HEY, BRO. WHATS UP. I’m Abel, a real cool guy who can draw some real funky shit, and here are some reasons why YOU should commission ME to draw stuff for YOU 😎 (comms info is my pinned post btw <3)
REASON #1 - my artstyle?? ITS FLEXIBLE!! and guess what?? ITS FUNKY 💃
REASON #2 - IIIIII can draw your favorite Legends of Avantris characters! EVEN THE LIZARDS!! KINDA!! IM STILL LEARNING BUT WERE MAKING PROGRESS :D
REASON #3 - I CAN DRAW YOUR OCS!! in fact, i WANT TO!! ITLL BE AN HONOR ✨ here’s some of myyy ocs:
REASON #4 - okay. now on to the realest reason. drag up a chair and sit down, cause i’ve got explaining to do.
i’m a teenager, and with the glimmering era of adolescence comes with the ache for a cash. for a job. a way to make money. so they can buy the things they want, save up for college, save for a car/things for their vehicles, buy gifts for the folks they care about. it comes when you come of age, y’know? you wanna make cash.
well, i also wanted to make cash. i wanted to get an actual job this summer so that i can do those things i listed above and a couple more— i wanted to be able to help pay for things for my family. buy pet food for our pets, buy litter for the cats, etc— things that I know add up on our grocery bills. I have the blessing of being able to grow up privileged, but while I don’t know much about my family’s financial position, I do know that it’s not the most... comfortable position for them to be in right now. we aren’t rich. we’re in the struggling middle class.
but I had two issues stopping me from applying for a job. One was a pretty common issue: lack of transportation to get me there to work and then back home. i mightve been able to work my way around that, i’ll admit it. the second issue occurred just when i was about to apply for a local retail store this summer, early in June. I was smacked right in the face with a medical issue.
well. more like I was smacked in the knees.
i have been having ongoing joint pain and stiffness for the past year. when it started, it was only really in my wrists and elbows. This summer, i started to hurt in my knees and ankles. Soon after that started, the pain intensified. It either felt like someone was driving a knife through my joints over and over again or like I was getting shocked with electricity that originated from one of my joints and either went up or down the affected limb. The origin of my pain unknown, and I have gone on multiple doctor visits to figure it out with no success.
i was prescribed medicine that kinda helps all of my other joints— my wrists, elbows, ankles— but it didn’t help my knees. I have been having terrible knee pain all summer long, to the point where I have been essentially bedridden because of it. I wasn’t really in a position to work, now, was I? 😅 And, even then, I still wanted to. I was even willing to try it even if my knees were in agony. However, my mom, being the fantastic mother she happens to be, didn’t let me then for the same reasons she doesn’t now: If I worked, I would be in pain all the time, and she didn’t want that for me.
so, here we are. My summer has already flown by and I have neither answers to my knee pain nor a way to make money. Which is why I came up with my one conclusion: commission work.
I’m a kid. I want to be able to do so many different things that require money— buy proper clothes that support my clothing style, purchase supplies that support my hobbies, save up money to eventually get a car, set aside money for when i (hopefully) go to college. buy my friends actual presents for Christmas instead of trying to scrounge up my art supplies to make them something last minute. shit that a teenager wants to be able to do that my peers are able to.
And, no, I’m not begging you for money. This would sound a lot different if I was. It’s more like… encouragement, and explaining why I’m doing comms in the first place. If you want a commission, I’ll do my very very best for you, and you can bet that I’ll put my heart and soul into it.
So, yeah. It’d be real cool if you bought a commission from me :) <3
