All of this had to start somewhere right? Well, we can start with my first fursuit.
I joined the fandom in late 2009. I learned about it from Deviant Art, where I was browsing photos of costumes and came across a really neat animal costume! The poster called it a "Fursuit", and I said "Woah, that is awesome, I totally wanna do that!". So I started researching, sadly I searched in the wrong places and got the wrong idea. Luckily I had a smart friend who told me the Real story behind furries. I thought it sounded super awesome, so I started to get into it more! She told me about how I needed to make a fursona, or a character to represent myself. I started thinking, and then thought about a wolf character I had created many years before in middle school. A black and gray wolf, with "emo" red and black hair and piercings on each ear. It's perfect! She is my fursona! (The character was originally male, but I thought it would be better if I made it female, gender dysphoria is fun!) It wasn't until a few months later when she got her name, Kuhori. Then my fursona was born! After getting some art made I wanted to keep getting into this. So I looked at fursuits and fursuit makers, soon I found OneFurAll Studios. They were the most awesome pieces of art I had ever seen, I HAD to have one. But, it would take me a long time to save that money, but I wanted it. So I set 5 dollars aside, and said this is for my dream fursuit. I knew it'd be a long wait, so I thought about maybe getting something cheap in the meantime with paychecks (I lived with Mom and didn't have bills at the time). I found a website called FurBuy where I found the most perfect tail, it was Kuhori's tail! I bought it so quickly! When I got it, I wore it Everywhere. Yeah, I was one of those furries (And it was awesome, judge me all you want). I was so obsessed with it. I couldn't take it off. Soon I checked FurBuy again and found someone taking cheap mask commissions, I emailed them right away, a maker called IsabellaPrice. I showed my character and we talked things through, and soon the building process began! It was a long process, I will admit. But a couple months later, she was finished, and she arrived!
On December 20th, 2010, I got my first fursuit, and wore it for the first time.
I joined the fandom in late 2009. I learned about it from Deviant Art, where I was browsing photos of costumes and came across a really neat animal costume! The poster called it a "Fursuit", and I said "Woah, that is awesome, I totally wanna do that!". So I started researching, sadly I searched in the wrong places and got the wrong idea. Luckily I had a smart friend who told me the Real story behind furries. I thought it sounded super awesome, so I started to get into it more! She told me about how I needed to make a fursona, or a character to represent myself. I started thinking, and then thought about a wolf character I had created many years before in middle school. A black and gray wolf, with "emo" red and black hair and piercings on each ear. It's perfect! She is my fursona! (The character was originally male, but I thought it would be better if I made it female, gender dysphoria is fun!) It wasn't until a few months later when she got her name, Kuhori. Then my fursona was born! After getting some art made I wanted to keep getting into this. So I looked at fursuits and fursuit makers, soon I found OneFurAll Studios. They were the most awesome pieces of art I had ever seen, I HAD to have one. But, it would take me a long time to save that money, but I wanted it. So I set 5 dollars aside, and said this is for my dream fursuit. I knew it'd be a long wait, so I thought about maybe getting something cheap in the meantime with paychecks (I lived with Mom and didn't have bills at the time). I found a website called FurBuy where I found the most perfect tail, it was Kuhori's tail! I bought it so quickly! When I got it, I wore it Everywhere. Yeah, I was one of those furries (And it was awesome, judge me all you want). I was so obsessed with it. I couldn't take it off. Soon I checked FurBuy again and found someone taking cheap mask commissions, I emailed them right away, a maker called IsabellaPrice. I showed my character and we talked things through, and soon the building process began! It was a long process, I will admit. But a couple months later, she was finished, and she arrived!
On December 20th, 2010, I got my first fursuit, and wore it for the first time.
The second I put that mask on, I was hooked. It was her, it was Kuhori! This character I created so long ago, she was real! For a while I just wandered around the house in my mask, afraid to leave the house in it. I realized I needed to complete my costume, so I went searching for someone to make me hand and feet paws! I found FehFeh13, who graciously built them for me, and they were Awesome. My partial was completed in early 2011, and I was more excited about it than I could even explain.
Once my suit was completed, I knew wanted to go out and entertain the world. So, I did! *wag*