The eyes are really the only thing that needs to be changed in my opinion but what could be changed? the muzzle and ears the muzzle and head just dont seem to match up to me not like they could anyways,and the ears look a bit to big,and try to make every heard different to avoid same facing with the muzzle and that big mouth I am noticing some slight same facing especially with the canines other then that? perfect! love your paws and tails x) very cute

Thank you! ^-^

I was worried about "same face syndrome" as well. It's kind of hard for me to figure out where sameness starts and style ends. I'll try to keep it in check.

You're Welcome

Yeah I can see how it might be a pain if I made suits id do it myself ^^; looks lik it would be very easy to with a style and making heads how you normally do like making canines you wanna make all the bases look the same before its the canine base but then it kinda same faces a bit,its only really same facing if you use that "canine" base for everything only editing it a bit

Aside from what's already been said by Angel, from what I can see, they all seem to have the same kind of smile with big cheeks? Maybe try different expressions like make a grumpy expression or a shy expression? uvu

Okay, got it. :D

Got it. Will do. ^-^

I love them personally. I was going to buy one, but ended up finding a better deal on one. That's not to say you should change your prices either! They are very reasonable. I love your suits, they are so dang CUTE.

Personally I love how your suits look. It is unique and is different from how many other maker's styles. I feel like most of the criticisms have already been stated. All I can think of is maybe work on the ears, vary the length of fur on them.
Also don't be afraid to experiment with your style even if you just draw out ideas on paper. I hope that helps.

Alright, thank you! c:

No worries :).

Nooo! I LOVE THE EYES YOUR USE! They are something unique that no one else does!
I love them!
But like Eagle said, don't be afraid to experiment!

That's one of the issues I am currently facing. Some people REALLY like those eyes that I do (as do I!). I can't figure out how to reach a happy medium, and I'd rather not flip flop back n' forth. xP

How much smaller do you think I could go before you would notice a big difference?

As the proud owner of the corgi partial, my only thing is the ventilation. The big eyes help a little bit with that, but a larger opening for the mouth would be much more helpful.

People freaking love that corgi, as an aside. The expression is open and friendly, the size of the nose makes it "boop-able" and the fur you used make it so soft and nice looking.

Ugg, replied in the wrong spot. Look below this reply. c:

I've been looking into the ventilation as well- I need to make larger openings or at least hollow out those muzzles more. :)
Could you tell me, how does the lining on the inside of the suit feel on your face?


Glad to hear. ^-^
Also- were you ever able to get any new photos of your corgi?

I really like the lining in it, it's better than having just bare exposed foam.

I don't have any additional pictures of her yet, but plans are in the works for a photoshoot so a friend can get back into that hobby. He has an awesome place picked out, so it'll be a great opportunity to get some really good pictures. I'll definitely let you know when I get some up!

As I see it every fursuit makers has his or hers unique style and its also a learning curve to master youre own style inte a segment that will let you sell suits at good prices.

I would recomend you to try new things and variants and see how thoose fits within youre style and go with things that improve the outcome while stil being (or still offering) that style that still is youres.

Its not easy to learn how to make and sell art and most of the most succesfull makers has done a lot of suits to make his or hers making skills perfected and theyre style unique and sellable.

Big eyes and ears are something some customers want and some doesnt want and it could be a neat idea to try with making smaller eyed and eared fursuits as well, and see how thoose outcomes suits you and youre style? Trying more and different facial exprecions and looks could also be an idea as well as thinging over how youre noses looks and if its the style thats fits you and youre future customers best.

As I said: Learning to make art IS a learning curve and more often than not its involves a lot of experimentation and learning how to do things different ways and if you want to improve (as you suggests) you should probebly experiment a lot off different variations and learn whats works and what doenst.

And by this I dont man to judge youre current standards or way of doing youre furusits, its only a mean to give you ideas on how to go ahead and improve what makes you unique and youre work sellable given from a person that strives to create art (scripts for theatre) in another field. Good luck and keep working, after all its the best way to learn how to make anything creative, isnt it?

I think there are some things you can do to your eyes to give them more life. size aside, I think what they lack is that liveliness. Since your style features such large eyes that makes their quality and detail even more important. I can probably offer a lot of pointers and suggestions, but first I think it'll help if i know exactly what you use and your methode for constructing them. message me and maybe I can help.

I would say really studying the anatomy of the animals that the costume is based off of. The muzzles and noses on allot of the characters don't really look like they belong to the animal they are supposed to be, you can still keep it toony, but changing up the features to match the creatures would be a huge plus, on the eyes they are very big, but you already have been told this 1000 times, however don't put the iris and pupil in dead center of the eye, put them closer to the muzzle near the bottom so the wont have such a "hard" stare http://matrices.livejournal.com/pho...../10877/?page=1 (a good example of eye and iris placement :)). Also i would recommend not having tear ducts at all, or making them smaller, and i would definitely not recommend putting a shine effect on them. as for the ears, it would be really cool if you could shape them a bit more, making them less thick, and giving a bit of curve to the middle.
As for the quality of the costumes, the gloves, feet and tails look very well made. The heads look very high quality too, its just the style you were going for with them doesn't translate too well for costumes, less you balance out the proportions of the head a bit more.
oh! ok i just spotted something else, your faces seem to be a bit flat, by that i mean that there isnt much sculpting done around the eyes like build up where the eye brows would be, and some of the canines costumes you made have that "ski- jump" nose (it looks like this http://s132.photobucket.com/user/wo.....iJump.jpg.html) adding some foam in between the eyes to help smooth that out can really make a huge difference unless the animal you are going for does have a massive dip in the nose like that mouse lemurs kind of have it http://www.shaldonwildlifetrust.org.....se_lemur_1.jpg) oh and here are some good examples of facial sculpting ,ear shaping, muzzle building, all that good stuff :) http://www.matrices.net/fursuit/ears2.jpg http://i828.photobucket.com/albums/.....TaterGator.png http://ic.pics.livejournal.com/matr.....523034_640.jpg http://matrices.net/fursuit/akitahead.jpg
I hope this helps ^^

That if a lot of information, thank you. :)


Although I'm curious... why no tear ducts? When I draw my characters, they always have tear ducts.

they look like wounds on the muzzle ^^; on paper it looks good but on a 3D surface it seems a bit off, i would suggest shrinking them down a bit if you want to keep them :)

Also i know that was a really big critique but i actually really love your stuff, my favorites would have to be the Corgi, and the Tiny suit ^^ i especially loved the paws on the tiny suit <3 oh my gosh the way you did the claws was perfect <3

Hmm, I could shrink 'em down a bit. I don't think I could ever stand to get rid of them though. I had never heard of putting tear ducts on toony suits before and ever since I started doing that I just really liked them. x)

Thank you!
Tiny's hand paws are actually the only ones I've done that way, so far (although my own fursona's suit will be somewhat similar). I had offered to do the hands for free just so I could test it out. I like them, but they take so dang long and don't tend to match my toony suits designs very often. xD

EEK!! one of my best friends commissioned you!! marzibelle!!!