Breathing Brushstrokes

From the canvas a spectral hand emerged, fingers gracefully gripping the frame's edge, as if pulling itself from the depths of the two-dimensional abyss.
With an eerie glow in its eyes, the figure crawled out, fixing its gaze upon the artist.
A unsettling silence lingered as it turned its head, to its creator with a chilling smirk.

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This is my Grads in Games Search for a Star entry for
Character Art “4th Dimensional Traveler”. 
I really wanted to try out a new artstyle of handpainted normal maps. That lead to me wanted to create an oil paint like 3d character and somehow that lead to paint coming alive and climbing out of the canvas. I am really happy with how everyting turned out and I am in love with the results!

Original concept is done by me.
I modeled in Zbrush and Maya and textured in Substance Painter.
Presentation done in Unreal Engine 5.

Check it out on Artstation:
Or Sketchfab