#februaryartchallenge

It’s #Medusa week for the #legendarywomenmonth art challenge! When you think of Medusa you probably think of the beast with snakes for hair and a petrifying gaze who was killed by Purseus, who took her head to save Andromeda from a sea monster. But she is so much more than a monster-of-the-week villain. Medusa was a beautiful priestess of Athena. Athena got jealous when she believed people were coming to her temple just to gawk at Medusa. When Medusa is raped by Poseidon, Athena punishes her with snake hair and stony eyes. Men would hunt her trying to take her head as a trophy, only to be turned to stone with a glance. Perseus finally succeeded when he snuck up and chopped off her head while she slept and Pegasus and Chrysaor, the children of her assault, were born. TLDR: Medusa was a sexual assault survivor who was punished instead of her attacker, was sought as a trophy, and killed in her sleep so a man could use her power to fight his battle. Some monster. Medusa is a symbol of feminine power - a survivor who was able to turn the male gaze against itself. Her identity as a woman is just as distinguishing as her snake hair because she reflects the fear of feminine autonomy, something that had to be taken and used. Thanks so much to @aryillustrations @chibiomatic @cladart_ and @vale_arts_ for hosting this awesome challenge and for putting together the character mood boards! And thanks to @promptosaurus for promoting it and getting it on my radar! #legendarywomenmonthchallenge #artchallenge #februaryartchallenge #HELLOPROMPTOSAURUS #gorgo #gorgon #petrified #stonecold #myeyesareuphere #athena #poseidon #pegasus #greekmythology #feministicon #womeninmyth #artistsoninstagram #digitalart #digitalillustration #procreate #artistssupport_feature #artshoutout_gallery #yourartsupporter #das_4u #lovesupportartists #yeppart #tips_featur (at Waynesburg, Pennsylvania) https://www.instagram.com/p/CZw9OjCLKrN/?utm_medium=tumblr

The third prompt of the February art challenge (Tales of Old, a fun challenge surrounding Slavic lore and fairytale) I’m cohosting with the incredible artists: @denise.vandillen @izarra_studio @regretfully_rainey @variety_of_scribbles Is “Sunny Lake” which I thought would be perfect for the Vodyanoy. From Wikipedia: “Vodyanoy is said to appear as a naked old man with a frog-like face, greenish beard, and long hair, with his body covered in algae and muck, usually covered in black fish scales; (…) He has webbed paws instead of hands, a fish's tail, and eyes that burn like red-hot coals. He usually rides along his river on a half-sunken log, making loud splashes. Local drownings are said to be the work of the Vodyanoy. When angered, the vodyanoy breaks dams, washes down water mills, and drowns people and animals.” My Vodyanoy looks more like a young and happy hippie (hoppy? Haha) than the grouchy old “you kids stay outta my river” man-frog described, but maybe it’s an old picture where life just hadn’t had the chance to beat the happinesses out of him yet. #talesofoldchallenge #slavicfolklore #slavicmythology #folktaleillustration #folkloreart #februaryartchallenge #artistchallenge #artprompt #vodyanoy #watermonster #waterspirit #riverspirit #sunnylake https://www.instagram.com/p/CaFlDa3JgoL/?utm_medium=tumblr

So, I really want to work on my painting/rendering skills so I've developed my own little challenge here. For each day of the month of February I'm going to do a little painting of the material/object/scene assigned to each day. Feel free to join in, maybe we can help artists everywhere develop their skills by getting involved. Anyway thanks for reading and have a great day 😊 Now....hopefully I can make it through the whole month. (#everyartistsrealchallenge) - - - - - - - #ekkiart #ekki #rendering #art #digitalart #painting #practice #challnge #renderuary #februaryartchallenge #artchallnge

