Costuming

          Costuming, cosplay, dressing up, fursuiting, whatever you consider it to be. I think its really cute innocent fun, and I love maskmaking and creating costume items. This section of my site has lots of tips and hints, as well as a few tutorials and plenty of examples on how I make my cute costumes! One thing to remember while creating your costume is to be as resourceful as possible. So while I may have used one particular item, product, or technique in creating a costume.. if you find something similar for less cost, or found a different way, try it! You may find something better, or a different technique and it will only encourage innovation. I only encourage you to share your ideas and innovations with others. If you get confused along the way, let me know, I'd like my tutorials to be as user-friendly as possible, so let me know if anything needs to be elaborated on.

Video Tutorial: How to Make a Fursuit Head Base Using Foam (a 3-part video series of a foam-constructed mask.)
Making 'Toony Eyes (a how-to on making eyes from plastic bowls)	Shrink Plastic Bone Tag (a picture-series on how I made a shrink plastic nametag)
Maskmaking with Foam (info about foam & how to use it, including a tutorial & lots of pictures of finished foam masks!)	My Costumes (learn a little more about each of my personal costumes, with pictures!)
Balaclava "ninja hood" Technique (an explanation of my try at a different technique using a balaclava hood and foam.)	Videos (A page for videos of my costumes)
Furring (a how-to on creating a tape-pattern and applying fur to a form.)	The Tail Gallery (A gallery of tails I've made.)
How-to Handpaws (A tutorial on how to make hand paws)	How-to Footpaws (A tutorial on how to make footpaws the way I do!)
Making a Bodysuit (Some tips on making a bodysuit for your costume)	Matrices' Mask Construction (The construction pictures of my Matrices mask, including info on the later revamp of the mask)
Making a Mask in Five Steps. (instructions on how to make a mask with plastic canvas and foam.)	Canine Mask Construction (Pictures from a mask I built and sold, 10 images)
Battery-operated Fan Tutorial (how to make a battery-operated fan for your mask)	Washing Your Tail (care instructions for keeping your tail, and other costume items, clean!)
Diagrams (a place to keep all the miscellaneous diagrams which I quickly draw up to better describe various things)

Possible upcoming tutorial plans: How-to tails.

 There is a new book on costuming!
 Critter Costuming: Making Mascots and Fabricating Fursuits
I have not gotten my paws on this book yet, but it may help you in your quest to costuming.