Follow Me Fursuit Eyes: Important Tips and Techniques
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- čas přidán 17. 03. 2021
- You asked for it! Here's all of my thoughts on follow me eyes for fursuits! There are NUMEROUS tutorials out there for them, but y'all wanted my take on it so here it is. Hopefully I talked about something you never thought of before! :D
* I did forget to explain WHY you paint the backs black, but I hope everyone knows by now! It helps visibility! if you had white or colors on the back it seems to catch light more than black does. You can test this out for yourself if you want!*
Materials:
2mm foam sheets (found many places)
6mm foam sheets
.02" polystyrene plastic sheets, 10 pack
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.03" polystyrene plastic sheets, 10 pack
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vinyl Aida mesh
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Pfifer brand window screen mesh, found at lowe's or home depot etc
buckram mesh
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E6000 glue (found at craft stores and home improvement stores)
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Dude I can’t believe how smart you are to paint the eyes like that. 10/10 amazing job 👏👏👏👏 proud of your work!!!
thank you so much!!
OMG SMALL FUZZBALL
"I like to use my foam scraps to paint with" Well now I feel like I've just wasted all of my foam lmao. That's a really good idea!
haha thank you!!! i try and save all the sizable chunks to fill in gaps in faces and to paint with! just feels weird throwing out so much foam XD
no exaggeration, this might be the most informative and helpful tutorial video i've ever watched :P thank you SO much for including all these details! absolute lifesaver
Glad it was helpful!!! I tried to include everything I could think of!
Thank you so much for making this! To get the same amount of information from other tutorials one has to watch like three or four but you combine it all into one video. Whenever I watch other tutorials there remain so many questions in my head but yours answers them all. I love that you show different approaches and make it easy to find the most fitting one. Your tutorials and suits are definitely amongst the best. Thank you for taking the time to make these I can imagine that it takes a lot of time to film and edit these.
thank you sooo much! that's EXACTLY my goal with this video! so many other tutorials don't cover every topic and there's always so much i want to know. tried to be as comprehensive as possible
I have ADHD so it's usually rlly hard for me to watch even 5 minute videos all the way through, especially if there's no talking... but I watched all of this easily. This was super informative and engaging, thank you for the awesome video!
omg thank you!! my adhd brain has the opposite problem, I keep getting distracted and not listening to the voices on videos and i have to keep going back! i prefer having text on screen so i can easily read what i'm supposed to do without having to listenXD
Same but I don’t have adhd-
I always make the fallow me eyes for all of my fursuits, and everyone loves them! I don't care if the glue goes on the outside on mine, I love my fallow me eyes just the way they are. This is very helpful!
well, getting really clean results with no glue spillover is a more professional move!
this is a great tutorial! i cant make a fursuit yet because i need to save up money for materials but if i ever get to it this will be helpful!
I finished my first actual head recently and while the eyes had looked fine when I was actually cutting them out and putting in the mesh, the actual suit itself turned out severely cross eyed and the eyes just ruined the magic of this first fursuit head. I'm basically planning to rip them out and replace them, and this came just in time!
omg rip!!!!!! though to be fair, MOST suits i see are cross eyed and everyone seems to be ok with it, so im sure people will still love your suit! i just wanted to make sure the information was here for anyone who wanted to try and fix it hehe! good luck on your next eyes!!!!
@@freckledcatcreations thanks! But trust me, it's pretty bad 😅 even I, as a newbie, noticed it. Granted, the character has really long fur so that really doesn't help
@@lightningqueen1145 haha i getcha! X3
I want to make a type of silly character with eyes facing two different directions so that won't be a problem once I collect a truckload of Fursuit material. 👍
the placement of the eyes (the center) WAS SO SMART AND HELPFUL. I'm a fursuit maker for some years now and was looking to improve a couple things so I came to this video, OH MY GOD. Yes. Ive struggled with my suits looking somewhat cross eyes as well and too could not put my finger on why it looked so off and THIS VIDEO WAS SO HELPFULL. Dude I would pay for that one tip alone (moving them more towards the middle) you saved me. *EDIT; OMG THE "angry" style tip was SO HELPFUL AS WELL. Ive actually been thinking about this one for a while and seeing someone else point out that YES this IS how you should actually be doing it just makes me so happy. The eye painting tip as well ugh I'm crying over here. years of pain and struggle coming to an end
YAYYY i'm so happy you appreciated those tips!!!!! I thought those two were super duper helpful and rarely talked about in tutorials!
