Heyo Howdy-o I have appeared on your dashboard to show you my commission sheet-
ACK- *metalpipe.mp3*
Ok! Look, I don't like when I push my commissions either, but I kinda have to now. My dad has been unable to work since January due to heart problems, has been given the run around by his employer about getting leave and making a claim for temporary disability, and he's run out of money with no certainty as to when he will be paid again or how much. My work study position isn't quite enough to push us through this on it's own. We're behind on bills, need to feed ourselves and our animals, and need to keep the car fueled. It's tiring and stressful
Basically, what I'm saying is that if y'all could commission me, that would be super helpful. If you can't, that's fine and understandable. I really don't want to guilt or burden anyone here. Everyone is struggling right now, and I honestly don't expect much because of that.
Here's a link to the sheet, but I'll make some bullet point notes here too:
15 USD for a single sketch (shaded by default, 1-4 characters)
30 for a sketch page (up to 5 sketches, 1-2 characters in each sketch)
50 for a fully colored drawing, no background
65 for a fully colored drawing with a background
I will draw OCs, canon characters of just about any media, more or less any pairings, animals, anthros, and centaur type characters. Robot designs are case by case, as I'm not very confident in my ability to draw them.
If you're interested in pixel art, simple animations, or anything else not mentioned here/in the post with the sheet, message me here or on Discord (Gopher3188) and we can discuss it
Name: Gopher, Gooey, Smaug (I've been collecting names I like the sound of, so call me whatever you wanna)
Age: Adult. Minors welcome, but please do not interact with anything tagged "Gopher Spice", "N S F W", "Spiceish", or "N S F W ish"
Current Brain Worms: Transformers
Other Fandoms: Team Fortress 2, Slasher Movies, Mortal Kombat, Fallout, MLP G3, Warrior Cats
Always Remember: Don't Like Don't Read (DLDR), Different Strokes For Different Folks, Your Kink Is Not My Kink And That's OK (YKINMKATO), Ship and Let Ship (SALS), and Appropriately Tagging Things Is Awesome (ATTA)
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Requests: Open, but selective
Commissions: Open, Info Here!
I'm Gopher3188 on Discord, if you wanna chat (tumblr DMs hate me for my shit internet and big soulless eyes)
For anyone who has been concerned that I've not been active on tumblr, don't worry! I didn't die and I didn't leave. Real life shit has been occurring without pause and it's had me doing Very Poorly, but I've sorta reached a point of being back to about.... 55% Doing Ok.
I won't be as active as I WAS a few months ago, but I'll kinda be back again. Sorta. My goal is to post art here once a week and answer one question a week on @fortress-rising for the foreseeable future. Or at least until May. Depends.
That's the important part, details for the nosy and the curious under the cut. WARNINGS: Medical talk, financial discussions, and I talk about my brain hating me a lot
Here's a breakdown of what's been making me Dead To The World as of late.
Got very very sick on December 23, basically slept for two whole days, only managed to fully recover after New Years.
My region got a foot of snow overnight the first week of January, my dad and I were snowed in and worried constantly about the power going out and him being unable to go to work.
He got stuck in the driveway the first day he attempted to go to work. And proceeded to have an intense pain in his side all evening. He would not go to the hospital until I convinced him to ask my brother to take him to the ER 24 hours after the pain began
After a solid month and many medical visits, this is what was wrong: Blood clots had cut off the circulation to parts of his spleen, causing the parts to wither and die (AKA Spleenic Infarction). The blood clots were thrown off from his heart because he has A) a leaky valve that allows blood to flow the wrong way now and then, B) a heart murmur that causes it to beat too fast and/or irregularly, and C) blood that clots very easily naturally. While he was already on blood thinners, he has been put on stronger ones, and the only thing we were told was to wait 6 months and see if that helps
Because he has been unable to work during this process, money has been very tight. My dad works retail, so we already live paycheck to paycheck, but this has made things even harder. I've been doing all I can to help, but I didn't receive my paycheck from work study until this past friday, so I basically exhausted my funds to make sure both us and our animals could eat
During all of this, the college semester started, my final one before I can graduate. I have to put together an art show with one of my classmates to showcase our work as seniors. I also have three studio classes to keep up with and must make art to put IN said show.
Then I got an email from my school stating that , even after receiving the maximum amount of grant and scholarship money I could get, I still owed the school money. Thus I had to take out a student loan
All together, this has kinda. ramped up the feelings of hopelessness and dread that I feel normally into something I really couldn't cope with very well. Logging into tumblr was even worse for my mental health because, as we all know, it's a cesspit. And the world is kinda on fire. And being constantly reminded of that and being told that I am the reason for it just for being alive put me in an even worse state of mind.
It got to the point that I really couldn't even help my friends with their own mental burdens. Which, if you know me, is a bad sign. I kinda refuse to acknowledge my own problems in favor of trying to be a rock for the people I care about. And it was all too much for me to do that. Talking to anyone was taxing and made me feel like shit on multiple levels. Trying to draw felt like torture because my brain wasn't working right. That sort of thing
And, on a note that will sound petty and stupid to tack on right here, honestly the TF2 fandom was making me feel angry and bad. Because I have issues. And a lot of shit was happening at once. Kinda like how I took a break from Mortal Kombat because MK12 came out and I couldn't filter enough terms to keep takes that angered me off my dash. Not that these takes were wrong, but I have anger issues and I'm very defensive at times. So interacting with the one thing that reliably brought me joy for the entire year of 2024 suddenly made me feel so angry I was nauseous at points. Frankly, that should only be my problem, not everyone else in the fandom or anyone that follows me.
I'm not trying to get a pity party right now. Honestly, I'm just kinda venting at this point while explaining whats going on. It's not that owe any of y'all that of course, but I'd rather folks know than not this time. And I'm still not doing great, and I still feel terrible a lot of course, but this week has been the first that I've felt somewhat functional since early December. I drew for fun for the first time since the new year and, as much as I feel like I've forgotten how to draw, it didn't make me feel bad
So there's that. Hope y'all have been well while I've been floating in the aether. I'll post some art within the next couple days
There's 1,000 of y'all who decided to follow. Thank you so much!
To celebrate, how about what we did last time? You know, the Random Pairing Fanart thing!
To participate, just send in some fictional characters (no real people, unless they're a fictionalized version from something). Multiple are allowed per person, no limit just try to keep them all in one ask. Also, if your character(s) is(are) picked, I can tag you in the post. Just let me know in your ask if you would want to be tagged
IMPORTANT: I need you to specify where they're from if it's not a fandom I'm in. They're allowed (welcomed even! Last time I got draw Light Yagami playing tonsil hockey with a cybernetic hotdog from the future!) I just need to be able to do research so I can draw them lmao
I'll take characters from now through March 17th! On the 18th, I'll announce the 3 (three) pairings randomized for drawing!
Hey y'all! Got a tiny situation, so I'm doing some Real Cheap commissions for any of y'all interested. I just need $55, but I'll be taking commissions for these prices until March 7th. You will most likely get your art within a week of payment.
I'll do basically any fandom/ship/ocs you throw at me. Just, ah, nothing too overly mechanical/technical?
If you are interested, I would prefer you contact me on Discord (gopher3188), but tumblr messages are fine too
(don't feel obligated to reblog, but it would be appreciated)
Ahem. Anyway. This milestone event is going to be a good ole "random crack pairing Fanart" dealio. Here's how that works:
For 5 days after this post, send in a random character. It doesn't matter if I know who they are. Whoever you want. Fuck it, send in multiple if you'd like! Send it through my askbox, reply to this post, private message me- hell, send it on discord if you do desire- just send it in
Once those five days are up, I'll pull the character names out of a hat to pair them up. However, each character's name only shows up once, so, for example, if Sans Undertale is paired with SpongeBob, he can't also be paired with The Grinch.
I'll be doing at least 3 of these, but if I survive the psychic damage of those first three I'll create more bullshit.
