All the heads I make are entirely 3D printed with a small amount of foam to make small features. I use filament call ABS that melts at 270 Degrees Celsius. The nozzle/extruder is 0.1 mm that costed me $3K AUD. You think that is expensive? I have 3 laser cutters, a $250K 3D printer and a $100K 3D printer. My first printer was a Ender 3 v2. Nice and cheap. It only costs about $250 AUD.
Thanks for shouting out Libraries! Im a furry librarian and we want to foster the amazing creativity of our communities by providing low/no cost opportunities to use tech like 3D printers or programmable Embroidery machines, but we need people to give us the demand!
This is super helpful! Foamies are somewhat annoying to deal with and I actually have a 3D printer so this will definitely help me when I decide to do my next suit. Your tutorials are great as always!
@@SkyehighStudios My library doesent have one, but I am pretty sure my freind would let me use his, but I am not looking at building a fursuit any time soon!
@@cateyesaerial7703 well it still is actually pretty useful to know somebody that owns one I will set up some printers in my school in a few weeks for everybody (we have some pretty sick robot arms that can be set up as printers) If you ever had an idea and thought, yeah i could print that, that is the mindset of a maker :D
They are the same programs I use at school for my Design & Technology class. To get a more uniform outside wall you should try use the shell feature, if you start by sketching the outside size and the eye hole then extrude the entire thing to the depth you want so you have a solid block you can use the shell feature to hollow it out giving a uniform thickness of the wall. then you can extrude the base if that gets too thin then unhide the starting sketch and extrude the eye hole with cut operation which it should do automatically if you pull it through the main part. sorry if this is a bit confusing, I'm not the best at explaining things. Anyway if you see this hope it helps!
I don't know if the slight inconsistency in the thickness of the wall of the eye bothers you, but it kind of bothered me. I've never used Fusion 360, so I looked up its import formats to check if the idea I had to fix what I perceived as a problem was viable. The idea was to create a vector drawing of the eye in Inkscape. (I'm very familiar with Inkscape.) In Inkscape, you can create curves (which can even have smooth joins between them) and specify a border thickness. You can then select the shape you've drawn, and convert the stroke (another name for the border) to a path. A path is basically what you call the underlying lines of any freeform shape you've drawn, before a style is applied to it to give it color, borders, or a texture fill. I believe that the shapes you were drawing by hand over the top of your sketch photo, were paths. And that Fusion used these 2D pathes as the basis for the shape you made. (A bit obvious already, sorry.) The reason I would convert the stroke of your shape to a path, is to create the base of the wall that you would later extrude in fusion 360. The thickness will be extremely consistent this way, although your hand-drawn wall is probably good enough to be getting on with, if perhaps a bit tedious to do. In order to get the drawing from Inkscape to Fusion 360, I believe you'll need to "save as" or "save a copy as" or "export" as a file with the ".dxf" file format. This was the only format that I saw which Fusion 360 has in common with Inkscape. Another reason why I wanted to convert the border of the shape you drew, to a path, was because I don't know how the conversation process would handle the stroke style, and paths are generally the safest, most widely supported option. So, in theory, the .dxf file you have just created will open in Fusion 360 as a basic path of some kind, which you can do the rest of your 3D manipulations to, to produce the eye you want. Obviously, you can choose to ignore this and keep doing things the way you have been, but I thought I'd try as provide another potential option. I much prefer working with 2D shapes in Inkscape; the interface in Fusion 360 looked almost entirely focused on doing things in 3D. I saw that you have Blender installed, too, but I don't know if you like that program, or what exactly you use it for. But I have heard that you can directly import .svg files (the file type that Inkscape works with natively) into Blender directly. I've not really done much more in Blender than open it up a poke around briefly, and that was quite a few years ago. But it wouldn't surprise me even slightly to learn that you can use it for modeling something for 3D printing, or that you could get Blender to work together with Fusion 360 somehow. I imagine that if I watch a bunch more of your tutorials, I'll have decent chance of finding out what, if anything, that you use Blender for.
