Free to a good home.

My Discord, Book Club with Spikes, does a monthly art challenge nigh continuously at this point. Most of the participants are honing skills with AI art tools, some of them are just taking part for the fun of it, and it’s really enjoyable to see what everyone comes up with. This month, while I’m usually trying to do physical skill-building, I’m leaning into the AI as I’ll be traveling for my Dad’s memorial service and to see family and don’t anticipate the physical or mental energy for much extra. The group put together a science fictional list of prompts variously (it’s always fun to see this happen) and I’m making art from that list.

I have been up to my eyebrows in prep for travel and potentially spotty or no internet, aside from making sure my husband is going to be ok with me gone for more than a week, so I didn’t know what to write here… so you get story seeds. One thing I’m generally trying to do with my images is to give them scope for imagination. There’s something here, at least that’s the hope, and I think they can grow into more. I’ll toss them out, and if they bloom for you, I’ll be delighted to see it happen.

Today’s prompt required me to do a little research, because I didn’t know much about Europa. After looking it up I was intrigued by the possibility of life existing in a subsurface ocean layered between an icy surface and a metallic core. Here on earth there are sea creatures that incorporate iron into their bodies, forming a kind of armor. So why not a metallic worm on Europa?

If nothing else, these are pretty, and the world can always use a little more beauty to look at, eh?