your fursuits are amazing!!! i'm just waiting on preparing the 3d printer to make eyes for a suit i'm going to sell
That's awesome!! i know there's easier ways to make the 3d eyes than my tutorial and i've learned a lot since then, hope it helps tho!
I love this entire tutorial process, so informative and beautiful!
Thank you so much! glad you enjoyed it!!!!!!!! i know i dont have the best setup but I'm really just focused on getting knowledge out there!
This is going to help me make my first fursuit eyes so much, I’m so glad you went the extra mile to put in so much detail!
I really hope it helps!!!
Didn't expect an upload- Yay!
it's been about 2 weeks! :D im surprised youre up, i know its an early upload XD
@@freckledcatcreations I'm surprised I got up so early too- I almost never wake up in the mornings.
Since i have a fursona with plain green eyes and barely any pupil, this was really helpful! Thanks!!
This is what I like: Lots of detail and solid info from experience! Thanks for sharing your knowledge!
My fursuit had very large heart shaped eyes so I had to wing it a little, but thanks for the tutorial :D
4:28 don't apologize! It may be old, but its GOLD 🥇❤
This video is gonna be SUUUUUPER useful for me when I get around to making my first head. I'm doing a moth of my own design, and he has very big, oddly shaped eyes, so I think I might end up going all mesh for his. At least, for the first iteration.
ooh, that'll make your vision REALLY good!
Gratulations to 15k subscribers! 🤗 You're amazing keep going!^^ Lot of Love from Germany
Thank you so much!!
the little foam dabbing brush thingy is so cool!!! definately going to be trying that 😸
Making my first suit and I genuinely had no idea where to start or what to do with the eyes so this was a huge help thank you 🤧
Glad I could help!
wow im so early, hello everyone!
Yep, you are :3
its super early haha! 7am for me! i had this ready to go since tuesday so I was able to just put this on Public immediately :3
Amazing video with a lot of great knowledge! I use a lot of similar techniques when making eyes for suits. It's super cool how makers find similar answers to similar problems!
omg Chickaspree! hey!! :D thanks for watching!!
Omg this looks so helpful!!
I’m doing my first fursuit, I’m finished my foam base of the head and I’m gonna start putting the eye blanks and the eye mesh! I’m gonna use this to help me put the eyes on!
I really hope its helpful to you!!! good luck!
you are a pure fursuit genius! i am so excited to see your work improve more and more. you are a fantastic maker
Thank you so much!
@@freckledcatcreations of course!
Your suits are amazing Freckled! Keep up the great work!!
Thank you so much!!
Holy shit your eye painting process is incredible. Looks like it saves so much time trying to use compressed air or poking any filled holes. I gotta try that
Yeah, using foam instead of a paintbrush really helps paint not get stuck in the holes as much!! i hope it works for you too!
Oh this tutorial helped me so much, I plan to make a suit but first I am practicing on making doll heads with the following eyes and this is such a well constructed video explaining the details I need to keep in mind in a clean and easy to follow way, thank you so much!!
Glad I could help!
I love your work so much and your style
Very helpful! I'm going to start working on my first fursuit once I get back from my holiday trip and I'm going to use your tips for sure!
Good luck!!
this video is so good omg
Wow, this is fantastic! Thank you for the video :D
Woah! This is exactly what I needed! Tysm!
Glad I could help!
Thank you this helped me so much because I never really understood this before
i'm glad it's understandable!
