Hood
HH/nH
Creates a marking which covers the head and the neck. It can be lighter or darker color, with a sharp, soft or blended edge.
Hood cannot fill ruffles like Collar can! Hood stops near the bottom of the ruffle, like the examples below.
In it's dominant form can go over the arms to the middle of the body, but the area should still be connected to the marking falling from the head.
Marking border allowances:
Common Ranges
Prairie Ranges
On Praerie feathers, hood shows up normally, like it would in any other limb. If hood area goes over feathers, it has to appear on them.
Aerial Ranges
On Aerial feathers, hood shows up normally, like it would in any other limb. If hood area goes over feathers, it has to appear on them.
Miniature Ranges
Examples of correct and incorrect hoods.
Examples of some of the possible shapes allowed:
These types of shapes are not allowed:
Examples and ideas for HOOD in existing Kukus
(Remember that directly copying a marking idea is not recommended, but rather use them as inspiration):
Dominant:
