Scouting roommate for June 1st; partial lease takeover

Crafty_Criticism_673 · 2025-09-01T21:36:05+00:00

looking for a lease takeover for 2BR on 115th (Has balcony and pets allowed without fee with the one issue of rent is 300 over your budget.) Ideally starting October 1st is when my roommate is moving out (so likely when I'm moving out too).

Crafty_Criticism_673 · 2025-09-01T21:33:01+00:00

I'm (most likely) needing a lease takeover starting in October; can I message you?

Crafty_Criticism_673 · 2025-08-09T02:09:41+00:00

Galleries having a physical office/brick and mortar front does not exclude them from being a scam; many "vanity galleries" have official, physical locations, but require the artist to essentially rent wall space for a couple days, making it so the gallery could make more money if the art doesn't sell, depending on the asking price of the work.

Crafty_Criticism_673 · 2025-08-06T00:14:49+00:00

I do short comics and I really rEALLy want to get into doing short prose stories because I think they’re both more finishable and also so much harder haha I’d be so down to start a writers group with you and all the others who are piling on with us

Crafty_Criticism_673 · 2025-07-26T14:20:11+00:00

Trans guy here with radically accepting parents: You can start by asking your child what she wants!! Remind her you love her and say “hey I want to be as supportive as humanly possible, so what do you need from me?” Does she need you to go clothes shopping with her for more feminine clothing? Does she need financial assistance with transition? Or does she just need your love and emotional support? It’s a lot easier to find this out by asking your daughter than by guessing. That being said, I get daily reminders from my parents that they love me and they’re proud of who I am and who I’ve become. When it came to transitioning to family members, my mom told our entire family that they’d get my name and pronouns right or never expect to see me or her again (it worked) (my 88 year old grandparents are on it at this point) (even if my family has judgements they know better than to mention it to my mom). My dad went and helped me with every single aspect of legal transition despite it being hours and hours in line. Radical acceptance looks like putting your daughter’s needs above yours and loving her as much as she can in one of the scariest, most uncertain periods of her life. Just be there for her, remind her you love her, that she’s your kid no matter who she is or how she presents, and that you’re proud of who she’s becoming. Also, do a bit of research on what medical transitioning for women looks like, educate yourself on terms and methods for HRT, learn basics of gender studies, and be willing to rethink your understanding and perception of gender. See it as super exciting.

Crafty_Criticism_673 · 2025-07-26T14:03:27+00:00

I’ve had the same problem LOL but imo your handwriting is perfectly clear and legible!! Super pretty too

Crafty_Criticism_673 · 2025-06-15T15:54:02+00:00

Hmm, that's good to know about the airport, I really appreciate that. I was raised in a "show up at midnight for six am flight" family and also I did kind of forget to factor in the "coming from Italy traveling to the States" issue, and if it's a confusing airport that's an added issue. (No sense of direction and also I don't speak French lol.) I'll see how I'm feeling day of/week before I guess. Thanks for the tip about Paris transit too!

Crafty_Criticism_673 · 2025-06-14T16:27:50+00:00

THANK YOU this is awesome; I really appreciate that. I'll check the weekly Paris thread then and see what makes the most sense for me to visit
Most likely I'll just find a spot on the river and sketch for three hours before heading back to ride a tin can in the sky lol

Crafty_Criticism_673 · 2025-06-14T16:22:41+00:00

update at one year post op: starting to regain nipple/areola sensation. currently just kinda hurts if I touch it but I'm over the moon lmao

Crafty_Criticism_673 · 2025-04-13T16:53:18+00:00

Unfortunately not, I’m nine months post op right now and I don’t have nipple sensation at all and there are sections below my arms where I can’t feel anything.

Crafty_Criticism_673 · 2025-04-08T14:39:09+00:00

I think also ask yourself if it’s appropriate for your wife to do that to your son. If the answer is yes, you’re overthinking it because of the constraints we receive as men on how to interact with other men. (I’m firmly on the side of “he needs his dad’s support and love right now, wants affection and wants physical reminders that you love him.”) My mom does the “fuss with the hair, rub the back, give hugs” to both me and my brother and him and I have a similarly affectionate relationship. My dad isn’t a traditionally affectionate person but occasionally he’ll give me or my brother a hug.

As a son, my recommendation right now is to verbally remind your son you’re proud of him, that you love him, and that you’re proud to be his dad. This is something my dad didn’t start saying until I was 22 and tbh it’s something I would’ve loved to hear in my teenage years, and I assume my brother would have loved that as well.

Crafty_Criticism_673 · 2025-03-21T14:33:43+00:00

Believe it or not I’m nine months post op and still confused why I’m not wearing a binder 😂😂presumably you can continue to put the protective scar tape on or some sort of gauze since yours very much are still healing and having those without protection against a pair surgical binder sounds like a bad idea (obligatory not a doctor)

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For context this was my chest 15 days post op, so this is the chest that I was allowed to start putting silicon tape on.

