For anybody here who may use Ko-fi as a storefront, does its commission set-up work well for you? I see a lot of people use it to sell digital files but i don't actually know anybody who uses it for commissions. I figure it might be worth a shot setting up for the reach as i try to work out what types of pieces specifically i could do on commission, but it's still always best to ask around first, ya know?
I may wanna sell digital files in the future as i've been considering working on making some illustrated pdfs, so i'm still interested in Ko-fi but i may end up sticking with just Itch.io for those, considering that the illustrated pdfs are just my back burner project idea for while i work out plans for a visual novel.
I know, i know, i've been saying that i wanna make a VN for years and still haven't. Shush! That's totally on me anyway!
[Mirrored from my toyhouse bulletin, which has a poll attached]
Happy Halloween! This year, i got fired on my favorite holiday. After putting in 6-day work weeks and 12-hour days for this stupid fucking job and everything. Ain't that some shit?
Well, i guess it's alright. Every day is Halloween, after all. I get 365 of these every year— 366 every four years! I got so many chances to re-do it.
So to get to the point, i'm considering opening commissions for, at the very least, while i'm back on the job hunt. This is just a general interest check for that while i consider what sorts of artworks i wanna do for pay. I'll probably do another one of these bulletins when i have more concrete plans for comms. Dunno. I just feel like i should take action right away, you know?
I remade my toyhouse account because i had my previous account since i was maybe 16 or 17 (i remember looking at it during class instead of doing work in high school lol) and i simply wanted a clean slate!
Check it out here if you like: https://toyhou.se/misery
In my last journal, I already shared links to petitions that US and UK residents can sign with regards to both the UK's Online Safety Act and to Visa and Mastercard's policies affecting people worldwide. I have some more links to share with action you can take to support this cause, so here's an updated list. Once again, please consider sharing these wherever you can
For those in the US:
- Sign the ACLU's petition to Mastercard: https://action.aclu.org/petition/mastercard-sex-work-work-end-your-unjust-policy
- Contact your local representative about the Fair Access to Banking Act: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/401
- Sign the Fight for the Future Project's petition against the Kids Online Safety Act and access their information on contacting your local representative about it directly: https://www.stopkosa.com/
For those in the UK:
- Sign this petition to Parliament on the Online Safety Act: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/722903
For anyone, anywhere in the world:
- Sign this change.org petition to Mastercard, Visa, and Collective Shout (the group pressuring Mastercard & Visa, and therefore Steam & Itch.io to enact changes to their policies): https://www.change.org/p/tell-mastercard-visa-activist-groups-stop-controlling-what-we-can-watch-read-or-play
- Contact Visa, Mastercard, and other payment processors directly through phone, mail, & email and access other great resources on this cause: https://yellat.money/
Thank you for taking the time to do this and don't give up!
I don't have anything new to say on this subject, so instead of wasting time, i'm just gonna repost some important links i saw being shared around. To whomever may be reading this, please consider sharing these wherever you can.
For those in the US:
- Sign the ACLU's petition to Mastercard: https://action.aclu.org/petition/mastercard-sex-work-work-end-your-unjust-policy
- Contact your local representative about the Fair Access to Banking Act: https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/401
For the in the UK:
- Sign this petition to Parliament: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/722903