How did you get started with art?

I don't draw often so I'm not quite sure how to answer your question so I'll answer it in both way I think it can be answered ^^;;

Getting started with art as commissions I had to ask around for a while. I had an idea of what I wanted and had the roughest of concept sketches done up, I just wanted someone to bring him to life. I knew Cooper as a person so I commissioned her and she helped complete the look of the character by adding some design changes.

Getting started with drawing myself has been hard. I find it very frustrating but about 6 years ago I used a small program on my DSi to doodle a little. It helped me get started because if I felt like the drawing was going to heck I could instantly erase the whole thing and try again. Then Minnigan bought me a tablet to try and hone the craft on here. It's not coming along well because I get anxious whenever I perceive myself failing at something and when I draw I feel like I'm failing constantly ^^;;;

Why are you not hanging out at my place getting your ass kicked by Cloud Strife right now?

Because there were birthday parties to attend yesterday and today =P W can arrange for another weekend to hang out=3

Also because 0 suit samus>cloud =P

Who is your fursona and how did you come up with them? Do they have any sort of story or backstory they fit in?

My Fursona is Lethias the red dragon =3 I came up with him because I've liked dragons quite a bit ever since I saw my first picture of one on the cover of a might and magic collection for PC. When I saw the red dragon on the cover it sparked something in me and my obsession began. When I found furry and saw that people used anthros to represent themselves and not only in drawing but in suit I knew I found the group for me and so I started figuring out who I wanted my dragon to be both on paper and as a costume. I wanted him to represent me and but also who I wanted to be like, so that's why I made him a hero.

The armor plating actually started out as an idea to help the suit a) look cooler and b) give the impression of scaling if I had to use fur. I grew to like the plating and added it on more of the body to make it look more like armor from a knight as I appreciated both the concept of the knights of yore and thought it looked awesome ^^ Originally I'd figured out how I wanted the legs to look and the elbow spikes and the plates on the back but originally I'd thought about a kind of symbol to go on the shoulders. I didn't like the idea of the symbol very much, but I knew I wanted something there.  cooper when I commissioned her took the liberty of continuing the armor on the shoulder similar to how the legs were and I knew that's how I wanted him to look. I expanded it on the forearms as well to make a sort of gauntlet and complete the look and I'm quite happy with it. The blue markings were from  minnigan because I wanted markings on my dragon similar to the ones on his character to kinda show we were together but I wanted them to look more streamlined and I also like the way blue presents on red. They were expanded to the chest when  ritz made my current icon and  sektujai put them on my dragon in my commission from him ^^

As to the backstory I don't really have one for him. I consider the character to be an extension of myself and so personality wise he normally wouldn't do anything I wouldn't do IRL so with him being pretty much me I didn't see the need to make a history for him. Hope that answers your question ^^

What kind of interactions does your character have with those smaller than him? Does he ever play with them or handle them?

And how would you react if you suddenly found yourself to be giant-sized?

Generally I try to avoid the micros because I don't want to accidentally hurt them. If I knew they'd be safe then yeah, of course I would play with or handle them if that was their desire ^^

If I were to find myself to be suddenly giant? Honestly? Depends on how long I'd be like that, if I'm big for a little while is very enjoyable but too long it gets to be pretty inconvenient. I'd be too afraid to move because I wouldn't want to hurt anyone ^^;;;

If your character saw anther macro destroying what would he do? ^.=.>

Try to stop him and keep what's left of the city in tact while doing it. Being bigger doesn't give you the right to be a bully, nor does it give you the right to break what belongs to other people. With power comes responsibility and all that =3

Ohhh wow awsome a perfect guardian then haha that's awsome ^.=.^ and quoting spidy I see haha but it's very true Hmhm

It's true though. You get big you have a lot of power and if you can't be responsible with it then you're going to cause a lot of pain and grief. I've always felt like that statement holds a lot of truth.

Hehe indeed I can most deffinatly agree with you on that but still it's good to see such an honourable draggy kicking around ^.=.^

Thank you for saying that ^^

Your very welcome ^.=.^ *bows respectfully*

why did you choose a dragon as a main character? :)

Well, it started back a long time ago. When I was younger I was given a copy of the might and magic collection for Windows 98. On the cover was a large red dragon and it was the most stunningly beautiful creature I'd ever laid eyes on. I felt an immidiate connection with them but I liked the thought of an anthro animal hybrid much too much to want to try feral and at the time I only knew of werewolves (go figure, eh? ^^; ). Later on, though (a few years) when I played altered beast in a collection of sega games on PC and saw an anthrodragon for the first time and I was astounded for a second time. When I found out that dragons had an anthro varient I knew exactly what I wanted to be and never looked back =3

That's a great character origin :D

Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed the story ^^

Well...I have no idea what to ask you! The others basically did it for me! But with that said, I do appreciate how detailed and open you were with those answers. Maybe something will dawn on me later.

Man...and I really did want to throw a question your way to accompany this abrupt "Nice to meet you" moment!

That's okay. If you think of a question I'll be more than happy to answer it to the best of my ability and I'm happy to hear you've enjoyed the Q&A to date =3

Nice to make your acquaintance as well ^^ thank you for taking the time to leave a comment =3

Not that it was much of a comment, I know.
How about...speaking of ability. If the one skill your character seems to have is a macro trait, where did you develop such an interest? And how does it work for him?

