So this is my first journal, hopefully the first of many (and they shouldn't be as personal as this, or as serious). I'm just going to talk a little bit about myself, where I stand currently as a person and within the fandom. If you don't wish to read this you don't have to, I don't mind.

So to begin with, I was never too attached to the fandom or furries in general for a long time, I was very much on the side-lines, a spectator in all of this. It was more like a passing interest really. I liked the artwork but I never really considered myself a furry, or even thought about getting involved in the community. I was mostly interested in dragons actually at the time hah... and I thought of a few different ideas for a dragon characters that would represent me (later did I learn of the term "fursona"), but it was never much more than that.

It was only really this year I started taking more of an interest, I started taking a liking to anthro characters more and started saving a lot of artwork I liked, whilst playing around with ideas and different sonas outside of dragons for myself. Eventually I started being comfortable in calling myself a "furry" and being a bit more involved, but even I never really took a big leap into the heart of the beast and got into the meat of what the fandom had to offer.

Hopefully now I'm going to change that.

As you may be aware I have just recently gotten a new fursona named Corbyn, he's a black-headed jay which  royalty helped me design. I adore birds so hopefully this is a good match for me. Originally I was going for a blue jay for my new fursona, but Royalty suggested I try for something a bit different and a bit more unique. After browsing around I stumbled upon the black-headed jay, which instantly caught my attention as a gorgeous bird. To my surprise they're didn't appear to be any currently in the fandom so I took the opportunity while I could to stand out more.

So hopefully with this new bird fursona and a new more involved attitude I'll be a lot more interested and involved in the furry community, potentially attending conventions, thinking about fursuits and the like. You might see me around and think "hey, I know that character". That's kind of what I hope to achieve anyway but I'm a long way off that right now.

It's going to be a very interesting experience for me, and I'm looking forward to see what comes from this as I go into the wild blue yonder of furrydom.

I'm hoping to start getting some commissions too because it's probably the best way to get started. Plus I really love anthro art now (especially birds).

And perhaps if I'm motivated enough and try hard enough I could start drawing some art of my own. Who knows?

Until next time.

TL;DR Hi! I'm new.