A reminder that when I make things I only focus on it being durable, comfortable, and looking great on the outside, the inside is basic and ugly, I used to force myself thu the lack of motivation to make the insides nice, but after years of repetitive strain injury I gave up for the sake of my hands

been cooking up a couple of premades over here so I hope someone out there is hungry for them

*finally decides to take germaphobic ass to the dentist for the first time in 8 years to make sure don't have hidden problems *wait list is SIX MONTHS, gets appointment for end of May *gets updated on vaccines start of May *starts to feel ok about seeing dentist *SEES HANTAVIRUS ALL OVER THE NEWS

I've been doing this costume business stuff for 18 years and somehow I'm still finding new ways to challenge myself, this time with a fish made of scuba knit techno neoprene athletic double knit whateveryoucallit, covered in hours upon hours of hand painted markings and texturing

Alright fine… bring it in… @thebeastcub.bsky.social 🪡 @hypercat.me 📸 #FCL26 #FursuitFriday

Happy mammoth noises! #quadsuit

In the Highlands of the Land of Enchantment, we have the most unusual fauna. No need to worry, they don't bite. 🧵: @thebeastcub.bsky.social 📸: @storm128.bsky.social #fursuitfriday #fursuit #quadsuit #dragon

How many hours of use year do you think a fursuit should be able to handle and still last ten years? Would you say 100 hours a year is expecting too much or too little or is just right?

Does anyone know how much the official Big Bird is worth or any of the full body puppets in the Dark Crystal Netflix series? Dealing with imposter syndrome that something like the raptor I made recently or a quadsuit is not worth over $10K and some outside-of-furry examples would be helpful

Pebbles gets all the treats! 🍩🍦🧀 #FursuitFriday Photo by @suedetherat.bsky.social Fursuit by @thebeastcub.bsky.social

When two @thebeastcub.bsky.social creations have a #fursuitfriday meetup at TFF. Ok, let me rephrase that.. A jumble angel dragon and a dinosaur walk into a bar.....

Kijani #FursuitFriday Fact: I *may* have an affinity for Minotaurs… and my friend @plasmagryphon.bsky.social (as Charcoal the Tauren) is definitely one handsome bull-man 😻 Love the hat thru the horn! 🪡 @thebeastcub.bsky.social (both my suit & Charcoal’s gorgeous head) 📸 @fuzzyhubcap.bsky.social

sometimes I look at other makers and how their fursuits have such a consistent look across their work and I find myself thankful anyone even trusts to get something made by me at all because one really does not know just how it is gonna turn out, not even me sometimes :x

I still need a new buyer for this project. Here are some past griff examples so you can get an idea of what to expect, the one even uses the same head base :)

"We both are here to have good fun, so let it whip!" Had an amazing time giving #FCL26 the Double Gryphon Experience with @thebeastcub.bsky.social suit sibling @rexshephard.bsky.social and his gryphon Apex! youtu.be/TDMfH1rx7rk?... #fursuitfriday

SO, uh, I just bled out a ton of cash between a huge vet bill last month, income taxes just now, and renewing my home insurance recently, so as much as I love staring at Opal and want to keep her, she was made to be sold and I may never use her, and I could let her go if anyone really wants her

CLIENT NEEDED: I have this fur in ONE more color combo that I would like to see come to life as a saber cat, I have all the matching solid furs and the head base ready to go, just need a taker, its markings will be made to match its cousins but you get to decide it's gender and personality :3

Cousins ♥️ I actually have this same floral print in THREE more colors if anyone would like to hire me for an art lib plush suit 👀 one is mossy vibes, one is fall vibes, and the one is pastel vibes w/white instead of black. And the kirin is still for sale btw www.thedealersden.com/listing/flor...

Artistic liberty order for a pretty pastel unicorn with a contrasting sharp facial expression that takes her out of "cutesy wootsy" territory and trades that for a sense of intensity and mystery. I could not decide which outfit suited her best so I photographed both, which outfit do YOU like best?

CLIENT NEEDED: I have a cancelled art lib project that I would love to find a new client for, a piebald hippogriff, it was gonna be a digi fullsuit but I will settle for planti or even a partial with sleeves, I have the head base, hoofs, claws, fabrics, all sitting here waiting

oh yeah, it rabbit day today, I almost forgort

(oh hey only 4 of them and posts have room for 4 images so *shows off their "baby photos")

This gal has been done for over a month, but I finally found some time in dodging life's lemons to get her listed for sale! I know she's got a strong personality so here's to hoping someone vibes with that 🤞 Buy her here www.thedealersden.com/listing/flor... #fursuit #fursuitmaker #fursuitforsale

Are you going to #lvfc this weekend? If so then you should totally check out my mythical creature meet on Friday!!!

Up Next on the work table: E E L !