It’s the final week of #legendarywomenmonth and we are capping off the art challenge with #Pandora! Pandora famously was responsible for unleashing every evil in the world, but she is a catalyst, not a cause. The story also ignores pre-existing myths of Pandora as a life-bringing goddess, but let’s keep it simple and stick to Hesiodic myth. Pandora’s creation was commissioned Zeus because Prometheus stole fire and gave it to humanity (which at the time for some reason was only male). She was meant to be a punishment. The other gods gave her gifts - beauty, charm, grace, quick wit, needlework and weaving - while Zeus gave the “gift” of a vessel filled with all evil (and hope for some reason). Pandora would open the vessel, unleashing all that bad stuff and ending the Golden Age (while taking the blame for Zeus’s actions). But what was the Golden Age? There was no death or disease, but also no industry/society and without fire humanity was subservient to the gods. So the Golden Age was a dark, cold, oppressive, and endless sausage fest. Cool. So what did Pandora give us? Birth. Pandora’s daughter Pyrrha was the first human born born without being created by the gods, and she survived the flood that Zeus sent to destroy the world and became the mother of modern humanity. So it’s really a glass half empty/full situation. Did Pandora unleash death? Or did she give us autonomy, fertility, and the opportunity to live with meaning? Thanks so much to @vale_arts_ @cladart_ @aryillustrations and @chibiomatic for hosting this awesome challenge and for putting together the character mood boards! And thanks to @promptosaurus for promoting it and getting it on my radar! #legendarywomenmonthchallenge #artchallenge #februaryartchallenge #HELLOPROMPTOSAURUS #pandoramyth #greekmythology #pandorasbox #pandoraart #mythologyart #feministart #feministicon #womeninmyth #artistsoninstagram #digitalart #digitalillustration #procreate #artistssupport_feature #artshoutout_gallery #yourartsupporter #das_4u #lovesupportartists #yeppart #tips_featur (at Waynesburg, Pennsylvania) https://www.instagram.com/p/CaSY2oMLV_v/?utm_medium=tumblr

It’s #banshee week for the #legendarywomenmonth art challenge! This week’s subject is unique in that her original myth doesn’t demonize her at all. Banshees were not villains but have become villains in movies, tv series, and games, often depicted as evil spirits who would use their wailing to terrify or harm mortals (the first time I encountered the myth was as a villain in the Gargoyles tv series). But the banshee is not a malicious spirit, rather she’s a figure from Irish folklore whose wailing (or keening) would herald the death of a family member. She would not cause harm, but rather signal death with her own sadness. It’s a real Bruno from Encanto situation 😂 When my grandmother passed I found @mychemicalromance ’s The Black Parade extremely therapeutic. So when I was working on my version of the banshee, I couldn’t get the album or the band’s black marching uniforms out of my head. Thanks so much to @cladart_ @aryillustrations @chibiomatic and @vale_arts_ for hosting this awesome challenge and for putting together the character mood boards! And thanks to @promptosaurus for promoting it and getting it on my radar! #legendarywomenmonthchallenge #artchallenge #februaryartchallenge #HELLOPROMPTOSAURUS #banshee #spirit #fairy #keening #irishfolklore #wedonttalkaboutbanshee #theblackparade #shrill #feministicon #womeninmyth #artistsoninstagram #digitalart #digitalillustration #procreate #artistssupport_feature #artshoutout_gallery #yourartsupporter #das_4u #lovesupportartists #yeppart #tips_featur (at Waynesburg, Pennsylvania) https://www.instagram.com/p/CaAWgcILDoz/?utm_medium=tumblr

