Traits

A marking that resembles veins of ore or crystal. It can be solid or textured. Optionally, you can give it an outline that takes from the normal elemental palette. If you choose to use an outline, the outline must be textured. It can be thin or thick as long as it splits at least twice on the marking and is a visible line, rather than a large splotch.

Color Rules

Veined may be any color and any number of colors. Additionally, it can have a metallic sheen or iridescence on the Veined area of the mark. The outer area must be within the elemental color rules.

Layering Rules

The mark follows regular layer rules. Any metallic sheen or iridescence on the vein area of the mark can be used as a light effect.

Shape

You may have a single vein, a vein that covers the whole body, or several scattered veins. It has no minimum or maximum coverage, as long as the trait is apparent.

Effect on Modifiers & Physical Traits

It may affect modifiers, skin, nails, ears, and similar things where it touches.

Interactions

• Splotched - If a dragon displays Veined, then Splotched is optional.

Charged Veined

Charged Veined may glow. This glow may be used as a light effect.

Creates swirls along the dragon resembling incense smoke. Parts of what lays beneath it should be visible with variation in transparency (see the guides below for better detail). You may use any single color, even if it is outside of regular elemental rules. It may cover the whole body, as long as it does not resemble thick clouds.

What Not to Do:

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Texture Rules

It must have several soft edges. You may emphasize the edge of Wisp, as long as parts on the inside are transparent.
Here are some tutorials on making wisp-like designs:

Color Rules

Wisp may be any color.

Layering Rules

This is a regular marking. It will appear below top layer markings.

Effect on Modifiers & Physical Traits
It may affect modifiers, skin, nails, ears, and similar things where it touches. It can also appear on modifiers that are not touching the marking.

Charged Wisp

Charged Wisp may use a gradient of any two colors.

Starry creates star shapes on the body of your dragon. They may have any number of points, so long as the points are clear. There is a minimum of four points. The shape may also be smaller dots, similar to a starry sky, as long as they do not overlap or resemble spots. When smaller dots are used, they should be fairly random, rather than dotted lines. Starry is a hard-edged marking and will not appear to glow or shimmer beyond its usual shape.

Texture Rules

Starry is a hard marking. It will not be blurry or glow.

Color Rules

You may use any or all of the following colors, in any amount and mixture, so long as each individual star is one color: White, Cyan, Red-orange, Yellow, Black, and any color from the dragon's Elemental colors. They must be visible against the base.

Layering Rules

It is a Top Layer marking, so it will always appear on top of all other markings.

Effects on Modifiers and Physical Traits

It may affect modifiers, skin, nails, ears, and similar things.

Charged Starry

Charged Starry allows for lines between the constellations. Lines should be straight and all one color.

Rows of streaks on the belly, shoulders, face, legs, arms, neck, or back of a dragon. Basically, anywhere but a dragon's wings! They can resemble the belly, back, or neck streaks of any bird. In addition to the regular elemental colors, they may be brown, tan, white, or black. They may also create a line in the center area of feathered and smooth scales anywhere on the body, similar to the rachis of a feather. This 'rachis' streak mark can be anywhere on the dragon with scales or feathers that can show them.

Color Rules

In addition to the regular elemental colors, they may be brown, tan, white, or black.

Layering Rules

This marking can go above or beneath other markings. It will not cover top layer markings.

Shape

They can resemble the belly, back, or neck streaks of any bird. The chest plumes of a peregrine falcon are a perfect example. The streaks of a Song Sparrow show what longer, line-like streaks can look like.

Effect on Modifiers & Physical Traits

It may affect modifiers, skin, nails, ears, and similar things where it touches. It can also appear on modifiers that are not touching the marking, as long as it is not on the wings.

Interactions

• Barred - If Barred appears on the tail, then showing Streaks is optional. If Barred is present, then Streaks may appear on the wings.

Charged Streaks

Charged Streaks may have up to two colors. It can appear on the back/top of wings near the shoulder. It will still follow regular color rules.

A large stripe marking that affects the wings and/or tail of a dragon, along with any flat traits such as webbing or feathers. You may make multiple bars of various widths; Two is the minimum amount of bars allowed. The bars also do not have to extend the entirety of the wing. You may also make sections of the bar triangular or separated, similar to the wings of a snowy owl, as long as they are clearly part of a bar. Barred follows regular elemental color rules, plus it may pull from the Wind color palette.

