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New Face, New Era, New Fursona: Krokomaru
4 years ago
~MAJOR KROKO ANNOUNCEMENT~
I had been wanting to do something like this for a couple of years now, and with Wanikami20, the celebration of 20 years of posting art online, I think now is the best time to do it.
Since 2001, I have always been known as Sobek Wanikami, named after the ancient Egyptian crocodile god. I created the fursona as an avatar who would represent me online and who would interact with other people’s fursonas. As time went on, I found myself developing a “Waniverse” with a multitude of characters to inhabit Sobek’s world, each with their own lives and backstory, friends and family, rivals and lovers. The name “Wanikami” has developed into a clan of krokodyles in a fleshed-out universe; Sobek, Butch, Suchos, Arsinoe, Sochet, and more. As I see it, the name now symbolizes these characters more than just an online penname I’ve been going by for the past twenty years. The character known as Sobek Wanikami essentially has a life of his own now, and I was concerned that he might not be me anymore.
With all this in mind, I think it’s time for me to separate myself from “Sobek Wanikami” and to establish a new personal fursona to represent myself as the artist, totally disconnected and unrelated to the Waniverse. Enter “Krokomaru.” I created his design a couple of years ago; a mix of Sobek, Butch, and Lance, but his snout is more crocodilian. Unlike Sobek, I won’t try to create an elaborate backstory or continuity with this guy. If anything, consider Krokomaru as the “creator” behind the Waniverse, like yours truely. Of course, I’m not going to abandon the Waniverse. Those characters are too hot to just ignore, to be honest, and I have a lot of ideas left to draw out. I had initially planned to do this on July 25th, the 20th anniversary of the debut of Sobek Wanikami. However, I was a little impatient and wanted to just go ahead and do it now.
As of right now, I haven’t decided if I’m going to completely rebrand myself and essentially start over after 20 years of establishing an online presence as “Wanikami.” Perhaps a soft reboot might be a refreshing change of pace. We’ll see, but until I figure that out, I created a new Twitter account for Krokomaru.
https://twitter.com/krokomaru
I plan to keep this account public and use it for general, furry, and gaming content, and continue to use the “wanikami” twitter as a NSFW art account. It’d also be nice to be able to reply to tweets made by people not following “wanikami” for a change. XD
Thank you for enjoying my artwork and stories for the past twenty years and allowing me to express my creativity online, and I hope that you guys will stick along for my future endeavors. =D
TLDR: Sobek Wanikami started as just a simple fursona and, after 20 years, became too horny for his own good, so I let him be his own entity and created a new fursona for myself, Krokomaru. I also have a public twitter account, so follow me there if you’d like. =D
I had been wanting to do something like this for a couple of years now, and with Wanikami20, the celebration of 20 years of posting art online, I think now is the best time to do it.
Since 2001, I have always been known as Sobek Wanikami, named after the ancient Egyptian crocodile god. I created the fursona as an avatar who would represent me online and who would interact with other people’s fursonas. As time went on, I found myself developing a “Waniverse” with a multitude of characters to inhabit Sobek’s world, each with their own lives and backstory, friends and family, rivals and lovers. The name “Wanikami” has developed into a clan of krokodyles in a fleshed-out universe; Sobek, Butch, Suchos, Arsinoe, Sochet, and more. As I see it, the name now symbolizes these characters more than just an online penname I’ve been going by for the past twenty years. The character known as Sobek Wanikami essentially has a life of his own now, and I was concerned that he might not be me anymore.
With all this in mind, I think it’s time for me to separate myself from “Sobek Wanikami” and to establish a new personal fursona to represent myself as the artist, totally disconnected and unrelated to the Waniverse. Enter “Krokomaru.” I created his design a couple of years ago; a mix of Sobek, Butch, and Lance, but his snout is more crocodilian. Unlike Sobek, I won’t try to create an elaborate backstory or continuity with this guy. If anything, consider Krokomaru as the “creator” behind the Waniverse, like yours truely. Of course, I’m not going to abandon the Waniverse. Those characters are too hot to just ignore, to be honest, and I have a lot of ideas left to draw out. I had initially planned to do this on July 25th, the 20th anniversary of the debut of Sobek Wanikami. However, I was a little impatient and wanted to just go ahead and do it now.
As of right now, I haven’t decided if I’m going to completely rebrand myself and essentially start over after 20 years of establishing an online presence as “Wanikami.” Perhaps a soft reboot might be a refreshing change of pace. We’ll see, but until I figure that out, I created a new Twitter account for Krokomaru.
https://twitter.com/krokomaru
I plan to keep this account public and use it for general, furry, and gaming content, and continue to use the “wanikami” twitter as a NSFW art account. It’d also be nice to be able to reply to tweets made by people not following “wanikami” for a change. XD
Thank you for enjoying my artwork and stories for the past twenty years and allowing me to express my creativity online, and I hope that you guys will stick along for my future endeavors. =D
TLDR: Sobek Wanikami started as just a simple fursona and, after 20 years, became too horny for his own good, so I let him be his own entity and created a new fursona for myself, Krokomaru. I also have a public twitter account, so follow me there if you’d like. =D
That being said, I hope you do keep your old characters and such, they're one of the reasons I follow you in the first place! :) Don't force them to be everywhere, but don't forget about them, you know? Whatever happens, I'm sure it'll be great!
In any case, guess it'll take a little time to get used to separating the two.
He’s always been my favorite with his horny, selachimorphic hotness.