I forgot to post the ref. in the desc (so sorry!!) but I found out when going onto google images to go find it, I found out the artist actually is on here on FA! so cool huh? Their name is TheMith and they do some AMAZING maw pics!

here's the image I used the ref. for.
https://www.furaffinity.net/view/5192254/
hope mith doesn't mind if I use a link to the image. please, don't harrass them, they are an amazing artist and honestly I had NO idea they were on FA too!

She's once a male Manta Ray mermaid who lived with multiple brothers and sisters, learning how to use water based magic and a hint of electro magic, eventually he realized the reason why he was never comfortable in his own skin. He was born a boy and never felt like he should have. With this knowledge he's grown determined in his magic to find a way to fix his problems. eventually though crude, he was able to become what he's always desired, though only an illusion, a female. after many years of perfecting his illusion magic Raya had soon entered a magic school to pursue in her magic. Some shenanigans happened where she threatened the life of a human (as she, and many of her people, called land dwellers) due to his meddling with the coral reefs near her home, though he was given the ok by the government of her homeland, Push comes to shove and she was thrown onto land to learn her lesson, as a "land dweller" unable to go home to see her family again. One plus about this is due to the transformation magic used on her by the arch mages, she was officially a female. Years passed and she's finally grown fond of humans, and their culture, and even saved the lives and grown friendships and relationships with the humans (note: this took YEARS not just 3 like in the image) She eventually started to date an elven druid named Rose, and with her finally seeing her wrongs, she was given the chance to go back home, and live on land at the same time, her life now as a triton.

if you have any questions please ask! I can clear up any questions (btw. I didn't wanna say it out right but yes, for the longest time, raya was SUPER racist, she's still a bit but it took YEARS of pushing and pulling for her to ge out of that mindset. not just 3 years. It took a good 10 or so years of constant work to get her out of that mindset)

Heads up guys! I'm open for asks again! just head over to my ask pic (will be now my top submission again) and send me a comment!

in other news, I will be mostly inactive on Sunday due to seeing family that day and going downstate. I'll be back on schedule monday and tuesday.

should I make cherry MORE draconic or no?

should I update cherry's look again?

should my next actual furry piece be cherry, or crystal? orrrrr bonus question!! both?

no art on any of my acc. till I get my new battery for my laptop! my cord's being janky lately and it's my second one so hopefully HOPEFULLY!! my new laptop battery will WORK!!! and keep a charge long enoguh for me to get artsy farsty again cus I don't wanna spend another 20 someting to 30 something for ANOTHER cord

we MAY or may not lose power for a few days cus of the upcoming snow storm soooooo if we do. sorry I won't be posting anywhere on here or twitter or tumblr (Though I stopped using tumblr recently cus of the apocalypse of anything that looks even remotely human. ((ps. their bots are TEERRRRRIBLE)) so IF we do lose power. expect an overhaul of actual sketches and so on whenever we DO get power or I get my phone charged back up around Wednesday. Keep warm my fellow btty flappers. If you're in the lower regions of the world where it's boiling Keep cool my batty flappers. Phantom OUTY!!

Happy thanksgiving, and black friday everyone!! sorry I haven't posted anything in a week! I've gotten REAAALLY into my new character for Overwatch, once I finish my latest pic of him, perhaps I'll post it onto here for yall to see! P.S. don't kill anyone on blackfriday please.... just.... brutally maim any soccer moms that try to kick you where the sun don't shine cus you're in her way to the toy section. gl, eat LOTS and enjoy your yearly cheat day!

I just made cherry look more like a dog. I hadn't focused until now but... I gave cherry paws..... PAWS!! not just hindpaws like typical furry fashon but FRONT doggo paws.... woops? Idk if I like it yet I'll think about it. (she so cute in that baby pic though I wanna make a plush of her one day)

hey guys!! long time no see!!

news:

I've been busy with goretober and work
I got my flu shot today! and if you hate pain, get it in the back of the arm! ssly it hurts alot less!
I'm having some... time to think about some heavy things like my gender, and my mental stability.
I'm going to get back to doodling our adorable batsy
I'm gonna work on some cute pics of Crystal too
I'm open for requests! they're freeee :D

1. I've thought of something adorbs!! Cherry being unable to feed herself like a normal civilized furry, and needs the help of her besty Crystal to cut her food and help her stablize the fork onto her wingy!! or claw of said wingy. or just to feed her, herself!

