I'm currently attempting to paint plastic mesh with acrylic paint so that I can see out of the colored parts of my fursuit eyes ( Read more... )

So i have a fursuit head i'm wanting to build made with a DVC skull K9 base. I'm also wanting to use their small whitetail antlers with the base, and attach them to the skull. My issue is i dont want to cover where the antlers join with fur, as im painting the skull and the designs run up to the antlers. How do i go about attaching these guys ( Read more... )

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So I finally have my head made, and she's ready for painting. However, I want to do some shading on it as well, since most of her features are blended with the pure white. What color should I use to shade her, being that she's albino ( Read more... )

Since soft pastels are quite popular for temporary hair colours these days I decided to mess around with them on a white fur sample and the results didn't look too bad

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Hello fellow fursuiters! I recently finished my first 3/4 suit. This is also the first suit that I have added digigraide padding in, and I would like to know what you think. I needs lots of practice on making eyes, as you can see. I ordered a sheet of buckram to make these ones, so they are my first buckram eyes. I think they pass for an ok for ( Read more... )

Hey guys, I wanted to finally get around to making my fursona, since she was a bit complicated to start with.
She's a reptile, so I was thinking I'd make her with fleece, though I have a few questions:

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So my character has black sclera and I'm wondering if painting the buckram black will affect how it looks since most fursuits have white eyes. I saw black buckram on ebay but then the issue comes along with painting the iris and such. Should I look into black plastic for the sclera or will it look fine just painting the buckram black. I would test ( Read more... )

Hello, I've been browsing the fursuit livejournal for about a year now while making two fursuits, but I've only now made an account. I have a bunch of ideas for future suits and I'd like to know how to carry them out/if they're feasible.

Plushie/stuffed footpaws-


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