usually have him wearin the same kinda outfits as i do irl.
he's into pot. just like i am.

i guess i kinda implement characteristics of me irl into my furthona.

Dude, I used to change my fursona like once a year x.x
So, I just decided, screw it, I'm a shapeshifter :P

That always works haha ;D

I have the monkeycat because I like her as a character. She is fun to draw. I sometimes project myself or things that I do onto the monkeycat, even though the monkeycat isn't really meant to be me. Not really my "fursona" in the sense that most people use the word. I haven't changed her since... well, not for a long, long time. I think the last change I made to her was adding the stripe(s) to her tail, and that was forever ago. Probably 2005? I dunno. ANYWAYS. I don't really worry about how original she is, otherwise I'd be stressing about how a hybrid character is supposedly forced originality. And she'd probably have more colors than orange. :B MONKEYCAT IS WHAT IT IS.

A lot of people do stuff like this-- have a character that kind of represents them, but is also a seperate entity. I adore your fursona-- I think she's so cute and simple, but so definitely YOU. You get what I'm saying?

I totally love simplistic characters. That have a design that isn't that complicated but is totally recognizable. Like THERE IT IS, THERE'S THAT ONE.

I THINK I GET IT. Like she's not me but my personality still shows through the character. Yes.

Crispi was originally a sonic fancharacter. Even though I've tweaked her over the years, she never really felt like me. That's why I created Di. Among other things, I'm a crazy bird lady, specifically a parrot-lover, I chose the quaker parrot because of it's personality traits, and the fact that it's the "brooklyn parrot."

SONIC??? REALLY?? I had no idea omg. Was she an echidna? :O
I honestly love both crispi and Di. I still think of you as a Crispi, although Di is certainly working her way into my vision of what a DEEJER should be :3

UH OH http://chaoticdreamer.deviantart.co.....sion-1-2319913

THIS IS THE BEST SHIT EVER

Well.
I'm sure you remember back in the day when my DURRsona used to be a fox.
I just didnt feel the love on that one, even though it was a character that was supposed to represent me something with me and that character just didn't connect with one another.
There was a lacking connection between artist and creation that I didn't start to understand until later on in my artistic life.
When I began to become more artistically involved, (AKA more of an ARTFAG) I started to feel that the fox character was actually very empty.
I had wanted to change her a long time ago, actually, but I had never actually done it due to some complications with myself and with others that I had surrounded myself with.
(I.E. I secretly wanted to start drawing more furry things but I was dating a guy who hated furries LEL)
I had felt my personality reflected a hyena a lot more from I think 14 on.
I was loud, I was bossy towards guys (or I considered myself one of them), Yes the laugh (I would rather not dwell on this cuz I HATE MY LAUGH ffff), and so on and so forth.
My durrsona also represents some deeper set issues I have with my self image, you know like the typical furry, which is also where Jack comes in. Both of them play off each other, and have played off each other for years as different parts of mypersonality that I hate/like, anthropomorphized into something that I can visually play with.
But, I don't believe that those characters ARE me, to an extend I believe they are some sort of extended self portrait that I've crafted in order to compensate for something or to hide something/help me deal with issues that I come across. I won't lie about it and say "LOL DIS ANIMUL IS ME RLY U GUYS LOOKIT MY FURRRRRRRRRr. LOOK AT IT."
I just happen to feel like my characters are more manifestations of mental states rather than ME personally. They still represent me, but more fragmented parts.

tl;dr
my fursona(s) represent fragmented pieces of my mental state at the time rather than me as a whole person.

I remember Ginafox! I remember when your name was THEBLUEFOX ;3 Orsoethingidk. I've always loved your characters, and I ADORE your fursona now. Your art has improved amazingly, and you're seriously an inspiration to me. EVERYTHING YOU DO IS SO DYNAMIC AND VIBRANT I LOVE IT UUUNF.
I love it when people very truly project their characters from themselves, which is what you do. You are GINA THE HYENA.

I've gone through three distinct fursonas since I joined VCL (first furry-related site I joined) as my tastes and self-image have changed.
And within each individual one there have been minor changes as I 'hone' it to something I'm most comfortable with. D. Lance got the biggest overhaul in that department, he made a jump from a scrawny naked fella to a pretty unusual combination of buff body, manhands etc. with makeup and jewelery, and soft facial expressions. I think I made that conscious decision based on the fact that seeing as D. Lance is only a fursona, I can basically change him however I want, and I figured that rather being based off me physically, it could be something based on me mentally (i.e. in touch with and in love with both my masculine and feminine sides to my personality).

That's actually a very interesting evolution of a character! What better way to emulate a mental state, than through drawings, which are manifestations of thoughts anyway.

Funny story about my murrsona. I go with whatever seems cool. i in particular chose a shiba because i needed a character no one would recognize me with so i created kaye pretty randomly. as i used her more she became more like me.

