Kloofsuits

UK based creator of Fursuit costumes and textile products

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NEW WEBSITE NOW LIVE

http://www.kloofsuits.co.uk

Still some editing to goo, but it’s mostly there!

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GREEN DRAGON FURSUIT PARTIAL

It features: - Lime green DF fur - A beautiful locally sourced navy blue fur - deep in colour and plush pile - Fleece tongue, teeth, inner mouth and horns - Fully lycra lined head - Following eyes with huge field of vision - Excellent ventilation through open static jaw - Painted accents for excellent texture on the face

[fuckyeahdurrsuits]

Nightmare fuel Jolteon 

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A friend showed me this old photo and said ‘is this you?’

Yes. Hah. It is me. One of my first suits. It WAS a halloween Jolteon and that WAS the point - the convention fell over halloween. However, look at the state of this. Halloween was no excuse for the awful work.

This is what can happen with work. Hard work and perseverance. It’s easily 5-6+ years ago that I made this, and look at how far I’ve come.

I also have some comprehensive tutorials over on youtube, please do check them out under the channel ‘Kloofsuits’ that should really help anybody who is stuck to understand the process a little better. When I learned to build, there was a lack of any decent visual tutorials. The mish-mash of materials and processes in this Jolteon is horrendous. Hopefully my tutorials can stop you guys making the same mistakes as me!

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The costume features:

- Full DF faux fur fabric (easy to get more for furure parts) - Fleece nose, inner mouth and inner ears - Beautiful airbrushed finish for soft tonal blends - Excellent broad vision - Fully lycra lined head - Silicone pawpads - Large plush tail measuring 24" in a straight line from highest to lowest sitting point

[dramarising]

Dear artists...

No, I’m not going to link back to your page. I edited out your ugly signature too. I paid for the art. It is mine.

Don’t worry, this does not mean I take credit for drawing it. When people ask if I drew it, I say “Nope.” When people ask who did, I say, “Sorry, I don’t remember.”

Just because I bought your art does not mean our profiles have to be linked forever. It’s the same if I buy an apple from the grocer. I don’t have to keep the sticker on it or tell people where it came from. I’m not a walking advertisement for your shop.

If you want credit so badly, then I should get a cut of your future profits for my part in the advertising.

I know I’m probably going to get the wrath of whiny, entitled artists for this, but I don’t care. I won’t be making a shrine around their art dedicated to them. I paid for a service, and now we should go our our separate ways!

[fiendcatfr]

alright so there’s a lot of fucked up parts in this post but?? right off the bat?? “I edited out your ugly signature too”??? I’m sorry but that’s really stupid?

if you bought a physical, painted-on-canvas drawing, would you still go through the trouble of trying to edit out the signature there too? Because literally the only difference between that scenario and this one is that the canvas can be physically held and displayed, where the digital painting stays in a digital venue.

Do not be a dick to artists. Fucking don’t edit out their signatures, credit them where they are due. Don’t be like the asshole OP. If you commission an artist, respect them enough to credit them.

[rage-puff]

Dear people who think like OP;

Please do not ever fucking commission me. My signature is an A, but I don’t care if an artist’s signature is a giant fucking watermark half as big as the piece. If you cut out their signature, you cut out their effort. Do you have to make a little URL tag that links back to my page or DA or tumblr or whatever? No. Would it be nice? Yeah. Is it a good habit to do anyway? Yeah.

But unless you’re paying me USD and we’ve made it part of the agreement that my signature will NOT be on the art- leave the fucking signature on the art. You purchased art that has the signature. Once you alter it, you’re violating our purchase agreement. The artist produced that art for your agreed upon purchase price with the understanding that what they were sending- signature fucking included- would remain on the piece.

If they knew that you were going to use their art independently without any sort of remaining credit like that, then the price very well may have been different or they might not have agreed to do the art at all.

[inquisitorhotpants]

Damn, OP Edgy McEdgerson is really proud of being a dickhead. No one’s saying you’re linked forever, and no, “I didn’t draw it and don’t remember who did” doesn’t absolve you, you chucklefuck.

[babybutta]

SIGNAL BOOOST

[netherstray]

…Although, as an artist, I have seen some completely horrible signatures on tumblr posts. Sometimes they’re so obnoxious that I hide the comments on a post and tag with something like “Artist’s comment/source in the original post.” Not because I hate artists, but because I acknowledge that artists aren’t always the best when it comes to brevity. 

