Ughh. My boss just informed me everyone's hours at work are getting cut. Not only was October ruined by car crash, but now November is with this news. ;_;

Ok so I have an important question about the way plush furs describes their fabrics.

They mention a few descriptors before the names and I want to clarify what quality they fall under.

The first is the "plush furs"- is that basically a cheap short pile fun fur?
http://www.plushfurs.com/eShop/10Expand.asp?ProductCode=1048

The next is the "beaver furs"- this looks like a high quality seal, but I don't know and if anyone has used it please let me know if it is because I want to buy some from there if it is.
http://www.plushfurs.com/eShop/10Expand.asp?ProductCode=1052

The last is the "shag furs"- I know the promo shags are basically DF long piles, but are the regualar shags long fun fur?
http://www.plushfurs.com/eShop/10Expand.asp?ProductCode=1436

Thanks for the help, its hard to call the company and ask since they don't describe their furs like other companies, so I don't think they would understand my question.

So I sort-of mentioned this to another fur, but in regards to making claws:

I was wondering how it would look to use finger picks as a base for the claws since it would set on your hands better. You could then sculpt around the finger picks and so it would be easier to keep the claws in place. That way, if you're say...a Cat with thinner gloves, you could keep the claws from either falling off your fingers or twisting up at an awkward angle. I've not made a suit yet so I don't know how difficult it would be to keep the claws on or sew them into the suit, but I thought it might help to use the picks...

Oh here's a link to show you the picks btw. http://farm1.static.flickr.com/2/1746825_e02deb7e24.jpg?v=0

I went to Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center to see Bill Maher do his standup on the closing night of the New York Comedy Festival while his HBO show "Real Time" is on hiatus until February.


Earlier this year I saw Maher debate Ann Coulter on the great stage at Radio City Music Hall as part of the Speaker Series, though aside from his opening remarks that night it wasn't the same as his standup on cable.

The evening opened with a monologue by Harlem comedian Marina Franklin, who is the NYC correspendent on The Jay Leno Show on NBC. Her beef was difficulty in trying to get herself a date, partly due to being named for a place where you dock your boat.

Maher's material was pretty much the same as what he's said on both Real Time and his HBO specials, focusing on his take on which direction America has been taking these past several decades. I was a little surprised that while he made his ongoing arguments in support of national healthcare reform, he did not specifically mention last night's vote in the House. No New Rules tonight but he did do a runway fashion show for Muslim women...who were all dressed up in nothing but identical burkas.

Good grief...I'll be 45 in 6 weeks.

Doh! (X.x)

I feel old but silly! Heehee....

Where's my presents? ;)

*Giggles cutely*

Hello everyone! I cant remember if I have posted here before, but if not, I am Silent Wolf. I just recently graduated college and moved out to the west coast, where i managed to pick up a few fursuit commissions.

I am working my way through the first right now, its a red and tan Jackal suit for a friend, and I am getting close to finishing up the head. I wanted to get opinions on how I have the markings laid out, the eyes, and the overall expression before I proceed.

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So then I was rummaging around after poor liddil prebird got evicted at high
velocity, and I opens the glove box, and then this huge rat jumps out and
sticks to mah face and I skreem and then then flail and throw it off into
bushes of neighbors because they needs more rets. And lookings for the
papers works in glove box where one keeps gloves and rats and paper works
for oils changed and stuff, I guess oil pan on engine is like piggy bank for
oil and change is little spots of oil you get on driveway cuz is
smaller...or somthin'

So anyhows I opens it and rat then rats nest and then this things was in
there, It's kinda cute, and fell out and I poked at it and it skittered so I
screamed and flailed but it didn't latch onto face and it started making
noises and is about a foot tall, round, metal, silver, with a big lens on
the front like a camera, and a little antenna and two little bird legs and
waddles around peering at things curiously with little scaner thing on it.
It's pretty nifty, tern didn't say I could keep it...but didn't say I
couldn't and I guess own it since it's part of RV now...

well isn't part but is mine and has easy carry antenna thingy on top so emus
can carry with totally useless liddil wings...is kinda kyoot.

Hey, I'm gonna make a music video about Howloween for Youtube. Hours of footage down to a ten minute music video. Perhaps some supplements with specific stage events. If you have footage that I could use, contact me.

Also, if you were taking footage with my camera, contact me about how you would like it used.

So I am prettymuch really falling in love with Honda Elements. And I've been doing some shopping around and pricing and came to the conclusion that I kind of don't want to get into doing another car loan, and so I just need a biiiit more to add to my savings account so I don't make myself completely poor after dropping all my cash on a used car.

Of the things I have to sell, I've decided that primarily I don't need so many fursuits. And out of my fursuits that I have, I posess two that I could put up for sale if there is enough serious interest. I want them to go to private buyers rather than just posting them on a public auction site (like ebay), mainly so I can choose the best offer, and hopefully get them to go to buyers who will take them out a lot, since I'd love to see pictures of them in their new homes.

The first one I have is Mangle, an Akita.
http://www.matrices.net/mangle.asp
Since Mangle is one of malameux's characters we made up just to be his fursuit, Mike asked me to be willing to change Mangle's facial markings to be less like Mangle and make it become a new character for the buyer. Primarily less black on the face, and probably taking off the white on the top of his snout, and making his eyes friendlier. It will still be an Akita, but just not Mangle. I'd be able to work with the potential buyer on this, but I'm not going to be changing the foamwork too much.

