Here we are again folks, ART EXPLOSION, THIS IS WEEK 28! The theme this week is MELANCHOLY! This is fairly open ended so interpret this as you please. All forms of art are acceptable, painting, illustration, photography, music, poetry, a story a comic or any other medium you choose, be creative and surprise me!
Once again we have a special sponsor and guest judge: @vachemorte! The total prize pool this week is 25 steem!

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mel·an·chol·y

ˈmelənˌkälē/

noun

1. 1.

   a feeling of pensive sadness, typically with no obvious cause.

   "an air of melancholy surrounded him"

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Please note: in the interest of fairness, we have a new rule, we are accepting new artwork only. This is somewhat on the honour system as we can't always verify but showing a process would be helpful!

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The Rules
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• Upvote and Resteem this post
• Make some art (max two entries per person and please new art only)
• Make a post of your own for your entry (add artexplosion in the tags)
• In your post describe your medium/process a bit
• Link it here in the comments obviously so I can find it.
• All entries must be submitted before Sunday February 18th at 3PM EST.

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We'll be choosing the winners based on whatever tickles and touches us the most!

This is not a requirement but it would be a nice gesture to view the other entries and upvote them if you like so we can support each other and pass this on to any artists or friends you think may be interested :)

I can't wait to see what you create!

See the winners of the previous week HERE