Taking the “don’t think, just draw random shapes” approach. (AKA incomprehensible weirdness doodles.) Fun, but might be difficult to refine into anything.
I did the optional challenge- one layer, no undo. It just means thinking about it more like an analog drawing/painting. Although even with digital I usually keep to a small number of layers and I’m not in the habit of reflexively using undo, so for me it’s not a big deal anyway.
Lookin’ good, @Jaivu.
There are so many really cool “realistic” alien still-life entries!
I thought I’d try my hand at something a bit more abstract and minimalistic… but is it enough?
Playing around with the rbw) Magic Hue brush after watching the video “The Best Of…RAKURRI´s BRUSHES for KRITA +interview” by Ramon. Not many undos and erasers here, but I did use them, so no extra credit for me on this one.
Alien Still Life: Color Shifting Flowers
I am submitting my recent artwork under the classical still life category. This piece is titled Red Moon. Red Moon features a cursed Jonin Ninja who slaughters every breathing being every time the moon turns red and that happens once every 10,000 years. She was cursed in exchange for her immortality.
Hm I have my doubts this qualifies as still life…
From Wikipedia:
A still life (pl.: still lifes) is a work of art depicting mostly inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which are either natural (food, flowers, dead animals, plants, rocks, shells, etc.) or human-made (drinking glasses, books, vases, jewelry, coins, pipes, etc.).
To me t his looks like a character portrait and thus off-topic, but I’m not the one to judge…
We can wait for @sooz to consider this.
Oh! I see. It’s okay. I can remove it if it’s needed.
Hi @Mandu_Bap
I moved your artwork and the replies into the WIPs and Discussion Thread for the challenge.
The artwork is great but it doesn’t follow the brief given for the challenge. If you take another look through the brief, perhaps it will inspire another idea?
Monthly Art Challenge – July 2024 – Still life from another world
(video link moved out of official challenge thread by moderator)
Can it be something I have drawn and posted under my profile in the past but have never submitted for a contest? Just curious.
Among other things, the rules state:
Please do not post your submissions in any other category on Krita-Artists until voting has closed and the winner is declared.
That would seem to automatically disqualify your previously posted painting.
All I needed to know thank you
I hope I can actually finish this, took me way too long to come up with an idea, and when looking for more object references it hit me like a truck: This topic screams for a Steampunk scene, but now I don’t have time to change my mind again 
You still need a bit of fantasy to identify the topic because I’ve focused on the head so far, but I’m kinda proud I came up with a face I like without following some specific reference.
Keep going with it! I love steampunk. 
Nice WIP, @bob2. Welcome to the community.
@bob2 If that piece is done you might want to post it in the finals thread. good job.
It’s beautiful but I’m not sure it fits the “still life” definition. Looks more like a creature?
