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Chapter 1: Companion Design Basics

In book: Design Guide
Chapter 0: Willow Design Basics Chapter 1: Companion Design Basics
Chapter 2: Jelliwillow Conversion Chapter 3: Transformations
Chapter 4: Chymos Guide

 

Designing Your Companion

Welcome to the companion design guide; your ticket to designing one of the six companion species that accompany the many residents of Willanova!

 

Before starting, please note:

All companions have a feral orientation!
When creating your companion, ensure they have acorn shaped chymojewel and bark colored Chymos, outlined farther down into the tutorial.
However, to avoid the extra update, you may get your companion's MYO linked with an already existing Willow ahead of time and skip the extra step!

Physical Traits

Contrary to Willows, each companion species has their own MYO, which can be purchased for Amcorns from Gano's Pet Shoppe. Instead of having different rarities of specified traits, there is a set list of general, required traits. For example, if a companion species requires wings, the wings can be any shapes or type; design to your heart's content!

You can use any body types and expressions/poses for your companion! Express them however you'd like.

Species & Chymos

Chymos is the most important substance to any creature in Willanova. Each companion species has their own distribution of Chymos across their body. Additionally, each species has their own set of required phyiscal traits that make them, them!

With chymos, there is a set number of colors you can choose when designing, as chymos only reflects certain colors of light. Chymojewels are also shaped depending on two different factors;

  • if a companion does not have a Willow owner, they will possess the default acorn shape. 
    • Unbound MYOs will only be processed by staff if they have acorn shaped jewels and bark colors. To avoid the extra update, please bind them ahead of time with a Willow.
  • However, once adopted, it's shape will match that of the adoptee! But, make sure you follow our guidelines when it comes to image on our website.

Additionally, you can use any chymos textures you'd like on companions! There is no limit to which kind or how many you use, as they are untraited. This does not apply to a binded Willow. 

 

Click the tabs below to view species specific requirements!

puptuals_ref
  • Canine, ghost-like body
  • 3 beady eyes
  • Chymojewels on forehead and paw pads
  • Chymos tongue
  • 3 pairs of legs, the first pair being larger and the other two being nub-like
  • 2 pairs of wings

snowares_ref
  • Small, hare-like body
  • 2 beady eyes and whiskers
  • Chymojewels on forehead and paw pads
  • Lop ears
  • 2 pairs of nub-like legs
  • Tusked mouth (opt. chymos) under tail (no tongue)

flamakes_ref
  • Long, snake-like body
  • Plague doctor-esk mask
  • Face with sharp mouth (no teeth or tongue) and chymo eye
  • No ears
  • Chymojewels on forehead and paw pads
  • 2 pairs of legs, both nub-like
  • 1 pair of wings
  • Scaly underside

murchins_ref
  • Manta ray-like body
  • 2 beady eyes
  • Mouth on underside (no teeth or tongue), with a pair of whiskers
  • Chymojewel on forehead
  • 2 rounded feelers on head
  • Gills on underside
  • Chymos spikes along back and tail (can glow)

cobaroos_ref
  • Rodent-like body
  • 2 beady eyes
  • Chymojewels on forehead, paw pads, and tail head
  • Chymo tongue and tail eyes
  • 2 small arms, 2 large legs (fureless)
  • Large, upright ears (inner part is furless)
  • Scaly tail with faux cobra head; has a chymojewel, chymos eyes on tail hood, and (optionally) can have chymos cobra fangs

fydears_ref
  • Deer-like body
  • 1 chymos horn, embedded with a chymojewel
  • One large eye (cyclops)
  • Chymos hooves
  • Beetle shell on back (with chymos bug wings inside)
  • Mossy mane and tail (can have plants, flowers, etc.)

Chymos Color

There's a wide range of colors that companion species have! Markings and extra colors are free to add without limit, provided the colors you're using are all within the Bark Colors category! You can mix and match different groups of colors within this category as well.

Colors CANNOT be added from Root Colors, Canopy Colors, or Stripped Colors categories, unless they are linked to a Willow! This is because companions do not have enough chymos in their bodies to manifest a wide color range like Willows can, without a Willow by their side.

Finishing Touches

Free to Add:

  • Extras Chymos Details: You can shading and highlights to your chymos that are not directly on any sliders, as long as they do not look like patterns! See Willow Design Basics for more information.
  • Body/Fur Markings: Companions can have as many markings or colors as you want, in any shape!
  • Colored Lineart: As long as everything is visible, we encourage you to color your lineart!
  • Accessories: Ribbons, collars, prosthetics, you name it.

Please Do Not:

  • Give companions a full outfit.
    • We want to see their full design!
  • Add items other than handheld gear.

Applying Willow Traits to your Companion

Yes! That's right! If your Companion has a linked Willow, you can apply SOME of the Willow's traits to them. This can be done by using a Soulful Touch-Up item!

In general, any of the Willow's traits applied to your companion needs to account for the Companion's requirements.

Things that can be applied:

  • Oddities
  • Mutations
  • Condenmations, Blessings

Things that CANNOT be applied:

  • Nose, tail, or limb-length/look altering traits
  • Horn traits
  • Ears traits

Do NOT submit your request before the Willow link is approved (includes MYOs). Your submission will be rejected completely and will need to be remade.