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Finally, after two months of work, I am over-the-moon proud to show off something I quickly became passionate about: designing a fursona. And not just one, but two!

Over the past three years, I've surrounded myself in a new group of friends that have been so wholesome, friendly, caring, kind, just about any positive synonym you could think of. When I first met them, they were all mostly Nintendo fans, and dominantly represented themselves by Yoshis and Koopas; it actually became a running gag of how many Yoshis there were. However, as time went on, one by one members of this group were exploring new horizons, not out of requirement but by curiosity. What was a group of dinosaurs and turtles became a varied and vibrant group of animals: a duck, bunny, giraffe, crocodile, among many others. The thought never really came up for me much at all to try it myself, I was happy with what I had and I wasn't being forced to try anything else.

A couple times when the topic of furries came about, I expressed interest in trying to design a pig for myself if it was ever pushed upon me that I could no longer represent myself with a Yoshi anymore. Of course, I don't find myself in any position where that would happen, so I didn't need to think much of it. However, that changed while I was on vacation in New Mexico, staying with my boyfriend LilArrin . While in a Discord voice call with these friends, the subject of fursonas came up. While I don't remember the context, I once again shared my interest in trying to make a pig for myself. By this point in time, I had tried to sketch one out, but immediately disliked the look of it once I finished, and told myself I would come back to the idea later when I feel like I could do the idea the justice it deserves. However, I was also right next to Zergy during that call, and he heard me talk about it out loud, and even asked me about it; my response was what I gave above. Little did I know what he had in mind for me, and how far it would go.

Yesterday, I uploaded a six-panel comic that Zergy had drawn for me shortly after I had gone back home, featuring my Yoshi as a piggy, and that caused my brain to fire off like a rocket. Through the next day at work, all I could think of were ideas for this, and what else I could do, how I could draw it... and unfortunately, what else I was interested in. I've always had an interest in pigs, at least the full pink domestic variety you'd likely see on a farm. Most of their cartoony appearances in children's books or cartoons always stuck with me, I was interested in the design and had been most of my life. I was born in the Year of the Pig. However, Zergy was interested in cows, as early as his own childhood too. Getting to stay with him, I was able to see some of his doodles, which included a couple of designs of a cow character that I really loved. That thought entered my mind that day, and the prominence of having a piggy as a fursona started to shrink, and up came a cow. These two ideas swirled and battled for dominance until I just decided...

Why not both?

Later on, Zergy makes an attempt to give me a visual of a cow fursona for me, using the pig's body. This process just kept me going and wanting to really nail down what I wanted, and knowing it could be accomplished on the same canvas, I spent almost all of August sketching the two furries you see above: a cow, and a pig. I'm so proud to show these off, I've become really happy with both of their designs and what they mean to me...as well as what they've already given me!

My Yoshi is also not being retired or demoted, he is still the face of me and my main representation. However, in the event that he can't be used or is not preferred, I offer a cow form and a pig form for him to turn into. Accomplished by the power of the Rainbow Scale, it transfers down to the tail of the latter two when he turns into something else. Therefore, these three are not separate characters or beings but are the one. Each of them have "code names" to them, sorta like project files. The Yoshi is known as Cookie, the cow is Milkshake, and the pig is Mochi, but these are all me: Kyle! However, in contradiction, I think it might be best for me to retract those later on and just keep my real name as a form of addressing, with my nickname being Cookie (I seriously love being called this).

Once again, these are not individuals but the same person in a different form. They all share similar details about each other: same hair color, eye color, skin and body color, and the presence of a rainbow somewhere on the body. Originating on the Yoshi, the Rainbow Scale allows forms to be "saved" to it and allows Cookie to swap between others at will. When he transforms into a cow or pig, for example, that transitions to his tail. However, this is also falling in line with Cookie's Softie nature and the ability to manipulate his body either by choice or not. As such, that portion of the body can be humorously yoinked off of him and taken away. Without it, Cookie cannot return to his Yoshi form, nor can he turn into other forms as a Yoshi.

Additionally, because he can be easily flattened, inflated or otherwise, using the Rainbow Scale to turn into other forms doesn't help him out of being misshapen. All three forms use the exact same color palette and feature clothing and outfits that are mostly interchangeable between the three. All of them wear the same circular glasses, can wear the same neckerchief with Royal Emblem pin, have a smartwatch worn on the left wrist and wear the simple Yoshi boots...which somehow stretch and grow for the cow and pig because they are bigger than the Yoshi!

In time, I plan to make new, individual references for all three forms, since the Yoshi portion reuses older art and all three have new and updated outfits that I'd like to show off, and I think it's important to show off details of each. I also think I might end up redoing this reference as well as I feel it could be better laid out and provide more details. You can also see alternate outfits and angles of all three in a thread on Twitter • X . In the end, I'm super excited to have these here and I hope you all like it too! This is a new chapter for me and one I'm excited to embark on with all my friends! 🍪🐮🐷

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Finally, after two months of work, I am over-the-moon proud to show off something I quickly became passionate about: designing a fursona. And not just one, but two!

