Editing Tony/Jaydee (section)

== Behind the Scenes ==

Jaydee Casey is a spiritual successor to Tony Bark's Zack Casey, his first character and original fursona, who shared a similar appearance as a blue fox. In Zack's design, his eyes were green, and he had brown hair without any highlights, as it was created on the spur of the moment on DeviantART when Bark was a teenager. Bark has been trying to evolve Zack after his attempts to move away from him failed, due to his genuine love for the character, as Zack represents his passion for music and dreams of being a DJ and musician, which are still present but not as prominent today.

Simultaneously, Bark was developing a fennec avatar on Second Life with retro-futuristic aesthetics, featuring a letterman jacket and skirt combined with a cassette and later a tablet. This new character was initially portrayed as Zack, transforming from a blue fox to a fennec in the process. However, Bark found it challenging to reconcile the conflicting portrayals, as this new incarnation was meant to explore technology while downplaying the musical aspect. He branched off this new incarnation into an ambiguous relative, creating Jaydee and suggesting he was either a brother or cousin. However, Bark chose to give them a brotherly relationship regardless of their position on the family tree. This decision paid homage to his time spent growing up with his cousin while on vacation at his grandmother's.