Premiering my newest (and best) fursuit on Halloween night, at the Colorado Hudson Gardens Botanicals Halloween light show. A photo pose struck and captured at the very entrance of the event, as the garden leads into an enchanting light show of jack-O'lanterns and fog machines.

This is one of the only photos I have from before the glow in the dark paint's glow faded away, as you can see a green glowy tint in one eye. It is not UV reflective or LED Light powered, but actual light-absorbent glow in the dark. I'd like to give a very special thanks to the user @@kai-lockheart, who's post I found from googling "Glow in the dark paint fursuit eyes" confirmed for me that this idea would work in practice: https://www.furaffinity.net/view/30347862/

I named this post "enter if you dare" after an iconic quote from my favorite horror game I played as a child, which definitely didn't scar me for life and inspire my Halloween obsession with skeletons, riddles, and haunted houses. If you know what game I'm talking about, you truly are a real one.

Photo was taken on a family member's iphone, who unintentionally became my fursuit handler throughout the night.

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From the artist perspective, my fursuit was about 95% complete, but just in time for Halloween. On the downside, the fursuit premiered without ears attached, and I had intended the head's fur to look more like a sharp dressed wolf and less like a lion's mane. Plus, a clump of fur got tucked behind the left ram horn, leaving a big lump in the back of the head. The skull mask also contains glow in the dark paint, but most of the glow had faded by the time we arrived at the event. On the positive side, I think the gothic Victorian coat turned out beautifully. And despite this version of the costume's flaws, my intended vibe of this character came across very well in the dark spooky atmosphere. Walking with my magic cane in hand, lurking in the woods while dark as a shadow.

Although the fursuit was not perfect by my vision, I do believe I captivated the right audience and made myself a star of the show. A few kids got frightened, some normies mistook me for an animatronic while posing, some event staff could only say "wow", and the few folks in witchy/gothic costumes often complimented or asked for photos.

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This new Skulldog of mine is currently unnamed. His design was inspired by my religious journey into neopaganism and satanism, and by the inner vision of myself as a magician rather than an artist or designer.

Big shocker, I'm a once-christian kid who's become a queer-minded nerd who loves his furries as heavy as his music, and life has taught me very well that the normie mindset of christianity just doesn't work for people like me, especially in recent years when the christian majority has become infamous for fascism and bigotry.

And funny story, telling myself I'm "an artist" gets me nowhere, but designing my art with magical practice in mind is what helps me create art with the correct amount of focus and intention - a life skill I've never learned until very recently.

All of these themes together is what I intended to capture in this character, hence why a name for him is going to have to be special, and is going to take a lot more time. But I hope to do a lot with this character, including attending future Halloween events, conventions, and more.