#fur cons

[ahmarwolf]

Happy fursuit friday from Furry Migration

[xitsensunmoon]

My first ever comic con! And first cosplay too. Of course it's gonna be my boy :] Ramblings about the process are under the cut(Let me know if?? You would want me to elaborate with process images for any of the steps?)

The costume took me forever to make, as I've never done any machine sewing, sculpting, fabric dying or spray painting before but learning all of these was so fucking fun!! I never realised just how many different skills go into making a cosplay but it was so worth it!!!

Almost all of the clothes(except the hat) were purchased first as bases, but all of the detailing was added by me. All of the fabric used was originally just scraps that I was given for free so I needed to learn how to dye and dye all of the stars, they were originally white.

The sewing machine was its own beast that brought me tons of frustration from the lack of skill and knowledge (it was devastating to find out that 95% of fuck ups were my fault and not the machine's lmao). But as a result, a hat sewn from scratch, all of the fur trims, embroidery on the corset, stars and the collar(which is very hard to see on the pictures unfortunately) was all added manually. The stars and the stripes(on the back of the cape) were attached using heat-and-bond adhesive (I WISH I knew about such thing just when I started working on this. It would save me so much time and nerves.)

Then I found out about polymorph(mouldable plastic) and it has become the next thing I wanted to learn, to sculpt the claws and the fangs(yes, they're handmade jfksjs). The claws I then primed and painted in trillion coats because I wasn't satisfied with the colour of the spray paint. The fangs I moulded to my own teeth and then stained with tea to match the colour of my teeth :)c

As for makeup, I used Mehron Paradise water activated paints. At first I wanted to try to save money and bought myself Snazaroo instead, which unfortunately turned out to be a waste. Snazaroo didn't hold on my face for longer than 2 hours, cracking and peeling awfully. Mehron on the other hand survived 11 hours of me smiling, talking, emoting and such and didn't even crease at the smile lines(I'm actually shocked about that). It obviously works like any other makeup which means your skin texture and wrinkles won't go anywhere but Mehron's elasticity pleasantly surprised me. It did obviously smear from sweat and saliva(if you're eating and licking your lips) but if you don't touch the skin it just dries again, self setting. But if it's dry it's fully smear-proof. Highly recommend!

And last but not least, I've decided against painting my hands as it was very risky that I will stain everything I touch at the smallest hint of sweat. So instead I got myself gloves-tights(? Not sure how they're called but it's made from the same fabric as tights) and painted them with normal acrylic paint(did you know you could dye fabric with acrylic paint? I personally didn't), then heat set with an iron and voilà, they're reusable, my hands are not stained after an exhausting day and I don't stain everything I touch. It worked wonderfully which honestly was a surprise as I was really sceptical that acrylic paint will somehow stay in place.

I think this whole thing took me minimum of 6 months with big-big breaks for my school and life in general. But I'm really proud! This project taught me so many new skills and I couldn't have been happier about learning new knowledge, even if it sucked to fail in the meantime.

Everyone at the con was really nice and gave me a large confidence boost even tho it was my first time and I had no idea what I was doing. Taking photos with other people was really awkward/new for me as I hate cameras so I really had no idea how to pose/behave in front of one. But that's okay I think. This whole experience definitely made me want to do this again, so I think that will come with experience. Thank you for reading this far, hope you enjoyed this little summary :)

[smandraws]

I think I've seen a guy who looks like this at every con I've ever been to, and i thank them for their service.

[janegumball]

What is up, Golden State Fur Con 😎

@gsfurcon

[catboyriot]

💚AFC was so much fun!💚 I got to meet so many wonderful people and friends from online. I'm so happy that I took a bunch of pictures too!

I don't know everyone's screen names on here so plz lmk how I should tag u friends! ^_^

Thank you to everyone who came by to say hi or buy goods from me, I'm so excited for what's to come the rest of this year. It's gonna be epic!

[horizonzerodawnaesthetic]

I just got back from a convention and now I'm wondering if any hzd fanartists on here sell merch? There's rarely anything at conventions and when there is it's usually a hper-realistic redraw of a screenshot or promo art, so it's not really stuff I'm interested in. I prefer more original fanart, and I'm trying not to get so many prints because I just don't have space for them. That being said, do any fanartists make stickers/pins/keychains for horizon?

[driftingballoons]

the biggest battle in this dungeon is with the humidity

But there are some benefits

[blurred-honey]

My therapist said I should go to a furry convention. I had never talked about furries before, nor how I think being a school-sponsored furry would be very fun (mascot).

She was just like, “possibly neurodivergent? Queer? Engineering major that likes to do creative stuff? This one right here should go to the furry convention”

[zulayawolf]

All set up at BLFC dealers 211! I forgot my clear print bags so if anyone is willing to sell me some, I am all ears 🥴

[whirling-fangs]

[[ hehehehheh..... It's happening....]]

[ahmarwolf]

From Furry Migration

[thedappleddragon]

Couple more photos from IFC2024 that I absolutely adore

[mushpuppies]

Badge-style art of my fursona PBJ!! 🌈🐾 I'm thinking of maybe offering these as a commission type

Please click for higher quality! Reblogs and comments are always appreciated! ♡

Toyhou.se | Commission information

[themiltonholmes]

Krystal from Star Fox indulging a little too much while at BLFC (there's a sub shop just around the corner)

[kaleochu]

i wanna get hugged by big guys in fursuits :(

[catboyriot]

🧨Happy Fursuit Friday!!!! 🧨 Here's some more fun little memories from AFC! I'm so happy that I could make so many friends there!