This marking is a linear pattern marking, traveling along the stryx horizontally. The caps to the ends of each line must be rounded off, and the lines should be relatively thick and chunky.
Shape & Coverage
Bengal (nBng, BngBng) covers all but the flight feathers. Unlike Streaks, the lines must be fairly thick and bulky, and the caps to each end must be rounded off. The Bengal lines themselves need to be long and fairly close together.
Recessive Bengal
Recessive and Dominant Bengal covers most of the body, but it cannot appear on some parts of flight surfaces or the proximal tail. At minimum, it must be celarly present on one point of the stryx– either the head, wings, legs, tail, or body.
Available Coverage Area
Dominant
Dominant Bengal can introduce a second color inside the lines.
Dominant Bengal
Notes
- Some minimal spotting at the ends of the marks are allowed. They should also be fairly chunky, and their size should be similar to the thickness of the line it trails from.
- Bengal can fade out into the rest of the design.
- Bengal can also appear on the beak & feet only– not claws, skin, tongue, etc.
Bengal Marking cont.
Further elaboration on the marking’s presentation.
Minimum & Maximum line weights for Bengal lines
Various Examples of Incorrect Bengal
Incorrect Second Color
Too Much Spotting; too far apart
Too Similar to Streaks; not rounded
Incorrect Flow
Edges, Blending & Texture
This marking allows for some moderate texturing & softened edges.
Edges cannot be so soft that they disappear into the design, or appear blended.
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Incorrect
Colors & Interaction
In recessive form, Bengal can be any natural color. In dominant form, the second color may be present, and also must be natural.
Interacting with Colormods
Since this is a two-color marking in dominant form, if a colormod is present, then it can affect the whole marking or only just one of the colors. If there are two colormods present, then each mod can affect one color of the marking.
Misc Section
Can Bengal be modified by a colormod? Yes
Can Bengal show on the beak and feet? Yes, but not skin.
Things to Avoid
- Must follow the body line pretty well– Bengal cannot make large “hills” or “valleys” within the marking, or have any extreme directional changes.
- Cannot be vein-y, or have any forks in the mark.
- Spotting must be kept to a minimum, as the whole marking can’t be made up of lines of spots.
Correct & Incorrect Examples
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Correct
Incorrect
Lines are too short
Lines taper to a point and are not rounded off
Lines too spread out
Marking is made up of spots, and not actual lines; too many spots