Before I "came out" as a furry, I made myself a bearsona simply because I adore bears so much. I drew it again and again, but never thought anything of it. After all, I wasn't making art that looked like all the other blue wolves and muscular tigers, so surely this what not furry art and instead something else. (No hate to the sexy blue wolves and muscular tigers out there, I just had a small idea of what furry really is.) But as I interacted with the furry art community more, I realized that the art was a lot more diverse than I initially thought. I saw other cutesy anthro characters and all it took was one side by side comparison to confirm: I am a furry.
I didn't really need to make a sona cause I already had one- but with this newly gained insight, I felt like I could really go all out and have fun with my sona like never before! And after going to my first convention, I am enamored by the furry life and so excited to learn and do more in the community <3