Arani and Anari are concepts I've held in my head since a lucky semicustom-grabbag from an Easter event in the shop Herb Lore.

I was asked to provide two colors, so I gave Black and Crimson (Or red, I don't perfectly remember.)

The colorist, Roserain, later returned to me to give me a series of images that eventually led up to Arani, the original.

Not long after, I requested a similar one be done in another shop, Alpha Helix, this time, as part of a pet trade. The request was very much the same as the first, giving just two colors and a pattern and gender. This is the result.

The most recent version of Arani I've commissioned was also from the Herb Lore shop, and it's a mildly different take on the usual red and black, because I wanted something slightly more rave-ish. This was the result of that.

In all basicality, Anari is just the name I'd use for a male of similar patterns, and variations on the names will be used after that. (Because I like getting multiple view points and WILL be talking to all the artists I can about this. ^-^ ... When I'm not broke.)

I may request an Anari version with a focus on scorpions, rather than spiders.

I'm rather pleased with the collection, and I would be overjoyed if it would continue to grow.

My standards for the pattern are the absolute inclusion of artistic freedom. I do want a dark base, though it doens't have to be black. Dark blue, purple, or green would all work, too. And spider webbing in red/crimson, or other neon colors (But no rainbow. If more than one colors are included, that's fine, but I'd like to keep each web one color, like in the third sample.)

Beyond that, I like to leave it at artist's discretion.

I do have a couple ideas for things I'd like to see on a Crystal Forest critter, though.

- I had a concept for a kind of 'sock' that imitates bell-bottomed pants. Starts at the 'wrist/ankle' or 'elbow/knee' of each leg (Hind legs included) and goes out to just above the edges of the paws, flaring out like a bell, with the curviness of cloth. Where the sock starts at the wrist/elbow could be perforated with a ribbon or something that's bowed on the outside of the paw. I'd like there to be a dark base, different from the basecoat of the fur, to be the base on the 'socks', and have a silver webbing pattern over that who's center is up at the ribbon perforations, maybe even where it's tied, and have a neon-colored (Not rainbow) spider superimposed over that. (Form is Artist's discretion)

- I'd like a mild edit to drape from Arani's 'mane' tips, where it sort of hangs over the female's nose? It would be sort of the same as the gem/bone/feather hanging from the ear on the left, but I'd want a slender black line that looks almost broken in a smaller version, and from that, hanging a spider.

- A tail bangle and/or collar would be cool, too, in color-wheel-complimentary colors to the primary color used for the webbing pattern on the fur. (Unless Purple or Orange is used was the primary color, then I'd rather just see a bright green) A little bit of a 'glowstick' feel on these wouldn't offend me at all. ^-^






I was wondering... Could I get estimates on how much Arani might cost? I have some money now, but I wasn't sure if it'd be enough.

And I do intend to find RP for her. There's tons of ravers around I'd love to see Rose's patterns paired with.



Estimates given:
-k i t t y - f r u i t s- : 15-40k
ewagan : 20-30k