Shetani



Shetani is a fursuiter living in the United States. Her fursona is a king cheetah.

Her interests include animals (especially cats), video- and browser-based games, cosplaying, baking, activism, and video editing. She is an avid collector of The Lion King merchandise and stuffed cheetahs.

She first discovered the furry community via Lion King fanart pages and DeviantArt. Despite her immediate interest, she did not officially join until 2012 due to concerns about public perception of furries.

Fursona
Shetani's fursona was created in 2012 after she was urged by friends to make one. She is a naturally-colored female king cheetah who ages with her creator. Her distinctive markings include three black back stripes (the middle of which extends halfway down her tail), a black tailtip with two black rings, and black ear rims. She can be easily identified by her long hair - naturally dark brown, though often dyed various colors - and glasses, and always wears a silver omega pendant necklace. She is frequently depicted wearing t-shirts with the logo of My Chemical Romance, her favorite band.

Fursuit
Shetani's fursuit was made in 2014 by MagpieBones and debuted at Anthrocon that year. It is a use-your-own-eyes style fursuit that incorporates both the wearer's actual eyes and hair. Shetani chose MagpieBones as her fursuit maker due to a preference for realistic fursuits, as well as the maker's unique ability to accommodate her real hair and vision aids, a necessity for Shetani to be able to fursuit safely and comfortably.

She is an active participant in the #FursuitFriday hashtag on Twitter and Instagram, sharing photos of her fursuit weekly, and livestreams herself in fursuit while playing video games on YouTube.

Community involvement
Shetani is a self-proclaimed unskilled artist, and chooses instead to support her fellow furries by commissioning art of her fursona from artists within the community. She has accumulated over 100 pieces of art over the years, most of which can be viewed on her Weasyl and Toyhouse galleries.

Shetani frequently uploads fursuit videos to her YouTube channel, and is well known for her Cheetah Chat series and Shetani Plays livestreams.

Convention attendance
Shetani is an avid convention-goer, having been a long-time patron of comic, anime, and general fan conventions before taking an active role in the furry community. Since then, she has attended the following furry cons, both in and out of fursuit:


 * Anthro New England - 2018, 2019
 * Anthrocon - 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2019
 * FA: United - 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
 * Furpocalypse - 2018

After the cancellation of in-person furry conventions due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Shetani began hosting panels at online conventions. Since 2020, she has presented at the virtual iterations of Megaplex, Furpocalypse, Fur-Eh, Midwest Furfest, New Year's Furry Ball, Blue Ridge Furfare, Furnal Equinox, Texas Furry Fiesta, CozyCon, and Anthrocon.