Charged Barred

Charged Barred may be up to two different colors. These colors will still follow regular marking rules.

Creates patches of skin with no scales. The skin shows through as a natural skin color or a pastel color. Since the marking commonly appears on the face, it makes it look like the dragon dipped its head into a pollen-filled flower.

 The color must be a very light pastel. If you are having trouble picking colors, you may use the lighter, less saturated colors of the light palette.

Color Rules

The skin shows through as a natural skin color or a pastel color. This includes black, brown, cream, gray, and other colors.

Note that fur, hair, and scale colors are not the same as skin colors.

Layering Rules

Pollen is a special display trait that affects the scales themselves. Wherever this marking touches, the scales of the dragon are removed, revealing the color of the flesh underneath. Pigment traits can affect Pollen, but those traits will always be washed out (for example, vampire will appear pink or light tan instead of red or brown). It will always go on top. It even covers other special layer traits.

Shape

It may be as small as the tips of the snout and limbs or cover up to 50% of a dragon. The edges may be a gradient. It can also have 'scales' erased out of it that match the scales of the dragon. Finally, you can choose to create a 3D transition to the mark, such as the fur cutting off below:

Effect on Modifiers & Physical Traits

• If a mark would create scales, fur, or non-bony protrusions on a dragon, then those traits will not show in that area.

Interactions

• The following markings will create an altered area of skin color where it would cover pollen: Hailstorm, Tobiano, Appaloosa, Vampire, Dust, Starry, Flaunt, Frost, and Zebra (as well as any other Pigment layer marks). Dust and Somatic can create splotching where it touches as well, within regular Pollen color rules. The altered color will still follow regular Pollen rules, and should be adjusted to roughly match the mark (red-hued for Vampire, lighter for Tobiano, etc.). It should be different enough that it is clearly on an area with no scales.
• Chroma will display on top of pollen as normal.
• This will still display on albino dragons.

Charged Pollen

Can make the entire dragon scaleless. If the whole dragon is scaleless, then things like Heraldry and Plumes are optional, as they have no way of showing.

A light, dark, or mixed layer that resembles mist or smoke. Its edges should be soft and look like rolling clouds, mist, or the edges of smoke. It should not cover more than half of the dragon.

Color Rules

Mist may have up to two colors in the elemental color palette. Lighter and darker shades of these colors to create cloud shading is fine. White, black, and grey are also allowed.

Layering Rules

The mark follows regular layer rules.

Shape

Mist should never appear as a solid marking or smooth gradient. It should have variation in all visible areas that makes it appear like a cloud, fog, or mist. It will always be soft and any defined shapes should be easy to recognize as clouds.

Effect on Modifiers & Physical Traits

It may affect modifiers, skin, nails, ears, and similar things where it touches. It can also appear on modifiers that are not touching the marking.

Interactions

• Spectrum - When Spectrum affects Mist, the Spectrum may be integrated into the mist pattern and make cloud shapes. The gradient should still be in roughly the right order, but it doesn't need to be exact where the Mist shapes interrupt it.
• Detonation - If both Detonation and Mist are charged, then Detonation can create clouds that float off of the dragon's body that match the normal shape of Mist.

Charged Mist

Charged Mist may cover the dragon’s entire body. Additionally, it may appear with any number of colors as long as they still appear as clouds. Charged Mist does not follow elemental color rules.

Creates streaks or a web of a color running across your dragon that resembles the reflection of water ripples.

You may use white or a color from the regular palette. Ripple should be soft. You may include brighter patches on the lines of the marking, as well as subtle shadows inbetween the marking. These adjustments won't change the hue.

Here’s a video showing two different ways to make Ripple.

Charged Ripple

Charged Ripple may ignore color and brightness rules.

Tobiano is a white Top Layer Marking. Mutations such as shimmer or iridescence will still show on top, though these are only light reflection effects and do not actually color the dragon. You can cover up to 75% of your dragon with white. The edges must be random and solid. A tiny halo effect is allowed, but it will always be in close association with the marking, and never form shapes of its own. Below, you can see the minimum coverage and maximum coverage. An example of the halo is also visible.

Texture and Shape Rules

It should have a solid edge. The halo should also be solid. The shape itself will be solid and random with minimal holes and spots; any spots will be closely associated with the mark, and any holes will be close to the edge. The majority of the marking will be a solid patch, no matter what. Below are examples of what NOT to do. The first has huge holes and is clearly shaped on the tail, instead of being random. The second has a non-random, almost tribal pattern on the neck. The second also has far too many holes and dots.