2. I'm always open for requests of your oc/fursona or just fanart! I may not respond as quickly unless you find me on tumblr. note: I'm phantoms56 and I'll @ you on my art acc. when done! phantom is the personal blep all account.

3. I'm doing goretober already and I've so far skipped days 1-3 and finished day 4 for the most part and AAAAAAH!!! I LOVE IT!! even if it's not gorey! it's shhhpoopyyy!!

4. I'm a lemon. and now... so are you! *boop*

5. we are all now lemons!! the mightiest of races!! we surpass even humanity it's self!!

6. ALL HAIL THE LEMON GODS!! ALL HAIL THE LEMON GODS!!

7. btw, will be making some fanart of my adorb lil babus soon! in their halloweeny costumes. I think you'll like them

8. I'm now a pear.

9. you're awesome and I loves you! mlem!

10. idk watelse to say but hi! and bye! have a wonderful day you fluffy fuzz butts!

I'm thinking of making a sergal cus they're cool cheese headed sharkbuns but idk... I feel like they may be a bit overrated but... they... look... so... COOL!!!! and they're also typically blunt as a box of rocks so... idk...

AYYYYY I'm 20!! :D and to celebrate I'm going to tacobell! WOO!! Funny thing is, I have a personal story about tacobell.
an hour or so before I was born my parents went to tacobell, then went to go to an antique store, not even like.. 5 minutes into the store I guess I was ready to come out cus my mom went into labor. Btw, yes, I was born in a hospital. I was not born on the floor of that antique store (thank god) Soooo.... whenever we go to tacobell I'm reminded that I was a tacobell baby.

Sorry this's so long! I wanted to go into detail about my main fursona for future references.

Reason for name: I love cherry flavored foods/candies, and her main color scheme reminded me of them.
Name: Cherry
Age: 21
looks of what age: around 18
gender: cis-female
Sexual orientation: Pan-sexual
occupation: N/A
Species: vampire fruit bat (half 'n half)
Reason for species: Personally, I connect to bats, being more active at night, being rather "blind" but also hearing various things from far away. Also I have more sensitive hearing than most, not like. rabbit or well... bat levels of sensitive, but louder sounds hurt my ears more than the general person's would. Also, I personally, always liked our squirrels of the sky, especially vampire bats.
Nickname(s): Flapper, batty flapper, fluffy baby (she hates being called that one)

Physical traits:
height: about 6'3"
Weight: roughly she's about 170 if you include the ton of fur she has, shaven completely, 160ish, maybe less.
body build: somewhat slender, but looks curvy from her excess in fur around neck, hips, and chest.
Eye color: Icey blue sclera (whites of eye) Skyblue Iris and navy blue pupil
distinguishing marks: gears upon the front of her thighs, and shoulders (in earlier forms she did have them on the wings, and belly button but I removed them for simplicity)
hair color: salmon color.
hair style: combed back in a U shape. Pixie cut.
Voice: high pitched, like the typical cutesy girl voice.
Overall Attractiveness: about average, depending on what others prefer.
Physical disabilities: LOOK MA!! NO HANDS!! but seriously, she cannot pick up some items, and has a hard time putting on clothes.
Fashion style: steampunk (even though she cannot wear the usual tops) sometimes she goes for lolita, or just plain out nude.
Favorite outfit: a cute ruffled skirt, and a mini top hat with a pair of blue tinted goggles to match her eyes.

