Oz Kangaroo
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- Oz redirects here. You may be looking for Os, Ozzyopolis or Australia (OZ).
Oz Kangaroo (born 28 August 1984) is an artist and fursuiter married to Mozee who lives in New York, USA.
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Fandom involvement[edit]
Oz is an organizer and creator of the Australian Gold Coast furry convention, FurDU (Furry Down Under). He was set to be the Guest of Honor at Oklacon 2008, but unfortunately had to back out due to work commitments.
Fursona[edit]
Oz Kangaroo's main fursona is a rotund kangaroo, wearing a red cap and a green shirt. The character is usually depicted inflating like a balloon.
Oz's other character is Duke (That Dancing Dog), a German Shepherd who loves to dance. Duke has very distinctive "angry" eyebrows and wears a red, leather collar with his name on it.
Costuming[edit]
Oz Kangaroo ran Critter Country, a costuming business that built costumes and had costumed performer(s) for hire. They built fursuits for furries and mascot characters for corporate clients. Oz's company continued to grow, with ever-larger corporate clients adding Oz-commissioned mascots to their company's image. Within the fandom, Oz has built fursuits for Macroceli, Raccoon Drew, Duncan Roo, Nbowa, Ristin, Brok Badger (mascot of ConFuzzled), Blue, and the late Tzup. Plus many more.
Oz also ran Squeak Latex, a latex rubber clothing/costume business that included animal costumes.
Oz's collection of fursuits has grown and changed over the years with suits that have come and gone. He is mainly seen wearing his costume version of Oz and Duke. He has also produced an inflating/body-expanding version of the Oz suit which has been used in skits at furry conventions with humorous results.
Oz first "fursuited" at Further Confusion 2003 in a borrowed fursuit called Kijibwa, an African hunting dog made by Brokken. However, he had been pro-mascoting in Australia since 1998.
Convention attendance[edit]
- Midwest Furfest - ?
- Furry Down Under = ?
- Furry Weekend Atlanta - ?
- Further Confusion - ?, 2003, ?
- Oklacon - ?, 2008, ?
Artwork[edit]
Oz maintains two online galleries of his furry artwork; some of his art depicts furs in a comical state of inflation. There are several other galleries of his art online, though he has abandoned them to focus solely on his deviantART and Fur Affinity accounts. Oz discovered the fandom in 1999 and became active a year later.
External links[edit]
- Oz Kangaroo on DeviantArt
- Oz Kangaroo on Fur Affinity
- Oz Kangaroo on X
- Tails from Down Under - Oz Kangaroo's LiveJournal
- Duke (That Dancing Dog) fursuit video crowd-funding on Patreon
- Oz Kangaroo on YouTube
- That Dancing Dog on YouTube
Fursuit making[edit]
- Critter Country, Oz Kangaroo's costuming business
- Squeak Latex, Oz's latex clothing/costume business
- Squeak Latex website
- Squeak Latex on Fur Affinity
Video[edit]
- [1] Oz inflating at MFF 2011 in the 3 wishes skit]
- Balloon Animal (FWA2006): angle 1 angle 2
- Duke - Kiss Kiss
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