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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.

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 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 Head 

Let’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 Body 

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 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 Hands

The 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 Feet 

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 

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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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?

1. What Is A Fursuit?
2. What Do I Need To Make A Fursuit?
3. How Much Does It Cost To Make A Fursuit?
4. How To Make A Fursuit Head
5. How To Make A Fursuit Body
6. How To Make Fursuit Hands
7. How To Make Fursuit Feet
8. Where Can I Buy A Custom Fursuit?

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.

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 Head

Let’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

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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

Image via Matrices.net

How To Make Fursuit Hands

The 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

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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

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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The Sparkle Dragons is a new full-color graphic novel written by Emma Carlson Berne and illustrated by Luke Flowers. “Meet the Sparkle Dragons: The spunkiest crew in all of Princess Puff’s queendom! Trixie is fierce with brains and beauty. Rue is tough as nails with a heart of shimmering gold. And, last but not least, Glinda, who often has her head in the clouds, but her out-of-the-box problem-solving can be her strongest asset. With their unique powers combined, they are an unstoppable force! And let’s be honest: Fighting off bad guys with glitter beams can be pretty hilarious . . . and sticky!” Do tell. It’s available now in hardcover or trade paperback from Harper-Collins.

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Hi everyone! Incase you missed any recent news in the furry community, here are the highlights that I've seen: Happy 3rd anniversary to Grovel Reports. The Bark & Beep show will release the first broadcast in late Jan 2023. Now, onto recent news in the furry community: Furever West 2022 numbers 66 attendees and $684 raised for charity. https://vxtwitter.com/FureverWest/status/1574100246673891328?s=20&t=x73ERgOy3waE0UV3Nj42Bw Furry Legends of Paradise https://twitter.com/FurryLegendsOP/status/1557808013926211585?s=20&t=pZja7xER4AOsj0FLJQE1uw Registration is now open for VancouFur. https://twitter.com/VancouFUR/status/1575969208483160064?s=20&t=pZja7xER4AOsj0FLJQE1uw Further Confusion https://twitter.com/furcon/status/1576255627692843008?s=20&t=pZja7xER4AOsj0FLJQE1uw Furcationland https://twitter.com/furcationland/status/1577825973172461568?s=20&t=pZja7xER4AOsj0FLJQE1uw Swiss Furry Radio Station FurryFM will stop broadcasting on Oct 31st 2022. Started in 2015, they will be going off air after seven years. https://twitter.com/FurryFMRock/status/1577757098263384082?s=20&t=pZja7xER4AOsj0FLJQE1uw https://furry.fm/en-gb/news/south-afrifur/furry-fm-goes-off-air Hotel Block openings: Vancoufur will open their hotel block on Oct 15th 2pm pacific time https://twitter.com/VancouFUR/status/1577418680044060673?s=20&t=pZja7xER4AOsj0FLJQE1uw Motor City Furry Convention will open theirs on Oct 10th 12pm eastern time https://twitter.com/MotorCityFurCon/status/1578505949672775680?s=20&t=pZja7xER4AOsj0FLJQE1uw Suite raffle for Furry Weekend Atlanta is open until the end of Oct 20th 2022. The general room block will be announced at a later date. https://twitter.com/FurryWeekend/status/1578479675634245637?s=20&t=pZja7xER4AOsj0FLJQE1uw https://twitter.com/FurryWeekend/status/1578479677127086081?s=20&t=pZja7xER4AOsj0FLJQE1uw If you like the work I do please like/follow/share to support the channel I'm on multiple platforms https://twitter.com/GrovelHusky https://t.me/grovelreports Subscribe to show support https://www.youtube.com/c/GrovelHusky/?sub_confirmation=1 Grovel Reports Studio made by Kydek https://twitter.com/FluffyKydek Banners used in the channel were made by Slushi https://twitter.com/Slushi3Brushi3?s=09 Music created for Grovel Husky by Whooshagg https://whooshagg.com/ Closure of Furry FM, The Bark & Beep Show + More news - Grovel Reports 10/8/22 #furryfm #furcon #furryfandom

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This came around a little while ago, but it’s probably worth looking up: “Antarctic Press, in conjunction with P-Productions and Phase 6, is proud to announce Spectreman Heroes, a nostalgia-blast of retro Japanese live-action superbeings! Each issue of Spectreman Heroes will showcase a different character in their own full-length story, with art by luminaries such as Matt Frank (Godzilla Legends), Hiroshi Kanatani (Coaraptor), and Ben Dunn (Ninja High School). This issue [#3], private detective Kotaro Akizuki,, brought back from the brink of death by a miracle drug, perseveres against the subterranean Mantles with his skill, raw courage, and unique ability to become the half-leopard Hyoman!”

