I forced myself to limit the number of markings on my main sona yesterday. She originally had over 300 markings on her back ALONE (it was a marbling effect with neon green, black, and purple), and I reduced it to under 20. I made the markings larger, with fewer of them. Hoping to make my sona into a fursuit one day, so that's a start.
i am so glad my sona is already fursut friendly (he only uses white, cream and light brown) and has big patches except freckles which i will prob simplyfy to just 3-4 symmethrical dots
I feel sorry for whoever I commission to do my boi, he has these tiny spots on his leg that would *have* to be airbrushed *cri* I need to make him a fursuit friendly ref
I’m gonna make my own and he’s supposed to have a bunch of follow me eyes on his ears and mouths on his paws (idk how to explain the mouths) and the mouth on his head is supposed to zip up so uhm…
My new fursona(s? They’re technically 2 personalities in 1 body so…) has leopard print but they’re rlly big and not realistic so I don’t think it’d be too bad (compared to my other Sona, Poptart)
Great video Skye! Just a suggestion for next Maker Masterclass, could we have more photo's with examples of suits/designs that have the features that you are talking about? As a more visual person, this would really help me and I'm sure a lot of others would benefit as well.
Protip: Not mine. I'm doing a deer with moderate (for an actual deer) sized antlers, and by chance also stripes, including thin stripes. And a decently long hairstyle. And little freckles (maybe) Fortunately I've got sewing experience, and watching doll customizers has given me some ideas on the hair. It will require some testing as well, but I think latch hooking (and then fuzzing/furring out the yarn) might be a solution for adding thin stripes and markings, maybe also for making yarn wefts for the hair. I also have woodcarving experience, which works nicely with some modeling compounds, for the antlers. I only have myself to blame for this mess.
I think mine is fairly friendly lol. He is just a big tealish wickerbeast (specifically kingbeast) with some bluish splotches on him. They aren't symmetrical but they are huge
Omg I watched TanelleFlowers’ vid about animation friendly designs years ago and somehow never considered the question of fursuit friendly designs and my mind was blown. I’m glad that my sparkle cat design was as basic as I can get it for a partial (Still wish I had a suit tho 😭 Ngl, even if dyeing the fur was a thing, the colors will fade, so a waste of money.
"Crazy large body parts" This coming from you, who made me a 5' 8" tail... then had to lop 6 inches off it :P Miss ya, Skye. Hope we can catch up more soon.
watching this months later as i prep to make my suit. And my sona has freckles and long bangs so this will help a lot. At least i know how i want to modify the design so i don't feel the need to create a whole other ref
With all the comments I don't know if you're going to see this but I wanted to say that i really love your tutorials And whenever my friends ever need advice I almost always recommend you I'm making my first fursuit tail And your tutorials made it super easy
Two of my sonas that I actually plan to make suits of (my pfp included) were actually designed pretty much the same way she described here. I ordered fur samples and looked at what was available/affordable, and I ended up with a lisa-frank style cat and I love her!
It's kind of interesting to see how different fursuit makers philosophies are. I get excited when hearing about stuff like antlers or long hair. I'd love to build more of that. Right now I am working on a suit that has relatively big resin horns. They are quite heavy and not wearable for a long time so I am also making a second set of horns out of minky. They need to be removable for shipping anyways. The character also has antenna and a tail that is supposed to look like it is made out of a gel like substance. I see that as a fun challenge.
