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It’s MIPCOM season, and that means a host of animation production companies are gearing up to plug new cartoon series they hope to sell in their homelands and (hopefully!) all around the world. Shows like Karate Sheep, from the French animation company Xilam (home of Zig & Sharko and the current Mr. Magoo). “Trico is an enthusiastic sheep who loves to share new objects and ideas with the rest of the flock. This causes ruckus in the mountain pastures, which all inevitably end up at Wanda’s expense. [Wanda is] a tough ewe whose job is to keep the sheep safe. Not a small feat, especially when Wolf is always lurking, waiting to make the most of this newfound chaos.” Xilam have a preview trailer for the show (and many others) at their web site.
image c. 2022 Xilam
Episode 525 - Zoo Noises
This week- Alex Jones needs to sell a lot of dick pills, conspiracy brain, discuss what 'zoo noises' are, the MFF nonsense and how difficult it is for cons to address issues with people demanding instant action, actually visiting the Fort Worth Zoo, Star Trek Strange New Worlds, and more~
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Should Furries Be Allowed Into Schools?
Article Content
- What Are Furries?
- Is Being A Furry A Sexual Thing?
- Is Furry A Gender?
- What Do Furries Even Do?
- Can Kids Be Furries?
- Is It Safe For Kids To Be Furries?
- Should They Be Allowed Into Schools?
- Where Are Furries Most Common?
There’s been a lot of buzz about furries in recent news and with all this commotion it’s worth clarifying what exactly a furry is.
Despite a lot of controversy and misconceptions pushed in mainstream media, a furry is just a person interested in fictional anthropomorphic animals. What that means is that they are interested in fictional animals that bear characteristics of humans, whether that be the ability to walk on two legs, the ability to speak English, wear human clothes, etc. At its core, it’s just a hobby or interest like any other. They are members of a greater community known as the “furry fandom”
Furries are also super involved in loads of different creative outlets. For example, a lot of furries are super into art and will draw what are known as fursonas which are cartoon, animal versions of people. Some of them are more interested in writing and will write expansive stories about their fursonas. Others make what are known as fursuits which are tangible, wearable versions of the fursonas you see online. A lot of these artsy furries even make a living out of their creative ability by selling their service to furries who aren’t as art savvy as themselves.
Is Being A Furry A Sexual Thing?Despite all the stigmatizations and false information surrounding the furry fandom, being a furry is not inherently something sexual. Of course, there is no denying that there is definitely a side to the fandom that produces and consumes sexual furry content, but this is not reflective of the whole furry fandom.
It’s unfair to throw the whole fandom under the same blanket term of perverted and depraved because almost every fanbase on the planet, and I mean every, has an ugly side that the rest of the fandom prefers to sweep under the rug.
So in short, no, being a furry is not a sexual thing.
Furry Art That Isn’t Sexual
Image by FloralWhite via Fiverr
Is Furry A Gender?Given that gender is a socially constructed ideology, more to do with the psychology of a person’s identity than it is to do with the sex assigned at birth, is it possible for someone to identify as a furry? While you may see people identifying as “fursexual”, claiming that their neopronouns are “fur / furself”, this doesn’t necessarily make it legitimately recognized as a gender. If anything, it delegitimizes the struggle of those who suffer from gender dysphoria and are actually non-binary as a result. This is not to imply that we shouldn’t collectively respect people’s gender identity, but there is a certain boundary that distinguishes between genuine gender politics and mocking gender altogether.
What Do Furries Even Do?If all it takes to be a furry is to be interested in cartoon animals, where did all these stigmas and stereotypes even come from? What do furries even do? For the most part, furries are part of online communities whether that be through Discord, Reddit, Twitter, Instagram, or whatever and they use this as a platform to share their interest. A large population of furries are super involved in the art community as well so furry communities give furry artists an opportunity to share their creative endeavors. This applies to all facets of creativity as well, be it music, art, or writing, these communities offer a safe space for furry-themed art to be shared. If your child is interested in the furry fandom, it is a great way for them to express their creative interests, it’s just about how you moderate where and how they are expressing it.
Furry In A Partial Fursuit
Image via Women’s Health
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Given that, as we previously mentioned, being a furry (at face value) is just a hobby or interest, there is no reason that a kid cannot be a furry. In fact, a lot of furries attribute their interest in the furry fandom later in life to the media they consumed as a child and while it may not be direct there is definitely a correlation. While the average furry of a lot of furries is around 25 – 28 years old, the growing popularity of the fandom over the internet and the almost unrestricted internet access that children have in the modern age is leading to a high influx of much younger furries.
Is It Safe For Kids To Be Furries?Now the question of whether or not it is safe for kids to be furries is a much trickier question to tackle. Given that the furry fandom relies so heavily on the internet for almost every facet of its functionality whether this is communicating with other furries, sharing art, promoting a service, or posting memes, everything is based entirely on the internet. This would mean that for a child to properly engage with the fandom, they would need borderline unrestricted access to the internet. While it may not be everyone, it goes without saying that there are dangerous people almost everywhere on the internet and it should be up to the parent of the child to moderate how their child is using the internet.
A parent shouldn’t be discouraging a child’s interests just because of their inability to control what their child is viewing on the internet. Like anything a child takes interest in, within reason, the parents should encourage the child to carry out this interest in a productive and helpful way.
More Furry Art That Isn’t Sexual
Image via Pinterest
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You’ve likely seen headlines about the outrage at schools of children asking for litter boxes or children claiming that they self-identify as animals so let’s clear all this up. For one, there is no evidence that children in the US are even self-identifying as animals let alone letting this identity disrupt the learning environment of schools.
The same goes for the claims of students eating out of dog bowls or hissing in class. There is no evidence of this being a negligible problem in schools nor is there a need to even address this as such. What is more likely than this being the fault of the furry fandom, is that this is just children being children. It’s no secret that kids can be pretty stupid at times, so we shouldn’t be scolding a community that borderline has nothing to do with these imaginary issues but instead teaching children appropriate behavior in a classroom.
Oursaferschools makes a point of explaining that while the furry fandom isn’t explicitly harmful to children, it promotes an escape from reality which isn’t something that we should be pushing on to children who should first come to terms with the realities and certainties of life. This is certainly true to an extent. A lot of the appeal of the furry fandom derives from the fact that you can build this alternate personality and pretend to be someone that you are not. This is only reinforced by the fact that it is a predominantly online fandom and you can pretend to essentially be whoever you want behind a screen.
So, of course, furries should be allowed into school because there is nothing necessarily wrong with it. What we shouldn’t be promoting is delusion and the idea that personal desire trumps education.
Deviant Art Furry Art
Image via DeviantArt
Where Are Furries Most Common?However, not to get too political, it seems that this is an issue that mostly affects the US as a whopping 34% of furries come from the US. To put that into perspective, the next highest volume of furries comes from Canada which makes up about 16% of the furry fandom. So, this clearly isn’t an issue affecting the globe but is instead an issue exacerbated by ignorance of people not willing to learn what it means to be a furry.
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Should Furries Be Allowed Into Schools?
Xege Kheiru, Writer, Furry
17 Oct 2022
What Are Furries?There’s been a lot of buzz about furries in recent news and with all this commotion it’s worth clarifying what exactly a furry is.
Despite a lot of controversy and misconceptions pushed in mainstream media, a furry is just a person interested in fictional anthropomorphic animals. What that means is that they are interested in fictional animals that bear characteristics of humans, whether that be the ability to walk on two legs, the ability to speak English, wear human clothes, etc. At its core, it’s just a hobby or interest like any other. They are members of a greater community known as the “furry fandom”
Furries are also super involved in loads of different creative outlets. For example, a lot of furries are super into art and will draw what are known as fursonas which are cartoon, animal versions of people. Some of them are more interested in writing and will write expansive stories about their fursonas. Others make what are known as fursuits which are tangible, wearable versions of the fursonas you see online. A lot of these artsy furries even make a living out of their creative ability by selling their service to furries who aren’t as art savvy as themselves.
Despite all the stigmatizations and false information surrounding the furry fandom, being a furry is not inherently something sexual. Of course, there is no denying that there is definitely a side to the fandom that produces and consumes sexual furry content, but this is not reflective of the whole furry fandom.
It’s unfair to throw the whole fandom under the same blanket term of perverted and depraved because almost every fanbase on the planet, and I mean every, has an ugly side that the rest of the fandom prefers to sweep under the rug.
So in short, no, being a furry is not a sexual thing.
