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Don't know if this has been done yet, BUT I just figured that since "site art" is what's used to decide if a skin will pass or not, there should be a compilation of all official art that includes "gore" so players(like myself) don't have to search the database themselves for examples. So, if you want to include blood, wounds, or parasites/growth into your skin, you can control-f what you want to draw and find site art examples to replicate or take inspiration from. This isn't a comprehensive list, and I'll be on the lookout for more examples. Feel free to say if I missed any. ----- [b]Notes:[/b] [list] [*]This is in no way criticizing staffs' decisions on skin judging. Please don't use this for that! [*]There is no guarantee that going by this artwork will let your skin be accepted. If you're unsure, go to the skin and accent help thread and post your skin and the site art you used as an example there, and patiently see what the mods have to say. [*]The term gore is in quotations because site art is not meant to be graphic, so gore is being used as a catch-all for official art with [i]perceivable[/i] blood, injuries, "rot," etc.[/list] [center][emoji=eliminate size=2][/center] [list] [*]Item names and descriptions are ignored for this guide, as they aren't taken into consideration. Site art is placed in this guide with a "worst case" interpretation. [*]User made skins and accents will [i]not[/i] be used here because older skins were made before the rule change and grandfathered in, and newer skins are judged on a case by case basis that sometimes results in inconsistency. [b][url=https://www1.flightrising.com/game-database/items/skins/1?name=&description=riot+of+rot&itemid=&display_type=&skin_category=&skin_type=&skin_by=&breed=&sex=&color=&hoard_vault=&sort=id_desc]Here[/url] are all the previous Riot of Rot skins in case you want to look through them, but know that 2016 and previous skins were allowed under different rules.[/b] [*]Bones without blood or "redness," which frequently pass without worry, won't be included. [*]Genes will not be included. [/list] [b]Category Key:[/b] Injury- Scars, implied or visible wounds; [i]red[/i] rot, meat, or ripped wings. Blood- Visible blood on item or item icon. Parasite/Growth- Fungi or [i]fleshy[/i] anomalies growing on or from the skin. ----- [center][size=6]Apparel[/size][/center] [columns][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/dgen/dressing-room/dummy?breed=12&gender=1&skin=0&apparel=301,313,325,351,336,319,307&xt=dressing.png[/img][nextcol][item=Second-Hand Bandages] [outfit=1751866] Category: Injury, Blood[/columns] [columns][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/dgen/dressing-room/dummy?breed=8&gender=0&skin=0&apparel=12268&xt=dressing.png[/img][nextcol][item=Cleaver] [outfit=1751872] Category: Blood[/columns] [columns][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/dgen/dressing-room/dummy?breed=14&gender=0&skin=0&apparel=744,716,743&xt=dressing.png[/img][nextcol][item=Veteran's Shoulder Scars] [outfit=1751880] + Darkened Scar Set Category: Injury[/columns] [columns][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/dgen/dressing-room/dummy?breed=14&gender=0&skin=0&apparel=6713&xt=dressing.png[/img][nextcol][item=Runaway Rotclaw] [outfit=1751885] Category: Parasite/Growth[/columns] [columns][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/dgen/dressing-room/dummy?breed=2&gender=0&skin=0&apparel=14882,14884,14886,14888,14889,14887,14885,14883&xt=dressing.png[/img][nextcol][item=Carbon Cushion Colony] [outfit=1751888] Category: Parasite/Growth[/columns] [columns][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/dgen/dressing-room/dummy?breed=2&gender=1&skin=0&apparel=32690,32691&xt=dressing.png[/img][nextcol][item=Fiendflesh Terrorbox] [outfit=1751900] Category: Parasite/Growth[/columns] [columns][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/dgen/dressing-room/dummy?breed=12&gender=0&skin=0&apparel=42029&xt=dressing.png[/img][nextcol][item=Proto Wings] [outfit=1751908] Category: Injury[/columns]

[center][size=6]Familiars[/size][/center] [columns][indent][indent][indent][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/static/cms/familiar/art/619.png[/img][nextcol][item=Parasitic Fungus] Category: Parasite/Growth[/columns] [columns][indent][indent][indent][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/static/cms/familiar/art/4001.png[/img][nextcol][item=Sprangyroo] Category: Injury[/columns] [columns][indent][indent][indent][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/static/cms/familiar/art/4002.png[/img][nextcol][item=Charcoal Sprangyroo] Category: Injury[/columns] [columns][indent][indent][indent][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/static/cms/familiar/art/1987.png[/img][nextcol][item=Plague Sprite] Category: Injury[/columns] [columns][indent][indent][indent][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/static/cms/familiar/art/6715.png[/img][nextcol][item=Graveyard Guardian] Category: Parasite/Growth[/columns] [columns][indent][indent][indent][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/static/cms/familiar/art/7704.png[/img][nextcol][item=Fungusbearing Phony] Category: Parasite/Growth[/columns] [columns][indent][indent][indent][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/static/cms/familiar/art/17508.png[/img][nextcol][item=Undying Featherback] Category: Parasite/Growth[/columns] [columns][indent][indent][indent][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/static/cms/familiar/art/16480.png[/img][nextcol][item=Nightmare] Category: Injury[/columns] [columns][indent][indent][indent][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/static/cms/familiar/art/24540.png[/img][nextcol][item=Spirit of Plague] Category: Injury, Blood[/columns] [columns][indent][indent][indent][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/static/cms/familiar/art/28246.png[/img][nextcol][item=Unburdened Billy] Category: Injury[/columns] [columns][indent][indent][indent][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/static/cms/familiar/art/28247.png[/img][nextcol][item=Roundhorn Rager] Category: Injury[/columns] [columns][indent][indent][indent][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/static/cms/familiar/art/36374.png[/img][nextcol][item=Spoiling Scorpio] Category: Parasite/Growth, Injury[/columns] [columns][indent][indent][indent][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/static/cms/familiar/art/42030.png[/img][nextcol][item=Cinnabar Plaguebringer] Category: Parasite/Growth, Injury[/columns] [columns][indent][indent][indent][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/static/cms/familiar/art/33619.png[/img][nextcol][item=Flutterwing Stinger] Category: Blood[/columns]