I think my fursona is fairly simple. He’s literally all black, crimson eyes, and 4 crimson teeth. Yes, he’s a dinomask, but he’s going to be a digigrade (I can’t spell it lol) fullsuit soon. Paws and feet and I’ll be done! I have no motivation to finish him rn because I’m sick but my demon suit will be done soon! lol
2:40 hey, that's my sona's color pallete XD (except I have a slightly darker tan, and I have more of an orange, and also red) because teal/turquoise, burnt orange, and maroon are my top 3 fav colors. then the brown and tan help bring them all together as the base colors
I always make sure I have mainly big-medium markings that are decently spread apart For example I have a pointy marking on the neck and 2 on the body that are on each side, conected with a THICKKK line And 3 freckles on each side And a huge red teardrop taking up majority of each leg
I really wanted to make my first suit- so rather than picking colors from the color wheel- I picked straight from a fur seller! I can have close blues while knowing it will work :)
My character has long hair and I just used brushed-out and heat-treated yarn. He's still in the making but they may be attached by velcro for easy and unmessy cleaning. (however, these hairs WILL fall apart so over time you will have to make it again... but they look AWESOME)
as a person with no experience in making fursuits my markings are extremly simple and well idk if you cna even count it as a marking its jsut the belly colour but for anyone experience with fursuits is an anteater a good species for a first fursuit? and it is going to be toony but should i make the big claws or keep them med sized? i would love to make pablo come to life as he is well my favourite non-horror related design for a fursona
Tip to make your design fursuit friendly If it would cause depression or carple tunnel to make. Probably don't, remember fursuit makers are real people 😭 Also if you want a more complicated suit like a realistic one or a suit with compacated patterns, I recommend haveing some fursuit makeing experience or a friend who can fix the suit if it breaks
me: Oh my half and half moth dragon character can't be THAT fursuit unfriendly. *remembers the tail is twice as long as the character* Me: ah, nevermind- the tail would be like 10ft long-
This was so helpful. New furry here and currently trying to decide on my sona atm. I'm trying to think on whether or not I want to save for a con or suit. Both still at least a year ( or more). However I've been looking at makers (you included) for pricing.
Hi! Just asking. So the more easier the patterns/colour is, the more cheaper the fursuit/partial be? Like for example, my fursona is a plain orange cat with orange-yellow paws and a orange tail with orange-yellow tip?
Hey! As a beginner-ish fursuit maker, makers usually price depending on materials and time taken. That being said, the less colors used and the more simple of a design should reduce pricing of a suit!
I have a question, when making a fursuit head, could you use a balaclava as an alternative to the bucket head method? Ive seen many videos using a balaclava, but i don't knowif it is used instead of a bucket foam base Please help
No, baklavas are used to protect the internal foam of the suit, you need a baklava if your suit head is unlined they are not used in place of a bucket head base
Anyone have suggestions for how to make a custom "skull" out if resin, or any shops to ask? I love my boi (see profile pic) but i just dont have the 3D tools to make something like that.
You could try making it out of clay first (build it onto a mannequin head for size) then making a mold out of mold putty, then using resin, or even expanding foam, to make the final positive.
heya! something i have wondered about for a while is, “is it even possible for a singular fursuit to have three long floor dragging tails?” and if so, what would you price for it? i am curious because my fursona has this, and i really just want to know if is physically possible.
I might have to change my design a little for my fursuit. Maybe I should have my 5 tails be smaller and shorter hair. The gradient isn’t too big an issue for me. But could be remedied to make it easier for me.
For my fursuit tail I made a full size super motion tail out of 1inch Eva floor mats and 1 inch foam and I’m going to have it so I could take off the fur and put on different fur for different personal fursuits This will also hopefully have it so I can put the fur into the washing machine without having to worry about it drying incorrectly! What is your thoughts on it?
my fursona has a couple of markings im slightly anxious about when it comes to getting a fursuit... they have three simplified hyacinths on one of their thighs and a sun with sunglasses (yes im serious, it is a sun with sunglasses) on their chest.. im in the process of making them a new ref so i wanna find a way to simplify that second one more
ello there all, Im pretty new to furr suit making ive been watching tutorials left and right and i have a fair understanding of everything , so far, and i know you all probably get asked this a lot but do you guys have any tips on furring fur suit heads? I watched skye's tutorial videos but Im still pretty confused, (btw Skeys videos have been helpful I just have a small brain compacity to understand anything lol , have a good day : > )
My sonas design is mostly pretty simple, i think, the fur only has three colors--base color, spots, and then these annoying little stars. Im making my suit myself, so my plan is to just pattern everything else out and then figure out where and how big i want the stars to be. Bc i never keep them in the same spots lol
I was browsing through my subscriptions and saw it said you havent posted… I thought: “hang on, that cant be right…. That’s supposed to show me if theres any un watched videos from you. But i havent checked in? I dont wanna know…. Is she stopped posting?! Nooo :( “ But no, she posted, youtube was just drunk :/ Thank goodness
With recent events within the community taking people to hurt children at charity events. Makers should keep track of where there suit is going to so they don't get caught up in negative press about there suits.
