Revised tutorial! Fursuit washing and care has gotten even more comprehensive! I have expanded on it as well as added a new segment on washing fursuit heads. http://matrices.tumblr.com/post/51175842862/comprehensive-tutorial-fursuit-washing-and-care
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Comprehensive Tutorial: Fursuit Washing and Care
Washing your fursuit and costume accessories is one of the best things you can do to keep them nice so you can have many years of fun with your costume! The following are instructions on washing a...
I am excited to annouce I revised another one of my guides this month! I have been meaning to give more attention to this one since it totally needed it! This is not the first time this tutorial has been revised, and probably not the last – I’m always working on honing my technique for body padding and I have learned a lot since the last time I wrote on the topic. This guide has expanded text in nearly all areas. Some things have been added for clarity, but many more things have been added since I learned new things I wanted to share! http://matrices.tumblr.com/post/126927632301/fursuit-body-padding-tutorial
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Fursuit Body Padding Tutorial
Changing your shape from a human to an animal takes some creative tailoring, this is a guide about how to create shapes for your fursuit that make you not so human. Do you want to make it look like...
New Article! Choosing and Using a Sewing Machine for Fursuit Making! A guide that I have been working on that includes lots of information on choosing a sewing machine, thread, needles, and other useful tips relating to the fursuit building craft. http://matrices.tumblr.com/post/158012805243/article-choosing-and-using-a-sewing-machine-for
This image has been added to the body padding tutorial http://matrices.tumblr.com/post/126927632301/fursuit-body-padding-tutorial Hope it helps clear things up!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5GLmc89Qyk New Tutorial video! Sewing with shortpile fur like "seal" or "beaver" varieties? Hate that there is still a seamline no matter how well you tuck everything in? Try this!
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Hide shortpile fur seams better: Intentional trapping technique
This is a special sewing technique best used on Seal, Beaver, and other SHORTPILE types of faux fur. It is a way to hide seams in fur that is easy to brush out of a seam, but suffers from that little visible seamline that longpile furs don't get when sewn…
Another new tutorial video! https://youtu.be/ehndCYvSKTA Applying double fold bias tape. A long lasting professional touch that is easy to apply!
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Sewing Double Fold Bias Tape to Finish an Edge
Bias tape is a type of binding that you can add to your projects to finish them off professionally. It is cotton fabric cut on the bias (diagonal grain) so i...
Matrices.net has been updated! History of costumes updated with Zum, the maine coon kitty fursuit & face refurb I finished in March. Plus the 5 previous tutorials and one new article I have done the past few weeks now linked directly to the tutorials page!
http://matrices.tumblr.com/post/159292227448/heya-so-i-was-wondering-how-exactly-do-you-finish A really good audience question answered — How I finish mouth edges.
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Anonymous said: Heya, so I was wondering how exactly do you finish off the edge of a mouth on a toony suit? I haven't seen a single tutorial or guide explaining it anywhere. Do you sew the fur over...
You can find more information on this pre-order here:
http://matrices.net/preorder.htm
I will be sending invoices to interested parties, invoices need to be paid by 4/20/17 to participate. ❤️
http://matrices.net/preorder.htm
I will be sending invoices to interested parties, invoices need to be paid by 4/20/17 to participate. ❤️
New! Easier to read minor formatting on Matrices.net's tutorial page! No more titles running together on small screens. (Special thanks to Soupy for the suggestion!) 🐕
Last day of the preorder, so this is the final call if you want to get one of these! More info here: http://matrices.net/preorder.htm
My etsy shop has been updated with my current stock of vinyl stickers!! This may be your last chance to get a few limited sticker designs and some certain colors!
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For FREE USA shipping on STICKERS ONLY use the coupon code "StickersOnly" at checkout to claim free shipping for your stickers!
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For FREE USA shipping on STICKERS ONLY use the coupon code "StickersOnly" at checkout to claim free shipping for your stickers!
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I added two additional liner pictures to this tutorial — http://matrices.tumblr.com/post/159292227448/heya-so-i-was-wondering-how-exactly-do-you-finish
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Anonymous said: Heya, so I was wondering how exactly do you finish off the edge of a mouth on a toony suit? I haven't seen a single tutorial or guide explaining it anywhere. Do you sew the fur over...
I am excited to share that I now have a new Tutoring chat tier on Patreon, plus other updates you can see here! https://www.patreon.com/posts/updates-for-all-11153994
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Auction for the last barcode print fursuit collar! https://www.thedealersden.com/listing/big-fursuit-collar-barcode/126718 Ends Monday!
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BIG Fursuit collar: Barcode
You're looking at an auction for one of the BIG fursuit collars that I specialize in! This particular print, Barcode, has been a special request ever since I had them available at BLFC 2015. And almost every event I seem to get asked for one of these. I ...
Character auction! An auction for an awesome colorful sabertooth critter! Ends Thursday! CUSTOM OPTIONS AVAILABLE. :D http://www.furaffinity.net/view/23826901 (to place a bid outside of FurAffinity please contact @Matrices with your bid)
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Character Auction! -- Custom options available! by Matrices
[s]Auction ends Thursday June 15th at 5PM pacific time! (this is a quick auction!) VERY IMPORTANT: If any last-minute bids are placed, a ...
New tutorial! Ending a zipper — http://matrices.tumblr.com/post/162855298238/ending-a-zipper-there-are-a-few-different-ways-to Enjoy!!
I have an article series on Marketing Yourself in the Furry Fandom. It is a three-part series:
Part 1 - http://matrices.tumblr.com/post/163059321381/article-marketing-yourself-in-the-furry-fandom
Part 2 - http://matrices.tumblr.com/post/163331775124/article-marketing-yourself-in-the-furry-fandom
Part 3 - http://matrices.tumblr.com/post/163603236598/article-marketing-yourself-in-the-furry-fandom
I hope this article series helps artists learn about getting into marketing their work in the fandom! Enjoy!!
Part 1 - http://matrices.tumblr.com/post/163059321381/article-marketing-yourself-in-the-furry-fandom
Part 2 - http://matrices.tumblr.com/post/163331775124/article-marketing-yourself-in-the-furry-fandom
Part 3 - http://matrices.tumblr.com/post/163603236598/article-marketing-yourself-in-the-furry-fandom
I hope this article series helps artists learn about getting into marketing their work in the fandom! Enjoy!!
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Article: Marketing Yourself In the Furry Fandom - Part One. Introduction and Getting Started
This is a 3-part series on marketing yourself in the furry fandom, each part will be released on Sunday this July, this is the first part of the 3-part series – enjoy!
Introduction
I’ve been a...
Introduction
I’ve been a...
www.Matrices.net has been updated! New image of Chelan for the front page, a new example sheet for the hire>artwork page, and several new things added to the Tutorials page, including the Marketing Yourself in the Furry Fandom article series and a new Resource list category!
I have a new early access tutorial up on my Patreon for subscribers! https://www.patreon.com/posts/13664495
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Prototyping with a Scale Model (Footpaws demonstrated) | Patreon
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