It was fun joining the NorCal furries in the SF pride parade with @flinttheraccoon.bsky.social for both of our first times yesterday. We encountered familiar creatures and met new ones on the march and festivities that followed.

i booped the airplane :3

whoa

happy #FursuitFriday!

I debuted Flint this past weekend at #GalacticCamp :3

he still needs some finishing touches (like eyelids) but I'm very happy

sorry if he licks you, he just wants to know how you taste 👅

i made a second tongue that's longer so it sticks out, they're attached by magnet so i can swap the two out

creepy inside head pics 👻

i cut a hole in the lining and sewed it to the mouth, it's way easier to breathe now :3

it was really tricky sewing inside the head. my paw hurts

careful he bites

👅

The tongue was really fun to sew :3 and I put a magnet in it so I can swap it out later with a longer/shorter one if I want

he's getting soooo close to being done, it's making me giddy

*sniff sniff sniff*

i fucked up his eyebrow a little bit and shaved a bald spot :(

I can patch it later on but for now I'm moving ahead and working on other parts so I don't get demotivated

👁️ 👁️

himb can sniff

ears! big, fluffy ears!!

i sewed the first couple panels of fur :3

I'm doing his ears first since that's the most likely part to not be symmetric, and if so I'd like to find out sooner rather than later

exciting progress this week!

the head fits much better after the adjustments, and i finished taping and drawing the patterns

i posed him on a very high tech mannequin made from a trash bin and a vase and lots of duct tape

next step is to cut out the fur... all 48 panels of it

back from LVFC and super motivated to finish my head :3

unfortunately there have been setbacks though. after fully taping the head, i realized it's too tight to fit properly. so I'll need to remove tape, cut open the foam at the back of the head, add 6" more of circumference, and re-tape

😭

I did the lining twice, the first time it wasn't fitting right so I ripped it all out and tried again. I took a simpler approach the second time and I'm a lot happier with the result.

Foam padding is done! Up next is lining the inside with lycra.

I struggled to get him to fit right, he kept tilting forward like he was looking at the ground. But a friend gave me some tips on padding and now he fits snuggly on my head. He's surprisingly comfortable :3

Ears!

Drove an hour and a half last night to pick up my head base from a friend. Can't wait to start making Flint :3