#i've been playing with the idea of having a fursona

[nekrotastikextasy]

Me when I'm a lizard

[fennthetalkingdog]

I absolutely love the fact that as a furry I can use my fursonas to explore feelings and thoughts that I'm not sure if I want to own up to. I was looking through my old sketchbooks and thinking of my little lore for them earlier, and I realized that all I was doing when I made them up was just making parts of me into separate folks and having them interact to work through thought processes I was having internally. Like, my oldest fursona Vio, also named after what I was gonna name myself at first (but their first name was originally based off my deadname), represented who I thought younger me was like in hindsight as I got older, and as I first explored my gender her gender adapted to match. My second, Ice, was mainly an accident, but I ended up making him as a voice of reason for Vio, just like how I was developing a sense of social awareness during that time and was grappling with finding a balance between that and what I wanted to do. And I've been using my newest fursona, BJ, to explore my current gender and therianthropy as well as feelings of how I want to dress and act now that I'm at college. And for a long time I found it weird how I couldn't just have one fursona, but I think that's because how my fursonas interact lets me process my thoughts and come to terms with stuff in a way that expressing things all internally just doesn't. And I think that's stupid cool!!

[cassiusfen]

This isn't my art, (it's made by @ TheHearthFox over on Twitter) but I wanted to make a long post about why this work in particular speaks to me so goddamn much. I think such a massive part of the queer experience -- and also the furry experience -- is about the abstract. This can be seen in so many different aspects of furry "culture," from the concept of fursonas to kink and and other fetish content. You and I will never know what it's like to be a werewolf and transform under the full moon into the form of a big hulking furry beast. However, us furries create art and other works about the idea of it anyway. We never will be able to be our fursonas -- our often idealized and "perfect" versions of ourselves -- and part of that really hurts. It hurts so bad honestly, to the point where I can't quite put it into words. In terms of queer culture, I will never know what it is like to be a cis woman, and that also messes with me a lot. Yet, I'm still trans, my identity can change, I can perceive myself as whatever I damn well please. Identity allows you to shape yourself and the world around you in your own image, even if not everyone can see its beauty.

We have ways to get at least somewhat close to how we feel in our abstraction. VRChat allows you to make an avatar of what ever you want, whether it's your fursona or just an ideal version of you. Hell, it doesn't even have to be you, it could be anyone or anything really. We have a whole industry based around creating big ass costumes that allow people to at least look something like their desired character. But it's not enough. It's never enough. I ain't religious, but sometimes I feel like I've bitten the apple, been kicked out of the garden, and now I'm left to fend for myself with an identity that my physicality will never match. When I made my fursona using an avatar base in vrchat and configured it to match my real world body scales and looked down, I honestly started crying. I take the headset off, and I'm still me. Everyone takes the headset or fursuit off and they're still the body they were given, not what they would choose. Our reality is objective, and there's no way to really change that. We can act like animal people online all day, but the moment that screen shuts off, the moment we walk away, that warm, fuzzy feeling (hehe) fades.

To think abstract is to think beyond what you can normally sense. You will never get to brush the knots out of your fur in the morning, or play with your antennae while anxious (I see you bug people). We can still have those ideas, however. I know I'm on the third goddamn paragraph and I'm just now talking about the artwork I linked but this is an important concept to me. Usually, when I think of the abstract, it feels unreal, "fuzzy" so to speak. However, in HearthFox's piece, the objective reality appears out of focus and pixelated. It feels like even if we are unable to fully embrace the abstract, we can still embrace what we can of it, and bring some sort of color to a world that doesn't feel like it is made for us. The colors being outside of the lines could suggest that our abstract perception is maybe just "painted on" to the world around us, but is that a bad thing? Is it bad to take things in from the world around you, but still look at it all in your own unique way? I think not. This also isn't only about therian identity, or furry identity, or even queer identity -- it's also about neurodivergence. You are never in the wrong for thinking about the world in a way that is viewed as "non-standard" by the rest of the world. If you see yourself as a wolf, bee, fox, bear, raccoon, a fucking plane, it's not a bad thing. We can still identify however we want, and this modern way of looking at identity is the best way for us to embrace the abstract.

Go wild, go fucking stupid. Love yourself, if you're a fox, be a fox, there are ways you can feel that way, even if it's not all of the time. We can fight, we can love, we can still find ways to elation, even if sometimes existence itself feels wrong to you. This work is but one side of abstract thinking. Look at the color the fox has compared to the objective. Look how the fur drapes, how it runs down the body, or how the snout expresses emotion. Sometimes it feels melancholic, but you cannot tell me that trying your absolute damnedest to live your identity doesn't at least bring some color to your otherwise dreary and unfocused world.

Stay safe, love yourself no matter what.

