All conventions require a legal name for the legal purposes, but you do not ever have to display your real name in any instance for a con if you don't want to :)

I THOUGHT THAT WAS JUST BETWEEN US?!

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When it's a furry con, I use my "Furry" handle. When it's an anime con, I use my "general" handle. Most people seem polite enough to keep the two separate, and heck many don't seem to realize I'm both handles even if it's way easy to find out what I go by.

If you are indeed looking to keep the two separate (Which I personally like) I'd simply use a general handle, and a furry handle. If you don't care much about it, just use one single easy-to-find-name. I tend to sell art that's appropriate for a theme of the convention. Hence the two handles.

(Mods you can hide the derpy comments above if its cluttery lol)

If you don't mind! XD thatd be lovely.

HAHA Screen mine up there, I thought it was her private journal.

Hngggg, I have like five handles. Generally I go by Bard(Child) but I have two others that people know me by. It's so convoluted that I really need to consolidate on one alias.

What Neolucky said makes the most sense. Using whichever alias fits the venue is the way to go.

I use Thaily as an artist name, ergo, also in real life.
Sometimes I sign with; Real "Artist Name" Name.
I don't really feel like I have anything to hide.

My friends call me Thaily, though at college they call me by my regular name, I've also registered as Thaily there. And my classmates/teachers have noticed I tend to not notice if they call me by my given name.

So no, no separation anywhere really.

I will say this, at cons I am fine with people using a furry name or whatever, but when it comes to online transactions I will not generally do business with someone who won't provide a real name at least on paypal where I send them my money. I have been screwed before and it is pretty hard to try to track down, through the legal system, Furry A instead of looking for FirstName LastName. So yes, as a security measure for myself I require a full name at the time money is exchanged.

I am all for the anonymity of the internet and keeping your pron separate from the world at large but I am also out to look out for my best interests as well, and you can assume that anyone commissioning you for pron is not likely to run go tell your employers or something. Which is not to say that you should post it all over your account, but that some people may ask and it may cost you business not to include this information.

I use my real name for more professional type of jobs and Stormslegacy at conventions. I have the names linked, and do business as Stormslegacy, but how I sign my emails and introduce myself to customers depends.

I tend to use my pro name for everything and anything related to my art and comics. The times I use my real name is for legal stuff like contracts and such -- in which case I'll add my pro name next to it too, as to avoid confusion.

I've never gone to a furry con, but I assume I'd use my pro name as well instead of making a new alias. I am genuinely interested though, in why some people use two aliases to differentiate between their furry base and their general base (with porn, I get it; with furry art, not so much >_>;; )

My thoughts on this is why not have separate screen names for separate demographics? Worse case scenario, someone figures it out and blabs. As long as you're not being two-faced, and are just doing it as a business move, it shouldn't be a problem. It all depends on how you handle it.

If nothing else, almost everyone has an online commission identity, but would go by their real name in the professional world.

The best way to handle it is to not treat it as a big deal. If someone finds out, that's fine, you're just separating your markets. People will be dramatic about drama, if you treat it as normal and boring, so will your followers.