Very nice job in perspectives

Colored or not, it's a very nice introspective piece.

"I imagine I would often ask him what it's like to fly since it's always been a dream of mine to do so. Freedom of flight."
This. <3

Mmmmmmm, mocha...

I think that otherkin and therians scare away people who have an emotional connection to a character that they create and make said creators feel dirty and ashamed for having emotional ties. At least I don't do that, but I think that it's a good sign that people have such. It helps reinforce that they are able to be content with themselves.

Well, not all otherkin/therians do the scaring, it's just the ones who are vehement and a little fanatical about their beliefs that do. The same can be said about individuals who feel that special way about their religion and thus do things like suicide-bomb, or hold protests at funerals. It's unfortunate that these people exist in our world to give the rest of us a bad name. :)

I fully agree with this statement. There will always be the few that ruin it for the majority, thus is the case for furry, otherkin, therian, islam, christian, homosexual etc.

They don't do it intentionally. Most at least.

Oh no, they do it intentionally. They've simply figured out the way to rationalize the level that they've decided to take their belief to. If you rationalize it, then it doesn't matter what you end up doing, even killing other people is okay as long as you believe it is. But that doesn't mean you yourself ever consider it something done accidentally. X)

I was thinking more on the outsider view of a ring of otherkin or therians. Who would want to be 'weird' like that? The emotions trickle down into not wanting to have emotion into your own character, even constantly changing it into completely different things that really would make no sense.
(No I'm not referring to you! XD)

Ah, I see what you mean. Like I said, though, it's a matter of what comes through first. When one hears of otherkin/therians, it's usually in a bad light due to the crazies out there and not necessarily in the more reasonable light that could be cast by say you or me. :)

I understand that just fine, but still my point stands. =p

This really hits home, Morca.

I know what you're feelin'.

This is awesome. That's really all I have to say on the matter.

I kinda get what you're saying. That's the same I feel about my 'character'. It's not exactly me, but it's kinda like, a part of me.

I absolutely love this! :)

I would ask him what it feels like to be eaten, then punch him in the shoulder, laugh heartilly and grow a massive beard and tell him "It's all okay son."


Fade into credits.

WHO'S CUTE?
YOU'RE CUTE
<3

I think your story for this pictures makes the picture perfect. I feel what you mean. Excellent work :)

this is a very warming message and great piece Morca. I can completely relate to this...I wish i just had your skill to put it down on paper as you do *chuckles* I think the bond we share with our fursonas is something special <3

I think on some level we all think something like this, very emotional Morca.

It really does sound like it hits close to otherkin ties or may possibly be otherkin ties. That cant be said for sure everyone has their own expiriences OR expiriences of how they come about their answers. Theres never been a st way people have come abouttheir realizations.

Either way its still an extension of you.

That's beautiful. And I don't even think it needs coloring. It's fine as is.

I know how you feel Morcaluv, ive felt it from you ^^ You're such a sweety!

Keep being you!

Yepyepyepyepyep. |3

that really hits home * hugs you*

Beautiful picture and words =)

Definitely feel this way. Not an otherkin, but Pagan is a part of who I am.

Very beautiful Morca dear, really got me thinking about something, that I tend to think of alot.

Luff. <3

this is one of the best pics I've ever seen, I love the strange feel this causes me when I look at it.

I think it's colored just fine <3

Really nice picture. I love you two sitting there at the sunrise/sunset

I....wow...>_> is it bad I tearjerked a bit at this?

Well it means you have emotion. Is that a bad thing?

Awww..thats beautiful, I understand that same thing with my foxy self. It's a nice way of thinking and its so cute the picture..makes me want to jut curl up or something..it really is nice..faved.

I understand the feeling. I'm far from spiritual or an otherkin but the Tyghateek kind of fall into an "ideal world" (though it's hardly a utopia).

Wow thats a very touching piece, extremely effected the way it has been drawn. You and I Morca have similar opinions on the matter of relateing to your character :3

Just beautiful ~<3

Such is a question we all ask ourselves, all of us that have these so called 'fursonas.' Not really an easy one to answer, and having more than one character only brings up more questions.
But in the end, the question doesnt really need to be answered, does it? Do we better ourselves by trying to understand this connection between online and offline self? (just using those terms to differentiate)

Also, beautiful picture. Makes me think of how you got there, both of you, all alone though. The trip itself, as I imagine, would be just as, if not more, wonderful than the spot youve chosen to rest.

That would certainly be an interesting evening. There is just so much to talk about.

I'm somewhat the same, I have a lot of emotional ties to my character, but he isn't me, and I'm certainly not an otherkin or therian. Yosh is just my big baby.

I often wonder just the same thing between me and Winter/Khael. They're not me, but something I created~

Picture-wise, this looks absolutely stunning =] I can't way to see it coloured fully!

You're words are to be carved in eternal stone, cos i agree with you 100 % percent and the pic is Epic, i sure hope for color

Looks great, I like what you did with the colors!