Furry Art That Isn’t Sexual
Image by FloralWhite via Fiverr
Is Furry A Gender?Given that gender is a socially constructed ideology, more to do with the psychology of a person’s identity than it is to do with the sex assigned at birth, is it possible for someone to identify as a furry? While you may see people identifying as “fursexual”, claiming that their neopronouns are “fur / furself”, this doesn’t necessarily make it legitimately recognized as a gender. If anything, it delegitimizes the struggle of those who suffer from gender dysphoria and are actually non-binary as a result. This is not to imply that we shouldn’t collectively respect people’s gender identity, but there is a certain boundary that distinguishes between genuine gender politics and mocking gender altogether.
What Do Furries Even Do?If all it takes to be a furry is to be interested in cartoon animals, where did all these stigmas and stereotypes even come from? What do furries even do? For the most part, furries are part of online communities whether that be through Discord, Reddit, Twitter, Instagram, or whatever and they use this as a platform to share their interest. A large population of furries are super involved in the art community as well so furry communities give furry artists an opportunity to share their creative endeavors. This applies to all facets of creativity as well, be it music, art, or writing, these communities offer a safe space for furry-themed art to be shared. If your child is interested in the furry fandom, it is a great way for them to express their creative interests, it’s just about how you moderate where and how they are expressing it.
Furry In A Partial Fursuit
Image via Women’s Health
Can Kids Be Furries?Given that, as we previously mentioned, being a furry (at face value) is just a hobby or interest, there is no reason that a kid cannot be a furry. In fact, a lot of furries attribute their interest in the furry fandom later in life to the media they consumed as a child and while it may not be direct there is definitely a correlation. While the average furry of a lot of furries is around 25 – 28 years old, the growing popularity of the fandom over the internet and the almost unrestricted internet access that children have in the modern age is leading to a high influx of much younger furries.
Is It Safe For Kids To Be Furries?Now the question of whether or not it is safe for kids to be furries is a much trickier question to tackle. Given that the furry fandom relies so heavily on the internet for almost every facet of its functionality whether this is communicating with other furries, sharing art, promoting a service, or posting memes, everything is based entirely on the internet. This would mean that for a child to properly engage with the fandom, they would need borderline unrestricted access to the internet. While it may not be everyone, it goes without saying that there are dangerous people almost everywhere on the internet and it should be up to the parent of the child to moderate how their child is using the internet.
A parent shouldn’t be discouraging a child’s interests just because of their inability to control what their child is viewing on the internet. Like anything a child takes interest in, within reason, the parents should encourage the child to carry out this interest in a productive and helpful way.
More Furry Art That Isn’t Sexual
Image via Pinterest
Should They Be Allowed Into Schools?You’ve likely seen headlines about the outrage at schools of children asking for litter boxes or children claiming that they self-identify as animals so let’s clear all this up. For one, there is no evidence that children in the US are even self-identifying as animals let alone letting this identity disrupt the learning environment of schools.
The same goes for the claims of students eating out of dog bowls or hissing in class. There is no evidence of this being a negligible problem in schools nor is there a need to even address this as such. What is more likely than this being the fault of the furry fandom, is that this is just children being children. It’s no secret that kids can be pretty stupid at times, so we shouldn’t be scolding a community that borderline has nothing to do with these imaginary issues but instead teaching children appropriate behavior in a classroom.
Oursaferschools makes a point of explaining that while the furry fandom isn’t explicitly harmful to children, it promotes an escape from reality which isn’t something that we should be pushing on to children who should first come to terms with the realities and certainties of life. This is certainly true to an extent. A lot of the appeal of the furry fandom derives from the fact that you can build this alternate personality and pretend to be someone that you are not. This is only reinforced by the fact that it is a predominantly online fandom and you can pretend to essentially be whoever you want behind a screen.
So, of course, furries should be allowed into school because there is nothing necessarily wrong with it. What we shouldn’t be promoting is delusion and the idea that personal desire trumps education.
Deviant Art Furry Art
Image via DeviantArt
Where Are Furries Most Common?
However, not to get too political, it seems that this is an issue that mostly affects the US as a whopping 34% of furries come from the US. To put that into perspective, the next highest volume of furries comes from Canada which makes up about 16% of the furry fandom. So, this clearly isn’t an issue affecting the globe but is instead an issue exacerbated by ignorance of people not willing to learn what it means to be a furry.
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What Did YOU Do During COVID?
One thing that definitely happened during the COVID lock-downs was that on-line comic artists got real busy. Among them was Alex Graham, creator of Dog Biscuits, a slice-of-life underground funny animal comic. Now Fantagraphics have brought together many the on-line black & white pages in a single hardcover graphic novel. “It’s July 2020 in Seattle. Gussy struggles to keep his dog biscuit boutique afloat while a global pandemic rages unchecked. The loneliness of lockdown and social distancing drives his employee Rosie to betray her principles. Rosie’s roommate Hissy is at a personal crossroads. A love triangle emerges as they find themselves tangled in a web of police brutality, protests, drugs, dating apps and COVID chaos. Taking place over the course of just a few days, this is a snapshot of humanity — okay, animals — in crisis.” The Observer has a detailed review with lots of sample artwork as well.
image c. 2022 Fantagraphics
Bearly Furcasting S3E25 - Pickles, This or That, Stupid News, Infinity Rooms
MOOBARKFLUFF! Click here to send us a comment or message about the show!
Moobarkfluff! Taebyn and Bearly get into quite the pickle right off the bat! Taebyn is once again making up words and jokes. How do you remember? Can we PLEASE stop with the litter box hoax? PLEASE! Congratulations to all the surviving furs. (You will have to listen to know what that is about!) Is this one of our dumbest shows? Let us know what you think. Can we get an infinity hotel for the next furcon? Moobarkfluff!
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Thanks to all our listeners and to our staff: Bearly Normal, Rayne Raccoon, Taebyn, Cheetaro, TickTock, and Ziggy the Meme Weasel.
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Be a Cat in Cat-Town
Over on Twitter we stumbled across a new interactive game project called Paw Borough. The creators were talking up the success of their recent Kickstarter campaign. We’ll let them explain it: “Hello everyone! We want to introduce Paw Borough, an online feline-themed roleplay game made by creatives for creatives! Paw Borough incorporates nostalgic elements of early internet pet simulators while introducing fresh mechanics and cultivating a unique player experience. The game will feature new, complex breeding mechanics, item collection, scene decoration, extensive roleplay tools with socialized gameplay, site-guided community storytelling, and immense creative freedom never before seen in a game of this genre!” You can check out their game demo online as well.
image c. 2022 The Paw Borough Team
Lone Wolf (2020) | Bone Zone B Movie Reviews
Waiter, there's FUR in my meal~ Today Rattles savours the flavours of this fursploitation indie film featuring furries, "Lone Wolf" (2020) Merch, Sweet Tees and stuff: http://www.culturallyfd.com https://teespring.com/stores/culturally-fd-merchandise Support Culturally F'd: https://www.patreon.com/culturallyfd Listen in on TEMPO TALKS with Tempe O'Kun https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIPk-itLl1jPyIK2c7mK-LpbvfDNqfcSW Check out Tempe O'Kun's books "Sixes Wild" and "Windfall" here: http://furplanet.com/shop/?affillink=YOUTU2907 Here's a playlist of his other Culturally F'd videos: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIPk-itLl1jPS7tnT4hdJwBI-CeLF8Kb_
Funnel Dresses
by Priya Sridhar
“But I can’t work on a dress for her if she’s watching, and she likes to watch me sew usually. She studies and keeps one or three eyes on me.”
The dress shop had the best location in the forest colony web; it hung at a sharp east angle beside a mosquito-smoothie shop and a shoe store, where a thick branch had the best sunset view. During the afternoon foot traffic, many patrons with smoothies would loiter by the windows, to eye the freshly spun silk and styles on display. A few tried to rush in and get a sleeve mended or fabric altered for sudden weight gain or loss, but often they would leave after seeing the sign that read ‘ONE DAY MINIMAL WAIT.’
Miss Raglan, the proprietress, added beads to a sleek silken dress that hung on a wobbly mannequin. The wooden spider had lasted through many a dress, though Miss Raglan only took her out for special occasions. The customer who had demanded this particular gown, Chemise Fractal, had drawn out a specific pattern onto delicate green leaves. Chemise’s friends had also asked for dresses, so that Miss Raglan had a dozen dresses to finish before the Annual Orb Ball. Even though she had eight legs and lenses for her tawny eyes, she was still working day and night.
The bell attached to the door rattled. Soft footsteps padded into the shop.