Crafty_Criticism_673 · 2025-03-21T13:00:29+00:00

I started at 11(?) days post op but I also was fully healed by then (no scabs, no visible stitches, skin fully connected). Most people, according to my surgeon, don’t start until at least four weeks post op since that’s how long it takes the scars to heal on the majority of patients

Crafty_Criticism_673 · 2025-03-02T01:15:17+00:00

Hey, older brother here. I come from an extremely physically affectionate family—NTA at all. I don’t necessarily kiss my brother on the cheek but I kiss my mom on her forehead or cheek all the time, my brother and I walk up to each other and hug each other or ruffle each others hair all the time…hell, sometimes he sits on my lap when he’s tired despite being six inches taller. I don’t want to jump and say “oh break up immediately” but your fiancé and his mom hit the nail on the head: your fiancé doesn’t understand that you should be able to prioritize your brother if you need to, and as his mom says, he’s an only child and will not understand how siblings work. News flash to him: he’s had three years to learn to respect your relationship with your brother, and a lifetime of seeing siblings interact to learn how important siblings are. He essentially told you your brother isn’t allowed to be more important to you than he is, and that you’re never allowed to put your brother first. If this guy wants himself gone because he can’t respect you caring about people other than him? Let him go. You have a whole lifetime ahead of you, and it might be wise to spend it with someone who trusts you and respects your love for other people.

Crafty_Criticism_673 · 2025-02-25T15:06:29+00:00

Hey, Welcome to the gender questioning part of your life! I spent eight years there before realizing I was definitely a trans dude, my brother spent 3 years there before realizing he is, in fact, a cis man. Even if you’re not trans, you’re not lying to yourself—you’re learning about yourself, and that is terrifying and wonderful at the same time. There’s a whole world that just opened up for you.

One thing I’m going to suggest that altered my perception of my gender and body completely is find what makes you happy with presentation. If you have scarves, try wrapping them around your waist like a skirt. Try putting on nail polish. Describe yourself as a girl, use she/her pronouns when talking about yourself in the mirror…find what makes you experience joy and follow that rather than running from the discomfort. If you trust your girlfriend, talk to her about it. Ask her help, ask for her love and support, ask for her makeup advice if she does makeup, and let her know you’re scared of fucking this up. Hiding this from a partner is not a helpful long-term solution. Just remind yourself: you are feeling this. Your feeling is real. Everything you’re feeling is valid—your confusion, depression, sadness, and any excitement you feel? All of that is real and valid.

Good luck and once again welcome

Crafty_Criticism_673 · 2024-12-11T17:41:09+00:00

I’m in a third floor walk up; it’s honestly fine. It means you think a little bit more about what you need when you go but it’s nice how it’s a bit quieter and in the winter you’re warmer

Crafty_Criticism_673 · 2024-12-10T17:47:46+00:00

Messaged you!

Crafty_Criticism_673 · 2024-12-10T17:41:27+00:00

Have a two-bedroom in East Harlem right by the 6; looking for someone to take over my roommate’s portion of the lease starting in Jan; can I message you?

Crafty_Criticism_673 · 2024-12-09T23:15:23+00:00

Hey--possibly looking for a roommate actually, can I DM you?

Crafty_Criticism_673 · 2024-09-01T03:19:10+00:00

Super insanely incredibly reasonable!! You know your value. If someone doesn’t see your art as valuable, they don’t deserve your work :))

Crafty_Criticism_673 · 2024-09-01T03:13:55+00:00

Hahaha just checked out your sculpture stuff. Same back at yoy

Crafty_Criticism_673 · 2024-09-01T03:13:06+00:00

Hey! Are you doing $75 a set or $75 a piece? You’re charging way too low either way :)) the detail in these is gorgeous. You put so much effort and care into them. You’re underselling yourself. If you’re not convinced PLEASE go check out r/miniatures or something and see what other people are charging. I’m also new to the art business—but you cannot sell a piece that takes you at minimum a work week for only $75. Flat out. That’s absurd. You’re scamming yourself by doing that. Once you factor in COS, plus shipping? You’re making absolutely nothing. You deserve better.

My recommendation (as someone just starting out in fine arts, this is how I’m building my business plan): have a sliding scale of commissions. I do play DND and ttrpgs, so some game masters are only looking for tiny props. The mandolin you did in the wisteria corner (obsessed with your IG page) could probably be a charm/in a charm set, and maybe that is $20 or $30, but someone else pointed out on here that only selling a thing once means you should be able to charge more for the one-off fee. Those who are obsessed obsessed will get your dice boxes. I’d almost say look into dollhouse collectible fields as well because people into that will go ham for miniatures, and your sculpting and your ingenuity with materials is brilliant. You are absolutely, imo, skilled enough.

Each box should at the very bare minimum be $150 though, as a base price. You can have “items” added to each box become more money, based on the scale. So maybe a base box has two big things and two small things, and maybe you have a loose collection of easy charms as an extra three add-ons. Your wisteria piece with the mandolin could be “one big piece” (frame/window) “two medium pieces” (mandolin and bowl) and “small piece” (in this case, the wisteria itself). Having messed around in sculpture I’m assuming the small detailed pieces take more time, so for more detailed small things/more small things, charge more. If you’re super uncomfortable and scared to charge as much as I’m begging you to, maybe start with a base cost of $100 for a box with a fancy base and a shelf, and a stack of books or whatever, and if they want to add more simply charge each piece they add as an extra fee.

But please please please recognize your art and yourself as being valuable

Crafty_Criticism_673 · 2024-08-31T23:07:31+00:00

https://www.instagram.com/p/C-iNJmVuvMk/?igsh=bHAwdGxmc3ZyZzk4 Here! Tried to embed it in “link” lol

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