Banding

nBd/BdBd

Banding creates a blended, Sable like mark on the back with stripes erased from it.

The edges of the stripes may be either hard or soft, but the colored area MUST be blended!

The dominant form (BdBd) covers more area

Banding

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Edge allowances

Gradient

Symmetry allowances

Must be symmetrical

Stripe Edge allowances

Hard

Soft

Color Allowances:

Can be lighter or darker

A Guide to Banded

Blending

Banded MUST use a gradient/fully blended edge for the color on the back.

Slightly soft edges are not permitted for this space.

Soft (not allowed) vs Blended (allowed)

Striping

Banded's stripes shouldn't cross over each other excessively or create criss-cross patterns.

The stripes should be vertical (up and down) in flow!

Inproper stripes (left) vs proper stripes (right)

Stripe edges

Banding stripes should have one edge type. This means you cannot mix and match hard or soft edges!

Mixed edges (illegal) vs all soft edges (legal)

Creating stripes

Banding stripes should be created by erasing from the blended color on the back.

Painting over the color will result in miss-matched opacities or edge types and should be avoided.

Bad striping vs good striping

Gaps in Stripes

Banding stripes should evenly cover the whole area.

Large gaps in stripes (such as seen on the left) are considered holes in the marking and are not permitted.

Stripe gap vs proper striping

Styles of Banded

Classic Stripes

You can make a classic tiger like stripe pattern with Banded (Left)

Large Bands

Banded may create large, single bands, across the whole colored area (center)

Brindling

You can make a brindle effect with banded (right)

Banding on Feathers and Fins

When dominant, banded may cover Prairie and Aerial feathers. The Banding stripes should follow the flow of the feathers (from tip to base).

Similarly to prairie and aerial feathers, banded can affect aquatic fins in dominant form - the back fin being the exception. The stripes on fins follow the same direction as on feathers: from tip to base.