Appearance Guidelines:________________
Race Specific Traits and Requirements:Races need to have their standard traits, this is especially important for elite and special races. Please do not make an elite or special race look completely outside the standards for the race without permission and good reason.
Examples:A Holykat should not look demonic or zombiefied or evil. They are like Paladins of good and they loathe evil.
An Unholykat should not look cute, or sweet, or good. They should be rotting in some capacity or look evil as heck.
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Elite Races:Angelic/Dark Angelic Appearance:Angelics should look angelic. Their wings must be either feather wings, faery wings, or bat wings in light colors and be fitting for a good aligned creature.
Dark Angelics should look dark. They can have either bat, feather wings, or faery wings in dark colors and be fitting for an ebil aligned creature.
NO extra features such as eyes, or mouths without permission from either Yayoi or Pinka.
Angelique Appearance:Good Aligned Angeliques should look angelic. Their wings must be either feather wings, faery wings, or bat wings in light colors and be fitting for a good aligned creature.
Ebil Angeliques should look dark. They can have either bat, feather wings, or faery wings in dark colors and be fitting for an ebil aligned creature.
In addition this race can also be customed to compliment their Deity.
NO extra features such as eyes, or mouths without permission from either Yayoi.
Daughters of CaineDaughters of Caine should never be super-edited as they are meant to be clones of Kindred, Caine's beloved daughter. They are recommended to be colored uniquely though with a theme. They are a little stronger than normal vampires and are loyally bound to Kindred.
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NO extra features such as eyes, or mouths without permission from Yayoi
Deity Appearance:Deity Appearances are perhaps one of the most extreme at the shop as they can vary from one kat to another depending on their domain and alignment. All colorists that take on a deity bribe or custom should run all concept sketches by Yayoi before finishing.
Keep them looking like the alignment they belong to or as close as possible.
NO extra features such as eyes, or mouths without permission from Yayoi.
Holykat/Unholykat AppearanceHolykat and Unhoykats are paladins and dark knights of the mortal world. They should all wear some piece of armor or have a weapon/magic befitting their alignment.
Unholykats must always look ebil and have some zombie traits (though they can be lightly decomposed versus the normal zombie). They cannot look like they are good aligned.
Holykats must always be alive and cannot look ebil.
Unholykats/Holykats should have a weapon, but please keep it to something non-futuristic in style. Optionally they can wield magic or magical artifacts/weapons. If you wish to give a Holykat or Unholykat a wing, you may do so, but please do not give them a second one. They must follow the alignment restrictions on wings.
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NO extra features such as eyes, or mouths without permission from Yayoi
Special Races:Animalia AppearanceThese are regular, pures or baddies (original linearts preferred) that have been blessed by their goddess with features of an animal (ears, talons/claws and tail edits allowed, wings removed or added in some cases). They cannot be based on more than one animal and they cannot have beaks, or insect eyes. Keep them simple and cute. They are not meant to be freaks.
If you have questions -- ask!
Demon AppearanceDemons should always have horns, though they can vary in shape and size. They should also have demon tails, either custom drawn or simply adding an arrowhead point to an existing tail. Wings are optional but if you add them, please make sure that they follow the alignment restrictions on wings.
NO extra features such as eyes, or mouths without permission from either Yayoi.
Druid AppearanceDruids must always have one animal feature and one plant feature.
NO extra features such as eyes, or mouths without permission from either Yayoi.
Fertility Demi'sThese must be Regular, Baddie or Unisex lines (or any variation of these). Exceptions can be made with permission from Management.
Freak AppearanceFreaks should always be preapproved and run by Yaya and Pinka. They are dna based creatures so they may have body mutations/edits. If any colorist wants to take on a freak, it's absolutely imperative that you show me a concept sketch to be preapproved before you finish it.
Run all Freak sketches by Yayoi.Gremling AppearanceGremlings are part of their environment, though they should never take on more than three elements at a time. For example, a swamp Gremling may have alligator features, as well as dragonfly wings and swampy grass, growing on his body. Gremlings can be edited on existing Faekats by all staff. However, all concept sketches for Gremling must be approved by Yaya and Pinka before a colorist finishes it.
MutanimalMutanimals must be a mix of two different animals minimum, but can be up to four maximum.
NO extra features such as eyes, or mouths without permission from either Yayoi.
Unique AppearanceUnique Faekats were drawn by Meeki and are no longer available to commission.
Vampire AppearanceClanless Vampires should blend in with everyday Ebil society, at least to a point. They can have larger claws and fangs but for the most part, they shouldn't stand out too much. Clanned vampires have a little more leeway, as they may required edits befitting of their clan. For example, Clan Gangrel might have more animalistic features, or scruffier skin. Clan Nosferatu would be bald or near bald with sores or otherwise horrible looking skin. Please make sure that if you do give a clan vampire more edits, it absolutely FITS the clan.
NO extra features such as eyes, or mouths without permission from either Yayoi.
Werewolves AppearanceTribe Werewolves should be on Kneeling Line-art and Pack Werewolves should be on Sitting Line-art.
The exception to this is any Werewolf blessed by the Werewolf Demi's and born on non-Werewolf lineart. However if they breed with a Werewolf on Werewolf lines the offspring will revert to those lines.
They should be given scruffier skin, extremely long fangs and claws. Scars, wounds, anything that shows they have been fighting most of their life is also a plus.
If you make a Tribe Werewolf, additional edits must fit the Tribe the Werewolf is from. They should be colored to fit with their pack or tribe's aesthetic.
NO extra features such as eyes, or mouths without permission from either Yayoi.
Zombie AppearanceZombies are perhaps one of the most edited of the elite races, simply for the fact that they are undead. They may have a missing body part (keep it simple such as ear, arm, jaw, eye, etc), and bones sticking out in various places. They may also be into mutilation like jewelry, so you may find glass shards, nails, scissors, or anything sticking out of them to make them look "prettier". Zombies must look undead, there must be some gross element to them.
NO extra features such as eyes, or mouths without permission from either Yayoi.
Cosplays:The main thing you need to realize about a cosplay Faekat is that they are a cosplay. Every aspect to them must be adapted to a costume. If they have wings on the character, they can only have wings on the Faekat if it's natural to that lineart. Otherwise, wings have to be left off or made to look like a prop or accessory.
If your Cosplay Character intends on having the special powers of the actual character it’s based on this may affect the race of the Kat and needs special approval from Management for a race change from the standard Cosplay race.
If you want to mix a cosplay up with a rarer race, that is fine but their edits must FIT that rarer race. For example, if a character has demon horns, then it makes sense for it to be a cosplay demon.
NO extra features such as eyes, or mouths without permission from either Yayoi.
