Always defend that which is yours.

Just out of curiosity why didn’t you want to openly take credit for the work from the beginning?

Props to you for coming clean.

I think a lot of it was bad timing. We just went through something where someone was trying to pose as an “official” account and lead people astray. So going through that and then seeing your account, with no information, just images, well….you can understand where our mentality was.

If you want to show your artwork, show it here! That’s what 111 does and it’s awesome. Share your work, but do it with pride with your name behind it. That will make everyone (especially the OOA) happy instead of wondering if this is just another fake account trying to game jack ya know?

So with that being said….post that shit!! Show everyone that didn’t see you on instagram your work

Hah! I think that’s fantastic, you pulled off a completely successful performance piece, and I fully support your weird adventure into an abstract art alias.
I also really like how you’ve revealed it and are forcing us to look at ourselves in how we reacted to it. I’m sorry it didn’t fully go according to plan.

Your anonymity comment strikes a chord with me.

– Also, |||_error began because my first attempts at creating accounts failed, the ‘error’ in my name was literally making fun of my situation and I didn’t think this account would be the one that finally worked. I wanted to contribute ‘something’, and the error made me think glitchy gifs might be fun, and since it’s a 111 error, that’s why the 1:11am started.. It was never planned out, I was just interested and supporting whatever it is they’re doing, and it spiraled out of control as I got more invested in it. Some people thought I was legitimately crazy / some probably still do. As a result, I now know a ton of wonderful people, so I regret nothing.

Thank you for identifying yourself, ReidV! It’s such a relief to know the ExDeus account wasn’t coming from a place of trickery. We can all appreciate your art now without worrying about whether or not we’re being taken in.

It seems like the suspicious reactions of forum members upset you, and I can understand why, especially if you don’t know the full context. I don’t think it’s ever been stated outright on the forums, so here goes…

1) Someone created a cryptic Twitter account. They used it to suggest that certain participants were Brothers of Seraph, important OOA players, etc. They lured our interest and then began PM-ing some of us. They even urged me to declare myself for the Brothers of Seraph. I did not, obviously, and neither did any of their other victims, but they could easily have ruined this experience for us. After that incident, we were bound to be suspicious of any cryptic social media accounts that weren’t officially Tension-affiliated.

2) Mr Ohio posted several times on these forums. I’m sure he PM’d with some of us as well, though I was not one of them. One day he disappeared: when I asked about it, Overseer replied, “She no longer goes by that name.” Another instance of someone posing as someone they were not, to get information.

That’s why we were suspicious of ExDeus. I can see how, if you weren’t privy to this information, the response to ExDeus seemed overblown and hostile, but hopefully with this context in mind, you’ll see why ExDeus raised so many red flags.

I hope you won’t stop the art!

Mike’s response more or less summed up what I wanted to say. With your intentions now clear, I overreacted and for that I apologize. I was coming from a defensive place, having just fended off a major liar trying to lead us astray, a lesser one lying about being a part of the OOA, and all kinds of other suspicion. I really thought that you were just another fake account going to try to sabotage us, so I reacted defensively.

In truth, I meant what I said in my earlier post. Your creations were actually really cool. If you continue posting them I’d certainly like to see them

@atticus360 Thanks for sharing here and thank you for the clarifications. I have been a little bit behind and I missed your stuff on Instagram. Glad to see it now.

That takes guts to come clean @atticus360.

I’m like the trippy artwork, the seashell one definitely speaks to me.