my primary fursona originally started as a herm rabbit, partially inspired by various furry arts and decided to give rabbit and herm a shot. Kinda felt okay for a few years, but eventually settled in on half kitsune, half rabbit after a bit of serious debate. I'm much more content with the way I am now and it's led to a lot more for me

Very cool. I know some people don't like hybrids much, but I personally wish there was more of them. Combining two animals to make a new one can be done in so many unique ways, and usually reflects the personality of the creator more completely as well. IMO anyway. :)

I made my own species after I successfully defeated my alcohol addiction and got my shit together. x3

Now THAT is a legit reason to make a species! :D Congrats man! I LOVE making up critters myself, so its cool to see other people who like to do it too. :D

My main big guy came from a time when I was reading two mangas at the same time and I visually mashed them together, he is also based off of various people and events of my life, just about every part of him has a story behind it

REALLY! I like how your main character retains a lot of humanoid traits. Most people make furries with the same general formula - humanoid body, fur all over, animal head, etc etc. Not that your character is necessarily "furry," but to see a different mix than the norm is really nice.

Thank you ^w^ I've made him full anthro once, but I just never really liked him like that, he did go through a stage where he had a demon form, which was awesome! But, he's better as is :D

well im in the progress of writing a 2 book story explaining my sona as his boddy type and how his kind came to be... so i doubt im gona be able to fit that here in the comments X3

Well DAMN! Can't argue with that. XD I'd like to read some of it sometime, in that case. :3

Adrian is a piece of a puzzle. Another mask in a place where there is not but masks. A sad piece of existence to perpetuate my own existence. His life was soon ending regardless, this way he may enjoy eternity through me, as the rest of them do.

This strangely resonates with me. It kind of gets at what characters ever are in the first place. Where are they going? What is the point of them? And what is the point of me, of us, of anything? Life is odd.

I've got so many characters that it'd take me a while to list them all properly XD

STORY OF MY LIFE! It's like as soon as you make more than one they just multiply...

XD Maybe if I get the time I'll try to do them for the ones with a main character.

I can offer this one though - the original version of my dragon which my account is named after was created solely as an output to vent my anger and nasty thoughts, considering I was frequently bullied and put under stress.

I've completely rewrote Koszmar.
But I can't post that yet, not without that sketch. :D
Boombadapa its a secret!

SOON™

Oh boy...

I think I'm gonna skip Sauria's story because it's too long even when staying meta.
So let's settle for Tani and Minerva, since the two are "related" on the meta level.

Minerva at first was at first a character inspired by one of Doug Winger's pictures of anthro equines, and shi was quite a crazy, seductive character that had nothing to do with Sauria and was part of another (bad) storyline I made. Over time, after the story was dropped, I kept the characters and Minerva went through various changes as I went through various schools and some fits of depression before becoming the sweetest eldritch abomination of darkness soulbound to Sauria shi is now.

Tani is kinda the anti-Minerva, shi has absolutely nothing to do with hir, but Minerva was hir basis. The idea was the same: a good, powerful eldritch abomination, but Tani went to the crazy, fetishy path instead, with a completely different design, reminiscent of demons and became more of a anti-hero, seemingly oblivious to the damage shi can cause sharing hir dark power.

I guess the two were made because I love the "dark is not evil" trope.

Aww yeah! Actually the best thing about this is that you have two different personalities that basically fit whichever RP you're in the mood for - or story or art or whatever. So it works out perfectly. XD

Also, I LOOOOVE the "dark is not evil" trope. I'm actually disappointed when movies and TV shows don't delve into the intricacies that "dark" characters can have; it seems so unrealistic. Life is confusing and messed up, and things are often not what they appear. So stories that can do that well make me a very happy Rikko. :D

Also, I HATE how insect races or reptilian races are always automatically evil. WHY!? Just because they have alienish and BADASS body/facial structures does not mean their evil. BAH! *end rant*

Well, to be honest, I don't use Minerva for RP and probably will never use hir as, with Sauria, shi's in hir own reality. The only thing close to a RP the two would get would be as cameo, the NCIS team (as Cynder is a member of) would get more interactions than these two.