[dragongirltongue]

New Pinned post <3

Hi there, the name is Zelda, or one of like, 20 other names that may or may not be listed somewhere around here. If you know a name I go by that isn't findable here don't use it. <3

I'm bigender which is made up of girl and fem6oy, as such I use she/her and sometimes he/him pronouns when I'm feeling fem6oy enough <3

I'm in my 30s, not getting more specific than that until I decide it's not true enough to change it, don't try to find my exact age as I don't like sharing that information publicly, I don't even update it on my birthday <3

I'm a polyamorous bisexual voraphile freak and if you're over 18 you're welcome to talk to me about how much of a freak I am. I love to flirt and encourage it. Also happy to share my Other Blog with anyone interested, again as long as you're of age. <3

I'm a film graduate and currently working on doing something with that experience as well as working on a superhero comic and a 2D zelda style game. Feel free to bug me about any of those I love to discuss writing and media and want to encourage media literacy. <3

I'm also an ex-jehovahs witness and as a result I'm hugely into the holiday season in a very against my old god kinda way. Also big into sinning <3

Also I'm like, a dragon in probably an otherkin/thetadelta kinda way, like, it's core to who I am and how I understand myself so yeah. Despite this my fursona is a fox, the dragon in my icon is literally me <3

I also draw sometimes and when I do it'll be posted to @dragongirldrawings but always reblogged here too.

Also I'm a member of a plural system, feel free to check out the rest of the system over here @haven-sys <3

Further on the identity weirdness I'm an imaginary friend for the person who used to inhabit this body, they've been gone for like, over 20 years so it's not really relevant but I have started embracing my nature as a fictional creation, it's comforting.

Btw, if one of my posts containing my typing quirk ends up on your dash I take no responsibility for it. I use it in posts that are for me only and if they happen to resonate with others that's their choice to reblog.

I had intended to set tipping up on my blog for a while but adhd caused me to never get around to it sooo, homebrew tip button on my original posts. Feel free and outright encouraged to steal this idea <3

So yeah that's me, hiii I love you all <3

this post is specifically a6out tum6lr user Zelda dragongirltongue [tip]

DNI list under the read more.

lmao imagine if I actually made one of those finally, that's how you'd know I've been replaced with an evil clone or something.

That being said if you're looking at my blog to send me an ask or dm about what someone gets off to please understand unless they're actively hurting someone I rly don't care. I have a lot of ignored and blocked anons about this.

This goes double if the person you're trying to alert me to is trans femme, we don't play that game here, especially given that I know I've been targetted for things as simple as engaging in vore the wrong way for some people or whatever.

Like, I just want to make it clear I rly don't give a fuck what another adult does in the bedroom, I rly don't care if the bedroom happens to include their blog and I rly don't care if they like to flirt about it with other adults on this website.

Also if your pinned post is a callout for anyone about anything it's likely to set off my paranoia around you, which is to say I will not be able to trust you if this is the case even if it's for someone who's actually a danger to a community, like, actively.

Like, this ain't a moral stance or anything, it's a mental health thing. I see that you want to make your first point of contact into a crosshair on someone else I'm gonna be scared you're gonna aim at me next even if it's completely reasonable that you'd never find anything objectionable with me. It scares me and I'm gonna spend every interaction walking on egg shells around you cos what if you're digging for dirt, like, I got no way of knowing.

Anyway as the opening joke implies I don't see any worth in having a list of things to not interact with me over cos the lived experience on this planet is so full of nuance and I've formed deem friendships with people who'd probably have avoided me if I had a DNI and they cared about it.

I think DNIs are dumb but this feels like a space to talk about some general limits on what I'm gonna put up with on this website. I'm just here for a good time with other freaks, anything else is optional. If you want to drag me into your discourse at this point then I guess this is whre I ask you to Do Not Interact. To anyone else, I love yall <3

If you've been directed here after sending an ask my way please apologize for wasting my time [here]

tl;dr DNIs are dumb but don't drag me into your personal grievances with others.

this post is still specifically a6out tum6lr user Zelda dragongirltongue [tip]

[niuttuc]

magic subject: upcoming planes/sets

Hope you’re having a good week! :3

I'll try to stay brief because there are a lot of those.

Thunder Junction: I was expecting to like this set more than I have been. The tropey character twists of MKM and the fact they just dropped a dozen existing named characters without really getting any deeper on any of them makes me roll my eyes more than anything, I'd have liked an actual new set of characters for once.

Modern Horizons III: Excited for some fun designs, dreading some pushed designs, baffled by commander precons, like the idea of new sparkers.

Assassin's Creed: I have mostly no care for that franchise or the associated designs so far. It'll exist. I'm a bit amused that they committed to the small booster formula so far and with another company before the first one even went to print and faceplanted.

Bloomburrow: Cute and new! Well, except for the fursona bonus sheet, but hopefully that's just a fun addition and it's not another set of "new setting, but all old characters" again, because we haven't had something new in a good while. At least it's a bit less tropey a space than Western or Detectives.

Duskmourn: Now that we've seen Thunder Junction and MKM, I expect the modern horror set to also be pretty shallow, and it's not a genre I have much investment in. Hopefully they don't feel the need to make it all about known characters being trapped in the mansion!

