This month I tried making renders that force me to use a feature of Blender I was unfamiliar with:

Aqueduct: I tried out this new painterly look and I think it looks so cool! The ground is just a plane with a hair emitter on it, and I added 2 people on top of the structure (I was inspired loosely by Roman aqueducts) to try to get a sense of scale.

Space station: I saw a tutorial on YouTube about using displacement maps as a way to create random looking tiny buildings and it's really fun. I got a greyscale image full of squares, UV unwrapped the models in my scene I wanted to "add buildings to" and slapped the displacement modifier on them. It's super quick! I made this render inspired by Elite Dangerous bases.

Cryptid: You can dither in Blender directly nowadays! Not as fun as Studio AAA's DitherBoy, which I like using a lot, but still nice. I was challenged by a friend to make a Cryptid (I don't know what that is) and I put this super duper quick scene together.

Cyberpunk: I've been playing Cyberpunk, can you tell? I had fun making this render and tried this new hologram shader setup for the fish and the eye. I've got a long way to go with lighting...