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Saturday, June 2nd, 2012


Subject:Beef Jerky in the fursuit tournament
Time:3:48 pm.
Mood: hopeful.
Wow! What a tournament today. So far votes have been either tied or between 3 votes either way. Its been crazy to see it progress when it is SO close.

If you haven't had the chance yet, I would love it if you visited http://fursuittourney.livejournal.com/135317.html and tossed a vote Beef Jerky's way :D Voting ends at 11:59pm EDT

Here's a silly picture Mike and I took a few months ago
Beef Jerky's New Rug

;D
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Friday, April 20th, 2012


Time:3:45 pm.
Cat progress!
I've finished taping it up! Now I have to decide which furs to use and what sort of markings to give! That's the hard part, I'm kind of indecisive! I'm sure I'll think of something though. In the mean time, here's some pictures:


Cat progress: Taping
Cat progress: Taping
Cat progress: Taping



Since I last posted about it in [info]fursuit: http://fursuit.livejournal.com/5258873.html I took some advice and changed the mouth shape a little bit.
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Thursday, April 19th, 2012


Subject:Housecat progress!
Time:12:40 am.
Mood: amused.
So Today I started a cat fursuit head! I'm going off of this ref http://www.furaffinity.net/view/7751250/ and of course lots of photos of cats. I don't own a cat, so hopefully I got the shapes right! I'm trying at least!

 no facial features, muzzle or jaw yet. Start of a cat! on Twitpic

It starts out as a hollow base. Then I added mouth, nose and cheeks. I want to try something new with the nose and cover it in fabric, with some needlesculpted nostrils or something, I hope it turns out how I imagine it to be in my head!

   Cats are foregin to me, is this starting to look catlike? on Twitpic

   Cats are foregin to me, is this starting to look catlike? on Twitpic

   Cats are foregin to me, is this starting to look catlike? on Twitpic

Then I added the eyeridges, but my head model went to sleep (lol), so you get photos of it on a backdrop, It looks sort of squished, but I didn't change the muzzle much, however I did trim up the ears a little more.

   current progress on Cat head foamwork. Eyeridges added! on Twitpic

   current progress on Cat head foamwork. Eyeridges added! on Twitpic

   current progress on Cat head foamwork. Eyeridges added! on Twitpic

I hope I'm on the right track! :D Cat practice!
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Sunday, April 15th, 2012


Subject:Terrible day
Time:12:51 am.
Mood: frustrated.
What a terrible stupid day.

Some idiot brought a three week old puppy to the dog park today. It got killed.
A three week old puppy is still a tiny grub of a dog that needed to not be seperated from its mother, its barely old enough to even start to eat solid food. Just.... who in their right mind thinks thats a good idea at all. To take a 3 WEEK old puppy away from its mother, to a dog park... With adult dogs.
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Thursday, March 29th, 2012


Subject:Brushy!
Time:1:19 pm.
Brushy coyote

Meet Brushy!
An awesome, cute, adorable, crafty, unique coyote! Why is he so unique? He is a collaboration between JillCostumes and I! We're auctioning him and the auction ends today!

http://www.thedealersden.com/auction_details.php?auction_id=109394
Ending March 29th at 5:30 Pacific Time!

Jill and I worked collaboratively on the head together. And she made the awesome big poofy cool tail. I made the comfortable puffy cute deluxe handpaws!

More pictures? More pictures!! )

If the auction bids reach $900 we will both create custom conbadges of this cute guy with the name of your choosing (you are welcome to rename him if you like!)

We're both really excited to see him go to his next home, so make it yours and place your bid now! :D

http://www.thedealersden.com/auction_details.php?auction_id=109394
http://www.thedealersden.com/auction_details.php?auction_id=109394
http://www.thedealersden.com/auction_details.php?auction_id=109394
http://www.thedealersden.com/auction_details.php?auction_id=109394
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Sunday, March 25th, 2012


Subject:Meet Brushy!
Time:9:01 pm.
Mood: happy.

He's looking for a new home! (link to auction)


Jill and I worked together on Brushy, this awesome coyote partial! I'm super proud of my contribution and I love how he turned out! :D
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Thursday, March 22nd, 2012


Time:11:18 am.
Mood: happy.
I have some conbadge slots available over on FurAffinity!
I usually forget to post here about them, but I remembered this time! :D

More info here! http://www.furaffinity.net/journal/3291050/
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Tuesday, March 20th, 2012


Subject:I have some Blind Bag ponies for sale/trade!
Time:2:17 pm.
Mood: working.
Hi everyone!
My local store had two bins of the blind bag ponies and I picked up a set of the Mane 6 and 3 sparkle versions. I thought I'd offer them up for best offer! I'm interested in either selling or trading the set. They are new in the bag!