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So Netflix brings us a new generation of My Little Pony? Then IDW is sure to bring us a new generation of My Little Pony comic book — with an easy title too: My Little Pony. “Join Sunny, Izzy, Zipp, Pipp, Hitch, and their trusty sidekick Cloudpuff as they explore a brand-new Equestria following the magical events of the hit Netflix movie! With magic returned to Equestria, the ponies are more united than ever — at least until one of the Unity Crystals is stolen! Can the Mane 5 find the culprit before magic is gone for good? And where’s Cloudpuff leading them, anyway? Is this . . . Canterlot?!” Written by Celeste Bronfman, and illustrated by fan-favorite artist Amy Mebberson.

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　　想要認識住在附近的獸迷們，卻苦於沒有管道嗎？Barq可以輕鬆滿足你認識地域相近的獸迷的渴望！資深獸迷櫻犬整理了一份簡易的入坑指南，幫助大家熟悉這個在台刮起全新風潮的交友軟體！

　　Barq是一款由荷蘭獸Woutske於2021年創立，以獸圈為主要客群的全新社群軟體，兼具了普通論壇中能以特定主題尋找同好一起討論話題的功能，以及交友軟體中根據所在位置，推薦居住於附近的使用者的特性。

　　當你打開軟體，映入眼簾的不是人臉或優美的風景照，而是整頁帥氣可愛毛茸茸夥伴的圖片。相比市面常見的交友軟體，Barq更鼓勵以「獸」的身份交友，以你的獸設作為給其他獸迷的第一印象。

　　作為一款主打獸圈市場的軟體，Barq擁有許多為Furry文化設計的專屬功能，例如軟體中內建了獸設的設定選項，可以詳細介紹這個獸設的種族、設定圖、以及它是否擁有毛裝。

　　如果你不滿足於純潔的互動，想要「更進一步」，只需要按下After dark(AD)的切換開關，Barq的另一個世界就會展現在你面前。你可以在這個地方展現完整的自我，進行某些不適合未成年獸迷們的交流。

　　目前Barq僅有英文版介面，設定介面中擁有不少常見軟體中沒有的詞彙，對於非英文國家的使用者多了一道門檻，但是櫻犬為想入坑這個軟體的獸們整理了一份Barq介面的簡易中文翻譯，幫助大家順利熟悉Barq的用法。

　　

　　Barq還有不少的功能，像是可以查看近期舉辦的獸聚，以及自行創建同好社群。這些就留給各位獸迷們自行探索，歡迎一起加入這個次世代獸迷社交軟體！

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Twig is a new and whimsical fantasy adventure comic from Image. “Eisner Award-winning I Hate Fairyland and Middlewest writer Skottie Young and artist Kyle Strahm (Spread Unearth) come together for an epic fantasy adventure miniseries! It’s the first day of Twig’s new job as a journeyer on a Jeff Smith’s Bone-esque quest to save a The Dark Crystal/Labyrinth-style world. Join our hesitant hero for an inspiring and imaginative tale of hope heartache and determination to overcome insurmountable odds!” In case you missed it, Image have released the first five issues in a single trade paperback.

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Xege Kheiru, Writer, Furry 03 Oct 2022 What Are Furry Ears? 

Furry Fandom or not, there’s a good chance you’ve seen someone wearing a pair of furry ears. Furry ears refer to a headband that has a pair of animal ears on them, most often a cat . They can be seen everywhere in pop culture from League of Legends skins to a pair of Razer headphones, furry ears have soared in popularity in recent years, but why?

Where Did They Come From? 

Although there is no objective timeline for the popularity of furry ears, it would seem that they began as cute, innocent accessories that anyone could wear. Just a fun little customization to a standard headband. I couldn’t tell you when the first pair of furry ears were made but what I can tell you is there was no synonymy with the furry fandom when it was made and there isn’t really today. If they are literally called furry ears, how is this? This is probably because furry ears is a more general term for animal ear headbands which are more often than not a pair of cat ears.

