Shroomkin Design Guide
A silkkassan shroomkin (short snout)
Shroomkin are based off of real-life raccoons, but may have any ears, tails, coat types, markings, and colors. They stand about a foot tall (30 centimeters) at the shoulder when standing on all fours. Their front paws are very dexterous, and Silkkassan shroomkin have retractible claws. Miatian shroomkin do not have retractible claws. Both Silkkassan and Miatian shroomkin have plantigrade feet but can also walk upright. Read more about shroomkin here!
A miatian shroomkin (long snout and tail; mushrooms on the back)
Bases
Bases are only for in-game use and are not copyright-free; they cannot be used off-site to sell adoptables or make other art.
- Shroomkin Base (be sure to add your own mushrooms!)
Traits
Ears are normally short and perky, but may be any shape and length.
Nose shapes should resemble real-life raccoon noses with some artistic flair, including triangular, heart, and oval noses.
Tails on Silkkassan shroomkin are typically shorter than the length of the shroomkin's body, and can vary in shape. Long-tailed Silkkassan shroomkin do exist. Tails on Miatian shroomkin are typically the length of their body or longer, but short-tailed Miatian shroomkin do exist.
Required Traits
Mushrooms
All shroomkin have one type of mushroom growing on their bodies.
- Forehead mushroom placement is a pair of mushrooms on the forehead, like horns (most common).
- Ruffed mushroom placement is mushrooms on the cheeks.
- Shelf mushroom placement is mushrooms on the haunches. Shelf mushroom placement is a rare trait and needs a rare trait potion to be used when making the MYO.
- Back Mushrooms are common for Miatian Shroomkin but are not seen Silkkassan shroomkin.
Miatian shroomkin may grow mushrooms along their backs rather than their forehead, cheeks, or haunches.
Any real-life mushroom is allowed, provided the overall design is distinct from other shroomkin designs with the same type of mushroom.
Hood & Spore container
All shroomkin adults wear a hood and carry a spore container. They may wear their hood with a cape, cloak, or shawl. Hoods and spore containers are typically made with natural materials: fabric made with plant fibers and dyes, carved wooden containers, tree bark, hollowed out nuts, etc. Anything that can believably function as a container and be carried by a shroomkin can be a spore container. In some uncommon cases shroomkin may use metal clasps or small amounts of chain bartered to them by merchant beps, or stolen from traveling humans when creating their spore containers.
Miatian shroomkin tend to carry their spores in a bag worn around their neck.
Markings
Shroomkin adults may have any markings provided they do not include copyrighted logos, recognizeable trademarks, words, or emblematic markings that resemble modern concepts. Shroomkin designs may not mimic or heavily reference copyrighted characters.
Colors
Shroomkin adults may have any color fur and eyes. Shroomkin cubs will not be colorful until they eat their first mushroom; before this, they are a grey-brown color with white dappling along their head and back, with dark brown eyes.