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Fandom and Fursuiting

We're looking at the overlap of cosplayers, fursuiters, and those who do both at the same time! If a section doesn't apply to you, just scro

Hey guys!! My friend and I are running a Fandom and Fursuiting panel, and we're running a survey about people who cosplay or fursuit or do any combination of the two! Share with friends we wanna get as many replies as we can!

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Reblogging this here bc this blog of mine has the most followers and I post a ton of cosplay pics! If you do fun costuming stuff please answer our survey so we can get some neat data! :D

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Wizard tip:

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I have a new suit in the works and figured I would actually document some of the WIPs for once. Shes gonna be a tuxedo cat with cherry red and pink fur and she is built on a TPU base that was custom sculpted by a friend who does not like social media. When she is done she will be a 3/4s suit and Im aiming to have her done for Furcationland

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Requested by silly-filly

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You got it boss!

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commission for @masterofplush !

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Hi there everyone! Mostly to any followers that may or may not still be here. Its been a long time since Ive posted to this blog, and there were many reasons for that but at least for the meantime I am back and have some new exciting things to share!

For one you may notice the new avatar. Yes I am proud to announce I have for lack of a better phrase -partially- finished the fursuit I have been working on for the better part of 5 months.

May I formally introduce Blush the Dutch Angel Dragon! Here is her ref sheet (though some minor updates will be coming to it soon), She is inspired by magical girls and superheros and she will eventually be a full suit.

Artist - @goodoldfisticuffs

I will over the next couple of weeks be posting a coherent log of her build process as well as better close up pics of her various parts.

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Its also a bag!

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Tiny floating whale from SU

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Who remembers act 1 homestuck where john recieves that terrifying harlequin. I do cause a friend commisioned me to make of for his dad cosplay. It body is also hollow and a bag

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undertale at anime boston! i have nothing but kind and happy words for this fandom- you were all incredibly sweet and friendly, always waving and smiling and taking pictures with each other. i had lots of fun!!

asriel (face painted) - @apparentlyabear fursuit toriel - @masterofplush asriel, frisk and chara - ? (toriel is me, @tentahugs) frisk (DADDY) - rubin! but i have no idea what his tumblr is or if he has one!!

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Thats me! In casual/school teacher Toriel cosplay.

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This survey aims to collect data regarding how well artist vendors did at anime conventions in 2015. Results will be compiled and presented in 2016 at KIRISKA.com, AANI, and HTBACA. All submissions are anonymous and artists are encouraged to bookmark this page and respond for each convention they attend in 2015.

A reminder to please contribute to the 2015 Convention Artist Survey if you haven’t already! The con season is wrapping up for most people, but this survey still needs more responses! Remember, it can (and ideally, should!) be filled out for each convention you did this year!

You can see 2014′s survey data and analysis report here – this year’s survey is a little more comprehensive, so the more data we get, the better the analysis can be!

Notes: The survey is aimed primarily at artists and artisans who vend at anime conventions in the US and Canada; however, other types of shows (comic, furry, etc) are welcomed. International conventions are also accepted, but judging from the results so far, we won’t be able to do much significant analysis on them.

The survey will be accepting responses through the end of January 2016, but please don’t forget about it! Spread the word!

[masterofplush]

Interesting stuff and metrics. 

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Love your amethyst cosplay, but I was wondering how did you do the head?

Short version, a form fitting balaclava type thing, think foam and fleece, lots of time and hot glue. 

Long Version…

The first thing I did was went out and got one of those foam head forms. They are decently cheap and boy will they save you in the long run. but really it does help to have something you can shove the head on while working on it. Now I dont have pics of just the mask however i do have some of the very early stages.

Hopefully you can see what I mean by the cover. Also you can see the beginnings of the lower jaw. It is carved out of 3 inch thick foam. I believe the stuff I use is called airtex foam but i could be wrong, you can find it at most fabric stores and its sold by the yard however it is pricey i warn you so keep an eye for sales. Honestly this part can take some patience and it helps to draw out the general shapes before hand but yeah cut into as best you can. I used a serrated kitchen knife [for the large cuts] and a pair of scissors [for the smaller things]. I cant really give much help her besides make really small cuts. 

after that it was merely a matter of carving it out and hot glueing it to the face mask. Not the eyes in this picture are not the final eyes. They were a place holder while I was testing out shapes. Now it the jaw does not line up exactly with the top of my head, A decent portion of my head top is not covered in foam so I can attach the wig [which will hide the head portion]

As you can see it looks a lot more natural here. After This I added in the eye ridges and then covered it in fleece. Basically stretching it till it was taunt over the foam and there were as little seems to sew as possible. After that you add in the actual eyes [For this I just used white craft foam with sharpie much to the annoyance of my friend, but hey i was pressed for time.] and added in craft foam teeth. I considered clay but to be honest craft foam was the better option all around. Lighter, more durable, and much easier to replace. after that I just glued in the tongue i had sewn up and viola

THE CROCODILE! 

[masterofplush]

Just a few pics of my Amethyst cosplay from CTcon. Im looking for more so if anyone has any I would love to see them! These were taken by a friend I am sorry for the low quality. 

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Apparently I never uploaded this? I dont know why but I didnt before now

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I’ve been busy on a new project recently and i figured I should share a work in progress pic. Its a yarn tail! Pretty simple to make but really time consuming, so far ive worked on it about 20 hours or so. Its relaxing in a weird way though...

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I had an amazing time at Anime Boston this year! No face and his crew got me some serious love. It was a freaking crazy four days I miss it already how do you even be a real adult. (You go to Jury Duty. I’m doing that tomorrow) We also had amazing table neighbors and met amazing people, oh my gosh I’m so happy. I also went home with a super cute new water friend thanks to masterofplush. His name is Jabbers and HES A BAAAAGGG

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that is going to become my legacy isnt it...

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a look at our table from ab as well as a sneak peek of more things to be posted later