Green Furry Ears  

Image via Genki Gear

Why Are They So Popular Right Now? 

In recent years there seems to be a fascination with if not fetishization of girls wearing furry ears. This is likely due to the meteoric rise of the Neko sub-genre of anime which revolves around girls who are part cat, part human. They are mostly human, however, mostly ever sporting the ears and the tail of a cat. Nonetheless, the stories of catgirls have been around since the 1700s, yet they only recently picked up some serious traction and this has spread into almost every facet of Western pop culture, from your favorite video game characters to twitch streamers to strange animal crossing-themed animations that you probably shouldn’t watch. 

Although this is just hypothesizing, it is likely that this is what has led us to today where furry ears aren’t too uncommon and actually have little to do with the furry fandom, because its origins are not rooted in the furry fandom.

Furry Cat Ears

Image by wikiHow

Does Wearing Furry Ears Make You A Furry?

If you are extremely panicked by the idea of being labeled a furry, then do not fear as wearing a pair of furry ears doesn’t automatically make you a furry, but it sure does make you an extremely suspicious culprit (just kidding). Being a furry isn’t some quality that is immediately achieved if you do a certain thing, often “furry” is a self-proclaimed title, rather than something that people say you are. For more information on what defines a person as a furry, check out this article.

Todoroki Themed Cat Ears Image via Poku Poku Studio Where Can I Get Furry Ears? 

If you’re looking to get some furry ears of your own they aren’t too hard to come by. Sites like Amazon and Etsy provide a wide range of furry ears to choose from and if you are using Etsy you might even be able to get your hands on a pair of custom furry ears designed just to your liking.

Furry Wolf Ears

Image via Joom

Can I Make A Pair Of My Own? 

If you aren’t interested in spending money on a pair of furry ears you can always try making them yourself. It’s a fairly long-winded process, but you can always check out this tutorial if you are really interested in doing so, whether it be for fun or if you are extremely adamant about not spending money on a pair.

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• What Are Furry Ears?
• Where Did They Come From?
• Why Are They So Popular Right Now?
• Does Wearing Furry Ears Make You A Furry?
• Where Can I Get Furry Ears?
• Can I Make A Pair Of My Own?

1. What Are Furry Ears?
2. Where Did They Come From?
3. Why Are They So Popular Right Now?
4. Does Wearing Furry Ears Make You A Furry?
5. Where Can I Get Furry Ears?
6. Can I Make A Pair Of My Own?

What Are Furry Ears?

Furry Fandom or not, there’s a good chance you’ve seen someone wearing a pair of furry ears. Furry ears refer to a headband that has a pair of animal ears on them, most often a cat . They can be seen everywhere in pop culture from League of Legends skins to a pair of Razer headphones, furry ears have soared in popularity in recent years, but why?

Where Did They Come From?

Although there is no objective timeline for the popularity of furry ears, it would seem that they began as cute, innocent accessories that anyone could wear. Just a fun little customization to a standard headband. I couldn’t tell you when the first pair of furry ears were made but what I can tell you is there was no synonymy with the furry fandom when it was made and there isn’t really today. If they are literally called furry ears, how is this? This is probably because furry ears is a more general term for animal ear headbands which are more often than not a pair of cat ears.

Green Furry Ears

Image via Genki Gear

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In recent years there seems to be a fascination with if not fetishization of girls wearing furry ears. This is likely due to the meteoric rise of the Neko sub-genre of anime which revolves around girls who are part cat, part human. They are mostly human, however, mostly ever sporting the ears and the tail of a cat. Nonetheless, the stories of catgirls have been around since the 1700s, yet they only recently picked up some serious traction and this has spread into almost every facet of Western pop culture, from your favorite video game characters to twitch streamers to strange animal crossing-themed animations that you probably shouldn’t watch.

Although this is just hypothesizing, it is likely that this is what has led us to today where furry ears aren’t too uncommon and actually have little to do with the furry fandom, because its origins are not rooted in the furry fandom.

Furry Cat Ears

Image by wikiHow

Does Wearing Furry Ears Make You A Furry?

