Often, on fursuits, arms end too short because the duct tape dummy is made with straight arms. To get the correct length of arms, you need to measure when its angled and on the outside of the elbow. I do have people include that in their measurements.
Seems to me, the best DTD is one made when the person has their elbows out arms bent all the way in while squatting. This ensure that the joints are flexed as much as possible. Thus, the pattern while have plenty of allowance for movement.
It’s times like this that I’m really, really grateful that both my mom and grandma can sew and both have good sewing machines. Gonna be a lifesaver when I start sewing my fur together. My mom knowing how to sew and make quilts also means she has an appreciation for stuff like this that takes a lot of time and effort, so she’s rlly supportive. (Plus she can help me if I need help sewing lol)
These tutorials help me so much! I am starting to make my first fursuit and these are so great! You are such a talented fursuit maker and you are one of my idols! I’m also very happy to see you back!😁😁😁
skye, genuinely these help so freakin much man. Ive been a furry for 7 years now and you've been one of the backbones of my whole fursuit making idea thing. I havent made any actual fursuits, only foam bases, but recently ive commited myself to making a halfsuit (head, paws, digi legs, tails, yknow) and i can tell this tutorial is gonna help my ass so much. Thank yu :333
I made my first version of my suit a little over a year ago, and your tutorials were super helpful. I still go over them from time to time to see if there are ways I can improve my technique in the future.
That´s a ton of work! How long in total have you been sitting on this one? I am motivated to make a digi too - but it will be my first body - so maybe planti would be better ..... Keep ya updated on your Telegram 🦊
Heyo!! I absolutely adore your work!! I’ve been watching you for about two years now and I can’t imagine where I would be had you not introduced me to the fandom. So just thank you for everything you’ve done and for your inspirational dedication to your craft!! I’m not sure if you take video requests or not, I was just wondering if you’ve ever had to make a bodysuit with stripes and how you worked with making them look clean and crisps, without looking like you’ve just cut the fur with scissors 😅?? Many thanks and all of my love!! 💚✨
I want to make a full suit soon, especially because of how expensive it is to commission them. Guess I'll just have to find a way to pick up sewing! Thanks for this tutorial!
No offense, but I really got confused by this tutorial. BUT, you did an amazing job and the finished product looked incredible! Your work is absolutely amazing, keep up the great work! ❤
great! I know I'm young enough to have a fursuit, but I can't help myself, I'm going to work on one soon, Thank you very much for all your tutorials! I'm getting as much information as possible before I start, I'm so excited!!! :"D
Ty so much Skye I went to my doctor and I stopped growing.!! I’ll follow this tutorial to make my Lenny fursuit, I have a hole playlist of your videos. It’s a lot of work but it will be all worth it at the end! :)
i dont know if you have mentioned this in a previous video but what do you use to stuff the DTD's because it has been on my mind a lot recently. thank you :)
Where do you get all your materials for the entire suit, like where do you get that much fur and where do you get the foam for the head and pretty much the exotic materials?
"Can be handsewn but not recommended due to the size" ((Me: Laughing remembering my last fullsuit digi with COMPLEX markings was 99% handsewn in about a week (all but the zipper, but I hand felled the edges of that too XD) TBH my other maker friends call me crazy but I enjoy hand-sewing! Hehe great tutorial! Don't be like me kids; learn to use the machine and love it (I can use one I just... I really don't know why I don't XD)
If you buy a partial to start out is it possible to get the rest of the suit made later? Sorry brand new to the community and still learning the ins and outs of everything. On topic- I love digitigrade it looks so cool
little late but yes! you don't need to get your whole suit made at once :) if you want a partial first and a body suit later that's totally fine! especially reccomended if you're young and still growing as you'll outgrow your bodysuit really quick!
This is a great tutorial, very helpful!!! If you did a final cut, I would only ask that you go more in depth on how you did the zippers and the zip-on tail and feet as I am planning on using this method on suits in the future!!
Hello !, is there any way I could get clarification on the neck lining area (where you starched the tag) ?, you mentioned folding it in half after cutting the excess and flipping it over a few times but I can’t picture it in my head and am having difficulty following , I was also wondering if adding the two inches to the arms was something done outside of the tracing phase ?, Thankyou so much for this tutorial !