I love your fursuits!!! You've inspired me so much, thank you
omg tysm!!!!
@@freckledcatcreations No problem
You're tutorials have been my favorite thing to watch on youtube, so full of valuable information for new makers like myself! I really like that you fill it with all kinds of helpful information and add lots of explanation and reasoning for how you do things. This'll be very helpful for when I make some follow-me eyes from plastic, I've known that method before but I have yet to see a tutorial like this for it. Is there any chance you would make a tutorial for 2D eyes? Or perhaps a video explaining how to install the eyes when it comes to that point in making? I have always had lots of stress for that part of the build because I don't really know a good way to do it and often mess up. Anyways, thank you again for another amazing tutorial, Freckled Cat!
aw thank you! you should check out my past videos, might have stuff you'd like..... like a 2d eye tutorial i posted last year :3c it includes how to install.
i also explained how to install the eyes at the end of the video here!
My hero!!!! Thank you!!!
Thanks for the tips✨❤️
I always had trouble with gluing the outer eye on. Thanks for the help!
happy to help!! it's a really tricky process and I take a long time at it haha.
I love tha Colour of the Eyes it's Beautiful
Amazing instructions, thank you
Glad it was helpful!
I LOVE THIS !!!
Thank you girl I needed help-
tysm for helping!❤
Happy to help!
Good morning everyone
Man this makes me want to redo my eyes...I was originally going to do the full mesh for my eyes for better sight as I didn't account well for my glasses fitting inside lol
ooh, to make sure you have room for glasses just make sure the bucket head circumference fits your head circumference WITH glasses on! and then just put a little forehead padding of 1" foam inside to push the head away from your face so your glasses arent pushed into your eyes.
Tysm for help I am making one
No problem 😊
Thanks for clearing this up for me! I was having a hard time with what to do with the eyes and I didn't know they were made of foam
just be careful with foam, its a pretty low quality and unsturdy material! i would really recommend plastic!
@@freckledcatcreations I saw that plastic was better but when I went to get plastic. I got vinyl sticker sheet thinking it was plastic so now I have to go back and get actual plastic ;v;
Super helpful thank you
You're welcome!
Thanks for this video! I’ve been wanting to make 3D eyes. :D
i hope all the notes help you!!!!
this was very helpful :D
Glad it helped!
Hello!
hi hi!
this helps thx
Very good
I like the idea of using scrap pieces of foam as sponges for painting the eyes. I usually save my smaller scraps so I can press down onto fabric when hot gluing so I don’t burn my fingers but know I have another use.
oh, thats such a good idea for another use for them!!
I know your at like 15k but i cant wait for your channel to BLOW UPPPP haha
hehe thank you!!!!!! me too! though i am still very flattered i got 15k, that's so huge for me!
i have alot to learn...
7:37 i needed this
If you decide to make the eyes fully mesh, do you know how you'd glue them? Because it seems in this tutorial like most of the security in gluing comes from sticking the mesh to the back of the sclera in the eye blanks
Thank you for the tutorial! Do you have any tips for kemono-style eyes? I've seen some people use some sort of plastic covering over the eyes to make them more shiny and 3-D, but I haven't been able to figure out what it is or how to make it
I will be doing a kemono head a little later this year so I'll try to film stuff for it - but I know you can use the giant size googley eyes for the plastic! another way is to use plastic acrylic domed christmas ornament shells. i have a link but not with me right now. but Kemonokapi put tutorials on their patreon if you wanna subscribe there just to grab the tutorials!
Just wow
in a good way, right?
I just want to say that your videos are so helpful! I'm currently trying to make a pair of these myself, and the glue simply isn't sticking to the plastic. Do you have any tips for making it stick? I was either going to get the foam for the walls of the eye, or have a friend 3d print it, but maybe there's a way to make it stick better?
Hmm, if the glue isn't sticking to the plastic maybe try sanding the plastic first to give the glue something rougher to stick to? Otherwise maybe you'll have to go another route. I'm not sure of other glues that might work here.