“We’re closed,” Miss Raglan said without looking up.
“Miss Raglan?” a small voice said. “It’s me, Camisole.”
Miss Raglan looked away from the delicate beading. A spider dressed in navy green fidgeted behind the counter.
“Bless my silk!” she said. “Camisole Topstitch! Fancy seeing you here!”
Camisole gave a shy smile that revealed her curved fangs. She had grown three times her weight, unfit for the light pink funnel dresses she had worn as a spiderling. The green she wore now matched her eyes.
If Miss Raglan hadn’t been holding a pincushion, a bag of beads, needle and thread, the bead pattern, and extra fabric, she would have swept up the smaller spider into an embrace. As it were, she embroidered another bead into place.
“Now isn’t a good time. It’s going to be a late night.”
“That’s all right,” Camisole said in her soft tone. “I can wait until you’re done. I don’t have any other appointments.”
She settled herself on a stool meant for customers. Miss Raglan saw the puffy, beaded tote slung over Camisole’s shoulders. A bolt of brilliant yellow and pink striped material came out, as well as a smaller needle and thread. Camisole threaded the needle without pricking her leg and began to sew quietly.
The spiders did their work in silence. Miss Raglan finished the beading on the dress. She compared the pattern on the cloth to the pattern on leaves in her hand. Then she set the beads down into another bag, which had an intricate knot on it. She made a show of putting the other materials in organized places.
“Thank you for waiting, Camisole,” she said. “What are you working on?”
“Oh, this is a negligee for sleeping in the web.” Camisole held up the yellow and pink stripes. “It’s based on what the Minister of Abdomens wore during that holiday concert. It’s not for anything special. Just to keep my legs calm.”
Miss Raglan eyed the dress. It had a ruffled lace collar and hem, and a thick cut for a spider. Still, it wasn’t for business and Camisole’s breathing had slowed while she had worked on it.
“How can I help you?”
“I need a favor,” Camisole whispered. “I need a place to work on a dress.”
“On that one?” Miss Raglan asked with surprise.
“No.” Blushing, Camisole reached into her bag and pulled out a letter. “My college roommate, Araniella, she paid me to work on a dress for her. But I can’t work on a dress for her if she’s watching, and she likes to watch me sew usually. She studies and keeps one or three eyes on me.”
Miss Raglan understood immediately. The feeling of having a customer watch you do work, and sometimes open their toothy mouths, was enough to make the hairs on her back crinkle. Still, she curled her fangs.
“I’m not sure,” she said. “I have to do a rush job for a customer, several of them. It’s not a good time to have more seamstresses in the shop.”
The silence that followed weighed on Miss Raglan. Camisole’s face crinkled with disappointment. Her legs slumped.
“Please. I’ll do anything,” she begged. “If I sew in front of her I’ll mess it up, and I can’t do it at home. I’ll clean up the shop. I’ll get your stamen tea.”
Miss Raglan perked up. She hadn’t made a proper cup of stamen tea in ages, not since this commission, and dust had been gathering in the shop counters.
“I do need to focus on these orders,” she admitted. “If I teach you how to run the shop, you can sew here. But I will have to lay some ground rules-”
She couldn’t finish because Camisole leaned over the counter and drew her into a hug. The spider had a tight grip, and her bag banged against Miss Raglan’s left legs.
“Thank you, thank you, thank you!” she said. “I won’t let you down!”
* * *
On the beginning of the first day, Miss Raglan had her doubts. She held out a broom to Camisole, who took it with wariness. The broom was long and brown with knobby bits, the bristles and stick held together by heavy-duty silk. Miss Raglan had fashioned the broom herself after a huge storm of wooden bits had hit the neighborhood.
“It’s pretty simple,” Miss Raglan assured her. “You get all the dust and stray threads into this dust pan.”
Camisole held the broom at an angle. She experimented with different ways of angling the brush end, and tried to sweep slowly. Impatience bubbled inside Miss Raglan. The harsh swishing sound made her cringe. Still, Camisole had trouble moving the dust into a neat pile.
“It doesn’t have to be perfect,” Miss Raglan said as kindly as she could.
“But I want it to be,” Camisole said.
“So do I,” Miss Raglan muttered to herself.
The broom swept for most of the morning. Miss Raglan turned away from the harsh sound and buried herself in more embroidery.
Camisole was better at tea. She was familiar with the automatic kettle that Miss Raglan used, though she consulted a book on how many cups of ground stamen to add to the kettle after it steamed. The smell of the dried herbs lightened Miss Raglan’s mood. A yellow-green liquid came out, bubbling in the small cup.
Miss Raglan tasted the cup. Camisole stood back, nervously. The tea was too weak.
“Try not to be cautious with the stamen grounds, dear,” Miss Raglan said. “I like my tea nice and strong, so that it’s dark green. But not bad for a first attempt.”
“I understand,” Camisole said softly. Her head drooped. She drank all of the weak tea and prepared another pot. They watched the steam rise. This time the tea was more to Miss Raglan’s liking.
“No one ever gets things right the first time,” she said as she sipped. “The ones that do, well, we want to string them up for the wasps. You’ll get the hang of it.”
Camisole didn’t look reassured, though she seemed relieved at having made a better pot. She scurried over to where the broom was leaning against the shop wall, picked it up, and studied it. Then she set it on the ground and tried to sweep again.
“That is better,” Miss Raglan said honestly. “One day you may even run your own shop.”
Camisole managed a small smile. She succeeded at sweeping the dust into a neat pile.
* * *
Sewing was a relief. Miss Raglan lent Camisole a storage room she wasn’t using, where bolts of fabric were arranged on the shelves. Camisole took out the dress from her purse, a tint of maroon, and set it on a dress form. The skirt had a stiff, curved skeleton made out of tree bark and rolled up silk embroidering the edge.
“A funnel dress,” Miss Raglan said with surprise. “I haven’t seen those in a while.”
“Araniella asked for it,” Camisole replied. “She said she couldn’t find any dresses like it in Funnel Town, so she asked me to make it instead of having to order it from somewhere else.”
Miss Raglan pressed her lips. She eyed the neat stitches along the hem, the hints of ironing, and the layers of petticoats.
“Is something wrong?” Camisole asked.
“No, not at all,” Miss Raglan said quickly. “You can borrow any material here as long as you keep everything neat. I need to start on my rush jobs.”
She scurried outside, and looked at the latest dress. It was a slim number, with minimal fabric. Miss Raglan shook her head. Compared to Camisole’s dress, it resembled a lampshade. Still, lampshades were in fashion. She was not one to argue with changing minds.
Camisole started to sing. Miss Raglan could hear her through the closed door. It was an old sewing song, from the days when the seamstresses weaved their own silk, and thus could take weeks to make one dress.
“They say home’s where the heart is,
Wherever that may be,
But hearts are always changing,
Desires tend to flee.
But I know I am settled,
When I cut and baste.
Such projects can’t be fussy,
For hearts do not like haste.”
Miss Raglan shook her head. It brought back memories of a younger Camisole, who used to be in spiderling choir and dream about being a singer. Back then the spiderling had shown more energy and courage.
“Bolts of solid silk,
Are maps of new lands,
Each stitch a new mark,
A claim to stop and stand,
To say this is paradise,
And I will never leave,
No matter the storms,
No matter how I grieve.”
Miss Raglan couldn’t help but join in on the last verse. She knew the words by heart, since the words often carried her through a slump or when a demanding customer wanted her to mend a rip in fifteen minutes.
“To say this is paradise,
And in paradise I will stay,
No wind or raging flood,
Will ever blow me away.”
* * *
By the third day, Camisole had settled into her position. She swept the floor in the morning, polished the glowing crystals, and prepared several pots of stamen tea. Miss Raglan had come to relish her singing because it told her that Camisole was happy. She had forgotten what it was like to have company among the silks and threads, to have more than wind leafing through her patterns.
They started sewing together, Miss Raglan in the main room of the shop and Camisole in the back room. Camisole sang softly as she worked on her dress:
“To say this is paradise,
And I will never leave-“
The shop doorbell tinkled. Feet clicked against the clean floor. Camisole stopped singing abruptly.
“Good morning, Miss Chemise!” Miss Raglan said with fake cheer. “It is always lovely to see you.”
Chemise gave her an icy look. She had dressed in silver today from head to legs, a fitted suit in alternating shades that showed off her oval frame. Each of her eyes was a chip of gold, framed behind stylish glasses.
“I’ve come to do fittings,” she announced. “My daily abdomen cleanse got cancelled due to my specialist having an inconvenient accident.”