Innistrad Remastered: Would have been much better instead of Double Feature, and also probably will get forgotten like the last few remastered sets that were overpriced and/or underprinted. Be honest, whoever is reading this: did you remember they announced that?

Interplanar Death Race set: Chaining together genres that I don't care much or any about, though given its nature I expect this one will be old characters at least, as it should be.

Return to Tarkir: Finally we get development on that situation of returning Khans! We do, right?

Final Fantasy: I'm not the biggest Final Fantasy fan, I've played a couple of them, but it's the same kind of set as LotR was, and that was a success regardless, and there's a lot of material to pull from in Final Fantasy. Cautiously optimistic.

Space Set: Neat! I hope they pull it off and make it feel expansive and alive without invalidating the rest of the game!

Return to Lorwyn: A bit too far into the future to know what to expect, but the one narrow and unhelpful look at Lorwyn in March of the Machine did not make me hopeful for the return, especially with how the previous block ended!

Return to Arcavios: That's a lot of returns! Hopefully this is about Arcavios as a whole and not as focused on Strixhaven. Honestly had forgotten this was a set!

First Marvel booster set: See Final Fantasy. Thankfully, probably will be focused on the comics moreso than the MCU. But wouldn't surprise me if the different sets are different comic book runs. We don't know enough details to give a real opinion.

Finale to the multi-year story arc: I imagine the arc will end with battling returning Fomori or a big villain taking control of their tech in some way. It's starting pretty slowly for now, so can't really guess much about this one.

[gnirewolf]

I just wanted to say that I think you have one of the most adorable and awesome OC's I've ever seen omg How did you decide on the colors and patterns and whatnot?

thank u ^w^ first and foremost, my fursona Grove was designed by @neonbuck in late 2022 who did an amazing job, so ultimately Chris was the one who decided on the exact colors and patterns!! I did come with an idea though, I'd been getting more and more into flowers and nature stuff through 2021, so I thought about this high concept OC that would be green like summer with spots like flowers. I was really vibing with hyenas at the time too cuz I'd been playing with some OCs and that just felt like the way to go. originally, I had even conceptualized grove as a character I could get versions of for each season, but I didn't get around to that lol, too lazy! so anyway, go follow Chris

also, I prob should've put the ref on that pinned post but I didn't expect it to get so many notes OTL. I still love it though, I've been looking at it a lot this month as I've been getting into drawing!

update: I did go and put the ref on the post! didn't know Tumblr allowed more than 10 images now lol

[anti-psycomics]

I can't believe I missed it! Yesterday marked 1 full year since I really started dedicating myself to digital art, after I drew this image because I wanted to play bomb rush cyberfunk. Pretty sure I started drawing it because I saw Twistcmyk made her own custom decals for that game and I wanted to make something like that too. So uh. Thanks for that Twist. Still haven't played bomb rush cyberfunk tho

not a bad starting place I'd say. Although maybe that's because it's not really the starting place and I've been drawing off and on again pretty much since I was born

I think this drawing really helped get my feet off the ground when it came to finding a style that works for me, and learning how to make other styles out of it. See, I've always had shaky hands so I've tended to gravitate towards a more scratchy style since smooth lines are often a challenge for me. And in a lot of cases I'd just leave a drawing as a sketch because finalizing it was very difficult.

being able to draw fast and loose like this is really a boon to get the creative juices flowing. It's the easiest way to draw for me, and I still like to leave it at that if I have a day where I want to draw but I don't want to dedicate more than one night to it

But nowadays I'm usually making art that's a lot smoother and takes a few more nights to finish. But that's still using the rough style. Usually I'll get a vague idea in my head and throw it on the screen with minimal care, and I'll zero in on how it's supposed to look draft by draft. Sometimes it takes 3 drafts, sometimes it takes, like 10

shown here a swordsmachine drawing I made a month or so ago, I still have the krita file on hand (because it's not technically finished yet, needs a final draft with color) so here's the drafts leading up to it

This process often involves a lot of cutting and pasting, resizing and the perspective tool to get a thing exactly where it needs to be. As for making lines as smooth as possible, I just have to take it really slow and sometimes go back, erase, draw it back, erase again. I won't lie it can still be a really tedious process

Like that swordsmachine, I've been making a lot of character portraits lately. Which has been a great exercise in posing, perspective and shading. Shading especially was something I've been needing practice with. I used to draw only with pencil of paper so using color in drawings is still somewhat a new thing for me. Having to figure out the lighting for each shot and which surfaces are whatever is very difficult but doing shading right can make a drawing look that much better

This is the thing I've been working on most recently, I think the shading looks pretty good, especially on the scarf. But I'm not really too sure about it.

Ok I've lost the pacing for this longpost. I wish I had a special drawing for the one year but I forgot until today. Maybe I'll make Anti in a birthday hat sometime later. For now here's some of my favorites over the past year

THING IN THE CLOSET

was a pretty early drawing, but I still really like it because of the unique perspective of peeking into a closet. Also the first time I drew Anti with a body!

