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GoFundMe: Help Will Carpenter Work Again!!!!!

Sat, 28 Apr 2018 14:15:28 +0100

GoFundMe: Help Will Carpenter Work Again!!!!!:

Hi friends, I need some help right now.

Those of you who have been following me forever might remember that back in 2013, the first place I ever rented away from home was broken into and my new $400 drawing tablet and $2000 mac were stolen, both of which were necessary not only for school but for posting my artwork, access to my software for editing my images, basically the lifeblood of my art career and the way I make my rent. I wasn’t able to buy a new one at the time because I was saving up for top surgery, so I had been working off of my old roommate’s damaged laptop for a couple years until that crashed. This is what I was having to work on:

This year I had saved up enough to buy myself a laptop, but a week ago it crashed too. My phone has also broken several times over the past few years, I’ve bought new batteries 4+ times and it just died again about a month ago and i gave up. I’m using a friend’s old slow iPhone at the moment.

I’ve been managing many of my tasks by walking to the university campus nearby to use their slow and often occupied Macs which do not store anything other than temporary files, but this is no longer sustainable as I have to move in a couple months when my lease is up. I also won’t be able to transport my artworks to school to scan them as my bike wheel and chain were also stolen in early April and I’m at a point where even getting my main mode of transportation up and running again isn’t something I can fit into my budget.

I guess needless to say, without a way to document and upload my artwork as original prints and as products for sale, once again how I pay my rent, I have been freaking out. I have honestly felt really disconnected working on broken, slow and borrowed equipment that can’t handle the video editing that I have been moving toward making with the intention of sharing more of my life, artwork tutorials (I have requests for several already), and better serving my community. I’m especially bummed because I have been actively planning a podcast primarily to use as a spotlight on emerging and marginalized artists to highlight our struggles and wins, but honestly nothing feels like a win when the only link left between you and your livelihood is an old iPhone 5 that doesn’t hold a charge or receive calls. here’s a painting of trans ppl in love i made recently! this is all so disappointing especially since i’ve been making really conscious effort to make paintings that give our community sweet, loving and positive images.

Any money not going toward purchasing a new laptop so that I can do my work and pay for my rent, groceries, hormones, etc. will go toward podcast equipment for the show that I want to get up and running for this year, and art supplies to draw the ugly cats that people send me on Tumblr.

Absolutely anything helps, thank you so much.

Will xoxo

centipeetle: shitpostingintenseifies: centipeetle: This...

Wed, 18 Apr 2018 12:00:34 +0100

centipeetle:

shitpostingintenseifies:

centipeetle:

This isn’t funny

foxy-mulder: op is literally cotton eyed joe but where do you come from where do you go off I guess

Sun, 08 Apr 2018 12:00:34 +0100

foxy-mulder:

op is literally cotton eyed joe but where do you come from where do you go off I guess

wombuttress: sounddesignerjeans: evil-britney: *takes off my leather jacket to reveal a second,...

Sat, 07 Apr 2018 12:00:38 +0100

wombuttress:

sounddesignerjeans:

evil-britney:

*takes off my leather jacket to reveal a second, secret leather jacket underneath*

you mean, skin?

What an absolutely terrifying addition to my post. Thank you.

Photo

Fri, 06 Apr 2018 12:00:19 +0100

pirategf: pirategf: i literally never force myself to do anything thats probably my biggest problem...

Thu, 05 Apr 2018 16:25:41 +0100

pirategf:

pirategf:

i literally never force myself to do anything thats probably my biggest problem abjzsdgdhdj

me: ugh i dont want to do that

brain: dont do it then

me: can’t argue with that

ithankthevirgin:I dedicate this retablo to the Virgin of Carmel...

Thu, 05 Apr 2018 13:49:17 +0100

ithankthevirgin:

I dedicate this retablo to the Virgin of Carmel because ever since I was little I wanted to be a man, in spite of being born a girl. Thanks to the Virgin I decided to leave my husband and my kids and to move to the capital where I started to work as a lift attendant in a luxurious skyscraper.

randomitemdrop:Item: pair of yellow crocheted men’s shorts,...

Thu, 05 Apr 2018 13:45:22 +0100

randomitemdrop:

Item: pair of yellow crocheted men’s shorts, mid-thigh length: +3 on all Bluff checks because people want to stop talking to you

had a real moment where I thought my avid following of multiple butch fashion blogs had backfired on me

deadcrushing:thor ragnarok fight scene but holding out for a...

