Free Areas

A kukuri has a few areas of their body considered 'free areas'.
This means these areas are free for the player to design, provided they use marking colors available to the kukuri's base coat.

These areas include the horns, ears, hands, feet, the small tuft of feathers under an aerial's wings, and most mutations.

Horns, ears, hands, and feet

Horns, ears, hands, feet, and the small tuft of feathers under an aerial's wings are all considered free areas. In most cases, these areas are colored dark grey on the import making them easy to identify and color over. This isn't the case on the Prairie imports, but Prairie hands and feet are still considered free areas.

Hands and feet imitate the markings in the body similarly to horns and ears. They can either be the color of the marking next to them, or have their own color, as long as usual marking coloration rules apply.

Mutations

If a mutation adds additional parts to a kukuri (such as scales or spikes), these areas are also considered free areas. The only exceptions to this rule are the Orthrus, Saber and Tusks mutations.

Saber and Tusk both have their colors colored in already and should be left untouched, and orthrus' other head follows the same marking rules as the other head.

Free Area Colors

Provided players follows marking colors available to the kukuri's base coat, patterns used in free areas can imitate markings or are simply a licence for creativity.

Import quality

Save the import file as good quality JPEG or PNG and always on imports original size (2821x1766) to avoid unnecessary design denials! Bad quality, blurry pixels and small import size will make it hard for approval staff to go through your design, does not appear appealing and will get your design declined.

Lineart

You are allowed to color the lineart as long as it still stays darker than the color under it.


You may create a slight soft border around your Kukuri if you wish to make them pop out of the background. However, avoid using too bright colors or too thick borders as they can become distracting.