Creature Costuming [Part 1]: Design & Planning

Ever wanted to start making monster or animal cosplays? Tom and Riley lead a panel discussion about Creature Costuming for beginners. Part 1 of 6: Design and Planning- Choosing a character, adapting the design to a costumed form, visualizing the finish product, and determining how to begin the building stage. September 11, 2011 at NDK 15 in Denver, CO Filmed by ReyTiger (YT ReyRunTiger) deviantART usernames: Tom- sgtknifeman, Riley- CanineHybrid --Helpful Links-- The fursuit community on LiveJournal: http://fursuit.livejournal.com Tons of resources and tutorials, ask questions, share projects, get inspired Riley's Pokémon costumes, thousands of step by step photos, to help you analyze the building process: http://www.flickr.com/caninehybrid Work of the artists featured in the video: Monoyasha- Dream Vision Creations http://www.dreamvisioncreations.com Cassini Closet http://cassinicloset.deviantart.com Skaros (Blue Dragon)- Animatronics    / blueskaros444   Umbreon (Co-Built by Tom)- http://leap207.deviantart.com Groudon (Built by Riley)- http://rektheartist.deviantart.com