By the way, I noticed you because you likely received the same alert I did, about a new macro/micro group that was created. I found one commission of yours in the Favourites that I also appreciated.
To this day, I don't know why my character's relation to that subject is still so strongly present. ...Well...yes I do, but the whole thing's dreadfully ironic, because I have a very different outlook on how that fits in to his life, and I don't consider mine a macro at all.
Even asking you those kinds of questions, out of all possible questions, I find to be real ironic!

My interest in macro started at a very young age, actually. It was around grade 1 when I had a dream I found a mysterious powder that when applied the the skin my muscles grew and I became strong enough to do all kinds of things that I couldn't before. I don't remember much but I do recall how satisfying and wonderful it was to watch my muscles grow. Physical strength is also a trait held in high regard in my family so the dream coupled with that really seemed to spark my interests. Later on when I found out there was a group dedicated to growth I knew I found the niche for me and love it ^^

Originally my character didn't have the ability to grow, though I wanted him to. I had always felt that the ability to grow was something beyond my reach and would always have to be bestowed on me by someone else. It wasn't until I talked with  greggrth, who's character works with growth related artifacts, that my character gained the ability to grow on his own. The RP that gave my character the ability was what this commission ( http://www.furaffinity.net/view/10008573/ ) was loosely based on and the outcome to both is the same: My character absorbed the power and it harmonized with his own energies, becoming a part of him to use as he so pleases. Now it just requires the right kind of mental focus to trigger the magic, just like any other form of spellcasting. Sometimes certain stimulus can accidentally trigger the magic and in the beginning a certain amount of concentration was required to keep it from happening without wanting it to happen but with practice that happens much less often now.

And yeah, I saw the new macro-micro-united group and I like what it stands for =3

Macro's an interesting topic, some just like the idea of being big and others like what they can do while being big. How do you find it ironic? Most of the time when someone even dabbles in macro they're considered to be an enjoyer of it, therefore by extension they're considered a macro. At least by those who appreciate it =3

Man...I'm still not sure how to describe myself, or mainly my whole purpose for being in this kind of community. I think my motives compared to the majority on here are perhaps too...weird. I bet my understanding of the lingo in the fandom is probably off, and that's why I feel more like an outcast on here, yet to date it still seems like the best way to try and showcase what I'm sharing.

There's a fantastic form of creativity in this community, all of which is welcome and uniquely appreciated by dozens or even hundreds for each member...but I'm tame, first and foremost. I don't care for the adult imagery and overall stereotype; I'm not here looking for kinky themes and sex, or the mature role-plays associated with it. I've got characters that have been with me for decades now, whom I wanted to slowly perfect visually, and now get to work in creating something myself without commissioned help, which is the narrative element to who they are and why they're here and stuff. To me, I've gone so far as to wish they were real...they mean so much.

I noticed and I'm glad you decided to write in my journal, even though I don't think you've learned much, and I have a reply to it that would also fit nicely here. Oh, I most definitely have a story laid out, and what feels like a whole novel already written down. I'd share at least a segment of it, but I don't know where to properly split it; I'm too much of a perfectionist! Almost all of my descriptive commissions are expanded upon in greater detail, like my  teaselbone art and my comic, among other things.

And then...I know you're innocent and mean well, but I hope you also like me or Syncro for reasons other than that. It's so easy to mention a theme like macro with the implication of something erotic instead. My goal is to make realistically personable, well-rounded characters; I always feel the need to preach that...yes, I can embrace macro themes and intimacy, but to me, they have their own places, and are minor in the grand scheme of what he is. Does that make sense?

...I also like to write a lot! Actually, I shouldn't have thrown all this at you, but I'm honest, and I think our characters have a few things in common. Overall, I do like interacting with others here, in different ways...but I probably don't fit the bill of what it is to truly be engaged in the fandom.

All that you really need in order to be a part of or engaged in the fandom is a love of anthropomorphic characters. I think you have that. After that, engaging with other furries is like engaging with regular people, you just gotta be sure to set your boundaries off the get go instead of assuming they're a shared idea (because they aren't ^^; )

And atm, yeah, I just know you as a macro from DNA's and teaselbones work and as the dragon who asked me a random question and has some creative ideas. The rest of who you are would come from personal interactions like the ones we've had here and your profile. So far, from them I've learned that you like furry but don't appreciate the more sexual aspects of it so it makes you feel like a bit of an outsider. You like meeting new people, you like to sing and have quite a talent for it, have many creative fantasy based ideas, you don't want people thinking of your character in just a sexual way because there's more to any and every person/character than just sex and are an Ontarian like myself.

No...you're seriously in Ontario? That's crazy! ...Good-crazy.

Yeah...I know all this just happened. Who makes that kind of an introduction, with what practically reads like a bio? I did not plan it; I hope it didn't set you off or anything.

The gist of what I need to understand, though, is that the terminologies can be pretty open-ended here. Furry is such an awkward title to describe the simple act of sharing anything on here, so then I guess I am. And even if I keep dreading how easily misunderstood yet so highlighted, despite how underused, it is...Syncro is still considered macro, while not literally looking like it.

Well you know...I wouldn't mind talking to you about character stuff further, or I'm sure anything else, if you're ever interested.