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Fooma

@foomaring.otter-space.com

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VRChat Avatar Programmer and Worldmaker; Unity Technical Helper
Fursuit by:
@ritzcostumes.bsky.social

PFP by:
@ShadeSW_Fr
foomaring.gumroad.com/l/lmrjbl

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I see that the VRChat Meetup now listed on the #anthrocon schedule! Saturday night in the biggest room available. Much improved over last year dodging tables in a tiny panel room.

Looking forward to mingle and wiggle!

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Floppy Bowtie now available, Free of course!

Simple asset but some have requested it. Grab the ends and stretch for a cartoony effect.

foomaring.gumroad.com/l/bowtie

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Avifox, did group stuff with Izzy and all them. You introduced me to Dr. Who and Red Dwarf :)

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Long ago, I was part of the first furry group in Jacksonville in the late 90's with @fuzzwolf.bsky.social

I fell out of the fandom for 20 years after everyone moved away. Connected back with it in VRchat.

I'd like to catch up with the old JaxFurs sometime, I don't remember everyone though.

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I understand the Con restricted this, but does that apply to Hotel Space? Do the Con rules apply to the lobby areas? How much autonomy do cons have in these situations for non-con space, so future policies can be made.

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Ritz Costumes's avatar Ritz Costumes @ritzcostumes.bsky.social
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Still trying to rehome this suit! I need to replace my AC unit and could really use the funds.

I'll accept $5k paid in full, or $6k with a payment plan no more than 3 months.

I can do alterations on the bodysuit to fit the new owner, or make a new body for an extra fee 🙏
#furry #fursuit

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Current progress. I'm likely going to switch from the finger point to a more outstretched hand. Wanted to give it some character in a pose, but I can't get the perspective right and not that helpful for a ref sheet. Will draw a backview as well, and more clothing options.

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I'm terrible at toes and fingers. I'll probably redraw them 50 more times till I just move on.

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WIP for a Rabbit/Hare Reference sheet. Like the Roo, will be completely free and all layers provided. Did this one in vector this time

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Take all the time you need. You don't need to say any more. Had the pleasure of meeting him in person last year and ran a panel with him. He was a very kind and thoughtful person. He will be missed by all.

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Been playing with the new Blender Roo from
@SorenCabral

Model is very well put together, even uses color channels to help arrange for hue changing on materials. Facetracking included too. Very animated roo.

zsoren.gumroad.com/l/BlenderRoo

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Slots open up in just ONE WEEK, next Wednesday the 17th!

✨Are you ready? I have a transparent public queue, consistent work output, a 1-4 month completion time, and a contract that guarantees a full refund, including deposit, if you don't have your suit within 6 months ✨ #furry #fursuit

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Since it's renderer side, it is by the VRC client so it's already in place.

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In my testing, a 40k mesh with a blendshape animating all verticies added 16mb of VRAM. We gain performance, but still impact VRAM use. Creators adding facetracking, MMD, and other basic shapes shouldn't be concerned anymore for performance, just keep it to efficient areas.

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VRChat moving to Unity 2022 helped blendshape performance. Previously it was using an unoptmized shader technique causing GPU performance loss for the number of blendshapes you had. 2021+ fixes that and puts it to a new compute shader, making it efficient. They still add VRAM.

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VRChat Portal Gun Update now available!

foomaring.gumroad.com/l/PortalGun

Fixes a station bug introduced by VRChat a few months ago so everything is working again! Also added a VRCFury installation option for automatic animator merging.

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New worldbuilding workflow, just make a diorama of a vrchat world to test how things are scaled!

Excellent recreation of the @fundaypawpet.bsky.social chaos lounge world by @TwoPawPad (Boots!)

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Become Roo!
Free Kangaroo Model Reference Sheet, Full layers and Clothing options.

Photoshop and Krita formats provided. foomaring.gumroad.com/l/Roo

Toggle the masks in the layer groups to fit clothing over each other.

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Finished my Free Roo reference sheet! Going to make a little video explaining how to do layer masks then launch it, hopefully in a few days. Full layers provided, included Krita and PSD files. Little preview using my own ref!

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Shoutout to all those who travel hundreds of miles and dedicate their time to take pictures of suiters and repost them.

If it wasn't for them then many of us would never have pictures of ourselves. We're all just wiggling for each other.
📸 @freebonez.bsky.social
#FursuitFriday

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Hope to attend the vtuber panels at MFF. I'm not a vtuber but I can help them! If you want a free ARKit edit to your model and facetrack vrchat setup, approach me there after the panel, I'll do it for free if it is a base I own or I may buy the base if it's something others may enjoy having too!

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Free Kangaroo Ref sheet progress. Going to add some hair and accessory options next. Goal is to releasing the full layers for customization, free!

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No way, all I see are flaws. The left profile tail is too thick, I'm not sure I need the 3/4 headshot anymore, the hands on the reverse view are odd shaped sausages, some of the shoulders aren't posed right. I do like vector art though, I can just select and wiggle the line nodes around.

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Get ready to roo! Working on a free reference sheet with full layers and multiple accessories and clothing. Line art is vector so it should scale well for badges or sticker if needed. Still early on but slowly getting there.

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Playing with Krita on Surface. Took about 20 minutes to set up sensitivity but it seems to work well! Have a Fooma with and without scarf.

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Ritz Costumes's avatar Ritz Costumes @ritzcostumes.bsky.social
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Here he is, say hello to Snaggle the fuzzy alligator! This cute guy has a plush padded body and a custom raincoat ☔️

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Just paid my student loans off, 24 years later. Good to be free of this debt but whow, that's a lot of money spent to just end up as a cartoon otter wiggling for hugs.

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Our newest fursuit is OTTERLY DELIGHTFUL! 🦦 Meet Percy the river otter! 💖 We just ADORE how he came out, he's got gorgeous latte and rust fur with bright blue minky accents, indoor feetpaws, webbed hands, whiskers, and vinyl claws! ✨ Follow @kalenai for his adventures! #fursuit #furryfandom #furry

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I was friends a lifetime ago with Fuzzwolf who ended up managing the site. That image brings back memories. I hope they're doing well.

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Received a wonderful package from Reimajo for supporting their creative spirit in VRChat. Package came wrapped in custom VirtualFurence wrapping paper and included a lanyard and a real life print of the book found in Udon Tycoon! What a very special and unique gift.

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Weekend Highlights: Being a Florida Ambassador to Whsprs, full fursuiting at Dave and Busters with Funday Pawpet Show friends, greeting friends I only know from VRChat, and of course getting some new great memories with the person I love.

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VRChat / Twitch Interaction Update 1.07 Now incorporates a VRCFury option for installation. Just place the prefab onto your avatar root, move the particle target to the head, then done. Small fixes to this as well, but if 1.06 works for you no need to update, this is for new installs.

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I'm able to stream directly to it so I'm running Pinball FX, I have loaded Virtual Pinball X for free custom tables. It also have native official tables too.

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Got a digital pinball table! Seems that I can't post video clips on Bluesky. Only images. One improvement to come in time I suppose.

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@bigbluefox.bsky.social edited the news station adventure into its own video! This was a great experience and glad to represent the furry community to Pittsburgh and the news in a positive light.

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New stickers! Line art by @keliff.bsky.social

Had a fun time adapting these to my Soda Roo, and learning Krita on a Surface Pro. Got to figure out shortcuts with the stylus but a fun learning experience.

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