How Long Have You Been Fursuiting? Since 2018. My first con was either PortCon or PineFurCon before the pandemic and I suited back then.
How did you get into fursuiting?
I believe I was looking at a bunch of Youtube videos and thought, “wow, that’s really cool!” I was always really into costumes and I thought, “I guess I’m doing this with the rest of my life now.” Before that, it was mostly amateur costume making with duct tape and gluing it together but over time I decided to try to make it look nicer.
What got you into the furry fandom?
There are a lot of factors that played into that. At first, I was into Wildkrats and the idea of turning into an animal was really cool. Youtube was also a big inspiration with creators making animation meme videos that got me into the fandom.
Can you tell me about the process of making your fursuit?
With him (ant), it was a little bit of a struggle as I got minky that was stretchy and that was an issue. Overall, it was really fun to make and it was fun to see how to make a bug fursuit for the first time. In making a bug suit, since they have exoskeletons, I wanted to show off how the joints come together so I used segments of just minky and just fur to make differences visibly. For his antennas, I originally had them as foam but when I was furring them, it was really difficult to put the fleece over it and then I put wiring on instead. I’m really trying to show texture on my creations so I wanted to experiment more with this suit.
What Do You Enjoy Most About Fursuiting?
Getting to interact with other fursuiters and other people is a lot of fun. It’s great to be someone I can’t be normally. Normally, I’d be really tired but this allows me to be off the walls.
Is there anything you’d like to change about your suit and if so, what would you change?If there was anything I could change, there’s definitely a lot of flaws but right now, I’d just change up the antennas to make them more study as they lose their durability after a little while at the moment.
What is your Favorite Memory Fursuiting?
It would have to be last year at Furcationland (2023) when I made my first full fursuit. Just being able to do that for the first time as a character I had a lot of connection to and people loving it, it meant the world to me, honestly.
Is There Any Lore to Your Fursuit/Sona?
With my ant, I don’t have as much lore as my other characters as he’s my most recent character. A lot of people, especially bug enthusiasts, tell me he’s a wasp but he’s an ant with red velvet DNA, which is a wasp, but he is a hybrid so he’s still more ant than wasp.
What Does Your Suit Mean to You?
My suit is a statement through the fandom where it’s like, this is who I am and not everyone has to be a dog. (No offense to canine suiters!)
