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Marrok the werewolf

Pros:
- Don't have to make anything, very easy to see out of costume.

Cons:
-Hard to make a head small enough without looking funny with human eyes.

Look out of the eyeducts.

Lutalo the Cape Dog, and Ikaua the Jaguar

Pros:
- Realistic, Many colors and sizes available

Cons:
- Sometimes hard to see out of holes at eyeducts.

With reticulated foam or Sunglass lenses for pupils

Sgt. Benton the Aardwolf, and Dizzy the Cat

Pros:
- Relatively easy to make, and customize

Cons:
- Sunglass lenses tend to fog up
- Some find reticulated foam hard to see out of.

Painted

Kira the Cat

Pros:
- Easy to make

Cons:
- Usually Toony, Not easy to make look realistic.
- Can look 'flat' and not 'alive'.

Thanks to Legend for the eye picture

Pros:
- Can get very realistic looking eyes, great for seeing out of.

Cons:
- More difficult to make than other types. (See Legend's site for step by step instructions)
http://www.avians.net/~legend/Iris.html

- with printed mylar

Legend the Gryphon Bard

Pros:
- Can look more realistic than painted mesh.
- Can easy add 'smears' of color within the mylar.

Cons:
- Hard to get mylar cut perfectly round. Have to buy ink jet printer mylar.
- Should use plastic dome to cover (or plastic from cheap champagne glasses)

Loriana the Fox

See dome outside of head here. http://www.lycanthrope.net/~loriana/eyes.jpg

Pros:
- Nice roundess to the eyes, nice shine.
- Looks realistic

Cons:
- Slightly difficult to look correct on some heads.
- Tends to fog up.