WHY DO YOU NEED SO MUCH GODDAMN MONEY? AREN’T YOU FLAT BROKE?

Good question! And yes!

Many of you may know I have no support network from my homophobic, fanatically christian family, from whom I have been estranged for over 10 years. I am now 31 years old. Since I was 19 have had to fend for myself as an und*******ed immigrant in the US of A.

Right now I am lucky enough to have loved ones in my chosen family helping me meet rent every month. If it weren’t for them, I would be homeless in the worst political climate for immigrants since my arrival in 2014. Not to get heavy, but I don't think I would even still be around without them.

My mental health has taken such a hit that I am struggling to pay for my own food, bills, and bare necessities. And although my loved ones are unbelievably generous, they do not have infinite money and are struggling valiantly to keep me afloat as it is. For this I am unbelievably grateful, but now it's in my hands to get myself the rest of the way out of the hole that is not the grave and into a new apartment.

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$8,000 WOULD COVER:

• A broker’s fee equivalent to 15% of the annual rent – yeah, I know. It is nearly 2 months of rent as a one time, non-refundable payment to a parasitic middle man that holds the keys to the apartment. This is, unfortunately, inevitable.
• One month’s rent security deposit.
• $1,500 in electricity fees.
• Moving truck and moving costs.

If the above goal is met, I would expand to a $12,000 goal to cover:

• Additional unexpected expenses, and enough funds to let me sit the fuck down and recover from the burnout of the past decade of working without vacation, for at least eight weeks, without worrying about having money for rent or food or bills. It would -I believe the technical term is- rule super hard if we could get there.

WHEN YOU PLAY THE GAME OF TIPPING JARS, YOU EITHER WIN OR YOU also win.

Before you are ten illustration options. 

• The first three, and only three illustration proposals that reach $500 in the sketch round will have their goals raised to $2,000-$3500 (depending on the number of characters), and enter the full color, complex illustration round.
• Every other proposal that reaches $500 will have a b&w sketch drawn for it :-)
• Every top 3 proposal that raises above $1k but does not meet the goal, will have some simple color added to the sketch!
  
• If the $8k goal is met, and we expand to the $12k goal, I will open one more slot for a complex illustration :-)
• Through the months of april-july, I will be posting illustration updates, WIPs, and asking for suggestions here during the drawing process for donors to be an active part of the collaborative, crowdfunded commission process!

AND MAY THE ODDS BE EVER IN YOUR FAVOR, OR WHATEVER JESUS SAID.