Whoaa that's so weird! Such a different way of character creation! I DO LOVE KAYE A LOT. Shiba ftw :3

Shibas represent *fist pound*

it's been too long, I don't even really remember stuff about the creation.

My then-murrsona was kinda the subject of some nasty trollin drama, and my friend was needing some support in her own change of murrsona (hidin from assholes) so, yeah. >>

Fursonas have always been what I thought was cool or neato or just what seemed to fit me at that moment. Really, they've changed every 3-4 years or so-- whenever I have significantly changed my opinion of what is cool. When I was like 8 my fursona was a FIRECAT. It was a CAT that had FIRE on it and fire markings and its name was CATITUDE. At about 12 or so she changed into Fai, a made-up dragon-like-dog species-thing that was actually based on my hand (what). Then at 14 I desired something more applicable (it is hard to interact with people as a small quad THING) so I created a coyote/cat/rabbit named Britan. Who I had until a couple months ago.

AND NOW I AM A DRAGON A FURIOUS DRAGON. I put a reasonable amount of thought into my fursona, but mostly whatever feels cool. Because who wants to draw something hella lame and boring? Her body-type, clothing, expressions, personality, it's all 100% me and I've been told she resembles me/suits me. Her colors are my favorite scheme mixed with my hair color/skin tone. But really, those that stuck with me I doodled randomly on a whim and went "MAN THAT'S NEAT". I've attempted to create a fursona from friend's input in the past, and based on animals that I 'relate to' or 'look like'.... but they were never finalized and were way too uninspired. In the end nothing 'suits' me unless I think it's the bees knees. Eastern dragons are currently the bees knees. Sweet isn't especially feminine, nor is she pretty/beautiful. But she's kinda cute, and has a charismatic look to her. She's me in drawn-form. I don't find her to be my inner soul, but still a representation that means strangely a lot to me.

I AM A HUMONGOUS FURRY AND HAVE ALWAYS BEEN. Man since I've been 8 (maybe even younger) I have never NOT had some sort of animal self-representation, even if I didn't learn what the heck a furry was until I was like 14-15.

As such, characters usually change, when your mentality changes. I FRICKIN LOVE CATITUDE OKAY. I saw your TIME WARP picture, and I love your characters, even though they're vastly different over the years!

I donlt know much about you (this should change!) but I do enjoy your character a lot. I love the design! As a representation of your self in drawing form? Fantastic. I love it!

I CAN RELATE. FURRIENESS STARTS AT A YOUNG AGE.

there are people who whine at fursona changes, but I find them totally okay! Usually it happens when you feel so different that you just don't FEEL WITH IT any longer. But then I also beat myself up for making Sweet but IT'S BEEN LIKE 4 YEARS SINCE A NEW ONE :l

Oh god it sounds ridiculous to say "HURR I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A FURR" but guuurl I was pretending to be a purple wolf on the playground before I even knew what a murr was.

I agree! I was going to give my fursona a huge overhaul this summer, because my personality has changed a LOT since I was... like 13. But I've grown... attached ;v;

Also omg hells yes. I was ALWAYS an animal. Whenever my dumb girl friends played house? I was the dog HAHAH I always insisted on playing like... dinosaurs or wolf pack or even pokemon back when it first came out. Pretending to be an animal was the bessst

WHEN I WAS A CHILD I DREW LOTS OF CATS.

I also told my peers and made myself believe I was HALF CAT. Don't ask I was 6. No wonder I was always the weird kid.
So I made up this character called SUPERCAT. I remember very vividly what SUPERCAT was supposed to look like. Like, this.. http://disney-clipart.com/aristocat.....ss/Duchess.jpg But anthro and had kind of like a superwoman body. Uh I don't know, again I was like 6. That is what I would pretend I was.
I don't remember ever drawing supercat or ever really drawing myself until way later when I drew myself as a CATGIRL. Then at 11 I drew myself as some kind of Sonic the Hedgehog fan character black cat thing. Theeen I drew myself as a cat girl for 8 years to this day. And for a short time in between a goatcat thing.

I don't count though because I am not actually a furry. ;__;

Also I don't really know why I think a cat fits me. I have a cat and he is the worst thing on earth. I guess because they are like, dirty and mean and smell like fish and avoid people like the plague and have sharp teeth and are small and weird and scratch people and don't have a lot of friends.

HERE'S SOME STUFF YOU NEVER KNEW ABOUT ME HI I'VE ONLY KNOWN YOU FOR LIKE EVER.

"small and weird and scratch people and don't have a lot of friends."

That was so ridiculously cute.

SUPERCAT SERIOUSLY I NEVER WOULD HAVE GUESSED!!! Even if you dont consider yourself a furry, I can kinda relate, you know? Always having an animal representation, and relating to animal characteristics. IT'S KINDA COOL. I think you are always adorable and crazy and cats I hate them sometimes but they can be p cool. If you were a cat, I'd take you home and make sure to NOT pick you up like a machinegun. :3 (I'm lying, I so would.)