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.
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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Basics
Feather Types and PSDs
Bald Feather Base
Fantail Feather Base v3
Frizzle Feather Base v3
Harpy Feather Base
Phoenix Feather Base v3
Silkie Feather Base v3
Smooth Feather Base v3
Base Colors, Color Modifiers, and Mutations
Base ColorsEmerald Bases (nEm/EmEm)
Flaxen Bases (nFx/FxFx)
Lintosi Bases (nLs/LsLs)
Ocean Bases (nOc/OcOc)
Plum Bases (nPm/PmPm)
Rose Bases (nRs/RsRs)
Smokey Bases (nSk/SkSk)
Albinism (nA/AA)
Erythrism (nEr/ErEr)
Inversion (nIv/IvIv)
Leucism (nLm/LmLm)
Lutino (nLt/LtLt)
White Markings
Calacatta (nCl/ClCl)Karpati (nKr/KrKr)
Leopard (nLp/LpLp)
Lightning Piebald (nLi/LiLi)
Overo (nOv/OvOv)
Piebald (nPbl/PblPbl)
Punnett (nPun/PunPun)
Snow Blanket (nSn/SnSn)
Vitiligo (nVt/VtVt)
Leopard (nLp/LpLp)
Lightning Piebald (nLi/LiLi)
Overo (nOv/OvOv)
Piebald (nPbl/PblPbl)
Punnett (nPun/PunPun)
Snow Blanket (nSn/SnSn)
Vitiligo (nVt/VtVt)
Genes
Display (nDs/DsDs)
Dusky Points (nDsk/DskDsk)
Dusted (nDt/DtDt)
Ember (nEmr/Emr)
Eye Rings (nEy/EyEy)
Fading (nFd/FdFd)
Filigree (nFil/FilFil)
Frill (nFr/FrFr)
Gecko (nGk/GkGk)
Geode (nGe/GeGe)
Dusky Points (nDsk/DskDsk)
Dusted (nDt/DtDt)
Ember (nEmr/Emr)
Eye Rings (nEy/EyEy)
Fading (nFd/FdFd)
Filigree (nFil/FilFil)
Frill (nFr/FrFr)
Gecko (nGk/GkGk)
Geode (nGe/GeGe)
Lycaon (nLyc/LycLyc)
Mantle (nMn/MnMn)
Marble (nMbl/MblMbl)
Melanistic Pastel (nLc+Me/LcLc+Me)
Merle (nMr/MrMr)
Mantle (nMn/MnMn)
Marble (nMbl/MblMbl)
Melanistic Pastel (nLc+Me/LcLc+Me)
Merle (nMr/MrMr)
Morpho (nMo/MoMo)
Mottling (nMtl/MtlMtl)
Mud (nMd/MdMd)
Oil (nO/OO)
Overcast (nOrc/OrcOrc)
Pale (nPl/PlPl)
Pangare (nPn/PnPn)
Partial (nPar/ParPar)
Radiance (nRa/RaRa)
Ray (nRy/RyRy)
Ringneck (nRg/RgRg)
Roan (nRn/RnRn)
Rust (nRt/RtRt)
Sable (nSb/SbSb)
Scale Marks (nScm/ScmScm)
Segment (nSg/SgSg)
Shell (nSl/SlSl)
Shimmer (nSm/SmSm)
Silvering (nSv/SvSv)
Somatic (nSo/SoSo)
Spaulder (nSpl/SplSpl)
Speckling (nSpc/SpcSpc)
Spotting (nSt/StSt)
Strand (nSnd/SndSnd)
Striping (nSp/SpSp)
Tar Pit (nTpt/TptTpt)
Trailing (nTr/TrTr)
Vapor (nVp/VpVp)
Vent (nV/VV)
Void (nVo/VoVo)
Washout (nWt/WtWt)
Webbing (nWb/WbWb)
Mottling (nMtl/MtlMtl)
Mud (nMd/MdMd)
Oil (nO/OO)
Overcast (nOrc/OrcOrc)
Pale (nPl/PlPl)
Pangare (nPn/PnPn)
Partial (nPar/ParPar)
Radiance (nRa/RaRa)
Ray (nRy/RyRy)
Ringneck (nRg/RgRg)
Roan (nRn/RnRn)
Rust (nRt/RtRt)
Sable (nSb/SbSb)
Scale Marks (nScm/ScmScm)
Segment (nSg/SgSg)
Shell (nSl/SlSl)
Shimmer (nSm/SmSm)
Silvering (nSv/SvSv)
Somatic (nSo/SoSo)
Spaulder (nSpl/SplSpl)
Speckling (nSpc/SpcSpc)
Spotting (nSt/StSt)
Strand (nSnd/SndSnd)
Striping (nSp/SpSp)
Tar Pit (nTpt/TptTpt)
Trailing (nTr/TrTr)
Vapor (nVp/VpVp)
Vent (nV/VV)
Void (nVo/VoVo)
Washout (nWt/WtWt)
Webbing (nWb/WbWb)