I have a fursona that has one line about an inch wide around the middle of each of her ears and one line about the same one inch just below her elbow on each arm and below that the rest of the arm to the fingers is the same color with like a tan for the fingers And a final line at the end of her tail thats maybe 1 1/2 - 2 inches? Is that still fursuit friendly??
My main fursona is a yellow dragon with turquoise semi short hair and a simple tail. No problem there But my second one is a grey and white rabbit with long blue hair, ¿how can i make her long hair without using a wig?
I want to ask ya if my oc is fursuit friendly! My oc has a very basic pattern expect for the tail as the pattern for the tail is red black orange black yellow black green black blue black and black. I understand if you don’t see this comment as important so you don’t have to answer I understand ^^
I forced myself to limit the number of markings on my main sona yesterday. She originally had over 300 markings on her back ALONE (it was a marbling effect with neon green, black, and purple), and I reduced it to under 20. I made the markings larger, with fewer of them. Hoping to make my sona into a fursuit one day, so that's a start.
HOW IS THAT POSSIBLE RESPECT TO YOU
@@thatonel4421 IDK HOW I MANAGED THAT BRO 😭
i am so glad my sona is already fursut friendly (he only uses white, cream and light brown) and has big patches except freckles which i will prob simplyfy to just 3-4 symmethrical dots
I feel sorry for whoever I commission to do my boi, he has these tiny spots on his leg that would *have* to be airbrushed *cri* I need to make him a fursuit friendly ref
Dude same mine has leopard spots but I'm going to painstakingly take the time to sew mine because I enjoy torturing myself 🥲
Mine has red blood dripping from the eyes! Actually that wouldn't be bad..
I’m gonna make my own and he’s supposed to have a bunch of follow me eyes on his ears and mouths on his paws (idk how to explain the mouths) and the mouth on his head is supposed to zip up so uhm…
it depends on how tiny the spots are probably
My new fursona(s? They’re technically 2 personalities in 1 body so…) has leopard print but they’re rlly big and not realistic so I don’t think it’d be too bad (compared to my other Sona, Poptart)
Great video Skye! Just a suggestion for next Maker Masterclass, could we have more photo's with examples of suits/designs that have the features that you are talking about? As a more visual person, this would really help me and I'm sure a lot of others would benefit as well.
Yessss
Protip: Not mine. I'm doing a deer with moderate (for an actual deer) sized antlers, and by chance also stripes, including thin stripes. And a decently long hairstyle. And little freckles (maybe)
Fortunately I've got sewing experience, and watching doll customizers has given me some ideas on the hair. It will require some testing as well, but I think latch hooking (and then fuzzing/furring out the yarn) might be a solution for adding thin stripes and markings, maybe also for making yarn wefts for the hair. I also have woodcarving experience, which works nicely with some modeling compounds, for the antlers.
I only have myself to blame for this mess.
I think mine is fairly friendly lol. He is just a big tealish wickerbeast (specifically kingbeast) with some bluish splotches on him. They aren't symmetrical but they are huge
OMG I WAS JUST GOING TO GET STARTED WITH MAKING A PARTIAL THIS IS SO HELPFUL THANK YOU
Omg I watched TanelleFlowers’ vid about animation friendly designs years ago and somehow never considered the question of fursuit friendly designs and my mind was blown. I’m glad that my sparkle cat design was as basic as I can get it for a partial (Still wish I had a suit tho 😭
Ngl, even if dyeing the fur was a thing, the colors will fade, so a waste of money.
