So, this happened. After a year of waiting patiently, a chap in the UK told me I was next in line for a commission. He tends to draw things exaggerated, and I proposed to him the idea of a jackalope. A few dollars exchanged and some ideas sketched out, but here's Vernell Ray.

My two middle names smushed together and my late father's middle name.

He's a retired trucker, too fat for the open road. So he's settled into being a damn good mechanic with a hefty appetite.

@jerrycakes Congrats on getting your furry on! đŸ» 😊

@Preston I've been trying to get something commissioned for 2 years now. One's still a WIP, and the other seems to be ... another WIP. I've considered myself 'adjacent' only b/c I don't / can't get to cons, nor do I get to meet any other people in the flesh.

All I've wanted was a fursona. I know you don't NEED one to be a furry, but it seems to help.

Wasn't expecting him to be THAT big, though. (He might be a quarter-ton of mechanically-inclined fun)

@jerrycakes @Preston you definitely don’t need a fursuit or fursona to be in the fandom. Just an appreciation for anthro stuff and the company of others of the same mind. It took me a few years of lurking to settle on my fursona.

@bearpupzak @Preston I know. But seeing it makes it more of a reality than anything else. It's how my mind works.

"What the eyes see and the ears hear, the mind believes." - Harry Houdini