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Hi there. I have absolutely no experience with sewing or costume-making. I'm wondering if I could possibly start and finish a fursuit tail in time for halloween. I have ears from another costume, and I'd like paws too but that would probably be stretching it. Anyway, is it easy enough for me to attempt in such a short time or should I wait until next year? Any tips/ tutorials are appreciated. It's going to be a black cat tail btw, and decently long.

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Strip #600 has been reached.
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...and there was much rejoicing.

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By: Trashville

November 2011

As I was observing the work of the literally hundreds for fursuit builders in this fandom, I came across a photograph that really caught my eye: an amazingly realistic Pembroke Welsh Corgi inspired by “Ein” from Cowboy Bebop. Suddenly, in a flash, all of my awesome memories connected to Cowboy Bebop came rushing back and I knew then that I had to interview this builder. The creator of this charming costume is “Panda” of Stuffed Panda Studios. Panda’s ability to create both realistic and toony costumes is what drew me to her work.

Describe your history in the furry fandom.

I’ve always been interested in animals and anthro art, and drew my fair share of it as a kid. The furry fandom was something I knew existed, but I began to slip out of my anthro drawing stage in high school and never looked into it further. I did continue to draw animals however – just ask my poor dorm-mates freshman year of college. I enjoyed drawing kittens on everyone’s marker boards in the hallway, and it became a game among everyone to find out who was doing it (and I was never caught all year). Along with my mischievous kitten doodles that year, I began attending anime conventions and saw fursuits for the first time. This inspired me to create my first suit (explained in the next question), which led to making more suits, meeting furries, having good times all around, etc. One thing led to another, and I found myself being drawn into the fandom. A couple years ago I started working on my fursona, but she didn’t have a set design until early this year when I started actively using my FurAffinity account. While I have attended over twenty anime conventions in the past five years, I have yet to attend a single furry con. I very much hope to make Anthrocon 2012 my first!

When did you build your first costume and what was it?

I was horribly stubborn and decided a quadsuit of the white wolf pup from Princess Mononoke was the way to go for my first project four years ago. It was quite the frustrating/informative process, and took me all summer to build. It was almost entirely hot glued, made with nasty fun fur from Joann’s, and weighed nearly 15 lbs. It had durability issues, and the head tended to slowly tilt to the right as I walked. Watching video of it now is pretty hilarious. While the result was pretty derpy looking, I had a blast making it (when I wasn’t burning myself with glue). I also got a very good reception from the Anime Iowa attendees and staff during the convention and on stage in the masquerade. The wolf inspired me to build more fursuits and improve my technique over the years.

How many fursuits have you been paid to build?

I have been building fursuits for over four years, but just started taking commissions last year. I was going through a pretty intense college art program and graduated with my B.F.A. in fiber art (aka textiles) last August and began with the completion of Spot the dog in January. Since then, I have made about ten fursuits on commission and will be completing several more by the end of December. I have been trying to take things slow the past year, but now I’m ready to take on a bigger commission load next year.

What are your construction methods of choice?

Up until recently, I preferred building all foam heads on balaclava bases. I experimented with a resin base on my latest corgi suit, and love how well the moving jaw works (not to mention how lightweight it is). I can easily foresee myself switching to all resin heads very shortly, or a combination of the two. In terms of outside appearance, I really enjoy working with fleece faces on toony suits. I love the crisp clean look fleece brings and I feel that it really exaggerates that cartoon look.

What is your average price range?

My toony full suits start at $1,300 and realistic suits start at $1,550. A much more detailed list of prices and additional features can be found on my website (link at bottom of page).

Who was your favorite to build?

This is a tough one. *rubs chin* I think I had the most fun making the leg padding for Yumigami the rabbit in May. It was my first time really attempting digitigrade – I had leg padding on my first fursuit/quadsuit, but it didn’t look the best. It took me several attempts to get it right, but I was really excited when I finally got it to work and it made the rest of the suit a lot more fun to build. As a result I really enjoy working with digitigrade and unusual body padding. I’m always up for a new challenge!

The Welsh corgi is very much a close second. I wasn’t sure I could pull it off, but I was really happy with those stubby little legs. It was also my first time working with a resin head base and trying full-on realism (I love dry brushing!).

What was your greatest hurdle to get over as a builder?

I would say my biggest hurdle was just learning to make fursuits on my own. While I saw fursuits at conventions, I never got to see any up close or the inner workings. Nearly everything I learned was via tutorials on the fursuit livejournal page, good ol’ ingenuity, and trial and error. It was often a struggle to figure out more complicated mechanics, but it was well worth my patience in the end. Now I hope to start making my own basic tutorials to help other fursuit makers. I honestly try and make every new suit I build my best creation yet. I love striving for durability, crisp clean appearance (inside and out), and accuracy. I was very interested in doing fursuit commissions several years ago, but I wanted to make sure my building skills were “up to par” before I did any such thing.