If you are extremely panicked by the idea of being labeled a furry, then do not fear as wearing a pair of furry ears doesn’t automatically make you a furry, but it sure does make you an extremely suspicious culprit (just kidding). Being a furry isn’t some quality that is immediately achieved if you do a certain thing, often “furry” is a self-proclaimed title, rather than something that people say you are. For more information on what defines a person as a furry, check out this article.

Todoroki Themed Cat Ears

Image via Poku Poku Studio

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"My artist worked tirelessly on my reference sheet despite several complete revisions of the piece" Craig Draw My Fursona Where Can I Get Furry Ears?

If you’re looking to get some furry ears of your own they aren’t too hard to come by. Sites like Amazon and Etsy provide a wide range of furry ears to choose from and if you are using Etsy you might even be able to get your hands on a pair of custom furry ears designed just to your liking.

Furry Wolf Ears

Image via Joom

Can I Make A Pair Of My Own?

If you aren’t interested in spending money on a pair of furry ears you can always try making them yourself. It’s a fairly long-winded process, but you can always check out this tutorial if you are really interested in doing so, whether it be for fun or if you are extremely adamant about not spending money on a pair.

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Ireland’s Cartoon Saloon has done a fine job in the past of providing us with many fine and furry animated movies. (Wolfwalkers, anyone?) Now they’re back with a brand new project that’s coming soon to Netflix. And the first trailer just dropped: “Netflix has shared a trailer and key art for its highly anticipated upcoming 2D animated feature, My Father’s Dragon, inspired by Ruth Stiles Gannett’s Newbery-honored children’s book of the same name, and directed by Academy Award-nominated director Nora Twomey (The Breadwinner)… In the film a young boy, Elmer, struggling to cope after a move to the city with his mother, runs away in search of Wild Island and a young dragon who waits to be rescued. Elmer’s adventures introduce him to ferocious beasts, a mysterious island, and the friendship of a lifetime.” Coming to Netflix on November 11.

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Furry Book Month is here at last! We think all months should celebrate furry fiction, but this is the month set aside to truly show our appreciation. Oxfurred Comma is coming later on this month, and we’ll have some information on that to come, but first let’s get our teeth sunk into what we have coming throughout the month.

Our wonderful community would be much lesser without the publishers who help bring our writing to an audience. Every Furry Book Month, we often see sales and discounts from them. Over the month, we will be updating this page with any specials to help put more books into your hands.

FurPlanet are currently discounting all remaining Goal Publications stock to just $5.
This is while stocks last, so get it quick before it’s all gone!

The Furry Writers’ Guild is trying something new this year – we have put together our first ever Furry Book Bundle! The book bundle includes nine novels from our members, and acts as a great introduction in reading furry novels. All proceeds from this bundle will be shared amongst the authors, with the FWG taking a share to help fund any future endeavours we’re looking towards.

You can find the Book Bundle on Gumroad, and is available for a minimum purchase of $10 – that’s just over $1 per book! A great way to support furry writers! The link to the bundle is here: https://furrywritersguild.gumroad.com/l/FurryBookMonthBundle
Included in the bundle is: John Bailey, J.F.R. Coates, Royce Day, Renee Carter Hall, Gre7g Luterman, R.A. Meenan, Michael H. Payne, Madison Scott-Clary, and James L. Steele.

Should this bundle go well, then you can expect to see further deals in the future! But get in quick, this bundle is only for Furry Book Month!

Later this month, we also have Oxfurred Comma returning. This will be the third iteration of everyone’s favourite online furry writing convention! And if you want to be a part of the fun, then there’s still a chance! If you have a panel you want to share, then please get in contact with us soon to confirm your participation. Panels can be pre-recorded or run live.

And we can’t speak of Oxfurred Comma without also mentioning the Flash Fiction Contest! That’s right, it’s back for another year!
Entries for the flash fiction contest are open to everyone, and should be a maximum of 500 words. There is no theme, but the entries must be furry in some way. The stories must not be erotic, as a PG-13 rating is preferred. All entries should be sent to the Furry Writers Guild email address, with Flash Fiction included in the subject. Entries are to be submitted by October 16th.
The winner of the contest will receive a prize of $25.

There will be more details about Oxfurred Comma over the next couple of weeks, so keep an eye on our Twitter feed for more information!

As always, we have open markets for submissions, and our new and upcoming releases, so please check them out and help support our writing community – especially this month!

