Fursuits: Toony or Realistic?

Fursuits are a large part of the furry fandom and are usually custom made costumes of someones personal character.
When someone considers getting a fursuit they are faced with a choice. Toony or Realistic?
The most common style of fursuit is the toony style. This is a cartoon style suit that is usually cheaper then others. A simple toony suit is normally plantigrade, has flat toony eyes, a static jaw and no air brushing.

A simple plantigrade toony suit.

A digitigrade toony suit.

A simple toony partial suit that features a moving jaw.

 These are all examples of toony suits. Toony suits normally cost a lot less then realistic suits. Many fursuit makers offer toony suits. Many features can be added to these suits including: moving jaws, digitigrade legs and even "follow me" eyes.

Realistic suits are very detailed and cost more then toony suits. They have tear-duct vision because the eyes are made from resin, glass or other such materials. Because you don't look directly though the eyes some have LEDs in them to make the costume a bit more mysterious.

A realistic, colourful wolf fursuit.

A realistic fursuit of someones personal charecter.

Though they are "realistic" suits this doesn't mean that the suit is of a real creature with realistic colours. The two images above show this well.
Realistic suit also have digitigrade legs unless the charecter is spisificly plantigrade.

If you are interested in either making or commisioning to get a fursuit you can find more information on fursuit makers and supplys at:
http://www.fursuit.co.uk