Ok so here we go. My take on
"Today was the day, she just KNEW it. Today, Ellie would finally snap a photo of an ink fairy."
I thought of Ellie as an old lady who has ben chasing photographs of fairies her whole life, but newer caught the sneaky ink fairy. But today she´s got a god feeling.

I think I have bin overthinking and over doing my other entries in this contest so this time I decided to try making it simple, sticking to my old style but in new medium. My favorite characters, fox and bear sticking together even do it´s winter and the bear should be sleeping.
Analog sketch and then digital painting in procreate.

Hi everyone, this is my take on the YETI HOME. I was thinking that my YETI loves snow and snowball fights. When there is no one around he plays with his snowman, waiting for and hoping that the mailman will play with him.
In the end I like this peace even though I don´t think the story is clear enough. God job everyone

So many good entries every time, this is my piece. I like cute and girley and my daughter loves everything with rainbows so why not? I usually paint in watercolour but went with digital painting in procreate with this one. Like the way it turned out but still struggling with the story part. I have a clear story in my head but it newer seems to be as clear on the paper

Hi this is Eira, her name means snow and she lives in a secret valley that's under attack. Her love for and abilities to connect with animals is the reson she's been the chosen one to find help saving the valley from goblins. Off she goes scared and feeling lonely.
Before she began her journey the elders gave her an amulet,

-keep this close to your hart, they said.
And so she did, not knowing why, until she met Badge! a grumpy but kind badger. From this day he followed alongside her on the quest she's been given, finding help to save her secret valley.

(I'm not used to in English, so I hope this story isn't totally off!)

I worked more on this than I usually do, I have the research and story but working on translating it in pictures. Here lies my weakness I think, most of the time I go for pretty rather then expression, trying to change but old habits are hard to fix. Good luck everyone

Everyone was having a great time at the Halloween feast until the sugerbandit´s arrived.
Made this with watercolor and completed it digitaly.

This one was hard for me. I struggled a lot with getting it the way I wanted. Had a story in my head but could not get it to come across clearly. After watching al the fantastic entries pore in I almost gave up, thinking what´s the point? But remembered that learning and growing is the point and I pushed through and here it is. I am mostly happy that I didn´t give up this time. Good work everyone you terrify and inspire me

Hi everyone
This is my first time entering this contest. So fun but so difficult when everyone is so god
I made this piece, thinking of two dragonfly-girls sharing a secret, what is she telling her? You tell me

I just love peaking at all the sketches and process here in the forum, to see how others tackle the same challenge. So I decided to share mine here. My theme is viking, Swedish forest and Samipeople. I have a long way to go. I don't have a clear vision yet, but this might ceep me more motivated to up my game in the storie part of the assignment. Feel free to comment or just take a peek. Post your own WIP here if you want, I love to see what you are making

So Thanks for pushing me made this have some things left to do. Not perfect and not following all the things I'm trying to learn. But your advice helped me make something atleast I like

Even though I like the different levels of roof this was easier to connect to a story. So I'm thinking of an shaman who lives at the edge of the village and she serves food and offer a bed.

The blue line is from my son who was "helping" me

@s1h0k oh thanx, glad you like it
@BenR Yes Vikings have some different architecture to work with
@chrisaakins Thank you, now I just have to find the story

I just love peaking at all the sketches and process here in the forum, to see how others tackle the same challenge. So I decided to share mine here. My theme is viking, Swedish forest and Samipeople. I have a long way to go. I don't have a clear vision yet, but this might ceep me more motivated to up my game in the storie part of the assignment. Feel free to comment or just take a peek. Post your own WIP here if you want, I love to see what you are making

I like 1 best. Like the different shapes and the story seems more clear to me personally.

Hi this is Eira, her name means snow and she lives in a secret valley that's under attack. Her love for and abilities to connect with animals is the reson she's been the chosen one to find help saving the valley from goblins. Off she goes scared and feeling lonely.
Before she began her journey the elders gave her an amulet,

-keep this close to your hart, they said.
And so she did, not knowing why, until she met Badge! a grumpy but kind badger. From this day he followed alongside her on the quest she's been given, finding help to save her secret valley.

(I'm not used to in English, so I hope this story isn't totally off!)

I worked more on this than I usually do, I have the research and story but working on translating it in pictures. Here lies my weakness I think, most of the time I go for pretty rather then expression, trying to change but old habits are hard to fix. Good luck everyone

@emmasleight oh thanks I'm from piteå, small town in the Northern parts of Sweden

@emmasleight
Nice, I saw the sami influences immediately I have the same inspiration, mixing viking and sami together. Like the blue hair, it reminds me of Plupp. (a Swedish children’s book character)

This is so beutiful! I started to cry when i read it. (And I havn´t even lost a parent) The feeling in your art with the easy to read words.

Hi I'm an art teacher in Sweden, the education is quite different here so it's not fair to compare. This year I decided I wanted to combine the teaching with som work of my own. I still like teaching but I feel I need the input from creating myself to be a better teacher and the teaching helps me being a better artist. My only tip, find those few students that makes all the other shit worth it. Do what makes you happy and not what's expected of you

@Asyas_illos I have the same problem. When I check on my phone I see more and a better overview, but on the computer I often miss pieces.