What with your dislike of drawing wings, one of these times you'll draw a picture asking him what it's like to fly and he'll have no wings and will think you're mocking him :P

I think I understand what you mean regarding who Morca is relative to you (not that I've had a similar situation, as I've never even made a character, but only that I think I understand what you're saying).

Hmm, deep :3

this is beautiful <3

Whatever your reasons, this is a lovely picture.

Wow, this looks good! :D

Yea, seems alot of people feel the same, including me. Wonderful picture i think.

i like this one because it is a completely different side of you

I think this is a beautiful thought really

Very awesome picture.

I've been wanting to do something of this nature for a while, I kind of did with my fire fly picture, though I didn't get Chioxin's nose right =P I ask the same questions though. I'm not otherkin or therian myself, just living life as I can and as I go about it.

I often think of my character as just an extension of me I guess on the online world. I don't in any way think he's real, but like you, he has the traits and things I'd have if it were an "ideal" world as you put it. Lately I've just put it to the understanding that... Chioxin is just my muse, like any artist has a muse. He's my inspiration to do things at times when I need it, and often the reason I take on some artistic endeavors.

I too would ask him what it's like to fly. I've wanted to take up hang gliding just to know the feeling... and yes, hang gliding. Not parasailing or parachuting, only hang gliding will give me the experience that I want to have =)

Anyhow, again, very cool picture and the words you put there for it's meaning. =)

Ah, see now you have food right there :3

Awesome.

I know what you mean.

I know how you feel on that one Morca. its one of those things i've always debated about myself over the years. I find myself looking at a dragon who would be the qualities i would have, if i wasn't so cooped up where i live, not being able to just be myself. Very awesome picture Morca, really :D

awwww there is a calm feeling in that pic

Out of everyone of the pictures you have drawn, for some odd reason this one has stuck in my head all day. Is it the prospective, the story behind/in the image or rather is it a new way to show Morca's size compared to a human? I don't know, I just know that I really like this picture. Fav+

Many people think like that. Really, it's a normal thing~ I'm a little the same~

I feel the same way with Xylex. Id give anything to be able to fly.

I see this a lot. I't's difficult to see one's fersona as their internet self, probably because we don't tend to make them like ourselves, but more of what we'd like to be like. I donnow, but I also have trouble seeing Hericks as myself.

Love the atmosphere. great angle too :)

Exactly what I think about myself. He's not just an online identity. He's like an inner creation.

The art is awesome! About the description, I know how you feel right there. We talked a lot about this kind of thing some years ago on msn, remember?

This picture just resonates very deeply with many of us. I think that these characters, these avatars that we create for ourselves, reflect much of our true nature and who we think we could be. They're us, to an extent, but not quite. At least, that's a rough approximation of my perspective. This has given me a great deal to think about, so thank you for the inspiration!

I also love the idea of being able to fly, as well; I've had a number of awesome dreams about it, and I can't help imagining how epic it would feel.

awwww this is so beautiful

and you're so cute and beauty =3

A very interesting outlook on things Morca, and quite deep. I actually think the lack of colors in contrast to the sunset creates a very contemplative and somber mood. Neat stuff that would make for a fantastic desktop picture.

Also, I'm sure if you asked him about flight, he'd ask if you brought brownies. *grin*

I'm pretty well the same. Figure most folks project a great deal of them selves and their dreams into their "fursonas". That's sorta what furry is all about for me:)

Beautiful and meanginful picture ^^ I can be sure many would gain a deeper love of their own characters with time

You don't have enough facial hair

Sorry I'm not hairy enough for you.

I feel inspired.

I read that you should have colored the characters...

I would say that the greyscale envelopped in that greeny sun is awesome !
It fits with the blueing upper sky. ;)

So wonderful picture you've done, once again. :)

I share your thoughts on that matter n..n

Really beautiful work, I love the emotion of it. It's really a neat thing to think about, and the picture really conveys that contemplative nature I think.

Beautiful. Great job

Wonderful work for a wonderful subject. Think it carried the mood across very well :)

this is very adorable

x 3

love it

I don't think it's "weird" to have an emotional connection with an artificial, non-human character. If anything I'd think it weird -NOT- to have one.

I like to believe that man, though some means (probably not completely explicable) was created in the image of an infinite Creator. What that entails is that there'll be some aspect of man that transcends "normal". People love to box things, put complicated concepts like gender and identity into black-and-white, and for the better part of the last 10'000 years, human civilization has been ruled mostly by constructs of fear and mistrust - religions and political systems based on assumed majority rule, and an arbitrary designation of what is "right" and "normal".

We're finally coming out of that, as a species. From crossdressing to therianthropy, people are discovering parts of themselves that go way beyond the "norm", and for a creature born of an *infinite* Creator, I can't see how it could happen any other way.

Doesn't mean its not scary - and it doesn't mean it won't be without resistance, especially from those who have too much invested in the ways of the old guard - but its something that will and should happen. A few hundred years from now, mankind will be very different.

Nicely done artwork there Morca, and I understand what you mean as well. I'm the same way with my online self, in that I feel he's a representation of myself in a ways. In that he can do more online then I can do online, plus he shows a more playful side of me then I reveal irl. More since I tend to just work irl, since theres no one around here that I really care to hang out with, unfortunately. So I tend to be playful online, teasing others and what not.

