Costuming

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

Costume Washing and Care Instructions (learn all about the importance of taking care of your costume pieces by keeping them clean!)
Props for your Character (enhance the character of your character using props!)
Video Tutorial: How to Sculpt Claws	Make your own ears!
Video Tutorial: How to Attach a Fursuit Nose	Video Tutorial: How to Shave Fake Fur
Digitigrade Leg Tutorial (an advanced tutorial on creating the illusion of standing on toes)	Video Tutorial: How to Make a Fursuit Head Using Foam (a 3-part video series of a foam-constructed mask.)
Making 'Toony Eyes (a tutorial on making eyes from plastic bowls)	Shrink Plastic Name Tag (a short how-to on making a shrink plastic nametag)
Maskmaking with Foam (info about foam & how to use it, including a tutorial & lots of pictures of finished foam masks!)	My Costumes (learn a little more about each of my personal costumes, with pictures!)
Balaclava "ninja hood" Technique (an explanation of my try at a different technique using a balaclava hood and foam.)	Videos (A page for videos of my costumes)
Furring (a how-to on creating a tape-pattern and applying fur to a form.)	How-to Handpaws (A tutorial on how to make hand paws)
Making a Bodysuit (Some tips on making a bodysuit for your costume)	How-to Footpaws (A tutorial on how to make footpaws the way I do!)
Making a Plastic Canvas Mask (instructions on how to make a mask with plastic canvas and foam.)	Making A Tail (a how-to on making a sewn, foam or delrin rod tails)
Matrices' Mask Construction (The construction pictures of my Matrices mask, including info on the later revamp of the mask)	Canine Mask Construction (Pictures from a mask I built and sold, 10 images)
Battery-operated Fan Tutorial (how to make a battery-operated fan for your mask)	Diagrams (a place to keep all the miscellaneous diagrams which I quickly draw up to better describe various things)

Possible upcoming tutorial plans: Buying and selecting fake fur.

 There is a book on costuming!
 Critter Costuming: Making Mascots and Fabricating Fursuits
Its another resource that may help you in your quest to costuming!

I put a lot of time and effort into putting together these tutorials for your creative pleasure.
Please consider donating if you have a few extra dollars to spare. I certainly would appreciate it, 
especially if you use any of my tutorials and how-to's to create items for resale.

Thank you!