What's in a sona? 

I've had the same fursona for almost a decade now! I made him when I was in middle school, and he's just stuck with me ever since-- haven't had any "main" SONA since him, not even CLOSE. He started off as a Pokémon OC of my favorite Pokémon (Zoroark), but as I started drawing/roleplaying with him more I realized he was cool as hell and started projecting myself onto him. I made some design modifications to make the design a bit more to my liking (adding a tail, cutting back on the hair, etc) and basically turned him into my "ideal" Zoroark. It's WILD to me when I look back at drawings I've made only a few years ago and see that his details are ever changing and evolving to fit my style. But throughout it all he's just always been... me. That's me.

Another really important part about a sona is that it can change when you change as well! Which is why I tend to redesign my sona once or twice a year!

I always say when making self indulgent characters/sonas: Don't get rid of the things that make you cringe, get rid of the part of you that cringes! Just have fun, who cares! Get silly with it! Make that sparkle dog, make that incredibly powerful godlike character that your 13 year old self would love! At the end of the day, it's all about what makes YOU happy. Do whatever you want forever!!!

One way I've found helpful to have sonas stick is to divorce things like their outfit or hairstyle from the permanent design. Of course those will change. They're not permanent on people, so why should they be on characters?

i REALLY needed to hear that second question omg. i don't know why, but i just never considered making my sona pertain to things i actually like. i just was kinda doing whatever but wow. now ima go make the cringiest cat demon animatronic sona ever and embrace the cringe in all its glory 😌♥️

At first I struggled so hard to make a minecraftsona until it's somehow clicked for me. I decided "why not part bug?" And then i kept developing it, and it no longer has any bug elements, but it's now still very creacher. It doesn't look too much like me, but that doesn't matter. I still see myself in it. And i love it. i was so preoccupied with making it look like myself or my cryptidsona (which my friend created for me) that i neglected to treat it as its own creature, and it was only when i learnt to let go that i managed to find something i liked.

I have two personas. I have a username that can be split into two and thought, “Why not have two personas to represent me?” Plus, I’m genderfluid and have a personality that switches every now and then. I have a fem and masc sona with their own separate traits that I given them. The best way I can describe their dynamic is tiny ball of sunshine x calm giant and oblivious x huge flirt.

I've got two sonas! Weirdly enough I didn't sit down and design them, I actually was in their bodies in my dreams so I guess my subconscious came up with them at different points in my life with the context of those stages of life in mind. One was made when I was a young teenager and the other one I made when I was in college. If you put them together you'd be surprised they represent the same person. Obviously I'm using the newer one more because that more closely represents me at the stage of life I'm in right now. Just watch I'll come up with another in like ten years lol. Left Left is moreso a mascot than a sona and he acts as a companion to whatever sona I'm using.

I've had my sona for almost 4 years now and I literally created it because of a tiktok I saw about drawing yourself like you would want to look if ANYTHING was possible. It hat a few elements of interests I had at that time but over the last years the Design slowly shifted without me even paying attention. It's like the sona is changing with me and I love it😊😊

My persona keeps developing over time. She was once a (unknowingly) self-insert for a story I'm making, but now I split my persona in two. The self-insert is her own character, and now my persona just represents me and what I love! I actually never stopped to consider the 2nd question, though. I represent myself a lot, but I had minor details of the 2nd question. Might incorporate more designs into my character bc of this. Thank you, and this was very enlightening!

I have a silly god of my own world as sona. A bit cringey but I love them and they just click. I once had a fursona, wich stuck with me for a long time. I switched it to an anime girl. Didn’t stick and I couldn’t get myself into designing another one because my ocs of the time all have some parts of me in them. All too specific. So I just used my god silly. And I love them.

the part where u emphasised that u can literally do whatever u want and to just have fun,,, wow i really need to hear that

Haven't watched the video yet but for me it was:

The way I came up with my curent sona is by making a silly doodle on a piece of paper. I was like: "that's me!" and it stuck with me ever since.

Some of the things I went by was favorite colors alongside applying color theory, references to hobby and animals. What you like and what makes you feel like yourself or your best self. What color palettes do you like? If you like lava lamps, for instance, experiment ways you can implement aspects of it in your design.

I saw a tumblr post once that said "you can do whatever you want forever" and I've never forgotten it I'm glad you brought it up

Thank you for this tbh, I force myself to draw my sona as realistically as possible bc I don’t think I’d be that cool. you’re sonas so lovely

I got so unreasonably happy when you mentioned Sky! Even if it was just for a moment- it still made me so happy :] I’m so glad more people are at least hearing about a game i so much enjoy ♡

I’ve vaguely had the same main sona for as long as I can remember. She has changed a bit but the main thing has always stayed the same, long brown hair, pointed ears, wings, and a blue dress. Can’t remember when she first started existing but she’s just here lol.

This video is so nice! Not too long ago, I wanted to make a fursona for me because every artist has one, so I should make one for me, but I focused too much on making it look like me because I thought everyone did that, and when I finished it, I wasn't too happy with it. I don't like my real-life appearance, so that wasn't really a good idea. and recently I had the idea to redesign it, but this time I just fused a lot of other OCs that I had that I really saw myself in and also took inspiration from characters and things from other media that I enjoyed. and now I'm really happy with it. Sure, he looks absolutely nothing like me now, but I still love him. and even wish I looked like that irl <3