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Title: Does Looking at Your Fursona Feel Weird?
Post by: WhiteTiger89 on July 27, 2011, 12:43:11 AM
Hey all,

So I've recently had my fursona commissioned by Sugarpoultry of DeviantArt, my favorite artist. My new avatar is a clip from that very piece. :)

(http://oi54.tinypic.com/27ydmq.jpg)

What I wanted to know is if anyone else feels a little weird looking at their fursona. Because I know for me, every time I look at this piece, I really feel like I'm looking at myself. Like the picture is just a mirror reflecting not just my face, but my soul as well. Every time I look at my new profile picture, I see my own face, my own smile. Hell, even my own eyes and they're not even the same color!  XP

Have any of you ever felt the same way when looking at pictures of your fursonas?
Title: Re: Does Looking at Your Fursona Feel Weird?
Post by: Ares the Ram on July 27, 2011, 12:46:12 AM
I look at my fursona and see the being that I want to be, as a goal in life to become him personality wise, though I wont complain if I can manage physically too  XP
Title: Re: Does Looking at Your Fursona Feel Weird?
Post by: Fly Boy on July 27, 2011, 01:35:42 AM
Well, I DO look at my fursona and feel like we are one, mainly because he is ME down to the finite details of personality. Of course, he's an Antro Husky and I'm human, but we are ONE (terrible reminder of a Lion King Song  XP). I have times that I dream as my fursona, and I have times where I imagine myself as him. I believe the best way to explain it is that while I'm human, Jacob Grey is me as well, and we are one person.
Title: Re: Does Looking at Your Fursona Feel Weird?
Post by: WhiteTiger89 on July 27, 2011, 02:17:06 AM
Well, I DO look at my fursona and feel like we are one, mainly because he is ME down to the finite details of personality. Of course, he's an Antro Husky and I'm human, but we are ONE (terrible reminder of a Lion King Song  XP). I have times that I dream as my fursona, and I have times where I imagine myself as him. I believe the best way to explain it is that while I'm human, Jacob Grey is me as well, and we are one person.

Well, I happen to like that Lion King song so I won't hold it getting stuck in my head against you. And I think your way of explaining it is perfect. I feel almost exactly the same way.
Title: Re: Does Looking at Your Fursona Feel Weird?
Post by: on July 27, 2011, 03:02:18 AM
i suppose it's me, but all i see is an idealized version of myself. not really me...
Title: Re: Does Looking at Your Fursona Feel Weird?
Post by: Karma Moonshadow on July 27, 2011, 03:16:13 AM
I kinda know what you mean. It doesn't seem odd when it's a picture I drew myself, any more than it would seem weird if I drew a portrait of myself. But when someone else attempts to draw my fursona, it always sortof gives me chills, since it's me through someone else's eyes, and it's always completely different according to who draws her. Or at least that was how it was back when I was Dander; no one has tried to draw Aura (yet). It's a pretty cool feeling though when my brain automatically places the label of myself on any picture of my fursona.
Title: Re: Does Looking at Your Fursona Feel Weird?
Post by: Daemon on July 27, 2011, 02:58:16 PM
not at all.
as an author of many, many unfinished stories, I see my sona as just another character. one that'll probably be replaced much farther in the future, when my interests change.
Title: Re: Does Looking at Your Fursona Feel Weird?
Post by: Spiral_Galaxy on July 27, 2011, 06:42:55 PM
Wow, I am NOT as furry as you, no offence >.>
when I look at pictures of Spiral that I drew, I useualy think, "man I did a crappy job on the _______"
then I try to fix it...
Title: Re: Does Looking at Your Fursona Feel Weird?
Post by: Fly Boy on July 27, 2011, 08:08:45 PM
^I think everyone does that after drawins something
Title: Re: Does Looking at Your Fursona Feel Weird?
Post by: NJMike on July 27, 2011, 08:24:24 PM
Not really, no. I don't see why it would.
Title: Re: Does Looking at Your Fursona Feel Weird?
Post by: WhiteTiger89 on July 27, 2011, 08:28:51 PM
Wow, I am NOT as furry as you, no offence >.>
when I look at pictures of Spiral that I drew, I useualy think, "man I did a crappy job on the _______"
then I try to fix it...

Lol, none taken. It really has dawned on me since getting this commission that I am quite furry. :P

And I don't think your reaction is limited to illustrators (took me a while to remember that word.  XP), I think it's something that ALL artists tend to do. I certainly do it with my writing.
Title: Re: Does Looking at Your Fursona Feel Weird?
Post by: icy wolf on July 28, 2011, 05:45:08 AM
i feel like when i see a photo of mu furson that it is me.... me in another reality .... i feel good and " right" when ever i see a pic of him.
Title: Re: Does Looking at Your Fursona Feel Weird?
Post by: WhiteTiger89 on July 28, 2011, 03:47:43 PM
i feel like when i see a photo of mu furson that it is me.... me in another reality .... i feel good and " right" when ever i see a pic of him.

Yeah, that's me as well. That's the bit that feels weird to me. :P
Title: Re: Does Looking at Your Fursona Feel Weird?
Post by: icy wolf on July 28, 2011, 06:39:25 PM
hehe your not alone in felling that way... good to know there are others like you out there huh.
Title: Re: Does Looking at Your Fursona Feel Weird?
Post by: WhiteTiger89 on July 28, 2011, 10:58:59 PM
It feels very good Icy, very good indeed. That's the whole reason I came here in the first place. :)
Title: Re: Does Looking at Your Fursona Feel Weird?
Post by: Kaprika on July 28, 2011, 11:16:36 PM
i dont necisarily feel WEIRD

but yes..i do feel like im looking at me