ENDNE, GOD OF ENTROPY

I remember when I drew this design in my sketchbook and I knew I had a banger design right away, she barely changed from paper to digital. Unlike Solos, who had quite a few changes, and honestly I might still want to change a few things. Still pretty astounded that I managed to render it so well. Might be my overall favorite of the past year

PSYCHADOLIA

I still think it would make a great album name and cover. Hire me psychedelic music artists

MALAZIROT, GOD OF ROT

This one was made because I told my friends I'd make myself a fursona if a poll about me being a furry reached 15 votes. Love stealing valor. This might be the highest layer count piece to date, I think it clocked in at over 60 with so many small details that you have to super zoom in to see. Regardless, I'm really proud with how I got the rotting flesh to look in this one

MASH ME UP

Also a massive undertaking and probably the only one that can rival the layers on malazirot. Idk if I have much to say on it other than, I think it looka pretty neat

SELF-PORTAIT

A real recent one, Probably my most grotesque one to date too. I really think I nailed how disgusting the skin on it is, my only regret is I didn't make any hair follicles poking out of the skin. Oh well, missed opportunities

here's to the next year of art!

[shynetyme06]

CROSS

First impression: First time I've ever seen him was because of an animation meme (for a 2 second "cross the sea" joke) and the second time was when I watched a dub of the 0.4 ink vs error fight in underverse, and going back to that I realize he was only there for like 5 seconds at the end so uh💀I don't think I had any significant opinion on him in my early days in the fandom tbh

Impression now: I just can't not love him man. Xtale as a whole has grown on me like crazy recently, I just think the enitre story and context surrounding him is so interesting. (the fact that he's a swap sans and has/had a sibling relationship with alphys quickly comes to mind when thinking about his unique situation) he's also just an awesome yet prissy little emotional guy, and I love that for him

Favorite moment: Aaaaa I dunno if I remember enough to get this accurate, but I really like all the scenes he's had with ink. their divorce was truly tragic

Idea for a story: I don't know what I'd do tbh... his orginal story is one of those concepts I don't feel the need to dive into in my own way since I think it's already done so well in canon (tho ig I can say he plays a big enough role when it comes to a non-utmv world I've been working on, but he still isn't very developed there hgdhfg)

Unpopular opinion: I am unsure what the popular/unpopular opinions on this guy are lmao, so here's a random opinion: I think he should be drawn short more + stockier in general. Idkk I do not believe he is taller than dream guyz (the art of him on my blog rn contradicts what I'm saying here but the last thing I posted is over a year old now, I have grown since then🙏)

Favorite relationship: cross and lux I love girldad cross I love him I LOVE HIM!! I plan on drawing them at some point soon they are sillay. Another dynamic I like is cross + ink of course, to me they're a weird amalgamation of romantic and platonic idk they're just vibing

Favorite headcanon: He has a fursona and it's a wolf (ink convinced him to make it)

ask game

[decapitationposting]

OH!! If it hasn’t been done already too, Daigo Dojima

THE DIG !!

First impression:

rgg pedestalguy... woah... hes . cool . i guess.

Impression now:

THE DIGGLE!!! i love putting him in the blender i love his loneliness and his misery and his agony and the fact that the deck was stacked against him from the start. i love the fact that everyone he's even remotely close to leaves or is dead or whatever. i rotate him in my mind daily. ALSO THE RAGE !!! I LOVE HIS RAGE !!!! ITS SUCH AN UNDERRATED ASPECT OF HIS CHARACTER!!!

Favorite moment:

OKAY. I'M GOING TO . PUT THE ACTUAL MAIN ANSWER TO THIS AT THE BOTTOM UNDER THE CUT. BC IW SPOILERS. in the meantime though. shoutout to Any Time You Give This Guy A Gun. truly every game would be a solid 70% shorter if he just had one at the start

Idea for a story:

grrrr. i'd love to explore more of the fishing village horrors but i'd also love to explore his reunion w/ Mine in Survive AU but i'd ALSO like to explore possible interactions w/ the ichigang BUT ALSO-

Unpopular opinion:

bear is a lame fursona assignment for him imo. SIKA DEER SWEEP !! For more general stuff uh: - i'm not the biggest fan of the daigo polycule sorry. - I am. so sick. of the 3jimas being lumped together for everything ngl.................... it just kinda uh. sidelines daigo & saejima imo. also. the infantilization drives me crazy but i feel like that's the most obvious thing to put here so

Favorite relationship:

its so obvious. minedai sweep. + masadai toxic exes is so funny. ship that exists in past tense to me. on the platonic side of things though i do love when ppl explore his relationship w/ Haruka .... also his friendship w/ Shinada is neat.... i do love the whole . rivals dynamic that he & ryuji have going on as well.. silly.... (also i've been playing in the space w/ him & my friend's oc Miyumi and . their weirdo family dynamic is so . bad. in a fun way. enabling each other! yay!)

