$14
weeklyFriends Furrever (13+)
Completed by 117 learners
Ages 13-18
Live Group Class
Live video meetings
1x per week
2-16 learners per class
60 min
What's included
1 live meeting
1 in-class hours per weekClass Experience
While the furry/fursuit community as a whole is welcoming to young fursuit cosplayers, many online spaces for furries are geared towards older teens and adults. In this ongoing club, students can meet in a safe and age-appropriate space to discuss their fursonas, share their feral and anthro furry artwork, and exchange tips and tricks on creating a fursuit or other furry-related cosplay! Whether your focus is on anthro/feral art or on costuming/cosplaying, this club provides an opportunity to meet other students who share your creative interests. Class topics will be student-led, but will include: getting started as a furry cosplayer, creating a fursona, developing a signature furry/anthro art style, where to find resources for costuming, how to choose between making your own suit and purchasing a premade suit, and fun art challenge like "draw it in your style." Students are welcome to attend class in regular clothes or in whatever degree of fursuit cosplay they prefer. Some students may wear ears and tails, others may have modified raptor masks, while some may have partial or full fursuits. All are welcome! No student should feel required to dress in cosplay or will be made to feel their cosplay is inferior to a complete fursuit. The focus is on fun and socializing, not competition. One of the best parts of the furry community is the way they support each other and bolster each other's confidence! Weekly meetings have student-directed content, but we will start each week with an introduction of the students and their fursonas, an opportunity for students to share new artwork or costuming they have created or commissioned since the previous meeting, and then will transition into student-led discussion and socializing. We will host "draw it in your own style" activities every where students can swap pictures of their fursonas and draw their classmates' artwork in their own unique art style. We will place more emphasis on cosplay and fandom safety—both online (on platforms like Discord) and in person (at meet-ups or conventions)—as student in this age group are more likely to attend in-person events and have more access to online platforms (TOS age requirements for most sites is 13+), and will address ways to deal with situations that feel unsafe.
Other Details
Parental Guidance
While I assume that parents enrolling their students in this club are already aware of furry cosplay and culture, I would like to reiterate that furry cosplay is NOT inherently sexual or suggestive in nature. Many wholesome, age-appropriate resources for developing fursonas and creating costumes are available online. Children have always identified with animals (how many of us grew up in the 80s as horse girls?) and furry cosplay provides an opportunity to express that connection to specific animals—both real and fantasy—in a creative and fun way. This class exist specifically to provide a safe, youth/teen-friendly, adult-moderated environment for young furry cosplayers and artists to connect with each other and make new friends. We will occasionally discuss issues of fandom safety, including effective ways to respond to online or in person bullying/harassment relating to the fandom. All content will be kept PG-13 (including discussion and artwork) or below. Please note that I do not share recordings for non-academic classes.
Language of Instruction
English
External Resources
Learners will not need to use any apps or websites beyond the standard Outschool tools.
Meet the teacher
Teacher expertise and credentials
Master's Degree from Kennesaw State University
I am a long-term cosplayer and LARP (live action roleplay) costumer who has created costumes that include animal components such as ears, tails, and hooves, along with cosplays of characters from movies, television, and books for myself and my children. I regularly attend conventions and am familiar with furry cosplayers and culture. I am also the parent of a child who loves drawing furry art and creating fursonas. They even drew the banner for this class! Some of my other social clubs (Warriors and LGBTQ+ fandom clubs) tend to attract students who are already furry cosplayers or who are interested in creating fursonas, so I wanted to offer a dedicated space for these learners to discuss their shared interest. The furry community skews heavily towards LGBTQ+; I am a member of the LGBTQ+ community myself and offer several classes for LGBTQ+ learners ages 8-18.
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