Yea, that was the 80s metal kind of theme I was going for.

Also, the codpiece on that bear was just too good to pass up on :)

I recently saw this one in the Mauritshuis in The Hague.
Really nice painting, and a great collection too!

Prompt: airbrush drawing, heavy metal style, of a pink Care Bear with a heart on its belly, pointing his sword high towards the sky and shouting, looking up at the dark sky, wearing a chainmail loincloth, on a mountain in hell, red flames in the background, highly detailed, symmetrical composition, dramatic lighting --ar 3:4 --stylize 75

On a side note, to whomever wins this challenge, I would love to see a reverse to this theme as well :)

That sheep on the left is completely dissolving!

That’s one way to get rid of scabs and ticks I suppose.

Happy Birthday!
Sorry to hear about your birthday money, I hope you’ll still get to have nice day in spite of it!

What did this cat DO?!
Caught stealing a fish in Thailand (I‘m guessing), and then extradited to the US?
They must want him pretty bad.

“The planet Arrakis, known as Dune”

My very first experience with a sound card was watching the Dune 2 intro on my dad’s friend’s computer. I was so amazed, I just sat in awe as that intro movie played.
On the drive home I tried to remember if what I heard was real, and I just couldn’t imagine it. When I tried to recall what I saw and heard, I could only imagine hearing that tinny internal speaker making bleeps and bloops instead of the actual sounds. It just seemed so unreal at the time that I could not recall what I had heard only a few hours earlier :)

On a side note, I don’t think any studio in the nineties made as memorable tunes and sounds as Westwood did. There was always something enchanting about them. Dune 2, the Kyrandia games, they all had excellent music that really played into the strengths of what was available back then.
Of course I’m talking with pink tinted nostalgia goggles, but still… good memories :)

Yes, I remember these! Countdown And Tex Murphy: The Martian Memorandum come to mind. I remember being amazed at the sounds suddenly coming out of our internal computer speaker. It even had something close to speech!
The manual also came with some info on making the sound even better using some alligator clips, but that went waaaay over my little head at the time :)

Here you go :)

Walking home at night after your day is over, carrying some last minute groceries for a quick dinner.
The streets are already deserted and the cool summer night’s air adds that special scent that makes you feel so at peace…

Prompt: A woman walking down a tree-lined boulevard along a canal, carrying a plastic white grocery bag, at a summer night, artificial lighting, peaceful atmosphere, shot on disposable camera --ar 3:2 --style raw

This is such a nice challenge, I love the idea.

Oh, thanks for the cross-post @tal@lemmy.today! :)

And again, congrats on a great first year to everyone of us who contributed in making this instance what it is today.
And of course a special thanks to the admins!

“Political ideologies, an introduction” by Andrew Heywood, is available for free online.

It was required reading for my history study in uni about ten years ago. This seems to be a newer edition. It’s quite a read, but it covers a lot of isms in a generally unbiased manner.

Prompt: Versus, close-up view of an astronaut, with a large insect-like alien in the background, hanging upside down on a ceiling, in a derelict space ship corridor, dark atmosphere, low angle --ar 4:3 --stylize 70

Upside down, inverted or other kinds of viewpoints are really hard to make! Anyway, here’s my attempt, it barely fits within the theme but I hope you’ll like it anyway :)

That last one is making a run for it :)

Thanks! My problem is that I take the theme too literally :)
I really wanted to try and create a sailor moon that’s “just left of normal”. Anyway, I really like what I managed to create and I had fun in the process, and that’s what matters the most.

So for this I made use of the character reference and combined the images of Marcus Smelvy, from one of my older posts, with a normal Sailor Moon. The results were really good and combined aspects of both. All that was left was to create a scene that works well for this new Sailor Moon.

Don’t bother me, momma’s playing her slots.

Prompt: Chubby Sailor moon with long hair, sitting in front of a slot machine, playing on the slot machine and smoking a cigarette, in a casino, ambient lighting --ar 3:2 --style raw --cref https://s.mj.run/qiUyayqWexY https://s.mj.run/qx2UZdW3TZo --cw 0 --stylize 75

Since thelsim got to choose the theme fairly recently, I’ll make an executive decision and grant next week’s theme to M0oP0o! Good luck, I hope you can choose better than I did 😜

That’s fine. I’d most likely would have done the same. @M0oP0o@mander.xyz, enjoy hosting the next challenge. I’ll happily participate again :)