Your first derive takes an afternoon: find a product that allows deriving, put your textures on it, make an icon and submit.
1. Find a good derivable
- Look for products marked as derivable in the Catalog. Only those can be built on.
- Check the derivation cost: it is added to your price on every sale. Cheaper bases leave room for your profit.
- Prefer bases with clean UV maps and texture templates from the creator. Bad UVs make good textures look wrong.
2. Make your textures
- Open the base in Create Mode (or Studio) and derive from it.
- Export or download the template the creator provides, or save the original textures as a guide.
- Paint over it in your editor: new colours, patterns, fabrics, logos you own. Keep the exact image size.
- Load each PNG into the matching material slot and check it in the preview from every angle.
3. Make an icon that sells
Your Catalog icon is 100×80 pixels and it is the first thing buyers see. Use a bright, tight crop of your own product on a clean background. Our free Catalog Image Maker turns a screenshot into a ready icon under 50 KB.
4. Follow the derive rules
- Zero Change Derives (re-submitting a base without changes) are allowed, but they rarely sell.
- Never reuse the original creator’s icon or product images. IMVU treats that as theft and it can lead to a DMCA takedown.
- Only use images you made or have the rights to.
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