So you have a custom in your bank, what next?
Helpful Resources to look at going forward:
Design Guide - Your go-to for natural genes, and how they would look! While these give you helpful guides on how base colors look, it's also encouraged that you look up other examples of how that coat would look - especially with the variety of white markings!
Anomalies - Your go-to for Anomalies, or Mutations, that your Quirlicorns may have! Be sure to take a good look through the various Anomalies, as well as checking out the tabs below each anomaly for how they interact with each other! Be sure to read carefully - some Anomalies cover the entire coat, some only cover markings, and it can vary from Ancient to Modern!
Lineart - Find the lineart(s) for your foal here! There are .psd files available, as well as some .png versions. If you need a .png version of a file, don't hesitate to ask around. This is what you will be designing on!
Incentives - Incentives are monthly bonuses that can add to the designs of your Quirlicorns. Each month brings something new, so feel free to check them out! The monthly incentive active for your foal will also be listed on your Breeding Post.
Regions & Magic - Regions determine the magic your Quirlicorn can access at the lower Chime levels, so feel free to take a peek here, especially if you have a Natural (non Anomaly) foal!
Understanding your Starter Options
When you get a Starter, you might notice that they are listed as “Natural”, “nMut” or “MutMut”, "Semi" or "Mystery" What are the differences here?
A Natural is a non mutation Custom.
A “nMut” is a Recessive Mutation Custom.
A “MutMut” is a Dominant Mutation Custom.
A Semi-Custom design is one in which you list your likes and dislikes, and a design is made by the admin team for you. What you get is what you get, and it takes some of the pressure off of trying to come up with the design yourself! Semi-Customs are submitted for upload by the admin team, so after you submit for a semi-custom all that is left to do is wait for the design & log to be uploaded!
A Mystery Box Custom is just that - a Mystery! There can be Natural, 'nMut', or 'MutMut' Mystery Customs. Pray to the RNG Gods, because these ones are randomly generated! You receive two options to choose from, and can design from there.
A Custom is one you can choose to design yourself or have done for you by another member or an admin. These designs when done by yourself or another non-admin member go through a similar process to Foal Designs.
Getting a Starter
So you have a Custom in your bank, or would like to purchase one. What next? Head over to the Importing & Customs board, where you will see some forms pinned to the top. The one you are looking for is right up top!
Ancient or Modern Coat?: - Is this an Ancient Quirlicorn, or a Modern?
Horses Geno: (for modern coats) - This is where you list the geno you would like for your Quirlicorn if applicable (in the case of Semi-customs, this can be left blank). If you are uncertain don't worry, we will help!
Horses appearance: (Please include any RNG traits you'd like added) - For a full custom, list everything included on your Quirlicorn! If doing a Semi Custom, this is where you can list your likes and dislikes.
Method of payment: (points, paypal, or custom in your bank) - This is where you indicate how you are paying for it. Customs in your Quirlicorn Bank, or if you will be paying via real life money or deviantart points
Preferred designer: (Please tell us if you'll be submitting a design or if we'll be designing for you) - If you have a full custom, but have another member designing it for you, you would still be listed as the one submitting the design. If you would like it designed for you by the admin team, you can list a specific admin or simply say "Admin"
Name: What is their name?
Gender: What gender are they? (Mare or Stallion)
Region: What Region do they belong to? (if Mutation, All Regions, if Natural, you get to choose!)
After that form is submitted you will either get a response with your ID number and can start designing (Full Custom) or you will get a design sent to you as well as the ID number and an indication that its being moved to being ready to upload (semi custom). If you have a semi custom, great job, all done! If you are designing a full custom or someone else is doing it for you, then we got one more step!
Mystery Boxes are a bit different of a form!
Type of Mystery Box: (Natural/nMut/MutMut) This is where you select what kind of Mystery Box we are rolling
Quantity: If you have more than one or are purchasing more than one, you can list how many you would like rolled here
Payment Method: (Paypal, dA Points, Bank) This is where you select how this is being processed - if you have one in your bank, awesome! Otherwise you will pay with Money or dA Points.
