Running Away With A Joke

The start of a JOKE that I decided to tear apart and run with… now it has become a “thing” all its own.

Relic, my Fursonna, is based on a Grey Wolf / Timber Wolf, and from the start was largely associated with being a Lumberjack in the region of New York I grew up in, in the Adirondack Mountains. Within the first year after creating my first fursuit of Relic or as I referred to the suit at the time “TIMBER” I realized that the Lumberjack side soon faded away in favor of a more refined Jazz Club loving character. I decided to move Relic more toward the Urban, Easy Jazz side of life that fits his mannerisms much more accurately, and that is where he has resided ever since... a real “Jazz Wolf”.

This side of Relic and I are virtually identical and we both, obviously, have a certain affinity for fur. That being said I have never been one to hold back or hide what I am interested in. I began to “swag out” my car adding first declarative stickers affirming my interest in and my belonging to the Furry Fandom. I soon wanted to add more of a statement and after some time and using some Snow Leopard fur that I had laying around collecting dust, I covered the dash, and I added a tail to the back of the car. It drew looks and attention to the car that I found totally hilarious and in time created a better version of the tail that was more easily removed in case removal was needed for any reasons (including tossing it in the wash). Now with more Snep (aka Snow Leopard) fur left sitting in the box I realized I had torn edges on one of my front seats in the car and went to work making covers for the two front seats, including the head rests.

It was at this time after posting several photos on my blog and to friends over Telegram that several puns returned to me about my character being a Timber Wolf and “Snepping out” my car made it seem that I might be “Species Confused”. OMG! I nearly died of laughter! Shortly after that I decided that instead of taking this as a Joke I would embrace the reference and make it my own “thing” (thank you to all those that pushed those buttons, you know who you are).

Behold the birth of “Sneppenwolf” A somewhat confused Timber Wolf that has a desire to become a Snow Leopard Fursuiter !

I continued to think of more ways to “Snep Out” the Vibe and added Snep Fur covering to the Door Panels, and have more ideas for the inside as well, likely to do Snep themed floor mats too (yes they are available as well).

During CanFURence 2018 I commissioned artwork from GNAW depicting my Vibe in the background with the door open and Relic frantically stepping into a Snep Fursuit. If this artwork turns out as well as I have expectations of it, I will likely seek the artists permission to use the piece as a vinyl wrap for either the car hood or one on each side of the car (to be determined later). I have also located vinyl automotive wrap that comes in the Grey Snow Leopard print as well (actually quite realistic looking too), so this car could wind up a virtual Snep Suit on wheels.