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2024/04/22

April 22, 2024
A ghostly white figure in a meadowlike wasteland holds up a large white mask with a cartoonish smiley-face on it. Far away, on a hill, another ghostly figure holds up a similar white mask, but it's too small to see an actual face. This is a primarily black and teal drawing.

2024/04/20

April 20, 2024
A three-legged orange entity, somewhere between a creature and a machine, with two horns and an enormous eye-like window in the middle of its body. The entity is in a dark area: at night, or maybe even under the water. A person is visible in the window, operating controls. A glowing green bolt of electricity jumps between the entity's horns. The light from the interior casts a hazy green glow out into the darkness.

2024/04/18

April 18, 2024
A bright yellow background, and a glowing white sun. In the foreground, a blue figure walks, seemingly covered by a ghost-shaped night sky. The figure is set against the night sky, which is dark blue, has a crescent moon, and is covered with stars. It looks as though the night is a cloak that the figure is wearing during the day. (I realize this person looks like Dr. Manhattan and it is not Dr. Manhattan.)

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.

2024/04/10

April 10, 2024
Night, somewhere remote. A white crescent moon hangs in the sky. A squat, hunched-over creature with thin legs wears a fedora and carries a ball under its right arm, staring directly at the viewer. The creature's face is indistinct and oddly featureless, as though it is wearing a mask. The part of its face most in shadow from the hat has a glowing green circle where an eye would be; its mouth is a row of glowing red lines, like a robot's face. It is wearing a baggy T-shirt, and appears to be surrounded by grass, with a blurry suggestion of trees in the distance. This is a dark gray drawing, with the only color being the glowing green eye and red mouth.

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.

2024/04/04

April 4, 2024
A tall, glowing white figure stands astride the curved horizon of a dark planet, reaching over to touch hands with another glowing white figure, this one slightly smaller, on the other side of the planet. There is an eerie green auroral glow on the horizon. Above, many green-tailed meteors hurtle through a starry sky. Anyone who remembers browsing the web in the late 1990s might be reminded of something.

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2024/03/30

March 30, 2024
A person stands in a clearing at night, a full moon visible in the sky. There are indications of low trees, or a meadow. The person is flying a huge, shield-shaped purple kite with a frowning monster's face on it. The kite has a single red eye, a long nose, and exposed yellow teeth, with red stripes on it as well. Its tail resembles a beard. It is the only colored object in an otherwise grayscale drawing.

2024/03/25

March 25, 2024
A dark, cloudy evening—or perhaps morning—at sea. The sky is a dark blue, and the water is a very dark blue. Standing up in a very small boat is a ghostly greenish figure holding up a glowing green lantern. Far away, nearly on the horizon, is another small boat, with another pale figure holding up a lantern. Time passes slowly out here.

2024/03/22

March 22, 2024
A black and white charcoal rendering of a small cabin in a clearing, surrounded by trees. It is a foggy night. Hovering above the cabin is a large, black, saucer-shaped spaceship. In the center of the underside is a glowing white opening from which a straight beam of light extends down, illuminating the roof of the cabin. The saucer has a few smaller, glowing lights on the sides and undersides as well.

2024/03/20

March 20, 2024
An eerie scene that looks like it was created in either charcoal or watercolor. A tall, thin apartment building rises up out of a ground covered with undergrowth. The building has  only one window in the top left. It is lit, with the blurry silhouette of a person in it. Stalking around the base of the building in the lower right of the drawing is the huge form of a shapeless creature with glowing white eyes. In the background is a blurry suggestion of a forest. The scene appears to be at night.

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.

2024/02/26

February 26, 2024
A deep, slightly foggy woods at night. Filtering through the trees on the left is an eerie white glow, suggesting a very bright light somewhere nearby. Wandering through the trees are two robots, glaring greenish lights on their heads. Overhead, the branches of the trees interlock. This is a primarily purple and indigo drawing, suggesting a dull, foggy night with little illumination.

2024/02/25

February 25, 2024
Night, deep in the woods. In the sky is a thin crescent of a moon. In the background is a hilly tree line indicating heavy woods. On the left is a windowless concrete warehouse with the number "3" stenciled on the side. On one wall of the building is a large open door, casting an eerie green glow out into the darkness. A robot has just left the building—perhaps without permission—and is walking out into the darkness. The robot's head has a light on it that looks like a headlight, casting a beam forward. The robot's body has several other colored glowing lights. This is a mostly dark blue and indigo drawing, with highlights of white and glowing green.

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.

2024/02/18

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.

