Monthly Art Challenge – January 2026 – Vintage Travel Poster

We are introducing some changes to the monthly challenge poll :kiki:

  1. Multiple artist submissions are no longer clubbed together to receive one single vote.
  2. We are trying out a new type of poll: ranked choice (1st, 2nd and 3rd).
  3. Instead of voting for only 2 images, you may now vote for up to 3.

In case this looks confusing: How to vote using ranked choice poll options

Let the voting begin! Please rank your top 3 (1st, 2nd, 3rd).

Voting will be open until 2026-01-29T18:00:00Z.

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Voting tips for the new format:

  • Click on the “abstain” button just above an image on which you wish to vote.
  • In the window that opens, select 1 or 2 or 3 to signify where this image sits in your top 3 picks (1st place, 2nd place, 3rd place).
  • Do this 2 more times and then click the “vote now” button at the bottom.

You can redo your voting anytime you like up until the poll closes. To do this, click the “undo vote” button at the bottom of the poll (this button will only appear once you have voted).

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@arcprints for some reason your poster makes me think of a Skyrim character named Hert (she runs the Half-Moon Mill), who says among other things: “Why don’t you stay a while? :smiling_face_with_horns::joy: Is it intended?

OMG this voting system is so much more work for us, I hate it! LOL I hope you all who voted for it will have the same epiphany so that we can come back to the old one! :sweat_smile:

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Yes, we do inconvenience a few more electrons this way. :slight_smile:

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I mean not consciously, but I was playing a lot of skyrim at the time so it probably seeped into my subconscious. Now that you mention it, I do see a little bit of Hert in there. :sweat_smile:

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Congratulations @Elixiah !

@Corentin I actually thought the voting was pretty straight forward. Select your 1st, 2nd, 3rd. Seems easy enough. I don’t like the output though… lol, it’s backwards. I was thinking it was going to output 1st on top… it didn’t.

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Congratulations @Elixiah, you are the winner of the January 2026 Monthly Art Challenge.

To everyone who submitted artwork and/or took the time to vote: Thank you and well done.

But wait, @Elixiah, your work isn’t finished yet.

  1. Please choose the theme (as well as an optional challenge, if you wish) for the upcoming month.

  2. Please create a post in the Finished Artwork category to display your winning submission so we can feature your work in the gallery.

  3. You have been granted a new winner’s badge for this competition. You can make this visible by editing your profile.

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Congrats @Elixiah on a well deserved win! You really captured the spirit of this month’s challenge with an amazing vintage poster!!

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Congratulations @Elixiah , big retro feels with your piece!

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@Elixiah way to go!!! :clap:

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Well this was certainly unexpected! I was so sure that @MossGreenEddie was going to win this one, and was my first choice.

Thank you all for liking my Titan poster, in which I did learn quite a bit about Krita’s texting features doing this one. :slight_smile:

I would like to extend the honor of selecting next month’s topic/learning opportunity to @MossGreenEddie if he is willing.

Otherwise, I’ll just have to torture y’all with a landscape topic for next month.

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Your entry gives me the thought of the song “At the River” by Groove Armada. I guess it is the airport thing. You would have to watch the video.

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2 posts were merged into an existing topic: Breakout topic for discussing the monthly art challenge format and rules

2 posts were merged into an existing topic: Breakout topic for discussing the monthly art challenge format and rules

I want a recount :rofl:

Congratulations :tada:

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Wow, i feel honored! Thank you for your kind words and awesome poster! (Space is so cool!)

I would love to choose the new theme, if that is okay with @sooz . Should I write my suggestion here or somewhere else?

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Hi @MossGreenEddie

It’s easiest if you send me a pm.

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