And speaking of reptilian races, Sauria's species is based on raptors as you may know and she is partner with a "species" of techno-viruses that feeds on matter and thoughts to grow in number and form new and bigger forms, acting kinda like blob monsters or grey goo.

And despite this, they aren't evil either and helped Sauria's species go through a new nanotechnological era as well as allowing them to explore the galaxy much better. Also, they're an hive-mind and unlike usual representations, the main "AI queen" of the hive-mind isn't actually seeking to understand and gain emotions, but by the time of the current story, actually has them and is handling it pretty well.

Mine is litterally just me. Has the same full name, Aspen Shilo Bear, acts like me and everything.
But my second Sona, Shilo the wolf, is my sweet side. Same background story and stuff though. Related to my main, Aspen.

I guess Im kinda boring XD

YOUR NAME IS ASPEN! That is amazing. I think a lot of people make characters that are either themselves or sections of themselves... I know I do. >.> And hey, why try to come up with a personality when you already have one of your own, right? Especially if you make stories or RP based around it. Waaay easier to just act yourself than someone else. :3

Should I need to link my over 10k journal about the P9 and the Pinuh? XD

I HAVE READ A LOT OF THAT! But yeah do it anyway. XD I'm surprised at how many people are like, "OH HONEY, the story is waaaay too long to post here!" I need to do more writing it seems like, lol.

I did the warning!


Follow the link, if you dare for a "small" brief description!

http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/5998177/

Also, what would happen if I need to do that with EVERY CHARACTER I have? XD

You'd be writing, for YEARS! XD

1 month for one character back story only like I did there. That sounds quite enough. XD

Darius is basically me. He's just a tiger version of myself, with the exact same personnality as I have IRL. I guess I just wanted to keep it simple :)

Simple is best sometimes! Plus its based off you, who is a real person, so no reason to make it any more complicated than that. :D

For my fursona-thing, I can never really stick to any one story. It basically just represents me in art form. It's some weird fluffy creature thing that spends most of its time wandering around mountains and being an antisocial butt. Its physical appearance is a lot more mapped out than any kind of back story.
My other characters have much more complicated background stories though, that all tie into the same alien world thing they all live in.

Well physical appearances are pretty important, more-so than back stories sometimes. :) ESPECIALLY since a lot of the furry world revolves around art, making a character that looks cool (especially to you) is a pretty significant thing. :)

What a beast! Very cool. I like that your character basically comes out of a positive perspective that you've been trying to adopt yourself. Uplifting characters are the best characters. :D I think the Vos and Aeterna symbols are my favorite, in terms of what they mean.

Well..Furvus was originally me as a wolf, but thought I'd have some more fun and make him more interesting xp So, he put on much more muscle and, since I wanted to make him heroic also, I had him become a cop. Later, he got into bodybuilding and competes as a pro heavyweight in the wolf division because I have a great deal of interest in bodybuilding and thought it would be fun to write about using the big wolf :) Thus Furvus Wolf today ^ ^

Hell yeah! For some reason a cop just seems to fit him. Probably because he's super beefy. :D

You know it and his big guns are always locked and loaded ;)

Still working on it but you know apart of it

hehe yup.

My sona is wow inspired , I have thought if changing my sona as I really fell I don't comedy with it as much as I once did but just can't decide on what I'd change it to .

well comedy was supposed to be "connect " and if was supposed to be "of" . iPhone you fail me again.

I switch between characters allll the time so I totally understand the not connecting thing. Any ideas on what you might switch to?

At one time I was trying to decide between either "caracal or maybe a jackal but I haven't really thought about it much at all and I tend to see a lot of the second choice around so maybe trying to find something that stands out from the crowd but still kinda represents me in away .

