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Merry Christmas 2019!
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《- Preorders are now open! -》
Greetings Little Wanderers!
Of Ink and Suits: V Fashion Zine is an A5, perfect bound fanzine dedicated to Devil May Cry 5’s newest character: V as a fashion AU. The zine contains 70+ pages of various content from our 48 contributors!
Our store will be open from October 30th to December 1st, so make sure you purchase a copy as soon as you can! To order your copy, you can check out our website: vfashionzine.ecwid.com/
All profits will be evenly divided amongst our contributors after we complete production!
All prices are in United States currency. These are the base prices without shipping below.
||Shipping Rates:|| Europe — $12 España — $6 The US and the Rest of the World — $16
||Our Bundles Include:|| Crimson Clouds (Digital Bundle) — $15 Of Ink and Suits (Physical and Digital Zine Only)— $22 Royal Fork (Merchandise Bundle) — $24 Little Wanderers (Full Bundle) — $40
We also have a mousepad stretch goal item that will unlock after 50 orders! *The first 50 orders that are full bundles or merch bundles get the mousepad for free as an add-on item.
Each item was created by:
Cover by @bleaksqueak @halpalform
Double-Sided Charm @ran196242
Stickers by @duckydrawsart @yuiktmn @Kanonushi @Gamusaur @n8thgogart @poopue
Prints @crownandantler @ValeriaFavoccia @gaabovic
Stretch Goal Mousepad: @brilcrist
And if you missed our link to our lovely contributors, you can check them out here.
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sample:
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Is there an update on delivery?
Hello!
In regards to updates revolving around deliveries, we are still experiencing hangs up with Patreon and forms replies from people who were offline. We don’t want to start shipping until all of those are settled so it’s all done at once.
We apologise for any inconveniences this may have caused.
Thank you!
Mod Precious
Good morning,
Mod Dommi here to elaborate a bit on what exactly’s going on.
Firstly, as previously stated, for me to be able to manage fulfillment for Prism, I needed to close the leftovers of @yoispyzine. Spy zine closed on 9/18, and I still have some details to settle such as payouts and final profit shares for those participants. I chose to delay our shipping because the more I have to juggle at once, the more likely I will make mistakes somewhere. I’d rather do it right and slow than do it fast and wrong. I’m sure you all agree.
Secondly, the issue with Patreon is this: about 20 or so of the buyers on that platform did not cancel their pledges as prompted to in June. In order to gather everyone’s information to begin fulfillment, I had to reactivate the account to download the CSV files with your addresses etc. This caused those 20 people to get charged a second time on 9/1, which means having to issue all of them refunds.
Now, when you issue a refund through PayPal, PayPal returns their cut from their fees to the buyer alongside your net revenue, so the buyer gets their full money back pain free. (This is the probably one thing PayPal does right.)
Patreon does not do this, and reactivating us put us at the new higher fee structure instead of the old to boot. This means we’re short money on refunds, and because nothing is ever simple, Patreon doesn’t allow you to issue partial refunds through their platform. So I’ve been focusing on getting the remaining few people their funds back through outside means, because to me that is an emergency.
In addition, a significant number of our buyers were offline due to travel or other circumstances when we opened our form, and we are receiving several emails per week still about needing to fill it out. Until I’m confident we have most buyers updated information, I’m not comfortable beginning fulfillment as postage is extremely expensive and zines can’t afford a ton of Return to Sender packages and second sets of postage.
I’m going to speak very plainly here for a minute: anytime a zine gives you directions, please make sure you read them and follow them to the letter, because when you don’t, things like the above happen which causes significant delays. If we tell you to fill something out, don’t skip parts causing us to chase you down for the necessary information. If we ask you to cancel a pledge etc, make sure you have so having to figure out mass refunds doesn’t cause setbacks on other pieces of the project. If there’s a FAQ, read it and check the answered asks tag before you send in that question.
Zines are small teams of people doing these projects as labors of love in our spare time, and we do not have the luxury of having a dedicated crisis management team, retention office, or customer care call center like Amazon or any other large box store does.
I also do not point this out as a guilt trip, but on top of both of my parents and my dog having cancer, I have to work multiple jobs to keep up with my bills while dealing with some not-minor health issues of my own. I’m one person, none of the other mods are local to me to offer physical help with the packing, and all four of them have been hit by serious real life issues that require most of their attention as well.
There is only so quickly a team of one or two can move compared to a full team of five, and the other mods needed to prioritize offline situations for reasons that they can disclose if they so choose. They were gracious enough to allow me similar reprieves with my mother’s diagnosis, the least I can do is return the favor in their time of need. But it does mean that things move slower than they should.
I apologize that updating the blog and other social media has fallen to the wayside, I really do, but we’re all doing our best in extreme circumstances. You will get your zines as soon as humanly possible, but the above complications have put a bit of a hold on things.
So, regarding the form: if you do not email us or fill it out by October 2nd, that is it. We will ship/fulfill to what we have already, and if it gets sent back to us, that’s a lack of due diligence on your end. This has gone on almost a month longer than I said the form would be open for, we cannot keep it open in perpetuity. Please understand, we want to get your bundles to you and correctly the first time, but we can’t wait indefinitely.
Regarding Patreon refunds: I am still trying to figure out how to pay out the remaining ones that cannot be due to being only a partial balance in our Patreon and buyers not having access to PayPal or other pay out means. The zine’s PayPal is still frozen as well, so that’s an additional conundrum. When I have this sorted, then I will proceed with the disbursement of the final refunds.
