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Left: Ciera YellowLeaf - my PERSONAL fursona.Right: Gradie Shawnty - my "old" fursona.
Concept of this piece
Gradie has been my so-called "fursona" for a while now. And it's time to tell the story behind her. When I first made Gradie, I was unsure about myself. I've never been a "babe" with huge boobs, flat belly and long hair. I may be a blonde, but I've never been even near Gradie. She's got multiple colors in her hair, piercings and two tattoos. I don't have a single piercing nor a tattoo. I don't plan to have anything like that either. But I used Gradie to hide myself. I never honestly liked myself. And I was new to the fandom. And, by the time I created Gradie, I also hung out with some friends that were... in the same boat as the character. They had large breasts, hair extensions, and were lose. I were never like them of course, but somehow it had me. I also found out that "yiff" were very popular on this site, that's why I started drawing Gradie doing sexual actions with other characters and such. I never thought people would really consider ME as Gradie. After I got more known (on my old gradiewoof account), people started calling me a "whore" and such. I've never done anything that could make me even near a "whore" as they called me. And as I got more wiser, if that's the right word, I started to understand that Gradie was never me! I adore Gradie. I love her to bits, but I'll never be like her. And today, I never plan to be either. I'm actually happy to be myself.
That's how I created my dear sweet Ciera YellowLeaf. I wanted her to be more like me. Look like me, act like me and feel like me. I wanted her to mirror me perfectly. Ciera is perfect as me. She's just as shy, but also outgoing once you know her. She's got the same bodytype as me, small breasts and a chubby belly. (She's also veeery fluffy, not that I am fluffy, but I LOVE fluff!)
But DON'T get me wrong! I ADORE Gradie! She's still my all time favorite character. But she's just not... me. Okay?
Here you see Ciera telling Gradie that she's finally on her own. She got happy with herself, and wanted to crawl out of her cave where she hide herself. She doesn't need to hide behind Gradie's beauty anymore, because she knows that she's got her own beauty to show.
So what I've learned from these years is that; You don't have to hide behind a "sexy" fursona. Create yourself! My lesson is now learned.
(BunnyBuns~ is my new FA account).
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Comments: 16
hyenalover17 [2016-01-14 06:19:29 +0000 UTC]
aww, i think your perfect just the way you are!
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iAmBleuMajor [2014-06-07 14:05:47 +0000 UTC]
Well, I hope you go far on this new journey. I'll wish you all the best.
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StampedeIndustries [2014-06-05 00:20:14 +0000 UTC]
^_^ Glad to hear it, Hope to see you develop further into wisdom as the years go by, I'll be watching, you might not notice me, but I'll keep an eye out for you, and let it be known that if you ever need advice on something problematic in life, you can come to me in hopes of answers.
If I can help, I will help, the only questions asked will be in order to grasp an understanding of whats going wrong x)
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Little-Zombeh [2014-06-01 14:23:30 +0000 UTC]
Actually I never liked that,Gradie was acting that bitchy but Ciera is just yep awesome,and I was waiting the day that you will understand that,I am NOT your hater,not actually and I love your art,but yes I think that what you have learned is actually what I was always wanting to hear from you.I was more like stalker for you and u sure don't know me but yes.I am really proud of you and keep going in drawing.This looks amazing and Ciera is just Hnggg too cute♥
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ValhallaStarfire [2014-05-30 18:55:58 +0000 UTC]
I'm really happy you've found peace with yourself. I can't say I know the feeling really well, being ashamed of yourself must have been hell. I don't think I could ever do it. Well, a bubbly little sugar glider started watching you on FA, and she can't wait to play with Miss Celia and her fluffy fluffness! 83
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CoolCSD1986 [2014-05-29 18:01:28 +0000 UTC]
Both girls look really nice and lovely together in this picture you've done, my friend!
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kimmaieythefox [2014-05-28 22:15:05 +0000 UTC]
I actually know EXACTLY how you feel.
A couple years back,i had a different fursona named Missey.
She was an anthro red fox with a mini skirt,low-cut top,larg breasts,blonde hair,blue eyes and very beautiful.
See,in a nutshell,she was NOTHING like me,she was the exact oppisite of me.
I was (and still is) overwheight and not very attractive.
Brown hair and hazel eyes.
So,i guess i was trying to cover up that i was fat,ugly,and diseased.(i have many sicknesses)
I would always portray her as "me" when i knew in the back of my mind that i was just trying to be something i was not.
I always drew her being sexy and with a perfect body,always attracting the boys,ect.
But then,i saw some more artists and they're fursonas,they had female fursonas but they were tomboyish and not overly sexy.
I then realized what i had been doing all this time;being something i'm not.
So then,i decided to make a new fursona,one that was actually ME,and not anything else.
And so that's how Kimmaiey was born;the true representation of me.
She still has a few traits that aren't "me",but mostly,she is me.
So,i know how you feel.
And this picture is beautiful!
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coolboy01 [2014-05-28 21:57:35 +0000 UTC]
Never judge a book by its cover. Its about wat is at the inside of it. Otherwise:
You are who you are and no one can change that. ♥♡♥♡
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Cookie-Sugar [2014-05-28 21:29:47 +0000 UTC]
I find it lovely that you finally accept who you are uvu no matter what shape or size you are you and you should be happy with it
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ZodyZappa [2014-05-28 21:27:32 +0000 UTC]
Just in case you still get the assholes..... *offers you a Giant Iron-Studded Paddle*.
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KHVathiel [2014-05-28 21:18:09 +0000 UTC]
Glad you feel like you've come to a new light! ^^ and you're right o?of you don't need to hide behind any kind of sonna! but just be you and let your sonna show you o.o
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