Personality:
good traits: She's energetic, giddy, playful, open minded, and a bit of a goofball.
Bad traits: she's clumsy, easily rustled up, not the brightest bulb, gullible, and a bit of a debby downer on her bad days.
mood character's often in: happy, or curious.
sense of humor: childish
greatest joy in life: flying, or taking friends on joy rides to see around the world.
greatest fear: being alone, or being incapable of flight anymore.
why? because she is a socialite and loves being with others, and she loves feeling the breeze against her fur, laying it flat against her body also, the view! (though fun fact. I'm terrified of heights!!)
soft spot: physical) sides, behind the ears, and neck. Emotional) babies!!! and in general, sweet/cute things
greatest vulnerability: she's not very good with balance, so going for her legs will give the opponent an upper hand, also, ears. loud noises, pulling on ears, anything to disorientate/distress her will work with the ears.
darkest secret: She personally likes blood, but never tells anyone since she's not comfortable hurting others just to get a drink when she can be a pacifist, and just eat fruits!

favorites:
color: she loves the color pink, and brown, especially together on clothes.
least favorite color: neon anything, it's too bright for her eyes.
music: prefers calmer music, or Appalachian (just look up alison krauss, she has some good ones. and my personal favorite singer)
food: CHERRIES!!! blueberries, bananas (in a non explicit way... nom nom nom) apples, and kiwi's.

Habits:
hobbies: usually you'll find her rummaging through caves in search for various valuable items, or spelunking in trash for something to add into her outfits.
sport(s): she likes playing soccer, or any other game with using one's feet, or legs. obvious reasons.
how they spend their rainy days: SPLASHING IN PUDDLES!! and eventualy getting the cold from being out too long.
extremely skilled at: flight, some how knocking down things, snooping on other's conversations, making someone else smile.
extremely unskilled at: using utensils, dancing, swimming, and sitting still longer than a minute (unless sleeping)

Traits:
optimist/pessimist: optimist
introvert/extrovert: extrovert
daredevil/cautionist: daredevil
logical/emotional: emotional
disorder/tidy: disorder
working/ relaxing: either or.
confident/unsure: confident

self perception:
how they feel about themselves: even though she hates it, she's ok with being clumsy as an ox in a china shop, and being incapable of doing normal things like picking up stuff, and holding stuff.
one word how the character describes themselves: silly
best personality trait personally: her ready to conquer any problems demeanor.
worst personality trait: making others feel bad about her, and getting annoyed by it.
best physical trait: wingies!!
worst physical trait: larger ears, or her fangs. (too many tongues were bitten, 99% was her own)
what do they think others think of them?: Though she's a bit ditsy, everyone so far, seems to be on good terms with her, and generally like her for who she is and her sillyness.

Relationships with others:
personal thought on other people: if they're nice,she's happy to be friends with them!
do they hide their true feelings: heckle speckle no!!
person character hates the most: that tree cus it dropped an acorn on her head.
Best friend: (atm, it's unknown/ N/A might change in the future)
relationship: N/A
person they go for advice: Whosy, he's always got the answers!! (by Whosdr)
openly admires: as a friend, freddy (tenpoundhammer's fursona)
secretly admires: Vanessa Veil as a puppy dog love kinda thing. (by ZeroDrago99 )

I used questions from this: http://fursonaonline.forum-motion.c.....sheet-template
It was fun using this ref. sheet. 10/10 would 10 again!

