kinda small for a refference ^^;

I bet it will look great! :)

any idea how you will do the hooves?

Usualy hooves for fursuits involve some artistic liberty over being entirely realistic, because it has to be. :P As in, longer foot pads than normal, the hoof being over the persons foot, not something they would actually walk in/on. Or a fursuit that makes the legs look a bit bent without the wearers legs being bent. Not that I'm any expert, it's just the little I hear or figure about this sort of thing.

Indeed but there are a few options and tricks avaible to creat the impression of a hoof. Basically using a highheel as a base you have enough room to "put" the toes in the hoof and the rest of the foot in the lower leg. I know its quite tricky to get right but I have seen some goat suits where it worked.

For an elegant suit like this I would recommend using ballerina shoes becaus it will be easy to maintain the tightness (slenderness) of the suit and still give and impression of a hoof.

This one's just going to be plantigrade. I know the principle of how to make a fursuit give the illusion of digitigrade/unguligrade feet (i made hoof boots for my first costume, though that's even more 'realistic' since the heels truly are elevated) but this suit is going to be designed for comfort, and without hard parts that could hurt someone if i were to wrestle :P

I'll post pictures when i'm done, which will hopefully be in about 1.5 months. (or sooner?)

*giggles* Well I wish you the best of luck, seeing the awsome detailwork you apply in your work I am sure this will look awsome aswell.

I lookforward to the photos !

gonna be fuckin hot, cant wait man!

Oryx are, quite possibly, the most attractively masculine-feminine of the split hoof types.

Well... After the okapi, anyways.

Tivo brings up a very good point!

...and in fact, my next idea for a costume after this one is going to be an okapi. ;)

Okapis aren't masculine though, just feminine. Oryx are sort of both, without being androgynous.

DUUUuude.. that'll be cool to see you bring that suit to life!!
You gonna have led's on the horns??

Nah, this one's entirely electricity-free (except for perhaps some static :P)

*pantpantpantpant*

I going o thump youz! Hey! you gunna do your digigrade legs for this?

Nah, this one's going to be just for comfort and gleeful romping!

beautifull idea ^^ just beautifull =) it would look great on you, your figure is slender and gracefull =)

needs larger, udders..

Oh, she is going to be beautiful... I love the longer fur idea for the groin and rump, too. Hmmm, it's going to be fun to do your pattern.

Yay! i can't wait. :) I do hope you enjoy putting the patterns together!

I will! Heh. This one is lovely. I'll get on it!

Are you actually going to try and incorporate some of the colour sections into your patterns? because if that's the case i ought to draw a better reference, this one's very rudimentary D:

I was considering it. Here's what I plan to do; I'll draft the basic suit-pattern as a jumpsuit. And I'll do a prototype pattern with the pieces separated out into the markings, with all the female curvy bits added. I'll send both of those to you, so you can play with them and test them out. And then you can let me know how they work out. *grins* Your drawing is detailed enough, actually. All of the different blocks of colour are completely visible and easy to plan out.

Alright :) ...i suppose it could be said that that stripes along the sides (the part that isn't too easy to see here) go from the chest all the way to the knees - though it gets wider on the bottom, and it curves around a bit. I guess you can sort of see it in the back view too if you look closely...

I will play with the design and see how it comes out when i first put it together, anywhow. It certainly can't hurt to have a head start :) Thanks!

No worries! I'll take it as a challenge. It will help my skills to have something a bit different to play with!

Whoa whoa...... is that what you plan to wear to AC? I looooooooove Oryx ^_^ And that'd be just too awesome

Yup! provided i get it done in time. ...which i'd better... *gets a mirror and gives himself the evil eye*

Yes yes

jeez even your tiny little reference doodle looks better than the crap I spend hours on. D:

Aw, you don't give yourself enough credit!

man I dunno D: the artistic gene sorta skipped me in the family, haha.