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Well here's a little digital art. I made this with Windows Paint, a program with which I'm not very impressed. This was my first use of Paint, and it probably won't be my last, but I'm certainly going to be making most of my artwork with pencils, watercolor pencils, and paper, or with a camera (especially when I make my fursuit).
This was inspired by Domafox's "Mud Bathing", which can be seen here: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/1437921/ . Domafox originally made it for Drake Husky, and I found it in Drake's Favorites Gallery. It's now in my Favorites also!
And don't be surprised if you sometime find a picture of me doing this in fursuit! I'm sure I will just as soon as I can!
This was inspired by Domafox's "Mud Bathing", which can be seen here: http://www.furaffinity.net/view/1437921/ . Domafox originally made it for Drake Husky, and I found it in Drake's Favorites Gallery. It's now in my Favorites also!
And don't be surprised if you sometime find a picture of me doing this in fursuit! I'm sure I will just as soon as I can!
Category Artwork (Digital) / All
Species Cougar / Puma
Size 813 x 540px
File Size 126.5 kB
WOOHOO!!! I didn't even know you had a fursuit... why not post some pictures of it on FA?
And you're not the only one besides me (if you can count me, because I don't have a fursuit yet), Swampy T Fox, and Yami Wolf
(he mentioned it once or twice, but doesn't seem absolutely certain) who wouldn't mind getting his fursuit muddy... oh, dammit, I forgot who I was going to mention!
But before you go getting your fursuit muddy, be sure you know what kind of foam the padding is made out of!
If it's closed-cell polyethylene foam, reticulated foam, or polyester batting (not a foam, it's the stuff used to stuff stuffed animal toys), then it's okay. Go get muddy! But if your padding is of open-cell polyurethane foam (aka "open-cell foam", "cusion foam", "upholstery foam", etc., then do not get it wet. Replace that sort of foam with something water-damage-proof if possible. Why? Because open-cell polyurethane foam absorbs water like a sponge, then takes forever to dry (even if you squeeze it). That means it can easily grow mold and germs before it dries (mold and germs can grow quite quickly).
How to tell them apart?
Well, closed-cell polyethylene foam is rather stiff and a bit shiny. It won't absorb any water (it also does not breathe at all). It's the stuff out of which pipe insulation and those pool-toy "noodles" are made. It floats. Thin sheets of it are used as packaging material, and are quite flexible.
Reticulated foam is usually black. It is very open and porous, breathes well, and water will usually flow right through it. It also dries quickly.
Open-cell polyurethane foam is what you find inside sofa cusions, upholstered furniture, and car seats. (Many sofa cusions have zippers along one seam. If yours do, open one and peek inside. The foam may be inside a sort of cloth bag, though.) It starts out whitish, but turns yellow with age. It's usually quite soft to the touch, and easily suqeezable (why it's used for cusions).
Well, I hope this helps! You can contact your fursuit's maker and ask what kind of foam was used to pad your fursuit if you like. If you made it yourself, you might already know, but if you don't, here's a general tip: If you got the foam from a fabric shop, it was most likely open-cell polyurethane.
Happy mudding!
~Redstripe Cougar
And you're not the only one besides me (if you can count me, because I don't have a fursuit yet), Swampy T Fox, and Yami Wolf
(he mentioned it once or twice, but doesn't seem absolutely certain) who wouldn't mind getting his fursuit muddy... oh, dammit, I forgot who I was going to mention! But before you go getting your fursuit muddy, be sure you know what kind of foam the padding is made out of!
If it's closed-cell polyethylene foam, reticulated foam, or polyester batting (not a foam, it's the stuff used to stuff stuffed animal toys), then it's okay. Go get muddy! But if your padding is of open-cell polyurethane foam (aka "open-cell foam", "cusion foam", "upholstery foam", etc., then do not get it wet. Replace that sort of foam with something water-damage-proof if possible. Why? Because open-cell polyurethane foam absorbs water like a sponge, then takes forever to dry (even if you squeeze it). That means it can easily grow mold and germs before it dries (mold and germs can grow quite quickly).
How to tell them apart?
Well, closed-cell polyethylene foam is rather stiff and a bit shiny. It won't absorb any water (it also does not breathe at all). It's the stuff out of which pipe insulation and those pool-toy "noodles" are made. It floats. Thin sheets of it are used as packaging material, and are quite flexible.
Reticulated foam is usually black. It is very open and porous, breathes well, and water will usually flow right through it. It also dries quickly.
Open-cell polyurethane foam is what you find inside sofa cusions, upholstered furniture, and car seats. (Many sofa cusions have zippers along one seam. If yours do, open one and peek inside. The foam may be inside a sort of cloth bag, though.) It starts out whitish, but turns yellow with age. It's usually quite soft to the touch, and easily suqeezable (why it's used for cusions).
Well, I hope this helps! You can contact your fursuit's maker and ask what kind of foam was used to pad your fursuit if you like. If you made it yourself, you might already know, but if you don't, here's a general tip: If you got the foam from a fabric shop, it was most likely open-cell polyurethane.
Happy mudding!
~Redstripe Cougar
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