Yall wanna see the shitty "Zebra" tail I made when I was.... IDK late teens early twenties? I found it digging through an old tote of halloween junk. Like way before I bothered to find good tutorials on tail making on youtube.
3) you can't see it in the photo but the raw edges are visible right by the floof at the end. I didn't hem them. If the fabric wasn't fleece those edges probably would shred and have lots of loose strings.
4) I didn't even make a belt loop! I just stitched up the end and safety-pinned it to my outfit. Not a good idea. Puts holes in your clothes and likely to rip both the tail and your clothes if some jerkwad person pulls it really hard or you get caught on something.
5) That poof at the end is an old scrap of real fur my parents had lying around. Probably from a jacket or something... just no.. X-X not that I have anything against natural materials but it's realky inaccurate and just cartoony.
6) It's not even tapered. Just the same length of tube all the way down. Which is fine for feline or maybe unicorn tails but not for a zebra.
7) I think it feels understuffed. Maybe I ran out of stuffing? *shrugs*
I am by NO means a good crafter. My stuff still looks like hot garbage compared to tail-making pros but this is one of those "hating your old art once you get better" things. Nowadays I'd probably forgo the printed fabric at least paint it to make more convincing markings on a zebra'a tail. And instead of fur, I'd probably go with synthetic hair and weft it because it's cheap and easy to find. And again more accurate.
Of course I do not have the attention span for a project like that, unfortunately. But I do know how I would improve it.