I totally understand that. There are some pretty unique canine species around. Here are a few, maybe they'll help spark your imagination:

Racoon Dog (actually a completely separate species of canine): http://www.factzoo.com/sites/all/im.....-nice-coat.jpg
Thycaline (now extinct): http://cdn2.arkive.org/media/97/970.....outh-agape.jpg
Dhole (kinda reminds me of a mix between a jackal and a fox): http://mungaiandthegoaconstrictor.f.....1/dhole-51.jpg

And as far as wild cats go, there are gobs of cool ones.

Lynx (also has ear tufts, of course): http://www.snareshop.com/images/lynx5.jpg
Oncilla: http://cdn1.arkive.org/media/35/35B.....-in-a-tree.jpg
Serval (probably the closest mix between a jackal and a feline that you could find): http://georginadp6.weebly.com/uploa.....19214_orig.jpg

And just for a really weird one, the Jaguarundi: http://yabbi.ru/uploads/users/14/20.....7672249494.jpg

I kinda went crazy there, but yeah, looking at different species usually helps me think about this stuff. :)

actually Thylacine seems quite intriguing as last tasmanian tiger was a thylacine and the ausie link certainly brings a closer conection being ausie myself .

I have a butt load of characters...but ill just pick 1

Sixty- a Chinese Crested (Hairless) Was made around the time I was really getting into Rping. Back then I had fun playing a Dominatrix, and I wanted to create a character from an uncommon species. And make abit different from how her species was. Before I finished her.....she got alot of attention. She didnt have any pics back then either. So...yeah, she turned heads right away.
Im more of a cat person, and I dislike small dogs more then big dogs. But I found Chinese Crested to be very cute and pretty. Told myself it would be the one toy dog I would get.
At the time she had no real personality to her, just a sexual predator. In a way she kinda still is, but she's also kind of become a 'strong black woman' and motherly kind of character...Thats still sexually driven, has vanity as high as the witch in Snow White.

I loooove how her ears are covered in hair, that is such a cool touch. (And I guess it just follows the Chinese Crested breed, but still, it looks great on a character like her.) I too am not much of a toy dog person, though if I had to get one the pomsky would be pretty alright. :) https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.co.....c4828ac4b0.jpg

Also, I'm not sure where to stick this in, but the "strong black woman" personality is one of my favs. XD

I always think about what she would look like with Shaved ears. And I like the ways hers are, some other crested characters, while pretty, I personally don't like the Large amount of fluff put on their ears.
Keeps her unique I guess? lol

Can you imagine the Matinence on those things though?
I dont even like putting that much time into my hair. Id rather shave it.

OMFG those things are real!? I thought I was being trolled when someone told me there were Miniature Huskies. I thought they were just large puppies...Oh thats so cute~

And XD

Yep, they're real all right! A roommate of mine ran into one while delivering pizza one day and said it was absolutely adorable. I looked them up and apparently they're like 6k to buy... eeesh!

I understand you on the hair thing, I'm not that good at hair care myself. And I imagine that you'd have to dry the hair really well, or else it'd trap water in your ears which would be no good at all. @.@ Still, I bet a species like that would come up with some pretty cool hair+ear styles. :D

Vinson Mink is my Fursona. He IS me for all intents and purpose. His story somewhat parallels mine...

Vinson was created in the labs of the Advanced Genetic Research Institute (AGRI) in Santa Barbara, California. He was part of the second generation of genetic recombinants to come out of the lab -- Sy_Sable was one of the first generation. Like many of the AGRI creations, Vinson was assigned to a human family to be raised into human society -- but, unfortunately, in his case they didn't choose the humans as well as they might, perhaps. The father jumped ship and soon the family fell apart. Looking to fix things, AGRI instead hooked up Vinson with Sy Sable as a mentor. Soon, the pair became much, much more than that. And Vinson thankfully stabilized.

Vinson Mink makes his living as a writer, musician, and sound engineer.

Hah, this is awesome! I really like when characters are based somewhat on real life events. It makes them seem more like... well, real people. Which is very compelling. I also like how you focus a lot of his backstory on family events. A lot of people (myself included) don't even think about that aspect when making our characters, but in real life family is extremely formative in making us who we are today. So why wouldn't it be that way for furry characters too?

