Help JJ survive financial hardship

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Hey everyone, I need a lot of help right now and I'm not good at asking for it, especially at this level. I have $100 to my name and I have no more safety nets left. Work has dried up in the animation industry and pivoting into the next thing has been an incredibly difficult task for me to manage. I don't know how I'm going to pay for June's rent, let alone utilities and the month after that. Over the last 6 years I've been through a challenging divorce, lost two tattoo jobs at shops due to online harassment, a global pandemic that forced me out of tattooing full-time, working in animation saved me for a bit but that has not lasted nearly long enough or consistently enough, and finding a new career that is sustainable and consistent has proven to be an insurmountable task for me. I haven't had full-time work since Aug 2024 and the job market continues to get tighter and tighter. To add to it all I am unable to have my summer visit with my kids this year due to my financial situation. After 15 years of being a professional artist, it's been hard to convince any employer that my skills are transferable. I need your help in order to bridge the gap so that I can get to my next job and not lose my housing. Alternatively if you are Portland based and want to get tattooed please reach out to me to set up an appointment, the support goes a long way towards helping me be financially stable. Also taking the time to share this as far and as wide as possible will help me a great deal as well if that's all you have the means for. Thank you for being here.

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Hey everyone, I need a lot of help right now and I'm not good at asking for it, especially at this level.

I have $100 to my name and I have no more safety nets left. Work has dried up in the animation industry and pivoting into the next thing has been an incredibly difficult task for me to manage. I don't know how I'm going to pay for June's rent, let alone utilities and the month after that.

Over the last 6 years I've been through a challenging divorce, lost two tattoo jobs at shops due to online harassment, a global pandemic that forced me out of tattooing full-time, working in animation saved me for a bit but that has not lasted nearly long enough or consistently enough, and finding a new career that is sustainable and consistent has proven to be an insurmountable task for me.

I haven't had full-time work since Aug 2024 and the job market continues to get tighter and tighter. To add to it all I am unable to have my summer visit with my kids this year due to my financial situation. After 15 years of being a professional artist, it's been hard to convince any employer that my skills are transferable. I need your help in order to bridge the gap so that I can get to my next job and not lose my housing.

Alternatively if you are Portland based and want to get tattooed please reach out to me to set up an appointment, the support goes a long way towards helping me be financially stable. Also taking the time to share this as far and as wide as possible will help me a great deal as well if that's all you have the means for. Thank you for being here.

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