After this, I will begin shipping the zines. I do not have a set timeframe yet, but when there is one, I will notify everyone. I also have a local friend helping me pack, so actual fulfillment should go quickly when it begins.
Thank you again for your patience and support.
Mod Dommi
TAXES FOR FREELANCERS, 101
In the past, I’ve gotten some questions about the business of illustration & about how taxes work. Filing taxes is a bummer, but it sucks even more when you have no idea what you’re doing. After progressing from Completely Clueless to Somewhat Experienced* during the past 5 years of doing my own taxes, I thought i’d write (& illustrate!) a generalized rundown. Here’s hoping it might provide some insight for the curious!
*This info is from my own experience and I am by NO means a tax professional! I’m simplifying a lot of the info here, so please don’t take my word as law—check out the specifics on the IRS website instead.
First, the basics: If you earn an income, you have to pay income taxes, and Uncle Sam has a “pay as you go” system. If you want to avoid a pricey penalty, you are expected to pay taxes throughout the year as you earn income, not all at once when you file your income tax return. There are 2 ways this happens:
1. For people who receive regular paychecks from an employer, your employer will withhold a certain amount from your paycheck to pay for federal (and state) income taxes—you fill out a W-4 form when you’re hired, which determines how much they withhold for you. Easy-peasy!
2. If you’re a freelancer, you don’t have a regular paycheck or a regular employer to withhold your taxes for you, so you have to pay quarterly Estimated Taxes yourself. Estimated taxes cover your income tax and self employment tax*, for both the federal gov’t and your state gov’t (if applicable).
*Yes—as a freelancer, you not only have to pay income tax, but you also pay self employment tax! (basically, a tax that goes to Social Security/Medicare)
I’m just going to focus on federal estimated taxes first:
If you’re a freelancer, the trick is to make sure you pay enough in estimated taxes throughout the year to avoid the underpayment penalty. You will avoid the penalty if you:
Owe less than $1000 in taxes after subtracting withholding and credits OR (A)Have paid at least 90% of the tax amount owed for the current year, or (B) have paid at least 100% of the tax shown on last year’s return — whichever is smaller.
So let’s break down these scenarios a bit: If you’re a student just graduating from school and you haven’t done many freelance jobs (i.e. probably making less than $8,000 in taxable income from freelance), it’s likely that you don’t have to pay estimated taxes, because you’ll probably owe less than $1000 in federal taxes from your freelance work. So don’t sweat it!
If it does look like you will owe $1000 or more in taxes, you have 2 choices for calculating how much to pay in estimated taxes—the aforementioned (A) or (B). (A) Make sure you pay at least 90% of the tax amount that will be owed for the current year. OR (B) Make sure you pay at least 100% of the tax shown on last year’s return.
There’s an estimated tax worksheet that you can use to help figure out either one.
Since my freelance income fluctuates and I’m lazy enough that I don’t like trying to predict how much tax I will owe for the upcoming year (and adjust quarterly payments if needed), I prefer to just use option (B).
That means that I can just pay an equal amount each quarter, and make sure all 4 estimated tax payments add up to the tax amount I paid for last year’s return (or more). So, for instance, if I owed $7000 total in federal taxes for 2012, I won’t be penalized for underpayment if I pay at least $1750 each quarter ($7000 total) for my 2013 federal estimated taxes—regardless of whether I owe more taxes in 2013 or not. If I earned a higher income in 2013 than in 2012 and didn’t pay enough estimated taxes to cover it all, I’d still have to pay the difference at tax time, but at least I wouldn’t have to pay the underpayment penalty! Not too difficult, so long as you have enough in your bank account, but tricky to figure out at first!
All of this information also generally applies to state estimated tax payments, though the specific numbers and percentages can change and a few states don’t charge income tax at all. In most states, you have to pay a state income tax as well as a federal income tax, so I pay quarterly estimated tax payments to the federal government, as well as quarterly estimated tax payments to Maryland, my state of residence.
Federal estimated taxes are handled on Federal Form 1040-ES, but you can fill out the form and schedule your payments online for free at https://www.eftps.gov/eftps/
Your state will also likely have a free online tax system you can use.
Some tax filing methods: -Just use a tax professional! Seriously, especially if this is new to you and you don’t have any outside help. I know plenty of professional illustrators that use one. Better than messing things up and getting in trouble with the IRS.
-Use online tax software that helps to walk you through the tax experience and will do all the calculations for you, like TurboTax, TaxAct, etc. (I use TaxAct) They usually have a free version for your federal returns well as pay options, (which may include your state return as well). They will also let you schedule your federal estimated taxes, which I take advantage of. I recommend having a tax-savvy friend or relative you can call if you get stuck! I owe huge debts of gratitude to my own tax-savvy relatives that patiently answered questions & put me on the right track.
OR
-Print out all the pertinent tax forms and worksheets, start to fill them out by hand, alone in your paper-strewn room, and then jump out the window in wild frustration when you can’t figure out all the jargon and your math skills aren’t as good as they used to be.
(not recommended)
“Happy” taxing, everyone!
photo ref used
nidhog
Summer vacation
Dante x vergil
a couple shirt fashion
got permission from Pisima for making this animation for #NeroV
after she asked Johnny to say ‘V I miss you so much’
(sorry it’s 2am so I’m gonna give up here)
Enjoy!
reblog for today 15.June
role reverse
your guitar and my violin ~~~
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