Get inspired with this week’s Fantasy Art Wednesday, where fun fantasy artwork is combined with a writing prompt to get your creative juices flowing!

Here’s a little something for those of you who like to tell a darker tale. Certainly there are no fairies lurking here, and no magical sunbeams are breaking through the oppressive gray blanket overhead. Everything about this dirty, dilapidated cobbled street puts your nerves on edge–this is not a welcoming place. Any type of villain could be lurking in the shadows, with a sharp dagger and a quick hand, ready to grab anything of value off the still warm body lying at his feet. The hanging light draws you toward those open doors, leading to where? I envision a rough tavern full of unsavory characters. A place to perhaps glean information, hire an assassin, or make deals that had best not come out into the light of day. Who will you send down these streets, and through the doors? And what will they find on the other side? 

Get inspired with this week’s Fantasy Art Wednesday, where fun fantasy artwork is combined with a writing prompt to get your creative juices flowing!

Last week’s artwork took us deep underwater to a silent city. This city by contrast is full of life. There is plenty going on in this bustling place, with its somewhat exotic architecture and canals with boats. In the background there is a statue that seems to be commemorating a significant person, or event, in history. What does the flag he’s holding signify? A moment of victory securing freedom? Or perhaps these people are conquerers. Either way, it seems to be a prosperous place, with the buildings in good repair, and well dressed people moving at a leisurely pace along the streets. What details stand out to you as you look at this image? Let your imagination come up with a story for this place; its people, history, lore…and its future.

Artwork by Mark Bulahao

Get inspired with this week’s Fantasy Art Wednesday, where fun fantasy artwork is combined with a writing prompt to get your creative juices flowing!

There are many tall tales and myths about underwater cities–whole civilizations, whether still bustling with activity, or lost and forgotten, domed to provide air, or open to the water, defying what we know of reality.

The city in this image looks deserted. Was it once above ground, now sunk below the water? Or was it built here on purpose, and by who? Mer-people? Humans who have found a means to adapt, or beings we have yet to conceive of?

Plunge into the depths of blue and explore what this underwater world has to offer. From pillar to archway, there is plenty to stir the imagination.

Get inspired with this week’s Fantasy Art Wednesday, where fun fantasy artwork is combined with a writing prompt to get your creative juices flowing!

Last week’s image was so peaceful and green. By stark contrast, this valley is completely barren. Nothing grows here…except apparently dragons. You can see them emerging from what seems to be a cold mist. The smell of damp stone, mud, and foul water greets my nose, along with smoke and scorched earth.

Is this narrow place the dragons’ safe haven from would-be hunters, where they have the advantage of a clear line of sight? There doesn’t seem to be anywhere to hide. Perhaps it is only a nesting area for young dragons. They remain here until they are old enough to fly off and settle in distant regions, seeking treasure to hoard.

What is on the other side of the mountains framing our view? More of the same? Burnt countryside? Or green slopes and fields, tended by a few brave souls who dare to live so close to danger? If the creatures are a danger at all. (Your world, your rules.)

Whether these dragons are despised or revered, there is sure to be plenty of lore surrounding this rocky valley. What rumors have you heard in your travels? We’re all waiting expectantly to hear a good tale…