Testing the color palette and starting a second sketch

As I sketched I realized I was trying too hard to add everything that felt important and the results were looking too literal and more like a memory, not really something created. I started to focus on the feeling that I wanted, warmth, cozy, familiar, nostalgic. I decided to create a place where you can share your memories and emotions with others, a magical campfire where everyone can get a small portion of the same flame so you'll be able to share your stories with your words and your feelings through the flames!

I've decided to go with the 6th thumbnail.

The idea of oasis brings me the feeling of coziness, warmth, nostalgia, “saudade” in Portuguese. It’s inseparable to me from the idea of being with others, family, friends, working together with a group and making all kinds of art. It also brings me to the memories I have, ‘saudade’ of my grandmother and the afternoon coffees we had as a family. I’ve come to cherish these little moments and remember them as my mom would call them: “sublime moments”.
For the challenge I wanted to bring those ideas, being with others, making art and those sublime moments in a simple but cozy place so I searched for color references in moments like Zeniba’s house in Spirited Away, Hearthstone’s “Hearth and Home” Cinematic, Osono’s Bakery in Kiki Delivery Service and arts from Lo-fi Girl.