NEED HELP, please read!
9 months ago
I ask everyone to please read this announcement, as the situation is serious.
TLDR: My Patreon content was leaked to a malicious site, and I have been forced to use a paid file hosting site to prevent my PSD files and drawings from being misused in the future. Unfortunately, this comes just when my economic situation has worsened.
The economy of my country, Mexico, has worsened significantly and that is added to the fact that the currency exchange rate has become impossible to tolerate, I receive much less money from commissions than a year ago. I need to raise the equivalent of 6000 US dollars to get rid of debts that I have been carrying for more than 3 years. If I can't get rid of those debts, my future is compromised in the worst way.
Please help with anything through ko-fi, Patreon or shinies.
▷ https://ko-fi.com/Clerian
▷ https://www.patreon.com/cleriand
Spread the word to everyone if possible.
End of TDLR
Long explanation: as you may have already read in the TLDR my Patreon was leaked and now I must pay for a file hosting site so that my art doesn't end up on malicious sites again. That piracy site is used by AI, illegal selling of art and spoofing unfortunately.
This comes at the worst time because I need to pay some debts that I have been carrying since 2020, when the crisis and the pandemic began. I thought that by 2023 things would improve, but they have not at all, I have even lost my job. To this is added that the exchange rate from USD to Mexican Peso erodes the value of my drawings since the peso is now overvalued due to economic and monetary factors. Now I receive significantly less money than a year ago, not to mention inflation and everything else.
I need to raise 6000 dollars to pay off the debts and for end-of-month expenses. This is when I call on you to help me once again. I am always grateful for support in the form of nice comments and positive reinforcement but this time I need something more, otherwise I don't know what will happen to my future. And obviously if I don't have how to pay rent and other expenses, I won't be able to draw for you, not even for commissions.
I know it's a lot of money, but unfortunately, it's something that I've been warning the community for years: that because I receive little support on a continuous basis, I find myself forced to ask for sudden emergency donations when things explode. That would be solved if my Patreon and Ko-fi were actually useful, but even it seems that my Patreon has no value to people since they even leaked it to damage me. I have also eliminated PSDs from my Patreon and made adjustments to the tiers to reflect inflation, I haven’t changed them since March 2020.
I have tried for years to cultivate a positive relationship with the furry community and have largely succeeded. It fills me with joy to always see my gallery full of affection and positive support, over time I have come to feel like a friendly dragon in which everyone can trust and have a good time. But compared to other artists of the same size, I have a minuscule Patreon and tips always come rarely. I don't know why that is because I always try to make my art accessible to everyone. It seems people want the opposite, I don’t know. I need that situation to change, because unfortunately I cannot live on love ehehe, although I wish with all my heart that it was possible to do so.
Please help as much as you can, and I will continue to be the same artist as always! Art is what moves me, and I want it to be like that until my strength is exhausted.
Here are the places where you can contribute, whatever counts:
▷ https://ko-fi.com/Clerian
▷ https://www.patreon.com/cleriand
You can also use shinies here in FA.
Spread the word to everyone if possible.
Thanks for reading and have a nice start to the week.
TLDR: My Patreon content was leaked to a malicious site, and I have been forced to use a paid file hosting site to prevent my PSD files and drawings from being misused in the future. Unfortunately, this comes just when my economic situation has worsened.
The economy of my country, Mexico, has worsened significantly and that is added to the fact that the currency exchange rate has become impossible to tolerate, I receive much less money from commissions than a year ago. I need to raise the equivalent of 6000 US dollars to get rid of debts that I have been carrying for more than 3 years. If I can't get rid of those debts, my future is compromised in the worst way.
Please help with anything through ko-fi, Patreon or shinies.
▷ https://ko-fi.com/Clerian
▷ https://www.patreon.com/cleriand
Spread the word to everyone if possible.
End of TDLR
____________________________________________________________________________________
Long explanation: as you may have already read in the TLDR my Patreon was leaked and now I must pay for a file hosting site so that my art doesn't end up on malicious sites again. That piracy site is used by AI, illegal selling of art and spoofing unfortunately.
This comes at the worst time because I need to pay some debts that I have been carrying since 2020, when the crisis and the pandemic began. I thought that by 2023 things would improve, but they have not at all, I have even lost my job. To this is added that the exchange rate from USD to Mexican Peso erodes the value of my drawings since the peso is now overvalued due to economic and monetary factors. Now I receive significantly less money than a year ago, not to mention inflation and everything else.
I need to raise 6000 dollars to pay off the debts and for end-of-month expenses. This is when I call on you to help me once again. I am always grateful for support in the form of nice comments and positive reinforcement but this time I need something more, otherwise I don't know what will happen to my future. And obviously if I don't have how to pay rent and other expenses, I won't be able to draw for you, not even for commissions.
I know it's a lot of money, but unfortunately, it's something that I've been warning the community for years: that because I receive little support on a continuous basis, I find myself forced to ask for sudden emergency donations when things explode. That would be solved if my Patreon and Ko-fi were actually useful, but even it seems that my Patreon has no value to people since they even leaked it to damage me. I have also eliminated PSDs from my Patreon and made adjustments to the tiers to reflect inflation, I haven’t changed them since March 2020.
I have tried for years to cultivate a positive relationship with the furry community and have largely succeeded. It fills me with joy to always see my gallery full of affection and positive support, over time I have come to feel like a friendly dragon in which everyone can trust and have a good time. But compared to other artists of the same size, I have a minuscule Patreon and tips always come rarely. I don't know why that is because I always try to make my art accessible to everyone. It seems people want the opposite, I don’t know. I need that situation to change, because unfortunately I cannot live on love ehehe, although I wish with all my heart that it was possible to do so.
Please help as much as you can, and I will continue to be the same artist as always! Art is what moves me, and I want it to be like that until my strength is exhausted.
Here are the places where you can contribute, whatever counts:
▷ https://ko-fi.com/Clerian
▷ https://www.patreon.com/cleriand
You can also use shinies here in FA.
Spread the word to everyone if possible.
Thanks for reading and have a nice start to the week.
I trust that my dear followers will help me.
to be honest everyone should help you much much more! We can't let artists like you suffer when you've given the community everything
i will try to help if possible
To be honest, if just 1% of my followers gave 5 dollars a month, I would have enough to live calmly and pay off my debts in no time.
everyone should help or spread the word to every furry! come on!
I need just a little help and my situation will improve a lot.
I will talk about your situation on twitter and discord to get help! the community NEEDS to support artists like you
everyone should do the same
but you can help, any contribution counts a lot for my stability
More dragons are to come, they will reward you with sexyness~