Design Guides

Created: 6 March 2021, 12:45:20 UTC
Last updated: 29 June 2026, 00:47:13 UTC

Design Guides: Ground Rules


Below, you will find all the guides you will need to design your ketucari. However, there are a few basic ground rules you should be aware of that will apply to every design.

•  Do not try to abuse marking ranges to create a pseudo-version of colors/markings your ketucari does not have.

•  The base coat should always be immediately recognizable, as should markings. The only exception is if the ketucari has piebald or melanistic pastel covering their markings.
 
• Lineart should always be darker than what's under it. The only exception is if the Lineart Itself is being used to represent Filigree.

• Markings that can be darker than the base coat can increase in saturation by a reasonable amount for the base coat. Saturation levels will be evaluated on a case by case basis.

• Admins reserve the right to clarify the design guides at any time, especially if there is a pending design that makes us aware of loopholes or badly worded guidelines.
 
• As a warning when using colorful/any color genes, please avoid making eye-burner designs. They will be denied if more than two admins experience eye-strain or headaches as a result of highly contrasting colors.
 
• Designs should be submitted without any additional import editing items such as Trinkets, Scenic Holograms, Clippers, Horn Extenders or Bone Growth Potions.
 
•The sole exception to the above is Exalted Trinkets which CAN be applied directly on design approvals.
 
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Basics

Jaw Types, Eye Color, and Skin Color
Thin Fur (links to Jaw Types, Eye Color, and Skin Color)
Stylization

Feather Types and IMPORT BASES

 Feather Variations

Standard Import Bases
Ryno Import Bases
Danouc Import Bases
Garoch Import Bases

Build Specific Rules

  • Danuoc scales and fins follow skin rules.
  • Danuoc spines follow horn rules.
  • Garoch plates and thagomizers follow horn rules

Base Colors, Color Modifiers, and Mutations

Unmodified
Base Colors

Modifiers (Dun)
Carnelian Bases (nCr/CrCr) (20%)
Emerald Bases (nEm/EmEm) (20%)
Flaxen Bases (nFx/FxFx) (20%)
Ocean Bases (nOc/OcOc) (20%)
Plum Bases (nPm/PmPm) (20%)
Rose Bases (nRs/RsRs) (20%)
Smokey Bases (nSk/SkSk) (20%)
Modifiers (Glass)
Burnished Bases (nBrn/BrnBrn) (20%)
Caramel Bases (nCml/CmlCml) (20%)
Colorpitch Bases (nCol/ColCol) (20%)
Ghost Bases (nGho/GhoGho) (20%)
Paradox Bases (nPx/PxPx) (20%)
Raven Bases (nRv/RvRv) (20%)
Satin Bases (nSat/SatSat) (20%)
Weathered Bases (nWet/WetWet) (20%)



Mutations
Albinism (nA/AA) (10%)
Aposematic
Axanthism (nAx/AxAx) (10%)
Chimera Bases (nCma/CmaCma) (7%)
Chromata/ Metamorphic Chromata (nCrm/CrmCrm, +Mm) (Base Gene 7%, Metamorphic modifier 65% when Chromata or Flow is present)
Erythrism (nEr/ErEr) (10%)
Flow/Metamorphic Flow  (nFlw/FlwFlw, +Mm) (Base Gene 10%, Metamorphic modifier 65% when Flow or Chromata is present)
Inversion (nIv/IvIv) (10%)
Leucism (nLm/LmLm) (10%)
Lintosi/Tri-Lintosi Bases (nLs/LsLs, +Tri) (Base gene 7%, Tri modifier 40% when Lintosi is present)
Luminous (nLum/LumLum) (10%)
Lutino (nLt/LtLt) (10%)
Maltese (nMal/MalMal) (10%)
Oxidized (nOx/OxOx) (10%)
Sunwashed (nSwd/SwdSwd) (10%)

 

White Markings

Calacatta (nCl/ClCl) (15%)
Acid (LcLc) (Requires dominant lacing)
Antiqued (nAt/AtAt) (25%)
Chain (nChn/ChnChn) (40%)
Chaps (nChp/ChpChp) (60%)
Charring (nChr/ChrChr) (50%)
Cybernetic Geode (Geode + Chain)
Dapple (nDpl/DplDpl) (35%)
Frosted (nFt/FtFt) (60%)
Gazelle/Antelope (nGaz/GazGaz+Ant)
Gecko (nGk/GkGk) (40%)
Halos (nHal/HalHal) (45%)
Harlequin (nHq/HqHq) 
Haze (nHz/HzHz) (35%)
Hearth (nHt/HtHt) (50%)
Hood (nHd/HdHd) (60%)
Hued Points (nHp/HpHp) (45%)
Inferno/Blue Inferno (nIfr/IfrIfr +B) (Base gene 35%, Blue modifier 20% when Inferno is present)
Well (nWel/WelWel +Deep) (Base gene 15%, Deep modifier 30% when Well is present)
Wrought/Noisy Wrought (nWro/WroWro +Noi) (Base gene 40%, Noisy modifier 50% when Wrought is present)