Ok so for my sona she has a pair of (aready made) moth wings, they are glued to a peice of EV foam, (i cant get them off i tried) and i want to attatch them to my arms, how would i attatch them in the back of the suit and to the arms to make a wyvern style dragon?
Just found your channel recently. I am researching as much as I can while I save up to make my Fursuit or try and have a custom one made with artist creative control with a few key words. Thanks for all you do! Much love from this cat to you
if you want a premade you can go into the dealers den and have a browse, otherwise look at makers you like to see if they're offering any premades - if you want a custom suit, just look for a maker you like and see if they have commissions open :)
Too bad I had already started my bodysuit but this was definitely very helpful… thanks for being the first person I’ve found to show how to make the padding in detail… I just had to try my best with it
hello Skye! love the tutorial, i will defiantly use this once im able/ready to make Shea 2.0. but right now im trying to make my Second suit (its a partial) and i have been look everywhere for the paw pattern i want. could i, in some way get the pattern for skyes new paws? it would really help! i want to get my next suit perfect.
So this is probably something you don't expect to see but I've been working on a making a cosplay of an Elite from Halo and I've been struggling to figure out how I was going to make the undersuit for the armor. ( Still trying to decide if I want the armor to base on the Halo 3 or Halo Reach designs.) This tutorial has now saved me so much pain and for that I thank you.
Thanks to you! I am inspired to make a fur suit! I was having trouble finding the foam but as soon as a saw that u were from Australia like me, it gave me my hopes back! I live in nsw! Tysm for all of ur efforts!
Thank you so much! Will you be making any kemono suits soon? I wanna watch more tutorials on those bc I think my fursona will look cool in that style :D (I love how you do kemono suits :3)
this seems really confusing but im going to give it my best shot- ill never know unless i try ^^" i made my fursuit head completely from scratch, along with the tail and paws- though i plan to remake the paws since the method i used im not too fond of. id like to advance and make it a full suit and i just today bought the stuff for a duct tape dummy and clothing rack. im going to give it a shot, theres not harm in trying :]
Hey! I love ur vids and u helped me so much of fursuit making! But i have NO idea How to sew a fursuit head yk the fur head and i wondered if u could make a sewing tut on a sewing machine! I dont know if u already done this but i have looked so much after a sewing machine tut 🙏🍄🌈
Also this tutorial is so helpfull! Im planning in future to do my first fursuit and this will be perfect! Im planning to make Dutchie, hope it will not be trash. 😅 I already hv some scatches. And i will terorize my bro. (He will make me figurine 😀)
I love your content! It's always very helpful my fursuit is factually made fully from your amazingly helpful tutorials! I hope to meet you one day as you are my idol and it would mean the world to talk to you and even see you in person! Anyways enjoy this essay (sorry)
Hello sky! I have a question about floor dragging tails. So I am making a Dutch angel dragon and I am worried about the bottom of my tail getting very dirty from obviously... dragging on the floor lol is there anyway I could prevent it from getting too dirty well public fursuiting Outdoors? Or am I just going to have to clean it every time I go out😅🤔 thanks for reading!!!
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Often, on fursuits, arms end too short because the duct tape dummy is made with straight arms. To get the correct length of arms, you need to measure when its angled and on the outside of the elbow. I do have people include that in their measurements.
Seems to me, the best DTD is one made when the person has their elbows out arms bent all the way in while squatting. This ensure that the joints are flexed as much as possible. Thus, the pattern while have plenty of allowance for movement.
@@protoborg nah that's not working for digipadding proportions. sadly.
@@RoseDeNoireCorrect, because we can't bend our limbs backwards, so one side would be longer than the other
thx for info
Thank you so much for making these tutorials Skye!! I can really feel the amount of effort that went into this one! 💕
@Cinnamon the border collie yes I did! Thank you!!
i subbed to you cuz i like ur art!
It’s times like this that I’m really, really grateful that both my mom and grandma can sew and both have good sewing machines. Gonna be a lifesaver when I start sewing my fur together. My mom knowing how to sew and make quilts also means she has an appreciation for stuff like this that takes a lot of time and effort, so she’s rlly supportive. (Plus she can help me if I need help sewing lol)
These tutorials help me so much! I am starting to make my first fursuit and these are so great! You are such a talented fursuit maker and you are one of my idols! I’m also very happy to see you back!😁😁😁
skye, genuinely these help so freakin much man. Ive been a furry for 7 years now and you've been one of the backbones of my whole fursuit making idea thing. I havent made any actual fursuits, only foam bases, but recently ive commited myself to making a halfsuit (head, paws, digi legs, tails, yknow) and i can tell this tutorial is gonna help my ass so much. Thank yu :333
this came out just when i needed it! ive almost finished a head based on your head tutorial, and im starting on the bodysuit, so this is perfect :0
I made my first version of my suit a little over a year ago, and your tutorials were super helpful. I still go over them from time to time to see if there are ways I can improve my technique in the future.