2024/02/16

February 16, 2024
A cloudy night. A sleek military aircraft sits on a tarmac. A large building looms behind it, windows glowing green in the fog, antennas with red lights on top. The plane is seen from the front, straight on. A small green light glows on its underside; a bright white light is lit on the left wing. This is a mostly blue drawing: the blue of a cloudy, rainy night.

2024/02/03

February 3, 2024
A small house with a pointed conical roof, placed on stilts in the water at the end of a dock. It has a single yellow glowing window, and there is a slight fog around it. From the right side, under the roof, hangs a red lantern. There is a full moon in the sky. It's night: a cold winter night with a gray sky.

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.

2024/01/07

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.

2024/01/05

January 5, 2024
A figure stands alone, silhouetted in the blazing glare of two bright white spotlights in the top right of the drawing. The figure appears to be wearing a jacket and hat, and is holding a glowing red lantern. There are very few details about the surroundings or the ground—most of the painting is gray—but there are hints of reflections on the ground, as though the figure is standing on a wet surface.

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.

2023/12/25

December 25, 2023
A slate-gray night sky, almost completely overcast. The ground is covered in gray snow. A narrow, concrete building, perhaps two stories, stands in the middle of the scene. It has only one window set at the top. Sitting in the window, bathed in the glow of a screen, is Santa Claus. Extending from the right side of the building are several wire poles supporting a glowing neon star. Hung at the base of the building is a desolate string of colored Christmas lights. Parked behind the building is an Amazon delivery van. A single bright star is visible in the top right of the sky. This is mostly a gray drawing; the building and van are dark gray.

2023/12/24

December 24, 2023
A small figure wearing a space suit, floating in space. Inside the figure's spherical glass helmet floats a goldfish. The figure is short, both arms outstretched. The stars are all around. The drawing is pale blue-green ink on a black background, with white highlights. The fish is gold-tinted.

2023/12/23

December 23, 2023
A barren landscape at night; a clear sky filled with stars. A weird, conical structure protrudes up from the ground, sort of a cross between a drillbit and a wasp nest. Inset into the structure is a window—the silhouette of a person is visible. In the sky is a glowing celestial object. The drawing is yellow lines on a black background, with white highlights.

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.

2023/12/14

December 14, 2023
A roaring yellow bonfire at night, casting a yellow glow all around it. Sitting directly in the middle of the bonfire, at the heart of the white flames, is a person taking a selfie. That's it. That's the tweet.

2023/12/11

December 11, 2023
A clear, starry night. In the middle of a meadow stands a tall, boxy stone column with the word "here" carved into it. Visible in the sky behind it is an asteroid flaming towards earth, presumably headed for the designated landing spot.

2023/12/09

December 9, 2023
A person stands under a streetlight, holding a phone. The streetlight looks like it may be placed in a city park at night. The scene is rendered in an impressionist style; the light is surrounded by a blast of yellow, neon green, and white. The glow is rendered in thick brushstrokes. Behind the light is the suggestion of a deep blue night, and symmetric rows of lights suggesting buildings. There are a few bright red dots that might be traffic lights or warning lights on buildings. In the top right is a smaller glowing object that could be the moon.

2023/12/05

December 5, 2023
A spooky, abandoned castle looms out of the fog on a dim evening. Visible is a tall, wide tower the size and shape of an apartment building, with a crenellated top, and—in front of it—a smaller wing with a sloped roof and a round window at the top. Behind it is a forest. Standing in front of the castle is a small figure holding a glowing yellow lantern. The figure appears to be standing in a low layer of fog. At the top of the tower, looking back, is another figure: a glowing white one. The background is mostly a dull blue with hints of green and yellow. The drawing is shades of dark blue.

2023/12/02

December 2, 2023
A tall, blocky object that looks like a spaceship or a machine built for traveling. The object is roughly the size and shape of a small tenement building. It has angular, irregular sides, and an overall alien shape and appearance. It has two mechanical legs that keep it upright. On the top and on the lower left side are placed two glowing red lights. The object has two glowing green slots in the top left and a glowing green window in the top right. White steam is pouring out of the object from the middle of the lower left. On the lower right of the object, a hatchway is opened, revealing internals. Someone is standing on a platform, looking into the hatchway and making repairs. The background is blue; the drawing is black; the lights and windows have white highlights, and are red and neon green.

2023/11/28

November 28, 2023
A tall, wedge-shaped rock. It looks like a stone spearhead planted point-up in the ground. Emanating from two points in the rock is a ghost. A moon—or maybe the sun?—hangs in the sky. The drawing is black ink on a yellow background. The ghost is white, and the celestial body is also rendered in white.

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