Eeer... I cant really draw at all!

look me up on Second Life? Aineiha Tyran - Lavernicus!

I am also a fur suiter now!!! Lavernicus!!! Lav the Shep! Not to be confused with Lavshep. Though it is very rare I have had a very tiny number of people confuse me for him based on name- Please please please please please please.... if you tag me anywhere.. or say something about me, meet me in public etc, USE MY FULL NAME! Go to his page and give him some snugs!

"I am a German shepherd, he is a German shepherd, that automatically makes us best friends... Its a inner species/breed furry thing, you wouldn't understand" - me to a non suiting furry

MOST RECENT CON QUOTE:
"And all you have to do is pull on this"

Being a furry for me has been a very interesting life journey, has its ups and downs - and of course its embarrassing moments. I remember when I was younger... young... young! I used to always play starfox and loved the disney movies with talking animals. I was just captivated by these characters!!! They were human, but something about their animal qualities gave them something more that I could never put my finger on. Anyways... after playing a lovely game of Starfox Adventures, I just kinda felt lonely - like I had played as this anthromorphic creature, beat the game... and now what? I go back to being human? Well, I eventually started getting online for Starfox fans and one thing lead to another --> BAM! I find the furry fandom.

Over the years I played with characters, developing qualities and characteristics, and eventually settled down to who I am now, Lavernicus, -->Aineiha Tyran<-- (A loose english-from-arabic sounding of "In Her Eyes"). Lavernicus is a part of me that I had to leave behind so long ago, when I was a very young boy my father was diagnosed with lung cancer, and I had to grow up in a hurry to become a care taker. I am not saying I didnt have a childhood - no, that would be an outright lie, I had a great one! But a lot of things had to be lost. Innocence was lost quickly, maturity was forced on me, and I always lived in a state of concern or fear depending on how doctor visits went. Over the years I kept being a fur in the closet... Lavernicus (or characters prior) were to be kept silent! High School kids are jerks! mean! aroof! and I didnt need to be picked on for being a fur... hell I was picked on enough for actually learning and hanging out with Kids that wanted to go to college and be smart and NOT drop out losers.

So I was a closet furry for the longest time... I could always retreat to Lav and live out a part of me that was more childish, or that party boy college guy I am not allowed to be (Everyone expects me to be a military hard ass that has no fun) that guy who isn't afraid to flirt with women and get frisky with them!

And then it happened... I went to my first Furry Convention, Megaplex 2012 in Florida!

I told everyone I was going to a video game convention to meet old friends... If I hated it, I would simply leave it at that, and if I liked it... I would leave it at that. Little did I know I was about to make a major step in the right direction to being a furry. After that short, 3 day con, bam --> next thing I knew I was getting reference sheets, suit builders, talking to people about suiting etc etc etc. I also remember having to come out to all my friends and my family about being a fur. My dad was horridly confused... but he accepted it and knew it made me happy, and my friends all kinda laughed and figured I was keeping some hobby in the closet. Four months after that con my suit arrived, and it has been love ever since.

My Father passed away in October of 2012, and was the single most devastating part of my life. A part of me died when he left this world... and I miss him every day. http://www.furaffinity.net/view/10854961/ I commissioned this piece to commemorate him, and his love - as well as to represent the furry side of his passing. I am thankful that I am a furry, the fandom has really given me new life and new friends! Lavernicus has helped me move on.

Lavernicus is a part of me that I know I need to keep separate from who I am - he is a side of me that I am not ashamed of, but understand his place is not in my normal world. He is the release and that character part of me that I love to let loose every now or then. He gets rid of my fears and shyness to get out and look like an idiot, he is hyper and energetic! He is a part of me that doesnt worry about gas prices or politics, Money and drama are just not on his mind, his mission is fun and excitement! And that is why I am glad I was able to bring him into the world and get to live as him as a Furry Sheppy dog!

Cons attended:
Megaplex 12 2012
Further Confusion 2013
Furry Fiesta 2013
Furnal Equinox 2013
Furry Weekend Atlanta 2013
Califur 2013
Anthrocon 2013
Megaplex 13 2013
Fangcon 2013
MWFF 2013

Currently On Deck:

Planning:
FWA 2014