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A new beginning (Saying goodbye to the Husky)
12 years ago
bassSo I've made several hints yesterday via twitter and through a couple drawings. I will officially be saying goodbye to Ten as my fursona/representation/character, what have you. There's a big long explanation ahead, but a TL;DR Ten isn't who I imagine myself anymore. I've decided to re-invent myself. But we'll get to that in a moment.
First I wanna explain how I feel about characters and the ever so important "Fursona". I've had many characters and still do that I like to play with, a german shepherd named Jericho, a gator named Bordeaux, the list goes on. Characters are just that, fictional beings that I insert small little bits of my personality into and sometimes they have nothing to do with my personality and represent a polar opposite. The 'Fursona' is different however. To me, The fursona is ME. it's an avatar in this imaginary world that is the physical embodiment of everything I am on the inside, and to an extent on the outside. My fursona is the character that I actually have protection over and have a bit of boundries with. I'm not comfortable with people using my fursona however they want whereas if someone wants to draw one of my other characters in whatever situation they're interested in, I'm pretty down for it. people can also commission me (maybe even others!) of my characters with no hastle. My fursona is not as easy to get into the pants of! haha.
That leads us to Ten. I created Ten when I was fourteen years old, that being nearly ten years ago now. When I created Ten, I was a chubby li'l kid with particular ambitions, and a self image that was very low. I hated how I looked. I created the rail thin husky dog with wings on his back and a stylish sweeping hair do. He was the embodiment of what (at the time) I wanted to be. confident, good looking in my opinion at the time, and care free. Fast forward a couple years, and I actually became that. I lost a LOT of weight, took a medication that got rid of my acne, got better clothes, and fashioned my hair on the daily. I became what I had wanted. Ten and me were officially a singular unit. As the years progressed, I made small subtle changes to him, ranging from adding a marking here and there, adjusting his piercings to match my own, changing his color, and any other a small details throughout the days.
At some point though, I started to feel a disconnect with Ten. I started to realize he wasn't really fitting with me any more. My interest in guys, as well as what I wanted to look like was starting to change. I was growing up on a mental level that Ten couldn't keep up with as an avatar for myself. I tried to manage this with changing Ten in more drastic ways. I made him look older, I added the facial hair I started to fashion on myself, several other changes until the point where Ten became rather amorphous. He had so many different 'forms' so to say that no one knew exactly which one was the proper Ten, and to a point neither did I, cause in my mind, no matter how much I tried to make Ten LIKE ME, he was always that short little skinny husky dog.
So after quite a while of dealing with the thoughts of this, after trying to see if I could make Ten me, I've decided to make the decision that's been coming for a long time and say goodbye to him. I will no longer represent myself as Ten.
what does this mean? Well, it means that I've made a new fursona for myself, one that represents who I am a lot better.
What does this mean for All you out there? Well, I have a new FA account, found here http://www.furaffinity.net/user/Bass . I'm doing a full switch, Name character and all. I want to have a fresh start and start living the life as the person I want to be.
I won't be dropping any commissions or changing my art style or anything silly like that. I also won't be PURGING this gallery or anything, just not uploading to it anymore. If you want to continue to view my art, simply follow http://www.furaffinity.net/user/Bass .
I will also still be using "Ten Husky Productions" as my ... company name so to say. meaning, that will still be the watermark/signiture on my art (until decided otherwise) and Ten will still be the mascot for that system. Ten has become one of my characters now, instead of my fursona, so that's where he lies.
I've also made a new AIM and will be changing a couple other things, and letting the people who need to know, know when those things happen.
So anyways...
Ten over and out.
First I wanna explain how I feel about characters and the ever so important "Fursona". I've had many characters and still do that I like to play with, a german shepherd named Jericho, a gator named Bordeaux, the list goes on. Characters are just that, fictional beings that I insert small little bits of my personality into and sometimes they have nothing to do with my personality and represent a polar opposite. The 'Fursona' is different however. To me, The fursona is ME. it's an avatar in this imaginary world that is the physical embodiment of everything I am on the inside, and to an extent on the outside. My fursona is the character that I actually have protection over and have a bit of boundries with. I'm not comfortable with people using my fursona however they want whereas if someone wants to draw one of my other characters in whatever situation they're interested in, I'm pretty down for it. people can also commission me (maybe even others!) of my characters with no hastle. My fursona is not as easy to get into the pants of! haha.