Describe your fursona/s.

My fursona is Panda the pandacat. I started Stuffed Panda Studios my freshman year of college as a painting studio of sorts, and quickly was given the nickname “panda” because of it. When I became more interested in the furry fandom, I wanted to make my own fursona. In order to avoid confusion, I decided she should have the same name.

Panda is a domestic shorthair/persian/giant panda hybrid spliced with firefly D.N.A. (slightly complicated, no?). She’s about the size of a cougar, and is never seen without her paper lantern. Her eyes, paw pads, whiskers, bell, and mouth glow in the dark. Panda is very quiet around those she doesn’t know well, but is friendly and fiercely protective of her friends and family. She is closely associated with the earth element and is quite good at martial arts (that giant lantern isn’t just for show).

What makes you a unique builder and why should people choose you?

I feel there are several points that make me a unique builder. On the “human” side of things, I’m very adamant about good communication between me and the commissioner. I don’t take people’s money, disappear off the planet for a few months, and reappear with a finished product. I like to work with my customers from the very beginning and make sure I fully understand what they are looking for in their finished suit. When I start construction I’ll drop the customer an e-mail, send several in progress photos for approval, and ask for feedback. I know fursuits are a large investment, and truly want the customer to be happy with their finished product.

In terms of style, people seem to really enjoy the fleece face and anime eyed look of my toony suits because it’s unique. I’ve also gotten comments that people enjoy how I blend “human” or cartoony expressions with realism on my realistic works. Overall I tend to approach designs from a studio art perspective, and execute them from an engineer or costume design perspective (if that makes any sense). I guess what I’m trying to say is this – if you have an odd design or weird body padding, I’m very much willing to figure out how to do it! (I secretly want to build a kangaroo suit that has big leg padding and sits low to the ground.)

My final point is durability. All of my seams are sewn. If it won’t fit under a machine, I’m not afraid to sit down and hand sew. While it may be excessive, all of my bodysuits are sewn with a triple stretch stitch and finished with a serger where possible. I know suits aren’t indestructible (aka don’t go skateboarding through some bramble bushes in the middle of the night while in suit), but I strive to make them as durable as humanly possible.

I’m also a deadline nazi. When I give you a date that your suit will be completed, I mean it. Unless I’m attacked by rabid opossums in my backyard, I will make it happen. Nothing drives me battier than hearing about a fursuit maker who’s months or even a year late on a commission (unless something serious has happened).

http://stuffedpandastudios.com/ (Official Site)

http://www.furaffinity.net/user/stu…..dpandastudios/ (FA Page)

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6642586 (Corgi Pics)

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/5698808/ (Yumigami Pics)

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We’re back in the saddle, so to speak, and we’ve got another new episode for you! This week’s episode is a whopping hour and a half long, due in no small part to the con report from Oklacon. Every cast member attended, and everyone has something to say, including the part where Smokescale almost caught fire – download the episode for more on that! We then go on to an update on our German friend and his efforts to emigrate, a discussion about how the future might be, and one of the most florid and inventive descriptions of Kyo any of the cast has ever heard!

Next week’s episode is all about the holidays. Going to visit family and/or friends? Staying home? Got someone to share the holiday with? Let us know! Need tips on how to survive the upcoming holidays, socially and emotionally and nutritionally and financially? Drop us a line! And don’t forget, we’re always here to help, so hit us up with anything with which you need a hand!

No more conventions until the end of the year means no skipped episodes, so we should be good to go for the next six or seven in a row (until Christmas itself is upon us)! Look forward to getting a regular fix for a while!

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Episode 21 – The Future Soon - We’re back in the saddle, so to speak, and we’ve got another new episode for you! This week’s episode is a whopping hour and a half long, due in no small part to the con report from Oklacon. Every cast membe[...]

Extra episodes showcase something different from the normal stories here. These tales are not anthropomorphic, but fall into speculative fiction and dark fantasy genres. They are also timely, and fit the theme of Halloween and the colder autumn nights with the changing of the seasons.

"Adopting an Ancestor" by Will A. Sanborn

Read by Peter Katt

"Rediscovering Moonlight" by Will A. Sanborn

Read by Chris Hvidsten of the Outcast Novel podcast

Music cues by Infinity Squared

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Tonight's tale mixes Japanese mythology with world history, as mystical creatures who live along side but hidden from humanity, observe the ominous events unfolding before them.

“The Three Tailed Fox” by Night Fox

Read by Christopher Williams

Music cues by Infinity Squared

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Howdy folks!

   Sorry for the delay, but I hope you all think that it’s worth it!  We finally have a woman author and a woman reader on the podcast!  This is something that’s been bothering me for a great while now, and I hope it starts a trend. So women listeners, do write and read for us!