Empire of Beasts – Deadline December 1st
This Is Halloween – Deadline When Full
Furry Femdom Erotica – Deadline When Full
Isekai Me! – Deadline When Full
Children Of The Night – Deadline When Full
Furry/Lovecraftian/Erotic/University Themed Anthology – Deadline When Full
#ohmurr! – Deadline: Ongoing
Zooscape – Temporarily closed for submissions. Reoccurring submission windows.

Please also consider checking out some of the new and upcoming releases from our members.

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Good news helps in bad times. Russian furries like to be part of worldwide fandom, and Erwin, a member of Moscow Furries, has a story about game activities they do in a park. The idea is for any furry group anywhere to share it. Erwin tells how it works:

Furry Zarnitsa

In general, we do quests, which are mostly done in teams. In the beginning, we bring the participants to a park and form the teams, headed by a leader. Then the teams walk around the park and compete with each other by doing pre-arranged activities. In the end one of the teams win and we give them some small rewards.

So far, we have held 6 different quests and 2 simple meets (just chilling with casual games) in Moscow. Here’s some photos from our group on VKontakte (Russian social network).

See more in this gallery of 30 photos.

Dogpatch Press asked for a short history of where the idea came from, the group and who is involved, and quests or rules other people can use. 

Combining Russian culture, anime and furry fandom

I think I was introduced to the idea around age 14, when I joined a group that used to organize anime parties and meets. One of their events was called ‘Zarnitsa‘, like a game that was often military themed. Such games are often played in children’s summer camps. Anime zarnitsas were more like those. The main idea – team play. You have to work together to complete some quest. It was my favorite activity to make them as a part of the creative group.

Capture the Flag is a similar competitive game. In 1967, programs for youth games were introduced in Soviet society. They were meant to teach discipline but creative play, without always having the same unified rules.

Much time passed, I was 21 and the anime creative group had become history. I joined furry fandom just randomly. It was 2020 and I had nothing to do without an opportunity to leave home, due to COVID, so I decided to make a fursuit. I started going to meets and made many friends. But one moment I realized that all of the meets were just walks from Point A to Point B. They were totally the same without a chance to be unique.

I came up with idea to revive anime zarnitsa, but with furry, for my friends. It wasn’t anything special, we didn’t mean to make a project, and I asked them right in a chat that was created for someone’s birthday. And they just agreed to make it! It was our first game, and a nervous but exciting and in general positive experience.

Step by step we started to make new events. Each of them was different from the previous one by its form and topic, so it’s not easy to describe in general, but still each of them made people work in teams for a result.

Currently the event team consists of about 20 members. We named ourselves “Totem pole” as it also consists of different animals, and each of them is an irreplaceable part. Our meets unite up to 100 players at once. It’s not such a great number, but we should consider that many people don’t enjoy active entertainment.

Popular Russian furry youtuber Eric Myval shows games in the forest:

The rules: fursuiter-friendly fun for all ages

Making zarnitsa for furries is more complicated then for anime fans. You have to involve fursuiters, which often isn’t easy. Also you have to make the team cooperate with each other, make friends and have fun together. The most classic variant: a few teams walk around a park and look for mini-games. For completing each of them, the team counts up a score. Or they just have to do all of the games faster than others. In any case, such games work perfectly for people of any age. The games depend on a particular event, and we have never repeated them yet.

In our 1st zarnitsa we made a web between several trees, and put some eggs on the grass under it. Every team member had to go in the web, take an egg and go out on the other side without touching the threads.

In our 2nd, which was called Snowy Way/Snow Path (снежная тропа in Russian) they had to carry fursuiters on snow tubes through a road of around 50 meters.

The 3rd game was horror 18+ and the teams had to find notes and do a particular action to a monster, while avoiding being caught.

Our 1st zarnitsa had 5 mini-games, our 2nd had 5 but we failed to make 2 of them, and the 3rd didn’t have mini-games, the players just had to stay alive. Our 5th zarnitsa has just passed. It was a Squid Game imitation, so we wore masks. We had one fail – the rope broke, but we managed to finish and get our winners. One of the players made a video that reflects much of the game.

See more in the gallery.

Try this for an alternative to a furry party indoors or a plain fursuit walk. If you ever hear people say “touch grass” now you have a great example of how to get offline and outdoors, no matter where you are in the world. Thanks to Erwin, Matvey for connecting us, and all the Moscow Furries.

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