That´s a ton of work! How long in total have you been sitting on this one? I am motivated to make a digi too - but it will be my first body - so maybe planti would be better ..... Keep ya updated on your Telegram 🦊
11 hours give or take! That’s how long the raw footage was anyway
Wow!
@@SkyehighStudios Thanks. I would have to add 100% newbie time at least. 🦊
HYPE, HYYYYPE!!! I'm planning on making a full suit soon. So this will be very helpful!! Saved~
Sometimes I can’t believe that these tutorials are free, they’re so well made and helpful!
Heyo!! I absolutely adore your work!! I’ve been watching you for about two years now and I can’t imagine where I would be had you not introduced me to the fandom. So just thank you for everything you’ve done and for your inspirational dedication to your craft!!
I’m not sure if you take video requests or not, I was just wondering if you’ve ever had to make a bodysuit with stripes and how you worked with making them look clean and crisps, without looking like you’ve just cut the fur with scissors 😅?? Many thanks and all of my love!! 💚✨
I’m watching as many leg tuts as possible so I can find out which I like best for my fullsuit I’m making, this one is very good!
I’ve pretty much been binging all the tutorials under the sun to be ready for when I make my full suit
I want to make a full suit soon, especially because of how expensive it is to commission them. Guess I'll just have to find a way to pick up sewing! Thanks for this tutorial!
No offense, but I really got confused by this tutorial. BUT, you did an amazing job and the finished product looked incredible! Your work is absolutely amazing, keep up the great work! ❤
This tutorial is so good, and the suit looks so pretty 😍
omg skye you LEGEND currently ready to make the bodysuit for my secondary boy Azu so this is immensely helpful!! thank you so much 💛💙✨
great! I know I'm young enough to have a fursuit, but I can't help myself, I'm going to work on one soon, Thank you very much for all your tutorials! I'm getting as much information as possible before I start, I'm so excited!!! :"D
Ty so much Skye I went to my doctor and I stopped growing.!! I’ll follow this tutorial to make my Lenny fursuit, I have a hole playlist of your videos. It’s a lot of work but it will be all worth it at the end! :)
OMG THEY FUR SUIT LOOKS AMAZING!!
I love you're tutorials they really help and I love your kemono cat head 🐕
I've been planing to make fur suit legs so this helps thanks!
THANK YOU !!! it’s always been my dream to make a fursuit and I’m gonna use this tutorial to help me!! Thanks!!!
Hi Skye can you add fan art at the end of your vids? I'm only asking tho
Exactly what i'm looking for, and only posted 10 minutes ago? sweet! thanks for the awesome tutorial!
I’m making a suit in September for my birthday and hopefully I’ll have enough foam and fur for a digi!
Yay,another amazing tutorial^^
This will help me,if I ever decide to make a fullbody suit:3
After watching this I can clearly see why it’s so expensive to buy one. It takes so much love time and patience that’s really impressive!
Yess!! your awesome!! Thanks for all these tutorials, I wouldent be a furry or fursuit maker without you
i dont know if you have mentioned this in a previous video but what do you use to stuff the DTD's because it has been on my mind a lot recently. thank you :)
Yes! I use anything I can get haha
Definitely saving this for future use when I have the materials :)))
I COULD NEVER OF HAD MAKE ANGEL AND PEPPER WITHOUT YOU! ( pepper an angel are my fursuits! ) THSNK YOU SO MUCHH!!!
just asking but this method of 'pockets' can it be used for adding muscle padding or do you have other advice for it?
this is so helpful, i cant wait to make my full suit! i’m so pumped :)
this is amazing! Thank you for sharing so much information it'll be so helpful when i finally decide to try my hand at making my own!!
Where do you get all your materials for the entire suit, like where do you get that much fur and where do you get the foam for the head and pretty much the exotic materials?
You always upgrade. Sometimes you may not realize it but every video i watch, I see your new improvements.