Submitting Your Starter (Full Custom or Mystery Box)
First things first- Starter Designs are submitted through the Design Nexus
At the top you will see a set of forms. You will want the one for the Starter Submission, as seen below. Let's take a look at what each section means!
Link to design: ___ (please don't use the attachment feature, instead leave us a link to your original file so we can easily save the file for upload on our admin account) - This is where you link the design!
Importing/Custom Thread: In this spot you will want a link to the post where you sent in for your custom.
Owner: Your name of course!
ID: The ID is the number listed at the top of your foal options
Name: What name you would like to assign them
Gender: Mare or Stallion here! It's preferred that you use those terms because at quick glance "Male" can easily look like Mare, and its easiest to avoid confusion or mistakes by having Mare or Stallion listed
Breed: ___ Quirlicorn (Modern/Ancient/Color Fusion) - This is the Quirlicorns Type!
Color: This is the color, the spelled out version of what your Quirlicorn looks like.
Genos: This is where you put the string of letters from the geno you chose! For both this and color, feel free to just copy and paste
Region: ___ (if no mutation genes are present and it's not an ancient Quirlicorn with base coat mutation pick a single region (Astral region exempt), otherwise it is All Regions) - As you might have guessed, region goes here!
Monthly Incentive: ___ (Month and Year) - Regardless if you used the Incentive in your design, the Month & Year that your Quirlicorn was bred during go here.
Lineage: The lineage is your horse's ancestry! The best thing about Starters? They have none! Simply list “Starter” in this line.
Breeding Slots: Breeding slots can be marked when submitting a design, or can be done later in the Log Updates board once they are accepted, so don't feel like you need to have them all marked now
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Breed © Astralseed
Design © ________ - If you designed the foal, your username would go here. If someone else designed it, their user would go here!
Last Notes
Double check over everything, and then you are ready to submit! A design will either be accepted, or will be replied to with whatever edits might be needed. If accepted, congrats! If edits are needed, an Admin will inform you of what might need changed, and you will reply with an updated design.
If you are unsure of a design you can always feel free to ask for feedback in the Discord server. There are plenty of people willing to help out and drop feedback!
And That's That! You officially have another Quirl for your herd!
Helpful Resources to look at going forward:
Design Guide - Your go-to for natural genes, and how they would look! While these give you helpful guides on how base colors look, it's also encouraged that you look up other examples of how that coat would look - especially with the variety of white markings!
Anomalies - Your go-to for Anomalies, or Mutations, that your Quirlicorns may have! Be sure to take a good look through the various Anomalies, as well as checking out the tabs below each anomaly for how they interact with each other! Be sure to read carefully - some Anomalies cover the entire coat, some only cover markings, and it can vary from Ancient to Modern!
Lineart - Find the lineart(s) for your foal here! There are .psd files available, as well as some .png versions. If you need a .png version of a file, don't hesitate to ask around. This is what you will be designing on!
Incentives - Incentives are monthly bonuses that can add to the designs of your Quirlicorns. Each month brings something new, so feel free to check them out! The monthly incentive active for your foal will also be listed on your Breeding Post.
Regions & Magic - Regions determine the magic your Quirlicorn can access at the lower Chime levels, so feel free to take a peek here, especially if you have a Natural (non Anomaly) foal!
Understanding your Starter Options
When you get a Starter, you might notice that they are listed as “Natural”, “nMut” or “MutMut”, "Semi" or "Mystery" What are the differences here?
A Natural is a non mutation Custom.
A “nMut” is a Recessive Mutation Custom.
A “MutMut” is a Dominant Mutation Custom.
A Semi-Custom design is one in which you list your likes and dislikes, and a design is made by the admin team for you. What you get is what you get, and it takes some of the pressure off of trying to come up with the design yourself! Semi-Customs are submitted for upload by the admin team, so after you submit for a semi-custom all that is left to do is wait for the design & log to be uploaded!
A Mystery Box Custom is just that - a Mystery! There can be Natural, 'nMut', or 'MutMut' Mystery Customs. Pray to the RNG Gods, because these ones are randomly generated! You receive two options to choose from, and can design from there.
A Custom is one you can choose to design yourself or have done for you by another member or an admin. These designs when done by yourself or another non-admin member go through a similar process to Foal Designs.