Amazing tutorial! Thank you for sharing! Also at the title, did I hear a Horace game soundtrack?
Edit: Aah its gymnopedie. I heard this song first on Horace videogame, :D. Love that song tho!
thank you!! yea i keep hearing that that song came from a game XD
Awesome follow me tutorial
I'm playing around with how eyes are made though, like materials. I'm trying to go for see through eyes so you wouldn't need a handler
so far, I'm using mirror tint covered with sheer chiffan to make the sclera and then screen gel-transparency print paper for the iris of the eyes. like, it has really good visio when I'm not using the sheer chiffan which would mean any suit that has a black sclera or other color sclera would be great with this but I haven't figured a good alternative for the white.
interested in other fursuit maker's suggestions if they have a thought on that. I'd try to post pictures showing how the vision looks but the youtubes doesn't like me posting links :
I and other makers like ImmortalFursuits also do mesh for the eye whites! greatly improves the vision! only issue is, it makes the sclera less bright white and toony looking. but i offer it if anyone likes to commission it! i've got a couple suits on my upcoming queue that will be like that :3
hey !! i have another question-- so at 6:00 in the video, i see you using e6000 to glue the felt to the side of the 3d printed eyes---should i also use e6000 glue to glue the mesh to the back of the eye? or perhaps hot glue would work too?^^
im not too great with knowing what glue works best for what XD
Honestly, I put e6000 and hot glue together because I'm not entirely sure how well hot glue sticks to the plastic! but e6000 takes a while to fully cure. so I did both for good measure lol. honestly after the eyes are glued in you shouldnt have to worry about the mesh being pulled away off the eye plastic, that could only happen if someone intended to try and take the suit apart - it wont detach from hot glue just with normal wear.
@@freckledcatcreations Alright!! Thank you for your input :D
Im alright with the glue taking a while to cure--i've got lots of time on my hands!!
I've got it easy pronghorn pupils take up the entire eye I just have to do highlights. :)
ayyy there you go lol!! easy!
some makers use hole punched aluminium also
is there any sort of glow in the dark stuff u can add to the eyes to make them glow in the dark? also would like to know if it could be applied to the mesh. thank u for the amazing video, brought a lot of insight and such
oh totaly! there's glow in the dark paints and such!
seeing the goat without the snout was actually terrifying XD
LOL
hey! question--im thinking of allowing myself better vision, so instead of using craft foam for the sclera i'll use white mesh. can you hot glue the craft foam (the sides, the long rectangles) onto the mesh itself for that follow-me eyes look? and is there anything different i should do? thanks so much! the video has been a big help and i appreciated the painting tips!
ooh, I do the same thing with my 3d printed ones when people want all mesh - but I never thought of doing all mesh with the foamies.... they are already really soft and flexible so making the sclera all mesh might totally weaken the structural integrity. You can try though, and see how it comes out!
@@freckledcatcreations yeah i was wondering about how flimsy it might be 😅 i'll see about using a more durable material! ive already got the foam but i can def find something better. i don't have access to a 3d printer sadly
@@freckledcatcreationsupdate-- i got some 3d printed templates online! they've got a nice opening on them and im about to put the mesh in after the paint dries :) super happy with your painting tutorial nonetheless!
@@froggysprite glad everythings working out!
dude this is so sick!! did you ever end up taking custom modeled fursuit blank commissions?
ahhhhh not yet!! you didnt miss anything! I honestly am not sure if I have time between getting my current commissions done?
@@freckledcatcreations thats fine! there is no rush :3 are you planning on some in the future? (like years in advance?) (i have not made anything needing eyes yet ^^; just planning for the future)
Why do you paint the backs of the mesh black? Thanks for making the amazing tutorial ❤️
so it actually helps with seeing through it better! the black will absorb the light that comes through, rather than if it was white the light hitting the mesh would reflect it. It's kinda hard to explain, but if you have some mesh you should try it out!
