I was not there for the learning material spheres.
The difference between getting inspiration and stealing someone's art work are totally different. When you getting inspiration you are taking someone's ideas and enhancing then and making it your own. Stealing is when you take someone else's art and ideas and take the credit! It is very important to know the difference.
I think it is totally ok to use things from other pieces as long as you either change something about it or give the artist credit. When you do this you are getting inspiration, but if you just take it that is stealing.
I combined my to items because o thought they were polar opposite but still both tropical. I was able to use a similar color palet but it was still different. I picked watercolor for my background because I have never done a watercolor peace and I thought it would be a good experience. I also did acrylic paint because I just learned about techniques and I really enjoy mixing paint into different colors. If I was going to change the one thing it would be the tentacles f the jellyfish, I think I could have made them have more shape and look for jellyfishy. I think the most successful thing is the background. My background turned out very pretty and has a very unique texture from the salt I used.