Good afternoon my dear Hivers!!! 💖💖💖

How strange to greet you during the day, as normally my posts are at night. But this time, I had to stay up until the wee hours of the morning to finish the final touches for my #Splinterlands art contest entry. I didn't want to miss it this week!!! 🫲🏻😋🫱🏻

Also, it took me longer than usual due to the fact that I was playing #Splinterlands to earn more chests. Although I dropped from Silver III to Bronze I, I guess it was due to the end of the season as the competition got more intense and I was up against some really good players. In the end, I got 58 chests, and although it was difficult, I got quite a few cards, including some summoners. I didn't do too bad this season, considering it was my first!!!! (from a long time ago). I'm happy to be growing my deck of cards. 🥳🍾🎉🎉🎉

Well, getting back on the topic of my art contest entry, I have to say that I had a bit of a hard time deciding what to do this week. I had a creative block, which is weird, since I usually have my "tactics" to prevent that from happening. Maybe it was the stress, I don't know. After much effort, I finally decided to do an illustration of this rogue thief named -=VRUZ=-, a skilled kleptomaniac, for my entry.

Before you see how I worked on my illustration, I invite you to read a little bit of the story of this mischievous character. It's a lot of fun and, although it's long, I'll leave a part of it for you to go and read on the #Splinterlands page:

“Now you stay put, Jabir,” Vruz said, shaking a finger at the fat troll. The little gremlin stood less than half a meter tall, not even halfway to his friend’s knee, but Jabir took a step back all the same.

“Why don't ya use magic?” the troll asked, scratching his head.

Vruz sighed. “How many times do I have tell you? Not all gremlins can use magic.”

But Jabir had already lost interest and was trying to dislodge something from up his nose. Vruz shook his head in dismay...