Hope sat in an old wooden chair, glancing at the other patrons of the bar in Nemract. She smiled to herself as she glanced to the Nemract whiskey in her hand, it was about 1/4th's gone from the drink, and in her, somewhat causing her vision to be a bit hazy, but she was still there, mostly. She grinned as she watched the usual hooker try to woo a drunken pirate, and stealing small things from him as she did her job. Something, even Hope could praise for. She sighed heavily as she took another gulp of her drink, tomorrow she'd be up early, and find the seller of that book. Granted, Aaron could've gotten anyone else in the world to try to swade this seller into giving it up, but he chose her since she needed time away from the mage Island, around other people, around people more her style. Well, as she thought anyway.
She chuckled to herself as she watched the patrons in the bar, some starting fights, others down right sucking face in front of everyone, others getting a bit too handsy and getting slapped. She giggled to herself at that last part, each time she heard that far too familiar ring of a palm smashing into a bumbling, perverted drunk, sent a flutter of joy through her heart. She glanced up to see, surprisingly, that brunette guy, what's his name? Oh! Nicholas! walk into the bar, and order a drink. But when he sat down at a table, he just stared at the alcohol. The somber look on his face immediately downed her mood. She looked away and glanced out the window, watching the mess of pirates, the common folk, and the few drunks who were exiting the bars go on without giving a single thought about the woman who watched them. She smiled to herself as she relaxed again. She glanced at one woman who was holding a baby in her arms, for a moment, she thought that the woman was Ilana, but at a better glance, she noticed it was just a Half elf with blond hair, and a crying baby, instead of her dear friend. She sighed to herself, until she felt someone place their hand on her shoulder causing her to jump as she turned, and was about to slap them, when she realized it was Nicholas. The look in his eyes told her that he needed to talk to someone.
She nodded o him and he sat down in the seat across from her, and set his glass down on the table "Hope... I-I was given a choice.. a heavy one but..." he let out a groan in annoyance as he started to ruffle his hair, guess this choice was gnawing on him. She gave him a sympathetic smile" but you aren't sure of what to choose?, or if it's the right one?" she asked and he nodded. "y-yeah... I'm leaning towards.... what Aaron told me, but... but what if I forget about her? A-About Marry..." he groaned as h rested his head on the table in defeat. Hope looked to him curiously* Marry? wait, isn't that the woman that yknow.. built you? or... whatever? "he nodded again as he glanced up at hope" S-She... saved my life from... what I CAN remember... I don't know the details but, I remember vaguely, we were in a fight of some sort, and.... I remember something... hitting me in the side of the head, I-I don't know what, and.... augh!! It's too foggy!" He snapped and shook his head. She bit the inside of her cheek as she could feel the blood drain from her cheeks some from his sudden outburst "hey, no need to hurt yourself, do you remember anything after that?"she asked softly as she placed a hand on his for reassurance. He nodded as he stared at her hand "I.... I remember... waking up, and she was gone... I was near Ternaves, my home village from when I was a child, my bow resting beside me, still in my hand, and my arrows spilled out all around me, as if someone threw them out, half of them were snapped in half, and, I went back to Ternaves, to find out the village had been dealing with some bandits and so I just... brushed it off as I was attacked by a bandit during the fight and Marry had become M.I.A."
His eyes became dewey with tears, so Hope leaned forwards and wiped his tears. "I understand" She whispered to him calmly as she gav him a reassuring smile. "I got off lucky with remembering my past, even if, it's full of hell and nightmares that seemed to never end." She laughed bitter sweetly as she closed her eyes, trying to ignore the memories.