Favorite headcanon:

i love the hc of him being into necromancy bc of the one poundmate summon in y7! its really silly to me :3 gee i wonder who he was trying to resurrect... hmmmm.... + in a similar vein . love the concept of him holding on to Mine's gun. something to remember him by etc. Also. i think Yayoi cut him off after y3. something something him relapsing after everything around him went to shit and her just ... leaving him . bc she's tried everything she could prior and she just. doesn't know what else to do aside from "well. I'm not going to talk to you until you stop That" . Definitely a flawed way of going about it BUT its flawed in a way that deeply intrigues me.

OK BACK TO THAT FAVORITE MOMENT THING (IW SPOILERS):

THE WHOLE . BIT IN THAT DAMN FISHING SHACK . like . gahhhh getting to hear concrete stated proof that his mental health was in the absolute gutter after everything he's been through + the rage when kiryu starts provoking the 3jimas its soooo . its so nice to see. its cathartic. like all this stuff Could be just hcs or forgotten about or brushed aside etc etc but No! ughhh its. so solid i love it. GO DIGGLE !! KILL!!!!!!

[billiethekig]

i wonder if getting constantly body-shamed while i was growing up somehow rewired my brain to be enamored with completely switching up my appearance and identity

i've always loved playing pretend and that extended into writing and roleplaying and then cosplaying and now kig too

it's probably not the only reason but it may be a big part of it

uh oh this is getting long so:

My body image was all over the place growing up. Like, my mom would ask me to make sure I don't get TOO fat or TOO dark or else...I wouldn't be attractive? idk I was 10 so I didn't even care about boys at that point in time.

Eventually I got to college and dabbled in furry fandom because I got online access for the very first time, but I found this Usenet group called alt.lifestyle.furry and it was filled with folks who felt like they really were their fursonas. I clung to that idea for a while. A non-descript anthro black cat. But then I met my partner in the furry fandom and we've been together for nearly 30 years at this point so...

yay for internet weirdos i guess

So i notice that I'm kinda feeling the same passion for identity as a kig than I did as a furry. That...yearning to be an idealized version of yourself, who has no link to your actual physical self. Something of your creation. Something completely your own.

but now instead of dreaming about a fursuit at age 20, i'm kigging at age 49 and it's fucking fun. I don't even care about community at this point. I'm content with embodying my little kig guy and taking videos in the bathroom and posting on Tumblr and Mastodon.

I've posted a couple of things on Bluesky but i don't think I'll make a kig account for it. I know the fandom at large will probably shit on me for having a "cheap" mask. But I'm enjoying my journey so far.

[negative-speedforce]

OC Fandom Asks! For Kayla and Siv please

1, 3, 7, 10, 15, 19, and 29?

1: Was your OC influenced or inspired by any particular fictional character(s) when you made them?

Kayla is loosely based on the ORIGINAL-original version of Siv, the one from 14-year-old me's DC/Marvel/Percy Jackson/Star Wars crossover. I had some really cool concepts for the later chapters of that one, and I decided to recycle them into a whole new character.

Siv is quite literally the product of a dream I had when I was 13, but overall, while I mostly base my characters' stories and personalities off their playlists, her personality has been influenced by a whole lot of characters. They were influenced by Cassandra from Tangled: The Series, Natasha Romanoff, Reva from Kenobi, Adrien from Miraculous, and a whole lot of other characters from fandoms I've been into over the 7+ years I've had them.

3: What genre would your OC do badly in but it would be hilarious or interesting to watch?

Kayla would absolutely SUCK in a rom-com. First of all, she aroace-spec, second of all, she does not know how to talk to girls- at all. It would low-key be pretty funny to watch her fumble around like that.

Siv would loathe being in a Regency period drama. All those rules and restrictions for how you have to be- she wouldn't be able to stand it. She'd probably end up going apeshit and destroying the castle.

7: If your OC had to cosplay as a fictional character, who would they choose?

Kayla normally isn't the cosplaying type, but I think she'd have a lot of fun dressed up as Sam from Totally Spies.

Siv would probably dress up as some kind of creature from Star Trek. I'm not sure what, but they'd pull it off really well nonetheless.

10: How would your OC do in the last book/movie/tv show/game/etc. you read/watched/played?

Oooh I watched Birds of Prey yesterday with my Grandma (it is her favorite movie) so this will be fun-

Kayla absolutely slays. She's got that vaguely morally gray component to her character that means that she'll probably get along with most of the main cast. Though Harley's personality would probably give her a headache.

I'm actually planning an arc where Siv has to team up with Harley and the Birds of Prey for... plot reasons! I feel like she'd get along best with Dinah and Helena for obvious reasons, but ngl I'm mostly planning this arc because I have the idea of Siv snapping at Harley and telling her to shut up/stop being annoying/etc, and Harley goes all psychiatrist on her.

15: How well would your OC do in a standard slasher movie?