Is that a style choice to make the eye glint/highlights mirrored instead of parallel?
at 9:09 I talk about this lol
Очень красиво прям вах❤️
Would u recommend buckram or like the Aida stuff to look better
aida stuff is much more of an even weave, stronger and won't warp as easily!
question: how would you go about installing eyes with no foamies? I have a 3D printed head so the 'skeleton' is a little thin.
ooooooh..... I never thought about that. i've never worked with a 3d printed base.... if you're looking for how to install flat 2d eyes (so... eyes with no foamies) i do already have a tutorial on how to make and put on 2d eyes.
How do you see out of the first example with the foam? ( I don't have many options to do and I'm a beginner so I thought that style would be best)
you cut the eye hole just like the other ones of course!
Hello! I’m not sure if you would still reply to this comment, but I’m curious about the fully mesh eyes! My character has colored scleras and smaller eyes, so I figured a fully mesh eye with plastic around the outside would be perfect for him and getting better visibility. Wouldn’t just the mesh glued to plastic be too flimsy? Would the plastic want to bounce back to being straight? I feel like it would be difficult to get it to maintain the right shape if its just glued to mesh, but im not sure. I have the materials for it but too scared to execute it because I havent found any in depth tutorial online. Thank you so much! Your videos are so helpful to me as someone who is so intimidated by the lack of science when it comes to fursuit making, and your precise way of doing things is helping me make my first suit! ^^
apologies if this comment doesnt make sense btw its hard to explain this issue that might just be imaginary 😅
so sorry for getting to this late! I had that same concern, so basically you do want the thickness of the 'eye walls' to be thick enough to have enough glue to hold the mesh there. I've made 2 more sets of all-mesh following eyes since then and they still work! Once they're set into the head they'll be receiving much less stress and poking for the mesh to get unstuck anyway.
Does painting the back side black help you see better? Or is there like a different 0urpose
yes it absolutely does! try it yourself, compare a white backing to black backing and youll see how its easier to see thru :3
Hi! Would you be able make a protogen kigui for a commission? Also your tutorials are really helpful.
i might be able to, feel free to get a quote and then apply for a commission when i open! i open 4 slots every 4 months, and i pick who i am interested in working with
@@freckledcatcreations Awesome! I’m going to go apply for a quote.
Adorable! What type of material do you use for the see-through part of the eye?
think its plastic canvas
you silly, check the description! i put all the materials there!
I wonder if anyone has made magnet eyes to remove them to easier clean the head?
Maybe someone has, either way that's really smart. It would be fun to have extra eyes you could swap the eyes with too.
ive seen a couple makers do this! westcustomcreations and normans needleworks to name two! I would love to figure this out someday myself but for now they're permanent :3
@@freckledcatcreations It's understandable, I'm sure it wouldn't be very easy to do.
Please, make tutorial how to shaving fur with scissor, i need this tutorial for my future fursuit
I have tried shaving fur with scissors and i SUCK at it! i dont think i can make a good tutorial for that! if you have just $30 you should buy the Wahl pet trimmers at walmart, it will be way better for you than spending weeks cutting with scissors.
if you do get clogged holes in your ere mesh you can always spray it using compressed air, be weary though, it may move paint around and potentially mess up your paint job!
right! good point! that's kinda why I just poke it out with a mechanical pencil LOL
@@freckledcatcreationsmechanical pencils help with so much 🤣
Do you suggest glueing the eyes in after or before furring the base?
good question! for follow me, usually people glue them in BEFORE furring, but for 2d eyes, you glue those onto the outside at the end!
Do u think that posca paint pens could be as good as making eyes, than this method? I really love, how the eyes you did on this video, turned out. They are amazing! I'm having a little bit of struggle with my own fursuit eyes, bc i don't really get the results I would like to, when it comes to coloring.
if posca paint is water resistant then maybe!! i'm not sure if they're acrylic or not!