As my breath hitched within my throat I turned back to the creature following me. It had a body of a human and of a bat, what... what is that monster?!? I thought to myself as I ran as fast as I could. Tears stung my eyes. My lungs burned as if hell it's self had opened up within them. My legs ached from how long I've been running. Oh gods please don't let me die!! I thought to myself as I turned back to where I was heading. My surroundings, sadly for me, was a wide open plains. Behind me was the forest that had hosted that thing's home. The grass bent at my steps, the soft crunch was barely audible in my ears as all I could hear was my own heart beating like a jack rabbit in the middle of a chase. Soon, I reached the river, and jumped inside, praying the creature would leave me alone. To my despair, and utter horror, the monster followed me inside the water, and swam after me, with it's large wings propelling it faster than me and soon, I was wrapped in it's membrane. Dragged into the water as I was just so, so close to the other side. I closed my eyes and awaited the inevitable. I could feel it's pelt, now soaked in the water, cling to it's exposed muscles and onto my skin, hair, and clothes. I could even hear the off beat outside of my own heart beat, and the howl of the wind and the river dragging us down it's current. I felt it's wings envelop around me tighter and tighter until I thought I was going to be crushed. I could feel, and smell it's breath, hot, sticky, an the scent... it smelled rotten, yet sweet as if it was a rotting corpse, laying on a pile of ripe fruits. I let out a whimper, and gotten a nose full of water. I coughed heavily, but it only made it worse, and soon I was choking on half of my lungs full of water. As I thought I was going to die the constriction loosened and felt something tug on my shirt, and soon felt the cold, wet mud against my back as I violently hacked up water.
When I opened my eyes I stared up at the beast, it's shimmering blue eyes contrasted with it's almost crimson coat. My eyes widened as I sat up immediately and scooted back from it, but it did not pounce, nor attack. It just sat there, or, crouched would be the better term. Staring at me, occasionally it'd chirp or making squawks at me. I kept coughing until I knew my body was clear of the river water. "y-you..... s-s-saved me" I croaked out, my voice sounding as shaken as I felt. The creature just stared at me, with a quizzical look on it's eyes. I'm guessing it's female because of her chest being, for without a better term, very voluptuous and soft, even with her pelt clinging to her like a wet dog. I turned back to the water, then finally realized, this area doesn't look anything like the area we were. How long were we in that water?? It felt only for a few moments. But the tall grass of the Savannah was lower, greener, and in general more alive. Off in the distance I could see a small village, though it's guarded off by a makeshift wall, along with... golems? I turned back to the beast who had chased me down and nearly drowned me in the river. "u-u-uhm..." I tried to think of the right words, but just stared at her instead. The creature stared back.
Then, she stood back up, her ears shifting around until they both faced the right, and her face scrunched up into what I'm guessing was rage as she gotten onto all 4's, which, since she didn't have arms, meant she crouched down until her wings touched the ground completely, in replacement for arms. and she bolted into the grass, scaring off some birds in the process. I could still follow her, thanks to her deep red coat. Soon there was a squawk and growling, and soon she, and another beast rolled out. Both growling at each other, this beast looked like a giant squirrel, but, he also looked like an infected. Half his muzzle was missing, one eye was also missing, the other was milky white. His tail was, some how still bushy except the tip where it was just bone. One of his arms was half flesh, half bone. The two circled each other, before both of them stood up, and hugged? The bat like female creature let out a purr and squeak, the infected squirrel creature didn't make a sound, except, I, think it made a hollow hiss? or maybe that's the river behind me. I can't tell. But all I know was the two were no longer in death mode. I moved my hair out of my face as I just stared at the two, lungs on fire, limbs in agony, and now soaking like a dog in the rain.
The female finally realized I was still here and she squeaked, causing the infected to look back at me. I could feel the blood drain in my face as we both locked eye contact. Then he slowly, moved closer to me. I let out a squeak in terror and backed up, my palm squishing up to my wrist in mud. I shuttered at the squelching feeling of it burying my hand in it's contents. I tried to stand to get back, but my legs disagreed and I was barely capable of getting to my knees. The infected squirrel creature just stared, then turned to the female bat and they both shrugged and started stepping back. Both of them looked curious at me. Was it because I'm an elf? Or because I have green hair? They, don't seem to have malicious intent for me, so, why did the female chase me? Why did the squirrel beast startled the female bat to cause her to become more primal and offensive?? I thought as I glanced between the two, just noticing I was starting to mess with my now soaked, ruined braid. The two just watched me. "c-can..... you speak?" I asked them, the two just stared, then the squirrel nodded slowly. He opened his mouth, but all that escaped was that familiar hollow sound. "guess not" I muttered under my breath, then looked to the female bat. She just looked at me, a childish curiosity in her eyes as she sniffed the air. I watched her for a moment, before she dove back into the grass once again, and soon, there was a shreak of a rabbit, and the bat rushing over with it in her maw. She slowly stepped over on all 4's again, and dropped the dead rabbit at my feet. I just stared at it in horror. The two stared at each other then plopped down on the ground infront of me. Guess they wanted to show peace? but, a rabbit?!?

(just wanted to do this, This protagonist is my Elf oc Ilana. If you go to my tumblr, you'll see lots of pics of her, she's a coward, but she's open hearted to others. But she's never seen an anthropomorphic bat and squirrel before, so, yeah, she's terrified)

hi!! sorry for not being active as of late. I'm preparing for goretober and WHOOOO MMMBOY is there alot to work on!! all 31 pieces are a w.i.p I've gotten to day 15. and WOW! there's alot! Also, been busy with work since HOMECOMING WEEKEND!!!! was yesterday and .... so.... much..... so... litle time... how someone can do this every year... *praying for anyone who has to work up front* On good news, one of my goretober pieces does have cherry in it, thing is, since it's goretober I... kinda have to keep it explicit. You'll see on the day it comes up. Well... those who're 18+ ^^; Oh! and I'll work on a pic of Cherry and Fernad! They're my Squirrel fursona that's still in W.I.P That's all I'll say about them! Happy Spooptober! and the rest of SNEKTEMBER!! WOOOOOOOOOOOO!!! Phantom out! *boops all y'all's adorable shnooters*

