@MrBobarian so I have an answer for our 'grey area' problem, sorry for the delay.
It is ok to use downloaded textures / materials, as long as it's implemented well enough that nobody can tell.
Hope that clears it out once and for all 
Thank you! I finally cleaned that up. Meanwhile started 3 more ..I have a habit of taking too long to finish a piece, then I lose interest in it and just start something else. I found 8 from recently i started and abandoned, that are decent enough to not delete, but not finished. There’s also been a number of drawings I felt I “outgrew” - became better before I finished them, and it would be easier to start from scratch than fix them. Anyone else thinking that?in24.3k
Lady Death Fanart Collectible: Part 6 Polypaint and base Hi, it’s time to share with you another part of the process to create this fanart piece. Polypaint As this is my first collectible fanart I didn’t have previous experience with polypaint so I tried my best and played a bit with it.I wanted to give a ghostly and eerie look to Lady Death, she is beautiful and deadly, but at the end of the day she is a woman that died and was reborn at hell as an avenging spirit, that’s why I gave her skin tone a bluish very cold tone.As you will see I gave myself some creative freedom to deviate from the traditional color scheme that this characater has in comics and illustrations.To add a bit of sensuality by painting some freckles on the face and the chest. The dark nature of this character was the perfect excuse to gave her a kind of goth make up, very dark shadows around the eyes, blue lips and fingernails. I know that the original character includes sexy red lips but I wanted this girl to have a sexy but at the same time creepy look, that’s why we can see some thin veins emanating from her eyes. The biggest chromatic change I did for this character is at the hair. Lady Death has a characteristic white weavy hair but in my fanart I decided to gave her a very saturated blue color.The reason behind this wasn’t only an aesthetic choice. I want that the face area strongly pulls the attention of the viewer so this area needed a stronger contrast. Another reason is that I want her to have a more modern look, as I mentioned before, I’m strongly attracted to women with goth/punk look. I gave myself half an hour or more to analyse the work of experienced sculptors that create collectibles and I discovered that the use of darker values on the skin is often applied to create a greater sense of volume and three-dimensionality. I found that areas with heavy ambient occlusion are the perfect places to paint with darker colors in order to increase the separation between different forms. Even though she has a bluish skin tone, I used a bit of warmer hues in areas that, in real life, tend to go towards red and pink, this is very obvious in the nose, cheeks, and knuckles. Thinking with a logical mind it’s completely absurd to have warmer tones on the body of a zombie like creature but I didn’t want to limit myself by using only blue tones, it looks boring and artificial. In real life these colors are created by blood vessels in areas where the skin is very thin. ** Scythe **for her weapon I applied a cool gray with some warmer variations, this color scheme is influenced by the work of H.R giger. Base I’d like to talk about the design for the base which, to be honest, I forgot to develop along with the character.My main idea with the base is to show that Lady Death inhabits a very sterile and arid land, at the end of the day she is at hell.You can see a that she walks over dirt and rocks, a sign that she’s surrounded by death and loneliness. As part of the landscape we can see some bones and skulls to reinforce the idea of lack of living creatures, yet we can see three hands that try to reach her legs.This hands represent that all creatures are subordinated to her power and seek an evil blessing with a simple touch of the princess of the damned.1- The hand with skin burns represents the souls of those who are newcomers to hell, tortured souls that suffer for the sins comitted on earth.2- The hand with greenish rotten skin and pustules is the reminder of the decay that has infected the souls of those who have been trapped and have forgotten their humanity3- Last but not least, the hand of a demon shows that even dark creatures and entities bow before her presence. The cherry on the top, at least in my vision, are the simese twins that emerge from the ground, this malevolent creatures remind us that in hell there’s only perversion and any trace of innocence is lost. Thanks for reading till this pointI’m really happy to be very close to finish this creative journey, last but not least it’s mandatory to talk about splitting the sculpture in several pieces to be printed, this will be my last entry before showing the final rendered images. See yaMay Zbrush be with youin1.4k
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studies studies juri study imagination, how I feel before a speech imagination imagination study something I drew for my presentation also drew this for my presentation, didn't fix the one hand being bigger than the other imagination + study study studies study study, I need to fix the face a bit based on screenshot from anime but in my style study. except for the eye study studies studies study. changed some things tho imagination imagination imagination study studies, except top right samurai based on anime screenshot wolverine studies, changed some of the poses a lil, not very good at all, but first time i drew the character ever. semi study studies study imagination imagination imagination , for first time ever i tried to draw over 3d model for middle pose, I dont like the result tbh, but it makes it much easier than coming up with it from memory.imagination, except right figurestudies imagination + studies, coming up with action poses r hard, these are not dynamic enough, I will redraw better ones in future. imagination , imagination imagination study, except for eye imagination imagination imagination doodles except for the two chrollos imagination storyboard thumbnail, idk if i ever shared this. my storyboards end up being a little detailed since i usually just draw in one layer.in22.1k