Love how the comment section is people realising their designs aren’t fursuit friendly or wallet friendly
"Crazy large body parts"
This coming from you, who made me a 5' 8" tail... then had to lop 6 inches off it :P
Miss ya, Skye. Hope we can catch up more soon.
10:02 I just noticed the animated Kabber outro doll, that's so cute!!! 😭
watching this months later as i prep to make my suit. And my sona has freckles and long bangs so this will help a lot. At least i know how i want to modify the design so i don't feel the need to create a whole other ref
With all the comments I don't know if you're going to see this but I wanted to say that i really love your tutorials And whenever my friends ever need advice I almost always recommend you I'm making my first fursuit tail And your tutorials made it super easy
get skye to see this yall
Great video, I actually commissioned my first fursuit about 2 years ago and it's about to be made in November, So pumped!!
Took 3 years for your maker to start? Damn
Two of my sonas that I actually plan to make suits of (my pfp included) were actually designed pretty much the same way she described here. I ordered fur samples and looked at what was available/affordable, and I ended up with a lisa-frank style cat and I love her!
It's kind of interesting to see how different fursuit makers philosophies are.
I get excited when hearing about stuff like antlers or long hair. I'd love to build more of that. Right now I am working on a suit that has relatively big resin horns. They are quite heavy and not wearable for a long time so I am also making a second set of horns out of minky. They need to be removable for shipping anyways.
The character also has antenna and a tail that is supposed to look like it is made out of a gel like substance. I see that as a fun challenge.
Cool!
What a fascinating character
Neffertity has a gradient tutorial without air brushing and washing friendly
My fursona's star-like back spots: *loud sweating*
SERIOUSLY, IVE GOT CLOUDS AND STARS ON MINE
It’s so good to see you again Skye! 🫶
Ty so helpful!!! I was just going to make a fur suit and it has so many patterns on it and I don’t have a sewing machine so this is great!
thanks! This was so useful- also thought you’d evaporated lol since you hadn’t posted 😂
I think my fursona is fairly simple. He’s literally all black, crimson eyes, and 4 crimson teeth. Yes, he’s a dinomask, but he’s going to be a digigrade (I can’t spell it lol) fullsuit soon. Paws and feet and I’ll be done! I have no motivation to finish him rn because I’m sick but my demon suit will be done soon! lol
Btw you spelled digigrade correctly
@Onyx_the_fur it’s actually spelt with a t! Digitigrade~
@@SkyehighStudios thank you! after 2 years of never fact checking myself i now know how to spell digitigrade correct lmao
this is very helpful for me who is a new fursuit maker TYSM!
I remembered about you and you uploaded again! I AM MAGIC!!!
Me having a snow leopard fursona sighing with relief
I had no idea I made my fursona so fursute friendly 😮💜 completely by accident proud of myself 😊
Quick question:
On a hand paw, would you consider the toes/fingers being a different color than the palm/back/wrist to be a complex design element?
No that's pretty typical
No, a lot of people do that, and both of the pairs of paws I've sewn are like that
New viedo!!!! Excited. Tysvm for ur content!
2:40 hey, that's my sona's color pallete XD (except I have a slightly darker tan, and I have more of an orange, and also red) because teal/turquoise, burnt orange, and maroon are my top 3 fav colors. then the brown and tan help bring them all together as the base colors
I always make sure I have mainly big-medium markings that are decently spread apart
For example I have a pointy marking on the neck and 2 on the body that are on each side, conected with a THICKKK line
And 3 freckles on each side
And a huge red teardrop taking up majority of each leg
Great video. Alot of great info on being fursuit friendly. Love the advice and info, keep up the great job.
I really wanted to make my first suit- so rather than picking colors from the color wheel- I picked straight from a fur seller! I can have close blues while knowing it will work :)
Would you ever consider doing a tutorial on making teeth/tongue/eyelids? (Trying to figure out)
ahh yay another episode!
This helps a lot thank you
I did pink, mint green and white for my fursona.