“Really,” Miss Raglan said, gnashing her fangs. “Anything for you. But you will have to give me a minute to clear out space since you weren’t on today’s schedule-”
Chemise climbed over the counter that separated the main part of the shop from the customer area, and made it look like an elegant gesture. She studied the mannequin, which had a slim hot pink dress.
“So this is my dress,” she said. “It seems you made some changes to the design I drafted.”
“No, Miss Chemise. This dress is for Miss Bishop Vogue. Your dress is finished, and right here.” Miss Raglan hurried to the racks, where she pulled out a gown wrapped in protective silk. “I made it exactly as you demanded-”
“Yes, yes.” Chemise waved a leg at her. “Of course Miss Bishop would choose something so whimsical; she always reminded me of those cheap flea circuses.”
She took the wrapped dress in her legs and studied it. Miss Raglan held her breath.
“You show reasonable competence,” she finally said. “It seems you followed my instructions to the letter. I do have some suggestions for making it more in style. These beads need to be ripped out. They clash with the material, especially with the trend for lampshade figures.”
Miss Raglan restrained the urge to take Chemise’s head between her fangs. She instead kept gnashing as quietly as she could.
“Would you like to wait until I take out the embroidery?” she asked with rigid politeness.
“That’s not necessary,” Chemise said, striding towards the back. “The beads have nothing to do with the fit, and I wish to make sure that you have accounted for my measurements.”
Miss Raglan tried to move forward. Chemise blocked her with her body and ripped the door open. A distasteful expression crossed her eyes.
Camisole froze behind her dress. She had been adding a few lace hems.
“And what have we here?” Chemise asked.
“I, I-um,” Camisole started.
“I, I um,” Chemise repeated in a mocking high-pitched tone. “Stand up straight and face me like a proper spider!”
Camisole jumped from behind the mannequin and stood. Her legs wobbled as Chemise circled her and the wooden spider.
“Miss Chemise, if I may-” Miss Raglan started.
“What a gown,” Chemise said with sarcasm. “And in the funnel style. I’ve only seen portraits of my grandmother wearing it.”
Camisole looked like a wasp had stung her and had laid eggs on top of her body. She didn’t move a muscle as Chemise stroked the fabric.
“What is a spiderling like you doing in the ancient era?” Chemise snarked. “Some spider who can hand stitch like this needs to get with the times! No one uses bustles these days!”
“I-it’s for a friend,” Camisole offered. “She-she likes bustles.”
“A friend who likes bustles.” Chemise gave an unkind laugh. “Bustles don’t do a thing for spider figures these days.”
“Miss Chemise!”
The spiders turned. Miss Raglan seethed at them, at Chemise for being so rude and at Camisole for being so meek.
“Camisole’s client asked for a vintage funnel gown,” Miss Raglan explained coldly. “She had to make it according to those specifications. Ultimately the client will decide if the dress needs a bustle. Miss Chemise, would you like to start your fitting?”
“Yes, I will,” Chemise said. “Your specialized apprentice is excused.”
Camisole trod out without another word. She left her dress on the mannequin. Chemise met Miss Raglan’s steely look.
“Speak to me like that again and I will make sure you only hem bedsheets for the rest of your life.”
“Apologies,” said Miss Raglan without feeling sorry. “Let us get started.”
It was the tensest fitting that Miss Raglan had ever done. She had marked the areas by which to remove the beads. Chemise demanded water to clean her face and crickets to feast on, not caring if she got the gown dirty. Still the dress went on, and came off. Chemise left with clicking steps.
Camisole didn’t return to the shop. Her pouch dress remained on the mannequin and hung like an umbrella. Miss Raglan studied the structure and poked at it. The maroon kept hanging. It did look like something you’d see in a grandmother’s portrait.
When the dimming light made the web outside gleam, Miss Raglan wrapped herself in a thick blue shawl with reflective pieces of crystal sewn into it and set out. She scurried along.
“Camisole!” she called out. “Camisole, where are you?”
Spiders scurried past, heading to the evening life and to the glowworm clubs. Miss Raglan walked back and forth across the web, calling and fretting. Then when she doubled back, she stopped by the smoothie place.
A pile of empty mosquito smoothie cups marked Camisole’s spot. She huddled inside a tiny table made of a ladybug’s red shell. Miss Raglan squeezed between the many tables, some of which were carved from pill bugs and katydid bodies, and sat beside her.
“I’m sorry,” Camisole said, slurping noisily at another smoothie. “I shouldn’t have wasted your time.”
“Don’t apologize,” Miss Raglan said. “Chemise Fractal can’t run me out of business. I’ve been around for longer than she was alive.”
“Not that,” Camisole said. “The material, the space, not being good enough. I’ll pay you for the fabric I used, and for the tea. I should have realized my style was too old-fashioned.”
She downed the rest of her smoothie and wiped her mouth. Red and black liquid dripped from her fangs. She licked at it.
“Araniella will understand. I’ll find her another dress that is more suitable, with someone she can afford-”
“Camisole Topstitch,” Miss Raglan said in a stern voice. “Chemise Fractal doesn’t decide what is and isn’t fashionable. She isn’t your boss any more than I am, You obviously love what you’re doing, or you wouldn’t have spent so much time and effort on that dress. This isn’t your main profession yet, and there is time for you to learn.”
“But I can’t learn.”
“What?”
“I’ve tried,” Camisole said miserably. “I’ve read every fashion magazine. I’ve attempted to make different designs in the Tanglewood style. But it’s no good. I’m best with funnel dresses, which people only want if they like the older styles. I’ve known for ages, but I was hoping that at least I could make Araniella happy.”
They sat in silence. Camisole used a leaf napkin to dab at her mouth. Miss Raglan twisted her legs around her shawl.
“Why don’t we have Araniella come in and look at the dress after it’s finished?” she said. “You’re almost done with it, so you may as well see it through to the end.”
“But what if she calls it old-fashioned?” Camisole asked.
“Then it’s old-fashioned, and you learn from it,” Miss Raglan said. “It doesn’t mean making it was a waste, or that you are a bad artist. No dress made is a waste.”
She took one of Camisole’s legs and stroked it. Slowly the younger spider calmed down.
* * *
The end of the week had come. Camisole had swept the shop so well that the dust had no time to settle anew each day. Her stamen tea came out perfectly the first time she made it. Still her fangs quivered. So did her legs.
“If she doesn’t like it, you can move forward,” Miss Raglan said, nursing a cup of tea herself.
The shop’s bell rang. A curvy spider dressed in red and black spots came in. She was even larger than Camisole, though Miss Raglan could have guessed that from the measurements. She wore a hat made from moth wings.
“Hi, Ara,” Camisole said softly.
“Cami!” The spider dropped her purse and ran to her roommate, giving her a big hug. “So this is where you’ve been hiding? I missed you.”
Camisole returned the hug with four legs and gave a nervous smile.
“I wanted to finish the dress properly,” she said in a small voice. “I thought it wouldn’t be perfect unless I focused on it.”
“Forget perfection; how would I pay you if you just disappeared during a holiday week?” Araniella asked. “What, I would leave your money under the pillow like the Incisor Fairy?”
Camisole’s smile became more genuine. She led Araniella to the back. Miss Raglan followed, clutching her mug of stamen tea.
Finished, the dress looked like a maroon circus tent. Camisole had done panels of alternating white and black, and had embroidered different scenes on each panel. One panel showed a spider lazing in the sun under a curved leaf, while another showed spiderlings blowing in the wind on silk parachutes. The ruffle collar was bright white lace that dipped into a curve. Her legs had bled from pricking herself with the needle several times.
“Oh, Cami,” Araniella said in a breathy voice. “It’s exactly what I wanted!”
She stroked the silk, and giggled at how it rippled beneath her legs. Miss Raglan couldn’t help but smile. She had seen that look, on many customers that had left with a purchase.
“You- you don’t think it’s old-fashioned?” Camisole ventured.
“Well, of course it’s old-fashioned, and I love it,” Araniella exclaimed. “Why did you think I asked you for it? No one can get a proper funnel gown these days! This embroidery is beautiful!”
Miss Raglan released a breath she didn’t even know she was holding. Camisole also sighed in relief. Araniella grabbed her in another hug.
“I know you want to be better, but your best is already good,” she said. “You have to believe that. I’m always going to want a Camisole Topstitch gown, and others will as well. Can I try it on? Can I, please, can I?”
“Oh – of course,” Camisole said. “Let me get it off the mannequin for you.”
