this pic is an example for the coloration and so~

OK here's a bit of a more concept understanding on my race to the basics of the Vivens Crystallo. Now I am letting this be an Open race to create BUT please follow these constructs and rules.~
-The 'rocky' parts on the back, for and hind legs are the crystal portion, those can be any known crystals/gems. Make them look like stylized armor pieces/ in a way how some dragon looking body armor would work. But just let it flow out on whatever you desire on how it'll look like~
-For the crystals that are more neon/lighter in color the coloration on the upper left side (the single row of dark tones) are the main color, while the pastel ones next to it (the double row) are more for the darker colored gems. And when coloring the main tone think of it as if its felt, having that nice soft tones of highlights and such. Please do not clash the lighter tones with the lighter gems and vise versa. NO pure black or white color for the main tone.
-EXCEPT for the neck and chest mane (that can be the main body tone) all of the longer hair/mane is a gradient brilliant color style. The samples for the hair color is next to the figure on the near upper left corner but only 2 are allowed to be picked. AS well as the same color concept for the hair goes with the eyes too and NO black pupils.
-Remember the Atlantian/ fantasy Egyptian circuit like patterns with the 1st sketch page? (( http://www.furaffinity.net/view/10069455/ )) Well those are the designs for their Bio-Luminescence markings, please keep within that theme but have fun with those, plus go with any Neon like color to stand out nicely against the darker/lighter main tone on their body.
- Near the mouth color in sketch are the inner mouth colors for this race. the big circle is the color for the tongue, the smaller one on the left is for the gums,mouth roof and the connecting tissue near the jaw line, and the one on the right is the lip color.
-The back spikes that is around the hip show more of a defining feature, go have fun with your design though is has to be raises and show a bow like slope.
-Horns are ALWAYS pointed back, no ram/bull like horns that point to the viewer but have fun making them look like their crystals that are growing and merging together as well as there's no limit for how many spikes can poke out.~
- PLEASE follow the examples too with the other sketch I did of this race, mainly keep the snout elongated, no 'pug/bulldog' looking faces keep it more like a 'greyhound/saluki' slender feel, but some square like looking muzzles can work still.

Other then that feel free to have fun making your own and please share it, I would love to see what you did^^
The full body and profile are a character to one of my stories in the making so please don't copy his design that's all I ask as well.
AND please put my FA name/icon within your description of your Vivens Crystallo creation showing that I'm the creator of this race.
Have fun and any questions feel free to ask and I'll answer them as best as I can ^^~
done with pencil, touched up and colored in GIMP.
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