"Can be handsewn but not recommended due to the size" ((Me: Laughing remembering my last fullsuit digi with COMPLEX markings was 99% handsewn in about a week (all but the zipper, but I hand felled the edges of that too XD) TBH my other maker friends call me crazy but I enjoy hand-sewing!
Hehe great tutorial!
Don't be like me kids; learn to use the machine and love it (I can use one I just... I really don't know why I don't XD)
Me who has no money to buy the materials or can build this yet: "hmm yes perfect video to watch"
And I also really wanna try it too 😭
Nice, finally we have a complete and updated tutorial of this from Skye
Oh my god thank you! This is perfect
If you buy a partial to start out is it possible to get the rest of the suit made later? Sorry brand new to the community and still learning the ins and outs of everything. On topic- I love digitigrade it looks so cool
little late but yes! you don't need to get your whole suit made at once :) if you want a partial first and a body suit later that's totally fine! especially reccomended if you're young and still growing as you'll outgrow your bodysuit really quick!
This is a great tutorial, very helpful!!! If you did a final cut, I would only ask that you go more in depth on how you did the zippers and the zip-on tail and feet as I am planning on using this method on suits in the future!!
THANK! YOU! SO! MUCH! I NEEDED THIS FOR MY TOOTHLESS FURSUIT AND FUTURE SUITS!!!!!!!!
Hello !, is there any way I could get clarification on the neck lining area (where you starched the tag) ?, you mentioned folding it in half after cutting the excess and flipping it over a few times but I can’t picture it in my head and am having difficulty following , I was also wondering if adding the two inches to the arms was something done outside of the tracing phase ?, Thankyou so much for this tutorial !
This the earliest I've ever been to one of your videos!!!!
im totally gonna do this all by hand- thanks for the tutorial :D have a nice day/night Skye!
Ok so for my sona she has a pair of (aready made) moth wings, they are glued to a peice of EV foam, (i cant get them off i tried) and i want to attatch them to my arms, how would i attatch them in the back of the suit and to the arms to make a wyvern style dragon?
Just found your channel recently. I am researching as much as I can while I save up to make my Fursuit or try and have a custom one made with artist creative control with a few key words. Thanks for all you do! Much love from this cat to you
Thank you so much for this tutorial!!! I'm planning on making a fursuit in the future, and I bet this'll be such a help!!!
Hi! I was wondering, what’s a good place to buy fursuits? I love you vids and they help me a lot!
if you want a premade you can go into the dealers den and have a browse, otherwise look at makers you like to see if they're offering any premades - if you want a custom suit, just look for a maker you like and see if they have commissions open :)
I wanna make a fursuit so bad but like i feel like im gonna grow out of it
Too bad I had already started my bodysuit but this was definitely very helpful… thanks for being the first person I’ve found to show how to make the padding in detail… I just had to try my best with it
hello Skye! love the tutorial, i will defiantly use this once im able/ready to make Shea 2.0. but right now im trying to make my Second suit (its a partial) and i have been look everywhere for the paw pattern i want. could i, in some way get the pattern for skyes new paws? it would really help! i want to get my next suit perfect.
It’s a kloofsuits pattern~ they were made by pawbakery
@@SkyehighStudios ok! thank you so much!
TYSM FOR THIS I NEEDED IT LOVE YOU SKYE (in a platonic way)
So this is probably something you don't expect to see but I've been working on a making a cosplay of an Elite from Halo and I've been struggling to figure out how I was going to make the undersuit for the armor. ( Still trying to decide if I want the armor to base on the Halo 3 or Halo Reach designs.) This tutorial has now saved me so much pain and for that I thank you.
Thanks to you! I am inspired to make a fur suit! I was having trouble finding the foam but as soon as a saw that u were from Australia like me, it gave me my hopes back! I live in nsw! Tysm for all of ur efforts!
Ooooh, the gusset is such a cool idea! Might give that a try once I work up the courage to try making a suit :D
Thank you so much for making this video.. digitigrade bodysuits are so tricky.. but this has made it much easier 😊
This tut helped alot, with it I was able to make a quite good first digi suit!
I would just like to say I might be going to Midwest furfest December 2022! It has been a dream to go to one!
Thank you so much for this tutorial! Just gotta save my money now! Every time I get an allowance I’ll put 10 dollars into savings
Just saying make the arm selves thicker and longer than the current pattern so it fits!
