Hello, everyone!
Recently I’ve watched a few tutorials on how to make a fursuit head, and have decided that’s it’s a project I want to take on myself! I’ve never owned a fursuit before, not have I worked on anything this detailed of a craft in the past. Some simple cosplays that took minimal alterations from base materials, basic sewing and clothing repair, that sort of thing. But I took up painting miniatures several years ago and made good progress by taking my time and being patient with myself; I figured I could do the same here!
Does anyone have any tips for someone working with shaping foam for the base, or tricks for working with the faux fur once I get to that point? I’d love to hear of other people’s journeys, as well! I plan to share pictures of my progress as the head starts taking shape.
Actually nevermind, I came across exactly what you’re looking for just a minute ago:
http://www.matrices.net/tutorials.htm
there’s notably an article on padding there, so hopefully this should answer some of your questions.
Oh, wow, this is a treasure trove of info! Thank you!
Hmmm, I don’t have any tip to share for this kind of detail in particular, but, if you haven’t already, I’d recommend cross-posting this to more general craft communities, like !sewing@lemmy.world for example. They might be able to help more
I’ll check it out! I hadn’t thought of looking at some of the other crafting communities, but they would probably have good tips for different stages of the build!
I’m afraid I can’t offer any advice, but I’d also be interested to hear what people have to say on this topic as I’d love to make a partial myself. What’s your sona?
I’ve had several over the years, but never got official art or anything either, which makes it a little difficult figuring out patterns and colors .;; but my current fursona is a North American Raccoon. I was going to call him Mezzy for short, but literally last night found there is a streamer Mezzy that is a raccoon… So may be making some alterations… I’ve been using ‘Mesophar’ on different characters and accounts since the 2000s, but it’s a bit of a mouthful!
Aw, raccoon fursuits are always really cute! Perhaps just ‘Meso’ would work?
I think it might help if you draw out a ref sheet for your sona before designing a head, so there’s consistency with the design, and you can figure out any issues before making the jump to three dimensions ^^
I was thinking Meso, too, just thought Mezzy is cuter!
I have decent idea in my head of how it all looks, I just don’t have the best drawing skills to translate it to paper. The shaping I don’t mind modeling in 3d, but before I buy fur to pattern it I plan to try my paw at making a red sheet. You might have convinced me to give that a shot first, though! It would probably help having something to compare against for face shape and expression (thankfully I’ve only finished the base and about so far!
I’d recommend starting with a pre-made ref sheet template so you can just focus on the colours/markings :3