She worked carefully, so as not to mess up the bony skirt underneath or to tear at the delicate embroidery. Araniella clutched it in her legs.
“Wow. I had no idea,” Camisole said as Araniella went into the dressing room.
“I figured, when you said she was watching you stitch,” Miss Raglan said. “She must have known what you sew best already. You mustn’t doubt yourself when an expert claims to know better.”
“But then what?” Camisole asked. “I go back to college, keep sewing, and . . .”
“You find more spiders like Araniella,” Miss Raglan said. “You find out who will want your best. But even if that fails, sewing is your paradise. That’s why we sew, for that happy feeling. Don’t let anyone ever take that away from you.”
She wrapped Camisole into a hug that she should have given her the first time. Araniella squealed from inside the dressing room. Camisole relaxed and returned the hug.
* * *
Originally published in ROAR 8
About the Author
A 2016 MBA graduate and published author, Priya Sridhar has been writing fantasy and science fiction for fifteen years, and counting. Capstone published the Powered series, and Alban Lake published her works Carousel and Neo-Mecha Mayhem. Priya lives in Miami, Florida with her family.
Lemonbrat Review: Is It The Best Place To Buy Fursuits?
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- What is Lemonbrat?
- The Fursuit Process
- What is Lemonbrat’s Pricing Like?
- Bodysuit Pricing
- Paws and Sleeve Pricing
- Extra Tidbits
- Are Lemonbrat Suits Good Quality?
Lemonbrat is probably the biggest fursuit commissioning service out there. It’s a site that allows people who lack the skills and or materials to make fursuits of their own, to get their own fursuits made by professional fursuit makers. They do this through a whole review and design process which we will get into later, but as you could imagine, being the biggest site doing this, they’re pretty damn good at it. However, this article is going to try to give the most honest review of Lemonbrat possible, no pulling any punches.
Not A Lemonbrat Fursuit
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The Fursuit ProcessLet’s start by discussing the process of starting to get your fursuit made before we get into anything else. To start, you need to get a quote. They do this by making you fill out an understandably extensive form where you declare what parts of the suit you want made, what you want the suit to look like, your name, postcode, and in the end it should tell you approximately what your suit should cost. Make sure if you are filling this out that you are extremely detailed and clear about what you want, because after all, you will be spending a few grand on this and it would be pretty sad if you finally got your suit and something was just completely wrong.
Anyway, after 3-4 days they should get back to your initial quote with a response via email where they will give you a more specific estimation of the cost of the suit according to the details you entered as well as the parts of the suit you want made, but this price is not final. Whatever price they give you in that email, you should be prepared to pay a bit more. In response to this email you can clarify whether you want to go through with the production of the fursuit or if you want to add or remove items from the suit as a result of the cost.
This is where things get a little bit iffy because they don’t really disclose this earlier in the process but they ask you to buy a $70 reference of the suit if you want to continue making the suit regardless of whether or not you have a good reference. They claim that having the reference in their own style of art is a “useful tool” which is honestly completely believable but it’s just a little misleading when they don’t make any mention of that cost clearly earlier on.
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Once you have got the reference sheet and it is clear what you want your suit to look like, you can move on to payments and sending measurements over, and in all fairness, they are super reasonable with financing. You obviously don’t have to pay all of the money up front but they do ask for a deposit ⅓ the cost of the suit before they can consider construction of the suit. From there, you can continue to pay for the suit in monthly installments and even if you’re behind on a month, if you just notify them and say you can’t afford the installment for the month, they are pretty cool about you paying it the next month. However, if you are looking to get a refund on your suit, Lemonbrat automatically keep 25% of the money and you can only get the refund within the window of time they are constructing the suit.
Only once the suit is paid for in full does the construction of your suit begin which is pretty reasonable considering that there are several suits likely ahead of yours that have been fully paid for which means they have to take priority. Also things like not responding to their emails, not sending measurements or just generally not being cooperative can delay your suit even further. Once they do begin making it though they will keep in touch and send you pictures of how this suit is coming along so verify whether or not you are happy with it. And then hey presto! Your suit is made and they’ll ship it over to you.
So, overall aside from obscuring the reference sheet thing which has its justifications, it’s a pretty standard commissioning service just a little more expensive than most.
Not A Lemonbrat Fursuit
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What is Lemonbrat’s Pricing Like?
Fursuits in general tend to be pretty expensive, so if you’re looking to buy one you should definitely make sure you have the money to do so. Fursuits aren’t a necessity, you don’t need one to be considered a furry, so if you can’t afford it, don’t bother buying some terrible cheap alternative, the price is worth it. If you want to learn more about general fursuit pricing look here, otherwise, let’s discuss Lemonbrat’s pricing.
Their pricing is broken down depending on what part of the suit you want. Most of the expense is going to come from the torso of the suit and the head of the suit. Each of these will probably cost you upwards of $2000 and while that may sound like an outrageous amount of money to pay for a suit, that’s pretty much what you’d get charged for it regardless. You could probably understand why the head costs so much, it’s the most detailed part of the suit and requires the widest variety of materials and is also the most desirable piece of the suit, so people are willing to pay that kind of money. However, why does the body suit cost so much money? What other expenses are there? Well, let’s go through the pricing.
Fursuit Body
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Firstly, the base value of the suit immediately depends on what kind of suit you want. Do you want a plantigrade suit, or a digitigrade suit? What is the difference? Well a digitigrade suit has extra padding around the thighs to make them look more animal like and will cost you around $1950 as a result. Plantigrade suits don’t have this padding and so are quite a bit cheaper and will cost you about $1650. Then, if you want a feminine bust for your suit, that will cost an additional $300, not to mention if you want masculine muscles that will cost you another additional $500. They also charge extra for extensive spots, stripes or general patterns, typically this comes at about an extra $1000, but if you’re adamant on going crazy with these patterns it can cost up to an additional $4000.
Fursuit Paws
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Paws and Sleeve PricingFirstly, the base value of the suit immediately depends on what kind of suit you want. Do you want a plantigrade suit, or a digitigrade suit? What is the difference? Well a digitigrade suit has extra padding around the thighs to make them look more animal like and will cost you around $1950 as a result. Plantigrade suits don’t have this padding and so are quite a bit cheaper and will cost you about $1650. Then, if you want a feminine bust for your suit, that will cost an additional $300, not to mention if you want masculine muscles that will cost you another additional $500. They also charge extra for extensive spots, stripes or general patterns, typically this comes at about an extra $1000, but if you’re adamant on going crazy with these patterns it can cost up to an additional $4000.
Extra TidbitsIf you’re looking to get a tail on your fursuit, on average, Lemonbrat charge around $200 for a tail depending on the length and the kind of tail you want. If you want a tuft to knee length tail, that’ll be your cheapest option at around $145, but if you’re looking to get a tail closer to the ankle region then you’re looking to pay upwards of $250. However, if you want to go all in and want a tail that drags, then you’ll probably be paying upwards of an additional $350.
Fursuit Tail
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Are Lemonbrat Suits Good Quality?Now we arrive at what is probably the most important question about this site. Is all this money even worth it? It’s a hard question to answer, because people seem to have vastly different experiences with their orders from Lemonbrat. For some, the quality of the suits are great, they’re durable, they’re well fitting and they are spot on to the original vision for the suit. Others however have complained that the suit was falling apart at the seams, some suggesting that they have pushed for quantity instead of quality in recent years. This customer even recalls the artists getting the species completely wrong and making their fursuit look more like a mouse than a cat, as well as getting the tail wrong and getting the length of the suit wrong.
Fitting seems to be the most common complaint among the bad reviews by its customers. Sometimes the suit is too long or the head is too big, stuff like that that is hard to rectify as the suit has already been completed. One customer also recalls wrong colors being used and details they explicitly asked for being overlooked. Having said that, many people on this reddit thread also describe their pleasant experiences with Lemonbrat and how happy they were with the final product of their suit. Overall though, for the sake of accessibility and convenience it looks like you’d have to sacrifice a bit of quality.
Not A Lemonbrat Fursuit
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First Nation Furries
In honor of Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Netflix recently premiered an interesting new animated TV series for young viewers. “Spirit Rangers explores the beauty of nature through the eyes and adventures of half-Chumash, half-Cowlitz siblings Kodi, Summer, and Eddy Skycedar, who all share a secret: They are ‘Spirit Rangers’ who help protect the land and spirits of the national park they call home in California. Taking on new perspectives as a grizzly bear cub, red-tailed hawk, and spunky turtle, the Skycedar kids face every challenge — from helping a lost thunderbird to waking a sleepy sun — with courage and compassion.” The series is created by Karissa Valencia, herself a member of the Samala Chumash tribe. Animation World Network has an extensive article.