Photos of the bag numbers under the cut )

I'm willing to ship these international if you are outside the US, too!
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Monday, March 19th, 2012


Subject:Internet Chats
Time:12:02 pm.
Mood: blah.
Feeling a little lonely on the Internet lately. Not sure if other people have just left for other services and I'm still behind in the lesser used ones, or if there's just not much chatting going on anymore nowadays.

I ended up sticking with LiveJournal and Twitter, with Furaffinity postings now and then. I kind of wish there was a place like FluffMuck still active with lots of folks. Maybe not a muck, but for those familiar just that "place where folks go to hang out" type of place. I can never find these things on my own, though. Does anyone have any leads for general chatty furry places?

Its funny there's all these websites to comment and connect, and make journals and talk about yourself and what you're doing. But no more focus on just chatting anymore.

Maybe I just need to reach out more often or explore more sites on my own. It still helps to think about it in a public forum like this though, in case anyone has any ideas! ;3
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Friday, March 16th, 2012


Time:2:47 pm.
Mood: happy.
I made an awesome huge pair of handpaws!



Click on the image for a bigger picture, I also have a gallery of photos of the paws and sleeves


I did these as practice for a pair I'll be doing on commission. I love how they turned out!!! They are amazingly comfy!
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Saturday, March 10th, 2012


Subject:Wishkah for sale! Auction ending March 10th!
Time:12:19 am.
Mood: hopeful.
Wishkah the Husky is looking for a new home!
Wishkah eye detail

Awesome husky partial fursuit made by Matrices is available for sale via auction!
http://www.thedealersden.com/auction_details.php?name=awesome-toony-husky-partial-fursuit-wishkah&auction_id=109102

This is the final day of the auction! The Auction will end March 10th at 6pm pacific time, 9pm eastern!!

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cbu2maz_abM
More pictures & embedded video under the cut!! )

If you aren't able to buy, its appreciated if you can pass on the auction link or this journal link to a friend who might want to give him a home! :D
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Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012


Subject:Foam Fursuit Haunches still available. $50 plus shipping!
Time:9:46 pm.
Mood: optimistic.
Hi guys!
Jill and I did a collab and were going to use these great fursuit haunches, but we went a different direction. Our loss is your gain! We're still looking to let this awesome pair go for $50 + shipping. We're just selling them for cost of materials.

fursuit haunches

Their excellent shape was intended for haunches, these would be great for your project that needs big thighs like a Kangaroo, Rabbit, or just if you need some cute toony padded legs!

They are each 28 inches long. Measured across is about 20 inches wide.

The seams are reinforced with fabric. One leg piece is carved out on the inside a little more than the other, we didnt do the other like that just in case you plan to use this nice thick foam for another type of project instead, it'll leave more for you to work with! It is 4 inches at the thickest, and 1 inch approx at the thinnest, it is shaped nicely and should work well under your bodysuit fur.

Paypal only, no payments, no holds, first come first serve! Our estimate is $10-$15 for shipping within the US. They are packed up and ready to go as soon as payment is recieved!


Bigger pictures under the cut!
Awesome foam haunches! Have a look! )

Thanks for looking!
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Thursday, January 5th, 2012


Subject:Husky Time!
Time:1:20 am.
Mood: happy.
Meet Wishkah:

Wishkah
Wishkah
Wishkah
Wishkah
Wishkah




Better pictures sooooooon, I'm very excited to finish this up. We'll be at FC!
Still needing teeth and a bit of minor paint/shading, but otherwise I am happy to show Wishkah off. :3
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Saturday, December 31st, 2011


Subject:Items for sale/auction!
Time:11:06 am.
I've got a couple of things for sale right now that I hope you guys would enjoy owning!

First off is this lovely pair of green handpaws!


They only have a few hours left, and as of this posting no bids, no reserve!


The second item I have for sale only has about a day left! Auction Ends Jan 1st around noon pacific time!

This excellent Coyote would totally love to come home with you and also come along to FC! Free delivery can take place at FC (in San Jose), or I can mail her to you in time also!
Chelan

http://www.thedealersden.com/auction_details.php?name=beautiful-coyote-partial-fursuit-in-time-for-fc&auction_id=108268

Eye detail

"Please take me home!" <3


The final thing I have to mention, is I have recently opened an online store for my website, Matrices.net! Right now I just have a few items available: Custom paws, claws and other things, but I plan on listing more items after FC! I will update my Twitter with any new items available, so if you want to see what I'm up to, follow me @RaisedbyDogs
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Tuesday, November 22nd, 2011


Subject:Writer's Block: Occupy Wall-et
Time:10:28 am.

