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Benji @benjidood.bsky.social · 1d

BTW here's the public post for this pic!
feat. my T'vaoan Naav, my Huragok Ixel, and another person's Huragok named Mind-that-wonders

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Benji @benjidood.bsky.social · 2d

That said there will not be a stream on Wednesday, gonna be building and painting warhammer minis with friends!
Maybe i can finally get everything built and sto procrastinating on it!

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Benji @benjidood.bsky.social · 2d

Dunno what it is about cleaning but its so calming and satisfying
Just spent 2 hours cleaning up the place so I can have some friends over
And its nice looking around and seeing everything clean and organized

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Benji @benjidood.bsky.social · 2d

Side note, one day the entire furry community will not longer use paypal and they'll notice when their profits dive

My message to other artists regardless if you're nsfw or sfw get away from paypal while you can
I didn't realize how many options were out there, paypal was just the most convenient

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Benji @benjidood.bsky.social · 2d

At least new options for commissions are opening up
Got this, wise, stripe, cashapp and im working on getting my square account going

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Benji @benjidood.bsky.social · 4d

OKAY I HAD TO
with scooby being one of my child hood crushes, him having this skin makes me like him more so i HAD to draw him
who knew hiding his scooby snacks would make him barter for them!

usually i'd wait a few days before moving this stuff public but hey feeling good today

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Benji @benjidood.bsky.social · 4d

I'm also hard at work trying to balance life, comms, and my game dev, and comic stuff all at the same time
but this game and comic are things i'm passionate about and wanna get out there!
I'm just trying really hard in general and I appreciate you all and your patience with me!

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Benji @benjidood.bsky.social · 4d

I've been prioritizing these AFH streams because i've gotten a lot of feed back on people in different time zones wanting comms but can't attend normal stream hours
so i thought these would be the best compromise since they let you decide what time/day i stream!

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Benji @benjidood.bsky.social · 4d

I'm always trying my hardest to keep up, always trying my hardest in general even if it doesn't look like it, i'm doing a lot behind scenes

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Benji @benjidood.bsky.social · 4d

i know i've been having nothing but constant problems ever since i got back from vacation
but i wanna say that I really do appreciate you all, i really want this to work as a full time job, i love what i do even if it's exhausting at times
but i wouldn't be here without yall

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Benji @benjidood.bsky.social · 4d

just a heads up, I will be taking this weekend off commission work
I've been streaming constantly and mostly working on owed stuff the whole time
and all the streaming, stress, and everything else on top of it is finally hitting me hard

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Benji @benjidood.bsky.social · 5d

2 slots claimed, one left!

Benji @benjidood.bsky.social · 6d

Very late Opening of the "Artist for Hire" Live streams for the month of October
this one will work differently than the usual Artist for a Day, this will be Four 2 character Flat color images with them being done 2 images each week

the cost for these slots will be $630

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Benji @benjidood.bsky.social · 5d

ALRIGHT so regardless if i get my paypal account back I'll be moving to other payment methods from now on
so for now till my commish. io account gets reviewed I'll only be going through Stripe and Cashapp

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Benji @benjidood.bsky.social · 6d

i have stripe, the only downside i've experienced is that i have to wait like 1-2 weeks for a payment to go through

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Benji @benjidood.bsky.social · 6d

also i called CS and asked for a review because i've been doing this for 8+ years (3+ fulltime) with no issue and they explained that this occasionally happens due to an automated review, and that they'll escalate it and have the deactivation reviewed. but i won't know for up to a month apparently

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Benji @benjidood.bsky.social · 6d

additionally my email address for paypal is different from everywhere else
i don't link it anywhere either

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Benji @benjidood.bsky.social · 6d

let me add
no one sends me money, i do everything through invoices, no information are on the invoices. the only info in invoices is my name, a date, and a keyword i can find the invoice easily.
there is NOTHING that should tie me to nsfw work

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Benji @benjidood.bsky.social · 6d

I never thought I'd have to make this post
But my PayPal has officially been permanently deactivated

Im actually in full panic mode because I don't know what im going to do, this is my full time job ffs

How the hell am I going to take commissions
What the hell am I going to do

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Benji @benjidood.bsky.social · 6d

also the slots for this month are higher priced since it guarantees at least 4 2 character flat colored images
and i'm only taking 3 slots so i can free up some time to be able to take normal in stream commissions during the week

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Benji @benjidood.bsky.social · 6d

ToS still applies, just adjust for this being two smaller streams.
I am in an EST, but as long as the time is reasonable, i can stream earlier or later than my usual streams

Only 3 slots this month, I'll update as slots are claimed!
docs.google.com/document/d/1...

AFH - TOS

docs.google.com

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Benji @benjidood.bsky.social · 6d

of course it doesn't have to be 2 character flat colored images, we can discuss things if you want a ref or a sketch page rather than a 2 character image
i.e. instead of 2 images you can do a ref or a sketch page, etc

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Benji @benjidood.bsky.social · 6d

I'm doing it this way so that it removes the stress from you all on having to spend 10+ hours in stream, and i don't have to push myself to stream 10+ hours
these will be two smaller streams each week to get each image done!

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Benji @benjidood.bsky.social · 6d

Very late Opening of the "Artist for Hire" Live streams for the month of October
this one will work differently than the usual Artist for a Day, this will be Four 2 character Flat color images with them being done 2 images each week

the cost for these slots will be $630

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Benji @benjidood.bsky.social · 12d

Same, love looking at them too!

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Benji @benjidood.bsky.social · 13d

But that will be made available in a separate post

Though anyone interested in either can definitely message me anywhere ahead of opening for either AFH or the 4 flat color stream pics

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