Ponysona Woes

[Bebopgroove]

So since I've come back to the Arena, I wanted to remake my ponysona to something that suited me more. I thought I had something I was happy with, but design after design, I wasn't ever satisfied. At first I thought I wanted something that was soft and muted, like a shade of brown or a dusky gray. That later changed to black, to go with my somewhat dark personality. Black with a goldish-mane. Something similar to my hair color, but lighter. With yellow-orange eyes (I have a fetish for characters with yellow-orange eyes >3). The cutie mark was *supposed* to be a multi-colored flame, to represent my colorful personality. Well I had that for a few days, and then I started to think that it looked a little cheap. So I tried to do something else. I really, really wanted Bebop to be a black unicorn (it has a nice ring to it), but there was nothing I could do to make it look right. I ventured into brighter hues, and ultimately decided on green, my favorite color, and specifically my favorite shade. I am fond of monochromatic color schemes (i.e., G1 Blossom), and as I also had a previous smart phone case that was the same shade (I bought two of them as I liked the color so dang much), figured green might make me satisfied.

Well then there was the issue of a cutie mark. I am a somewhat pitiful artist as of late, not to mention some of my ideas seemed to be taken (I wanted the flame idea again, but a few ponies, like Fire Cracker, has it. I also wanted a phoenix, to represent my personal rising-up-from-defeat-struggle-stuff, but it turns out, the phoenix is popular on other's personas as well. Then of course I wanted a dragon, but I am not currently artistically inclined at the moment (it comes and goes -.-))

So I was starting to fear that I was bound to be without a cutie mark. Like Baby Ember. Or Apple Bloom D;

But then of course I thought of geckos. I own two leopard geckos, and I love them. And I haven't seen any pony yet with a gecko (yet).

And I'm still a bit conflicted about it. I am a green unicorn named Bebop Groove, with a gecko cutie mark. And I don't make any sense -____________-""

(I decided to go by the name as it's only been my internet name for... 10 years now? And I figured I could make it work for ponies).

So um... yes. This is just me ranting on how frustrating this whole business was. And any opinions on it. Because I'm all designed-out now x___x

[Jinxxy]

i've flip flopped on pony personas and furry fursonas for years until I found the right one. Jinxxy FINALLY was everything I was looking for.. but it took me years to be happy with her. It's ok that she has a simple lightning bolt, because the other ponies with those symbols are totally different.. and most ponies don't have names and symbols that match up. You'll find the right one for you!!

[Yurusumaji]

I want to say Siren was my ... 6th ... attempt at a Ponysona. I'd thought I'd settled on something once before, even! But she just didn't stick. So I spent quite a while working on Siren on Doll Divine and I finally came up with a color scheme I liked and that fit what I thought I was going for. I was a bit bummed myself, because I wanted a white ponysona so bad. Unfortunately, none of my white ponies suited me at all. So I finally decided to try something else and wham-bam-thank-you-ma'am, Siren was brought to life and she stuck for me.

It's hard to choose something so seemingly simple to represent yourself. Instead of making it too deep, I went with an aesthetically pleasing color scheme that fit what I felt I wanted to go for and that finally did it for me.

[Terra.Dactyl]

I actually had a really easy time creating my first ponysona and I absolutely adored her, until I realized she was a ponysona for an OC of mine and now actually me

With my actual ponysona, the pretty pony in my avatar and siggy, I had quite a bit of help from Dee_Kary here on the forum! I basically sent her a bunch of components that represented me (cutie mark, colors, etc.) and she helped make a coherent design which is basically what I have now!

I really love the whole concept of ponysonas and I would love reading more stories about how people came up with theirs

[Bebopgroove]

Yurusumaji and Terra, your ponysonas are lovely! I think I'm going to do more brainstorming today in my free time, see if I can finally settle on something I like (and hope it sticks )

[MonstarNomNom]

Finding your ponysona is no easy task! Hehe Luckily Fleet has only gone through one make over and her current look is just what I wanted! I sometimes like to change her hair or something like that occasionally but nothing big Definitely show us when you come up with something! And also, don't let what others have on their ponysona's influence your own ideas. If there is something you really love, go for it! Make it your own! I love the idea of a phoenix and flames :> You could really do some cool things with that! I would be glad to maybe help bring her to life when you think of something? I still have an old adoptable I used a while ago saved on my computer I could use :]

[ZeldaTheSwordsman]

Well, it sounds like you put yourself into your ponysona, so I would say it turned out alright.

[Bergamot]

And I'm still a bit conflicted about it. I am a green unicorn named Bebop Groove, with a gecko cutie mark. And I don't make any sense -____________-""

My Pony's name is Bergamot and she has vector vertices for a cutie mark. Don't worry about things making sense.

Don't get down about it; the important thing is to have fun! The process is all about identifying things about yourself that you feel are important, and it's a really fun process at that. That's why it's so hard for folks to resist the urge to ponify themselves. It doesn't have to make sense, as long as it makes (enough) sense to you. I love the green coloration of yours, and the gecko cutie-mark is absolutely adorable!

[Nerdfins]

My ponysona's colors just got changed recently after I was inspired by the G3 Tealeaf I got at the Fair.  Her cutie mark was a slight no brainer for me, as I based it off a tattoo I have.  It's not drawn on her yet, but will be a ball of yarn with knitting needles.  Her name is Fair Isle after the knitting technique.  It doesn't hurt to update your ponysona as time goes on and your interests change.  Good luck!

[lithiumkat]

aww I feel left out. I've been a pony fan FOREVER and I've never had a ponysona.... lol

[ZennaBug]

Finding your ponysona can take a while!  My struggle was finding a symbol, since I have extremely varied interests (music, animals, sports, outdoors, reading, drawing, etc).  I ended up just going with a color scheme and design that I thought suited my personality and never gave her a cutie mark.  She's hardly changed since I first made her, either.  She represents my fun/crazy/chatty/exuberant/confident side.

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I have an additional pony who also represents me, but the much more subdued/calm side that I don't really project as often.  I only created her this last year, because I felt like Vessa wasn't quite a complete representation of who I am.  The two of them together are perfect though.  I still use Vessa more, because she is the "me" that I want the world to see.

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So don't rush your ponysona.  Eventually, you will know when you have her just right    And lots of us have multiples.  Most people are varied enough that they have a hard time condensing themselves to one pony.

[lithiumkat]

I will have to do some thinking....a lot of thinking before I'd even be able to start to come up with something other than knowing color scheme would primarily be purple.