When suiting, I recommend wearing underarmor heat gear. It is form fitting and makes suiting up and down much easier. Your skin tends to stick to the suit. Other sports gear may also work, but wearing something helps keep sweat out of your suit.

What is underarmor? - It is a brand of clothing designed for excersise to help with absorbing sweat and cools you down.

Make sure to wear a balaclava for the same reasons above!

I recommend having a handler but make sure to have a friend nearby to make sure everything is good

DRINK WATER ! !

Act accordingly, your body has limits

Be careful of your surroundings, you take up a larger space now

Air out suit after suiting sessions, spread out and allow to dry, use fan if available

Use fursuit spray to disinfect, commercial disinfecting spray can do the trick but some sprays may have chemicals that can damage your suit _{* Dont use deodorant on your suit pls *}

Clean after every few outings or less (use your nose to judge)

Optional but recommended: Fan hanger and head fan to dry suit faster, good for cons

Brush your suit

Use liquid detergent, don't use the powdered laundry detergent

Use a smaller amount of detergent then normal

Brush your suit while it dries

Foam heads generally are machine washable, however will wear down the suit faster

DON'T use a washing machine with the middle turning bar, that will for sure destroy your suit

Use delicate settings. Use cold water. Use small amount of liquid washing detergent (some may be unsuitable)

Make sure that you protect the eyes during the washing process, cover it with something

Use a carpet washer as intended (Recommended)

Hand washing using bucket of water & soap as you would wash a plush, just be more careful with delicate parts such as eyes (takes much longer to dry)

Take out any padding and detachables

Hand paws, tail and other washable parts can be safely washed in a washing bag if possible

Polyfill may be removed but can be washed

Machine (Recommended): Turn your suit inside out, this keeps the fur from getting pulled out

Wash by hand: Fill tub with water and soap and hand wash as washing clothes by hand

Feetpaws I recommend using a carpet washer, but machine wash may work depending on the size

Leave in an open area, away from the sun; Air drying only

Leave upside down with the inside exposed

Have a fan or head drying unit blowing into the suit

Brush your suit thoroughly while it dries (generally 2-3 times)

Front & back view (minimum), a side view (recommended) in a T or A-Pose

NO shading, use flat colours

All details are shown (paws, maws)

No details are obscured (Clothes & wings can hide details)

Anthromorphic & human-shaped

Optional but recommended

Draw markings separately (when the full marking is being obscured)

Accurate sized to suit (eg. length of tail)

Ref sheet in the style you are planning to commission in (planti/digi)

Labels to character traits (eg. hair always goes left)

No background (oops)

Extra head turn-around

Fur length notes

For obscure or important details, please make a note of it while you are providing the reference

Some examples for Mango can be:

"Make sure to remember the yellow marking on the left belly and star on the back"

If there are specific things you want for your suit, please include them in the quote

Some examples for Mango can be:

"I would like the wings to be large, around 70cm long"

"I want a dropped crotch and indoor feet paws"

"Can you make the tail a bit shorter and thicker and the horns be solid?"

"I want extra chest padding for her"

I like having access to the zipper at the front of the painter's suit (if there is one) to access the inner area easily, please leave this intact or tape around it (some overlap is fine)

Tape down the joints and edges of your DTD (tight) before filling out the areas so it doesnt end up baggy (includes the crotch, the armpits, the wrist, ankles). This ensures those parts are anchored and doesn't "shrink" inwards as you are getting taped and ensures a cleaner skin-tight fit.

Make sure to mark out the spots where your joints are (Knees & Elbows)

(Recommended) Tails, wings & other appendages; Mark those out as well

For comfort, have a broom or related handy to help the tapee hold up their arms, it is tiring holding a T-pose. Holding onto a pole or wall is also tiring.