When I show my stuff here on Tumblr, I keep whatever DA link came with the automatic sharing of the post. I include a comment about the work if I feel it needs actual context, but otherwise I just have the link to the original post on DA and to my profile on DA. That’s it. I don’t link Facebook, Twitter, Etsy, Flickr, Instagram, and whatever other god forsaken social media people can easily find me on. 

My advice to artists? If you want people to know your social media connections and other display sites for your art, keep a list of links available on your Tumblr and other websites. If the idea of someone removing all your links from your comment really bothers you so much, maybe you should do your fans a favor and keep the spam in your comment to a minimum. Have a contact list on your sites and keep it at that. And if you still want those links in your comment on your work, just link to “contact” and link that list of sites. 

[kittykatmaniac]

At the risk of stretching your dash. Let me tell a small story. the story is:

IF YOU COMMISSION AN ARTIST.

IF YOU COMMISSION AN ARTIST.

IF YOU COMMISSION AN ARTIST. 

CHANCES ARE THEY ARE GOING TO WORK VERY HARD ON YOUR PIECE  

THEY MIGHT EVEN BE ANXIOUS BECAUSE THEY MIGHT TAKE A LITTLE LONGER THAN EXPECTED 

SOMETIMES THEY LOSE STEAM HALF WAY BECAUSE LIFE THROWS OBSTACLES IN THE WAY. 

IF YOU COMMISSION AN ARTIST, THEY WILL HAVE SPENT TIME AND EFFORT ON YOUR PIECE. THEY MIGHT HAVE GONE THOUGH SOME TURMOIL IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING IT. BUT IN THE END YOU WILL HAVE WHAT YOU PAID FOR. 

IF YOU COMMISSION AN ARTIST AND YOU ARE HAPPY WITH THEIR WORK AND WHAT THEY PROVIDED, THE ARTIST WILL BE VERY HAPPY AND PROUD. THEY WORKED VERY HARD ON IT! THEY PROBABLY WON’T MIND IF YOU SHOW IT TO OTHER PEOPLE, IT WOULD HELP THE ARTIST A LOT! (BUT IT’S OKAY IF YOU DECIDE TO KEEP IT TO YOURSELF TOO….)

BUT IF YOU COMMISSION AN ARTIST… 

AND YOU SEE THE ONE SECTION THAT TIES SAID ARTIST TO THE PRODUCT THEY WORKED SO HARD ON….. 

….AND DECIDE TO TAKE IT OFF 

YOU HURT THE ARTIST EMOTIONALLY…..

IF YOU COMMISSION AN ARTIST AND EDIT THEIR NAME OFF THE PIECE….

YOU ARE SAYING “FUCK YOU ARTIST, I COULD HONESTLY CARE LESS ABOUT HOW MUCH TIME AND EFFORT YOU PUT INTO THIS. I PAID FOR IT SO OBVIOUSLY I DESERVE TO TAKE THE CREDIT FOR SOMETHING I HAD NO HAND IN BESIDES PAYING FOR IT TO BE CREATED.”

IF YOU COMMISSION AN ARTIST, DELETE THEIR SIGNATURE, AND SHOW IT OFF, YOUR FRIENDS WILL ENJOY IT AND SHOW IT TO OTHER FRIENDS. THOSE FRIENDS MIGHT WANT TO BUY SOMETHING SIMILAR! BUT THE ARTIST ISN’T GETTING CREDIT FOR IT BECAUSE YOU ESSENTIALLY TOOK THEIR WORK AND CLAIMED THE WORK, EFFORT, AND SKILL FOR YOURSELF, ALL BECAUSE YOU PAID FOR IT. (SOUNDS CRAPPY RIGHT?)

IF YOU COMMISSION AN ARTIST

CHANCES ARE PEOPLE DON’T KNOW WHO THEY ARE. CHANCES ARE THEY TOOK THE COMMISSION TO PAY SOME BILLS AND REALLY NEEDED THE MONEY.

IF YOU COMMISSION AN ARTIST AND DELETE THEIR SIGNATURE….

chances are you are not the first one to do that.

[supernovafirefly]

SIGNAL BOOST THE FUCK OUT OF THIS! WHAT THE EVER LOVING HELL IS THIS?

