(A submission for #monthlypixels on Bsky)

I promised Shrimp I would participate, and I'm sooooooo so glad that I did. I am super happy with the outcome!!!

First of all, for the nerdies: yes, I know..... Pumpkins are not a vegetable and blah blah blahhh . I learned that even eggplants are a fruit (WHAT!????). BUT! They have the culinary properties of vegetables, right? (just say yes so that i am not disqualified, please).

I just wanted a more original way to include the three vegetables in the composition. And I'm kind of proud of this silly idea that I had! Sometimes I question my creativity, compare to other artists and feel like I'm not capable of coming up with fun ideas. But idk, I kinda like the eggplant thing!

As for the more technical side of things, y'all know I always have difficulty using reduced palettes. And making my own palettes too. But I love the one I managed to pull on this work! I guess all it takes is being a little bit bold to reduce the color count in a painting. I feel I now have a better understanding of how saturation should be used when making a palette. For example, lowering the pumpkin's orangeish color's saturation made it blend so much better with the environment. I ended up using 5 colors insead of the allowed 8!

Anyways, the drawing process was pretty smooth, it didn't take too much time to draw it (apart from the 29 days of procrastination, lmao). And I had fun!

Please feel free to check the submissions by other artists who participated, I'm sure you'll love them. <3