Traits
Dilute (Uncommon)
Dilute is a coat modifier that lightens the Drakiri's base coat. It does not significantly desaturate. This effect can be gotten from the Dilute color palettes, OR, designing your Drakiri as normal, and adding a layer mask to lighten it. It can be a very subtle lightening, all the way to almost white. Dilute can also hide lighter markings (Meaning that you will not have to add markings that are lighter than the base coat if you use a very light shade of it.
Note that the palettes in the Drive are only a suggestion, and if you can find another effect to lighten the coat that looks better, by all means do it! If you aren't sure, just mention what you did in the design approval comments, and if it is effective and works well, we will add it to our guides!
Optionally, Dilute can give your Drakiri a Champagne effect. The Champagne effect allows the areas along the back of the Drakiri to be lightened, leaving the belly, legs, and parts of the face and tail normally colored and darker for some very nice effects. It can also create a "False Roan" effect with this champagne having a bit of a textured blend.
It is not required to effect the mane, and marking colors are also not required to be effected.
When interacting with Silver, there are two options.
1 - Choose which one you'd like to use. So either have it desaturated, OR lightened.
2 - Combine them. The coat can be lightened, and desaturated. So it can be a very light silvery grey, or a hint of color and light. You can also combine Silver's "Perlino" effect with Dilute's "Champagne" effect. Be creative in how they interact! If in doubt, just explain what you did in the comments, and this method will be added to the guide.
When interacting with Darken, there are three options
1 - Choose which one you'd like to use. So either have it darkened, or lightened.
2 - Combine them! This would be adding the Darkening "Grullo" effect to the belly, legs, face, and tail and the Lightening "Champagne" effect to the back, shoulders, and back of neck.
3 - They cancel eachother out, meaning they are there and pass genetically, but neither effects the Drakiri's base coat.
Darken (Uncommon)
Darken is a coat modifier that darkens the Drakiri's base coat. It can, also, increase the saturation as it darkens it, leading to some interestingly vivid coloration, especially on Drakiri with color modifiers. This effect can be gotten from the Darken color palettes, OR, designing your Drakiri as normal, and adding a layer mask to darken it or parts of it. It can be a very subtle darkening, all the way to almost black. Darken can also hide darker markings (Meaning that you will not have to add markings that are darker than the base coat if you use a very dark shade of color for Darken. Darken can also, optionally, completely cover up color modifiers and make the Drakiri appear as if they have the black base coat no matter the color
Note that the palettes in the Drive are only a suggestion, and if you can find another effect to darken the coat that looks better, by all means do it! If you aren't sure, just mention what you did in the design approval comments, and if it is effective and works well, we will add it to our guides! Various masks under different opacities on their own layer over the design can be very effective for this effect, especially when using the Grullo effect!
Optionally, Darken can create a Grullo effect. This is where the belly, face, limbs, and tail/underside of the tail are darkened while the rest of the Drakiri remains uneffected. This can be a subtle grullo effect, and can interact with markings such as Dun for some very interesting effects. Grullo effect can actually quite strongly resemble reversed Pangare!
It is not required to effect the mane, and marking colors are also not required to be effected.
When interacting with Silver, there are two options.
1 - Choose which one you'd like to use. So either have it desaturated, OR darkened. Note that the increased saturation option for Darken can not be used of the geno also has Silver unless you apply a Disappearing Ink or Gene Eraser to Silver.
2 - Combine them. The coat can be darkened, and desaturated. So it can be a very light silvery grey, or a hint of color and light. You can also combine Silver's "Perlino" effect with Darken's "Grullo" effect. This would allow the Grullo effected regions of the Drakiri to be more saturated, while the "Perlino" areas of Silver to be less saturated for some very interesting and fun effects. Be creative in how they interact! If in doubt, just explain what you did in the comments, and this method will be added to the guide.
When interacting with Dilute, there are three options
1 - Choose which one you'd like to use. So either have it darkened, or lightened.
2 - Combine them! This would be adding the Darkening "Grullo" effect to the belly, legs, face, and tail and the Lightening "Champagne" effect to the back, shoulders, and back of neck.
3 - They cancel eachother out, meaning they are there and pass genetically, but neither effects the Drakiri's base coat.