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My Final Word on Minors in the Fandom
When I first started writing this column, my position on young furries (under 16) joining in the fandom was very different from what it is today. Back then, I basically encouraged kids to be furry, telling them a number of ways to broach the subject with their family and try to get them on board, or, if their family still didn't support their furriness, that they should still be furry but keep it quiet until they were adults and could make their own choices.
While I did stress to such letter writers that the furry fandom was conceived as a social group for adults and not children and that they should be careful where they go online, I still saw the fandom as an exercise in creative imagination that is important for children and that could be healthy for them, so, I erred on the side of saying they should be secret furries. That was wrong of me.
That was 10 years ago. Even then, there were dangers in the fandom for children, but these days I feel it is a much more sketchy world. In allowing their children to be furries, parents need to make one of two choices: either allow them to participate while being supervised continuously (monitor their internet and phone behavior and go with them to furcons or furmeets) or tell their kids that this is an adult fandom not intended for children and they will not allow their kids to participate any more than they would allow their kids to watch porn sites (parents need to give a clear explanation and not just say, "Because I told you not to.")
Parents, I must stress, not only have the right but also the responsibility to supervise and protect their children. Good parents stay involved in their kids' lives. But this means more than just saying "yes" or "no" to their children. Communication and involvement are essential.
Parents, if your kids want to be furry and they are, say, 10 or 12 years old, you should know that they aren't looking for sex and porn. Many of your kids write to me and emphasize that they know there is X-rated stuff online but that they just want to have a fursona and a fursuit. They are enamored by anthropomorphic animals. You need to understand that watching cartoons or movies like Turning Red sparks their imaginations and feelings of playfulness. Wanting to dress up as a fox or Husky is just creative play, not anything evil, anti-Christian, or nefarious.
So, if you wish to ban your children from the fandom, that is understandable. But, at the same time, you should also come to understand their interest in anthro characters. Play with your kids. Maybe even help them make a costume (fursuit), read them classic anthro stories such as The Wind in the Willows or Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH or Redwall and share with them their explorations into stories and fiction. This is healthy, believe it or not, and not enough parents do it.
Kids, if you are underage, Papabear understands you aren't into the fandom because of porn. You just want to play pretend. I get it. But you need to understand that the online community can be dangerous. You might think you know, but you don't. Even adult furries can face attacks by some quite nasty furs on the internet. While most furries are good people, if you aren't prepared for what might happen, you could become a victim of pedophiles or worse. The furry fandom can be a wonderful place--and it usually is (it's not about furporn, which, while it is out there, is not the purpose of the fandom at all)--but you need to be careful.
While working with Tim Stoddard on his upcoming book, Furtannia, I learned that in England the furries do not permit minors to attend furcons and meets. In fact, the idea of allowing kids into such functions is bizarre to them. In America, where we have become very permissive of people's desires and privileges, we have perhaps gone too far and no longer recognize that not all things are for children.
The bottom line is this: The Furry Fandom is an adult fandom that looks like it is for children, and that can be a potentially dangerous combination for you cubs out there. Papabear does not recommend an active involvement in the fandom--especially online--for anyone under the age of 16 without parental supervision.
But this doesn't mean you cubs can't do furry stuff. After all, the main reason we older furries love the fandom so much is to share our interest in movies, TV shows, novels, and comic books with anthropomorphic characters. You can still do that. And you can write stories and maybe make your own fursuit, too.
Parents, stop stressing about whether or not your kids are getting A's and are going to integrate into "normal society." Imagination and creativity should be encouraged and not suppressed. Don't call your kids "weird" or worse because of their interest in furries. They're just trying to be playful. You should try to remember, perhaps, what play is and how healthy it is for mind, heart, and soul.
Above all else, parents and their kids need to talk to one another. Parents, don't just "lay down the law" and forbid them from being furry; kids, don't try to hide your furriness and be sneaky with your phone and online behavior because, believe me, your parents will find out and then you will damage their trust in you.
Being furry can have many benefits for children. For example, parents, did you know that being a furry can help kids with Autism Spectrum Disorder? It's true! Watch this video for more.
Even more, being in the furry fandom can foster skills such as drawing, writing, sartorial skills (sewing is a valuable skill!), and even computer programming and the digital arts. On a less technical side, being furry often is a side effect of a person's love of animals and nature. These days, kids can feel very distanced from Nature, and caring about domestic animals and wildlife can be good for them. So, there can be many academic and social benefits.
As with anything in the modern world, being a furry can be complicated. There are both good and (some) bad things about it. As kids, you need to be aware of the dangers; as parents, you have the right to protect your kids, but don't be lazy about it by just saying "No." Get more involved in your children's lives. Find out why they like furries. Ask questions. And let them be kids. Being a parent is hard, no question, but it can be much more rewarding if you connect to your kids rather than just regulating their lives.
Questions? Feel free to write me and I am happy to answer anything you would like to ask!
Bear Hugs,
Papabear
How To Make A Fursuit: An Ultimate Guide
How To Make A Fursuit: An Ultimate Guide
Xege Kheiru, Writer, Furry
10 Oct 2022
What Is A Fursuit?As Wikipedia defines it, Fursuits are custom-made animal costumes typically owned by members of the furry fandom, better known as furries. People who avidly wear fursuits are known as fursuiters.
The whole idea is that the fursuit is supposed to represent a fursona, which is a whole other can of worms. However, in short, a fursona is a personalized animal character that is usually made to represent a person or personality. In a way, they are almost like an alter ego, and these fursuits are a tangible, wearable version of these alter egos. The suits essentially act as an escape for furries, a way for them to be themselves without facing judgment from others.
If owning a fursuit of your own is something that has piqued your interest and you’ve quickly realized that you aren’t willing to pay an arm and a leg for it, a cheaper option for the more creative bunch is to make your very own fursuit. But to start that, you’re going to need some supplies first, so we’ll run you through the essentials for your first fursuit.
Foam
This is likely one of the most important parts of the suit as it makes up 90% of the suit and acts as the foundation of the whole thing. Your best bet is to order high-density upholstery foam just to make your suit as sturdy as possible.
Hot Glue Gun
This is what will be used to stick the fur of the suit onto the foundation of the suit, so it’s important that you have some quality adhesive that isn’t just going to either become brittle and not stick or melt away easily.
Faux Fur
Given the name, this is likely the most obvious on the list and is essential to making the suit.
Plastic Wrap & Duct Tape
It’s unlikely you’ll be able to stick the fur straight onto the foam of the suit as the glues probably won’t take to the foam, so, to combat this you can use plastic wrap and duct tape. Glue is much more likely to take to the non-sticky side of duct tape and therefore acts as a much better base.
Thread & Needle Kit
The thread and needle kit will be used to sew sections of the fur that you cut out together.
Electric Razor
As strange as this may sound, you’ll likely need to shave your fursuit once you have finished it. This is because the raw faux fur is going to be long and slightly messy, so to make it more manageable and sometimes to even style it, you can shave it down with an electric razor.
Vinyl Fabric
As you might have been able to imagine, the material that makes up the pads on the paws is going to be different from the fur on the rest of the suit. This material just so happens to be vinyl fabric which is a lot smoother and a lot more coarse than the fur used on the suit in contrast.
Zipper
Believe it or not, you’re going to need a way of getting in and out of the suit, and the best way of going about that is probably a zipper. They’re easy to use and easy to manage and are therefore a great option for making a fursuit.
Safety Pins
This is what you can use to hold a suit together while hot glue is cooling on certain pieces.
Muslin
This is a thin fabric material that is used to make the torso of the suit. The fur is layered over it to make it appear more like a fursuit.
Hopefully The Final Product Looks Something Like This
Image via The Daily Dot
How Much Does It Cost To Make A Fursuit?If you’ve done any research on getting a fursuit then you know it’s no secret at all that you have to break the bank if you want to get your hands on a half-decent fursuit and they can cost you upwards of $4000. So, how much would it cost to make it yourself you ask? With all the materials required, it can cost anywhere in the ballpark of $500 to $1000. A lot of what you’re paying for when buying a fursuit is the dedication of time and skill of the artist rather than the cost of materials themselves, although that is a big factor.
Now, let’s start making this fursuit.
How To Make A Fursuit HeadLet’s start with what is probably the most integral part of the suit, the head.