Hello! My name is Vithor, I am from Brazil, studied Design at a local college worked as an illustrator for more than 10 years. I took a time off around 3 years ago and am trying to get back in my art shape and maybe become professional again. Here are some recent pictures: You can find timelapses for most of them on my instagram: www.instagram.com Vithor Albertim (@vithor_albertim) • Instagram photos and videos 123 Followers, 638 Following, 19 Posts - See Instagram photos and videos from Vithor Albertim (@vithor_albertim) Comments and critiques are always welcome.Cheers!in795
Thank you @daceronine! If I remember I save in google cloud, I will have to stick a note to do it more often. Lamp is from life. Poses are from refs but I look at refs for a while and then try to do it myself and look it up if needed. Outfits and rest is from imagination Something went wrong while installing system so we will have to wipe everything again... pc works but something is wrong. We will wait till internet is done and I will save everything on cloud this time Threads came out in eu. It's been 3 days and I had more engagement than after half a year on instagram. It feels really nice I hope it stays this way A portrait of old dude. It's the same character I posted a while ago. Inspired by Bayard Wu work. At first I thought of him as a bear but I named him Fenrir and I think wolf suits him better. Eye gave me a bit of hard time but I think it is fine now. I focused on face and forgot about area below. The way I draw hair clashes with greying hair. I had the same problem while doing Lohse's white hair. Does it looks like it is greying here? I love how desaturated red looks blue there. I keep lying to myself that I will use different color scheme but It all comes down to this blue and yellowish one it is just flipped this time Have a great day!in48.2k
9 days later
If i live in Quebec can I still enter to gain exposure and possibly get a job? Or am I prohibited to even enter and make a post about my environment?
We can't force you out of the contest 
If you're uneligible to participate and still do, then you're technically disqualified for not following the rules, but if you don't mind then be our guest!
I was so pumped up about this contest but now I'm really confused. I live in India. And it's not in the list of countries. I read your reply saying I can post everything from my current account but have to state that someone else (in this case, my friend in an eligible country) won the competition, so you can send the prizes to them?
Is that right? Or is it the other way around where I have to create a new account with their address and then clarify that it is them who won the contest?
But the moderator just said you can still apply even if you are not in the list of countries. I'll be disqualified if i'm not from the list of countries?
;-;
Which measurement do we need to use when creating an image? pixel/inch or pixel/centimeter?
this should help you. Check out the submission requirements here
Thank you for your reply but my question was about the tab in PS when creating a file. You can select pixels per inch or pixels per cm. I didn't know which one to choose
@tbrk Both pixels per inch and pixels per cm are important when printing your digital file. As we only need the digital format, this parameter is up to you
Hello,
I am resident of public china, but i live in Montreal of Quebec. Could i participe this project?
Then i don't really know how to submit my final work, a email or just in my profil of this website?
Thanks
17 days later
Hey guys,
I still don't quite get it on how one can enter if he isn't from the eligible country?
You ask someone you know from an eligible country to create a tread and then you can post progress yourself?
@sanzharmurzin you can post everything yourself and from your account - only in case you win, that person has to state that she / he was the one who entered and will receive the prices (for you).
11 days later
i am from india, so tell me please am eligible or not for this world Challenge???????almost i completed this challenge but last min only i read eligible question in that indian country is not there.
And one more thing should i have to show old and new civilisation ??
@rahulmech93 India is not on the list of eligible countries. You can participate, but are not eligible to win any prizes.
Please also read the Rules. You cannot just enter a finished piece.
Hay @Acolet
This morning I tried to post my final result, in 2d section. However, when I posted my image, somehow cubebrush reduced the size. For example I posted in 4810x2048 px, but somehow the size changed to a smaller size.. I have also tried to edit my thread, tried to re-uplod but it gives me the same result. (could you look my thread?)
I think this is strange. I saw other members who posted more than 5k pixel dimension and it seemed there were no problem, similar like their original image
@Acolet
btw, when I tried to upload my concept sheet (2048px) it reduced to 1638px X 1638 px. The rule is we must collect our concept sheet exactly in 2048 px. So if the size reduced, it looks like i dont follow the rule. 
Does anybody meet the same problem with me?? Back to several weeks ago, in my experience, when i tried to upload my progresses, there was no problem, all exactly in the same size.
Thank you
@hebronppg Hi! The forum resizes pictures that are too big - not in dimensions, but in file size (kB). You will need to make the file size smaller - either make the image a bit smaller, or compress it a bit.
Hope this helps, let me know if this doesn't solve your problem.
@Acolet
Thank you so much for your kind information. The big file size will kill the server I guess.
Btw, I think I have done re upload my images.
So, what did I do?
I resized the size from "Save for Web (legacy)", then played with the parameter. Although the quality of images compressed a bit, but the file size reduced, and the dimension still similar liked your original one.
Hi! For 3D category only requirements for final post is the 2048px+ image and video/marmoset viewer frame, right?
If so, and if it's not too time consuming or hard, can you tell is it formalized how it should be in this thread? It will be kinda stupid to make and entry and fail to actually participate because final post isn't written in a required way. 
Thanks.