Over the past three years, I've surrounded myself in a new group of friends that have been so wholesome, friendly, caring, kind, just about any positive synonym you could think of. When I first met them, they were all mostly Nintendo fans, and dominantly represented themselves by Yoshis and Koopas; it actually became a running gag of how many Yoshis there were. However, as time went on, one by one members of this group were exploring new horizons, not out of requirement but by curiosity. What was a group of dinosaurs and turtles became a varied and vibrant group of animals: a duck, bunny, giraffe, crocodile, among many others. The thought never really came up for me much at all to try it myself, I was happy with what I had and I wasn't being forced to try anything else.

A couple times when the topic of furries came about, I expressed interest in trying to design a pig for myself if it was ever pushed upon me that I could no longer represent myself with a Yoshi anymore. Of course, I don't find myself in any position where that would happen, so I didn't need to think much of it. However, that changed while I was on vacation in New Mexico, staying with my boyfriend LilArrin . While in a Discord voice call with these friends, the subject of fursonas came up. While I don't remember the context, I once again shared my interest in trying to make a pig for myself. By this point in time, I had tried to sketch one out, but immediately disliked the look of it once I finished, and told myself I would come back to the idea later when I feel like I could do the idea the justice it deserves. However, I was also right next to Zergy during that call, and he heard me talk about it out loud, and even asked me about it; my response was what I gave above. Little did I know what he had in mind for me, and how far it would go.

Yesterday, I uploaded a six-panel comic that Zergy had drawn for me shortly after I had gone back home, featuring my Yoshi as a piggy, and that caused my brain to fire off like a rocket. Through the next day at work, all I could think of were ideas for this, and what else I could do, how I could draw it... and unfortunately, what else I was interested in. I've always had an interest in pigs, at least the full pink domestic variety you'd likely see on a farm. Most of their cartoony appearances in children's books or cartoons always stuck with me, I was interested in the design and had been most of my life. I was born in the Year of the Pig. However, Zergy was interested in cows, as early as his own childhood too. Getting to stay with him, I was able to see some of his doodles, which included a couple of designs of a cow character that I really loved. That thought entered my mind that day, and the prominence of having a piggy as a fursona started to shrink, and up came a cow. These two ideas swirled and battled for dominance until I just decided...

Why not both?

Later on, Zergy makes an attempt to give me a visual of a cow fursona for me, using the pig's body. This process just kept me going and wanting to really nail down what I wanted, and knowing it could be accomplished on the same canvas, I spent almost all of August sketching the two furries you see above: a cow, and a pig. I'm so proud to show these off, I've become really happy with both of their designs and what they mean to me...as well as what they've already given me!

My Yoshi is also not being retired or demoted, he is still the face of me and my main representation. However, in the event that he can't be used or is not preferred, I offer a cow form and a pig form for him to turn into. Accomplished by the power of the Rainbow Scale, it transfers down to the tail of the latter two when he turns into something else. Therefore, these three are not separate characters or beings but are the one. Each of them have "code names" to them, sorta like project files. The Yoshi is known as Cookie, the cow is Milkshake, and the pig is Mochi, but these are all me: Kyle! However, in contradiction, I think it might be best for me to retract those later on and just keep my real name as a form of addressing, with my nickname being Cookie (I seriously love being called this).

Once again, these are not individuals but the same person in a different form. They all share similar details about each other: same hair color, eye color, skin and body color, and the presence of a rainbow somewhere on the body. Originating on the Yoshi, the Rainbow Scale allows forms to be "saved" to it and allows Cookie to swap between others at will. When he transforms into a cow or pig, for example, that transitions to his tail. However, this is also falling in line with Cookie's Softie nature and the ability to manipulate his body either by choice or not. As such, that portion of the body can be humorously yoinked off of him and taken away. Without it, Cookie cannot return to his Yoshi form, nor can he turn into other forms as a Yoshi.

Additionally, because he can be easily flattened, inflated or otherwise, using the Rainbow Scale to turn into other forms doesn't help him out of being misshapen. All three forms use the exact same color palette and feature clothing and outfits that are mostly interchangeable between the three. All of them wear the same circular glasses, can wear the same neckerchief with Royal Emblem pin, have a smartwatch worn on the left wrist and wear the simple Yoshi boots...which somehow stretch and grow for the cow and pig because they are bigger than the Yoshi!

In time, I plan to make new, individual references for all three forms, since the Yoshi portion reuses older art and all three have new and updated outfits that I'd like to show off, and I think it's important to show off details of each. I also think I might end up redoing this reference as well as I feel it could be better laid out and provide more details. You can also see alternate outfits and angles of all three in a thread on Twitter • X . In the end, I'm super excited to have these here and I hope you all like it too! This is a new chapter for me and one I'm excited to embark on with all my friends! 🍪🐮🐷