I've never used livejournal before, but I've been looking through some older posts and found some great info. I was hoping someone might be able to help me out a bit too.
I'm working on my first fursuit, Astro, a friendly interplanetary Husky here on Earth to finish his Furstronaut training! Unfortunately, I've gotten stuck on the head foaming. I started with a balaclava base, then added a complete layer of foam in sort of a "motorcycle helmet" fashion, then added more foam for the shaping. I did this due to my needing space between my human eyes and the foam for my prescription glasses. Now I'm working on the shaping, but I'm having a really hard time transferring my idea into a 3-dimensional piece of foam.
I'm also worried about having REALLY bad visibility, because the top of the nose / bottom of the eye socket blocks the bottom half of my field of view, and even with big toony 2D eyes when I add the white plastic and buckrum it's going to limit my visibility even more. My other major concern is that I have no idea how to curve the lips to make a happy, playful look.
Here's what I have currently:
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This one really shows my visibility - I think the eye socket needs to be extended lower:
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Also, here's a draft of my ref sheet in case you'd like to see it, this is JUST for colors though, NOT specific body or head shape (stars are UV reactive and will have LEDs under them for a "shooting star" effect):
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If anyone can help with some redlines for where I should cut / add foam, I would really appreciate it! Here's the general shape I was going for (you can see the nose ridge I tried to replicate) [pictures belong to their respective owners, I'm just pointing to them, hope that's ok]:
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Pic 3
Again, I'd appreciate ANY help! Thank you so much!!!
I'm working on my first fursuit, Astro, a friendly interplanetary Husky here on Earth to finish his Furstronaut training! Unfortunately, I've gotten stuck on the head foaming. I started with a balaclava base, then added a complete layer of foam in sort of a "motorcycle helmet" fashion, then added more foam for the shaping. I did this due to my needing space between my human eyes and the foam for my prescription glasses. Now I'm working on the shaping, but I'm having a really hard time transferring my idea into a 3-dimensional piece of foam.
I'm also worried about having REALLY bad visibility, because the top of the nose / bottom of the eye socket blocks the bottom half of my field of view, and even with big toony 2D eyes when I add the white plastic and buckrum it's going to limit my visibility even more. My other major concern is that I have no idea how to curve the lips to make a happy, playful look.
Here's what I have currently:
This one really shows my visibility - I think the eye socket needs to be extended lower:
Also, here's a draft of my ref sheet in case you'd like to see it, this is JUST for colors though, NOT specific body or head shape (stars are UV reactive and will have LEDs under them for a "shooting star" effect):
If anyone can help with some redlines for where I should cut / add foam, I would really appreciate it! Here's the general shape I was going for (you can see the nose ridge I tried to replicate) [pictures belong to their respective owners, I'm just pointing to them, hope that's ok]:
Pic 1
Pic 2
Pic 3
Again, I'd appreciate ANY help! Thank you so much!!!