[fuckingfurries]

Some good stuff here!!!

Remember, when you commission an artist..

YOU DO NOT GET RIGHTS TO THAT PIECE OF ART.

- Snake Mod

[justkingwolf]

Of all things why do I have to be allergic to summer.

My eyes won’t stop itching and I keep sniffling and sneezing. I don’t know where I put any of my anti-allergy things. Probably somewhere “safe” so I will likely never find them again.

Why must you do this to me weather I was compLIMENTING YOU. Curse your sudden but inevitable betrayal.

[kloofsuits-blog]

Where did you come up with the name 'kloofsuits'? The name is super adorable <3

It’s a long story, actually! the name is actually a Cornish words for ‘Cliff’ I believe, and as my original ‘sona species was an Andean Mountain Cat, and I loved the word, I decided to roll with that!

I retired the character as a fursona and she became the face for Kloofsuits!

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May I have the patterns for your toony heads? I recently watched the entire 8-Part tutorial on making the head, and its the best ive ever seen! :D

I'm glad you like the tutorials, but unfortunately I don't use patterns. I like every head to be unique.Having said this, it is rather impolite to ask someone for their patterns as this is their work. Tutorials are things a lot of people don't share as it makes their processes public knowledge, and patterns are another step up again. It's just something you should bare in mind for the future

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SOLD Handmade fursuit cosplay The costume features: - Hand carved foam head, complete with full lycra lining - Full DF fur imported from the US - Fleece inner mouth, nose, claws and horns - Light airbrushing - tail has 2 belt loops sewn into the back to slide a belt through for easy wearing Kloofsuits

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RED PANDA FURSUIT HEAD FOR SALE Details here: https://www.facebook.com/Kloofsuits/photos/a.611451898943480.1073741827.261308533957820/1008913732530626/?type=3&theater

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Hi! I was wondering, can you sell canine foam head bases? If so, what's its price? If you don't respond, that's ok :-)

I don't unfortunately, and prices are very much under revision as it is. Sorry!

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WE NOW HAVE A PATREON!

https://www.patreon.com/kloofsuits

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Cobalt Fursuit Partial With Sleeves

Adorable artistic liberty Liger head in shades of blue with black and white accents. Recently completed partial fursuit, one of four suits that I've been working on for a while. Full DF furNew style following eyes with extra large irisLOTS of hand-sewn markingsFully lined with a Lycra balaclavaExcellent vision and ventilation Absolutely adorable suit that's been on the go for a while along with three others, finally decided to get them done one at a time instead of all at once, so I could clear some of my queue. I'm quite sad to see Cobalt go off to his new home, I've grown very fond of the character. Head designed by my fabulous artist, UkTheWhiteWolf. The design was simplified as it was requested to have no airbrushing, and thus some of the excessive stripes and spots were reduced down. Hope you like it!

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Cobalt Fursuit Head

Adorable artistic liberty Liger head in shades of blue with black and white accents. Recently completed partial fursuit, one of four suits that I've been working on for a while. Full DF furNew style following eyes with extra large irisLOTS of hand-sewn markingsFully lined with a Lycra balaclavaExcellent vision and ventilationPart of a partial suit with sleeves Absolutely adorable suit that's been on the go for a while along with three others, finally decided to get them done one at a time instead of all at once, so I could clear some of my queue. I'm quite sad to see Cobalt go off to his new home, I've grown very fond of the character. Designed by my fabulous artist, UkTheWhiteWolf. The design was simplified as it was requested to have no airbrushing, and thus some of the excessive stripes and spots were reduced down. Hope you like it!

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Hey, where do you buy your foam? I'm looking at industrial upholstery foam websites and DAMN it's expensive. I was wondering if there's somewhere that sells it in bulk or scraps or something that isn't gonna kill my wallet. I live in the US if that's relevant. Love your suits by the way, the new plastic mold is absolutely beautiful :D

Thanks so much for the nice comments (: I actually usually get my foam off eBay stores - I'm in the UK so unfortunately I might not be much help. As I'm aware. JoAnn's and Michaels sell foam, from what I've been told. I only went to a JoAnn's once and I couldn't get foam on the plane so I wasn't exactly looking for that haha!

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Streaming some suit work, come check it out and say hi! 8D