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Welcome, first year heroes!
Please make sure to read through all of the below before starting the challenge! Especially if you want the Free Publishing Class you'll want to make sure you're doing everything correctly!
If you've done Journey June already, you can move up to Level 2!
Find that here: JOURNEY JUNE LEVEL 2 EXPANDED PROMPTS
OFFICIAL 2026 TAG: #JOURNEYJUNE26
Don't forget to also make one personal to your story to find it easily! Example: #jj[STORY NAME]
Journey June is different than other monthly art challenges.
It's loosely based on The Hero's Journey formula. One of the simplest and most famous templates for storytelling.
Journey June specifically deals with getting artists in the habit of creating a narrative and maintaining style consistency throughout their story. If you're striving to one day make your own stories but haven't done anything yet - this is the perfect start!
This is the official list and expanded prompts. Every day that day's prompt and some helpful info will be posted on the official Instagram account where the challenge primarily takes place. Most prompts are lead into from the last -or- go into the next. So the more you can work in past elements the better!
MOST IMPORTANTLY - DON'T get overwhelmed right now!
If you feel yourself starting to freak out go back to taking each topic day-by-day. Be optimistic, have fun with it, and remember it doesn't need to be perfect! You can always go back afterward and fix anything you need to!
This story will be PRACTICE!
If you finish all the days within the first week of July, Cloverkin and Galvosaur will offer a FREE CLASS on how to turn your story INTO A PHYSICAL BOOK!
Find Journey June on IG as @JourneyThruJune
Message us on IG if you have questions!
REMEMBER. This challenge is about QUANTITY OVER QUALITY!
We would rather you finish it at a lower quality than have a couple days fully rendered. It's more important that you get the story out. You can always go back and fix things later. This is meant to be PRACTICE! So don't get stressed out or overwhelmed. Most importantly HAVE FUN! Duh. 😋
Also, to be able to make your story work right, you'll need to read through all of the prompts FIRST.
There are some that deal with other ones and placing things earlier that will reappear later. It's also smart to have your Hero designed by the time June starts. Make sure you like them and can draw them easily. Stick to simpler designs on this one, you'll be drawing them a lot! Ideally use a completely new character/world. Don't use something pre-existing as you'll feel too much hesitation with throwing them into certain things or feel like this story you make then becomes part of theirs. Not necessary. Remember, this is practice and we want you to treat is as disposable. It's the experience and the journey that will stick with you.
If at the end of the challenge (we give you until the first week of July to complete all 30) you finish your journey, you can get a FREE CLASS from Cloverkin & Galvosaur on how to make a book! Because you earned it! So there is a prize at the end if you can defeat the boss and get back home! :)
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OFFICIAL JOURNEY JUNE LVL 1 EXPANDED PROMPT LIST
1. Our Hero - Full body shot of the hero during a normal day.
What is their job? Where are they?
---Focus on who they are and what they do
2. Call to Adventure - Our Hero is met with the opportunity for a quest
Has someone approached them? Did they find an item? Did something in their environment change? Think: “What could possibly go wrong?”
---Focus on a reason they’d be pulled out of their life.
3. Answering the Call - Show the Hero’s answer to the call.
Do they refuse or accept the call? Do they want to go or not really?
---Focus on their personality. What does their decision say about them.
4. Answer’s Aftermath - Their previous choice revealing their intentions
If they refused - What ends up convincing/forcing them to go? If they accepted - Further prep to leave
---Focus on the situation and how it impacts their current lifestyle
5. Journey Begins - (Crossing the Threshold) Gearing up and heading out
What does the road look like ahead? How are they leaving? Are people there? Do they care?
---Focus on saying goodbye/departing in their own way
6. First Obstacle - “Tiny Test” The Hero encounters their first hurdle.
Is it a creature? Is it a structure? Is it a person? Is it environmental?
---Focus on that this is something that tells them they’re no longer in a familiar area
7. Confusing Loot - The Hero receives a strange bounty from the previous trial
They could think, “What is this?” | “I dunno what it is but I like it!” | “Gross.”
---Focus on how they’d react to something completely unfamiliar to them and can it be used later? Maybe, maybe not. Perhaps it’s just a gag.
8. Sticky Situation - The Hero comes upon a viscous problem.
Is it physically sticky? Or just a tough situation? Is it the environment? A creature? Is it our Hero that’s in it or someone else?
---Focus on vulnerability. Someone has gotten into something they can’t easily get themselves out of. Whether it’s the Hero or someone new.
9. Suitable Savior - A NEW CHARACTER IS ADDED!
Were they the one saving or being saved?