Kayla, being a secret agent, would fare pretty well. Her skills in recognizing patterns and taking down supervillains would be invaluable in a slasher film.

Siv, if they weren't the slasher themself, would definitely make it to the end, and probably end up slashing the slasher.

19: If your OC was in Star Trek’s Starfleet, what would be their role/position? Or, if that doesn’t really fit your OC: why would they get kicked out of Starfleet?

Kayla, being a biomedical engineer in real life, would probably be either the chief medical officer or an engineer in Starfleet.

Siv would get thrown out of Starfleet for starting too many fights and overwhelming her ship's medical supplies with all the injuries she's caused.

29: Gun to their head, what is your OC’s fursona?

I don't even know if Kayla really knows what a fursona is, but if she had to chose, I think she'd go with some kind of bird. Like maybe a blue jay or some other kind of corvid?

Siv isn't a furry, but she made up a fursona as a joke with her friends in high school. It's a lynx that wields a giant battle axe.

[iridescent-moon]

I'm still sorta on hiatus (still around but not really posting besides the occasional rb) but I've been kinda playing around with the idea of being potentially shapeshifter kith, or with animals in general.

My fursona is a shapeshifter, and even in alternate universe they tend to still be a shapeshifter or have magic that allows them to do so. And while I still feel that I am for 100% certainty a seal, wolf and alicorn, I still feel this connection and desire to be other animals. I also don't find it hard imagining myself as those animals and experience cameo shifts very easily.

Still wondering about how I'll be making my nonhuman project. At first, I was ready to just write an essay despite my poor skills, that didn't work out with the few attempts I made. So I thought "well, why not instead make a comic of some kind?" But I'm turning up empty so far

As it turns out, creating something or talking about how I struggle with communication is very difficult! How do you talk about not being able to talk? Ehh, I'll figure it out eventually

[foxgirltoebeans]

Been neglecting to upload the rest of my art here so I decided I should just upload a bunch of my Caelyn art at once and turn it into a little history lesson on her design through the years!

Before Caelyn as a character was really solidified as my persona I had a lot of ideas about what she could be. I've been obsessed with the concept of a self insert character even before I started using the internet. If I really wanted to go back to the beginning, I could probably argue that I had one back when I was as young as 4 years old. Starting from my teen years, I bounced around different fandoms with my own self insert ocs, though I mostly kept it to myself.

Shown here is the earliest piece I have where I started to actually keep my persona somewhat consistent: my first fursona. Back then I lurked about the furry fandom but since one of my new friends at the time was a furry I decided to make my own sona. Obviously, it's a fennec fox, but I decided to incorporate some of the markings of turquoise-browed motmot as an homage to my heritage. At this point, I had no name in mind for this character I had created, and only drew it once after the fact.

Shortly after I got into League of Legends, I came up with an idea for an oc for it. She was a Lhotlan Vastaya with the power of Oneiric Reality Manipulation who couldn't control it. This has since been a recurring theme in Caelyn's backstories, inspired by my tendency to get caught up in my own daydreaming and vivid dreams.

Next up is when I finally got back into Dungeons and Dragons. I wanted to ease back into roleplaying with a character most like me so I could focus on learning other mechanics of the system. She was first played in a homebrew setting where she and her party had been sent off to an island to explore uncharted territory. Thinking back on it, I probably could've just went with making her a wild magic sorcerer, but I went with a homebrew class called the Dreamwalker.

After that, I tried to change up the design and her backstory a bit, but then decided it was a bit too much for my liking. I even had plans to stream my art and make her into a v tuber for myself, but it's been put on hold for a bit now.

Finally is her most recent iterations where I've played her in Pathfinder Second Edition. It took a little experimenting, but realized I could make her a psychic with the wellspring mage archetype for that power incontinence flavor without using any homebrew. It was really tough with the tiny amount of spell slots you're given, so I might actually give the dreams mystery oracle a shot from Oracles+ when I play her next. It was also when I "came out" as a furry so I reverted her back into my fursona, lol. I drew her here in her casual comfy clothing she dresses up in when painting, in her adventuring outfit, and her formal outfit (which I dont take design credit for, it's just this coordination).

Anyways, if you've read up to this point, I thank you for taking an interest in my character!

[sesshy380]

Hiii ❤️ I’ve seen you mention your fursona a few times now; do you more info on them and maybe a picture or more detailed description of how they look? (and tooooootally unrelated but would you mind if anyone possibly drew them? :D)

I should warn you that this is an extremely dangerous question to ask me...because OMG AHHHHHHHH!!!!! *FANGIRL SQUEAL HEARD AROUND THE WORLD*

I would in no way ABSOLUTELY FREAKING GO WILD if someone drew her lol

So my fursona is my OC's 'other' forms. You can read more detail about her here. This gives a run-down of her 'furry' appearances (she has 2, one is as a standard black cat w/blue eyes, the other is a black leapard with raven wings).

