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if you’re offline or away and i message you something (like a link to a meme or a picture or w/e) honestly just assume that i’m just leaving it there for when you get back and not expecting you to answer straight away. i don’t need you to respond with “hey, sorry, i wasn’t at the computer!” or anything. i was leaving u a gift for later.

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As 2019 peeks around the corner, here is my Christmas gift to all illustration freelancers, webcomic artists and comic artists. An invoice and accounting management tool in Google Sheets. Open the link then click File > Make a Copy to save your own copy to work with.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1amiimlkqXpEA6niD9XLW3lZIOP9iCaY17drAUIegUlg/edit?usp=sharing

So, I use this myself because I find programs like Quickbooks don’t really work as well for Freelancers/International artists (in part because Paypal refuses to work with it properly). This is very easy to use, the key is just to enter things in it regularly. The key to managing your money properly is to know where it is, and inputting things daily means short bursts of work where you can clearly see where your money goes instead of pure panic at the end of the year.

In this Sheet you have a monthly breakdown for all your expenses and income sources. Each month has a “month” grid where you can enter and view your expenses per week, and a “details” grid. In the “details” grid you basically enter everything with Descriptions and Categories, which allow you isolate deductible amounts. What can be deductible varies on your type of freelance work and location, but I, as a comic artists working from home in Canada, can deduct part of my rent, electricity, and all comic purchases.

The Categories have an integrated pre-build drop down that you can just copy over when you add a new line. Every day you receive an income or spend money, you should enter stuff IMMEDIATELY. Small daily work = less work at the end of the month.

At the end of each week, compile your totals from the “Details” tab in the monthly grid. Then, at the end of the month, compile those in your Annual tabs. Then, at the end of the year, you can literally just hand this to an accountant along side your other paperwork, it’s ready!

Right after the Annual Income & Expenses tabs I included a little invoice management tab so you can keep tabs on commissions and clients!

! hope you all find this useful, be sure to check with an accountant tied to your location for what qualifies as proper deductibles!

This item is free to use - but if you want to grace me with a donation for it, my Paypal is secondline@gmail.com (also that would be filed under the “gift” category).

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connective // kotori 

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use comic sans to write

i hate this so much but this knowledge is too powerful to keep from you all.

last night @phaltu discovered that setting your font to comic sans in google docs improves writing speed and creativity by an insane amount. “no” i said and “die” but then i tried it and god. i wish it wasn’t this way. i wish it wasn’t true. i wish i could protect you all from this but it’s real. 

something about this font is so disarming. something about this font lets you look past the shape of the words and into their soul. i’ve never written so much as i did last night, on my phone, at 2am, in comic sans.

if you have writer’s block. if you lack inspiration. if you need this. don’t be afraid to use it. sometimes the things we find most horrifying are also the things we need the most. trust me. let comic sans into your life.

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ブイズ || ジェルン 

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The new Mix Au Lait series continues will more adorable goodies! Available on January 1st, 2019, here’s the line-up:

- Pokémon shaped cookies - 1 000 yen - Set of 9 candy cans - 850 yen - Mix Au Lait plush (Eevee and Eeveelutions) - 1 500 yen - Saiko Soda plush (Pikachu / Eevee) - 1 500 yen - Mascot plush - 1 000 yen - Face badge - 600 yen - Set of 2 A4 clear files - 460 yen - Set of masking tape - 600 yen - A5 notebook - 350 yen - Ballpoint pen - 600 yen - Drawstring bag (Mix au Lait / Saiko Soda) - 1 500 yen - Coin purse (Mix au Lait / Saiko Soda) - 1 200 yen - Hand towel - 500 yen - Face towel - 1 000 yen - Set of 2 lunchboxes - 1 700 yen - Fork & case - 500 yen - Set of 3 containers - 1 400 yen - Steel bottle - 2 500 yen - Heat-resisting glass mug (Mix au Lait / Saiko Soda) - 1 900 yen - Blanket - 3 000 yen - Adhesive plaster set (Mix au Lait / Saiko Soda) - 400 yen - Folding umbrella - 2 800 yen - Messenger bag (Mix au Lait / Saiko Soda) - 4 800 yen - 3 pairs of socks - 1 000 yen - Heat-resisting glass mug - 1 900 yen

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It’s been a busy year, even though I haven’t been on much. I’m nearing the finish of my schooling and am working on stuff for real clients. I decided before the year’s end, however, I would post my new logo. If you’re friends with me on discord, you’ve probably seen it, as well as the cozy I’ve made custom to go along with it.

This is my personal logo as of this year. Next semester, I will chisel this into better shape, but until then, I will stamp my stuff with this.

I will start posting more of my character designs, as well as try to tease about something I’ve been (extremely, extremely slowly) working on.

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Not Yelling At Children is Better Than Yelling At Children, More At 11

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also, i want to apologize to people whose messages were ever ignored by me or took me ages to reply to. i have no excuses, i’m just shit at communicating and a lot of time get stuck in my own head, postpone replying and then either forget about it or think that it is too late to reply. i’m sorry if i’ve ever made someone feel bad bc of this - honestly, it’s never personal, it’s just me and my inner problems. i will try harder to work on it. thank you for ever initiating conversations with me

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So I know a lot of you who followed @beyondXD were friends from here too so just letting you guys know tumblr @staff decided to terminate my rp account after 5 days without warning and for no apparent reason. I’m not even NS/FW. Like, really.

I’ve put in an appeal but I’m kind of upset over it because I put a lot of time and polish into remaking this account, on top of the fact that p0r.n bots continue to plague us without recourse because they’re not putting enough security features up front. Heads up staff, those bots can do plenty of damage in the 5 days it takes for you to decide to terminate them. Or do you just… hate… Pokemon XD? I don’t know, I literally have no ideas why this action was taken against me.

Please stay patient guys. I wouldn’t even be against remaking the blog from scratch again if I had a backup of the about page but since they terminated without warning, I’ve lost everything. ;;;

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THEY’RE BEAUTIFUL

BONUS TOON LINK CUZ I DON’T THINK HE HAD A PRETTY CARD