    Today’s story comes to us…

…read more at www.baddogbookclub.com
http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/baddogbookclub/~5/mglTBMGzASs/BDBC-019-Reading-The-Onerous-One.mp3

Find the full article here: The Bad Dog Book Club

The contents of this Podcast may have adult language and adult themes. The content is not produced by Furry News Network, but is posted for your convenience.

I know three people, excluding myself, who are confirmed furries in real life. Two of them watch the porn but deny being a furry, and I know three people who have fursonas but also deny being a furry, and, just today, a girl I know was wearing a tail. (Don't know if she's a furry or not, it'd be awkward as fuck asking). Almost all these people are from my highschool, and none of them were met at any convention or anywhere you'd expect to find furries.

I also know thirteen furries on the internet, and this isn't counting any met from furry sites or chats.

I'm just curious, are there any reliable statistics available on this? I had assumed that, if I had ever met any furries in my lifetime, I'd probably have no idea they were furries. I'm shocked to find them to be so... Abundant. How many furries do you guys know in real life?

EDIT: So, I asked the tail-bearing girl if she was a furry, and she said "Sometimes". I don't understand what that really means, but, I guess that makes nine people I know in real life who are furries.

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I was listening to FurCast the other night, and the topic of the following image came up:

http://www.furaffinity.net/view/6681765/ (NSFW, [M/solo])

I had never seen the image before. It's a very nice piece of art, however apparently many people were getting quite upset about it.

Here's a censored version of the image for those without FA accounts or who do not wish to view adult content (only areas relevant to this post are shown): http://i.imgur.com/77Ls2.png

Also, here's a chunk of comments showing one user in particular who was a bit upset about the image: http://i.imgur.com/ZVVeC.png

From what I've heard/read, apparently the insignia in the picture frame is incorrect or something, and the pants the subject is wearing are part of a uniform for a particular rank of military officer...or something.

I'm kind of feeling like I don't have the whole story; Tsaiwolf hid a lot of the comments, so I never got to see what all of the comments were. In general, it seems people are getting angry because it's "offensive and disrespectful" to show a non-military officer wearing military clothes, or to show a military officer of a particular rank wearing a rank that is not his/hers (especially if it is higher than his/hers).

I think it's really stupid to be so upset about something like this - it's a drawing for Christ's sake! Since when is there anything wrong with depicting a character wearing certain clothing?

I just wanted some clarification on this; are people just stupid enough to get this upset about something so unimportant, or is there more to the story than I know?

Thank 'ous :3

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Now here’s something kinda different: Toons go meta. Oni Press has announced that Rascal Raccoon’s Raging Revenge, a new full-color hardcover graphic novel, will be released in early December. Brendan Hay (of Robot Chicken fame) wrote the script, and Justin Wagner did the toony illustrations. Here’s the publisher’s description: “Welcome to Toonie Terrace, home of the fun-loving Merries and their jealous, bitter rivals, the Meanies. For all their shenanigans, no Meanie has ever murdered a Merrie… until now! After thousands of painful failed attempts, Rascal Raccoon has finally killed his arch-nemesis, the charming and adorable Jumpin’ Jackalope. Rascal is overjoyed, but there’s one problem: What does he do now? With nothing left to obsess over, Rascal’s life falls apart. Fortunately, he soon finds a new target for his anger: The animator who created him!” Comic Book Resources has an on-line preview where you can see just what kind of havoc these toons create when they come looking for the humans who draw delight from their troubles!

image c. 2011 Oni Press

Gerty the dog and her human family have an unexpected adventure while touring the grounds of the family farm one afternoon.

"Gerty and the Doesn’t-Smell-Like-a-Mellon" by Mary E. Lowd

Read by Daniel O'Rourke

Music cues by Infinity Squared

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hello, so here's the thing, i was durpping around on on Ok Cupid and come across this account and they give all the signs that i've come to associat with being a fur or seems to be a fad to say you like in the furdom in there run down,: 'a poly, cuddles, they like to think about food, and have a BDSM fetish and like sex which is not a furry only thing but your getting the picture, even say they like going to a con in the (melb) city, but not which one (there is a fur con that happens there and everyone els i've read that says con has said what ones) but i dont wanna come right out and go 'hay i like going to FA' or changing my profile to have the same things and end up with something that doest sound like me, although i do like all of those things but never tyred BDSM, and to suddenly change what i say about myself to say the same things as them seems a bit wrong.

so! i'm thinking the furry fan-dome could make some tells but at lest have something that could be put on a web site that say ' hay i don't mind furry's and there there art" or ' i am a (PG) fur' ' i am a a fur who likes + : tf, tg, blood, diapers, and Every other fetish in existence.' only problem being these fetish tell's would probably get out to the general public so i don't think we should make them.

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