Design Guides

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.

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 result of guide updates, ketucari with ID numbers below 1540 may not apply as accurate examples for gene expression.

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Markings with pass rates of 45% or greater are common, between 20% and 40% inclusive uncommon, and 19% or less rare. More information here.

Basics

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

Feather Types and PSDs

 Feather Variations

Bald Feather Base | Ryno | Danuoc | Ketixi
Fantail Feather Base | Ryno | Danuoc | Ketixi
Frizzle Feather Base | Ryno | Danuoc | Ketixi
Harpy Feather Base | Ryno | Danuoc | Ketixi
Jacobin Feather Base | Ryno | Danuoc | Ketixi
Lucerne Feather Base | Ryno | Danuoc | Ketixi
Nicobar Feather Base | Ryno | Danuoc | Ketixi
Phoenix Feather Base | Ryno | Danuoc | Ketixi
Silkie Feather Base | Ryno | Danuoc | Ketixi
Smooth Feather Base | Ryno | Danuoc | Ketixi


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)
Caramel Bases (nCml/CmlCml) (20%)
Ghost Bases (nGho/GhoGho) (20%)
Paradox Bases (nPx/PxPx) (20%)
Raven Bases (nRv/RvRv) (20%)
Satin Bases (nSat/SatSat) (20%)



Mutations
Albinism (nA/AA) (10%)
Axanthism (nAx/AxAx) (10%)
Chimera Bases (nCma/CmaCma) (7%)
Chromata (nCrm/CrmCrm) (7%)
Erythrism (nEr/ErEr) (10%)
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)
Lutino (nLt/LtLt) (10%)
Maltese (nMal/MalMal) (10%)
Sunwashed (nSwd/SwdSwd) (10%)


 

White Markings

Calacatta (nCl/ClCl) (15%)
Acid (LcLc) (Requires dominant lacing)
Girin (nGi/GiGi) (30%)
Geode (nGe/GeGe) (15%)
Glass (nGs/GsGs) (25%)
Haze (nHz/HzHz) (35%)
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)