A couple of CAD tools that you might find useful for future projects are the spline tool for drawing curves and the offset tool for drawing the outer wall.
I might be late but I recommend using a vector editing tool like Inkscape to create the paths. You can even create the entire eye pattern with color and share the design easily. Save it as a svg and you can import it into most CAD programs (like Autodesk Fusion) as a sketch.
When I'm making a fursuit as a 14 year old and even though the suit won't fit me in a few years I realise I'm inside quarantine and don't have a 3D printer so I just have a suit with no eyes : 👁👄👁
I'm not interested in making fursuits but somehow randomly ended up watching your fursuit tutorial yesterday. So glad I did now as I've been 3D modelling for a couple of months and had never heard of Fusion 360 until I'd watched your video. This tutorial was great :) It's a bit like Adobe illustrator and its anchor points. Good job.
Fusion is really good for making projects with lots of parts, and more hard angular stuff, I’ve been using Sculptris to mess around with head bases and similar that require more smooth models
Great video. Just a suggestion to those looking at doing this and saving a bit of time, the step at 3.34 in, instead of tracing a line around it again you can create a perfect, matching wall by pressing o on your keyboard which brings up the offset pane, select the original line and then set your offset/wall thickness.
Also, thanks a lot for doing all these tutorials all the time! They're really inspiring, you're deadass making me want to try making fursuits (tho I still gotta save up for good tools and such). I'm sure you've helped many start their new hobby or business too. Basically keep up the good work & thank you
thank you for this video, honestly, I wasn't going to use this cause I don't have a 3d printer but you did mention how deep the eyes are which in general is useful!
RIP Keven I :-( Greta tutorial vid! I know nothing of 3-d printing, or digital art, but that was pretty darn easy to do. I may have to look into 3-d printers!
I like your work and your well made tutorials. But I never tried to make a fursuit yet. I am also using a 3D printer. I have got an Ender 3 with a heated bed. I got that from a China based dealer, (dx.com) for 165 US$. I have a heat resistant glass on the bed and I use hairspray for adhesion. So I never need a raft for my prints. That saves a big amount of printing time. I hate fusion. I use google sketchup insted. That's a little more complex, but it gives you more features as well. For example, you can direct draw curved lines and it has a feature to draw a second outline in a defined distance. The slicer I use is Cura. Not to poor, but not to complicted as well.
Amazing work, and very handy! I noticed that the eyes you have on your store [currently sold out] are perfectly circular, and you mentioned that a circle is the best shape for eyes. Question -- what is the outer diameter of the current model of eyes?
At least I can learn how it works even though I don't have a 3D printer. How much does it cost to go through the material you use and how many eyes do you get out of it?
Hi! I know I’m late on the video, I don’t have a 3D printer! I’ve watched all of your tutorials on making the head, what’s the best premade eye base buying option?
Super helpful video! Its cool to find out about other 3d software out there :0 In the future I'm planning to make a few tutorials of my own on 3d modeling fursuit head bases lol since I figured out a few ways to do it ^^ I personally use blender and an app on my ipad to do 3d modeling (the app cost 10$ but blender is free) since it's easiest for me lol But I may give this a try once me and my dad replace my printers mother board! It seems like a cool method and could replace my plastic eye technique :0
Do you know when you will be open for commissions because i like how the suits are made so i was thinking of getting one so yeah just wondering if u know when the commissions open
Legend has it skye replies when you’re early- and I have a question so if you see this skye I was wondering if you could answer my question- when ordering fursuit eyes, how do you know they’ll fit your headbase? I make mine with foam and that mesh stuff, but I’d like to buy some LED ones off Etsy. Keep up the amazing tutorials!
Hey skye! Ima but fan and I was thinking about buying one of your fursuits but it's USD, would you take dollars? I'll even pay extra if ya want!! Keep up the great work! x
Anyone else just scrolling thru the comments and noticing that Skye copy and pasted the same comment to everyone about the printer, nothing wrong with that just thought it was slightly funny.
It baffles me how you makers actually make the suits with all the tech and gizmos to mark everything look as amazing as they do :0
Lots of practice!