[center][size=6]Items[/size][/center] [center][i]Items will not follow the normal category key for more individual observations.[/i][/center] [columns][indent][indent][center][item=Fiddle Leg] [b]Dead[/b] Exposed Undetailed Muscle[nextcol][indent][center][item=Warbeast Tusk] Blood[nextcol][indent][center][item=Blue Bill] Perceived Blood[/columns] [columns][indent][indent][center][item=1st Anniversary Meat Cake] [b]Dead[/b] Detailed Meat[nextcol][indent][center][item=Bundle of Haunchmeat] [b]Dead[/b] Detailed Meat[nextcol][indent][center][item=Salted Game] [b]Dead[/b] Detailed Meat[/columns] [columns][indent][center][item=Scratch] Blood[nextcol][indent][center][item=Shred] Blood[nextcol][indent][center][item=Eliminate] Blood[nextcol][indent][center][item=Berserker] Blood, Injury[/columns] [center][item=Vista: Riot of Rot] Perceived Parasite/Growth[/center] ----- [center][size=6]Miscellaneous[/size] [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/dragon/10][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/rendern/avatars/1/10.png[/img][/url] Parasite/Growth, Injury[/center] [u][b]Note about The Scarred Wasteland[/b][/u] While Plague's domain [i]is[/i] site art, a lot of the "gore" there is just the ground. Bones are coming up out of dirt (fleshy dirt, but dirt nonetheless), entrails are roots, sinew is just fungus, etc. Even in a worst case scenario, the ground with [i]real[/i] bones, entrails, and sinew can't "suffer" because it's not really "alive." Please reference these images smartly! [center][img]https://www1.flightrising.com/static/cms/scene/36376.png[/img] [img]https://www1.flightrising.com/static/layout/exalted/exalted-2.jpg[/img] [img]https://flightrising.com/html5/jigsaw/puzzles/puzzle36.jpg[/img] [img]https://flightrising.com/images/layout/plague/banner.jpg[/img]

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@SkralDrog (I'm not sure if your done reserving posts, so if you need me to, I can delete this comment, just let me know!) I think this is a great resource for skinmakers and I'm actually surprised this hasn't been thought of before. If I may make a suggestion, I think adding in the Previous Riot of rot skin winners would also give a lot of insight into what sort of ideas/themes are acceptable. all of the previous riot of rot skins can be found [url=https://www1.flightrising.com/game-database/items/skins?page=1&name=&description=riot+of+rot&itemid=&display_type=&skin_category=&skin_type=&skin_by=&breed=&sex=&color=&hoard_vault=&sort=name_asc&submit=Apply]Here[/url]. Most of them fit into your categories already, with either Growths, blood, injury, or parasites. Perhaps an additional category could be Exposed bones? Edit: Also With the Veterans scars, there's also the Darkened scars, which i guess are old wounds? [item=Darkened arm scar] [item=darkened eye scar] [item=darkened leg scar]

Honestly I don't think using food items is all that helpful; in the Cut Skin and Accent Makers Some Slack thread in the suggestions forum (thread's locked now, but there's still some useful insight) someone made a good point that there's a difference between a food item of a rack of ribs on an already dead animal, and exposed ribs on one that's still alive.

Good idea. Lets not forget the official plague art such as their scenes and nests. [item=Scene: plaguebringer's domain] Exalt pillar: [img]https://www1.flightrising.com/static/layout/exalted/exalted-2.jpg[/img] Plague nest (from an old jigsaw puzzle): [img]https://flightrising.com/html5/jigsaw/puzzles/puzzle36.jpg[/img] Plagues banner: [img]https://flightrising.com/images/layout/plague/banner.jpg[/img] I vaguely remember Plaguelings background art to be pretty body horror as welll, but I can't find it atm.

@VariantLoki

Adding a link to all the previous festival skins, but I won't be adding skins to the guide. Unfortunately, there's just too much inconsistency: skins pre-2016 were allowed to be way more graphic then they are now, and UMAs are judged on a case by case, possibly even mod by mod basis. A skin that's accepted and a skin that's rejected can, and in some cases, have, been virtually identical.

I'll slap in the other scars, and I am thinking of adding an Exposed Bone category for the Nochnyr and the like.


@Veradana

The foodstuffs are there so people who're making something like a butcher skin know they can go ham! :D That's why "dead" is bolded.

On sites like Art Fight, realistic meat like that would warrant a moderate filter.


@Reave

It is a throat sac- and the extremity of calling it blood is the point. All the items on this guide are interpreted worst case. So for example, if you have something in your skin design that you fear looks too much like blood, you can use the Blue Bill as a precedent for "art that looks like blood out of context, but isn't" being allowed on site. It might not sway the skin mods, but who knows?


@Metalhead

Thank you! I'll add 'em.