, ARTISTS, AND ANYONE WHOSE BUSINESS UTILIZES PRE-ORDERS AND PAYPAL

As of June 15th, 2018, PayPal has changed their user policy with little to no fanfare at all in ways that could literally destroy your business. I’m going to say this as plainly as possible:

DO NOT USE PAYPAL AT ALL IF POSSIBLE.

I know this is a lot to ask, especially since PayPal is the most globally accepted digital tender, but unless you want to lose access to your funds for six months and PayPal possibly forever, you need to read this.

PayPal Business accounts are now being flagged, locked, and completely shut down if:

1. If you haven’t shipping anything within 21 days of your first transaction

2. You’ve received more than 200 orders

and/or

3. You’ve made an excess of $20,000 (USD)

If this happens to you, you will not be able to access your money for up to six months. PayPal is NOT willing to work with you, all they will say is there’s nothing they can do, they’re cutting business ties, and offer you the MAILING address of their legal department. That’s right, you can’t even get a direct line to these people, they’re just going to tank your business by dicking around with your money for six months. Your only options are to:

1. Wait six months and frustrate customers, and by-proxy tarnish your reputation.

2. Refund everyone, possibly lose their business, and tarnish your reputation.

3. Pursue the matter legally, which will likely take longer than six months anyway, not to mention cost money out of pocket.

IF YOU ARE CURRENTLY USING A PAYPAL ACCOUNT FOR PRE-ORDERS, GET OUT NOW. Deposit your funds and part ways with PayPal as a tender, this is not a battle they’re willing to let you win.

[ebonyheartnet]

@thebibliosphere

[thebibliosphere]

*siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiigh*

Thankfully most of my stuff is filtered through other sites first but fucking here we go again.

It used to be you could get around this by marking your stuff as digital goods that dont need shipment notification but I dunno if that’ll work anymore. All I know is paypal has been making it increasingly difficult for a lot of artists and creators lately and it’s a logistical nightmare for a lot of us.

I need to finish my storefront.

[trash-supernova]

Why are they doing this? It seems to make their service clumsy and unusable. Is Paypal drunk and dumped so badly they turned mean??

[thebibliosphere]

It’s likely another way to try and stop sex workers or adult content creators from using their services.

It started out with “you can’t use a stage name unless you have a business account”. Which means you get a chunk of your money taken as a processing fee, but get to use a “business” name instead of your real name AND LOCATION, cause that’s a thing they were forcing you to post too unless you upgraded.

People used to tell me all the time when they put a tip in my tip jar that it was telling them my real name and the city I lived in, so eventually I bit the bullet and upgraded to avoid that. (Which is why ko-fi was/is so great, because it’s essentially a paypal wrapper that lets you use the service while not revealing your identity and location.)

But they’ve been making it increasingly harder and harder to run an online business for anyone who doesn’t ship physical items that can be tracked. Like part of it is likely to ensure that customers are getting what they paid for, but when it comes so quickly on the heels of numerous policy updates regarding sex work and adult content, it is undoubtedly linked to making it more difficult for those people to use their services.

Patreon might be doing my head in with their site constantly breaking, and they fuck up on communication issues a lot, but this is largely why they changed who they do their payment processing with, to avoid paypals “no naughty business” policies. They still use paypal and Stripe, but they moved their handler to other countries with less draconian laws, and broadened to other payment processors because of this kind of thing.

When I get my own site up, I will not be using paypal, which sucks cause everyone uses paypal. But I also cannot abide their business practices and ethics. Or the apparent lack thereof.

[archived-zombbean]

I contacted Paypal TODAY so if you guys could spread this around so people that use paypal would know that’d be great!

So when you do digital goods you go to “TRACKING INFORMATION” and then select “ORDER PROCESSED” and you’ll be fine and won’t get into trouble!

[skyflu]

reblogging for the last part to save a life cuz I was getting the “shipping info” stuff added to my digital commissions and i just ignored it cuz it wasn’t relatvent but i went through and updated it to “order processed”

[raiounsfw]

Okay, long post but essentially I’m marking the tracking of all my commission work, so if you’ve commissioned me and you get an email about “order processed” from PayPal you’ll know it’s because of this.

Sorry for the inconvenience, everyone.

I’ll set up a venmo as well in case that’ll be easier on everyone.

[buttsonthebeach]

Hi all! Updating this stuff for my commissions and the Kofis I have received, just in case people get notifications and get confused.

[banished-dreams]

Quick animation practice from Oct.9

[captain-natey]

A lovely commission for @digimonkaizer !!

Commissions are OPEN ♥

[drowning-in-dn-hell]

OMG THAT’S LIKE MY ONLY SUNSHINE SHIP, ONLY HETERO SHIP, AND ONLY CRACKSHIP IN THE DN FANDOM. ILY WHOEVER COMMISSIONED THIS AND WHOEVER DREW THIS

[macaroonmoogle]

This is actually my Persona OC, Miu!! She’s in a crossover ship with Matsuda since she’s also a detective! 💜

[thesadghostclub]

If today felt impossible, if it took everything you have just to get through. Rest easy with the knowledge that you never have to do today again. It’s over. You did it <3

[gabefern]

PLUS ULTRA!

[kadywicker]

the fact that community colleges are seen as less valid and for “stupid” people is a result of classism and in this essay I will-

[kadywicker]

ppl in the tags saying that it’s “genuinely a lesser tier of education because people go there for trades and nursing and thats about it” are just proving that its classism. bc a) no thats absolutely not correct. a good chunk of people that go to community colleges do so to knock out their gen eds at a lower price than they’d be if they went to a four year, then transfer to a four year. and more importantly b) trade professions are not lesser than other professions that take higher degrees. people who go into things that take associates degrees are not “stupid”.

if you think ppl who are too poor to attend a four year university for all four years, or that ppl who are too poor to/don’t want to get their bachelor’s/master’s/doctorate are “stupid” then i have news for you:

thats classism, babe

[literallyaflame]

I wanna destroy the culture of “women have to wear makeup to be considered presentable” and replace it with “makeup is a fun accessory that allows u to have horribly fake purple lips and green eyelids if u want yee haw who wants some glitter on their nose” who’s with me on this

[brunopixels]

how many of you have ever felt personally victimized by Regina George?

[brunopixels]

[bramblepatch]

Hey so I kind of feel like there’s an aspect of “ship and let ship” that gets forgotten a lot of the time

And it’s that if someone is talking about their NOTP or a shipping trend that bugs them or whatever, and it’s something you ship, you don’t gotta pop up and defend the ship.

It’s not their job to stop you from shipping and it’s not your job to convert them! You don’t need to defend whatever honor you think you’ve got tied up in shipping something someone else finds questionable!