All the heads I make are entirely 3D printed with a small amount of foam to make small features. I use filament call ABS that melts at 270 Degrees Celsius. The nozzle/extruder is 0.1 mm that costed me $3K AUD. You think that is expensive? I have 3 laser cutters, a $250K 3D printer and a $100K 3D printer. My first printer was a Ender 3 v2. Nice and cheap. It only costs about $250 AUD.
@@The3DLifestyle250k 3D PRINTER?!??!? WOAH!
Thanks for shouting out Libraries! Im a furry librarian and we want to foster the amazing creativity of our communities by providing low/no cost opportunities to use tech like 3D printers or programmable Embroidery machines, but we need people to give us the demand!
I don't think I'll use this info any time soon, but like,, I just really dig your voice & personality so here we are XD
Thank you so much!
I've only ever used online models for printing, so a mini course in 3d design is pretty handy!
A very very basic course, maybe I’ll do one for making headbases, teeth and the like if there’s enough interest
@@SkyehighStudios I would love that
@@SkyehighStudios that would be very helpful
honestly when you upload ur content it makes my day ^^
I’m glad you enjoy ^.^
Seeing Portal 2 on your desktop made me happy
This is super helpful! Foamies are somewhat annoying to deal with and I actually have a 3D printer so this will definitely help me when I decide to do my next suit. Your tutorials are great as always!
Good luck!!
This would be helpful if I had a 3d printer lol
Sometimes your local library or hacker space will have one!
@@SkyehighStudios My library doesent have one, but I am pretty sure my freind would let me use his, but I am not looking at building a fursuit any time soon!
@@cateyesaerial7703 well it still is actually pretty useful to know somebody that owns one
I will set up some printers in my school in a few weeks for everybody (we have some pretty sick robot arms that can be set up as printers)
If you ever had an idea and thought, yeah i could print that, that is the mindset of a maker :D
They are the same programs I use at school for my Design & Technology class. To get a more uniform outside wall you should try use the shell feature, if you start by sketching the outside size and the eye hole then extrude the entire thing to the depth you want so you have a solid block you can use the shell feature to hollow it out giving a uniform thickness of the wall. then you can extrude the base if that gets too thin then unhide the starting sketch and extrude the eye hole with cut operation which it should do automatically if you pull it through the main part. sorry if this is a bit confusing, I'm not the best at explaining things. Anyway if you see this hope it helps!
I don't know if the slight inconsistency in the thickness of the wall of the eye bothers you, but it kind of bothered me. I've never used Fusion 360, so I looked up its import formats to check if the idea I had to fix what I perceived as a problem was viable. The idea was to create a vector drawing of the eye in Inkscape. (I'm very familiar with Inkscape.) In Inkscape, you can create curves (which can even have smooth joins between them) and specify a border thickness. You can then select the shape you've drawn, and convert the stroke (another name for the border) to a path. A path is basically what you call the underlying lines of any freeform shape you've drawn, before a style is applied to it to give it color, borders, or a texture fill. I believe that the shapes you were drawing by hand over the top of your sketch photo, were paths. And that Fusion used these 2D pathes as the basis for the shape you made. (A bit obvious already, sorry.) The reason I would convert the stroke of your shape to a path, is to create the base of the wall that you would later extrude in fusion 360. The thickness will be extremely consistent this way, although your hand-drawn wall is probably good enough to be getting on with, if perhaps a bit tedious to do. In order to get the drawing from Inkscape to Fusion 360, I believe you'll need to "save as" or "save a copy as" or "export" as a file with the ".dxf" file format. This was the only format that I saw which Fusion 360 has in common with Inkscape. Another reason why I wanted to convert the border of the shape you drew, to a path, was because I don't know how the conversation process would handle the stroke style, and paths are generally the safest, most widely supported option. So, in theory, the .dxf file you have just created will open in Fusion 360 as a basic path of some kind, which you can do the rest of your 3D manipulations to, to produce the eye you want.