Getting a Starter
So you have a Custom in your bank, or would like to purchase one. What next? Head over to the Importing & Customs board, where you will see some forms pinned to the top. The one you are looking for is right up top!
Ancient or Modern Coat?: - Is this an Ancient Quirlicorn, or a Modern?
Horses Geno: (for modern coats) - This is where you list the geno you would like for your Quirlicorn if applicable (in the case of Semi-customs, this can be left blank). If you are uncertain don't worry, we will help!
Horses appearance: (Please include any RNG traits you'd like added) - For a full custom, list everything included on your Quirlicorn! If doing a Semi Custom, this is where you can list your likes and dislikes.
Method of payment: (points, paypal, or custom in your bank) - This is where you indicate how you are paying for it. Customs in your Quirlicorn Bank, or if you will be paying via real life money or deviantart points
Preferred designer: (Please tell us if you'll be submitting a design or if we'll be designing for you) - If you have a full custom, but have another member designing it for you, you would still be listed as the one submitting the design. If you would like it designed for you by the admin team, you can list a specific admin or simply say "Admin"
Name: What is their name?
Gender: What gender are they? (Mare or Stallion)
Region: What Region do they belong to? (if Mutation, All Regions, if Natural, you get to choose!)
After that form is submitted you will either get a response with your ID number and can start designing (Full Custom) or you will get a design sent to you as well as the ID number and an indication that its being moved to being ready to upload (semi custom). If you have a semi custom, great job, all done! If you are designing a full custom or someone else is doing it for you, then we got one more step!
Mystery Boxes are a bit different of a form!
Type of Mystery Box: (Natural/nMut/MutMut) This is where you select what kind of Mystery Box we are rolling
Quantity: If you have more than one or are purchasing more than one, you can list how many you would like rolled here
Payment Method: (Paypal, dA Points, Bank) This is where you select how this is being processed - if you have one in your bank, awesome! Otherwise you will pay with Money or dA Points.
Submitting Your Starter (Full Custom or Mystery Box)
First things first- Starter Designs are submitted through the Design Nexus
At the top you will see a set of forms. You will want the one for the Starter Submission, as seen below. Let's take a look at what each section means!
Link to design: ___ (please don't use the attachment feature, instead leave us a link to your original file so we can easily save the file for upload on our admin account) - This is where you link the design!
Importing/Custom Thread: In this spot you will want a link to the post where you sent in for your custom.
Owner: Your name of course!
ID: The ID is the number listed at the top of your foal options
Name: What name you would like to assign them
Gender: Mare or Stallion here! It's preferred that you use those terms because at quick glance "Male" can easily look like Mare, and its easiest to avoid confusion or mistakes by having Mare or Stallion listed
Breed: ___ Quirlicorn (Modern/Ancient/Color Fusion) - This is the Quirlicorns Type!
Color: This is the color, the spelled out version of what your Quirlicorn looks like.
Genos: This is where you put the string of letters from the geno you chose! For both this and color, feel free to just copy and paste
Region: ___ (if no mutation genes are present and it's not an ancient Quirlicorn with base coat mutation pick a single region (Astral region exempt), otherwise it is All Regions) - As you might have guessed, region goes here!
Monthly Incentive: ___ (Month and Year) - Regardless if you used the Incentive in your design, the Month & Year that your Quirlicorn was bred during go here.
Lineage: The lineage is your horse's ancestry! The best thing about Starters? They have none! Simply list “Starter” in this line.
Breeding Slots: Breeding slots can be marked when submitting a design, or can be done later in the Log Updates board once they are accepted, so don't feel like you need to have them all marked now
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6.
Breed © Astralseed
Design © ________ - If you designed the foal, your username would go here. If someone else designed it, their user would go here!
Last Notes
Double check over everything, and then you are ready to submit! A design will either be accepted, or will be replied to with whatever edits might be needed. If accepted, congrats! If edits are needed, an Admin will inform you of what might need changed, and you will reply with an updated design.
If you are unsure of a design you can always feel free to ask for feedback in the Discord server. There are plenty of people willing to help out and drop feedback!
And That's That! You officially have another Quirl for your herd!
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