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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.

2024/02/22

February 22, 2024
A gray monster with three legs and one large arm with a huge, clawlike hand. The hand has three figures and is about half the size of the monster. The monster's head is obscured by—or perhaps composed of—a number of colored circles with small, emoji-like faces in them. Most are angry or unhappy-looking. The monster is on a light gray textured background.

2024/02/11

February 11, 2024
A mountaintop, lit red on the right side, with a small figure of a person also standing on the right side, looking taken aback. The person is staring at a huge, inhumanly colored figure, covered with colored bars that vaguely suggest a skeleton. Perhaps the bars are painted on the outside of the figure, or showing through from inside. They are neon colors: pink, blue, and green, with the figure's head and chest area a glowing white. The giant figure has a green halo above its head, and appears to be leaping into the air. The sky behind it is an apocalyptic yellow-green. And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?

2024/02/10

February 10, 2024
A disturbing figure wearing a black coat and a black bowtie, and a round black head with no ears, no nose, and a wide, neon-pink mouth with yellow teeth. The figure has two round eyes, both different colors: the right eye is concentric circles of red, yellow, blue, and orange; the left eye is crimson and blue. The face has wrinkles on it as though it is made of leather. The figure is wearing a cartoonish fedora-esque hat. The drawing is on a pink and orange background.

2024/02/09

February 9, 2024
A ghostlike yellow-green monster with a craggy-toothed smile, three eyes—brightly colored in red, orange, blue, and purple—and three horns. The monster has several stars printed on it and is on a dark blue background.

2024/02/08

February 8, 2024
A bizarre, neon-pink figure: a giant head on five legs. The head has a panicked expression. This is a pink and yellow drawing on a black background.

2024/02/07

February 7, 2024
A head, rendered in a series of bright colors: red, bright, yellow, blue, crimson. The head is floating in space on a white textured background. Its mouth is open, its eyes are wide, and it has a surprised expression. It has three horns and bristly crimson hair. It looks like a monster.

2024/02/06

February 6, 2024
A large figure in a crimson jumper with yellow and crimson stars printed at various locations on it. The figure is very wide and looking at a phone in its hand. It has devil horns. Its face is illuminated blue from the phone screen, and it is set against a yellow-green background.

2024/02/02

February 2, 2024
A small white figure stands on the right side of the drawing, casting a huge, shapeless purple shadow that looms over the figure on the left. The shadow has a single bright eye that is watching the figure. In the top right is a white circle that's either the sun or the moon. The background of the drawing is a mix of yellow and bright green.

2024/02/01

February 1, 2024
Two figures. The one on the left has a purple, almost cat-like body with two legs, a curved tail, and no visible arms. Its head is about twice the size of its body and looks like a mask: shield-shaped and pale green, with a giant single eye in the center. Its eye is an iridescent green iris on a black background. To the right of it is a small crimson creature with four pointed, triangular legs, a domed body, and two horns. The creature also has a shiny green eye in the middle of its face. Both of these are set against a dark blue background. Above them both, in the top-right corner, is a sharp, white, five-pointed star.

2024/01/26

January 26, 2024
A hulking blue monster, standing on two legs, clawed arms outstretched in front of it. It appears to be roaring. It has a round, froglike head and vaguely resembles a more malevolent-looking version of Cookie Monster. In lieu of eyes, three googly eyes are pasted to the top of its head, as though it's a two-dimensional drawing with additional elements stuck to it. It is on a light beige background.

2024/01/25

January 25, 2024
A huge factory with three smokestacks billowing smoke. The factory is heavy, rendered in black and dark purple; it stands against a blazing yellow and orange sky that appears to be on fire. The smoke from the smokestacks is yellow. In one square window, on the right side of the factory, a single silhouette of a person is visible.

2024/01/17

January 17, 2024
A creature shaped like a bullet, or a spraycan. The creature has a metallic body, one giant green eyeball that takes up most of its body, and a mouth pursed in a grimace, framed by crimson lipstick. Above it hangs a glowing yellow halo with bolts of electricity coming off it. A speech balloon is coming out of the creature's mouth; the balloon has no text, only an icon of a lightning bolt with an arrow at the end of it. The creature appears to be wearing boots or galoshes. This is a bluish creature set on an orange background.

