CTR Crashcorner Race

This was something I meant to do with the Crash Bandicoot re-releases ever since the N Sane Trilogy.

And that was draw characters from the first fandom I was ever a huge part of.

Some of you might be surprised how far back this fandom went.

Crashcorner/Crashcorner2 was a Crash Bandicoot Fan Forum dating as far back as 1998.

I joined around that time and had been active (and a head admin) over there until 2002.

Afterwards Deviantart came into existence and had become my art home ever since.

Yes....I am THAT old. XD And many of these Original Characters you see are older than many of the other ones I would create later.

Which one is mine you ask?

The fox in the blue karate gi riding the red kart. Ya know..the one who TOTALLY isn't a rip-off of Ryu. XD His name is Shen Lo Ken. He was my main and most well known OC back in the days of Crashcorner. You might say he was what Lady Malmsteen was to TUFF Puppy on my end in terms of fandom.

I hadn't really developed much of him since then: other than him being an honorable warrior with a lot of emotional baggage.

But I would really like to bring him back. I still consider him my flagship character in the Crash fandom; which I may or may not get active in again.

(I actually developed a more detailed background story for him over the years.)

Now let's describe the other ones.

Two of these characters next to Shen belong to creators that I know are still active here on Deviantart.

One being the long-haired dalmatian Vector Yamazaki in the yellow kart who belongs to .

The other being the jacket wearing dinosaurian female in the green kart Rexy who belongs to .

Both of these creators I knew since the days of Crashcorner; and it's really nice to know they're still active artwise working on their own things.

Some of which I still keep active with on Discord.

The final two further right are from artists I also knew from Crashcorner.

We have the yellow dingo girl Danni Dingo created by Crashcorner member Shaz aka . Danni was a very popular OC in the Crashcorner community. She was a real fun character for both her creator and others to use in fan fics/fan art. Looks like she's got a surprise for the other racers.

(Oh who's gonna get the hot end of that Bowling Bomb?)

The last OC present is the dark furred bobcat girl Sarnie Bobcat. She's the one in the blue kart gone airborne launching a green beaker which will hopefully connect with any of the lead racers. (They're at least slightly more useful than Nitro or TNT boxes.)

She belongs to cheriestar . Like Shaz she was a prominent member of Crashcorner as well. Sarnie and Danni were close friends/rivals in the fandom.

So were Shen and Vector. These two gotta beautiful bromance going on. XD

Some of the members like I mentioned I still am in touch with.

Others have gone their own way but I'm sure are still doing good.

I guess for a long time ever since the release of N Sane Trilogy I been meaning to draw some of the earliest OCs I knew from my early days of internet and fandom.

Crash Bandicoot was a fun fandom to work with. But like most fandoms it had it's share of drama that turned people away. Drama and internet has always been around since its inception.

But now with CTR Nitro-Fueled proving to be another smashing success for Activision; I figured now was a good time to draw this other smashing blast from the past.

I don't expect all the creators o f these OCs to see this piece. Nor do I expect them to be revived since most of their creators moved onto other things.

But it's nice to look back at my origins and the origins of Crash Bandicoot at the same time.

Given CTR's ever growing roster of characters; it does make me wonder what it would be like if these Crashcorner OCs could be selectable racers. It would be so much fun. XD

Shen Lo Ken belongs to me

Vector Yamazaki belongs to

Rexy belongs to

Danni Dingo belongs to

Sarnie Bobcat belongs to cheriestar