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Meet Qubit!
Meet Cooper! He’s my friend Rae’s youngest dog, a typically rambunctious Aussie.I’ve been meaning to design and build a canine fursuit for my puppy fursona “Qubit” for a while, and when I saw pictures of Cooper as a young pup, I asked Rae if I could have some photos of him from which to model…

A New Mane and Tail for Pinky Pie
I wasn’t happy with the smooth tail for Pinky Pie, and after some experiments with clip-in extensions to cover my rainbow mohawk, set out to convert a pair of wigs into a new curly bright pink mane and tail. (Pinky Pie’s mane and tail are always drawn as giant puffy curly things) I will be…

Finding Fur
I was super pleased to discover that Mendel’s Art Supplies was still open in the Haight, so made a beeline there while we were up in San Francisco for Xmas. The base fur is “Punky Muppet” Granite color. This is a premier faux fur, 1.5″ pile, that is dense enough to shave down to shorter…

Finishing Furring, New Nose
I glued the fur to the headbase Monday Night, and trimmed the excess fur away from the eyeholes, mouth, and underside of the head.I also stitched up a new nose (more dimensional) from some lightweight leather and stitched it on.I’m experienting with the teeth atm; they’re glued to a small piece of fabric tape so…

Bullwinkle J Moose begins
So like most projects, you start with research. Which in the age of Goggle and the internet makes research very easy. There is no lack of images of the famous cartoon moose online. The original TV cartoon version is all one color brown, a very dark brown, one might even say a chocolate brown. Which…