Fursuit making was the first crafty hobby I got into, I think. I got started because as a teenager therian, I felt a bit out of sorts with being human, so I thought wearing a fursuit would help me feel more like a wolf. I didn't want to make my own suit at first since I had no sewing or sculpting experience, but after seeing the high price tag on these costumes*, I realized making it myself was the only way.

Well, turns out wearing costumes makes me only MORE conscious of my limitations as a human, and with all my senses impaired, to boot. However, the anonymity of wearing a fursuit helped me get over awkward teenager social hang-ups, and I enjoyed the process.

Now, I just make 'em because I like it and it's my job- I'm really not that interested in wearing them anymore.

*This was at a time when almost no costume cost over $1300... even a $350 Jax head was way too much for 15-year-old me.

Not a hard question at all actually! :D Mandibuzz is my second favorite Pokémon. It hasn't received much attention in merch or anything unfortunately, but it's such a nifty design, and I love using them as walls in combat. :) uses Toxic, Roosts forever

I get embarrassed at old art too, I suddenly see all these problems and get irrationally irritable I didn't see them before and nobody pointed them out to me. Though it's kind of my personality to share what embarrasses me, so sometimes I'll dig up an old gem and show it to people and laugh about it. xD

Welllll it goes into a lot of internal stuff but basically my fursona is a wolf because I'm a therian and I identify on some level as a wolf, which you may or may not have known already. Around the end of high school and through half of college, I found the whole concept of therianthropy unbelievable despite my past experiences, so I shoved that part of me away. It left me feeling really empty inside. I liked bears a lot (still do), so I changed my fursona's species because of my negative feelings regarding my wolf identity. I also stupidly let myself become influenced by others who said canine characters were "overdone". Blegh!! How horrible.
Around early 2009 I finally came to terms with myself and accepted that yes, therianthropy is a real thing, and this is how I feel. It felt so right and good and I am now really comfortable with who I am.

I think identity is fluid, to a degree, but so far anyway, wolf has remained a constant part of me since I was 11ish.

Oh, interesting question!
Truth be told I don't remember exactly how it fell into place... I think the therian feelings happened first (around age 11), which lead me to web searches for werewolves. I ended up finding werewolf art on the SCFA/Yerf, which opened my eyes up to furry art.
I wasn't actively involved in the fandom til I was a teenager though, for the longest time the only furry exposure I had was just watching pro-level artists drawing animal people on Yerf. It was a nice way to ease into it for sure, if I had stumbled upon VCL first, for instance, I would have run screaming and never returned.

So I guess by identifying as an animal person, it was only natural to join a fandom of animal people, even if it's a roleplay/art thing for most other people.

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