My character has long hair and I just used brushed-out and heat-treated yarn. He's still in the making but they may be attached by velcro for easy and unmessy cleaning. (however, these hairs WILL fall apart so over time you will have to make it again... but they look AWESOME)
as a person with no experience in making fursuits my markings are extremly simple and well idk if you cna even count it as a marking its jsut the belly colour but for anyone experience with fursuits is an anteater a good species for a first fursuit? and it is going to be toony but should i make the big claws or keep them med sized? i would love to make pablo come to life as he is well my favourite non-horror related design for a fursona
Tip to make your design fursuit friendly
If it would cause depression or carple tunnel to make. Probably don't, remember fursuit makers are real people 😭
Also if you want a more complicated suit like a realistic one or a suit with compacated patterns, I recommend haveing some fursuit makeing experience or a friend who can fix the suit if it breaks
me: Oh my half and half moth dragon character can't be THAT fursuit unfriendly.
*remembers the tail is twice as long as the character*
Me: ah, nevermind- the tail would be like 10ft long-
My fursonas gradient legs and tail
OOPSIE !
Time to make him totally different
I have a really simple puffin design but his beak may be defining gradience .. is orange to light orange to mustard yellow okay?
Awesome video Skye
My sona is a blue fox. Suit friendly!
This was so helpful. New furry here and currently trying to decide on my sona atm. I'm trying to think on whether or not I want to save for a con or suit. Both still at least a year ( or more). However I've been looking at makers (you included) for pricing.
Hi! Just asking. So the more easier the patterns/colour is, the more cheaper the fursuit/partial be? Like for example, my fursona is a plain orange cat with orange-yellow paws and a orange tail with orange-yellow tip?
Hey! As a beginner-ish fursuit maker, makers usually price depending on materials and time taken. That being said, the less colors used and the more simple of a design should reduce pricing of a suit!
would tiger stripes be too difficult to make irl? like just on the body not anywhere near the paws
Yooooo! You’re still alive! Hope you’re doing well!
Omg, 500th like! 🥳
I have a question, when making a fursuit head, could you use a balaclava as an alternative to the bucket head method? Ive seen many videos using a balaclava, but i don't knowif it is used instead of a bucket foam base
Please help
No, baklavas are used to protect the internal foam of the suit, you need a baklava if your suit head is unlined they are not used in place of a bucket head base
thanks! @@permafrost7875
So my fursona has frills that come off the head behind the ears would those be fursuit friendly?
It's always a good day when Skye uploads :)
THAT. IS. IT
IM JOINING HER PATREON
Anyone have suggestions for how to make a custom "skull" out if resin, or any shops to ask? I love my boi (see profile pic) but i just dont have the 3D tools to make something like that.
You could try making it out of clay first (build it onto a mannequin head for size) then making a mold out of mold putty, then using resin, or even expanding foam, to make the final positive.
@@1000-i7d thank you! I'll give it a shot, clay is something I actually can do.
I very recently simplified my fursona to have a a lot less stripes
heya! something i have wondered about for a while is, “is it even possible for a singular fursuit to have three long floor dragging tails?” and if so, what would you price for it? i am curious because my fursona has this, and i really just want to know if is physically possible.
Skye, I have been watching your videos for a while now. And now I have came Across the tutorial which have helped me a lot, so thank you! ᕦ( ᐛ )ᕤ
I can literally send them my head base because my first fursona is a dino mask! I have the painted dino mask:D
I might have to change my design a little for my fursuit. Maybe I should have my 5 tails be smaller and shorter hair. The gradient isn’t too big an issue for me. But could be remedied to make it easier for me.
Thank u for this
2:41) She literally listed the main colours of my fursona 😂
HI SKYE
I like the fur room vid
Happy to be your generic bi-color wolf with the simplest markings ever!
6:46 Starship has a long red hairstyle 💇♀️!
Starship is a cool fursona name!
