Atrieisan

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Hey everyone!
I know its been a long while since I've posted anything on DA. I can assure you that I am not dead though. I've been spending the past few years recovering from an emotionally painful incident among many other difficult challenges in life. Military life is a hard and ever changing lifestyle, and it comes with many struggles. With deployments come no internet that I can connect to people, or post my works for you all to see. The loss of my tablet(it broke) doesn't help with that.
I also wish to bring up the fact that I wont be updating Captivity anytime soon. It has links to friends that are no longer with us.... which makes it painful to write. Along with the attempts of rewriting large portions and rework, it has fallen from grace. I apologize for that... I may occasionally post pictures and ideas, but otherwise I don't intend to work on it much.

As such I will state that the concepts and designs for the Mer Species are OPEN for use to anyone who wishes to use them as references for their own creations. Ideas are meant to be shared, and I know many of you have enjoyed what I've put out. 

On the flip side I have started on another story that I haven't really discussed or posted about in the last few years. Some of you may have noticed some of my last posted works were called Fatestale based on the Undertale fandom. It has recently evolved into a new story known as Echoes of the Bone. Most of it is in traditional art, so bear with me, but I hope to begin updating the information and posting on it soon. 

In the meantime, its good to see all of ya, and the wellwishes you've all been sending me have been greatly appreciated!

- Atrieisan

Hey guys,
I'm writing to you on a rather somber note...
As most of you have probably noticed, I've been rather inactive as of late. And while I have not technically been on a hiatus, I will state that my posts have, and will be sporadic and random at best for some time to come.
This summer resulted in a rather terrifying and life changing event that I would not wish on another person... As many of you know, I am a sailor within the US Navy, which led to my being out at sea often and having to post sporadically as is. However in light of frequent sea travel comes the probability if accidents...... My ship was one of the ones involved in the major collision in June. Struck in the early morning hours when most of us were asleep, and jarringly woken from our racks to most anyone's worst nightmare at sea... For over 19 hours we fought to keep her afloat and bring her back to port amidst the torrent of flooding waters that poured into many of the spaces in our ship. One of these spaces was the forward crew berthing area; where more than 127 sailors sleep. It flooded out in less than 47 seconds... and as a result......
We lost seven people... Three of which were very close friends of mine....
While I have mostly recovered from the incident, I will admit my motivation is lacking and my priorities have been shifted. I still draw in my free time and will post now and again... But I'm sorry when I say that progress on most of everything will be very slow if at all. So I will apologize for that disappointment...
~Atrieisan

Hello Everyone,
It's been quite a long time since I've said hello or posted anything.... heh... What has it been.. almost a year now? I do wish to apologies for my absence. One of the few things that's hard with growing up, is finding you don't have the time you used to anymore to work on things you want to do, and instead are stuck on things you have to do. This last couple of years have been particularly difficult in that venture, especially since I've been working full time overseas.

Thus I wanted to apologies for the lack of continuation in most of my works. I havn't really worked on Times Apprentice since prior to joining the Navy almost four years ago to date, aside form small snippets. Captivity as well has become difficult to work with as well, given that writing isn't my greatest strength and I've not been able to find time to sit down in quiet for hours to put my brain in writing mode so to speak. I do have chapters 17 through 22 hand written, the matter of getting them typed up is another matter.  On top of this, its been difficult to feel encouraged in working on it, when its received so much negative stigma. Demands to post soon don't help either..

I will say that in response to such negative comments is that Captivity is NOT meant to be a happy, lovey dovey, kid friendly story. Its two primary themes are Miscommunication, and Overcoming Trauma. The early chapters were of building up trust, and yet following different meanings of what they expressed, and how simple actions and words can lead to huge misunderstandings and consequences. The last few chapters having taken a darker turn are truly the smallest, and yet one of the most significant moments in how things can turn upside down in an instant. From there it is a matter of understanding and accepting that, yes, bad things happen, but that we have to overcome them somehow. Wallowing in it only leads to it swallowing you whole and spiraling downwards. Its a story of learning to pick yourself back up again.

In truth, as I mentioned a long while ago, Captivity is/was to be a three part story. The first the series of events that lead up to such terrible results; the second learning to overcome adversity, even if it is yourself you are fighting, and the third part is to overcome and move on. While Sam is left playing the hardest of these roles, Danny, Juno and almost all of the characters within the story have some sort of issue that they must work through, or fail to overcome as a dynamic on how the psyche learns and adapts to numerous problems.

While it has been sitting on the drawing board for a while, and will likely go into revision. I will say that I havn't given up on this story. But that I have to put it down for a while and rethink a few things. This story is hard to understand and even more difficult to tell, especially if one does not keep an open mind.  To those that have been upset by this story, I do apologize; though this does not change the fact that it still exists and will continue to develop over the years. In some ways this story is to help me overcome some of my own trauma and pain, making it just as difficult to write as it is for some to read. Therefore if it is not your cup of tea, then so be it. I will not change it for you, nor will I cover it up and hide it with shame. These things happen to people, every day....sometimes to our friends, our family, even to ourselves ... But we have to have the strength to face our problems, to understand that yes... shit happens.... But I'm not gonna hide myself from it, I won't let it control who I am. You shouldn't let it control you either. If you don't wish to face it through my works, I simply ask that you not read it.

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On a semi lighter note, while I admit that I have been busy with work; and my tablet died a few months back.... (I still need to replace it) I have been working on a smaller hard copy story of a completely different genre and series.

A friend of mine was kind enough to introduce me to the wonderful game known as Undertale, and admittedly its become quite a fond outlet as far as artwork and story goes.  Its left me working on a small AU known as FatesTale, or simply Fates, which is mostly lighthearted fluffy bits and simple illustrations. Its been something that's been a de-stresser for me as of late. I hope that in a few weeks when I have access to internet on my laptop that I can post some of those works to share with all of you. In the mean time I apologies that all I have to leave you with for now is this journal posting.

Thank you for your time.

Hello everyone,
It has been a while since Ive posted much of anything, hasnt it?  I wish to apologize for that. On that note I will say that my box is currently full of entires I need to digitalize and post. (Though this takes a while as I am essentially redrawing my pictures grom scratch on a different medium).  
Captivity is still in the works and I do intend on having new chapters out for you soon. I do have a few things I wish to say however.
I am aware that Captivity contains sensitive material to some, what others consider trigger warnings and the like. This is why Captivity is rated mature. It is a story about trauma and overcoming it, not a cutesy romance novel. I get that some people are outright offended by this, and yea, rape is a real thing, I know this. Its why most of the story involves survivig the aftermath of it.
While Im sorry thia story has upset some of you, I will say that you have the right to be offended and I thw right to offend. This story is not your safe space. It will not cater to your needs when you come crying. It is meant to pull people out of their comfort range and see things from a different perspective, to overcome them. If you cant deal, thats your problem.
Have a nice day.