mrbragas
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Important life update (no art for a bit)
🕑 Added 2019-03-11 07:23:54 +0000 UTC.
Theres a lot of things I need to talk about, and I've always done my best to be transparent with you all when there is problems with my life. (I'm currently typing this on my phone so apologies for typos I miss) I'm currently very behind in my art here, and I deeply apologize.
Unfortunately my personal life is in shambles atm and right now I'm just plain stuck. My situation is this: I am renting my house from my grandmother who is....very set in her ways, overtly opinionated (in the rabid right wing sense), and obsesses over appearances, how people in town view us and our looks, and is an avid social butterfly. So, we've butted heads about everything, about how I organize the house(its guy messy, at worst), her obsession with what other people in this town think of our family, and her utter loathing of my computer habits, calling it an addiction and never understanding or respecting that art takes time which means I have to be at the computer for hours, and have never been a "go out for a beer" kind of person.
So, I ended up getting laid off from work during Jan and Feb (as one does during the slow seasons of a resteraunt, but of course this causes problems with rent. I try to push more commissions, and tried to get more interest in this Patreon (especially after raffles were outlawed.) But it ended up being too much, especially when grandma decides "if you cant pay your rent you can help me with A B and Z errands, keeping me from the computer.
Aside from dealing with my grandmas obsessive hatred of computers and how its turned me into a "social recluse" the simple fact is I cant SHOW her the art i work on a lot since...well its fetish art she'd be liable to toss me on the street for it (shes a rabidly devout Christian too so yay) our latest tussle over my jobless state (been looking for work, holding out for a graphic design opening) and our clashing standards came to a head, and she took my keyboard (threatened me with tossing me out in the streets if I didnt) and told me this was my "depogramming" and "needed to get with the program." And for those wondering this is a small town so I need to go out of town to get a replacement, which is soon. Been playing by her rules, and TRYING to make her understand shes killing what little income I have by doing this but I've established shes stubborn and obsessively hates computers.
in short...my land lady/family is pretty much crippling my time to make art, in her attempts to "make me get with the program that is real life." I dont want this to be an excuse, but I wanted you all to know WHY I've fallen off the path so badly here, and give some of you who aren't in the mood to wait time to leave before the next billing cycle while I get my personal life dealt with. I am so very sorry, and I will figure out a way to make it up to you, especially my request drawing patrons. I love you guys, and I'm sorry I've let this Patreon crash and burn like this. I'll try to get more done soon, but it's hard to say when I'll be back in order.