( Akita costume details )

The other costume I have is Cathlamet, a wolf.
http://www.matrices.net/cathlamet.asp
If there was any interest in Cathlamet she would come with a few badges, and even the couple of LJ icons that I have for her. Also a nekerchief, and some scrap grey fur, I have very little (or possibly none) of the other colors, though. But the cream on her legs and belly is is DF fur.

( Cathlamet's details )

Both costumes have Always been worn with UnderArmor underclothes. And have been kept clean, maintained, and brushed out. They are kept in a room Turbo (my dog) is not allowed.

I'm going to screen the comments so if you have an offer for me to consider or anything you'd like me to know. I'll unscreen other comments. You can also e-mail me if you're interested, too. And then we can discuss things further.

Different kind of question - how does one suggest making footpaws suitable for a stage play? Paws that will be worn by different people with many foot sizes.

The idea of making them the largest size doesn't really appeal to me since I know a size 12 foot is pretty tricky for my size 7 foot to wear and not fall all over the props. And with a play, movement (and lack of tripping) is everything.

Any one have experience in doing this or have ideas of making paws multi-sized? If I have to I can make them fit the current actors solely but it'd be nice to have a bit more versatility afterwards.

The only gorilla lollipops in the world have now been officially invented!! After two failed attempts, the third time WAS the charm! I reduced the water & cornsyrup by half, and behold...I now have my first 8 cherry-flavored lollipops in the shape of Ultra-Gor's head! I only need to make a few dozen more, so the individual cost of each pop will be brought down to reasonable amounts. Now, for that special child(or cute lady!) who really likes the Big Monkey in Red will get sweetly rewarded!

razzlfraz posted this, and it left me slack jawed and stunned. Enjoy!

Reposted from Slashdot, Turn a Cellphone Into a Microscope The future is here. An engineer at California Nanosystems Institute at UCLA has devised a way to use ordinary cel phone imaging sensors and LED's to record holograms (interference patterns in reflected light) of samples and send the digital recording back to a computing center over a wireless connection for analysis. This information can be used to find the proverbial "needle in a haystack" in , for instance, a blood sample. The results can be returned to the wireless device within moments, or minutes.

We have the analysis technology. Eventually we'll shrink it to fit in the wireless device, and the "Medical Tricorder" will no longer be science fiction, it'll just be science.


These are exciting times!

lewistotle spent much of the weekend with me keeping me mostly sane and putting up with my overall state of exhaustion. We did manage to have fun between my seemingly endless need for sleep. We made it to Blackberry Dragon's birthday dinner at The Duke before I completely passed out last night. Almost 12 hours of sleep did me good last night. Today we fueled up on Cole's BBQ then staggered like food coma induced zombies to see Zombieland. The movie was absolutely hilarious in a sick and twisted dark humor sort of way .. The kind of movie you want to feel guilty about laughing through, but letting the laughter out about such morbidity feels OH SO GOOD!

O, and the SOUNDTRACK is great! Anything with Metallica, Johann Strauss, Willie Nelson,and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, is a giant thumbs up to me. I need to buy this album!

Oh, and it has "You're a Wolf" by Sea Wolf , and Duelin' Banjos :)

 Hey guys! I finished my first full fursuit! and sold my old one! also... like.. A MILLION TAILS! wh00t! I also just got a commission for a big blue birdy! here are some pics! and a video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PydRRP_KjjU



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Okay so here is the next project i am working on comission by a good friend of mine ^___^  Its a bat that is half vampire and half fruit bat. So as always i love getting redlines to improve my work!!!! Here are some pics....

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Anyone know where I can find some dark blue (navy) fur that's at least 2in pile length? I may need some for a hair poof on a future suit.

Also, does "I'm Stuffed Fur" do orders that are under a yard?

I'm making a new suit that's supposed to be that "fursona" thing you guys talk about a lot, but I'm having trouble thinking up a good color scheme for it. I have a lot of colors I'd like to incorporate but I want to do it so it's not a technicolor nightmare or for it to take a long time to draw.

So are there some examples of suits that have a lot of color varieties that look good, or what colors should go where (like lighter/darker colors on the arms/legs, markings, etc.)

The colors I have are red, blue, light blue, purple, orange, gray, black, and tan, if it matters, and it'll be some sort of canine.

Ok if this sort of thing isn't allowed feel free to delete. It isn't directly about fursuiting, but about using a serger to make fursuits, and I'm not really sure where else to turn to about advice about this. I figure this community is large enough that someone out there has used a serger and knows what is going on here. I'm trying to get the settings right on my serger so I can serge together pieces of fleece for a fursuit I'm making.

I have a 14SH644 Singer Ultralock Serger. I've read through the manual and looked online. I can't seem to find an answer to my issue, which is trying to get the right settings with fleece so my seams don't show.
( Picture of my problem )

As I said I still have the manual, and I still can't figure this out. I got the standard serger thread and I have everything threaded right and I've tried playing with the tensions quite a bit with out any luck.

So does anyone out there know anything about sergers and how I might get this fleece to work well where it doesn't show the seams?

Thanks in advance