My paws barely grazed the soft, yet sharp blades of grass as I felt the wind pick me up within flight as I flapped my elongated wings. A smile plastered upon my muzzle as I closed my eyes for a moment as slowly, I lifted into the open air, free from the ground, free from the water, within my own elements now. Once I opened my eyes again, I looked up to the beautiful face of the moon gleaming upon me this night. Tonight was just, too perfect. A giggle escaped my lips as I kept flapping my wings to stay a-lift. I let out a light call and my ears swiveled back to hear the call of a far too familiar squirrel. His voice lighter than those of his species. I giggled as I slowly, turned to fly back to see him upon the grass, laying on his back waving to me. His exposed skull seeming to shimmer in the gentle light. I giggled and rolled my eyes as he, as usual, played dead. I swooped down and with my toe, I booped his hollow nose hole, before flying back up before I did a barrel roll into the grass. When I looked back he was sitting up and looking to me. Even though he was incapable of expression I could see the annoyance in his cute little milky eyes. I let out another call and flew up higher, and higher into the air. I could hear him calling to me again, he sounded much more distant than what I had imagined and stole a peek down, to see him flailing his hands in the air frantically, until his right hand flew off and landed onto the ground. I laughed and then BOOM!!
Everything seemed to freeze, A large force slammed into mine. I hadn't even noticed this said large body who was flying towards me until it was too late. We both spiraled down closer and closer to the ground, I opened my wings as quickly as I could to try to catch some air within the membranes, but all it really did was slow my inevitable crash some. Soon enough I had smacked muzzle first into the dirt. I didn't know which hurt more, my face, or my chest. After a few moments of coughing and spitting out mud and grass, I glanced to the "attacker" who seemed to be ok, seems his rather, large tail took most of his fall since he was laying directly on-top of it. His form was almost pitch black within the night's light. Except for the crimson eyes that stared at me with a look of shock and worry. "are you ok?" he asked. I nodded slowly, as I felt the fur all down my neck stand on end. "s-sorry!" I yelped, in worry that I angered him. "I-I wasn't paying attention" I muttered as I covered my face with my wings. The stranger didn't respond instead, he... touched my ear? I looked up at him confused, until I realized he was actually pulling off some grass and other bits of flora from my head. "it's fine... we both weren't paying attention" he laughed once he finished, a gentle smile upon his muzzle, exposing his glimmering white teeth. His canines seemed far to large for his breed, how, odd. I shrugged it off and smiled back to him. "y-you sure you're ok?" I asked as I lowered my wings some. He nodded and laughed. "I should be asking that to you! you're the one who just ate a mouth full of grit" He snickered, causing me to blush. I pouted and looked away in annoyance, only to rub my muzzle, the adrenaline that was pumping through me had finally started to wear off, and I was finally realizing how much my nose hurt. "by the way, what's your name?" He asked. I jumped from being pulled out of my train of thought "o-oh! I-I'm Cherry" I smiled awkwardly to the stranger. He smiled back as his left ear twitched. "I'm Whosy, nice to meet you, even if it's... under an awkward situation" He laughed and I rolled my eyes and smiled. "nice to meet you too" I smiled and he helped me back onto my paws. "well... I should probably head off, I uh... got someone waiting for me" He blushed before running off, and getting a good lift off, he was gone within the night sky. I smiled to him, and looked back to my friend who was frozen in place. His lower jaw had fallen off from shock, and he was still in the middle of picking up his dismembered for-paw that had flown off. I giggled and walked over to him, picked up his jaw and helped him put himself back together. "next time, warn me" I smiled, and he just let out a squeak in annoyance and turned away.

this was just a little story I made up of how Cherry and whosy might've first met. awkward, silly, and, slightly painful. Also, new fursona? maybe? we'll find out!