Though if there were discovered to be some way that could turn us into our online selves for real, it would be interesting to see how many would take to it. And how much of their online self they would reveal in their real self. Since I imagine some would be a bit too shy to, while others might not take the chance to bring their inner self out into the world, for fear of others shunning or hating them for that difference.

But, as you can see Morca, there are a number of us who feel the same as you feel, so your certainly not alone in this aspect. ^..^

Hrmm, everyone has already said what I would have said about this picture...so I'll just say it's awesome. Great moment captured right there. :3

I really like the implications in this...

I think you've really hit home for a lot of us what the relationship is we have with our fursona/scalesona/avatar/whatever-you'd-like-to-call-it with this picture. Dyluck is the same way with me: he's not me, he's only a representation of me but he is something beyond what I am. I think the grey appearance works well with the dawn/dusk feel and I think colouring it will probably be a distraction from what you're saying that the stark monochrome highlights. Awesome picture, mate. *hugs*

I get a wonderful feeling of melancholy from this. You've really captured a mood, and that's really hard to do. Well done.

D'awww. I've been pondering getting a picture quite like this produced for myself one of these days, it is a situation I've been in so many times in my past within my dreams.
Can definitely empathize with this. I have a strong emotional connection between myself and Diasis; I used to dream about his life, learning about him while I myself was developing into the person I am today. He's always been my daemon, just off to my side in the back of my mind giving me a second opinion on a lot of things to keep my from going awry. Don't quite consider myself otherkin or therian myself, either, other than simply by technicality. He's not a perfect carbon copy of myself emotionally and personality wise, but we do share a lot of things.
However I do often get to be the flyer in my dreams and get to experience the wonders of it myself quite vividly, I do not recall seeing myself in those dreams - so there is a great chance it could have been from Diasis's point of view, instead of a Dragony Drama/Sit-com kinda outside point of view! :3

... And hah, just realized. Uploaded this on my birthday. *snickers*

amazing piece, and I'm sure it hits home with a lot of people, myself included. ^^

Flying is fun, you should try it sometime. Though the way I fly isnt the same its close enough.

Real or not, therian, otherkin or not. What difference does it make? As long as it makes your heart happy and you can be at peace with who you are, what you think you are or what you would want to be. It says so much by nothing more than the two of you looking at each other. It is a simple but so very expressive work of art and a look into one's self that many here would not want to reveal. I wish you both well! }:=)

Interesting thought. I am leaning towards otherkin with me. I have an interesting story similar to what you feel here.

that's kinda cute

That's a great capture of the moment. Such is how I feel about Tek, except perhaps that I do grok him within my own life. It's to the point now where I cannot accurately describe my human features, and if I look in a mirror, it's not what I 'expect' to see reflected. I noticed my eyes actually changed colors a couple years ago... from bright baby blue to what can only be called bronze... golden with mottled flecks of green. I even took a high-res photo of one of them to see it in detail. Tek and I are so intertwined in fact that on rare occasion when I have 'stretched my wings' others around me have actually backed up with audible comments like "woah!". Kind of amazing how that works. It's called "Soul Initiation". There are some very good books about it if you are interested.

I think your coloring in gray is appropriate for this picture, and I wouldn't change it. The gray implies something of the unknown in each other. It also fits with the back lighting of the sunset. I like how you captured so much open space in the sky above them. It's a reminder of the vast space to grow and explore, like some cosmic calling somewhere.

As far as flying, look into getting your private license. Even if you only go down to the school to take a "discovery flight" it's still an experience unlike any other. Personally, it's the highest, and longest lasting adrenaline rush I've ever felt... I can't get enough of it.

you have a view that i agree with furries and our fursonas are not just characters we play they are little pieces of us all branching from who we are and what we dream of i suppose

Freaking awesome.
Adorable, very well drawn, nice angle, everything! LOVE.

Wow, I've never been so affected by any piece of art so much. Brought tears to my eyes... Wow, this is going to be the first picture I have ever put on my favorite list, and I will use at as inspiration. If you don't mind, someday I would like to make a similar picture myself, because honestly this one really speaks to me.

This picture erm...whats the word..."resonates"? ...Yeah resonates sounds good. Yeah this picture resonates with me quite a lot because if t we'ren't for my fictional chracters, I'd o given up a long time ago, if you catch my drift.

I know it's old, but I just stumbled across this piece of yours and I think the concept is really cool. Nice work. :)

And you never did the colouring

Ten years ago, hugh?
This was one of the pieces that got me thinking about the way I'd like dragons to be, and that I'd like to make my own. I remember it a lot, even now, maybe not from 2010, but maybe two or three years later. I've started my own art and I'm beginning to have a semblance of a community, I'm excited. The mood is still just right and I feel like coming home to this. So happy it's still there.

I never would have thought this picture would have such an impact! Your words mean a lot to me.

Thanks for the reply. You never know I guess :)