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came in here to casually brag how I made my reclaimed wood headboard, bed frame, desk, ladder shelf, industrial coffee table, and painted all my art work for under $300. all by myself with no plans. taking woodworking in high school turned out to be very beneficial.

oh. and i just aced my first real estate agent final :)

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summer summer 💕 Ig @ lokitaraine

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UPDATE. MCRORY IS STILL MOVING FORWARD WITH HB972. PLEASE HELP BRING AWARENESS. MEDIA COVERAGE ON THIS IS STILL LOW. YOU CAN SIGN THE PETITION HERE:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfjl7Ez_Qydqy1axlmEvcOvhdOokj_o-zGRs2j8miWOqeXPKw/viewform?link_id=0&can_id=46a686e9559c9c5b4c155329c34c1888&source=email-update-vetohb972&email_referrer=update-vetohb972&email_subject=update-vetohb972

Please please spread the word

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Please make this go viral. This is what's happening in my state right now. The bill was passed almost unanimously. You may view it here : http://www.ncleg.net/gascripts/BillLookUp/BillLookUp.pl?Session=2015&BillID=h972 NEW LAW MAKES POLICE CAM FOOTAGE OFF LIMITS TO PUBLIC Motivated by the controversial police officer-involved shootings in Louisiana and Minnesota, and the terror in Texas that unfolded after a Black Lives Matter march, Gov. Pat McCrory signed the Body Cam bill into law. Related story: North Carolina Attorney General Roy Cooper says body camera law needs fixing McCrory signed House Bill 972 on Monday afternoon. The new law details who can view and obtain footage from body and dashboard camera. The footage is no longer public record. If you are in the video, either your image or your audio, you can request the file. The request could be denied, however, and then you'll have to take the fight to Superior Court. McCrory says technology can mislead and misinform. "My goal is to protect those who protect us," he said. The Governor believes the legislation is fair for everyone. "It's better to have rules and guidelines with all this technology than no rules and guidelines whatsoever," said McCrory. The ACLU of North Carolina calls the legislation "shameful." "Body cameras should be a tool to make law enforcement more transparent and accountable to the communities they serve, but this shameful law will make it nearly impossible to achieve those goals," said Susanna Birdsong, Policy Counsel for the ACLU of North Carolina. "People who are filmed by police body cameras should not have to spend time and money to go to court in order to see that footage. These barriers are significant and we expect them to drastically reduce any potential this technology had to make law enforcement more accountable to community members." The Governor's Office would not comment on the criticism. The law goes into effect Oct. 1. Wake County Sheriff Donnie Harrison is backing McCrory's move. He says what law enforcement encounters in the field is not for everyone's eyes. "A lot of groups think we should show everything from start to finish and we just can't do it," said Harrison. "They think we're trying to hide something and that's not what it is. But if we go into a house for a domestic (assault) and if the wife has been assaulted has been unclothed, we don't want that on YouTube. We don't want that out there." McCrory took another step Monday to protect officers. He established the Blue Alert System, which is to help catch anyone who intends on attacking or harming a public safety officials. http://abc11.com/politics/new-law-makes-police-cam-footage-off-limits-to-public/1422569/ ** ELECTIONS ARE ON NOVEMBER 8th!!! YOUR VOTE COUNTS TO GET HIM OUT OF OFFICE***

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I know tumblr is a community of creative minds and souls. Every. Artist. Ever. Should read and reblog this.

My IG is @ Lokitaraine.

I guess @theshaderoominc didn’t like me spitting knowledge. These contests can be good or bad for artists. If you are more concerned about promo I say go for it. However. I think that a flat fee of $150 is a lowball reward. Additionally the way they went about it was sketchy. At first they only said you would win a prize. Then after I asked they changed it to $150. They claim since they aren’t a multimillion company that’s all they can afford. You don’t have to have money to agree to royalties. What people don’t realize is contests like this can be LEGALLY BINDING. I dropped a few comments under this post and they deleted them. I even suggested they give some proceeds to a local charity. They kept that one and commented back in agreement, saying they may do this in the future.

I am not sure why my other comments were deleted. All I said was I think the artist should get residuals. And I got blocked.

Soooo let me take yall to math class REAL QUICK. They have 1.3 MILLION FOLLOWERS. AT LEAST they will push 10,000 units of shirts. If the design is REALLY GOOD you’re looking at 20-30k shirts sold. Typically these shirts are sold for $20. For a smaller order like this you’re looking at anywhere from $2-5 out of pocket costs per shirt. Let’s just say it will cost $5 because the design may be complex

Boom.

So it costs them $5 a shirt and they making $15 off each unit before taxes and fees. The buyer is most likely covering the shipping cost and they are most likely making profit off that too. So if they sell between 10-20k units that’s $150,000-$300,000 PROFIT. BEFORE TAXES. A fair residual for this contest would be 5-10%. So if they did residuals vs a flat $150 you would have gotten $7500-$15000 MINIMUM. BEFORE TAXES. What would you rather have $150 or $7500?

Don’t worry. I’ll wait

Btw. This goes for any thing. Music. Graphic design. Fashion design. Ect. A lot of companies hold these contests. What you THE ARTIST does not know is that they make a LOT more money vs hiring a professional. Any professional would have charged a flat rate plus royalties. So instead they PREY on younger designers to save coins. Promo for promo can only go so far. Once you start making MONEY off me, I deserve more than $150 for MY HARD WORK .

ALWAYS. ALWAYS. TAKE THE RESIDUALS OVER THE LUMP SUM. IDEALLY YOU WANT BOTH. MAKE IT EASIER ON YOU. IF THE SERVICES YOU PROVIDE BLOW UP AND U DIDNT AGREE ON RESIDUALS YOU CAN TRY TAKING IT TO COURT BUT ALL THE MONEY YOU WOULD HAVE MADE WILL BE SPENT ON LAWYERS . YOU ARE WORTH IT. YOUR ART IS WORTH IT. This type of stuff is important and there should be more awareness regarding this matter. #theshaderoom #noshade #justfax #yallknewittoo #butyallshadyboots #knowyourworth

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Reblog for 2016 so that y'all don't get fucked over this year