Question, is there anything significants to add a zipper that connects the thighs to the feet? Like does it make movement easier??
Not trying to be one of those people, but do you have any idea when commissions will be back?
hello, sky the parts where you need the cotton and lycra do you need to put them there??
Hiii! I'm part way through building my partial suit and I am adding the fur next week!
Give me an honest, non-marketing decision. As a newcomer, is it worth making my own suit or should I just commission one?
Thank you so much! Will you be making any kemono suits soon? I wanna watch more tutorials on those bc I think my fursona will look cool in that style :D
(I love how you do kemono suits :3)
Starting off making my first fursuit head and used your bucket head base! Thank you!
this seems really confusing but im going to give it my best shot- ill never know unless i try ^^"
i made my fursuit head completely from scratch, along with the tail and paws- though i plan to remake the paws since the method i used im not too fond of. id like to advance and make it a full suit and i just today bought the stuff for a duct tape dummy and clothing rack. im going to give it a shot, theres not harm in trying :]
Its my fav!!!
Fantastic work, as always! It will be a while before I have the craft space, but I can't wait to try this!
Thank you!! I’ve been looking for a tut for this for sooo long!
Just when I needed it! I’m currently starting 1/2 digi legs!
I just finished taping my first fursuit headbase, do you have tips on making it go faster for next time?
hey skye where did you gett the mannequin head you use?
I am keen on maing one and definitely using this toturial, i just wanna know the average cost, only meterials if thats ok?
Thanks for another great video skye have a good rest of your day
Do you do commisions for just like ears and paw and not a head or something..😢
Hey! I love ur vids and u helped me so much of fursuit making! But i have NO idea How to sew a fursuit head yk the fur head and i wondered if u could make a sewing tut on a sewing machine! I dont know if u already done this but i have looked so much after a sewing machine tut 🙏🍄🌈
The tutorial is awesome and stay safe my friend skyehigh and your video is awesome and keep up the great work
What do you do for a 3/4 suit? Add suspenders?
Pretty much yeah!
@@SkyehighStudios OMG thank you for replying!!
Question, how do i attach buckram mesh fabric to Dino mask eyes?
Thank you for showing me how to make a fursuit because I have the tools to make it
Yay tysm!! you are best fursuit youtuberrr
Oooo I’m lazy and I’m not going to make a dtd I’m Buying a gray onesie, and then just glue gun my pink fur on then just stuf the digi padding inside….
Thank you for the tutorial , this is really helpful to know so I can make my own suit soon.
Hey I’m new to all this, what exactly makes a suit digitigrade?
the padding on the thighs, calves, and backside to make it more animal-shaped
@@cloverzzzz Thank you!
Does anyone know the starting price of a digitgrade (Probably spelled that wrong) from Skye?
Ik this is off topic and you probably won't see this but how do you make or get the plastic acrylic domes for your Kemono suits?
@Mo_onz thank you so much! I figured it out lol but thank you for your help either way!
Also this tutorial is so helpfull! Im planning in future to do my first fursuit and this will be perfect! Im planning to make Dutchie, hope it will not be trash. 😅 I already hv some scatches. And i will terorize my bro. (He will make me figurine 😀)
3 minutes ago wow thats epic and now im here forever 😎😎💪 love ya skye
I love your content! It's always very helpful my fursuit is factually made fully from your amazingly helpful tutorials! I hope to meet you one day as you are my idol and it would mean the world to talk to you and even see you in person! Anyways enjoy this essay (sorry)
Edit: I'm going to follow you on patreon soon
Question: do you wash the fur before drawing on your pattern? I’m making my first cat partial to sell and was just wondering.
You don't have to.
One problem
I CANT FIND THICK FOAM I LOOK EVERYWHERE (in where I live) WAAAAAA
Hello sky! I have a question about floor dragging tails. So I am making a Dutch angel dragon and I am worried about the bottom of my tail getting very dirty from obviously... dragging on the floor lol is there anyway I could prevent it from getting too dirty well public fursuiting Outdoors? Or am I just going to have to clean it every time I go out😅🤔 thanks for reading!!!
You can make a tail protector! Mugiwara cosplays has a great tutorial called "Tail sleeve for fursuits" :)
How do people commission You For A Fursuit?
I'm taking everything into consideration when it comes to making my own This will be fun
i really appreciate the little tips for not having Zip feet lol