Obviously, you can choose to ignore this and keep doing things the way you have been, but I thought I'd try as provide another potential option. I much prefer working with 2D shapes in Inkscape; the interface in Fusion 360 looked almost entirely focused on doing things in 3D. I saw that you have Blender installed, too, but I don't know if you like that program, or what exactly you use it for. But I have heard that you can directly import .svg files (the file type that Inkscape works with natively) into Blender directly. I've not really done much more in Blender than open it up a poke around briefly, and that was quite a few years ago. But it wouldn't surprise me even slightly to learn that you can use it for modeling something for 3D printing, or that you could get Blender to work together with Fusion 360 somehow.
I imagine that if I watch a bunch more of your tutorials, I'll have decent chance of finding out what, if anything, that you use Blender for.
A couple of CAD tools that you might find useful for future projects are the spline tool for drawing curves and the offset tool for drawing the outer wall.
I might be late but I recommend using a vector editing tool like Inkscape to create the paths. You can even create the entire eye pattern with color and share the design easily. Save it as a svg and you can import it into most CAD programs (like Autodesk Fusion) as a sketch.
When I'm making a fursuit as a 14 year old and even though the suit won't fit me in a few years I realise I'm inside quarantine and don't have a 3D printer so I just have a suit with no eyes : 👁👄👁
Don't you mean: 👄
Yes, dont you mean 👄?
Legit in the exact same situation rn
You mean ⚫️👄⚫️
Well kids tend to stop growing
around 14 so it might fit forever
OMG :0 THIS WILL HELP ME SO MUCH THANK YOU THANK YOU ^-^
And I have baught some of ur merch ^-^
Glad I could help ^.^
Ive been trying to learn this very helpful~
Glad I could help~
@@SkyehighStudios you always do~
Me watching a video about using a 3D printer while also not even owning a 3D printer: Hmm interesting
Sometimes your local library or hacker space will have one!
Skyehigh Studios wait really? That’s actually pretty cool :D
I'm not interested in making fursuits but somehow randomly ended up watching your fursuit tutorial yesterday. So glad I did now as I've been 3D modelling for a couple of months and had never heard of Fusion 360 until I'd watched your video. This tutorial was great :) It's a bit like Adobe illustrator and its anchor points. Good job.
Fusion is really good for making projects with lots of parts, and more hard angular stuff, I’ve been using Sculptris to mess around with head bases and similar that require more smooth models
Great video. Just a suggestion to those looking at doing this and saving a bit of time, the step at 3.34 in, instead of tracing a line around it again you can create a perfect, matching wall by pressing o on your keyboard which brings up the offset pane, select the original line and then set your offset/wall thickness.
Now I just need the 3D printer ;-;
Sometimes your local library or hacker space will have one!
This is a lifesaver, such an easy and simple way to make 3D eyes! Thank you so much for this!! I can't wait to see how the ones I've made turn out!!
You should do a full material guide for fursuits if you didn’t already also great video love these tutorials!
It’s on the list!! Would probably end up being a 3-4 part series tbh
Also, thanks a lot for doing all these tutorials all the time! They're really inspiring, you're deadass making me want to try making fursuits (tho I still gotta save up for good tools and such). I'm sure you've helped many start their new hobby or business too. Basically keep up the good work & thank you
Keep an eye out for next weeks video then 👀
@@SkyehighStudios yes, feed us information 😳👏👏
I didn’t realise you could press CTRL+C in fusion to cancel, I usually do the weird drag thing.
thank you for this video, honestly, I wasn't going to use this cause I don't have a 3d printer but you did mention how deep the eyes are which in general is useful!
Sometimes your local library or hacker space will have one!
@@SkyehighStudios cool! I did not know that, thank you!
this is so helpful i was actually searching for fusion 360
Is there a way to do this in Zbrush?
RIP Keven I :-(
Greta tutorial vid! I know nothing of 3-d printing, or digital art, but that was pretty darn easy to do. I may have to look into 3-d printers!
