The sunflower seed is an EPIC idea! Bravo!

Twigmouse made it to match the suit, in fact. :D

Adorable <3 Just a bit unfortunate place for the tail to stick out

Absolutely so cute! The sunflower seed was a perfect accessory!

Did you add a light behind Twigmouse or Photoshop. o-o! Either way I like the glow of the fur around the suit. :3

The light behind the critter has a green coloured gel on it (think: fancy cellophane), which gives the fur a bit of a 'rim light', and gives the background a green colour cast.

I used different gels with different suits for a bit of variety - you can see the rest via the flickr link in the Description. :)

Oh wow, that's neat! Is the room white and the light is providing the color? Or do you have that many rooms with pretty colored drapes? ;o I like that effect a lot, never thought of achieving those colors and 'aura-like' glows like that before. :3

Cheers. :)

The room itself had fairly earthy/neutral tones; white ceiling, slate-coloured carpet, earthy brown curtains. All pretty neutral and easily recoloured with the gelled backlight behind the fursuiter.

I might post up a journal/pic somewhere showing how the setup worked, though there really wasn't much to it- two flashes on lightstands, a variety of different gels and two cans of artificial smoke. :)

I would definitely take a look at that setup post, looks rather interesting; stuff like that intrigues me to learn about. I can see what you mean about the character being in front of the light, gives the illusion of the character in a colored room. (While its just a gelled light providing the brilliant color.) Love it!

X'D I didnt know that was twig inside this suit! It was epic cute ^^

A very nicely composed shot of quite a cute critter

Ha... Twiggy got a fursuit...?

His just so kawaii!!!!!! *squeal!* n.n

I like the backlighting effect on this. Very nice.

Cute suit and lovely photos :) I like!

awwww. Cuteness of this pic is mind-blowing. ^.^
Super cute and huggle suit and great pic. :)

A nice costume.

Yay! I'm delightful

Thanks cat!

Dude, that green lighting in the background and its specific positioning with Twig bring the photo from good to fantastic! You are surely good at what you do, buddy!

Hehe, awesome use of gels! Turned out really well, nice set on your flickr. <3

Gels are one of the most versatile backdrop accessories, and often overlooked. Nice job!!

And..also, thanks for the strobist info. Its always good to see how people set up their shots!

thanks for the praise; i had a lot if fun trying to break free of the same-old same-old grey backdrop. :)

I'll be posting a "behind the scenes" thing to scraps in the next week or so I suspect, with a photo of the layout. Though it was pretty simple. :)

Hehe, hey...you actually do some pretty nice stuff. Its warranted, trust me.. *^^*

And, yeah. I need to do the same with my own. i actually need to GET gel sheets for the flashes...you've given me some fun ideas to try out. *^^* I've used rim lighting before, but never really colored lights as the rim. It produces a really nice effect when done right.

Hehe. Plus, if you have standard gray/white backdrops...gelling the background lights gives you any color you want. Makes it MUCH easier on the budget, rather than having to spring for a new backdrop for each mood light. *^^*

Can't wait to see your breakdown of the setup! <3 Keep up tha great work!

Well, one neat thing 'borrowed' from Strobist.com - those little sample packs of gel swatches at Your Local Photography Equipment Retailer have swatches which are a tiny bit bigger than the flash head of a 580EX (and much bigger than a 430EX). The swatch packs are usually free, and give you one of every gel you can get. XD

That doesn't work for big studio strobes of course, but it's just fine for critters with little battery-powered hotshoe strobes. :)

sooooooo much cuuuuuute <3

cute

just to adoreable

That's cute