Finally an update of my reference sheet, after some years not updating it, you can see a new little feature on him.

Should I tell again the story of my fursona? Probably yeah, I'm sure many of you haven't read or listened it. I know many of you have read this story so many times:

It was on 1998, I was liking many shows on TV, including Talespin ("Aventureros del Aire" in Spanish), and I wanted to belong to the show someway, to be friends of Baloo, Kit Cloudkicker and company, so I created my own character to imagine I could be in the show.

That year, in the school they took us to the Chapultepec's Zoo, in Mexico City, I was especially excited for bears, but I could see for first time panda bears and I got amazed for how beautiful animal it was, very different to see them in person than just in videos or photographies.

So when I was back home, my original character changed to be a panda, and that's how Paco the Panda was born.
Soon he changed his name to Parinton thanks to a dream I had where I got that name in my head for that panda character and I decided to name him like that because it sounded more original than "Paco". But it's fine, call me Paco, I like that name!

I created many other adventures in my mind out of the Talespin show, with that imaginary panda and his little brother Nemorio. My connection with panda bears was stronger when I discovered the punk rock band "Panda", which turned in my favorite band, not only because the name of it but for their music, until this day I can say it has been an important band in my life.
I even showed my obsession for my music taste, my own characters and my love for pandas to my class mates in middle school and high school, for sure I scared them some way.

But during all this time, I had no idea what was the furry fandom so I couldn't even call Parinton my fursona, it was just the toony animal character who was representing myself.
It was not until 2008 at a Devmeet (a meeting from Deviantart users, back on the second half of 2000's those were very common in many parts of the world) when some guys were checking my portfolio, and one of them asked me if I was a furry. Well, it happened that those guys were furries and they were surprised I had no idea about the fandom and they introduced me. Everything they were telling me about this community was matching completely with me. And here I am! 12 years later of have discovered the fandom, and 22 years later of have created my panda character, more than the half of my life having that oreo bear with me.