Monthly Art Challenge – April 2023 – Topic: A Cat and a Plant

[sooz]

Hello Krita Artists

We completed the monthly art contest for March 2023. The winner for the contest is Ms @Elixiah. Congratulations to everyone who participated and submitted wonderful art, and also to our members who voted for the entries.

And now It’s time to announce the monthly art challenge for April 2023. @Elixiah generously gave the topic naming honour to @Sineater and he has come up with an interesting topic for this month.

Monthly Art Challenge – April 2023 – Topic: A Cat and a Plant

It can be in any style. Stick to your usual art style or try something new. It’s up to you. Be creative!

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Rules

• The concept and idea for the artwork should your own and not an exact copy from someone or somewhere else.
• Artwork should be done in Krita. Submissions must be done from scratch in Krita, no paint-over or tracing allowed. Photobashing is allowed only when explicitly specified in the topic.
• The topic changes every month. Your submission should be somehow related to the topic. And if possible please add a few lines explaining your idea and image.
• No AI-generated images are allowed, not even partial use of AI and paint over. It is unfair for those who are drawing from scratch.
• You can post maximum 3 entries and also edit the entries until the deadline. All your entries will be clubbed during the vote and you only get one vote. Reply with your entries to this post in this thread.
• In order to have the image featured, the entries need to be safe for work so please avoid any NSFW or controversial content. The moderators can use their discretion to disqualify the image from the contest with prior notice. Of course the artist will be given chance to submit an alternate image or change it.
• The submission will be open until 2023-04-28T00:00:00Z. The topic will be automatically closed and you can check how much time is left at the bottom of the thread.

We will hold a poll at the end from 2023-04-28T00:00:00Z to 2023-04-30T00:00:00Z. The artwork with the most votes will be the winner.

Prize

• The winner(s) be featured on this website in the featured row.
• The winner(s) will have the privilege to set the topic of their liking. If the winner is not available or reachable then the 1st runner up will be asked to provide the topic and challenge
• The winner will also be awarded the Monthly Art Contest Winner badge .

Also please spread the word about this contest by posting your artwork on various social media websites with a hashtag - #kritachallenge , if possible with a link to the forum post.

I hope we will enjoy this exercise so let us begin.

**P.S. Note we can change the rules based on the feedback on this contest and modify the format. Any suggestions are welcome. We can make a new topic in the Site Feedback category for it. Please post only artworks and discussion related to them in this thread.

Note : We have changed the name from Monthly Art Contest to Monthly Art Challenge as it is more of a challenge for learning together rather than a contest, even if there is an award.

[edgarej]

Meow

[Bobrowsdower]

My official submission for the April 2023 monthly art challenge. Titled Ett Kungaroffer or A Kings Offering. The MaineCoon is a breed of cat that is known to have traveled on viking ships across the world. The robust bodies, thick fur, excellent rodent catching abilities, and friendly nature of these cats made them ideal travel companions. The Campanula rotundifolia or harebell flower shown in the painting is officially the national flower of Sweden. Vikings were known to have originated from Norway, Denmark , and Sweden. The cat in the painting in his Regal, and Majestic way generously offers a gift from his native land.

[Anna_Rita_Verni]

My entry for this challenge: cat on a tree

[Elixiah]

Cat in Dandelions

[Elixiah]

Cat Nap
I was working on two cat paintings at the same time and couldn’t decide which one to enter, so entered both. Lol

[dandelier]

Here’s mine! : D

[Hoppa_Joel]

Caught in the act… a Weed Sprite, destroys a flower while, a nature spirit catches her…

( Hehe, thought it was a fun idea… having the cat be a mossy forest spirit…)

[thecrazydudesrd]

A plant cat for your cat 'n plant, playing with something in the plants… Hopefully it wasn’t a complete faceplant or a catastrophe…

[Moises.Alarcon]

My submission: His name is Pochoclo.

[CrazyCatBird]

Nice kitty!

[KNap]

It’s a tiny cat among plants. Or a regular cat among huge plants.

[CrazyCatBird]

@KNap Aww! I like how you made the bee look so cute! Nice kitty and good work!

[WingedWarrior]

Aw… I love it when cats pull that pose. Your render looks so relaxed. Nicely done!

[100100]

Here is my VS
A nonsense mix between Monster Hunter & D’Artagnan.

[Sineater]

A work in progress. There is no plant!

[edgarej]

I really love the concept of this

[Sketchy]

Super quick painting of my idea for this month’s topic. I only joined the site this month, and decided to enter way too late to do a proper painting, but I wanted to put in something anyway.
This is puss stalking up on the catnip.

[CrazyCatBird]

@Sketchy this is so cute! So true!

[Faramixel]

Hey ! my entry for the challenge: woops !