For my fursuit tail I made a full size super motion tail out of 1inch Eva floor mats and 1 inch foam and I’m going to have it so I could take off the fur and put on different fur for different personal fursuits
This will also hopefully have it so I can put the fur into the washing machine without having to worry about it drying incorrectly!
What is your thoughts on it?
AAAA LOVE UR VIDS
my fursona has a couple of markings im slightly anxious about when it comes to getting a fursuit... they have three simplified hyacinths on one of their thighs and a sun with sunglasses (yes im serious, it is a sun with sunglasses) on their chest.. im in the process of making them a new ref so i wanna find a way to simplify that second one more
not going to commission anyone anytime soon but my sona seems pretty commission friendly so that's good!! :3
*Laughs in Fursona being a solid light blue, no patterns*
Omg im early! Didnt even realize LOL
ello there all, Im pretty new to furr suit making ive been watching tutorials left and right and i have a fair understanding of everything , so far, and i know you all probably get asked this a lot but do you guys have any tips on furring fur suit heads? I watched skye's tutorial videos but Im still pretty confused, (btw Skeys videos have been helpful I just have a small brain compacity to understand anything lol , have a good day : > )
*laughs in tribal patterned characters*
I'm so sorry to every one of my suit makers XD
Haha mine has the same..this is why I only made a partial 🤣
heh good thing my fursona is a white cat with just black ears paws and tail, *wheeze*
My sonas design is mostly pretty simple, i think, the fur only has three colors--base color, spots, and then these annoying little stars. Im making my suit myself, so my plan is to just pattern everything else out and then figure out where and how big i want the stars to be. Bc i never keep them in the same spots lol
my fursona is a chimera with scales
I just bought a $200 base and in supplies for my first suit
Soo, question, would small bee wings be OKAY?
nice vid :D
❤
my fursona is sadly not very fursuit friendly, as he has many shades of gray (it might be hard to find around 5 shades of gray)
I just want to make a simple black cat fursuit but have no idea how to do that. Give it bright neon green eyes.
I was browsing through my subscriptions and saw it said you havent posted…
I thought: “hang on, that cant be right…. That’s supposed to show me if theres any un watched videos from you. But i havent checked in? I dont wanna know…. Is she stopped posting?! Nooo :( “
But no, she posted, youtube was just drunk :/
Thank goodness
Jokes on you, my fursona is so basic that the bodysuit (when made) would be entirely white and marking-less
With recent events within the community taking people to hurt children at charity events. Makers should keep track of where there suit is going to so they don't get caught up in negative press about there suits.
Where do I go to ask for a suit I only need a head and hands many feet
good to know my fursona is fursuit friendly im is just black and yellow
I have a fursona that has one line about an inch wide around the middle of each of her ears and one line about the same one inch just below her elbow on each arm and below that the rest of the arm to the fingers is the same color with like a tan for the fingers
And a final line at the end of her tail thats maybe 1 1/2 - 2 inches?
Is that still fursuit friendly??
How did you get the dots on your fursuit head?
u finally posted what took you so long
Fursuit making, having a life outside of UA-cam, video editing?
It was just a joke
*"I just got back from furdu, I'm exhausted"* -everyone at furdu who came home with the rona
What about Skye’s freckles though?
5:01
My main fursona is a yellow dragon with turquoise semi short hair and a simple tail. No problem there
But my second one is a grey and white rabbit with long blue hair, ¿how can i make her long hair without using a wig?
Skye what is your Fursuit store
I'm trying to get some passes
so can I have a cat head already has fur put any pattern on it
I don't expect you to see this but if you do, is there a way I can send you my foam dutchie head and you could fur it? (Of course I'd pay lol)
Hey I want to make a cat fur suit I just can’t figure out how to make the paws
I want to ask ya if my oc is fursuit friendly! My oc has a very basic pattern expect for the tail as the pattern for the tail is red black orange black yellow black green black blue black and black. I understand if you don’t see this comment as important so you don’t have to answer I understand ^^
what about sharks??
Yay I’m early
Me fursona having antlers and a head tail: well ima have to change so things