2024/01/15

January 15, 2024
A sinister, skeletal figure, hunched over and loping like a zombie, one emaciated arm outstretched, the hand with fingers like claws. This is a black charcoal-like drawing on a yellow background.

2024/01/13

January 13, 2024
A peculiar figure with two horns, a long fur robe, and a pointed snout stands on what looks like ice. The figure is gripping a thin staff in its right hand, back to the viewer, looking up at a full moon. This is a mostly black painting on a purple and lavender background.

2024/01/12

January 12, 2024
A short, squat creature wearing a giant mask. The mask looks similar to those classic theatrical ones: shield-shaped and minimal, with two empty eyes and a smiling open mouth. There are several wrinkles in the forehead. Visible in the mouth is the single eye of the creature wearing the mask. The creature has two furry arms and legs, and is wearing an orange shirt. This is a mostly black drawing on a light blue background.

2024/01/10

January 10, 2024
A simply rendered robot: a small box for the head, a larger box for the body, and two blocky legs with triangular feet. The robot is different shades of red, purple, and black. The face is two large, staring, round eyes and a simple mouth that looks like a tally mark. The head has two curved horns. The robot has one left hand on the end of a curvy, tubelike arm, which it is raising. It also has an electric plug for a tail. Centered on its body is a large television screen—the old-style, round-cornered kind, rendered in blue, phosphorescent, green, and white. There is a blurry figure wearing a suit speaking on the screen. The robot is standing on a yellow background.

2024/01/09

January 9, 2024
A flaming red-orange background. Standing in the foreground is a monstrous dark figure, wearing a trenchcoat, a tie, and formal shoes. The figure has no arms, and its entire head is taken up by one giant iridescent green eye. Its head is bristling with fur and two large ears or horns.

2024/01/07

January 7, 2024
A small, brightly colored, furry creature with two legs, no arms, and one blue eye. The creature has iridescent fur; red and gold, turning holographic green at the edges. It is walking in a forest at night, surrounded by gold brown grass with the same greenish tinge to it. Above it hangs a perfectly round, green object, like the moon, if the moon was actually hovering inside the forest.

2024/01/06

January 6, 2024
A humanoid figure facing to the right. The person, if that's what it is, has no hair; a long straight nose; a small, set mouth; and eyes narrowed to slits. This is not a pleasant face to look at. Especially because the one visible eye has an eerie green glow, as though the figure is not human. The right cheek is covered with small wrinkles and veins. Behind and above the figure are a glow of vertical yellow beams—not sunlight, but something technological, like the transporter "beam" effect from Star Trek.

2024/01/04

January 4, 2024
A bizarre figure wearing a formal jacket and tie. The figure has two large round ears on top of its head, similar to Mickey Mo—er, "Steamboat Willie"—and one giant eye in the middle of its face. No other facial features are visible. This is a black drawing on a cold blue background.

2023/12/31

December 31, 2023
A roaring bonfire in which stands a giant figure, the flames rising around it. Flames come out of its eyes and mouth. Next to the bonfire stands a much smaller figure, holding out its left hand, from which is erupting a small fire. The drawing is primarily yellow, white, and brown, on a black background.

2023/12/29

December 29, 2023
A tall, thin person, standing with arms apart. The person does not have any visible facial features. The person is surrounded by a dark, amorphous shape that could either be a hole or something that the person is wearing; there are two three-dimensional horns on top of the darkness, but the body appears to be a cavelike entrance. The edges of the shape are blurry; if you saw only the silhouette of the darkness and nothing else, you would think it was a large, round, furry monster with horns, two legs, and no arms. The drawing is black pencil on a light green background.

