A few days ago I made a sketch of how I want the feet for my partial suit to look. I spent about 15 minutes on the drawing, and a couple failing to improve it on Photoshop. While I was sketching, I realized that it would probably be easier to cut down to three fingers and a thumb than do the whole five fingers thing. Naturally this will be easier with the feet where I won't have my toes in the fingers, and I need to look up how people do the three finger route for hands. Especially considering one of my ideas for arms included using elbow-length women's formal gloves for the insides. So, here's my sketch, also posted on my DeviantArt page, where I'm known as Zhale.

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Its been a little while since i posted something in here but i just wanted to show you what i have been working on lately.

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I'm going to be wearing my caribou Ataksak tomorrow morning for La Grande Guignolee des Medias, gathering donations.

There's a big snowstorm right now and it's still going to snow tomorrow.

I just realized that the only time I've been suiting in the snow it was a partial and I was wearing my winter coat.

But how do you dress under a suit in winter?

I don't want to be too hot, but I don't want to be too cold either. And from sweat and snow I'm going to be wet... I have undergarment I wear when I go skiing or downhill sliding. It keeps me dry and warm. Should I wear that? Should I wear my lycra suit too? Under it? Or not...?

A land of striking contrasts (and similarities) in human habitations...

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All via e_apraksina...

 

If Fur Affinityz can just kwit and then if fur nations can nuke itself then is totally popular thing to do so I totally kwits! NO MORE EMU COMIX EVARS *sob sob sob sob*

nobody loves mah komiz anyay!

Would there be anyone driving from Vancouver to Edmonton before Christmas, and/or Edmonton to Vancouver after? Got an extra passenger seat?

I know it's a long shot, but just thinking of splitting the cost if I can.

Well..... im actually planning to be at FC 2010.

Its the first time for me on the West coast... and dont know many furries there.

The room i was supposed to be in misunderstood something and gave my place to someone else. So I lost my free spot >_<

My other friends that i was thinking to room with them now ask me wayyyyy too much to sleep there.

So, im looking for a spot (on the floor, in a bed, in the bath, under a table, closet, ANYWHERE) to sleep from the night of 21th to 26th... at the BEST price as possible!
Im coming from east of canada and plane is already WAY too much expensive but well...

Note that imma fursuiter, non smoker, dont really drink.
Im a clean person, so you wont find my clothes everywhere and all.
It's not important with who i room (guy or girl, suiter or not, couple or friends...) all i want i a place to sleep.

So let me know if you think ya can help a foxy with that... just write me a message =^.^=

MSN: superdanboy@hotmail.com
YIM: da_fox_qc@yahoo.ca

Da-Fox
=^.^=


ALSO::: Im taking a few fursuit head comissions to be able to attend FC... see that journal for more infos::: http://da-fox-qc.livejournal.com/18850.html

Tonight ABC aired this holiday classic one week after it was pre-empted by President Obama's speech about Afghanistan, the rescheduling that some Republicans used as another lame excuse to attack the chief exec, especially considering that the cartoon has been available on DVD for years.

By now, everybody is familiar with the plot of how Charlie Brown is disillusioned with the lack of true Christmas spirit among his "friends" who are more caught up with the holiday season's commercialism. As an example of the "greed" the kids displayed with this scene involving Charlie Brown's visit to Lucy's famous "Psychiatric Help--5 Cents" booth.

LUCY: I know how you feel about Christmas, getting depressed and all. All I get is a bunch of stupid toys and clothes and stuff.

CHARLIE BROWN: What is it that you really want?

LUCY: Real estate.

For years I had just laughed off this scene as the plain satire of greed in kids that Charles M. Schulz and Bill Melendez meant it to be. But in more rent years, it actually became another personal reminder of how much owning "property" has been important in our society (as well as throughout world history), and those without are often looked down upon and treated as second class citizens.

For me, it would be nice to receive a realty present, especially considering a house or condo is something that I will never (barring any financial windfall miracle) afford be to buy or own. Indeed I can barely afford to rent a halfway decent place in today's marketplace, and one thing that has driven my debt over the years until Chapter 13 filing was being forced to move so many times, which meant my rent went up but my paycheck never followed. What I call paddling harder just to stay in the same place.

So in effect not being able to own my own place or rent an adequete sized place leaves me with less control over my life. I barely have enough space in my present studio apartment (of almost 7 years, the longest of home I've had living solo) to hang onto presents of Christmas past that I still have and the tangible things that I treasure. There are many things I wanted that I could actually afford to have but don't have the space to keep them. During my last move almost 7 years ago, I actually had to resell a couple of valuable official Care Bear costumes after owning them for a total of one week and they eventually wound up being moved from Virginia to Alabama. I've got a Bally Champion quarter horse that I could not afford to pass up and have to keep him out in Wild West City NJ. Meanwhile, there's barely enough room in my apartment to ride my rocking horse tucked away in the corner.

So why is property so expensive? So much so that you have to go into debt to buy it (assuming you even have cash for a high down payment), and it's value changes so much, and it becomes a source of wealth and power so if you're just a renter like me you feel left out and not even considered a full citizen. (Notice how throughout this recession there has been extensive coverage and advice offered by the various TV news outlets for homeowners but little or none for renters, let alone the homeless.) I strongly believe that renters are entitled to their equal share of the tax benefits that owners get. (That was one of the proposals made by former California Governor Gerald Brown when he ran for President years ago.)