To start making the head you’re going to want to wrap a sheet of foam all the way around your head so that it fits relatively loosely and cut away any excess that wraps further around. Now, glue the two ends of the foam together with a hot glue gun to form a cylinder around your head. This is going to act as the fit of your fursuit head.
Then, pinch the top of the cylinder to almost form a foam crown at the top of your head and cut it away so that you can glue a snug seal at the top.
You might need a second person for this part but you’re going to want to draw out eyeholes to cut out that resemble the shape of eyes you would like. Now begin to layer foam on the brow of the head or wherever necessary to bulk it up. Remember, you’re going to layer fur over this, so make sure you have the shape of your head correct. Cut out some conical ear shapes from the foam and start gluing them to the top of your suit or wherever you want the ears to go.
This part is a little more difficult and that is creating the muzzle of the had. For this, you’re going to need to take a fairly long (6 – 12 inches) piece of foam and fold about 2 inches back from the shorter side of the sheet and glue it down. While keeping that indentation folded, fold the whole piece of foam in half from the longer side of the sheet to the other. Glue this to the face of your fursuit head where the snout would go. Look at the shape of your animal’s muzzle and begin layering foam over and underneath this snout to create an actual muzzle and a nose.
Begin to layer foam on either side of the muzzle to create cheeks to finish the foam base of your fursuit head.
Once you are happy with the foundation of your fursuit head begin to wrap it tightly in plastic wrap so that there are practically no air bubbles. Then duct tape over the sections of the suit that you are going to place fur on.
Cut away each section of duct tape and begin to measure it against your fur so that you can have an exact cut out of the shape of fur you will need to paste onto the head. Once you have the cutouts of fur ready, being to sew them together over the head to create what resembles a mask over the foam. Now, glue the mask firmly to the head of the suit.
All that’s left to do now is to shave away the excess fur and cut out a nose for your fursuit head out of felt or any material of your choice.
A Fursuit Head’s Foam Base
Image via Etsy
How To Make A Fursuit BodyMaking a body for your fursuit can be daunting because it’s the biggest part of your suit, but as long as you are researching it and going about it with relative care, it’s pretty easy. To start, it would help you have a sewing machine as it will make putting the suit together a lot easier, but not to worry if you don’t own one as it can be sewn together by hand as well.
Some people like to make a test pattern before they start applying the pattern of their suit straight onto the suit. This is done by getting a jumpsuit of some sort that comes with measurements and modeling your muslin after this. Cut out strips of muslin to create a front and back that you will be able to sew together, leaving a cut for you to get in and out of the suit. Remember when sizing the suit, you’ll likely want the fursuit you be a bit more fitted than a jumpsuit or onesie which is typically quite baggy.
Decide whether you would like the zipper to go onto the front or back of the suit and once you have made that decision just safely pin together the opening until it’s time to add the zipper.
If you intend on adding padding to the body of your suit you can use masking tape on the areas you would like to pad to not only remind yourself of where the padding will go but also to give the padding something to take to when it is plastered on.
Now, once the muslin base of your suit is ready, begin to use a marker to start outlining the areas you would like the fur of your suit to go on to and what color you would like where. Now, begin to cut your pieces of fur to match the shape of the outlines you have drawn and begin to sew the fur to the suit. Make when going over the seams of the muslin you have sewn together so as to not tamper with the fitting you arranged for the suit.
Now let’s install your zipper. Be sure to get a larger-toothed zipper as zippers with smaller teeth can create complications such as fur getting stuck in them, the zipper not zipping smoothly, and a whole list of other complications. Once you have your zipper, place it on the inside of your suit where you initially left an opening for the zipper. Sew up any excess space below the zipper that you no longer need and begin to sew the zipper to the inside of the suit, making sure to avoid getting fur caught in it. You can look to this tutorial for more details on installing a zipper.
Once that’s complete, your fursuit body should be complete!
Fursuit Body Should Look Like This Prior To The Fur Being Added
Image via Matrices.net
How To Make Fursuit HandsThe following two parts of the suit aren’t similar at all, so if you are unsure about how to make one, don’t use guesswork to make it. Apart from that, it’s relatively easy. To start making the hands of your fursuit, draw an outline of your fursona’s paw around your own hand on a piece of card. Leave a lot of room around your hand as you don’t want the paw to just about fit onto your hand.
Once you have the outline drawn onto a piece of card, use this card cutout to cut out a piece of the fur with the same dimensions. You’re going to want to do this four times, twice for each hand, as you’re going to sew these 2 pieces together. Do not sew the opening at the wrists together as this is how
Once the pieces of the hand are sewn together, begin to draw outlines of a paw pad onto your vinyl fabric. Do this twice over, once for each hand, and once you are ready, begin to hot glue the vinyl fabric onto the front of your paws.
That should now be your fursuit paws complete.
Fursuit Paws Should Look Like This As A Final Product
Image via Fursuit Supplies
How To Make Fursuit FeetFinally, the feet of your fursuit, without them, how else are you supposed to walk around at a furry con? So, let’s get started.
Start by cutting out an outline of a paw that you could fit your foot into with a reasonable amount of space Do this twice, once for each foot.
Also, for making the feet, you’re going to need a pair of shoes that fit you comfortably and are willing to sacrifice as well as some thicker foam, preferably 5 – 6 inches in thickness as this is what your foot is going to go into. Begin to cut out the shape of the paw that you just drew into the thicker foam.
Now, this is going to sound weird, but you know those two thicker pieces of foam you just cut out, you’re going to want to cut them in half horizontally (not from the toe to the heel). Then, stick your shoes to the center of the thinner piece of foam you originally cut out. It’s all going to make sense soon I promise.
Begin to cut away foam from the heel half of the thicker foam until you have two holes in it. One should allow you to put your foot into the shoe, the other should allow the front half of the shoe to protrude out from the foam. Glue this down to the thin layer of foam and glue the padding at the top of the shoe to the shoe itself.
In the toe half of the foot, begin to cut away at the bottom of it until it can fit snugly over the front half of the shoe. Do not cut a hole in the top of it at all, there is no need to, and begin to glue it down to the thin layer of foam so that you now have a whole paw.
You can now start to carve away at the foam so that it is rounder and does a better job of resembling a paw. Do this a second time so that you have two foam bases for your paws.
Because the paws are oddly shaped it is sometimes hard to get the fur to cover certain parts of it, so cut out as many pieces of fur as necessary to cover the entire paw. Begin to glue the fur to the paws until the top is completely covered.
You can choose to leave the bottom blank or you can even put two more sets of paw prints on them, that is completely up to you. Apart from that, your fursuit should be complete.
Fursuit Feet Base Will Likely Look Something Like This
Image via Fursuit Live Journal
Where Can I Buy A Custom Fursuit?
If all that just sounds like a bit too much hassle and you’d rather just part with the money to get a high-quality suit there are plenty of places you can look for suits. However, your best bet is to either visit Lemonbrat.com and make a commission there or to put in a query with us via our email address hello@fursonafy.com on our Fursuits page.
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How To Make A Fursuit: An Ultimate Guide
Article Content
- What Is A Fursuit?
- What Do I Need To Make A Fursuit?
- How Much Does It Cost To Make A Fursuit?
- How To Make A Fursuit Head
- How To Make A Fursuit Body
- How To Make Fursuit Hands
- How To Make Fursuit Feet
- Where Can I Buy A Custom Fursuit?
As Wikipedia defines it, Fursuits are custom-made animal costumes typically owned by members of the furry fandom, better known as furries. People who avidly wear fursuits are known as fursuiters.
The whole idea is that the fursuit is supposed to represent a fursona, which is a whole other can of worms. However, in short, a fursona is a personalized animal character that is usually made to represent a person or personality. In a way, they are almost like an alter ego, and these fursuits are a tangible, wearable version of these alter egos. The suits essentially act as an escape for furries, a way for them to be themselves without facing judgment from others.
What Do I Need To Make A Fursuit?If owning a fursuit of your own is something that has piqued your interest and you’ve quickly realized that you aren’t willing to pay an arm and a leg for it, a cheaper option for the more creative bunch is to make your very own fursuit. But to start that, you’re going to need some supplies first, so we’ll run you through the essentials for your first fursuit.
Foam
This is likely one of the most important parts of the suit as it makes up 90% of the suit and acts as the foundation of the whole thing. Your best bet is to order high-density upholstery foam just to make your suit as sturdy as possible.
Hot Glue Gun
This is what will be used to stick the fur of the suit onto the foundation of the suit, so it’s important that you have some quality adhesive that isn’t just going to either become brittle and not stick or melt away easily.
