yatchi

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yatchi – fursuit

I made my own fursuit and had no sewing experience when I started! The partial suit, including head, handpaws, feetpaws, and tail, was started on 6/11/23 and finished on 3/24/24. The fullsuit was finished on 10/12/24 in time for a brief debut at BARK! that same day and for BLFC 2024 immediately after.

Find pictures of me on Furtrack and on my Telegram channel - in general, these won't overlap!

Features:

  • Wide neck opening to accommodate mask

  • Pickable nose

  • Bodysuit drafted from measurements using muslins, not a duct tape dummy

  • ~100 hand-sewn spots

  • Hair and mane made of multiple pieces of brushed-through fur

  • Tail attached to bodysuit

  • Separate tail and armsleeves for partialing

  • Handpaws with lycra lining and finger escapes

  • Indoor feetpaws with removable sandals

Credits:

  • Carving, patterning, furring, fitting, and sewing: me!

  • Head base: Fishbowl Fantasies

  • Eye blanks: Spilt Grape Soda

  • Eye mesh: Mixedcandy

  • Teeth and eyebrows: Axel

  • Fur: Big Z Fabric

  • Ear pattern: TinnatuPaws

  • Handpaw pattern: Kloofsuits

  • Feetpaw pattern: Spilt Grape Soda

  • Sandal instructions: Matrices

  • General instruction and technical assistance: Kawanii, Scout Pawfoot, Axel

  • Original character design (2019): dholedays

  • Updated character design (2020): me

  • Updated character design (2023): Scout Pawfoot

Will I ever make another fursuit? I'm not sure. Yatchi is my one and only fursona/character, and if anyone ever wanted to commission me they would need to be prepared for a very long wait. I will certainly continue to make incremental changes to my suit, but I may also think about commissioning a professional maker at some point in the future. But for now, I'm looking forward to many years of memories with this fursuit!

Photo by masklayer

yatchi – dj

Photo by Chai Wolfess

Disco, house, and indie dance, with soul, funk, synthpop, italo, and french influences. Los Angeles.

House is a very broad term, but my favorite parts of it are those that trace and honor its lineage through deep and classic house back to soul, funk, and disco, as Daft Punk and their colleagues taught me. For me, house is disco, and house is funky. I also have much affection for the cheesy synth sounds of italo, the ancestor of what's known today as indie dance and dark disco, which also take influence from techno, synthpop, and indie pop. These are the sounds I bring to furry dance floors. I hope they move you as much as they move me.

Past shows:

  • MAW (Arcadia, CA) (1/7/23, 3/11/23, 7/22/23, 8/26/23, 12/9/23, 12/23/23, 4/27/24)

  • GSFC (Los Angeles) (4/9/23, 4/6/24)

  • LVFC (Las Vegas) (4/14/23, 4/16/23, 3/28/24)

  • BLFC (Reno, NV) (11/1/23, 10/15/24)

  • Furry Beach Bash (Huntington Beach, CA) (5/20/23)

  • Sunset Bonfire (Huntington Beach, CA) (8/12/23)

  • Furflux x Requiem (Anaheim, CA) (5/4/24, 10/26/24)

  • BARK! (Santa Ana, CA) (10/12/24)

  • AFC (Ontario, CA) (9/29/24 cancelled)

All recordings, track lists, and upcoming shows are posted on my Telegram channel: @yatchi_dj

A subset of my mixes is available on Mixcloud: yatchiyena

Contact me on Telegram: @yatchi

Photo by Chai Wolfess