Hello Krita Artists!
This is a discussion thread and WIP thread for our Monthly Art Challenge for January 2025. Ask any questions about the challenge or share your works in progress.
The January Art Challenge was designed by @steve.improvthis.
When your submissions are ready, post them in the submission thread linked below.
That’s a wonderful theme, thanks @steve.improvthis! 
Happy New Year everyone! 
What a wonderful way to look at the new year. Thank you for the theme. I´m not sure if I can manage this but I will deffinitly think about it.
@steve.improvthis
That’s a magical umbrella if I ever saw one! 
I want the same! 
And such an umbrella is also easier to transport than a telephone box …
Michelist
Whether it’s an umbrella or a telephone box, you need to choose one that can transport you, not one that you need to transport! 
However, the advantage of having an umbrella that can transport you is that you can carry it with you instead of having to look for it …
Michelist
However, the advantage of having a telephone box that can transport you is that if you ever need to look for it, you’ll find it easier! 
Especially nowadays that telephone boxes aren’t a thing anymore, you can’t confuse it with another one…
Just playing the devil’s advocate here, I also prefer an umbrella, to be honest.
Especially as phone boxes are often uninstalled and recycled these days, often by people who have never tried to get into their mobile phones and can’t assess the value of a phone box, for example for Doctors in the rain …
Michelist
Unfortunately, not everyone is a pixie…
I don’t think I’ve ever heard them called phone boxes before 
Y’all referring to phone booths? Lol
Of course! What else could be used to teleport? 
(Wait… A lot of things: umbrellas… 
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Please forgive the poor non-native English speakers… 
I think what they are comparing the umbrella to is Dr Who’s Tardis and per Wikipedia, it says it is a “Police Public Call Box”.
Looking good, @usamafirdous! I like this definition of ‘magical’ from the Oxford Dictionary: beautiful or delightful in such a way as to seem removed from everyday life. I think this is well on its way!
I’m not sure if you were asking for ideas for your art, if not then please disregard this.
I ran into this video a bit ago:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ofKENb13Qek
Around the 7-minute mark, she talks about adding an effect to a splat brush… this might make some magical lightning bugs in your forest. 
I will try her advice for sure, bookmarking the video right now.
I just thought about something similar as a foundation based on this definition for my second piece this evening. Talk about coincidence 
(I move my reply here to keep the submission post clean)
