Creature Costuming [Part 1]: Design & Planning

[Whitewolfprint]

Hello! I'm not really interested in making fursuits but Im more interested in making like life sized plush puppets and stuff (like an okami puppet or a pikachu puppet or you know! ^.^) and I was wondering if all of this stuff would sort of imply to making puppets too! Please respond and u are SUPER talented! -Printie .3.

[brandontequilan1]

Will you ever come to anime expo in LA?

[bakuviewboxing]

0:54 chrno_kun!!!

[HappyHansha]

I hope you do this again next year!

[Dasiyssis]

Hi. I was wondering if you had any tips on fur for Rattata and Vaporeon because i wanted to start making them but I need to know what types of materials to use. Thnkxs! I love all of your cosplay outfits! :D

[abraxxus27315]

just followed the link from your DA, brilliant stuff, thanks for doing these videos :)

[sarahblakey1]

Thanks so much for the great videos. I have watched all of them and am super keen to make my first full on cosplay. I was wondering though, how do you get in and out of the complex costumes? for groudon eg, does he unzip, or how do you get out haha. Cheers :D

[HowlerTheWolfie]

Is that a tie around Groudon's neck?

[OttersAreWin]

CanineHybrid, you really are the best of the best.

[purplepurplepurple13]

In the video, creature costuming, (I belive) where were you at? It looked like a library. If it was could you do a presentation at the Belmar Public library? (or somewhere in lakewood

[EpicCorruption]

0:52, Chrono walks in. AWSOME!!!!

[bakuviewboxing]

@EpicCorruption yeahhhhhh you meet chrono

[hawkclawwind]

@purplepurplepurple13 Riley? She's the one talking on the right :D

[purplepurplepurple13]

Where are you at in this video?

[hugglebuddy1993]

I wish i could get my fursona made into a fursuit but i cant find the supplies. T_T I wanted it done for Youmacon but its next month,

[MaddieMoe00]

@ 6:28 I said bless you to whoever sneezed just out of habit. haha

[xXSeptemberL4DXx]

I have an important question. I've been wanting to make my own fursuit for a while,but I always get scared of how it will turn out. I was wondering if you had the same kind of feeling when you made your first fursuit

[CanineHybrid]

@xXSeptemberL4DXx Absolutely I did! I was completely lost and terrified I wouldn't be able to do it so I totally sympathize. There were very very little resources out there when I started out so I had to create a lot of my own methods. I just got super lucky that things worked out the way they did. You can do it to! Somehow you just gotta *start* and jump right in. You'll get the hang of it with practice just like everyone else :)

[xXSeptemberL4DXx]

@CanineHybrid Hah,I see. It must have been hard to make up methods.. But your methods work perfectly,your costumes are great :D Thanks for the help :P

[Genstrider]

@CanineHybrid I dislike you and what you stand for, this is the reason why I disliked your video

[DeidaraIwaNoGakure]

i wanna goooooo!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!

[auntslappy282]

HOW DID I MISS THIS? ;3; Thanks for uploading it because I was an idiot and missed it. ;3;

[darknighthowler]

wow lovely vid as always. Oh and the part about groudons feet at 6:47 yeah i remember that vid it was the ep where kyorge vs groudon didn't realize that either till you said something.... 0.0 wow your very observant. Anyway keep up the awesome work!!

[CrazehGamer]

Hey CanineHybrid!

thanks for this upload! It was at a perfect time in my life, since today I'm actually planning my own character. This video helped so much!

I also LOVE how you can seem to handle under pressure.. especially near the beginning with that quick little presentation difficulty. :P

Nice job!

[CanineHybrid]

@CrazehGamer Wow, I'm thrilled that this video was perfect for you :) Thank you so very much for your comment! I try my best at impromptu speaking- most of the time I just get carried away and you can't get me to shut up XD That's what I kept Tom around for: to keep me in check.

[AlliChan95]

lolhivriska

[RainbowAcidful]

Congrats so much on doing a big thing like this infront of people!

[Klippenschweif]

wow o.o

one question..

can you upload a the human base from sketching s desing pls?

[CanineHybrid]

@Klippenschweif I have been contemplating making a human base template free to use for awhile- I simply haven't gotten around to doing it yet. I wouldn't want to post the ones I have currently because, again, that's my own body. So until I make some more generic people, you'll just have to search around for turnarounds and model sheets and templates of your own.

[Klippenschweif]

@CanineHybrid oh okay ;D

[NinjaPWNED]

Omg thanks so much for doing this, I've always wanted to make creature costumes but I never knew how to or what materials to use, thanks so much! :D

[kolodragon]

Huge 8**** (bluh, bluh) detected.

[Weerd1katalyst]

I can see my wing. XD

[Rhythiana]

Great panel by the way. Might I add that the Umbreon costume was as much built by Tom as it was by me. Kinda of a co-op project really. :)

[CanineHybrid]

@Rhythiana Thanks for clarifying that, I wasn't sure how to credit it in the description. Fixed!