I picture her anthro form wearing this (old sketch by me from 2006? before hands went to hell)(I got lazy when it came to her hair lol). The cloth areas are black, while the rest is gold (I'm a very simple person, but she's meant to fit in the YGO-verse so maybe the gold should have been more elaborate lol). The 'collar' is gold as well (since it's kinda hard to tell based off the pic).

I've played around with the idea of the anthro form having her hair, but I never got around to drawing that version unfortunately. However, there was a webcomic I used to follow called 'Flycoren Kausim' by RetroDragon. Kat appeared as a cameo in the later chapters, and I even got a rough sketch of her as a bonus from them. (Not my art, credit goes to RetroDragon).

Here's her cameos:

[thumpercloudbright]

I prolly should've made an entry post when I first got here, but hey, ya live and ya learn☆

Howdy there! I am Thumper Cloudbright! It's the name of my fursona that I'm gonna post here soon. Ya can call me Thumps, or simply Thumper, or Twilight, the name of my wof sona.

☆Info Blurb☆

I am an adult, my age is 21

I am a bigender woman with she/her and he/him prounous, and am perfectly fine with being called either or hehe (you can also call me dude or bro)

I have sensory processing disorder, and possibly a form of adhd (spd was verified by psychologist, and me and my parents think I got adhd from how some of my quirks work)

I am pan, all genders are beautiful, a trans ally, and therian ally! In my eyes, as long as who you are doesn't hurt others or yourself, then you are free to be you!

I adore stories that have animal characters, monsters, dinosaurs, mythical creatures, nature aesthetic and vibes, anything of the sort! Mushrooms are one of my absolute favorite little beings, they're just so cute☆

Horror is one of my favorite genres, with how you can bend designs and make things creepy or scary. Fav colors are dark purple, black, blues, greens, and brown, and I am a practicing artist. I've made some good things, but I can definitely grow in my craft, and I certainly plan to.

I want to be a novelist, just gotta work through some life stuff to get there. I try to be a positive force, as there's already plenty of negativity going around, and I don't want to be all doom and gloom. Just not how I roll dude.

The Fandoms I Am Part of!

Wof (Main thing I do on this blog, I adore dragons)

Tmnt (Loved them since I was a kid, should make some art of them soon. They're what got me into anthro characters hehe)

Warrior Cats (Just starting to get into them, they're pretty neat)

Fnaf (It's what got me into horror)

Pokemon (First game I ever played was Soul Silver, love the franchise to pieces, have all the games from gen four and up!)

Cult of the Lamb (I love this game it's so good and the art is dope!)

Mlp (Casual fan, didn't watch the gen four show, but I like the art, and I watched the old movies!)

Undertale and Deltarune (Casual fan, in love with the sprite art of both, the story, and music!)

Sonic (My eldest brother made me one xD I might post my ocs here one day)

All Tomorrows (It's so beautiful in a cosmic, horrifying, existential crisis way)

Furry Fandom (More casual on my side, haven't been to a convention, but I do enjoy it. Kinda wished it was more chill tho-)

Niche (An awesome indie game on Steam and Switch! You control the genes of your nichelings and help them survive their world)

Amphibia (My newest fandom, I really dig the art style and characters. Yet again, my other older brother got me into it lol)

Projects I'm Working On!

Wof: A Fierce Legacy: Au where Fierceteeth becomes queen after proving herself to Glory against other candidates. After some time, she has three dragonets: Two sons named Shadowglider and Sharpmind, and one daughter named Direclaws, who hatched under two blood moons. Now Fierceteeth has to grapple with the fact her daughter will one day challenge her for the throne... and Direclaws has to grapple with seeing that future.

Wof Legends: Alternate Past: Legitimately was made to give poor Foeslayer a better IceWing husband, then I noticed how much would change, so it's gonna be interesting alright xD It's also gonna be huge. Lots of stuff to cover.

Wof: A Moon Taken By Rain: A curious idea I had for an au where Secretkeeper wasn't there on time, thus Moonwatcher is taken and raised by a RainWing named Macaw. Also RainWings get a big rework, because I think it would be more interesting if they weren't uh... well what they are in book three lol. Don't get me wrong, I love my hippie dragons, but I think it would be better if did have a queen earlier on who whipped them into shape.

Wof: RainWing Succession: The story here is that Queen Grandeur of the RainWings has six daughters, and all of them want the throne for various reasons. The sisters are:

Princess Abundance, Princess Blissful, Princess Cassytha, Princess Divine, Princess Felicity, and Princess Luxurious.

Only one of these dragons is worthy of the throne, and she will have to work for it... and find out why one of her sisters has mysteriously disappeared.

This is gonna be a precursor to the Moon Taken By Rain story!

Tmnt: Beast's Embrace: Something I've been playing with for years lol. It is an Au that goes more in depth into what all mutagen can do, where it came from, and how it effects mutants, on more than one plane of existence. It's a bit of a mix of ninja turtles and Bloodborne, hence why it's called Beast's Embrace.

The brothers are quite different from their more canon selves too, because I feel like it be more interesting and make it stand out.

