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2024/05/23

May 23, 2024
A small dirt road cuts through a scrubby area with low trees and high weeds. In the lower left is a small wooden sign, pointing to the road, but no letters are visible on it. Farther down the road is a small figure wearing a hat and carrying a staff. There appears to be a slight haze of fog hanging over the road. In the distance, high in the sky, is a huge red heart-shaped balloon with yellow stars printed on it. The sky is gray and cloudy. A few birds circle high above. This is a primarily gray and dull blue drawing.

2024/05/20

May 20, 2024
A scene that shows either a blazing sunrise or sunset. The sun is low towards the horizon; above it hangs a much larger planet, like the moon if it was several sizes bigger than it actually is. In the foreground stands a tall building, like a tenement, rising up out of an uneven landscape. The building does not appear to be in a city. It only has one window: a glowing red window at the very top. This is a primarily red and yellow drawing, with the building in navy blue.

2024/05/18

May 18, 2024
A dark night. A small creek winds through a black forest with a tall, conical mountain rising in the distance. Blazing into the sky from the mountain is a glowing light with a tail like a comet, suggesting a flare or a firework launched by someone on top of the mountain. In the foreground, on the bank of the creek, a small figure stands next to a fire, watching the light in the sky. This is a primarily blue drawing.

2024/05/17

May 17, 2024
A Martian landscape: yellow sky, red soil, desert landscape. Hovering above the ground is a strange figure. The top of its head is perfectly flat, its eyes are large and empty, and it has a haggard expression. Its face looks almost like a mask. It has thin arms and two short legs. It is being suspended above the ground by a very small red balloon attached to its backpack.

2024/05/04

May 4, 2024
A barren, sun-blasted desert, rendered in shades of bleached yellow and tan. This desert is particularly sun-blasted because hanging low in the sky are not one but two suns, similarly sized and close to each other. In the background is a low mountain. In the foreground is a small, domed building that looks like an igloo with entrances in the front and the back. To the right of the building is the small figure of a person; possibly a bored moisture farmer who is wondering where his droid went.

2024/04/30

April 30, 2024
A dark gray hill covered in grass. The time of day looks like either early morning or twilight. At the top of the hill, to the right of the drawing, is a large rectangular stone obelisk with the words "reject all" carved into it, and a giant red button—one of those round plastic things you might see on an arcade game or video controller—embedded in the stone. Somewhat down the hill, on the left side of the drawing, is the silhouette of a person. The person is approximately half the size of the obelisk. The sky is a mix of orange and yellow. High in the sky are two birds, perhaps hawks.

2024/04/29

April 29, 2024
A deep pit, dug into the ground. We are seeing a cross-section of the earth: gray-black soil with a tall pit the size of a multi-story building extending down into it. Scattered throughout the soil are many rocks and pebbles, with a few bones. At the top of the pit are several mounds of soil. At the bottom of the pit, standing on a large mound of soil, is a small figure wearing an orange hat and an orange shirt. The figure continues to dig, seemingly trapped in this towering hole from which there is no escape. Also buried in the ground, a few feet away from the figure but not yet unearthed, is a large yellow smiley-face. Above the pit, at ground level, the sky is blue with a few white clouds.

2024/04/13

April 13, 2024
A small, rocky path winds beneath a steep cliff. The path is on the right side of the drawing and the cliff is on the left side of the drawing. Standing on the path is a small figure with a wide-brimmed hat and a staff. In front of the figure, far in the distance, is the dim, vast shape of a mountain. The sky is clear blue. Standing on top of the cliff, in the top left of the drawing, is the bulky figure of a horned monster. The monster is peering down at the traveler, looking ominously focused.

2024/04/12

April 12, 2024
A mountain in the middle of nowhere, under a blazing yellow and crimson sky. Planted at the very peak of the mountain is a signpost with two signs: one pointing forward, reading "OK", and one pointing backwards, reading "Cancel".

2024/04/11

April 11, 2024
A dark, starry night. A large crescent moon hangs in the sky, so large and close that the craters and surface texture are visible. Below is a small pond, surrounded by grass and a few trees. Standing by the pond, white glow reflected in the water, is a ghostly white figure.

2024/04/08

April 8, 2024
A full solar eclipse. The sun hangs in an eerie, purple sky, fully obscured, only a green and white corona visible. Below are several craggy mountains, also illuminated with a weird green light. On top of the closer mountain stands a small figure wearing a cloak, both arms raised to the sky, a staff clutched in the right arm. The figure appears to be staring directly at the sun without eclipse glasses, which one should never do, even if one is a sorcerer summoning the apocalypse.