How much debt do you have?

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Zero. I'm all in the positive. But I worked very very very hard for it to be that way. And basically live in the middle of nowhere in order to sustain it.
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Monday, September 19th, 2011


Subject:The last few hours of my border collie costume Auction -- ending tonight!!
Time:9:14 pm.
Mood: hopeful.
Hi Everyone!
Only a few hours left on my Border Collie costume I made that I have for auction!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150663225854

It ends TONIGHT at 11pm Pacific time! I hope you will give this cute floppy-eared pup a new home!
He comes with lots of great extras, such as a character reference, 4 conbadges and a nametag, plus extra fabric!! Handpaws, feetpaws, tail, head, and arms & legs included too!

Fizz front view

I hope you placed your bid because time's almost up!! The last chance for you to adopt this guy into your home. <3

Don't miss out!!
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Wednesday, September 14th, 2011


Subject:Fizz is for sale!
Time:11:28 pm.
Oh my gosh, EVERYONE, I have an announdement: I am selling Fizz!
He's my amazing border collie character and fursuit. And a crazy few-and-far-between opportunity to get one of my fursuits. I don't do commissions, so this is one of the only ways you can get one from me!

Upon winning payment I can deliver him at Rainfurrest for your enjoyment at the event!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150663225854
I have TONS of details described and extra items that will be included with the auction, so click the auction link for more information!

If you can't buy I'd appreciate the link being passed on, it will be mucho helpful!
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Saturday, July 30th, 2011


Time:1:55 pm.
Mood: okay.
I am feeling the sad resignation that LiveJournal is losing its last piece of ground. I like it here, I don't want people to get frustrated and leave, but I'm finding myself checking other sites, and not getting all the information and cool project photos and ideas that I loved gleaning from everyone's individual LiveJournal posts...

I made my first real post on Google+ today .. My profile is here: https://plus.google.com/110549123965083908710/posts

No clue how to actually link to an individual post yet. But I made an entry about my thoughts on LiveJournal Google+ and my dislike of facebook.

Its strange that I've gone through my teenage years without using MySpace or Facebook, I relied on LiveJournal for my social needs, and its crazy that its lasted and have been useful to me for so very long. I hope this is just a phase and that things will recover. Its one of the only social sites I have been willing to actually put money into! It has useful features! Customization! An intimacy that the newer sites just don't seem to have as much of....

I use Twitter, but that seems different from putting actual thoughts down in a lengthy format. Its more like quick news, share something cute, and what someone's doing at the moment kind of stuff. Not as much of the "I need advice", or "here is this cool project I am going to share a tutorial on" posts which I love so much on LiveJournal.

I have a Tumblr, but don't really take advantage of it much... but I am wondering what other social sites folks use. As a caviat. I am not planning on using Facebook, its too full of people with no shared interest, it seems to just attract that kind of thing.But other stuff like Forums? Art sites? Other social sites? Let me know. I'm looking to expand my horizons just to try them out for a while and see what's out there.
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Sunday, July 17th, 2011


Subject:I made another plush!
Time:11:59 am.
Mood: happy.
I found a pattern I had photocopied yeeears ago in my pattern box when rearranging some stuff in my craft room, and had to make this! Its a feral Matrices!

Feral Matrices Plush!


A quick project (took me 2 evenings), the first night I cut the pattern sewed the body, tail and ears. The next day I stuffed her and picked all the seams, then sewed on the paw pads, made the eyes, and needle-sculpted the toes and mouth toes and mouth using embroidery thread, then trimmed her in a few places.

The eyes are hand-painted & cut plastic with bias tape used for the eyelids, the nose is sculpted, and the paw pads were pre-made.

I'm used to working much bigger! So working on a small plush was a bit of a challenge for me. She's about 9 inches tall. I forgot to take a view of it, but her forehead of course has her little white blaze, too. :3
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Thursday, July 14th, 2011


Subject:Craft Room!
Time:4:19 pm.
Mood: happy.
I took some photos of my craft room today!!
http://pics.livejournal.com/matrices/gallery/0001qb8g?page=1

Since I am the curious-type, I'd love to see photos of others' crafting spaces!

Right now this is about as organized as it gets, and its a TINY room with a lot of stuff in it. I do all my crafting in the living room still, but I keep all my projects & costumes in this room. :D
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