For the first prompt, “Sleepy Village”, in the Tales of Old February challenge I’m cohosting with some incredible fellow artists (@izarra_studio @variety_of_scribbles @denise.vandillen @regretfully_rainey) I decided to draw the mysterious Kikimora. From the Wikipedia regarding her: “Kikimora is a legendary creature, a female house spirit in Slavic mythology. (…)When the kikimora inhabits a house, she lives behind the stove or in the cellar, and usually produces noises similar to those made by the mice in order to obtain food. Kikimory (in plural) were the first traditional explanation for sleep paralysis in Russian folklore. (…) It is a common belief that mora enters the room through the keyhole, sits on the chest of the sleepers and tries to strangle them (hence moriti, "to torture", "to bother", "to strangle").” This piece was quite the chore to be truthful, but I’m really happy with how it turned out! The color palette I used is from @colorpalette.cinema And the houses outside from a stamp pack by Veronika Gotovceva on TheHungryJPEG. I suck at architecture 😅 #talesofoldchallenge #kikimora #sleepparalysis #nightterrors #februaryartchallenge #drawingprompts #drawingchallenge #folkart #folkloreart #folktale #folktaleillustration #slavicfolklore #slavicmythology #artistscommunity #festiveart #artistschallenge #artprompt https://www.instagram.com/p/CZkbM3cPs7K/?utm_medium=tumblr

I’m so excited for the #legendarywomenmonth art challenge! I was immediately drawn in by the prompt list which features characters who have villainous reputations but who are so much more than the darkness attributed to them. First up is Lilith, the “first wife” of Adam. She refused to be sexually submissive to Adam - “I will not lie below,” to which Adam replied “you are fit only to be in the bottom position, while I am to be the superior one.” Lilith fled Eden, then Eve was created from Adam’s rib, and Lilith was vilified and attributed with sickness and death in newborns. Lilith is painted as a villain, but she’s just the first woman to say “we are equal to each other inasmuch as we were both created from the earth.” So here’s Lilith in all her glory wearing a “PWR TOP” graphic tee (the text uses a green floral pattern to symbolize Eden) with her horns and the serpent of Eden are drawn behind her in chalk. Thanks so much to @chibiomatic @aryillustrations @cladart_ and @vale_arts_ for hosting this awesome challenge and for putting together the character mood boards! And thanks to @promptosaurus for promoting it and getting it on my radar! Next week: Medusa! #legendarywomenmonthchallenge #artchallenge #februaryartchallenge #HELLOPROMPTOSAURUS #lilith #powertop #feministicon #womeninmyth #artistsoninstagram #digitalart #digitalillustration #procreate #artistssupport_feature #artshoutout_gallery #yourartsupporter #das_4u #lovesupportartists #yeppart #tips_featur (at Waynesburg, Pennsylvania) https://www.instagram.com/p/CZcT9OOOj_a/?utm_medium=tumblr

Hello everyone!!! We are so glad to announce an exciting challenge inspired by an ancient Slavic folk tales and mythology. Join us and travel through tales retold! We have 2 prompt lists which are designed to be paired together: 5 environmental prompts for each range of days in February and 9 mythological creature prompts. Environments: 1st-6th Sleepy Village 7th-12th Misty Meadow Fog 13th-18th Sunny Lake 19th-23rd Frozen Riverbed 24th -28th Lost Cabin Mythical creatures & daities: Baba Yaga Chernobog Domovoy Kikimora Kolobok Morena Morozko Vasilisa Vodyanoy 🍁 Pick any creature that you like and put them in any environment from the 5 prompts 🍁You can put more creatures in 1 environment (e.g.Baba Yaga & Vasilisa at the misty meadow) 🍁 No need to strictly follow the schedule 🍁 Be sure to add #talesofoldchallenge hashtag so that we can see your entries 🍁Any medium, technique or age is welcome 🍁Be sure to tag the hosts. We are looking forward to see your creations and will share you @izarra_studio @denise.vandillen @regretfully_rainey @variety_of_scribbles @stacescotty_art #februaryartchallenge #drawingprompts #drawingchallenge #folkart #folkloreart #folktale #folktaleillustration #slavicfolklore #slavicmythology #artistscommunity #festiveart #artistschallenge #artprompt https://www.instagram.com/p/CZU5B22Pj0q/?utm_medium=tumblr