---Focus on how the characters conclude the Sticky Situation
10. Cooking up Friendship - Our Hero and new companion share a meal
What are they eating? Is it the new characters food? Our Hero’s? What they choose to eat says a lot about them. Do they like it? Hate it?
---Focus on their environment, the mood, and the characters’ emotions.
11. Second Obstacle - “Peculiar Puzzle” - A mental challenge for our new crew
Is it architectural? Is it a riddle? Is it on paper? Is it a device?
---Focus on how the characters solve it. Are they dumb/physical? Smart/calculated? Or just lucky?
12. Magic Mentor - The group finds a character or entity with magical/special abilities.
Was it after/during the puzzle? How do they react to it? Does it help them?
---Focus on the introduction and what it means for the characters. Does the mentor stick around?
13. Mending Materials - A quiet moment to recoup and mend what’s broken or damaged.
Who’s there? Are they in a town? The mentor’s home? A campfire?
---Focus on a serene scene between our group and how they’re interacting.
14. Lost & Listless - The group now in a foreign and unknown area start to despair.
How are they handling it? Freaking out? Crying? Solitude? Comfort food?
---Focus on how a character would react when they don’t know where to go next.
15. Stumbling upon Shelter - They find shelter
How did they find it? Where is it? What is it? Inn/creature/cave/spaceship/house
---Focus on the mood of the shelter & their feelings about it. Happy/scared/weary?
16. Babbling Bard - The group finds something that gives them directions
Is it a person? A map? A holographic guide? A stone? Cereal box?
---Focus on the form that the map takes for their specific journey.
17. Gaining New Ground - A scene of the crew traveling
What are they using? Mounts? Machines? Flying? Teleporting?
---Focus on how they get to their next stop
18. Distracted & Delayed - Just as they’re finding their way, they’re interrupted.
By what/who? Memories? Lust? Intoxication/drugged? Doubt in their quest?
---Focus on the Hero getting detoured from the quest
19. Third Obstacle - “Hideous Horror” An unsavory trial challenges our group
What is it? A creature? Structure? Machine? Environmental element?
---Focus on the group being disgusted and afraid. This isn’t an easy fight.
20. Weak & Wounded - A scene of our group in bad shape after the previous fight.
Where are they? What do they look like? Is someone dead? Did they win/lose?
---Focus on the disparity of the battle’s aftermath.
21. Magic Mentor Returns - The magic mentor reappears to offer services.
Do they need healing? Does the mentor have special knowledge about the boss they need to share? Did they bring a special item?
---Focus on the group's relief upon seeing the mentor again.
22. Rare Item - The group either finds or is given an item of importance for their journey.
Did the mentor give it to them? Did they find it along their way?
---Focus on how it could potentially affect the final battle.
23. Primed & Prepped - Show our group with newfound hope and renewed faith.
How do they look? New gear? New ship? New tech? New bowtie? New potion?
---Focus on their confidence and how the scene is composed.
24. Dungeon Descent - Our heroes begin the final approach into the villain’s domain.
Where are they? What sort of things are there? Is it space? Is it a cave?
---Focus on the surroundings/environment. Where they are within it. Staging and scale is important here.
25. Fourth Obstacle - “Stolen Souls” The villain’s acquired lackies descend on the party.
What are they? Are they ghosts? Insects? Aliens? Robots?
---Focus on multitude. This obstacle is focused on many of something.
26. Facing Fate - Our party spots the final obstacle from afar.
What does it look like? Is it a person, place, thing, or idea?
---Focus on how the group reacts to seeing the boss. Scale can also play a big part here as well.
27. Fifth Obstacle - “Boss Battle” A scene of the group confronting their main trial.
What feeling is the boss displaying toward them? Is this an easy/difficult battle?
---Focus on a dynamic scene. Camera angle is important here.
28. Final Blow - Someone deals the final blow to the boss.
Is it mental? Verbal? Physical? Does the boss die? Who does it?
---Focus on bringing the story full circle. Try to reuse an already established story element that would make sense in the situation.
29. Victorious - Our heroes react to the outcome of the battle.
Are they happy/sad/angry? Did anyone die? Do they get anything?
---Focus on the current state of the group and how they feel about their win.
30. The Return Home - We see the hero back at home after the quest has ended.
What does it look like? Has it changed? Who’s there? How does the hero look?
---Focus on them having changed during the journey and how it affects their life going forward.
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YOU CAN DO IT! Let us know if you have questions! WE BELIEVE IN YOU!!!
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