Thank you ^^ One of the things Sy Sable and I discovered early on is that we're both really into well-developed backstories for story characters.

I like the idea of time travel. I like pokemon. Celebi fits both, boom, pokesona get. I did name him Artibii fairly recently though. As for shininess... x3 I love Mew a lot, so shininess was almoat a proclamation of that. Unoriginality woo.

Hey, Pokemon are cool and honestly, I don't see all too many Pokesonas floating around so it's at least somewhat unique. XD I had no idea that Celebi's shiny form was pink... makes sense though. :)

I LOVE OWLS, this is so cool! I think the only owl you didn't mention that I really like (from animated movies) would be the owl from The Secret of Nimh... though he was more scary than lovable so he wouldn't really fit the theme too well. Do you have any pics of the suit yet, or is it not finished? I'd love to see it!

I just have to comment to this journal considering that you sent me the finished reference sheet of my fursona at about the same time as you posted this. ^.=.^

So here's the story of Loneclaw: ever since I saw a picture of a dromaeosaurid, I wanted to be one and I came to view myself more as a dromaeosaurid than as a human. Eventually, I put down my fursona on paper and named him "Razor" (super-creative, I know). This was the first iteration of Loneclaw.
Then, when I was a little older, I became interested in constructed fictional languages and decided to create my own. I renamed my fursona "Sriseru"; in my constructed language "sri" meant "alone/lonesome", "ser" meant "claw/hunter", and "-u" was a naming suffix to denote male gender. So the name "Sriseru" meant "loneclaw" or "lonesome hunter".
About two years ago I redesigned my fursona into this, but was never fully satisfied with how it looked.
Now, with your help, I have once again redesigned my fursona and changed his name to the old one's direct translation. :3

I also used to have a dragon fursona along with my callidiraptor (what I call Loneclaw's species) one. I never drew him, but he was a feral dragon and represented my more primal, wild side, while Loneclaw represented my nerdy, science-loving, intellectual side. Eventually, I became more in touch with Loneclaw than with my dragon side.
Loneclaw is basically me, but he is slightly braver and both more intelligent and knowledgeable than I am.

You know, the fictional language thing really intrigues me. The only other person I've heard of who was really into that is, (quite famously of course), J.R.R. Tolkien. I always thought it'd take a very special kind of mind that would be interested in inventing a language, and then constructing a world around that. Perhaps your two are somewhat similar. :)

I like seeing how Loneclaw has developed through the years! It seems like all characters go through a "Razor" stage, if that makes sense. >.> Also, I don't remember if I ever asked you this, but how did you feel when archeologists discovered that dromaeosaurids had feathers? I imagine you already had an idea of your character at that point, and obviously changed him to fit the new information we have now, so I'm curious if that bothered you or not. (It kind of bothered me for a while, and I don't even have any character attachments, so that's why I ask.) XD

Well, I would never dare to compare myself to J.R.R. Tolkien, since he's basically the patron saint of world-building. XD But I see what you mean. :)

About the feathers, it did bother me for a very good while, but nowadays I've gotten so used to it that any featherless theropod looks naked to me. XD

This is really in depth and interesting, thank you for taking the time to type it all out! This is the kind of character stuff that really intrigues me, so thank you for sharing. :D

I really, really adore how you have put so much thought into representing yourself with multiple characters. Furthermore, I like how they actually tie into real parts of us as people - its very compelling. I have a question; what species (or combination of species) will Chess be, if anything?

