Please help a struggling artist.
I’ll try my best to word this as well as I can; this is a plea for help.
I’m Donna, a 27 yr old freelancing queer+POC female artist.
As my Tumblr activity would suggest, my favourite thing to do is make fandom artwork, it brings me joy like no other. That has come to a standstill as in the past few months I’ve been unable to make ends meet with unexpected bills, having been kicked out of my previous apartment, and spending a lot of time and money in hunting for a new one in a dire time limit.
I’ve been holing up temporarily in an acquaintance’s home for a very minimal charge, but her kindness can only extend till the end of June as she is moving away and giving her place up for rent for an amount I cannot afford anymore.
I have found a smaller place, but I still do not have enough to make the deposit/the rent that I need to pay by next week or I will lose the place. I’m down to my last trickle of savings that I can rely on for food alone.
In a week’s time, I will be homeless and broke; I do not have a vehicle to crash in or any friends in the city I can approach who could accommodate me. I cannot return to my conservative parents in my hometown, I would have to give up my freedom as an artist and return to a closet I spent all my twenties working hard to get out of.
I’ve been living every day in constant debilitating anxiety and panic. Searching for a safe/affordable apartment and a paying job simultaneously is using up all my energy and will; my mental health has taken a massive hit with subsequent depression.
I’m on my last few dregs of hope and you guys here are it.
Tdlr; I humbly ask you for consideration in the form of donations.
I have linked my payment gateways:
| KOFI | Stripe |
It would be extremely helpful to receive any amount at all; even a single dollar from a person counts and may help keep me afloat for a few months while I search for a job that could support me.
If a donation is not possible, signal boosting this post helps too. Please help me reach as many people as possible.
I’m being very optimistic by keeping a goal of $1,500; even though a part of me thinks that’s highly unreasonable, I have hope, and it’s all I have at this point.
My dear friend @enterthetadpole (an absolute angel who has helped me as much as she can) tells me how the fandom helped her when she was in need of desperate help, so I hope I too can turn to this space that has kept my spirits from waning completely out of me. Fandom content has been a safe haven; reading fics, looking at art, and poring through all the discourses here help me forget some of the fear and anxiety that grips me constantly.
I want to be able to give back to the community with art and sketches soon. I want to be able to open commissions again once my living situation is sorted.
Art is bread and butter, and my happy place.
Kindly help me get there again.
Tagging any who can help boost -
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