2024/04/06

April 6, 2024
A dark, cloudy night. In the foreground is a bare, rocky hillside overlooking a flat plane. In the distance, but not too far away, is the wooded slope of another hill. Someone is standing on the rocky hillside, holding a long cable. The cable curves up to where an enormous yellow smiley-face hangs in the sky. Yellow light from the face is reflecting off the person and the plane. Most of the drawing is gray and black, except for the yellow smiley-face.

2024/04/05

April 5, 2024
A person stands in a rocky, mountainous area. The person is on a craggy open peak, with wooded skylines on both sides. Directly below the person, as if carved into the rock, is the huge form of a stone giant that may or may not be in the process of waking up. The giant is bald with a heavy, jowly face and eyes hidden beneath a heavy brow. The horizon is afire with either a sunrise or a sunset. Above, a hawk turns in the sky. This is probably not what Lebanon, New Jersey looks like, but then again, I've never been there.

2024/03/31

March 31, 2024
A glowing white humanoid figure climbs out of a trap door in the ground. In the background is the blurry suggestion of a wooded hill. The sun hangs high in yellow sky. Two birds fly overhead.

2024/03/28

March 28, 2024
A dark gray, hunched-over, humanoid monster prowls a remote area. The sky is a dismal, grayish green. The monster stands on what looks like a meadow with a forested hill rising up in the distance. There appears to be a layer of fog over the ground. The monster has a tail, long claws, and a reddish eye. A black speech balloon is above the monster's head. The balloon looks like a computer error message without any text; it contains a triangular yellow warning icon, and a blue button that says "OK". But things are not OK.

2024/03/27

March 27, 2024
A hazy, yellow desert, with low mountains in the background. The sun sits high in the sky, as buzzards wheel above. Hovering about 30 feet above the desert floor is a house-sized metal sphere the color of the desert. There is only one opening in it: a circular hatchway, revealing a greenish glow from the interior. A ladder drops from the hatchway to the ground. Walking away from the ladder is a small figure carrying a staff.

2024/03/17

March 17, 2024
A hulking, crimson devil-figure with horns, a crimson jacket, and a tie stands on what looks like a surfboard with a small jet engine mounted under it, soaring over a landscape. The figure is silhouetted against an orange sky. Its right arm is behind it for balance; its left arm is holding up a phone that it is staring at. The phone screen shows a head with horns, suggesting that the devil is taking a selfie. The screen is reflected in the devil's large, mirrored eyes.

2024/03/16

March 16, 2024
A dark gray day, edging into evening. Fog is visible on the ground. The world is slate-gray. In the distance is a blurry suggestion of a forest. Rising up from the forest is a tall, spindly tower that looks like a radio mast. At the top of the tower is a glowing yellow neon smiley-face. Large birds circle the top of the tower. In the foreground, a person stands looking at the tower, holding in their left hand a glowing spherical smiley-emoji as though it's a lantern. The emoji casts yellow light on the ground, which looks as though it's wet.

2024/03/14

March 14, 2024
A flat landscape with a blurry suggestion of trees in the background. On the left side is a tall, cylindrical pillar with a chunk missing from the lower left near the base. Perched precariously at the top of the pillar is a giant boulder that looks like it's seconds away from tipping off. Keeping it balanced is an ominously thin metal support that looks like something you'd find supporting a sign or streetlight. On the side of the boulder is a small window, lit crimson from the inside. It's not clear what's happening inside the boulder. Hanging from the metal support is a small birdhouse. The sun hangs low in the yellow sky. No people are visible.

2024/03/13

March 13, 2024
On the left of the drawing is a large rocky cliff with a flat top. On the right is an open space. A huge black tentacle, like that of a monstrous squid or octopus, is reaching up from the bottom of the drawing, yanking a fishing pole out of the hand of a person standing on the top of the cliff. The sky is a greenish blue; the tentacle and the cliff are black. Below, where the tentacle is reaching up from, is white fog and ocean spray.

2024/03/10

March 10, 2024
A small man with a large round head and thin legs stands in what looks like a barren, remote area. The man is wearing a large, floppy hat with a brim and a white feather stuck in it, and has enormous round eyes that take up most of his face, a sharp nose, and a tight mouth. In his right hand, he's holding a walking staff; his left hand is up against his face, a long-stemmed pipe between his fingers. He is wearing a ragged cloak or trenchcoat, and has a necktie. Behind him is the blurry suggestion of a treeline. The sky is slate-gray, mixed with an eerie, almost auroral green. Snufkin is back, and he's not fooling around.