Tbh it's way less intimidating than I expected
Ikr! I'm surprised
It was a huge surprise to me as well for the first time, especially since I had no idea what I was doing
Wowee that's crazy. I thought 3D printers weren't real for a bit but they are actually really super cool
They’re really useful! And the parts they make are really sturdy!
Skyehigh Studios yeah it seems like it! I would like to try it sometime and it sounds fun
"Kevin the 2nd" love the humor lol
Your oc is soooooo cute, its so cool
I miss Kevin...
Also question, how long does it take to make a partial fursuit?
Me personally? A week
This is very helpful! My dad has a 3D printer, so maybe I can make eyes
I like your work and your well made tutorials. But I never tried to make a fursuit yet.
I am also using a 3D printer. I have got an Ender 3 with a heated bed. I got that from a China based dealer, (dx.com) for 165 US$. I have a heat resistant glass on the bed and I use hairspray for adhesion. So I never need a raft for my prints. That saves a big amount of printing time.
I hate fusion. I use google sketchup insted. That's a little more complex, but it gives you more features as well. For example, you can direct draw curved lines and it has a feature to draw a second outline in a defined distance.
The slicer I use is Cura. Not to poor, but not to complicted as well.
I'm gonna find this useful cause I'm gonna make my own fursuit head soon
Amazing work, and very handy!
I noticed that the eyes you have on your store [currently sold out] are perfectly circular, and you mentioned that a circle is the best shape for eyes. Question -- what is the outer diameter of the current model of eyes?
Although I used to be in a somewhat furry phase this video will help me make other stuff besides fur suit eyes if I had a 3d printer
For sure!
OMG This is very helpful! Hope you have a fabulous furry day! ❤️
At least I can learn how it works even though I don't have a 3D printer. How much does it cost to go through the material you use and how many eyes do you get out of it?
It usually costs me about 26 Aussie dollars for 600g it filament, I could probably get 6 pairs of eyes out of it, maybe more
What type of glue do you recommend to adhere mesh to 3d printed eyes?
Hi! I know I’m late on the video, I don’t have a 3D printer! I’ve watched all of your tutorials on making the head, what’s the best premade eye base buying option?
Wow that's amazing. Thanks for another great tutorial.
good to see you are 3d printing, i love designing models and then print them :D
what printer do you have ? ive got an prusa i3 mk3s
I see you have Portal 2!
THis was an amazing tutorial and i'll definetly try it! But one question: where did you buy your 3D printer and what is the model name?
From Bilby 3D, it is the flashforge inventorPro II special edition
@@SkyehighStudios thank you!
It's midnight in my country lol
It’s 1 am in my country. I request we voth will go to sleep.
Go to sleep!
@@SkyehighStudios Thankie, i had a nice rest now i can watch some of your videos ❤
We have the same wallpaper. Also, great video.
Should I make a fursuit? Like, would you recommend I try?
Super helpful video! Its cool to find out about other 3d software out there :0
In the future I'm planning to make a few tutorials of my own on 3d modeling fursuit head bases lol since I figured out a few ways to do it ^^
I personally use blender and an app on my ipad to do 3d modeling (the app cost 10$ but blender is free) since it's easiest for me lol
But I may give this a try once me and my dad replace my printers mother board! It seems like a cool method and could replace my plastic eye technique :0
My original printer had something up with the motherboard too I think
@@SkyehighStudios oh? What kind? I own a Anet A8 printer and apparently thats a common issue
i wish i had a 3d printer ;-;
but
it doesn’t mean i can’t make fursuits!
i’m so happy cuz i might be going to my first furcon next year!
Sometimes your local library or hacker space will have one!
Do you know when you will be open for commissions because i like how the suits are made so i was thinking of getting one so yeah just wondering if u know when the commissions open
yes more fursuit tutorials!
Woohoo!!
Ooo this is amazing! I wish I had a 3D printer 😅
Oh my gosh I'm early!! In have a question have you ever mad a skull dog before? Or would you tale a commission for one?
i can’t make them anywhere :( bc my school doesn’t let you print with it i don’t have school anyways either as in corona
So I don’t think I could do this but is there a chance I can buy a pair of eyes-
Where is the link to the program?
