Preview of a boi and a little storytime

I'll delete this later but I wanted to post a bit of a preview for what I'm working on, and why I've been so quiet the last couple of... oof, years.

A while ago I was hit with this notion that drawing nothing but animals was bad. I was horrendously put off from drawing them- constantly being called a furry, being surrounded by a group of people who thought it was stupid to still like things like Warriors, and so on. Needless to say that put out a lot of my desire to do anything related to them. I fell out of rping my big cat characters in groups such as EBC and TRD, and felt like I would be judged and persecuted for joining other groups with similar interests and tastes. 

It's been miserable, and I miss talking to the people who actually enjoyed these groups with me; I miss plotting out our stories and not feeling bad because someone else might think it's 'cringey' and childish. But y'know what? Some of my most treasured moments and memories come from back when I was active in EBC; back when Soren was a heavyweight character. A character that to my surprise, people liked and celebrated. It makes me teary eyed just thinking about how much it meant to me to have so many people interested in something I made, in the stories we all made together. 

Lately I've been busy with work, and I'll be going to college soon... and I don't want to forget that feeling. I don't want to be stuck in this rut of I have to draw only humans because someone else thinks I should. That mentality... its stunted my growth as a story teller and a writer. I find days where I want to draw, but only animals or creatures, only to put my tablet down because I'm too old for that is a thought that has been pumped into my mind with as much toxicity as snake venom. 

I can't guarantee prolonged activity; I still have work and I still have school... but, I'll be attempting to bring two characters to life. This preview being a newly revitalized Kaien- Soren's son from years and years ago. I don't know if he'll be in a group, but I love him. Another character I'll likely be adding to Goldbloods, but we'll have to see on that.

But majorly I just. I miss being here. I miss the people I used to spend hours well into the night and early mornings just chatting about our characters and what-ifs and new plot points. I could name all of them but I think the one who I think deserves at least an apology for the way things so suddenly stopped between us is InTheDappledRain .

I honestly don't even remember half the argument of why we stopped, but I miss you.

Here's to a fresh start, eh?