2024/03/05

March 5, 2024
A blazing yellow sunset over black mountains. From a vantage point high on a hill, a large, furry creature with two pointed ears looks down at a small building in the valley. The building has one large open door, like something on a garage or warehouse, and some smaller windows in the second wing of the building. The large door is spilling greenish light out onto the ground. Green light is also visible in the other windows. The ground of the valley is also covered in yellow light; the building is casting a shadow. We are looking at the creature from the back, but the front of the creature is lit with yellow light.

2024/03/03

March 3, 2024
An open, swampy area in a forest. It's the late afternoon; the sky is pink with the sun lowering towards the trees. There is an overgrown path with dead, branchless trunks of trees next to it. In the distance is visible a tree line. Crossing the path, heading to the right into the part of the drawing that suggests an open bog, is the shambling, hunched silhouette of something with two sharp, pointy ears and a humanoid hand. Closest to the viewer is a large, weathered yellow sign that says "area closed". A hawk wheels in the sky.

2024/02/23

February 23, 2024
A clear, cold night. The full moon blazes across a frozen lake with what appears to be fog on the surface. In the foreground, walking across the ice, is a hooded figure. On the far shore is a wooded hill with a single house on the side. There is a yellow window glowing on the side of the house. This is a mostly blue drawing: the sky is blue, in the way that it is when there's a full moon, and the ice is a lighter but cold blue.

2024/02/21

February 21, 2024
A heavily wooded black skyline, with a small road cutting through it. It's either sunrise or sunset, and the horizon is a blazing red, giving way to heavy slate-gray clouds. Hanging in the sky above the trees is a small dirigible, reflecting the red glow. There is a small, glowing green light on its top tailfin, and a red light on the basket.

2024/02/20

February 20, 2024
The tall, rocky archway of the mouth of a cave. You're standing inside the cave, looking out. In front of you is a small figure, silhouetted in the opening, holding up a glowing yellow torch. The figure is about a third of the height of the cave opening. The opening looks out onto the ocean and the blue sky beyond. The floor of the cave is brown, the rocks are gray.

2024/02/19

February 19, 2024
A huge, rocky cliff jutting into the ocean. At the top of the cliff, somewhat set back from the edge, is a small white house with an orange roof. Someone is walking away from the house towards the edge of the cliff. Farther down along the side of the cliff is the large black opening of a cave. Someone is standing in the cave, holding up a lantern that is illuminating the sides of the cave with yellow light. All around stretches the vast blue sky, with a scattering of seagulls in the top left. There is a hazy suggestion of white clouds on the horizon. The ocean is green.

2024/02/18

February 18, 2024
A huge stone head sits in a remote area at night. It's a cloudy night; a heavy gray sky, no stars or moon. The head is obelisk-shaped, covered in graffiti, and seen in profile, with an open mouth; its eye is a single hole drilled through the stone. In front of it is a small yellow bonfire, into which a person is feeding papers. This is a mostly black and dark gray drawing, with yellow and white for the fire and reflections.

2024/02/17

February 17, 2024
An ornate archway, the sort of thing you might find in the cathedral or a very old building. It's relatively small by architectural standards, about the size of the doorway to a large suburban home. You're viewing it from the interior of a dark building. It opens out onto what seems to be a desert, or a barren, sun-bleached area. Dimly visible is the blurry outline of some natural formation, and a ghostly sun high in the sky. Standing in the doorway is a person, silhouetted in the light coming through. They are wearing a fedora and a leather jacket with a lightning bolt on the back.

2024/02/15

February 15, 2024
A desert scene, late afternoon: a golden sky with clouds scattered across it, and a partially concealed sun. A truck is parked in the middle of a barren rise, the driver standing next to it, casting a long shadow. Visible in the distance is the hazy brown shape of a natural rock formation. Flying overhead is a black triangular aircraft seen from the rear, the red glow of the engine visible and a bright green light on the underside.

2024/02/14

February 14, 2024
A high cliff, somewhere in the desert. It's a gray day, the clouds heavy in the sky. Gathered at the edge of the cliff are two people, with a third running towards them. Directly above them, relatively close to the ground, is flying a very futuristic, triangular aircraft. Visible in the background is the blurry outline of another natural formation; a tower of rock. This is a primarily black and gray drawing; the only color is a tiny green light on the underside of the aircraft.

2024/01/28

January 28, 2024
A tall, gaunt figure with a top hat walks on a barren hill at night. The figure is holding a staff in its right hand, with a glowing lantern mounted at the top of the staff. The drawing is mostly dull-blue and black. The lantern is white.

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