Yes! Thats a good future. 😀
I really want you to make me one but I need to make on but please reply
Legend has it skye replies when you’re early- and I have a question so if you see this skye I was wondering if you could answer my question- when ordering fursuit eyes, how do you know they’ll fit your headbase? I make mine with foam and that mesh stuff, but I’d like to buy some LED ones off Etsy. Keep up the amazing tutorials!
You build your headbase to the shape of your eyes! So you’ll know it fits!
Skyehigh Studios thank you!
You have probably got this a lot but can you make a new fur suit head tutorial I am very square brain and know nothing about how to make the head
Hey, I would like to buy a suit. Do u make them or sell them? Because I would like to get from the best!
Off topic, YOU HAVE A BIRB? what kindddd?
Hey skye would you let me commission you for a fursuit in September? Cause I need it for a costume and because I always wanted one
Ah yes! *this is perfect for me that has a 3d printer but not white foam!*
yes!! This is perfect and really helpfull!! Thanks for making this!!
You’re welcome!!💙
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Me: 👁👄👁
TH-cam be broken
I suck at making things so I can’t make a fursuit :/
Yayyy owo
Uwu
Hey sky! I'm looking all over the internet for a set of nice clippers for fur and I can't find ANYTHING. Any advice.
I use Wahl Km2 speed but I’m assuming you don’t wanna spend 200 dollars, anything Wahl or Andis works real nice~
Great, now I just need a 3D printer
I wish I could pay you to help me make a fursuit I watched all your videos and for a 14 year old Fox I'm confused
Hello Skye if you see this, i want to be a fursuit maker too.... so do you have any tips??
What is this app called?
Luv your vids
Doubt you'll respond, but if i make some fanart, how can i make sure you see it? Should I just tag you on twitter?
Tag me anywhere, or it it’s physical, you can send it to my P.O. Box!
Oof I wish I had but a 3D printer but btw when will u be open for commissions?
I’m open via waitlist at the moment ^.^
I did enjoy!
I’m glad!
I like your suit the gloves are nice
Can I send you a picture of what I want my furry and can you plz make it is my first one🥺👉👈
I can answer that, for money.
what kind of 3D printer is Kevin
He is a flashforge inventor II pro special edition
Ty
I like Kevin, Kevin is nice
yo sky how mutch do i need to pay you to make me a manoket furr suite just asking
Skyehighstudios.com
Oh no! What went wrong with the OG Kevin?
He kept shutting off randomly, often mid print
@@SkyehighStudios Oh, ok.
Who dare dislike this >:0
great video bro
Thanks!
Hey how Much would a good fursuit be ??
Define your standards then you can define a price
@《Lemonichoux》 can i have her website
@@SkyehighStudios a full with movebull jaw and fluffy ears en suit
Hi
Hello!
*cries in solidworks*
That is very important👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍
Thank!
Skyehigh Studios your welcome
Hey skye! Ima but fan and I was thinking about buying one of your fursuits but it's USD, would you take dollars? I'll even pay extra if ya want!! Keep up the great work! x
I meant pounds lol 🐺
PayPal converts it for you lol
Oh! Thank you so much!😸
Cool!
No you!
If yoy make digital art on your pc with a pen its ez tho
Press F to pay respect for Kevin the 1st
F, he was kinda shit to begin with xD the replacement is much better
@@SkyehighStudios XD
Where did you buy them? Just wanted to know because me and my family were thinking of getting one
IM EARLY YAY I LUV U SKY
Ily2!!
@@SkyehighStudios awww thank oo
PORTAL 2 !!!
Yes!!
Anyone else just scrolling thru the comments and noticing that Skye copy and pasted the same comment to everyone about the printer, nothing wrong with that just thought it was slightly funny.
Now all that’s left to do is have a 3D printer😂
I had pancakes for breakfast this morning.
Congrats! I’ve just gone gluten free so I can’t have normal pancakes anymore :c
Skyehigh Studios,
Awww! I hope you can find some gluten free pancakes. But thanks for replying!! :D
So cute uwu