Hu, Nic, and Ed are also cool in the sense that they represent what each part of you is interested in romantically. I'd love to see what they end up looking like, and how they compliment their respective mates. :D

I totally think you should go with the wings, or at least an option for Hu to have wings if he wants them. It seems like the perfect addition to his security role, imo. :D

But yeah, this is all very cool, thank you again for sharing. :D I can't wait until all of these characters are finalized and, perhaps, even visualized! I'm already imagining a sweet scene between Hu and Eru, but that makes sense being that they're basically made for each other. ^-^

That would be fantastic! I'd love to see them all when they're finished. :D And no problem, it was a pleasure to read. Thank you for taking the time to share. :)

EEEE, I am excite! :D

They look great! Its hard to pick which is my favorite, but Zak definitely stands out. After that both Thel and Nic are pretty close... though Thel is such an interesting mix I'd probably pick him as my second favorite. (As you can see, I like exotic characters.)

But now there are going to be two MORE!? Who are these going to be? :D

Very cool! What kind of breed is that dog by the way? It looks like a terrier, but its markings remind me of an Australian sheep dog. I like how those last two have similar markings patterns in a way... both tricolored, both spotty. They seem like a good match (assuming they will also be together). :)

I went through a bunch of poorly realised placeholder characters for my first... 7 or 8 years as a furry? Haha yeah. I've been doing this thing for a while :U There was the obligatory My First Fursona™ fox character, then various lizard things on a spectrum between geckos and argonians (I found furry through a Morrowind forum, so that was mandatory). I never *really* identified with any of them though. Mostly they just existed to facilitate my online presence.

Maybe a year before you and I met, I came up with Raraka. He wasn't really designed to represent me either. At least not all of me. It was about when I was starting to figure out sex-positivity instead of being all self-righteous about how repressed I was, so I needed an alter-ego to safely explore that without outing myself as a gross perv (The secret's totally out now. Garbage Bat 2015). There was also some pretentious metaphor that had something to do with being all graceful and competent until I get thrown outside my comfort zone, where I can't even pretend that I know what I'm doing, and so just avoiding the hell out of that. Ever seen a fruit bat on sand? Exactly.
Back then, Raraka was just this generic black-and-orange fruit bat. When I finally awakened as the Sage of Fabulousness, Raraka got pinned down and sprayed with pink dye and glitter. It's been pretty cool, seeing how I've changed as a person since then, tbh. Raraka was only supposed to represent an *aspect* of who I am, but over the years, I've really grown into the character. He's been like an idol that I aspire to, and definitely helped me get to where I am today.

There were few less-realised characters along the way. Crow the striped hyena never really represented me personally. He was more of an alt for RP. I wanted to get him made into a fursuit, but I ended up getting a giant sparklebat instead. He still holds a place in my heart, though :>

Then there's the ringtail lemur. This guy was stirring about in my mind around when I came up with Raraka, but he never *really* saw the light of day. I didn't even give him a name, though James always felt like a good fit. At the time, he felt *perfect*, but that was also when I started questioning my identity, gender, etc, hence the lack of real development. I never got any art commissioned of him, but when I came across this piece by  riftryu, it was like he'd tumbled directly out of my mind's eye and into somebody else's commission

That's pretty much all of them. I want to get a tattoo soon, depicting some of the animals I've identified with over the years. Not the actual furry characters, but generic, non-anthro versions of them (furry but not too furry, yo). I've commissioned  22mg to do the design and am SUPER excited to see what he comes up with.

Thanks for posting anyway <3 Was cool to read your story, and a bunch of others

Oh cool! I had no idea your character went through so many revisions. I love that your first one was a fox, that's so furry of you. XD

Yeah, I'd say out of all the characters you mention the bat fits the best of them all. The lemur idea would be the second; for some reason you just seem like those two animals and I'm not really sure why. :) Do you think Raraka will change more over time? Maybe as you explore more parts of yourself that you don't know about yet?

Interesting question! I'm about to start HRT so that's obviously going to be a massive change in my life... I haven't really thought about how that might affect my character. Though I have gotten a few gender bendy commissions of Raraka in the past. Time will tell!

REALLY! We need to get caught up methinks. :O *stumbles over to a messenger* XD

YES gods it's been forever :O Just sent me a message whenever you're around. Messages on hangouts go to my phone, so unless I'm sleeping I should be able to chat ^^;