carlfoxmarten said:"You want me to make decisions about my fursona? =0.o="
No. :P
I was just curious. There are as many different reasons for anyone having a fursona as there are different types of personalities.
For many people their fursona is nothing but an anonymity mask for the internet. Others, like myself, take their fursona very seriously and create detailed backstories for them.
Some people never develop their fursona, others swap and change their fursonas like new hats, while still others cautiously make improvements to their fursona over time. In my case Michael was originally a kangaroo until I thought of the hybrid idea some time in the early 90's.
Some concentrate only on the visual aspects, while others (like me) have little or no art skill and instead focus on the fursona's personality or stories/backstory. Snackish, the artist who produced my first image of GG1's anthro horse form and is currently working on something new for me, is a phenomenally talented artist and yet has expressed frustation at being unable to produce stories around her fursona. She has a rough idea about her fursona's species, but no idea what to do with her/them. I've offered to assist, and she was keen at the time but nothing has come about yet.
I liked reading about the history of how you created your fursona. It's very interesting. I've always liked the idea of your fursona being part pine-marten too My fursonas (believe it or not) started long, long before the internet. I'd always wanted to have a cartoon character of my own, and that's where Michael came from. Sebastian I've often suspected originated as a childhood imaginary friend... which is probably why he's so immature. ;) It's somewhat ironic that when I first started posting on forums I had no idea what a fursona actually was.
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Date: 2015-02-07 04:58 am (UTC)No. :P
I was just curious. There are as many different reasons for anyone having a fursona as there are different types of personalities.
For many people their fursona is nothing but an anonymity mask for the internet. Others, like myself, take their fursona very seriously and create detailed backstories for them.
Some people never develop their fursona, others swap and change their fursonas like new hats, while still others cautiously make improvements to their fursona over time. In my case Michael was originally a kangaroo until I thought of the hybrid idea some time in the early 90's.
Some concentrate only on the visual aspects, while others (like me) have little or no art skill and instead focus on the fursona's personality or stories/backstory. Snackish, the artist who produced my first image of GG1's anthro horse form and is currently working on something new for me, is a phenomenally talented artist and yet has expressed frustation at being unable to produce stories around her fursona. She has a rough idea about her fursona's species, but no idea what to do with her/them. I've offered to assist, and she was keen at the time but nothing has come about yet.
I liked reading about the history of how you created your fursona. It's very interesting. I've always liked the idea of your fursona being part pine-marten too My fursonas (believe it or not) started long, long before the internet. I'd always wanted to have a cartoon character of my own, and that's where Michael came from. Sebastian I've often suspected originated as a childhood imaginary friend... which is probably why he's so immature. ;) It's somewhat ironic that when I first started posting on forums I had no idea what a fursona actually was.
BTW A few years ago wolves overtook foxes as the most popular species in the fandom: http://en.wikifur.com/wiki/List_of_most_popular_species