There are many ways in which fursuits can be used.Sports mascots and charitable causes use fursuits, which are most commonly associated with the furry community.The most complex part of a fursuit is the head.It takes a long time to make your own fursuit head, so set aside a whole afternoon for this project.
Step 1: Cut away any excess foam by wrapping it around your head.
Wrap foam around your head to see how wide the mould will be.Make it fit so that you can slip it on and off.If you don't know where the foam meets in the back of your head, cut away any excess foam.Your head will be rolled into a tube and you will end up with a piece of foam.
Step 2: Use a hot glue gun to glue the edges together.
Glue the sides of the foam together to make a tube.Allow the glue to cool until you have a straight, secure seam.To fully stick each side of the foam to the other, hold the edges together.You should have a tall tube that slides over you with foam above your head after this.If you are worried about hurting yourself, ask someone to help you.
Step 3: Cut off the excess by folding the top foam together.
Glue the front and back of the foam tube together.Next, fold in the right side and the left side.Attach the parts you folded down to form a rounded top by cutting away excess foam.The fursuit head will look bumpy if you cut away the bumps and foam.
Step 4: The front of the foam tube has holes in it.
The front of the tube is where the seam is, so turn this towards you and draw your eyes on either side.To cut the eyes out of your outline, use scissors or a razor knife.Don't worry about getting them perfect, you can always make them bigger later on.You can place the muzzle and ears relative to the eyes to see where the rest of the features will go.If you want to cut more accurately-located eye holes, make a dot where your eyes are located.If you can't see through the foam, poke it to feel where your eyes are.
Step 5: To bulk up the face, layer foam on top of the base.
Measure your eyebrow ridges to make sure they are above the eye holes.Attach it to the ridge eyebrow with hot glue after cutting it out.To create a rounded brow, add 2 more layers of foam.Use a long piece of shaped foam for the base layer of the eyebrow ridge, then cut smaller shapes to round out the brow.This allows you to have a thick brow above the eyes.You can show emotion on your fursuit head with eyebrow ridges.Your character will portray its feelings through its eyes if you angle them in such a way.
Step 6: Attach ears to the head by cutting out foam shapes.
Most real-life animal ears are conical in shape, meaning they are not flat and pointed, but have a curve.Cut out ear holes when placing the ears in the right place for your animal.Cut out a conical shape from foam by making a triangle with a rounded base, then bend the shape onto the back-middle area of the head to make it fit your character's animal.Attach the ears with hot glue.Look at the animal you want to portray and figure out how they show their emotions.An alert dog's ears are perked up in the middle of its head, while a tired dog has its ears drooped.If you want to cut out convincing ears, look at a template online.
Step 7: Referred photos of your animal can be used to determine its muzzle shape.
A cat and a wolf have different muzzles.Even though your fursuit head will likely be cartoony, it's best to try to get an accurate idea of your animals appearance to translate it to the foam head.
Step 8: You can make a muzzle by folding a piece of foam in half.
Depending on the size of your animal's snout, cut a piece of foam about 15 cm long.Push the front of the folded foam into the philtrum to create it.Hot glue the muzzle together and hold it tight with sewing pins as it cools.Glue the end to the foam head.The part of the muzzle that connects to the head should be covered with foam.
Step 9: A short muzzle can be made with foam in the shape of the snout.
Cut out circular shapes and layer them on top of each other to study the muzzle shape of your animal.Continue to glue on more foam until the snout starts to take shape.Attach it to the mouth area.It is easier to carve out the entire muzzle at once if you have very thick foam.
Step 10: The muzzle has a seam between it and the face.
To smooth out the seam and make the muzzle blend in, use foam.Form cheeks on either side of the muzzle with foam.The fur you add later on will add a lot of depth to the head, so don't make the cheeks poke out too far.
Step 11: The head should be covered with plastic wrap and marked with duct tape.
Wrap the foam head base in plastic wrap and then cover it with duct tape to make a shell.For example, the back and front of the ears, as well as the muzzle and cheeks, should be sectioned off with a marker and labeled with their location on the head.Plastic wrap and duct tape make it easy to measure fur later on, as you can remove it from the base mask to cut the fur to the right size.The direction of the fur as well as the type of fur on the duct tape is marked.To find out which way the fur will flow off of the head, use a small arrow.
Step 12: Measure duct tape against your fur.
Carefully cut away each section of duct tape on the head, then flatten it out against your choice of fur.To make it lay flat, you may need to cut along folds.If you are tracing your hand, make an outline of each piece against the fur.Don't worry if you have to cut a piece of duct tape to get it to lay flat, as long as the fur is cut to the flattened shape, it will fold back into place on your foam base.You should mark the underside of each piece of fur to remember where to apply it later.
Step 13: The fur should be set to the side.
Keeping the outlines close together will help you conserve as much fur as possible.Set the outlines to the side.If you keep the fur separated from each other, you can easily put them back together on the foam head.To get accurate cuts, use fabric scissors or an X-ACTO knife.
Step 14: Begin sewing the edges together after laying the fur on the foam head.
If you cut everything right, lay the fur on the foam head.Remove two pieces of adjacent fur at the same time.Continue sewing the pieces together until they form a furry mask.If you cut folds in the duct tape to make them lay flat, sew them back together in your fur to return the shape to its original, 3D form.
Step 15: The fur mask needs to be Glued onto the foam base.
As you lay fur over the foam head, heat up your hot glue gun.Put a thick layer of hot glue on the muzzle tip, then put the nose in the mask.Put hot glue around the front of the face and push the fur into place.This may take a long time to get right, so put on some music or a show in the background.If the mask is already glue to the eyebrow ridge, you have to apply hot glue all around the edges of the ears and eyebrows at the same time.The muzzle should be done first, followed by the cheeks and side of the face, and then the eyebrow ridge and ears.
Step 16: You can shave away excess fur with an electric razor.
Get an electric razor and shave the fur.If you want your character to be a bit raggedy, don't shave it all the way down, but shave very close to where the fur is attached to the foam base.You can shave more later on if it is still too long, but you can't add fur back once it's cut away.
Step 17: Glue felt to the nose, eyebrows, and muzzle.
Cut out the shape of the eyebrows, the nose, and the mouth of your muzzle, which should be a mix of black and red felt.Put hot glue on the back of each piece and stick it down.These features can be sewed to the fur mask before glueing it down to make them more secure and less likely to fall off.