Mike is the oldest at 19, and the leader of the team, therapist, and the main muscle. He is still goofy and fun loving, but also much more serious and level headed, and quite noble. He is based on the Big Headed Turtle.

Raph is the second oldest at 19, though a couple months behind Mike, and he is second in command, helping plan out strategies, along with being a mechanic, often helping Don. He is more stoic, with a calm energy, though is also very brutal when out fighting. He is based on the Northern River Terrapin.

Don is third eldest at 16, and is the doc and brains when it comes to anything mutagen related, robots or chemistry. He is the most severely mutated due to using mutagen he carefully made to make himself "better", and more himself. Very eccentric, his default expression is a smile, and it takes a lot to make him change expression. He makes a lot of friends. He is based on the Roti Island Snake Neck Turtle.

And finally, Leo is the youngest, at 16, being a couple months younger than Don. He is the fastest and most stealthy, able to sneak in just about anywhere. He is very morbid and sadistic, but grows to be noble and just, as he looks up to Mike. He is based on the Bog Turtle.

Ask box is open if you wanna send me asks and all that👍 I'm thinking of allowing wof dragon art requests, like ocs, though still on the fence about it, as I do want to make sure I am decent at drawing them first lol

I'm also starting to do free wof adopts! I like the joy of creating them, then sending them out into the world for others to enjoy🎉

Wednesday, Thursdays, and Fridays will be the days I schedule for adopts when I have some planned out, I find an old character I'm willing to make into and adopt, etc. Not every week will have adopts, but in general they are the days I will post them when I got some made and ready!

Oh and I also gots a Toyhouse! You can check out what all I do here☆

https://toyhou.se/Thumper_Cloudbright9

🚫DNI🚫

Pedos & Zoophiles (Still have no idea how these two clowns exist-)

Anti Lgbtq

Anti Neoprounous

Ableists

Anti Furry (I promise I am not a raging horny maniac on the loose lmao)

Proshippers (gonna be more specific here: I'm talking about the extreme kinds that think shipping kiddlets with adults is "pErFeCtLy AcCePTaBlE!!" And harras people over it. As long as you don't do that, and don't harrass others over shipping and don't endorse what you consume, you're in the clear and may interact if you'd like. Just don't bring drama and we're ok)

Terfs

Racists

Scientologists

If any of ya do interact, you will be instant blocked, and I will get to move on with my life, forgetting your name :3 (the more dangerous of you will be ☆reported☆)

And that takes care of that! Thanks for reading, and I hope you enjoy my content. Adios for now!

[mav-the-artist]

Hey guys.

Slight vent i guess. It's nothing drastically serious, but putting up a warning anyways. It's me complaining abt work and my ability to interact online.

under a cut, as it's a bit lengthy.

As the year comes to a close, I think about my milestones. Yeah, I've made a few friends since making a twitter finally. i've made a lot of improvement on my art. i've also figured out my gender. my life in general has been really good, since leaving a bad situation a year and a half ago. for the most part i'm happy where i'm at now.

except one thing.

work.

it's getting to me, working 40+ hours a week and hardly having any time at home to myself, let alone interact with my mutuals and friends. i feel bad. there's a lot of people i want to interact with and get to know more, but i have to sacrifice so much of my time off work to take care of irl stuff, family, etc.

and i have so many ideas for art, SO MANY. ideas of ocs i wanna draw from my mutuals/followers/people i follow, my fursona that i've been wanting to design FOR MONTHS, and so much more. my notes app on my phone deadass is FULL of ideas i get. but by the time i get home, all my motivation almost always is drained. i feel like a hollow void. and when i do draw, i never have enough time or energy to put more effort, more details or fully render. i've noticed my art has looked half-assed lately due to this.

after work, if my friends are in a group call, i end up just hanging out in the call not doing a goddamn thing otherwise. i enjoy hanging out with friends greatly, don't get me wrong, it's just i don't have motivation most of the time to draw while chatting in vc. hell, i don't even play video games half the time cuz i'm too tired to even do that. and there's so many games i bought this year that i only played once/never played yet because i'm too busy working/drained after work.

to my friends, mutuals, and followers who want to interact with me: i'm sorry i cant talk more or talk to you at all. i want SO BADLY to interact in fandom spaces more and make more friends, but work and fatigue is beating my ass relentlessly. however, even if we've talked a few times/rarely talk, i don't get friendship decay. we're still friends even if we don't talk in a while! and know i appreciate all my mutuals/followers greatly and will do my best to interact more.

i may be able to talk to my boss about going down to part time, as my mom and i did some number crunching and we could make it work. this would fix my problems massively, as i could finally achieve a work/life balance that i can actually function in.

in the end, i want this year coming up to be better than this one. yes, i've done a lot this year. but the next big thing is trying to talk to more than just like. 3 people online. and make more art, and improving my mental health.

don't expect this to be a reoccurring thing with me venting, as most of the time i'm a happy person. but i had to get this out. you can see why, lol