been considering making a proper fursona recently, but i’m not sure what species(‘s) to pick. how did you pick yours? did it have to do with aesthetics, personality, or some kind of connection to that animal? all three? tell your story :)
I didn’t pick my fursonas’ species (genus, really) so much as it picked me. At some point during my teen years I suddenly began noticing fox stuff everywhere. Random unexpected appearances in TV shows, pictures in odd places, a nature documentary about foxes discovered while flipping channels. I realized I knew almost nothing about these creatures despite them being so common and culturally important, and that felt wrong to me.
So I resolved to fix that, and started reading up on everything fox-related I could find. The more I learned, the more I began to identify with them. The idea of these small creatures that lack the power and social benefits of their larger canine cousins and have to rely on their intelligence and evasiveness really resonated with me, the unpopular and oft-bullied nerd who didn’t seem to have a place among the “wolves” of high school society. Even the fact that foxes are most often depicted as feminine, which bothered me at the time, became meaningful after I discovered that I’m transfemme.
damn, this is so whimsical and i love it. i wish i had an experience like this to help me lol, but i’ll probably just go with a cat since i’ve always liked them ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
You don’t really need some deep mystical connection to your chosen species. A lot of people just pick an animal they like or have a fond memory of. It’s also fairly common to change your mind a few times before you find something that fits, and to make more changes as you grow as a person. I myself went from blue fox feral to anthro blue fox to adding an arctic fox as secondary sona, which eventually became my main sona, and now I’m considering adding some weird seasonal shapeshifting genderfluid shenanigans to him/her/it because my identity is a bit of a mess right now.
Don’t worry too much about getting it perfect on the first try. :)
I picked raccoon because:
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skrunkly trash gremlin
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cool fur pattern
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neutral color palette that wouldn’t clash with the outfit I wanted to use, which is a reference to the origin of my username
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the cotton candy video
If it wasn’t for foxes I’d probably be a raccoon. Chonky, skrunkly, can be a little obsessive about washing my food, and I have a lot of
trashcool stuff lying around, like those old game consoles I’ve been tinkering with.
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I chose a synth (draconic lizard bot basically) because a) lizards and dragons are neat, and b) robots are neat. And so I thought “why not both?” found synths, and said “yep that’s me.”
Same for me but also because the author of the species provides several free to use bases, which is a great plus for me since I suck at drawing
I chose bunny because :
- I love bunnies
- they’re cute
- look at those ears!
- also I’ve always loved bunnies my whole life since as a kid so it’s only right to choose an animal I’ve always loved!
I made a 2nd sona, she’s a dragon, because :
- I like Dragons
- also my dragon is cool having purple scales and white fur!
- Dragons are cool
I’ve always liked cats and was in awe of pumas and cheetahs when visiting a zoo or watching documentaries. I chose to base my fursona on a cheetah since they are less populated and easier to make unique (in my opinion).
Ultimately, it’s pretty easy to just pick your favourite species for your first sona. You can always make other OCs whenever you want!
I’ve always considered dragons my favourite creatures ever. Honestly, I didn’t choose the species, I always knew from the start that dragon was what I wanted no matter what.
love that. i’ll probably be picking a basic cat (though maybe with some fun other species traits) just because i’ve always liked them too
I started as a wolf, because that’s what my username was (and still is) in many places and it was my favorite animal at the time. I then started to like fox features so became a fox/wolf hybrid. I then saw some nice art of mightyena (the Pokemon), and decided that I liked some features of that as well. I’ve spent the past month or so tweaking it and making a better mental idea in my head of what it looks like, so I think now it’s probably just a custom species rather than a three species hybrid.
I know there’s stereotypes about certain species (wolves being independent, foxes being very friendly and the like), but I never really paid attention to that while choosing. Although, now I’ve started personalizing it more, I’ve started to relate more to my species - we’re both disorganized messes. :P
But yeah, my advice is to just pick your favorite animal and see how it goes. You can always change or customize it later.
Back then when I played World of Warcraft I was a feral druid. Now I stopped playing a long time ago but the cat form stayed and now I’m a lion. I also like all felids so that matches too.
I picked a squirrel because there are an insane amount of them near where I live
I just like foxes, think most fursonas start with favorite species + favorite color, there is a lot more to it though.
Foxes always resonated with me cause of their agile nature and sly behavior and they look hecking cute and floofy :3
There is a large variety of fursonas too, like: foxes, wolves, dragons (fluffy or scaly), bunnies, sharks, dogs, cats, pokemon, sergals, protogens
and also more exotic species like: snow leopards, lynxes, servals, hyenas, otters, bats, bears, lions, owls
basically every animal, fictional or not, you can think ofI find it amusing that pokemon, sergals, and protogens are somehow less exotic to you than real-world species like otters or bears. Although I do see a lot more proots these days, now that I think of it…
I didn’t really initially design my sona to be my sona per se, I initially just meant him as just a side character when I didn’t have a sona yet, but the concept really clicked with me once I had come up with it. In any case, I just combined my love of dragons with my interest in exotic nuclear rocketry to get a nuclear-powered space dragon.
okay, nuclear powered space dragon is hands down one of the coolest sounding things i’ve ever heard. do you have any pics? i’d love to see :3
I don’t really have any full body pictures of his latest version ( I’m not so good at drawing dragons, and did redesign him a little bit recently.) I really ought to find the time to draw a proper reference sheet for him but keep procrastinating.
picking something that’s cool but hard to draw is so real haha, no worries!
my first one was a dragon cuz i used to rly like seawings from wings of fire. then i switched to a robot bc robots are cool. i have p simple motivations tbh
a robot? like a protogen or something animal shaped? i’m just imagining a microwave atm 💀
not a protogen, but yeah animal shapedawww okay i love this. been thinking about 4 arms also just because they’re cool but does that make drawing them a pita?
i’m not an artist, but a lot of ppl like drawing the 4 arms
been considering making a proper fursona recently
Me too. If so its gonna be a felid. Because of their introverted but still attached nature. And relaxed attitude. And careful curiosity. Fierce independence despite being very dependent. Matches with my personality. Probably going to be based of the guy in my avatar. Who I think is a lion (and he is originally named Coloned Leopold so a pretty big hint that he is). He is taken from a Duck Avenger comic I was a big fan of. I might make him more cat-like if I do, to distance myself a bit from Disney’s copyright. Make it my own.
Probably never gonna get around to it, knowing myself.
same! i’m thinking probably just some kind of basic domestic cat, though maybe something bigger, just because i’ve pretty much always liked cats. i don’t find myself particularly relating to to their stereotypes though, which makes me a little hesitant, but it really shouldn’t matter should it.
Probably never gonna get around to it, knowing myself.
honestly though 😭 i completely relate. i’ve been “thinking” about this for like 3 years at this point hahaha
Tails was my favorite character from Sonic. I think he was probably the biggest influence for me.
@thumbtack I got really baked and it just hit me. My fursona is a dragon. I had been in the (gay) bear scene for a long time and was thinking I’d be a bear, but it just didn’t feel right.