Aky's Basic Do's & Dont's!

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Hello there you wonderful floofs! This'll be a basic tutorial on making characters!

Don't:
Use Neon colors (unless you are making a 'hangout' character) (Take Note: This is 100% acceptable for those making a neon group. Make sure you're not ashamed of how you look <3)
Use unrealistic markings (unless you are making a hangout character)
Use 'Random colors' ex. One color brown, the other red/blue
Mix unrealistic colors (acceptional for hangout characters)





Do:
Blend colors! Ex. Use a color scheme! Use markings to your advantage!
Make it unique! Ex. Make it noticeable in a crowd! Using color schemes can help!
Match it with a story! Wanna add scars? Do it! Make a backstory to go with them!
Use realistic colors! Ex. Browns, whites, blacks, greys.
Be yourself! Overall, be yourself! Make sure your happy with your character as well.



Color Codes:
This wonderful thing allows everybody to be themselves! I Love color codes + blending. You see, Light browns mix very will with slightly darker browns, but not too well with Red-Browns.

IGNORE THE SKYPE THING XD



(Err.. I personally can't stand this, but making something like this is fine, as long as you like it~)




(I find this bootyful <3)



*Gasp* Oh noes! D: The neck and head.. No blending!


Well, I enjoy findind markings that blend well, not simply things that cut randomly when connecting with another body part. The same markings for head, body, and Tail blend well, but we don't wanna be plan We wanna be creative!

So, lets find some markings that blend well, shall we?



This blends well! But it's all kinda one color.. Well, then lets change up the color scheme!

Color Schemes are related to Color Codes. Their both colors, but color scheme are the 'Template' of your character. A good color scheme is maybe Black. Colors that are related to black, such as very dark colors.

I enjoy using Black's, Grey's, Brown's, And *Gasp* Purple!?!?!

How does one make a purple character realistic?

Well, this is a pretty nice trick I found.

You need to have a basic understanding on how to blend colors, so lets get to it.



Okay, so, How can anybody make a purple color a realistic color, meant for realistic packs?

Well here's how. We're not using Purple, but we are.

We aren't using bright, neon purples...

But dark, realistic purples.


Neon Purple:


Realistic Purple:



You can even do it for blues and Reds.

Well, heres how to make it realistic:

Try and keep RBG colors close together, not far apart.



Far Apart:

180
55
180 (A bright Neon-like purple)


Close Together:

30
25
30
(The settings I used for the pelt in the "Realistic purple" color.)

Making them farther apart will get you a neon color. keeping them close together can get you a grey-ish kind of color.

For Red, I'd do something like:

35
30
30

For Green (I don't use green) I'd do something like

25
23
23

Etc.

Keeping the colors close together seriously helps when making a realistic, yet colorful "make it your own!!" Kind of character.

Here's a character I created for a realistic pack!




Pretty <3~

Next, I'll review how I create basic, realistic characters~

[Edolicious]

While this is a lovely tutorial, I've met many people who enjoy making neon characters and roleplaying on them. There even used to be a roleplay literally called Sparkle RP, made of of the spiffiest sparkle animals you ever did see.

Main point being, I don't necessarily believe using neon characters to RP should be under "Don'ts". Users should be able to create their character however they feel looks acceptable, without fear of being ridiculed for it, regardless if playing as a funky neon character, or a very real looking one.

However, this is your tutorial, and I'm just sliding in my opinion, hue.

I did enjoy the color scheme of the whole post. Putting the Don'ts under red and Do's under green made it easy to decipher one from the other.

Which brings to mind, when you said color codes, did you mean the numbers for those colors? That sounds like an awesome addition to the tutorial. As an idea, maybe talking about which colors go good together?

All in all, 'tis a neat little tutorial. Thanke for taking the time to write it! +Floof

[PrettyReckless]

This is indeed a nice tutorial for those who are new to things around the game.

However I must point out some of these may not be suitable for "don't's" without pointing out that they are mere suggestions. There are a lot of people who make beautiful characters with unrealistic markings and colours. I know this is not a discussion thread, just trying to help out. <3

Thank you for taking your time to make this, I'm sure it's much appreciated by a lot of people.

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Updates~ Thanks for the reviews <3

[Hooli]

This is a nice tutorial!
I really like how you showed how to correctly dim down more 'unrealistic' colors like purples and blues.
 I personally prefer the colored dimmed down like you showed, though of course I know there are people who prefer the latter.

Nonetheless, this will be pretty helpful for newer members that probably have a harder time creating more realistic characters.

[revolution]

Thank you~ I've acquired knowledge about making characters in the few years I've been on Fh (Kinda disregarded the forum xD) and I decided to share it

[G4RG0YLE]

What a lovely idea to do!
Posting such a wonderful advice/tutorial thread will definitely help those new to character making and FeralHeart alone learn how not to ultimately blind everyone when they run around with their first/newest character, haha.
I absolutely adore the way you've structured this, keep up the good work! <3

[revolution]

Thank you, you're so sweet <3