The following is a journal post from a friend of mine and one of my favorite artists!

ShadowHare

First off, I want to thank every single one out there who reached out to me and had a few words of support to give recently, I seriously, honestly appreciate all the help and love!
Unfortunately, my troubles have only just begun. This is serious.

So, a lot of stuff has happened.
None of it was positive, and I'm struggling immensely right now to keep it together and not succumb to a full-on breakdown.
Everything I know and have is falling apart, I feel like I've lost the pillars of my existence, and I have little strength left to cope with it all.

I have no source of income anymore because the people I'd been working my ass off for for the past three years have suddenly decided that I'm too expensive to re-employ in this crisis, and the government is apparently not interested in helping someone in my particular situation either.
In the month of April, I have earned 0€.
I've fallen through the cracks in a fanatically bureaucratic system that blindly assumes it has a plan for everything and everyone, and is obviously incapable of adjusting in an effective manner in times of an actual emergency scenario.
My fridge is empty, I have 0 income, and all I get is letter after letter, telling me to call number after number, resulting in me having to wait for more letters, IF I actually manage to get through to someone. I've spent the past two weeks trying everything I can to get some sort of help.
The month will be over in a few days, and I haven't received shit.
I of course can't financially support my mother and brother anymore either, meaning they're in a big shithole as well. It's just all coming crashing down.

In my entire life I have never asked for anything.
I've always played by the rules, always tried to be stoical and strong, and never burdened anyone with any of my issues. I always did everything on my own, by myself. I always considered my own needs an afterthought at best, and never felt like I'm worth much effort.
I never needed attention or affection, I never wanted sympathy or pity.
But this isn't just about me anymore, and something needs to happen.
I'm overwhelmed on all fronts, my pockets are empty, there's drama all around me, and I simply can't deal with all of this alone anymore.

Because of all that, I will from this point on be accepting donations, at least until I have a steady source of income again, whenever that might be.
In case you have the ability to support my financial situation in any way, without it negatively impacting your own life, I would be eternally grateful.
Whether it's out of pity, empathy, a spontaneous burst of generosity, or just because you like my art and would like to help me get back on track with that. I can't afford to be picky.

You can send a donation over here:
paypal.me/ThatShadowhare

Now, about my artistic output:
I can not open for commissions yet, as I lack the power, time, and mentality to do them reliably in my current situation.
Working out a client's idea is something I take very seriously, and I usually spend a lot of time sketching and talking to my customer before actually getting to work on a piece.
I do not have that much time to invest right now, and no energy to dive into a full project without burning out completely.

Therefore, instead, I've made a Patreon.

Having a Patreon will, of course, NOT affect my usual work at all, once things start looking brighter.
I will offer exclusive content over on Patreon, but will also get back to my usual Furry art on Twitter and Furaffinity as soon as my situation has improved enough to do so, and even in the time until then, I will do my best to draw and upload whatever I can.
In a best case scenario I'd be able to keep a 50/50 balance between Patreon and usual work.

I've literally just set it all up, the page is still very much under construction, and I do not have a 100% concrete plan for rewards, tiers, and whatever yet, it's a completely new field for me.
At this point, I mostly consider it an additional way for some people to support me on a regular basis, and I don't want to make any promises that I can't fulfill in the end.

In the future, should it end up working out long enough, I am definitely thinking about doing free art raffles, polls, discounts on commissions, special commission types, maybe creating a Discord server, perhaps comics, and various other incentives like that exclusively for my patrons, but I need to get both feet on the ground first.
There's also the fact that Patreon can potentially, at any point in time, decide that drawing ABDL-material is against their ToS, in which case it'll all be for naught in an instant, so I can't allow myself to dream and solely rely on that.

https://www.patreon.com/ThatShadowhare

Additionally, in order to potentially reach a larger crowd, my content on Patreon will be a little different from what I normally do.
I'll post an example soon, naturally it will still primarily be ABDL-themed, however, I will try to make a good portion of it nsfw, and experiment with other themes as well.
I'm asexual and have always tried to stay away from drawing sexually charged content, or anything else I don't understand or can't relate to on a personal level, but if I have to start drawing that sort of material to save my family, then I'll start doing it, somehow.

Again, please do NOT support me on Patreon or with donations if you are financially unstable yourself!
Also, if you only support me because you expect a reward for it, please don't.
By joining my Patreon, or helping me in some other way, you are not buying a product in a supermarket, you are, supposedly, trying to help someone out for the sake of it, because they are currently stuck in an emergency, with the chance of it all bearing fruits once my situation has stabilized. I'm not advertising my business here, I'm calling for help.
What happens afterwards depends on how it all went.

I'll stop the wall of text here.

If you can help me in any way, somehow, whether by sending a donation my way, or even just by spreading the word, re-tweeting, giving a shoutout, a signal boost, anything, then please, give me a hand before I fall too deep.
If I can get enough money together to at least survive until I've been re-employed, whenever that might be, I'll be able to open for commissions again, and things will start going uphill from then on.

So that's it.
Thanks to everybody.