Hello!
Here’s my entry for the contest! It’s alright if I’m too late I had fun painting it anyway!
Attached are the images with & without the character! 
The character reminded me of my favorite Pokémon Piplup, a water type too! I can’t wait to join in the game (when my laptop is fixed or I get a new PC, if there’s anyway to play it from an ipad let me know! ^^ Thank you for your help!) and perhaps from it learn about the staking/business side of it, I don’t know much about it yet but it’s exciting to learn and I know the community is active & supportive so I know the learning will be great!
On to the painting itself, I did it in my usual painterly style. I feel a little down that my style is not suitable for the entry but I love the character concept so I decided to do it & have fun with it anyway! In the video attached you can see me painting!
It’s been raining a lot these past few days, I think it’s a reallllyyyy good way to welcome and spend the new years, I love the rain! And the sky has been so beautiful at sunset, I didn’t know if I’ve never noticed it or it was because of the rain, I found myself observing the colors like the old impressionist masters, seeing the pink & oranges from behind the big, darkening blue sky was so beautiful! Nothing could beat the greatest artist of all time, the almighty divine creator after all.
(I can’t quite capture the pink hues of the sky ^^”)
I could only imitate the colors and it inspired me to incorporate the orange & pink hues into the background! ^^
I hope you like my take on it, I decided to be a lot of freer with my paintings and added a cartoon-ish line art to tie the whole painting together! There are lots of wonderful entries, even if I’m too late to join, it was a great experience for me!
Have a nice day and happy new years!
Thank you for reading!