Wed, 04 Apr 2018 12:00:21 +0100

deadcrushing:

thor ragnarok fight scene but holding out for a hero is playing

"Empathy isn’t just something that happens to us—a meteor shower of synapses firing across the..."

Wed, 04 Apr 2018 00:35:49 +0100

“Empathy isn’t just something that happens to us—a meteor shower of synapses firing across the brain—it’s also a choice we make: to pay attention, to extend ourselves. It’s made of exertion, that dowdier cousin of impulse. Sometimes we care for another because we know we should, or because it’s asked for, but this doesn’t make our caring hollow. The act of choosing simply means we’ve committed ourselves to a set of behaviors greater than the sum of our individual inclinations: I will listen to his sadness, even when I’m deep in my own. To say “going through the motions”—this isn’t reduction so much as acknowledgment of the effort—the labor, the motions, the dance—of getting inside another person’s state of heart or mind. This confession of effort chafes against the notion that empathy should always arise unbidden, that genuine means the same thing as unwilled, that intentionality is the enemy of love. But I believe in intention and I believe in work. I believe in waking up in the middle of the night and packing our bags and leaving our worst selves for our better ones.”

- Leslie Jamison, The Empathy Exams
(via fyp-psychology)

THANK FUCK i just broke through a long stint of writer’s block with – count it – 5k of...

Mon, 02 Apr 2018 19:45:25 +0100

THANK FUCK i just broke through a long stint of writer’s block with – count it – 5k of Big Emotions priest porn

ch 5 of three boats is off to a great start

bfleuter: thatonecomicguy: madelinehmcgrane: What’s better...

Sat, 24 Mar 2018 12:00:20 +0000

bfleuter:

thatonecomicguy:

madelinehmcgrane:

What’s better than a vampire? What’s better than a horse. A Vampire Horse, of course. I made this comic a few months ago.

This is better than all cliche horse movies combined.

very very good

professorbumblebee: mediumaevum: Inside the World’s Only...

Fri, 23 Mar 2018 12:00:38 +0000

professorbumblebee:

mediumaevum:

Inside the World’s Only Surviving Tattoo Shop For Medieval Pilgrims

The Razzouk family has been inking religious pilgrims in the Middle East for 700 years

A tiny shop, almost dwarfed by its prominent sign, lies across a quiet cobblestone road. If you didn’t know anything about the incredible, centuries-long history of the family who runs this particular shop, the sign’s tagline might cause you to do a double-take: “Tattoo With Heritage Since 1300” it reads. Read on

@wearepaladin

crossroadscastiel: The Wig™ for @twobrokenwyngs xD

Thu, 22 Mar 2018 12:00:35 +0000

crossroadscastiel:

The Wig™ for @twobrokenwyngs xD

its-nick-bitxh:take a fuckin sip, babes

Wed, 21 Mar 2018 12:00:34 +0000

its-nick-bitxh:

take a fuckin sip, babes

strangeparker: christian memes are a thing I wasn’t ready to...

Tue, 20 Mar 2018 12:00:28 +0000

strangeparker:

christian memes are a thing I wasn’t ready to stumble upon

achasma:The garden of Eden with the fall of man (detail) by...

Mon, 19 Mar 2018 12:00:34 +0000

achasma:

The garden of Eden with the fall of man (detail) by Peter Paul Rubens and Jan Brueghel the Elder, 1615.

whatagrump: This is like the third time I’ve commented on this,...

Sun, 18 Mar 2018 12:00:45 +0000

whatagrump:

This is like the third time I’ve commented on this, but it’s just so fucking funny to me.

wiltkingart: wiltkingart: gay astronauts on a romantic honeymoon...

Sat, 17 Mar 2018 12:00:44 +0000

wiltkingart:

wiltkingart:

gay astronauts on a romantic honeymoon space adventure
(oil on canvas 10" x 10")

i wish i could delete this post from the entire internet its not worth getting this many notes if HALF of them are gonna have my caption removed. i hate this godless, lawless, inconsiderate internet web site. none of u edgy aesthetic-blogging straighties deserve to look at this with your sinful eyeballs

iguanamouth:did you know red snapper can live for over 100...

Fri, 16 Mar 2018 12:00:33 +0000

iguanamouth:

did you know red snapper can live for over 100 years…. whatre they DOING down there