ANATOMY / STYLIZATION

Your faun is not required to be in “faunid style” but must still be recognizable as their respective deer species.
Antlers must be based in realism.

• “Chibi” and “cutesy” style is still recognizable as a deer species.
• Drawn realism.
• Stylized semi-realism.
• Moderate stylization where the relative deer species can be identified.

• Styles based on mainstream media are not allowed(MLP, Lion King, etc.)
• Overly stylized anatomy that is no longer recognizable.
• Anatomy must make sense to the species.
• Stylization may not create “faux traits” due to exaggeration.

LINEART

The lineart for your faunid should be visible, non-obtrusive, OPAQUE, and CLEAN.

• Textured lineart but still clean.
• Minor shading and solid linework, but non-obtrusive to the design.
• Thin lineart that is visible.
• Weighted lineart that never breaks.

• Construction lines should not be visible.
• Heavy lineart cannot obscure the design.
• Lineart should not be broken and should be continuous.
• Lineart should not be “sketchy” / “scratchy”.

TANGENTS

A tangent is a line that is touching but not intersecting another line.
Within art, tangents cause visual confusion and overall weaker subjects.

• Try to have limbs and significant areas completely overlap.
• Don't have more than two or three lines meet together at one point.
• Remember: tangents also occur within coloring.
• Either cross over borders or stay well within them, don't be right on the edge.

A full writeup of tangent types and identifying them is linked below!

color

This section does not cover how markings appear in relation to the fawn image.
Only the actual appearance and quality of coloring is what is specified in this section.
You may be asked to revert "legal" changes if we feel your alteration does not benefit the original design.

• Replicating the marking style.
• You can soften some markings.
• You can sharpen some markings.
• You can soften and sharpen some markings.

• Markings should not be drawn with an overly textured brush unless it was also done on the fawn originally.
• Color must remain inside the lines.
• Markings must be similar in proportion and shape to that of the fawn.
• The entirety of the reference should be flat color and "color pickable".

GRAPHIC DESIGN

The color palette and traits should be placed within the image.
Any additional information should be visually appealing and compliment the image reference.
Below are some official faunids you can use as a guide or inspiration.

• When using color shapes behind the image, use colors that compliment or reflect the design.
• Do not use more than 2 different fonts.
• All text should be readable against its background.
• Simpler is better if you are new to graphic design.
• You are not required to have a transparent reference.
• Trait lists and supplemental info DO NOT need to be big. Small but readable is best.

color

Any adjusted marking colors must still be in the color group/family of the original design’s marking. If the marking is blue, it must stay recognizably blue.
You may be asked to revert "legal" changes if we feel your alteration does not benefit the original design.

• Saturation can be slightly adjusted.
• Can be shifted to a more vibrant/brighter version of that color.
• Slight hue shifting is allowed within the color “family”.
• Can be a darker value/brightness.

• You cannot drastically de/saturate a color or vice versa.
• The color must remain the same color. In this case, yellow.
• Additional colors cannot be added.
• While in the same “family”, this is too far from the original brightness.

Hair

Hair cannot extend beyond the hooves/height of the faunid.
There must be noticeable hair/fluff on the head.

KIRIN TAIL

Hair/feathers cannot exceed 1.5x the length of the tail itself.
There must be a noticeable tuft of hair/feathers present at the tip of the tail.

HORSE TAIL

Horse tails may be depicted in almost any fashion that a real life horse tail is depicted.

• Texture should be hair-like.
• Horse tail MUST have hair on it.
• Length cannot exceed 1.5x of the faunid's height.

fluff

Not all fluff traits are shown here and is just an example with the most common traits.
Different traits will have different allowed lengths dependent on the area.

Fluff cannot be so long that it would realistically sag down like a mane.*
There must be noticeable extra fur at the targeted area.
*  - Exclusions to this rule: Heel fluff, Elbow Fluff dorsal mane

BISON fluff

Fluff must be present and visible in the minimum areas listed below.