@@freckledcatcreations yes they are acrylic :).
ok thats awesome! yea go for it, just take care not to clog the holes with paint! never worked with poscas before so idk how heavy they are with the paint flow. keep a needle or mechanical pencil on hand to poke thru the holes if the paint gets in them :3
@@freckledcatcreations Aight, thanks! I wish great weekend for you! ❤
So I have a technique that neffertity uses and it's for the painting part where you water down the acrylic paint and do a layer or 2 then seal it in. I'm if this is what you did
oh cool! I find the acrylic paint is thin enough to paint with, dont really need to water it down myself.
@@freckledcatcreations oh ok
I wanna try the vinyl mesh you listed in your description, how good is the vision using this mesh?
its great! very good vision!! and much more even weave versus any buckram mesh you buy.
@@freckledcatcreations awesome, thank you!
my paint bleeds through to the back of the mesh! do you have any tips?
sounds like youre using too much paint! dont load the brush up with too much. if you need to, do a couple lighter passes! but at the end if you need to you can re-cover the back in black paint to cover any bleedthrough.
What computer program bare you using to draw and model? I want to do that with my references
I love using Paint Tool SAI to draw and Blender for 3d modeling !
How did you get your paper eye templates to be the exact size you need it to be? I’m having trouble with this. It could be partially because I made my foam base before looking at this tutorial and now the eyes seem wayyyyy smaller than what the foam is cut out to be
I think it's just trial and error, honestly! if they're too small, just draw and make them a little bigger, then try again.
So im making a Cyclops furry head, and idk if it will work.
Would it still work if I make it one big eye?
Thank u 💖
if anything, it would be even better vision with no blind spot in the middle! you can totally do it!
@@freckledcatcreations No no I don't mean by vision and installation, I meant if it was big would it curve in To much
what mesh do you use for the eyes?
I put links to the materials in the description! You can use buckram (lowest quality), vinyl aida mesh, or window screening!
what is the material called for like the sort of net part of the eye? i forgot
I'm using "vinyl aida" mesh! it's basically a vinyl version of cross stitch fabric. you can get it on amazon or at joanns in the embroidery section!
@@freckledcatcreations THANK YOU
Can ask you: wath materiall you use for making the furry head in general? Thank you for your help
I mean all material
it would be easier for you to check out fursuitmaterials.com instead of me listing every single thing in this youtube comment!
Thank you
For the basic eye with the 90° angle you can make the band a little bit longer so it will incline it and give it a bit the effect of the 3d printed eye. I've tryed to find a way to mak the curve of the 3d printed eye with basic materiel but since I havnt find it 🤷🏻♂️. I think the easiest way to make it without the 3d printer is the 3d pen.
oh yea youre right, I think i saw Whizmi Creations does that too! the inclined/cupped eye. thought about trying it sometime.
@@freckledcatcreations I was sure that someone else had the idea, but the 3D printed still the best and with the time ppl gonna upgrade so much fursuit accessoir with 3d printer. Would love to have one, I have an idea of retractable claw like cat have, imagine how cool it would be 😻😻
@@ugosantoro5479 yessssssss i hope one day retractable claws can be a thing! saw someone make a tutorial but i heard it doesnt really work too well? oh well. maybe we'll figure out what is going wrong
@@freckledcatcreations If you try to make it one day you can ask me on Insta: mrblfurry for mechanisme idea, i'll be happy to help you. 🖖🏼😸
What is the item used for the eyes to see through?
I have the link in the description; it's vinyl mesh!
question does it look weird in person when you look at them ?
nope! they look really pretty!
I'm having trouble getting my eyes to fit in the holes i have cut for them. How do I get them to fit correctly?
just keep trimming away the foam so they fit! lots of small cuts :3 eventually itll fit!
@@freckledcatcreations thanks!
Please tell me what eye mesh u used I can’t find any good mesh 😭
You silly silly bean! Check the description, I put links and info ! It's vinyl aida mesh!