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When a firsuit head is made incorrectly, the eyes will appear crossed. This is because the eyes are angled relative to each other, rather than being the same plane. If you look at the eye material from above, it isn't on a single line (or plane rather). if you were to visually extend the plane of the surface of the eye material on one of the eyes, it would not intersect the other eye.
What this does, because the eyes are sunk into the surface, is place the centers inward. These eyes are follow-me eyes, meaning the eyes appear to look at the observer. But for this to work, the eyes must be centered upon straight-on viewing.
To correct this, the eye material must be in the same plane, as illustrated above. This centers the eyes.
In any carnivore's eyes, the eyes face forward. And while the eyes are round, the iris, the muscle which creates the pupil, is flat. The lens rests above it, and completes the spherical shape of the eyeball. It is this flat portion which visualizes the eye in a fursuit. And just as our eyes have the irises on the same plane normally, so should the eyes of a fursuit.
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I apologize for that. This is something that really needs to be shown in person. I can try to make a video and post it.
Please feel free to PM me or otherwise ask questions.
Here's another way of thinking about it: take a piece of paper and draw eyes on it. Then cut some Foamy or similar material strips about an inch long and tape them into circles big enough to fit around the eyes. Use hotglue, and secure the Foamy around the eyes. The look at the eyes on the piece of paper while it is taped to a wall or some other surface. Notice that as you move, the eyes seem to move with you, and that when you look at it straight on, the pupils are centered within the eyes.
Now take and fold the piece of paper in half with the fold running right between the eyes. Mount or have someone hold the paper so that the paper is folded part-way, say about 60 degrees or so. Then look at the eyes the same way you did before. The eyes do still follow you, but when you look straight at them, they look crossed. This is because of the angle of the eyes, and is what I am trying to explain in this tutorial.
The eyes appear crossed because you are looking at them at angles, rather than straight on. And because they are at angles to each other, the pupils will not appear centered in the eyes while you are looking straight at them.
When you make a fursuit head with recessed eyes (nearly all have recessed eyes), you have to be sure that the eyes (the colored part that is seen, not the material that recesses them) are as they are on the piece of paper I described above, on the same plane.
I apologize that I don't have an example of a head that hasn't been foamed in order to show you what I mean about the eyes.
I hope that helps. Again, please feel free to PM me if you need. If we still can't understand each other, I can provide my YIM or something so we can chat.
Best of luck.
Please feel free to PM me or otherwise ask questions.
Here's another way of thinking about it: take a piece of paper and draw eyes on it. Then cut some Foamy or similar material strips about an inch long and tape them into circles big enough to fit around the eyes. Use hotglue, and secure the Foamy around the eyes. The look at the eyes on the piece of paper while it is taped to a wall or some other surface. Notice that as you move, the eyes seem to move with you, and that when you look at it straight on, the pupils are centered within the eyes.
Now take and fold the piece of paper in half with the fold running right between the eyes. Mount or have someone hold the paper so that the paper is folded part-way, say about 60 degrees or so. Then look at the eyes the same way you did before. The eyes do still follow you, but when you look straight at them, they look crossed. This is because of the angle of the eyes, and is what I am trying to explain in this tutorial.
The eyes appear crossed because you are looking at them at angles, rather than straight on. And because they are at angles to each other, the pupils will not appear centered in the eyes while you are looking straight at them.
When you make a fursuit head with recessed eyes (nearly all have recessed eyes), you have to be sure that the eyes (the colored part that is seen, not the material that recesses them) are as they are on the piece of paper I described above, on the same plane.
I apologize that I don't have an example of a head that hasn't been foamed in order to show you what I mean about the eyes.
I hope that helps. Again, please feel free to PM me if you need. If we still can't understand each other, I can provide my YIM or something so we can chat.
Best of luck.
I have a healthy respect for anyone who attempts to make a fursuit, no matter how well that attempt goes. It's certainly better than a factory-made costume.
Enjoy the project. It's a lot of fun. Just take your time, and don't be afraid to scrap something and start over. I recolored my latest head twice because I didn't like how it had turned out (wasn't easy, the dye I used is quite colorfast. Pure bleach was needed.
Enjoy the project. It's a lot of fun. Just take your time, and don't be afraid to scrap something and start over. I recolored my latest head twice because I didn't like how it had turned out (wasn't easy, the dye I used is quite colorfast. Pure bleach was needed.
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