Faux Fur
Given the name, this is likely the most obvious on the list and is essential to making the suit.
Plastic Wrap & Duct Tape
It’s unlikely you’ll be able to stick the fur straight onto the foam of the suit as the glues probably won’t take to the foam, so, to combat this you can use plastic wrap and duct tape. Glue is much more likely to take to the non-sticky side of duct tape and therefore acts as a much better base.
Thread & Needle Kit
The thread and needle kit will be used to sew sections of the fur that you cut out together.
Electric Razort
As strange as this may sound, you’ll likely need to shave your fursuit once you have finished it. This is because the raw faux fur is going to be long and slightly messy, so to make it more manageable and sometimes to even style it, you can shave it down with an electric razor.
Vinyl Fabric
As you might have been able to imagine, the material that makes up the pads on the paws is going to be different from the fur on the rest of the suit. This material just so happens to be vinyl fabric which is a lot smoother and a lot more coarse than the fur used on the suit in contrast.
Zipper
Believe it or not, you’re going to need a way of getting in and out of the suit, and the best way of going about that is probably a zipper. They’re easy to use and easy to manage and are therefore a great option for making a fursuit.
Safety
This is what you can use to hold a suit together while hot glue is cooling on certain pieces.
Muslin
This is a thin fabric material that is used to make the torso of the suit. The fur is layered over it to make it appear more like a fursuit.
Hopefully The Final Product Looks Something Like This
Image via The Daily Dot
How Much Does It Cost To Make A Fursuit?If you’ve done any research on getting a fursuit then you know it’s no secret at all that you have to break the bank if you want to get your hands on a half-decent fursuit and they can cost you upwards of $4000. So, how much would it cost to make it yourself you ask? With all the materials required, it can cost anywhere in the ballpark of $500 to $1000. A lot of what you’re paying for when buying a fursuit is the dedication of time and skill of the artist rather than the cost of materials themselves, although that is a big factor.
Now, let’s start making this fursuit.
How To Make A Fursuit HeadLet’s start with what is probably the most integral part of the suit, the head.
To start making the head you’re going to want to wrap a sheet of foam all the way around your head so that it fits relatively loosely and cut away any excess that wraps further around. Now, glue the two ends of the foam together with a hot glue gun to form a cylinder around your head. This is going to act as the fit of your fursuit head.
Then, pinch the top of the cylinder to almost form a foam crown at the top of your head and cut it away so that you can glue a snug seal at the top.
You might need a second person for this part but you’re going to want to draw out eyeholes to cut out that resemble the shape of eyes you would like. Now begin to layer foam on the brow of the head or wherever necessary to bulk it up. Remember, you’re going to layer fur over this, so make sure you have the shape of your head correct. Cut out some conical ear shapes from the foam and start gluing them to the top of your suit or wherever you want the ears to go.
This part is a little more difficult and that is creating the muzzle of the had. For this, you’re going to need to take a fairly long (6 – 12 inches) piece of foam and fold about 2 inches back from the shorter side of the sheet and glue it down. While keeping that indentation folded, fold the whole piece of foam in half from the longer side of the sheet to the other. Glue this to the face of your fursuit head where the snout would go. Look at the shape of your animal’s muzzle and begin layering foam over and underneath this snout to create an actual muzzle and a nose.
Begin to layer foam on either side of the muzzle to create cheeks to finish the foam base of your fursuit head.
Once you are happy with the foundation of your fursuit head begin to wrap it tightly in plastic wrap so that there are practically no air bubbles. Then duct tape over the sections of the suit that you are going to place fur on.
Cut away each section of duct tape and begin to measure it against your fur so that you can have an exact cut out of the shape of fur you will need to paste onto the head. Once you have the cutouts of fur ready, being to sew them together over the head to create what resembles a mask over the foam. Now, glue the mask firmly to the head of the suit.
All that’s left to do now is to shave away the excess fur and cut out a nose for your fursuit head out of felt or any material of your choice.
A Fursuit Head’s Foam Base
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Making a body for your fursuit can be daunting because it’s the biggest part of your suit, but as long as you are researching it and going about it with relative care, it’s pretty easy. To start, it would help you have a sewing machine as it will make putting the suit together a lot easier, but not to worry if you don’t own one as it can be sewn together by hand as well.
Some people like to make a test pattern before they start applying the pattern of their suit straight onto the suit. This is done by getting a that comes with measurements and modeling your muslin after this. Cut out strips of muslin to create a front and back that you will be able to sew together, leaving a cut for you to get in and out of the suit. Remember when sizing the suit, you’ll likely want the fursuit you be a bit more fitted than a jumpsuit or onesie which is typically quite baggy.
Decide whether you would like the zipper to go onto the front or back of the suit and once you have made that decision just safely pin together the opening until it’s time to add the zipper.
If you intend on adding padding to the body of your suit you can use masking tape on the areas you would like to pad to not only remind yourself of where the padding will go but also to give the padding something to take to when it is plastered on.
Now, once the muslin base of your suit is ready, begin to use a marker to start outlining the areas you would like the fur of your suit to go on to and what color you would like where. Now, begin to cut your pieces of fur to match the shape of the outlines you have drawn and begin to sew the fur to the suit. Make when going over the seams of the muslin you have sewn together so as to not tamper with the fitting you arranged for the suit.
Now let’s install your zipper. Be sure to get a larger-toothed zipper as zippers with smaller teeth can create complications such as fur getting stuck in them, the zipper not zipping smoothly, and a whole list of other complications. Once you have your zipper, place it on the inside of your suit where you initially left an opening for the zipper. Sew up any excess space below the zipper that you no longer need and begin to sew the zipper to the inside of the suit, making sure to avoid getting fur caught in it. You can look to this tutorial for more details on installing a zipper.
Once that’s complete, your fursuit body should be complete!
Fursuit Body Should Look Like This Prior To The Fur Being Added
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How To Make Fursuit HandsThe following two parts of the suit aren’t similar at all, so if you are unsure about how to make one, don’t use guesswork to make it. Apart from that, it’s relatively easy. To start making the hands of your fursuit, draw an outline of your fursona’s paw around your own hand on a piece of card. Leave a lot of room around your hand as you don’t want the paw to just about fit onto your hand.
Once you have the outline drawn onto a piece of card, use this card cutout to cut out a piece of the fur with the same dimensions. You’re going to want to do this four times, twice for each hand, as you’re going to sew these 2 pieces together. Do not sew the opening at the wrists together as this is how
Once the pieces of the hand are sewn together, begin to draw outlines of a paw pad onto your vinyl fabric. Do this twice over, once for each hand, and once you are ready, begin to hot glue the vinyl fabric onto the front of your paws.
That should now be your fursuit paws complete.
Fursuit Paws Should Look Like This As A Final Product
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Finally, the feet of your fursuit, without them, how else are you supposed to walk around at a furry con? So, let’s get started.
Start by cutting out an outline of a paw that you could fit your foot into with a reasonable amount of space Do this twice, once for each foot.
Also, for making the feet, you’re going to need a pair of shoes that fit you comfortably and are willing to sacrifice as well as some thicker foam, preferably 5 – 6 inches in thickness as this is what your foot is going to go into. Begin to cut out the shape of the paw that you just drew into the thicker foam.
Now, this is going to sound weird, but you know those two thicker pieces of foam you just cut out, you’re going to want to cut them in half horizontally (not from the toe to the heel). Then, stick your shoes to the center of the thinner piece of foam you originally cut out. It’s all going to make sense soon I promise
Begin to cut away foam from the heel half of the thicker foam until you have two holes in it. One should allow you to put your foot into the shoe, the other should allow the front half of the shoe to protrude out from the foam. Glue this down to the thin layer of foam and glue the padding at the top of the shoe to the shoe itself.
In the toe half of the foot, begin to cut away at the bottom of it until it can fit snugly over the front half of the shoe. Do not cut a hole in the top of it at all, there is no need to, and begin to glue it down to the thin layer of foam so that you now have a whole paw.
You can now start to carve away at the foam so that it is rounder and does a better job of resembling a paw. Do this a second time so that you have two foam bases for your paws.
Because the paws are oddly shaped it is sometimes hard to get the fur to cover certain parts of it, so cut out as many pieces of fur as necessary to cover the entire paw. Begin to glue the fur to the paws until the top is completely covered.
You can choose to leave the bottom blank or you can even put two more sets of paw prints on them, that is completely up to you. Apart from that, your fursuit should be complete.
Fursuit Feet Base Will Likely Look Something Like This
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