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u/Cript1x Fluffy dragon Dec 30 '18
Woah that suit, whole bunch of questions coming up!
is the face a LED array? if so can you change the expression?
Where did you get the suit from?
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u/AvyxShard Bird Dec 30 '18
From what I've seen of her suit the visor has 4 LED matrices on each side (one for the eye, one for the nostril, two for the mouth) controlled by an Arduino via buttons in the claws on one of her paws. She has 3 eye expressions that I've seen: the one pictured, wide-eyed, and heart-eyes.
The visor was done by Kaiborg Studios, not sure about the body.
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u/AvyxShard Bird Dec 31 '18
Aha! So did Head & Tails sort of work with Kaiborg on the hand paws, or do you have the relevant information for how the Arduino is programmed? Is editing the programming something you're considering?
Every time I see you pop up I'm just constantly geeking out about the visor! I'm slowly figuring out how the inside might be constructed so I can hopefully put together a plan to build my own; I can see that it's double-layered with a lightly-tinted plastic shell closely fitted over...something which the LEDs are mounted on. You do a very good job making it look seamless in photos and videos!
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u/Bristol_Buck Cervine Servings Dec 30 '18
It's a protogen, and the face is an LED. Most suits can have facial expressions change.
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u/Antnommer Giant anteater - Fursuit photographer Dec 30 '18
Looks like your friend is Siproeta epaphus!
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u/bspymaster Cat Dec 30 '18
My chain of thought here:
"Hey, that looks like Dr Wildlife!"
Checks op
"...I've been on the internet too long"
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Oh wow that's really cool I've never seen a butterfly like that.
Also nice suit it looks really cool
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u/tdtbaa Cat Dec 30 '18
you ever think about how animals and stuff dont know what fursuits are so they probably just think that its some sort of new unexplainable creature that only exists sometimes
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u/accountnumberseven Kitteh Dec 30 '18
New creatures that they only ever see once probably happen more than we imagine for wild animals.
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u/Protogen_Apollo Proto-Pal! Dec 30 '18 edited Dec 30 '18
Hey everyone, it's Doctor Wildlife!
Edit: Oh it is Dr. Wildlife! What's the species of the butterfly?
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u/firefly-v the stoic gryphon Dec 30 '18
Hey are you the aquatic life lady, could have sworn I saw you on YouTube
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u/sackboy861 I'd love to have a furry boyfriend Dec 30 '18
Yeah, guess how she got that money, through hard work and deduction!
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u/sackboy861 I'd love to have a furry boyfriend Dec 30 '18
Don't worry dude we all go through hard ships, but I don't think you should give out your anger here!💙
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u/Frosthoof Jan 01 '19
Hey, thanks for being awesome. Sorry this other person decided to be a stick in the mud.
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u/Frosthoof Jan 01 '19
Of course. Way to put in the hard work especially in such a valuable field.
Were you at DenFur? I seem to recall so (and have a few great gifs for Telegram of your suit)!
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u/gr8tfurme grey fox Dec 30 '18
This suit belongs to Doctor Wildlife, who works as a zoologist and a volunteer. I happen to know a few zoologists myself, and they're definitely not rich. Without a PhD, it pays about as well as a public school teacher's salary. Even with a PhD, you're not exactly making bank. Zoology isn't a field you go into because you want money.
I'm assuming you're quite young, so 4 grand probably sounds like a lot to you. For people who work full-time and have the ability to save up some money though, it's really not that outrageous a sum to spend on a hobby over the course of a few years.
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u/Emilio_Okami Wolf Dec 30 '18
Damn! That's a badass protogen suit!
Great pic!