Anonymous asked:

Hey I hope this isn't like rude or anything but if you need some extra money to help you out after paying that bill, can we commission you or something? Is there anything we can do to help?

ladyyatexel answered:

That is very sweet of you, anon-friend!  I feel very weird saying all these things, but here we go!  

Currently, if you wish to help me recover financially from medical hell, you can do a few things!

• You can buy something from my Society6, or RedBubble. 
  

• You can buy a doll!
  

• You can buy some original paintings!  Other ones here! 
  

• If you are of the Troughton-era Doctor Who persuasion, you can get a Yeti Book!  Similarly, if you are Doctor Who ish in general, I have several prints from Gallifreys Past that won’t be going with me in February because I’m replacing them with new work, so if that interests you, let me know!  I have some posters and banners of my ‘every companion in a TARDIS outfit’ spread lying around too. 
  

• I’m not quite well enough to commit to large or traditional commissions at the moment, so I can’t watercolor you a poster or anything, but if you’re into something small and digital, I could manage that starting in January provided my organs don’t explode or mutiny any further.  Things are too messy right now with travel and exhausting family things and another doctor’s appointment to do it any earlier.  
  

• My commissions post from several years ago has examples in the first option most like what I have the energy/anything for.  Fun busts with color explosions, abstract elements, etc.  
  

• You could commission a doll/repaint too if that’s your bag, but that would also have to be after the new year and we’d need to coordinate what you want.  I’m not opposed, it’s just more complicated than a painting.  The work I’m doing now on the dolls is like ‘work for half an hour, get exhausted, go to bed,’ which is why it’s like a little blip of action daily and not a whole finished thing but I like to feel that I’ve done something creative for the day.  If we go this route it would take longer than a 2D image.
  

Thank you for asking!  I’m not starving or anything, so don’t feel guilty if you can’t help out.  I had a large savings built up for emergencies, I just had several that all happened at the same time this year, so my $1000 dollar savings is now $150 and it’s a little alarming to look at and daunting to think of building it back up again.  My checking account took a bit of a beating too, of course, so I’m just being extra careful and trying not to panic that I have less in my balances than I’m used to seeing.  I’m trying to feel secure and brace for more medical appointments, not pay for shut off utilities or anything.

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My savings for Gallifrey, for those concerned for such things, is still intact.  I’m still going, still in the art show, still going to be able to get on a plane and hotel etc.   Frankly, I would probably prioritize saving for Gally over buying food (which I have not done yet), so no worries there!