(I tried to post this on dtube, but it's not cooperating atm, so I will upload the progress video later.)
I decided to enter the Slothicorn visionary art contest.
Here I made a weird alien gila monster tree with tentacles.
a Xenoflora?
Here is the final piece:
I started with some pencil sketches of Gila Monster blossoms.
I scanned them and rendered a bit in greyscale. Then I painted over the top with some color layers to bring them to life. After that I started painting a tree using some of the wackiest brushes I have.
I feel like they gave it a pretty alien feel. I was basically aiming for a palm tree but it turned into a tentacle tree.
So after that I stuck a gradient in the background, tweaked some values and came in with some smaller details, while adding a confused astronaut to the piece.
What would you do if you were lost in space and you happened upon a tree that grew venomous lizards?
Thanks to 
and congratulations to all the other artists for making something!