General Discussion

i know it's probably strange that i don't consider myself a furry despite drawing them primarily but i really cannot connect to the word at all! whenever i've referred to myself as a furry it just didn't feel right and i've never really been able to design a fursona i actually saw myself in. i've been wondering why is the case and i think it's because i feel i have more artistic freedom with furries? i do genuinely really like drawing animals/animal features and i love brighter color palettes and marking and all that kind of stuff but i never really felt like i could do it as much on a human as i could on a furry. i guess that doesn't really translate into being able to see yourself as an animal? anyways to actually contribute something other than me theorizing about myself here is a reference i did of one of my furry OCs that i made a few months ago that i'm still very proud of [img]https://64.media.tumblr.com/2609c9b33646872957705b548e7d0845/7c27f1583198fe80-6b/s2048x3072/f4a7cd2c0d145829d0e4db70e14b23c275b469f5.png[/img]

i've wanted to make a fursona for many many years but never decided on a species i like the most [emoji=skull size=1] i would mostly consider snow leopard, maned wolf, or simply a longhair cat! this thread makes me want to finally settle on one and actually make a fursona after all these years... [emoji=tundra sad size=2]

@werillen It's more like a joke, but there is a random fursona generator [emoji=banescale laughing size=1] https://randomgenerate.io/random-fursona-generator

I have commented on this thread 3 years ago, but I'm dipping my toes in again:

As said in my previous comment, while I draw animal-like characters, I haven't interacted with the overall fandom nor plan to. Mainly because it's massive - I like smaller fandoms better. But I do find fursuiting and such interesting phenomenons. Fursuiting could be fun to try as well.

I don't have a fursona for the moment: The one I had is a music mascot nowadays. For the design, I've been thinking of various animals, but it seems to gravitate towards Grimmsnarls. (Grimmsnarl is a Pokémon introduced in Sword/Shield). While the species is fully male, and I identify as a non-binary woman... whatever! I want to be a Grimmsnarl.

Designing is something else, given that I have ideas. The biggest culprit being: Do I want this character to have most of my IRL features, or be something I'd wish to be? That I'll think further.

Might edit this post in case I get a hold of the design.

My sona is a floofy dragon! (my signature has a little sprite of my sona!)

[quote name="CherryJasper" date="2024-04-21 19:24:06" ] i know it's probably strange that i don't consider myself a furry despite drawing them primarily but i really cannot connect to the word at all! whenever i've referred to myself as a furry it just didn't feel right and i've never really been able to design a fursona i actually saw myself in. i've been wondering why is the case and i think it's because i feel i have more artistic freedom with furries? i do genuinely really like drawing animals/animal features and i love brighter color palettes and marking and all that kind of stuff but i never really felt like i could do it as much on a human as i could on a furry. i guess that doesn't really translate into being able to see yourself as an animal? anyways to actually contribute something other than me theorizing about myself here is a reference i did of one of my furry OCs that i made a few months ago that i'm still very proud of [img]https://64.media.tumblr.com/2609c9b33646872957705b548e7d0845/7c27f1583198fe80-6b/s2048x3072/f4a7cd2c0d145829d0e4db70e14b23c275b469f5.png[/img] [/quote] I think you can totally be a furry without actually having a fursona. All that is require is a general interest in anthro animals!

Furries? Furries. I just made my second fursona the other day, which will replace the first. It's such a cool way to express yourself :3

I'm not one, officially, but I think animal/human creatures are pretty cool.

How do you do, fellow furries? Main fursona is a toad, but I also have a tiger and a gir bull 'cause I'm forever indecisive. [img]https://i.imgur.com/xxYT4bJ.gif[/img][img]https://i.imgur.com/IfHLn7R.gif[/img][img]https://i.imgur.com/nvucaVJ.gif[/img] Been in the fandom now 16 years. There's no escape [emoji=skull size=1]

am a furry based on the fact that i like them and also i just suck at drawing humans so. animal people it is