Color Rules

Tobiano will always be white. Its halo will also be white, though it shows at a lower opacity, so the colors below may show through.

Layering Rules

It is a Top Layer marking, so it will always appear on top of all other markings.

Effect on Modifiers & Physical Traits

It may affect modifiers, skin, nails, ears, and similar things where it touches.

Charged Tobiano

Charged Tobiano may ignore layering rules. It can sit at the bottom of your marking layers, in the middle, or on top of any marking.

A marking that creates white marks on the dragon in the shape of a skunk’s white marks. It can be any color in the elemental color scheme, as well as white. You can reference the white markings of any skunk. The edge of the marking may be solid or soft, but should not be a full gradient.

Color Rules

It can be any color in the elemental color scheme, as well as white. Additionally, it can display a subtle gradient (such as white -- > light silver) that looks like a single color at first glance.

Layering Rules

Skunk follows regular layering rules. If it is only white, it may optionally be used as a pigment trait.

Shape

Any skunk species may be references. Here are examples of an Eastern Spotted Skunk and Hognose Skunk:

Effect on Modifiers & Physical Traits

It may affect modifiers, skin, nails, ears, and similar things where it touches.

Interactions

• When used as a Pigment marking, its color will match any other white Pigment marks.
• Splotched - As long as Skunk has a solid edge, then showing Splotched elsewhere is optional.

Charged Skunk

Charged skunk may have a gradient of two colors. It will still follow normal color rules. If this option is used, then Skunk cannot be used as a Pigment trait.

Marked creates one solid patch of color that may be any hue on the end of the tail. At minimum, it covers 1/2 of the tail. At maximum, it covers the whole tail. Its edge may be solid, textured, soft, or a gradient. It is a Top Layer Marking.

Charged Marked

Charged Marked may extend up to the hind legs of the dragon. It will not affect the regular wings of the dragon.

Large feathers that extend from a section of the dragon’s body. They can take multiple shapes, but should clearly be feathers. You may choose to cover the whole rump in plumes, if desired. Each color represents a section of the dragon’s body. There is no limit to the amount of feathers, but they may only attach to one area of the body.

Color Rules

You may change the color of the plumes, as long as it follows elemental rules. They may be affected by color or display modifiers.

Modifier, Claw, Leather, and Crest Rules

The plumes may attach to any modifier, so long as the area it attaches to is within one body section.

Charged Plumes

You may apply plumes to any number of body sections.

Creates a transparent patch of skin somewhere on your dragon. Unless your dragon has Elemental Anomaly, Coils, or advanced magic, it will show typical organs, bones, or muscles within the dragon. It will never have glowing or elemental effects in the absence of Tier IV magic. This will not affect the wing leather/feathers/flight materials of your dragon. Under no circumstances will markings or skin modifiers show on top of this. You may stylize the inside of the dragon (such as a stamp-shaped heart instead of a realistic heart). The depth of the transparency is free for you to decide. The transparency can be a small patch. If you opt for larger coverage, it can affect up to 50% of the dragon. Inspired by the transparent skin of Glass Frogs.

Color Rules

The colors underneath the skin will imitate the colors of living muscles, bones, and organs in the natural world.

Modifier, Claw, Leather, and Crest Rules

You may choose for this to affect physical modifiers that would be covered by scales. Leather, webbing, and similar materials are not covered by scales, so they cannot be affected.

Charged Transparent Skin

Charged transparent skin may affect the entirety of the body, including the wings of the dragon. If desired, any markings on top may be partially visible (you should still be able to see under the marks).

True sight changes the shape, color, or substance of your dragon’s eyes. Here are some examples:

• Glowing Eyes
• Bleeding Eyes
• Heterochromia
• Eyes anywhere on the body
• Strange Pupil Shapes
• Eye shape that does not match snout shape

In addition to that, you may choose to have up between 0 – 16 eyes.

Color Rules

You may color these in any fashion you see fit.

Modifier, Claw, Leather, and Crest Rules

You may have this affect any trait, so long as the number of eyes is between 0-16. In addition, the eyes should clearly be eyes.

Charged True Sight

With Charged True Sight, there is no limit to the number of eyes you may have on your dragon.