Thylacine (Uncommon)
THYLACINE
OVERVIEW
- Thylacine is a marking similar to what could be found on Tasmanian Tigers, Quolls, and other marsupials. It has many effects that it can do. It can create a dark or light gradient on the rear of the Drakiri, with vertical, non-forking stripes. It can extend onto the tail. If the gradient is dark, the stripes should be light. If the gradient is light, the stripes should be dark. If effected by Cutout, the stripes can be cut out of the gradient. It can also create light or dark stripes without the gradient, and the stripes can fade into the base coat, be traced by darker edges, which can fade with the stripe. See examples above for what Thylacine can do. It can be any combination of soft gradient on the rear, stripe, traced stripe solid or traced stripe faded.
RANGE AND DETAILS
- Thylacine is restricted to the tail and rear end of the Drakiri, though its range can be extended with marking interactions. Thylacine Stripes can extend across the body if interacting with Sable, can appear on the shoulders and hips if interacting with Saddle, and can give Stripes the Thylacine effects if interacting with stripes (The tracing and fading effects, the Gradient should still remain on the rear. You can see more info and interactions, here!
MIN RANGE
- Just a few stripes on the hindquarters are required.
MAX RANGE
- Thylacine can start near the midsection, and terminate near the end of the tail.
OTHER RANGE INFO
- Stripes from Thylacine may not fork or touch. They must be thickest where they touch the back, and taper to a sharp point where they end. Thylacine stripes may curve with the shape of the body beneath them.
COLOR TEXTURE AND GRADIENT
- Thylacine can be lighter or darker than the base coat, as can the gradient beneath it. If the gradient is light, the stripes should be dark and vice versa. If using the traced option, the tracing on the stripes should be darker than the striped, and can be slightly blended/soft.
- Thylacine can not be have a gradient on the stripes, though they may fade into the base coat.
LAYERING
- Thylacine can appear above or below any marking aside from Appaloosa, Roan, Piebald or Stone.
PHYSICAL MUTATIONS
- Thylacine does not affect any physical mutations, though it can appear on both tails if the Drakiri is Polycaudal.
OTHER INFORMATION
- Thylacine can be affected by Glimmer.
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Teardrop (Uncommon)
TEARDROP
OVERVIEW
- Teardrop is an uncommon marking, forming teardrop markings on the Drakiri's body. They can either angle down or follow the flow of the Drakiri's body. They can interact with Jasper to create another layer of color.
RANGE AND DETAILS
- Teardrop can appear anywhere on the Drakiri's body, and can even form large drops on the hindquarters or cheeks. At least one teardrop shape should be present on the Drakiri, or teardrops all over the Drakiri. This marking does not effect the mane or scales.
COLOR TEXTURE AND GRADIENT
- May appear darker or lighter than the base coat
- Must be smooth edges
- Can be in any natural color or color relative to the base coat.
LAYERING
- This marking layers over or under other markings unless otherwise specified.
PHYSICAL MUTATIONS
- Teardrop can effect the wings from Phoenix, but none of the others.
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Sunkissed (Uncommon)
Sunkissed
OVERVIEW
- Sunkissed is a gradient that appears over the back of the Drakiri, with light beam effects. It increases brighteness, saturation, and warms up the color tone. It can also have a bit of a light filtering through water effect, and can interact nicely with Flow. Sunkissed must look natural, and must not obscure markings, but rather effect the color of them where it touches. It can create broken dapple like effects, like sunlight filtering through leaves. A suggestion is to use a layer mask and mess with the opacity of it until it looks right.
- Alternatively, Sunkissed can create shapes like light being scattered like a prism around the shoulders, and onto the limbs. This can be triangular, rectangular, or various mixes of shapes. It can also now shift between two warm colors when using warm colors for some interesting effects.
RANGE AND DETAILS
- It can only appear on the topside of the Drakiri, shining downward. Minimally, it can appear just around the shoulder area.
COLOR TEXTURE AND GRADIENT
- Sunkissed effects the colors of the markings where it lays, warming and brightening the colors.
LAYERING
- Sunkissed appears over every other marking, and can even warm up the tone of Piebald where it sits
PHYSICAL MUTATIONS
- Sunkissed can effect the wings in the same areas as Sable
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Stroke (Uncommon)
STROKE
OVERVIEW
- Creates strokes of a different color through the mane of the Drakiri. Strokes can be thin or thick, or a mix of both.
RANGE AND DETAILS
- Stroke affects the entire Drakiri's mane.
MIN RANGE
- Must affect the entire mane.
MAX RANGE
- Must affect the entire mane.
OTHER RANGE INFO
- Stroke can be thick, thin, or a mix of both, but the mane color must appear beneath.
COLOR TEXTURE AND GRADIENT
- Stroke must be hard edged.
