Anthrocon 2024

Welcome to Fursuiting in Action, a panel series that focuses on the application of fursuit performance. In this panel we take the Fursuiting 101 skills and apply them, offering fursuiters the opportunity to receive direct feedback on how to improve their skills beyond the basics, kinda like a Fursuiting 201 if you will!

This panel is highly interactive and will require volunteer fursuiters (both partial and full) to ensure its success!

In this session in particular, we talk about how to make memorable interactions throughout your fursuit's character development. Our host, the King of Purple, has branded himself in many ways around the color purple, incorporating prop design, color choice, spoken words, and other impactful messaging to communicate while Making Purple Memories for his audience.

We will be covering three core elements of fursuiting through the course of the panel:

1. The Walking Element
2. The Talking Element (Verbal & Non-Verbal Communication for silent suiters too)
3. The Performing Element

We hope to see you and help you make your very own purple memories!

Most of us have heard about how to care for our fursuits, but what about the person inside of the fursuit?
Fursuiting can involve activities that increase our internal temperature, increase our heart rate, and put our bodies under a lot of stress. But things you can do before, during, and after fursuiting can help you to fursuit longer, recover faster, and get back out in your fluffy carpet sooner. They say that fursuiting is cardio, and like cardio we can make fursuiting easier and more fun by following precautions and preparing ourselves.

Some of the stuff I'll be covering:
- Hydration basics (Gatorade has what now?)
- Under the fursuit (Please wear something)
- Working up a sweat (In and out of the suit)
- Post suiting (It's gotta end at some point...)
- Possibly injuries (Stuff happens, oops)
- What to do if you do overdo it (Don't freak out)

Whether you're a newbie or someone who's been suiting for a while, come and learn how to better take care of what's under the colorful carpet of fur! Got your own experiences and recovery methods? Come share them!

Ever thought of fursuiting in public but don’t know where to start? Well this panel is for you!! I will be going through all of the basics of how to start, what to and what not to do, and more!! I’ll be talking about my own personal experiences and some tips and tricks on how to get out of tough situations!! After this panel you’ll be a pro at fursuiting anywhere!!

Welcome to Fursuiting in Action, a panel that seeks to bring fursuiters together to learn about the leading edge theories of fursuit performance. Experience with fursuiting is highly encouraged for attendees to grant the largest benefit. This panel aims to provide communal awareness and knowledge to how fursuiting works, how it draws in the attention of others, and make successful fursuiting scenes in both public and con-space settings.

This panel is highly interactive and will require volunteer fursuiters (both partial and full) to ensure its success!

In this session in particular, our host, the King of Purple, will divulge his latest theories of fursuiting and attempt to explain how these work with attracting crowds of onlookers and take audience fursuiters on stage to demonstrate how this works and teach many on how to apply them in the real world.

We will be covering the following theories of fursuiting through the course of the panel. With each of these we will pull volunteers out of the audience to perform them and learn with the hosts:

1. Character Performance
     a. Theory of States of Suiting (Active vs. Inactive)
     b. Theory of Energy Levels (Low, Med, High)
     c. Theory of Engagement Levels (Solo, Peer, Group)
     d. Theory of Fursuit Prop Use
2. Character Appearance
     a. Theory of Fursuit Prop Display
     b. Theory of Fursuit Attire
3. Public Entertainment
     a. Theory of Attention Attraction

As with any type of theory work, we are not saying these are correct, but we challenge everyone to give us feedback and reflect on how it works and develop your own theories too!