I'm sick and tired of the real estate marketplace controlling my life, even though I'm not really a participant in any of it.

And why do they call it real estate anyway? Is there such a thing as faux estate?

so i am working in the cold and i got myself a heat bulb from walmart (big clear blub, looks like a floodlight) it heats for about 1 foot from the bulb with a 2 food wide warmth spand side to side so i am painting 1/3 of the suit at the time and drying it with the head lamp.

this suit included black CR's cubby fur in the areas i was not painting.
i came back like 40 minutes later to find a 3 inch spot on the knee, which was like 6 inches from the bulb, and was black, is now rust fox red D:?
the fur was not curled and melty, the color was changed all the way down to the base coat.

i fixed it by painting it black, but still, it had to of been the heat lamp...and now curiosity has me fired up to see if i can change other colors with the heat lamp, i bet the color change is more permanent than air brushing and maybe just maybe i can apply this new find on purpose.

EDIT: found the box, warning says it emits "IR radiation" (which may cause eye/skin injury and 20-30 minutes is the suggested exposure and not to have closer than 18 inches)
so this radiation must have changed the color from black to rust red/orange?

Currently working on a new version of my fursona, a black-backed jackal. I'll post comparison pics of the old head to the new one once this one is finished. But for now.. progress pics with lengthy descriptions, yay!

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Eeee! He's done! Hurrah!



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"Don't let society tell you what people your age can and can't do!
That's what your knees are for!"

Just completed a required physical for my upcoming job at Valley Medical Center. The doctor tested my vision, and it wasn't 20/20.
It was 20/16!!!!!!! And I still don't have glasses or contacts!

1. Peanuts art by chrisbcritter with music by Vince Guaraldi

2. Rupert falls into fireplace trying to find out how Santa comes down chimney and goes back up.

3. Frog reports on Cuppy being occupied with holiday charity work.

4. mejeep describes features of his really big shoe condo.

5. Holiday movies this season include Disney's "A Christmas Carol" starring Jim Carrey. How many versions of this Charles Dickens tale can one take? First one I remember starred Mr.McGoo, favorite one starred Albert Finney as "Scrooge".

6. The story centered on Scrooge being visted by the three Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present and Future. Today we have a new Ghost of Christmas Past...called YouTube! A few months ago someone uploaded videos from 1983 Metro-Access Studio Christmas Party tv special which we appeared on (that was first year of RTR show). Roll clip of Vole Show frog playing "Here Comes Santa" (Elvis) followed by Rabbit & Paul Kram on piano singing "New York, New York".

7. Ferret Finds--Mejeep sings "The Eight Days of Hanukkah" (to the tune of 12 Xmas), Carrot Top lip balm

8. As we move forward into the next decade, the use of automation in our lives is sure to increase. So how would it be like of Santa Claus were replaced with an ATM machine? Roll (abridged) film "The Christmas Card".

9. Rupert saying he went to that ATM and wished to Santa that his whole life be put on videotape. RTR says wish has been granted because Rupert's antics have been archived on the Rabbit show library.

10. Holiday wishes to all

... now also on Vimeo:

Eurofurence 16 Teaser from BigBlueFox on Vimeo.

Just a sneek peek in how Faye the bat is turning out ^___^ Oh and my boyfriend and I finally have a name for our soon to be fursuit business. It shall be called.... Fur it up!!!

I will finally get internet at our new place tonight! And Comcast got a gold star in my book by giving me a $19.95/month rate for the first 6 moths at 15 MB/sec download which is awesome!!!!!! Funny thing is that Dolphin Echo tried to get that rate but he got denied.

Got a lot of catching up to do... and in the next few days I *WILL* take that video of the house, which has conveniently been "split" between the "Lion" side and the "Dragon" side :) of course mine is much more epic (at least for now).

But it sure feels good to finally be done moving and get settled in. And I bought a pool table even for the living room, whoopee! It's on it's way.

Been getting along great with the new mates, Dolphin and I went bowling last night and had a blast.

Now I gotta go and show off my bowling (and drinking) skills at our company holiday party at The Garage on Capitol Hill in Seattle. I really thought about bringing Kijani and surprising everyone hehe but I didn't bring my suit. But that would have been oh-so-epic.

So I have these large plastic eyes that I am trying to fix for a client's costume.

They are red plastic globes, with black eye cutouts glued on top. They look really good except, their staff have scratched the heck out of the eyes. Ive managed to get rid of most of the bad discolored scratches using Goof Off which worked great. Except, there are large patches where the gloss of the eyes are completely gone.

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Anyone have any ideas what I can do to these things to make them glossy again? Is there a way to buff or shine them up?

My one idea I have is to tape off the area and lightly spray it with black gloss spray paint. Thats what we had to do with the old costume, but I was hoping to find some new way to repair this one, rather than multiple coats of paint... The red and the black plastic pieces are solid colors this time, not white and then spray painted the correct colors like they used to be.

EDIT: One suggestion was to use Shoe Polish and wax em up and then polish to a nice shine. This kinda worked. Filled in some of the gaps and shined up the others. Not bad for a quick fix.

Thanks!!