- Stroke can be lighter or darker than the mane beneath.
- Stroke can be any natural color, and is not restricted to the coat or mane color.
- Stroke can not contain a gradient unless interacting with Mane Tips.
- If interacting with Mane Tips, Stroke may have a gradient appearing on the tip instead of Mane Tips effecting the entire mane.
- Mane Tips can restrict to Stroke.
LAYERING
- Stroke can appear above or below any other marking that effects the mane.
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Siamese (Uncommon)
SIAMESE
OVERVIEW
- A soft gradient darkening the limbs, tail, face and ears of the Drakiri. If Socks is present, Siamese can cover up socks entirely or the two can interact to create a semi-blended edge.
RANGE AND DETAILS
- Siamese appears anywhere the color point marking appears on a cat.
- Brindle and Tabby can restrict to Siamese
MIN RANGE
- Siamese must at least darken the muzzle, tips of ears, and part of each of the four legs.
MAX RANGE
- Siamese can darken the entire limb, tail, face and ears.
OTHER RANGE INFO
- Siamese does not affect scales
- Siamese can affect the mane or tail wherever it touches
COLOR TEXTURE AND GRADIENT
- Siamese is a gradient marking. It must not have any hard edges or holes.
- Siamese can be any natural color darker than the base coat.
- Siamese must be one color throughout unless effected by Gradient
LAYERING
- Siamese layers over most markings, but must appear underneath Stone, Piebald, Roan or Appaloosa.
- Siamese can appear beneath Socks, Gazelle and Underbelly.
PHYSICAL MUTATIONS
- Siamese can darken the feathers on Phoenix or the part of the membranes facing towards the back of the Drakiri on Nightmares.
OTHER INFORMATION
- Siamese can be affected by Reversal, making a lighter gradient instead of a darker gradient.
- Siamese can be affected by Glimmer.
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Smoke (Uncommon)
Smoke
OVERVIEW
- An Overlay marking that creates a cloudy or smokey effect to the Drakiri. It can create a cloud or smoke effect either overlaying all markings, or effecting their texture and edge, It can also change the shape of the edges of markings, making them appear cloudy or smokey, and can soften the edges without turning them into a gradient. The second two examples above show Smoke affecting blanket.
- It can also form a nearly full-coverage Overcast marking that obscures other markings. It has similarities to Piebald using this effect, but is darker, soft-edged, and with less range. These effects can be combined to create a dark cloudy effect over the Drakiri's body and other markings.
RANGE AND DETAILS
- Smoke is a full body marking
MIN RANGE
- A subtle smokey texture to the coat, an overlay
MAX RANGE
- Affecting every marking, making the entire Drakiri have soft, smokey/cloudy markings all over.
OTHER RANGE INFO
- n/a
COLOR TEXTURE AND GRADIENT
- Smoke can be up to 3 shades of the same or similar color, but can also choose from dark blacks and pale white and creams depending on the design. Smoke can not be affected by Glimmer or Firefly, but Bicolor allows it to use two natural colors and Tricolor allows it to use three while Spectrum allows unlimited natural colors to be used.
- Smoke can not affect the scales unless Marked Scales is present. If marked scales is present, the smoke must use shades of the scale color.
LAYERING
- Smoke's layering depends on its use.
PHYSICAL MUTATIONS
- Smoke affects the wings of Phoenix.
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Strata (Uncommon)
Strata
OVERVIEW
- Layer effects on the scales resembling geologic layering, or allows geologic layering to effect the coat. Three shades of the base coat or scales if applied to the scales, can allow near black or near white. Layers are different thicknesses and can be very thin or quite thick.
- Alternatively, Strata creates dark horizontal streaks across the Drakiri's body or scales. Streaks can touch eachother, but can't have forks.
RANGE AND DETAILS
- Strata is a fullbody marking that can affect the entire Drakiri, but does not effect the mane. It can effect the scales.
MIN RANGE
- Just a single band running horizontally along the Drakiri's body with some smaller bands on the inside, or restricted to the scales.
MAX RANGE
- Can cover the entire Drakiri in strata markings.
OTHER RANGE INFO
COLOR, TEXTURE AND GRADIENT
- Can be three shades of the base coat or scale color if on the scales, and can include black and white or very dark and very light layers.
- It can have a slight wobble to it, like natural geostrata layers.
LAYERING
- This is a base coat layer marking, so it lays beneath most other markings.
PHYSICAL MUTATIONS
- Can effect the wings of Phoenix
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