2023/12/28

December 28, 2023
The edge of a foggy wood, set against a light orange sky. Looming out of the fog are many straight, tall tree trunks. The branches aren't visible, giving the impression of a forest of dead trees. A low white fog covers the ground. Standing among the trees is a tall figure wearing a robe, with two horns that look like tree roots sticking up out of its head. It is holding a tall staff, which also has small roots and branches sticking out of it. It is walking towards the right of the drawing, where there is a small sign pointing to the right. No lettering is visible on the sign. A hazy white sun hangs high in the sky.

2023/12/15

December 15, 2023
A dark, northern forest at night, the full moon high in the sky. Green and blue curtains of auroral glow hang above the low treeline. Down among the trees stands a large, shambling figure, hunched over a glowing white fire. The fire is more of a greenish hue than the yellow one would expect. There are strange things in the woods at night.

2023/12/13

December 13, 2023
A giant, furry red creature with two pointy ears and round, shiny, insect-like eyes pilots a white two-wheeled vehicle. The vehicle looks like a bicycle, but instead of a seat and pedals, it has a tiny basket that looks like the lower half of an egg. There is no obvious engine or propulsion system. The creature is, impossibly, squeezed into the basket. A creature this size would presumably have very large legs, but no legs are visible. The overall effect is of a giant red bear riding a cartoonishly tiny bicycle. The background of the drawing is black.

2023/12/07

December 7, 2023
A person wearing a sharp blue suit and tie stands, arms akimbo, controlling a small marionette-figure in each hand. The person's head is a giant rage emoji, styled to look like the one used by Facebook: a scowling icon with the top part flushed red-orange, flames appearing to leap from the top. The background is white, and the marionettes and the ground they stand on is a dark navy blue.

2023/12/04

December 4, 2023
A creature with no arms, two short legs, and a round, bulbous body that is also its head. The creature has no mouth or nose, just one large, emerald-green eye in the middle of its head. It is primarily white, with a slight blue texturing. Bizarrely, it is wearing a black top hat. The background of the drawing is crimson with tints of yellow. The drawing looks like it was drawn in oil crayons.

2023/12/03

December 3, 2023
A person wearing a long cloak and top hat stands near a light. The person's face is disturbingly clownish, with garish pink makeup on their lips and eyes. The person appears to loom towards the viewer. The drawing looks like it is rendered in oil; the texture is rough, the details blurry. The background of the drawing is yellow, and the figure is blue. The left side of the figure has white light reflecting off of it; the right side has a bluish-green tint, as though reflecting a pale green light from somewhere else.

2023/12/01

December 1, 2023
A creature with no arms, a sharp nose, and two large horns. The creature is viewed in profile, with only one eye visible. The creature seems to be wearing a monocle in that eye. The creature looks as though it's wearing large, iron pants; that, or seated in a baby-carriage-like conveyance that has two legs instead of wheels. The background of the drawing is bright orange; the pants are black, the creature is white.

2023/11/30

November 30, 2023
A large yellow speech balloon, containing no text, just an enormous face with two round, empty eyes and a large toothy smile. It looks like a cross between the standard smiley-face icon and a monstrous jack-o'-lantern. The speech balloon is coming from a small figure in the lower right of the drawing. The figure is a silhouette with no defining features and stands in the middle of a small round shadow. The background of the drawing is bright red; the speech balloon and face is yellow; the figure is off-white; and the shadow is dark purple.

2023/11/22

November 22, 2023
A chaotic background of black and white stripes, like television static. In the foreground is a grotesque figure, visible from the chest up. It's a man with a broad, sallow face, wearing sunglasses with thick white rims. The man has a wide nose; a solid, cleft jaw; and short blondish hair the same color of his skin, arranged in an unnaturally neat style that looks like a parody of a fashionable haircut. The man's mouth is twisted into a leer, one thick pink lower lip visible. The man is wearing an ugly brown suit with a white shirt and a black tie. This, to anybody who's vaguely familiar with weird happenings, is Max Headroom—more specifically, the version of him that unexpectedly showed up on Chicago TV stations on this day in 1987. If you're wondering what's happened, so am I.

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