That leads us to Ten. I created Ten when I was fourteen years old, that being nearly ten years ago now. When I created Ten, I was a chubby li'l kid with particular ambitions, and a self image that was very low. I hated how I looked. I created the rail thin husky dog with wings on his back and a stylish sweeping hair do. He was the embodiment of what (at the time) I wanted to be. confident, good looking in my opinion at the time, and care free. Fast forward a couple years, and I actually became that. I lost a LOT of weight, took a medication that got rid of my acne, got better clothes, and fashioned my hair on the daily. I became what I had wanted. Ten and me were officially a singular unit. As the years progressed, I made small subtle changes to him, ranging from adding a marking here and there, adjusting his piercings to match my own, changing his color, and any other a small details throughout the days.
At some point though, I started to feel a disconnect with Ten. I started to realize he wasn't really fitting with me any more. My interest in guys, as well as what I wanted to look like was starting to change. I was growing up on a mental level that Ten couldn't keep up with as an avatar for myself. I tried to manage this with changing Ten in more drastic ways. I made him look older, I added the facial hair I started to fashion on myself, several other changes until the point where Ten became rather amorphous. He had so many different 'forms' so to say that no one knew exactly which one was the proper Ten, and to a point neither did I, cause in my mind, no matter how much I tried to make Ten LIKE ME, he was always that short little skinny husky dog.
So after quite a while of dealing with the thoughts of this, after trying to see if I could make Ten me, I've decided to make the decision that's been coming for a long time and say goodbye to him. I will no longer represent myself as Ten.
what does this mean? Well, it means that I've made a new fursona for myself, one that represents who I am a lot better.
What does this mean for All you out there? Well, I have a new FA account, found here http://www.furaffinity.net/user/Bass . I'm doing a full switch, Name character and all. I want to have a fresh start and start living the life as the person I want to be.
I won't be dropping any commissions or changing my art style or anything silly like that. I also won't be PURGING this gallery or anything, just not uploading to it anymore. If you want to continue to view my art, simply follow http://www.furaffinity.net/user/Bass .
I will also still be using "Ten Husky Productions" as my ... company name so to say. meaning, that will still be the watermark/signiture on my art (until decided otherwise) and Ten will still be the mascot for that system. Ten has become one of my characters now, instead of my fursona, so that's where he lies.
I've also made a new AIM and will be changing a couple other things, and letting the people who need to know, know when those things happen.
So anyways...
Ten over and out.
Good luck!
My fursona started off as a marbled polecat because I wanted something different and very unique species-wise. She was a lot like me, but as I started to get involved in the furry community, I found I really liked RPing. And when you start to RP your "fursona" it pretty quickly becomes something other than you. My fursona developed into Katsuri, the first of my very long list of /characters/.
Kalylia, my fursona, is exactly what you described - an extension of me. She is what I idealize myself as in this world, but she is also my avatar. She is a reflection of who I am. Her design, species, and coloration are all extremely symbolic. I'd never want to see Kalylia done in a sexual situation with another character, simply because I'm married to a non-furry. She and I are the same thing. In art I post of her to my gallery, I always note that "Kalylia is me and belongs to me". Whereas with any of my other characters, the note is something like "Davina is my character and belongs to me." There's a very important distinction there.
I was lucky I suppose. I realized that change pretty quickly with Katsuri and was able to adjust. Kalylia has already started to grow with me a little, but I hope that I never have to go through the sort of drastic change that you've gone through.
Though that change is apparently very good for you. :3 You've grown, and your new fursona reflects that.
Sorry, just a rambling kind of response since it fits well with how I feel about things as well.
but the name bass is already taken on ib so whats the plan there?
When the time comes and one feels that a name change is due. The best to do is to create a name that isn't assiciated with "You". So when you feel that your fursona isn't doing it for you anymore, you can change it with out affecting your business name.
I admire you for One, Not deleting this account and Not deleting the content with in. Everyone else this year that has suddenly done this idenity switch has done so and I don't find that fair.
Thanks for informing us all though and I hope to watch you on your new account.