June 2026 Art Challenge - Something Unexpected

Here’s my entry:


Inspired by a FIFA World Cup gadget I have seen recently.
For optional challenge I used lens blur and HSV adjustments.

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@Corentin It fits our March challenge topic “5 Seconds Before” :laughing:

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@kuroneko25 Good one! Love it :laughing:

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That’s interesting!.. I wonder how a spider spins its web when under the influence of caffeine? :thinking::upside_down_face:

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Mini Poppins Returns!

Filter masks are my new favorite. Thank you, @npc, for such a creative prompt!

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My entry. Scuba Cats. A pair of cats on a Scuba Diving adventure, searching for lost treasures from the S.S. Catnip which sank in a storm many years ago.

I’ve tried many times to play around with the concept of a fantasy forest so the “something unexpected” it was easy to shift that idea to an under water fantasy. Which of course HAD to include cats. One could easily have gone overboard adding more and more elements to this, but I didn’t want to overwhelm things. But the idea would make for a fun hidden objects picture.

edit I used the Gmic filter in multiple places, not even realizing it would fall under part of the optional challenge. Using filters also makes it easy to simply copy a layer of the coral and use filters to adjust the color to create something very different.

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I love this one. It’s simple and fun.
Rubber Ducky.

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I don’t think this was what Professor Xaviar had in mind when Logan asked to participate in “take our daughters and sons to work day.”

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Love it.

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Yep… that sure is unexpected! :laughing:

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That’s awesome!

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Ooooooh… So that’s why there’s no vegetation on the Moon: the goats ate everything!!! :exploding_head:

:rofl:

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“Now how did that get there?”

Wow! what a coincidence. I also got inspiration from the moon. :grinning_face_with_smiling_eyes: :crescent_moon:

This was a fun prompt. I used the half tone and overlay filters a little.

I also challenged myself to use one brush. (Awez basic texture blocker)

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I’ve played around with so many filters and adjustments here… too many to mention. The biggest one was the G’Mic Drops filter. It plooped in the stone pattern that I later painted over. Without playing with that, I wouldn’t have even thought of placing the stones! WIPs and more info in the discussion thread.

Cloud Chamber

Thanks for the fun topic and challenge @npc ! Lots of symbolism in this one… I usually don’t play around with that too much, but it felt right at home with this topic.

It’s been surreal! :artist_palette:

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Hey! I managed to finish my entry in between the daily heat strokes! :partying_face: :hot_face: Maybe working on an icy illustration unconsciously helped with it! :laughing:

As you can see, I simply placed the giraffe of the introductory example in an even more unexpected setting, and I hope I managed to capture the cuteness of the baby seal.

About the optional challenge, it was hardly a challenge for me because I’ve been using filters for all my illustrations for a long time (mostly to enhance contrasts), but it’s nice to promote this great tool for people who don’t know it yet! :wink:

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What filters did you use? I need to make more use of filters!

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Here is my submarine jumping out of the bath tub :slight_smile:

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first time doing an art comppp

“Oversized mushroom”

i didin really know what i wanted to do but i was skethcing mushrroms earlier so idk

done completely on krita over 2 hours, used refs for the clouds but thats it. I was experimenting with the lasso tool cuz im dont really use it, turns out ITS FREAKING AWEOMS??? i need to use lasso more

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I managed to finish a second one. This was actually my first idea, before the ducks.


Does it count as unexpected?

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