Mutations

Standard scales are small scales similar to those you might find on a reptile or fish. These scales are generally small in size.

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Standard

Standard

Scales on Grove Tail

Scales on Shoal Tail

Spread Sparingly

Details:

• Standard scales should not cover more than 50% of the elnin.
• Are small and generally more oval/soft-edged diamonds (like snake scales) or half-moon (like fish scales) in shape. Keeled scales are also allowed.
• Standard scales are generally staggered or clustered relative to each other, but not always.
• Scales should be three dimensional and rendered either with or without lineart.
• Standard scales most often appear across the back, shoulders, and sparsely down the tail (in areas of short fur on tails like grove or shoal) if at all.
• Tails will never be fully scaled with this mutation, unless a subtype specific or rarer scaled tail style is present on an elnin.
• Scales should not imitate gems or markings. They must be distinctly read as scales.
• What can affect the standard scales?
  
  • YES: Body suffusion mutations, such as metallic suffusion, shimmering suffusion, iridescent suffusion, starlit suffusion, emberglow suffusion, and luminous suffusion. Body suffusion mutations cannot only affect scales and must also be present in other non-scaled locations.
  • NO: Anima mutations would not affect scales (*Unless crystallization is present on the scales, in which case anima mutations would be localized on scales and any related effects would be in very very close proximity to the scales themselves.)

A mutation characterized by the iris shape differing from the traditional round/oval shape. Has no visible effect on horns.

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A few examples

Details:

• Iris shape should be consistent across both eyes.
• Iris shapes should be relatively simple blocky shapes without any inner linework. (ie. Diamonds, squares, rectangles, simple flower, butterfly, etc.)
• The sclera must still be visible and hold about as much space as it would in a standard eye.
• What can affect the shaped iris?
  
  • YES: Some anima mutations can affect the iris around the pupils like Starlit anima, Emberglow anima, Heterochromia, Chimeric anima., Prismatic anima, Grafted anima, Kaleidoscopic Anima, Luminous anima, Dual-toned anima, Anima patterning, and Decora anima.
  • Heterochromia can allow for eyes to have different iris shapes. Keep in mind the iris color will still be affected by heterochromia too, with the right horn and eye being one color and the left horn and eye being a different color.
  • NO: Doe-eyes
• If any mutations are not listed here then we have no definitive answer for it. Please check with us first before going forward if the mutation is not on the list or you are unsure how something might work.

Additional Notes:

• Feel free to try out ideas you have for pupil shape, just keep in mind the space is small and the team will request a change if there's something that conflicts with mutation or group guidelines. That said, we're excited to see what peole come up with!
• This mutation is meant to provide a baseline visual for your elnin's iris shape in masterlist art. We might express a concerns if there's a lot of inconsistencies in prompts (like every other week the iris shape is different from the masterlist for an extended period of time), but overall this mutation isn't intended to limit the amount of expressions any elnin can show, regardless of if they have this mutation. So if you're an artist that tends to do emoji-like eyes (or wobbly eyes when elnin are crying) those types those stylizations are fine.

Shape mutation characterized by a much longer than average midsection and a gracefully curved spine.

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Elnin Anatomy Notes

Details:

• Slinky elnins have longer spines, the maximum spine length being just a bit over a half a body length longer.
• What can affect slinky?
  
  • YES: Can stack with some other body proportion related mutations like willowy or munchkin, or body size mutations like dire or elfin.
  • NO: N/A
• If any mutations are not listed here then we have no definitive answer for it. Please check with us first before going forward if the mutation is not on the list.

A pronounced line of fur running up from the tail and/or down the neck. Can be a full or broken line between the neck and tail.

Ears that are perpetually upright and perked forward as if at attention. Standard ears lack the range of motion to rotate forward in this manner.

Details:

• Upright ears are naturally pointed at their tips, but fluffy tipped upright ears are also an option
• Keep in mind that upright ears should mostly be facing forward. They can rotate slightly, but not to an extreme degree.

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