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MON SEP 24 2025
Art contains some essence of the artist, at least i'd like to think that's usually the case, whether the intent to place it there was in the artist's mind. When i make the imagery i do, and show it to others, they see a side of me, a slice i choose to pour onto the page, but not myself in my entirety. Even when speaking directly and trying to be truly honest, it can be extremely difficult to get to the actual core of one's "self".
This day I showed one of my best friends some of the art i had been working on, and it made me realize that i had never reallys shown him my art, despite having been making it for about a year or so.
It made me think of how, even to those we've known for a long time, we often hide parts of ourselves for various reasons, often justifiably so. Showing my long time friend these parts about me made me think of this.
So, for this day, I drew donkey dave in essentially the same role I take as an artist. Never truly showing myself, only giving others side-door peeks at who I am through my art.
Donkey presents you with a visual of a donkey, one you can take for reference and trust is accurate to him. And still, you don't see the donkey himself, obscured behind a veil of shadow and silence.
Art contains some essence of the artist, at least i'd like to think that's usually the case, whether the intent to place it there was in the artist's mind. When i make the imagery i do, and show it to others, they see a side of me, a slice i choose to pour onto the page, but not myself in my entirety. Even when speaking directly and trying to be truly honest, it can be extremely difficult to get to the actual core of one's "self".
This day I showed one of my best friends some of the art i had been working on, and it made me realize that i had never reallys shown him my art, despite having been making it for about a year or so.
It made me think of how, even to those we've known for a long time, we often hide parts of ourselves for various reasons, often justifiably so. Showing my long time friend these parts about me made me think of this.
So, for this day, I drew donkey dave in essentially the same role I take as an artist. Never truly showing myself, only giving others side-door peeks at who I am through my art.
Donkey presents you with a visual of a donkey, one you can take for reference and trust is accurate to him. And still, you don't see the donkey himself, obscured behind a veil of shadow and silence.
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Those bits of people you see in their art... that's why I like this site so much. This is a good illustration of that. I now wonder how much of myself is represented in my personality here. The purpose was to create an exaggerated version of myself, to engage with the furry world. Perhaps more real than my real self, perhaps not at all. A mirror of my identity that also conceals it. Very few people who actually know me are aware I'm into this stuff.
I can hardly say I'm an artist, but I'm learning.
I can hardly say I'm an artist, but I'm learning.
honestly yeah, it's also why i keep coming back. It's so cool seeing other's inner worlds visualized. I think it's the closest thing i can think of to an ideal reality, where people are simply free to build their own world and image in their preferred way, shape themselves in any form they see fit, and narrate their own stories, without much regard for any kind of constraints imposed by reality.
And yeah honestly i'm pretty open about identifying as furry, to family and friends, and even show my sketch journal to anyone who's willing to look! the imagery always raises questions and i get to tell stories about how the art came to be!
Though otherwise, outside of fursuiting, i don't really make it too obvious it's what i'm into, and hardly ever bring it up to people who i don't know that well. I think it's a really personal thing for some, having these preferences, especially how the community can sometimes be demonized in public. It's so sad to me, because i think of furry art as the most introsepctive and self expressive around, even if sometimes i don't like it, i wouldn't have it any other way.
To me it feels like some form of insecurity from the mainstream: why pick on the smaller community, who are essentially all just trying to live in their own world?
And yeah honestly i'm pretty open about identifying as furry, to family and friends, and even show my sketch journal to anyone who's willing to look! the imagery always raises questions and i get to tell stories about how the art came to be!
Though otherwise, outside of fursuiting, i don't really make it too obvious it's what i'm into, and hardly ever bring it up to people who i don't know that well. I think it's a really personal thing for some, having these preferences, especially how the community can sometimes be demonized in public. It's so sad to me, because i think of furry art as the most introsepctive and self expressive around, even if sometimes i don't like it, i wouldn't have it any other way.
To me it feels like some form of insecurity from the mainstream: why pick on the smaller community, who are essentially all just trying to live in their own world?
I feel like an old man at this point, this is just early internet! It used to all be like this. People coming together with genuine freedom, creativity, and wonder. Real expression and individuality without the restrictions of the real world. This is where it's at, and I never thought I'd see it again.
I don't let anyone but my closes friends and other furries know. I mean, I'm not embarrassed, and I have no reservations about what I do in life. But I also know better. As soon as people see you as a furry, that's all they'll see. And they don't see what a furry really is, or what you are, they see what society and Fox News tells them a furry us. I don't need to get mixed up in that, until I'm ready to handle it. Then all the people who don't like it can FOD.
It's ALL insecurity. That's what any bullying ever is, and that's all this is. Find a group of people who are different or weird and pick on them. People who are secure in what they are and who they are don't need to pick on "weaker" people to feel better about themselves.
And honestly, that's why I kind of don't give a shit about people who are going to be upset about furries. Their insecurity doesn't need to be my problem, even if they're going to make it.
But... at the same time I don't need to walk into the line of fire with fools, especially in a conservative society. I've been hiding this for like 15 years, I want to at least get my fursuit done and go to a con first.
I don't let anyone but my closes friends and other furries know. I mean, I'm not embarrassed, and I have no reservations about what I do in life. But I also know better. As soon as people see you as a furry, that's all they'll see. And they don't see what a furry really is, or what you are, they see what society and Fox News tells them a furry us. I don't need to get mixed up in that, until I'm ready to handle it. Then all the people who don't like it can FOD.
It's ALL insecurity. That's what any bullying ever is, and that's all this is. Find a group of people who are different or weird and pick on them. People who are secure in what they are and who they are don't need to pick on "weaker" people to feel better about themselves.
And honestly, that's why I kind of don't give a shit about people who are going to be upset about furries. Their insecurity doesn't need to be my problem, even if they're going to make it.
But... at the same time I don't need to walk into the line of fire with fools, especially in a conservative society. I've been hiding this for like 15 years, I want to at least get my fursuit done and go to a con first.
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