Realistic Cat Creator 1.0 by SongbirdArtist Ever wanted a feline character that is actually realistic? Realistic Cat Creator 1.0 uses actual cat genetics to help you create your dream cat. Choose from options like black-based pigments and red-based pigments, all the way to tortoiseshells. I hope you have so much fun creating your cats with my creator! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Versions 1.0 [August 27 2015]- Initial release with 15 pelt colors, 9 eye colors, 1 tabby pattern, and 11 degrees of white spotting. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Future Features More tabby patterns [ticked, marbled, etc.] More degrees of white spotting Brindled tortoiseshells Ear, tail, and fur mutations [folded ears, bobtails, hairless, etc.] Points [Siamese, Tonkinese, and Burmese] Smokes, shells, and shaded cats Being able to adjust color ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Art and coding by SongbirdArtist. Inspiration from Paleclaw on DeviantArt.
Fur Color/Pattern Explanations ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Black-based Pigments Black is the densest pigment out of all the black-based pigments. It is also dominant over everything except red, of which it is in co-dominance [see tortoiseshells], and recessive under nothing. Black cats can have any color of eyes felines can have except for blues and albino colors. Chocolate is the second densest pigment for the black-based pigments. It is dominant over cinnamon, co-dominant with red, and recessive under black. Chocolate cats can have any color of eyes felines can have except for blues and albino colors. Cinnamon is the least dense of all the black-based pigments. It is dominant under nothing, co-dominant with red, and recessive under black and chocolate. Cinnamon cats can have any color of eyes felines can have except for blues and albino colors. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Diluted Colors Diluted colors are, well, diluted [lighter and softer] versions of their undiluted counterparts. To be diluted, a cat must have two genes for it, as it is recessive under un-dilution. Black would be blue [another word for gray], chocolate would be lilac, and cinnamon would be fawn. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Red-based pigments and Tortoiseshells Red is a sex-linked color. A male cat that has even one red gene will always be red, but for females, one red gene equals a tortoiseshell, and two red genes equals a fully red coat. This is because the red gene is carried on the X chromosome. Since males only have one X chromosome, he will always be red if he carries one or more genes. Females however have two, so if she only has one red gene, it will result in co-dominance [a tortoiseshell]. This is why we do not see tortoiseshell males often; they do not have the extra X chromosome for the only red gene. Red also must always be tabbied. Tortoiseshells with a white base are called calicos. Colors for non-diluted tortoiseshells include: Black with red patches, Chocolate with red patches, and Cinnamon with red patches. Cream is the diluted form of red. It works in the same way as red except it is only diluted, and must also always be tabbied. Colors for diluted tortoiseshells include: Blue [gray] with cream patches, Lilac with cream patches, and Fawn with cream patches. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Tabby Tabby is the word for stripes on a cat. Tabby cats have a M shaped mark on their foreheads and darker stripes than their base color. The tabby gene is dominant, which means a cat more likely to be a tabby than to not be. Even tortoiseshells can be tabbies, even though their red or cream patches are already. This is called a torbie [tortoiseshell tabby], where the base color along with the patches have tabby stripes. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ White Spotting Did you ever know that your cat may not be fully white, just with so much white spotting that it appears to be fully white? Believe it or not, true white cats can only have blue, orange, or odd eyes [one eye blue, the other orange], while a cat with a huge amount of spotting can have any eye color a feline could have except for albino colors. White spotting could be as small as a few white hairs here or there to basically a full white cat like just mentioned. To be able to have blue eyes, a cat must have 30% or more white spotting on their coat, but if it's over 30%, they don't need to have blue. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Please comment if I have made any mistakes! It would be much appreciated.