[fallensongofmountain]

@caninehybrid I might go to anthrocon next year, and yes I read that you might go... Let me just say I would LOVE to meet u, and koosh! Anthrocon is next year in summer, so plenty of time to make costumes. You are the whole resin I'm making a costume. I'v made a video showing how far it is. It should be called updates again, but you don't have to read it. :)

[articuno2011]

caninehybrid ur good at making costume and i love all ur vids and please watch myone video on my account

[yinnyfin]

There is a Vriska in the front row

[Nishubi]

@yinnyfin I'm glad I'm not the only one who noticed. Her horns were the first thing I looked at when the video started. xD

[yinnyfin]

@Nishubi xD Yeah. That's the first thing I saw. Even though I don't read Homestuck, I know all of the Troll names and what they look like xD Favorite is Gamzee!

[legomaniac1128]

Excellent and very informative! I can't wait to see the rest! It's always fascinating to see what actually goes into something.

[NeonHeartpenguin]

This is an awesome, informative presentation! I always have a bit of trouble with planning my fursuits, and this helped me a lot.

(I also see a Vriskers in the front row.)

[bakugirl8]

I made a Nana costume after watching you video on how to make the charizard costume, since my main problem was the wing. Thanks so much! Your videos are really helpful!

[Blazger]

real informative riley :) This will help in what I am trying to do :)

[starforceleeexe]

Thank you you helped me so much.

[TheZombieBox]

Vriska in the front row!!

Also, I am sad I couldn't make it to your panel. D: I really love all of your suits!!

[ChesireHeart]

@TheZombieBox YES im not alone!

[lightningthehamster]

@TheZombieBox LOL. I noticed the second I watched the video.

[EvangelineDeer]

Yay you made another video! <3 I wish I could have been there for this... You can't hear everything too clearly. But I still enjoy another video of you and your work. Please tell us you'll try to post more?

[CanineHybrid]

@EvangelineDeer I'll be working on making subtitles today, so hopefully that'll help ^^

[dryalex12]

so is Groundon your bodyguard? so when every someone comes up to you and are like "RSEHIBVGTWHPRFOPSDHGVJDFVGDHG­JEFHPGEROPUGTEROGWERHGDFSGFDUO­GTPG" the get cru------uhhh i mean smoth----no uhhh glom-------nooo uhhh hugged yeah lets go with that

[leslie13536]

this is very helpful and nicely put together! I can't wait to see the rest of it :>

[DaisukeTheFurry]

I see vriska >u>

[droumerda]

Thank you, this is exactly what I need for my new project!

[majorsmask]

wow this is great I look forward to seeing more...I'm not sure if you remember me from the live stream but I'm elusive-umbreon, and I'm working on an umbreon suit, there are a few things I want to consider before I want to buy everything (lol I finally found a great place for foam with help from chimmily). I heard of quad suits but I didn't realise they were difficult to make...tbh I thought it was tubes foamed lol

I've got very very rough designs but I like your idea about photographs...tbct

[majorsmask]

@majorsmask continued...what I did was find a picture of normal human perportions on google and draw over on ms paint, but I'll give the photographs thing a go...I can see it going well on something like gimpshop

[Brutalbic]

damn people constantly walking in front of the camera!

[razendar]

Oh I love your work and your improvement over the years.

I hope to get someday as good as oyu.

Keep on working and making videos and maybe some new tutorials too^^

[CanineHybrid]

@razendar Thank you so much! I most certainly will keep at it- and if you do too, there's no reason you shouldn't build your skills with each try.

I do hope to have more tutorial-like videos in the future, for now I hope this is sufficient ^^

[SkiSkiAlaska]

Vriska sitting in the front row.

[SurvivorMurk]

Groudon: Yup, Im here. :D

really interesting! i must attend one of these panels of yours one day! :3

[CanineHybrid]

@SurvivorMurk One of these days we'll have to attend a convention together! *shakefist*

[SurvivorMurk]

@CanineHybrid Alakazam or Rev Raptor vs one of your costumes!

...DAMNIT GO TO ANTHROCON! or AnimeNext, NYCC, OR SOME NORTHEAST CON! D:

[CanineHybrid]

@SurvivorMurk Koosh and I have decided that we don't want to go to Anthrocon until we both have suits (poor Koosh is left out) But trust me, that's VERY high on our list XD

As far as Northeast cons, New York Anime Festival is probably my top choice. Otakon is another big Eastern con I aim to hit.

IF ONLY I HAD THE MONEY *shakefist*

[GrayStudios]

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[inuebony]

Yay Finally I’ve been waiting to see this and the wait is worth it! XD

[CanineHybrid]

@inuebony Yey! I'm glad. Thank you so much again for the use of your work in our presentation.

Wish the other parts would upload faster... *taps foot impatiently* Says it'll be about 6 hours from now.

[inuebony]

@CanineHybrid

no prob, and anytime, ^^

Oh heavens...

[GrayStudios]

@CanineHybrid I hear Youtubers say this all the time, how uploading is taking hours and hours. I've never had an upload take longer than an hour, including ten minute videos, and many of my videos are done uploading by the time I've written the description. Do some people just have massively slow internet connections, or does it have something to do with high definition or something?

[CanineHybrid]

@GrayStudios Ah, well the reason it was especially slow for this video was because of the length and video quality, which is full HD 1080p, and the file itself was over 7 gigabytes. THAT'S why it took all day.

Typically my videos are up within an hour in the more 7 minute range. I have a decent internet connection, though it was a little slow on the upload speed today (of course when I need it most) Just happened to work out that way I guess :)