Fursona 

The 'persona' of an anthro artist-- the artist personified as a character in their art.

An anthro or 'furry' is an anthropomorphic animal-- that is, an animal that has human traits, or a human that has animal traits (ears, tail, fur, etc.)

A fursona is the artist's representation of themself as a furry.

"People are always giving me giftart... most of the time they draw my fursona for me!"

Fursona by truthfulone November 28, 2003

Fursona 

What a furry makes to represent them. It can be of a range of animals. Some of those are: Dogs, cats, wolves, horses, dragons etc.

Furry 1: Hey, whats your fursona animal? Furry 2: Oh, mines a wolf.

Fursona by xanspanky May 29, 2018

Fursona 

The animal equivalent of a persona.

An animal, it may be made up or real, representing yourself. It is usually the same gender and personality as the creator and may be given exaggerated fur patterns.

It may be portrayed as an anthropomorphic character, giving it human like limbs. Eg, arms and legs of a human.

They are sometimes drawn as sparkledogs, or if it's not a dog or wolf, sparkleanimal. In this case, they are dressed and shown as either emo or gothic and have dark colours, or are colourful and rainbow with bright colours that are apealing to the eyes. Sparkle artists give their sparkle animals big hair that cover the eyes, peircings, and stalkings.

My fursona is a wolf with stripes.

Fursona by Reyah June 13, 2009

fursona 

A word often used in place of persona when said persona is an animal, anthropomorphic or otherwise. Adaptive to suggest any other non-human characters or aliases.

Stemmed from the fact that many furries, furry artists, Therians, or those in other parallel or related groups used animal or anthropomorphic personas. These personas were dinifitive enough to be given their own generalized name: fursonas.

Mobius' fursona is a panther

fursona by Cunjo November 21, 2004

fursona 

The oekaki culture definition of this term varies from that of the furry or anthro definition in that it is generally a 'quad' or four-legged animal used to show ones self in drawings rather than struggling to draw a human.

Many young oekaki users start off drawing characters from Disney films or animals in general, therefore when drawing a representation of themselves find an animal easier for them to draw repetitively. It can also serve as an escape from the reality of what they really look like, where the fursona's personality is more akin to how they act online than in real life.

In recent years popular oekaki have distorted the meaning of 'fursona' on oekaki, as furry artists have attempted preaching the origin to young users, and trends have been formed by popular artists that have slowly become a norm or standard.

In failed attempts to make original generic wolf or cat fursonas some artists have gone to extreme lengths to put complex patterns and accessories on their fursona. Common items are piercings, star shapes, moon shapes, stripes, leg warmers, glowsticks and fishnet anythings.

On many oekaki people confuse their fursona with muses, the difference being that your fursona represents yourself, and a muse is a character that expresses things or that you use frequently in varied ways (eg. roleplay and writings). This leads to some people arguing against the girl who's name could be 'WaterPrincessLucy' online but who's fursona is a male, red, fire-breathing dog called Damien.

Fursona whose genders don't match their creator are very rare but a controversial subject for most. Some would liken it to the man who roleplays only female characters or dresses as a bunny girl to his local furry convention.

The admin's fursona is a purple dingo with a pierced tongue; people tend to draw her raving with glowsticks.

fursona by Anonymous S November 11, 2008

Fursona 

A way to describe yourself as an antro character, similar to a original character mainly used in the Furry Fandom

I’m a basic furry my fursonas species is a wolf.

Fursona by ashu coyote February 20, 2020

Fursona 

A fursona is an original character/OC created by a member of the furry fandom, which they use to portray themselves online, and amongst other furries.

These characters are commonly drawn in a colourful, cartoon-like art style, and in the person's chosen species. Some, however, are drawn in a realistic style to look more like a real animal, rather than a flat, 2D style.

Some furries will also commission artists to create a fursuit, a giant costume designed to look like the fursona. These are often worn at conventions, around other furries, in intimate settings (sometimes), in photoshoots, or just for fun.

Species may be decided by popularity, relation to a real, significant animal, or possibly even one's spirit animal. It's mostly just a favourite animal though.

Traits and personality can be chosen based on one's personality in real life, whilst others may opt to portray a specific side of them using certain exaggerated traits, or those that the person may not have themselves.

Overall, a fursona is just an animal representation of yourself. It's based purely on creativity.

"Check out my new wolf fursona!"

Fursona by logant547 July 20, 2023