Multiple people have asked if I have made any bears

Do you want your fursuit to be toony? or realistic? Either way I've got you covered :3

My first ever raptor costume comission (2011) vs my most recent (2026) #fursuitmaker #dinosaur

I'll always remember waking up to an email from @thebeastcub.bsky.social with "I hope you like green!" ... well I will say I think it came out pretty good!! Happy St Pattys day! #green 📸 @tanq.gay

like what are supposed to do about anxiety that is not a brain glitch but spurred by legitimate concerns??? our dog is still not out of the woods yet, my sister goes in today for a followup ultrasound to be sure something is not starting to look cancerous, and have you seen the state of the world??!

I just got a closer look at the walk around Olaf robot Disney has and realized it is covered in a short white with clear tinsel fur from NFTech that I bought from their overstock site that I have in my hoard right now and have used some on snow theme projects and this knowledge feels weeeeeeeeeird

a night of missed sleep and 10 hours at the ER vet and $5k later at least our dog should be ok, slight chance of complications and a recheck in a couple days to keep an eye out for that. ANYWAY I am not keeping the grumpy plush kirin premade anymore 🫠 Will get her ready for auction in a week or so

K I have my hands on the new furs, and lion mane is *the perfect* flokati fur, looks wispy without looking scraggly and dense without looking flat. The teddy short shag is fine, comparable to what Howl has, but PLEASE @bigzfabric.bsky.social keep both?? I have my uses for your longer short shag ♥️

part of organizing the hoard today was putting some of what I have for premades in their own storage box. I will have proper sheets made up for all these with concept art in the future, but they are for claiming any time. we have: latte leopard/saber spring fox teal leopard/saber Neapolitan fox

FINALLY, I have another exotic unicorn on the table, it feels like it has been far too long! *horn, eyes and fur color not final, client and I are going thru a few diff ideas and some supplies for some ideas are still in the mail

Boy oh BOY does the likes of doing my taxes make me feel like a nincompoop, it costs a lot for me to have someone so it for me, but it is money well spent for my brain is soup outside of the likes of turning my younger sister into a unicorn x___x

HNNNNNN THERE IS BURD IN MY BURD HOUSE 😭♥️ This has been there for a couple years and I was just thinking about moving it like a week ago since nothing ever used it, and now we have not only a bird in it but a WREN one of my fave birds, it'd been cramming sticks in there for like 20 min now

I was born one month and one day after the first The Legend of Zelda game released in Japan... We both turn 40 this year 💀 #cosplay #fursuit #fursuitmaker #Zelda #Zelda40th

A custom order of a client's design, features removable eyelids for 2 expressions , a moving jaw, and a wiggly silicone tongue. Custom orders, where I follow reference art given, is open every first week of August, artistic liberty, where I follow a basic plan, is open year-round :3

CLIENT NEEDED for cancelled art lib design! Was gonna be black panther w/the spottiness done up to look like a pool of lava, the pelt would be "more cooled" and mostly black and the rest "hotter" more orange like the DVC paw pads. Was gonna be semi real with flicker flames lighting up the eyes

I've started work on a deer cousin of the vintage plush rabbit! Same art style. If someone wants to claim her BEFORE I start work on the head then they can have some say in how she looks and get her as a fullsuit, otherwise she will be up for auction when done with NO fullsuit upgrade option.

Just know that when I say I know I have something for a project but I don't know exactly where it is, this is what I have to contend with in my search (25 years of hoarding supplies, and also having a billion premades that I wanna do and have the stuff for but never have the time hnnnnn)

I have a bunch of premade partials planned but I REALLY want to do this one as a fullsuit, but for that I need to find someone to claim it upfront so it can be made custom fit <3

When ordering an artistic liberty suit it is totally ok to go "hey I really like this other fursuit you did, can you make me one like it?" which is exactly the case with our peacock colored friend here, same wings, tail, ears, head base, use of printed fur and real feathers, just different colors

Bird fursuits, how anthro do we like them? Not at all? More of a man-bird? Or someplace in the middle?

I do a lot of big/complex things but it nice to go "back to basics" from time to time, this one ended up being an experiment of my "painterly" nature combined with more "modern" toony shapes (achieved with the acquired base as tbh I feel like I've not quite wrapped my head around said shapes lol)

I wish I had more photos of this 2 person Princess Mononoke cosplay that I made 20 years ago, cellphone cameras were not exactly a thing back then, nor was social media, so the numbers of photos to be found online after an event were far and few between, I only ever found two.

Custom orders (where you have a set in stone design) are only open one week a year and I only choose five to ten new custom clients at that time. So the most sure way to get a fursuit costume from me is to opt for artistic liberty :)

I have taken a couple of artistic liberty raptor orders in the past, but they all had a fantasy element to them, this is my first time taking a crack at making an "actual critter" of a dinosaur, how did I do?

A planned premade fursuit to be done sometime over the next year, all premades will be sold via auction as partials w/no option for a fullsuit upgrade BUT if you are seeing this now and want it then you can pre-claim it as a fullsuit. This one is for a berry or grape themed fox, bunny or dog