My 8 year anniversary on DeviantArt is today! Time for a progress pic?

This is a true story. Just a month ago, I wouldn't have categorized myself as a "furry" or even as "furry-adjacent." I mean, I'm not the kind of gal to throw on a fursuit and start yiffing people -- that's not my scene. But I like the idea of having a "self" that is removed from myself. If that makes any sense. Starting (and really enjoying) to draw anthropomorphic Pokémon over the past few weeks -- especially drawing me as a Pokémorph -- unveiled a lot about me to myself. The last time I had a major realization of this caliber (the whole "being trans" thing) I leaned away from it for a long time and took half-measures (telling myself I was non-binary or gender-fluid) before caving in to the person I am now. Having learned from that experience, I'm gonna lean right into this thing.

I know that inhumanity and artist-self-insert isn't everyone's thing, and don't worry: I'm still going to do human-to-human TFs and TGs. But drawing things I enjoy more often will help me prevent burning myself out.*

A fun little statistical thing: I've done about 28 drawings (those that haven't been published, you can see on Patreon!) in the past few weeks, which is more than I had drawn in the last 9 months of last year. My goal for any year is 52-ish drawings -- one a week. By that standard, I've already drawn more than six months worth in just January! Add onto that the upcoming DittoDex stuff (which I'm still having fun with!) and 2020 is shaping up to be a very productive year for me.

*Incidentally, this also means that I enjoy drawing myself. This is huge because for years I've been filled with self-loathing and hated the way I looked, so this revelation is wonderful from a mental health standpoint.