A modifier that causes the entire dragon to sheen like metal. It will not add extra colors to the dragon. The sheen will simply be a lighter color of what lays directly beneath it. It affects the entire dragon and accents all muscles and features.

Color Rules

Sheen does not change the color of the dragon. It may increase their vibrancy to a small extent, as seen in the example below.

Modifier, Claw, Leather, and Crest Rules

This affects every single trait of a dragon.

Charged Sheen

You may have the sheen affect as low as 25% of the dragon, rather than the entire dragon.

Adds floral parasitic growths to your dragon. The growths may resemble any naturally occurring plant, fungus, coral, algae, or mold, along with any canon plants and fungus found in the item database. You do not have to pick a specific species unless it has strange traits, such as bioluminescence, that you want to include. You can add as many parasites as desired, so long as they do not double the dragon’s size or hide other traits. Parasites may be different species from each other.

Color Rules

The flora may be any color, even ones outside of elemental color rules.

Modifier, Claw, Leather, and Crest Rules

You may apply Floral Parasite anywhere on the body. When you are altering a trait (such as antennae or wings), then that trait must still be apparent. Above, you can see that there are leaves on the feathered wings, but it’s still obviously a feathered wing! The tufted tail also still appears tufted, even if the tufts are made of leaves and twigs.

Charged Floral Parasite

Charged Floral Parasite has no size limit, as long as all traits are still visible in the design.

Other Notes:Jungle dragons are able to manipulate these plants once they have learned jungle magic. Other elements and untrained dragons simply have the plants hanging around! These plants do not contribute to terrain bonuses.

Select a color on your dragon (other than the base color). That color can glow at will. It does not change that marking’s color. If the marking would be black, it will glow with a gray color in dim lighting. This may be activated at will or kept on at all times.

Alternatively, it will affect a single trait (which might have multiple colors).

Color Rules

As a light effect, it will display on top of white mutations like albino and tobiano. The glow will match the color of whatever is beneath it.

Modifier & Physical Trait Interactions

Bioluminescent may not be affected by color modifiers directly. However, if the marking it is affecting is multiple colors, then the glow will match those colors. It may affect wings, crests, and tails where the affected marking touches or in places where the selected color is.

Charged Bioluminescence

Charged Bioluminescence can affect the base instead of markings.

Light | Uncommon

Iridescence creates a colorful play of light on the surfaces of your dragon. This does not color your dragon’s actual body. You do not have to use the whole rainbow, but it should clearly have multiple hues in it. It should cover at least 50% of the dragon’s body or you may attach it to a single marking.

Color Rules

Creating an Iridescent effect can be tricky, so here is a method that works for digital art.

Step One.

Create a layer of soft color shifts at 100% opacity. You can use any colors you like, as long as they blend together softly and you use a lot of them!

Step Two.

Erase holes  with a soft brush. Follow the muscles of the dragon, or areas that wouldn't have direct light on them. You can blend and smudge the layer to make it look extra nice! Although portions may stay at 100% opacity, the holes should be large/transparent enough that you can see any markings the dragon has underneath.

Range

It should cover at least 50% of the dragon’s body or you may attach it to a single marking.

Layering

As a light effect, it will display on top of anything, including things like Albinism and Tobiano.

Shape

• Unless attached to a marking, areas of Iridescence will fade out in a gradient. When attached to a marking, it will take on the shape of that marking.

Notable Interactions

• Iridescence is not affected by Accents.
• Iridescence cannot be removed with Surgical Kit.
• If paints, dyes, or Loremarks are used on the dragon, it will not show Iridescence in that area.
• Parts of the body modified by Scalestain can still show Iridescence, as long as the trait isn't artificially colored.
• Pharaoh, Spectrum, and similar multi-color modifiers may cause Iridescence to appear in a pattern. You can see an example of Pharaoh affecting Iridescence below. They will still follow any regular pattern and color order rules. Without some sort of modifier, the Iridescence colors will appear random.
• Iridescence is optional in areas affected by Transparent Skin , Translucent, and Pollen.
• Display and Vibrancy do not affect Iridescence.
• Echo - When clipped to Echo, you may choose whether it appears on any of the echoes, the main mark, or a mix of the two. The only requirement is that it appears as iridescence clipped somewhere rather than a solid rainbow outline.
• One way Glitch can effect Iridescence is causing flickers of Iridescence to hover near the dragon.

Charged Iridescence

Iridescence may affect as low as 25% of the body and/or you may attach it to any number of markings.