Hi :) Im back and am still learning. Thank you for your feedback before!

This skin was rejected. May I ask why, so I may fix it? I thought it was OK.. but maybe I filled int too much onthe background and it was getting cut off?

Thank you again in advance.

Auana, please notice the parts that are cropped by the image frame: the smoke at top right and the footprint at the bottom left. The skin shouldn't have any elements that are obviously cropped.

Question, cand you get a GIMP file into psd form?  If so how can I make it into that format?

I'm not sure if there is a way to convert them.

However, I think if each individual layer were saved as a .png file you could load them onto GIMP and put the files together in the correct order. Then you could save them as whatever file GIMP uses.

If you want I could do this for you. It may help other users as well. Please PM me!

Also, PhotoShop is available for a free and legal download here: beastkeeper.com/thread/5917 But Photoshop does take up space and some skill to use (but there are plenty of tutorials), so it can be a big change. Stick with what your are comfortable with.

Angel, I believe you may have accidently missed my questions about my skin. It should be on the other page.

Ngata, sorry, I really missed yours and Nightingale's questions on the previous page.

Chibis are okay! It's enough to show just one wing. Two bird paws / legs are needed, either front or hind ones. Symurghs are at least half birds, and in most of the mythologies they are considered to be birds at all. Here we have their most mammalian version but please honor their bird part too :)

Nightingale, as for your ethereal skin, I don't see any problems with it at this stage. I'd say this type of background is related to atmospheric and light effects and not a "major" background that we would like to avoid for a reason.

Finally finished... I could'nt get the bird-like legs right soo I colored the feet yellow just incase. And now I have realised that I am 10 times better at coloring on a peice of paper than on a digital screen >.<.

Also where is the place where we get our skins aproved? And before i get it aprove is there anything that i need to fix?

Lastly I was wondering if im allowed to make a symurgh skin but with bat-like wings, im intending to use it for private uses.

This is my first time creating a skin. I tried to follow your tutorial and I hope it will be aproved. I admit it is a very simple one, well kind of simple. I didn't use a gradient shortcut, I actually did each color seperate.

 Please let me know if it will be approved and if not, what I can do to fix it. Thank you.

Brace yourself: I have questions. 

The site retains copyrights to your artwork:  In regards to this, does it mean that peices created cannot be sold as prints rightfully by the artist who created them? Or does it mean that Beast keeper retains the right to use such images for advertising purposes. 

2. I've seen conflicting answers on stylistic things.  For example A gryphon would be a creature with two wings four legs a head and a tail, but also that a gryphon must have a birds head and claws  

So similarly a symurgh with rear paws (because they look better proportonately and fit better) would not be accepted but a dragon with butterfly wings and a lizard body would?   Or does it have to do with easily confusing species, for example puma's and gryphons?  

So uhh.... I finally made my first skin ever! * jumps* :D

Ｉ　ｇｅｔ　ｔｈｅ　ｆｅｅｌｉｎｇ　ｉｔ’ｓ　ａ　＂ｈｅａｖｉｌｙ　ｐｉｘｌａｔｅｄ　ｉｍａｇｅ＂　ｔｈｏｕｇｈ．．．　ｉｓ　ｔｈｅｒｅ　ｓｏｍｅ　ｗａｙ　Ｉ　ｃａｎ　ａｎｔｉ－ａｌｉａｓ　ｏｒ　ｓｍｏｏｔｈ　ｉｔ　ｏｕｔ？　Ｄ：I used something called " Clip Studio Paint" to draw it, and I couldn't find a smoothing tool. Thank you for your attention! :)

P.S sorry about the font in the middle... I couldnt change it back. :P

Hello, I just finish making my own custom skin, I didn't copy this off, anyone, this idea is mine alone, but I do want to know is. Will my skin custom be accepted?

Ngata, sorry, symurgh should have an avian half. Your skin portrays a fox with wings but not a symurgh.

You may submit your custom here: http://beastkeeper.com/new-color-upload

Shihosa, it doesn't matter if the skin was created using the gradient tool or with manual blending if the result is the same. Though your skin looks proper for a unicorn (exploiting the cliche about rainbows and unicorns); it's simple but neat and carefully made, and we don't have a skin that uses rainbow on a unicorn like this. So this one will be approved. But this is a rare exception when such gradient works.

ameliahardt,

1) We don't allow using the approved skins for commercial purposes.This is a fertile source of potential lawsuits from other clients who bought the same image from you. Please don't submit the artworks that you plan to sell as prints or use for any other commercial purpose.

2) You're correct, we're sticking to easily recognizable species. It's not crucial (though desirable) for a gryphon to have bird paws since it still has bird head and wings. But in case of a symurgh with 4 canine paws, canine body and canine head we will get just a winged wolf which is clearly not a symurgh. 

S.the.Unicorn, I would suppose that your graphic software doesn't support multichannel transparency but the shadow is half transparent so it's not the case... Unfortunately, I'm not familiar with this software and can't tell why the edge of the artwork doesn't have anti-aliasing. Fixing it at this point in PS or GIMP will look like carefully curing the edge with an anti-aliased round eraser. Please also make sure that you check your skin on black background before submission. The problems that may be unobvious on the light background are clearly visible there.

CynderAngel14PD, please post your skin here. I can't tell anything without seeing the artwork. There's a set of tech requirements that must be fulfilled if you want your skin to be approved.

Hey yeah I totally missed a ton there. o3o Thank you so much for the tips! OuO

Question, I am working on dragon lineart and I am looking at a "How to Draw" app and making some minor alternations.  Would that be considered art theft?  If so I am not going to work so hard on it anymore. ;)

Has a question regarding skins. I know changing the line art to look like fandom characters wouldn't be accepted but what about if the coloration is just fandom inspired?

An exapmle of what I mean is like using the site's traditional unicorn base, not line art changes or addons but the colorations is tthat of fluttershy from my little pony (My sister is a huge fan which gave me the idea) which just includes the color of the character and the symbol thing they have on their bodies (Dont know much about that particular fandom, just using the example so forgive me fans since I don't know the terms)

And if that is allowed, would minor line art edits be alright as well such as making the horn of the unicorn look similar to the fandom character, but again, the rest of the base stays the same, as in this site's traditional unicorn base. Or would these edits still be considered too recognizeable and infringe copy right laws?

Just wanted to know before I put any time effort into making an fandom inspired skins for pets. Thank you!