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TERMS OF USE & COPYRIGHT NOTICE

Copyright © 2025 Heather Michelle Chinn – All Rights Reserved

By completing your purchase and downloading these files, you are entering into a legally binding agreement and affirm that you have read, understood, and agreed to the following terms of use:

 

DIGITAL PRODUCT POLICY

All digital products are non-refundable and non-transferable. Due to the nature of these files, all sales are final. Access instructions will be emailed after checkout—you must check both:

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COPYRIGHT & INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

All backgrounds, textures, overlays, and related digital content are the original intellectual property of Heather Michelle Chinn and are protected under United States and international copyright laws. Purchase grants you a limited, non-exclusive, non-transferable, single-user license to use the materials in accordance with the terms below.

You are not purchasing ownership of the files—only the right to use them under specific conditions.

 

PROHIBITED USES

You may not, under any circumstances:

  •  Sell, share, gift, sublicense, or otherwise redistribute the files in any format
  •  Upload, input, or train any artificial intelligence models using these files, in whole or in part
  •  Submit the files (original or modified) into any generative AI platform or dataset for the purpose of:
    •  Creating derivative images
    •  Training or fine-tuning models
    •  Iterative design or image-to-image workflows
    •  Style transfer or content extraction

This includes, but is not limited to: Midjourney, DALL·E, Adobe Firefly, ArtBreeder, NightCafe, Deep Dream Generator, Stable Diffusion, Leonardo AI, Fotor, Images.ai, DeepAI, Stable Diffusion, Google Imagen, Ideogram, Recraft, Seedream, Grok, GPT‑4o and other similar AI tools, software, or training environments.

  •  Use these materials to create or sell “new” backgrounds, overlays, or textures derived from the originals
  •  Print, repackage, or license these files as standalone products, whether in digital or physical form
  •  Provide layered PSD or PNG files to clients or end users that contain any editable version of the background
  •  Use in any commercial offering that enables others to access, extract, or isolate the background as an independent file
  •  Sell purchased designs to any background (digital or physical) selling platform in ANY iteration

 

PERMITTED USES

You may:

  •  Incorporate the backgrounds into your own photographic or painterly client work as flattened files
  •  Use them in commercial editing for portraiture, composites, or digital painting, provided that the background is not extractable or resold
  •  Use them as painterly bases inside programs such as Corel Painter or Adobe Photoshop, provided that the work is hand-rendered and human-created

 

LICENSE RESTRICTIONS

Each download is licensed to one individual user only. Multi-user licenses, studio licenses, or bulk permissions must be arranged in writing and purchased separately.

All rights remain exclusively with Heather Michelle Chinn.

 

ENFORCEMENT

Unlicensed use, distribution, AI ingestion, or resale of any kind is a violation of copyright and will result in immediate revocation of access and potential legal action. Tracking measures and unique file signatures may be used to enforce compliance.

 

QUESTIONS OR PERMISSION REQUESTS

If you are unsure whether a specific use is permitted, or if you wish to inquire about a custom license, please email:
[email protected]

 

For backgrounds and textures downloads, please see User Agreement or link on the store for terms of use. For some ideas on how to use the backgrounds and textures please visit (and subscribe!) to Heather's Youtube channel and blog here:

 https://www.heatherthepainter.com/blog/how-to-creatively-use-textures-as-clipping-masks

https://www.heatherthepainter.com/blog/2

https://www.heatherthepainter.com/blog/a-variety-of-outcomes-with-one-background

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ej4pVVp0cg8

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GlzTIUKn35Y

 

Updated June 24, 2025

Controlled Chaos - Animals in Corel WEBINAR REPLAY

 

Learn the tools.

Control the degree of realism.

Blur the line of abstraction.

90 minutes

What you'll receive:

  • Access to the digital replay for the life of the online library (streaming)
  • Invitation to join Heather's private Facebook group of students
  • Full resolution reference file to practice alongside the replay
  • Heather's painted file in full resolution to study the brushwork  
  • Heather's CHAOS brushes (compatible with Corel Painter 2021 and newer!)  
  • CHAOS16 Bonus high resolution, organically hand painted Textures

In this 90 minute webinar replay Heather will demonstrate:

  • a unique approach to preparing the file in Photoshop that removes the guesswork out of the abstract overthinking
  • how to utilize organic textures IN Corel Painter 2021 (and newer!)
  • how to use textures where they INTERACT with your brushes in Adobe Photoshop!
  • how she uses her custom brushes in Corel Painter 2021 (compatible with 2021 and newer, but unfortunately, not Photoshop) to achieve the highly textural and intriguing realistic abstract head
  • explain where to focus on accent colors to lead the viewer into your portrait
  •  considerations for finishing touches

 In this replay you'll learn how to paint Michelle's adorable baby calf (seen below) Addie using a unique approach with textures and brushwork both cloning and freehand.

Class reference file, texture, brushes, and Heather's final painting files are provided so you can easily follow along!

This download includes the Chaos16 Bonus Textures! Textures are the ultimate game changer whether you're working in Adobe Photoshop or Corel Painter! You'll learn how to use them in this webinar, and it's probably NOT the way you're expecting!



Please note the below images are not included with this download.

Portrait reference by Sabrina Greene

Portrait reference by Bree Adams
(PSST! This was from a cell phone!)

 

Cell phone reference by Francie Baltazar Stonestreet 

 

 

 


Heather is an Elite Corel Painter Master, Certified Corel Painter Educator, former Golden Artist Educator, retired PPA IPC juror, PPA Master Artist, M. Photog, Cr.