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2025/02/09

February 9, 2025
A short, rust-colored robot wanders through a reddish field under a yellow sky. The sun sits in the top right of the sky. The robot's head and torso are large and boxy, with thin pipe-like arms and legs. The robot's head has three googly eyes stuck to it. On the front of its torso are some knobs, dials, vents, and a rectangular exposed compartment with red wires in it. It is facing the viewer, holding up its left hand. Perched on its hand is a reddish bird with a green iridescent tinge to it. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

2024/11/12

November 12, 2024
A small, grass-covered chunk of earth hovers in the air, like a tiny island in the vast blue sky. Sitting on top of the chunk of earth is a boxy, dark blue robot, its back to the viewer. The robot is holding onto a large red balloon, which might be keeping the island aloft. A few birds are in the distance.

2024/10/14

October 14, 2024
A hilly brown desert under a yellow sky. Rolling across the hill is a small, brown, six-wheeled contraption reminiscent of a Mars rover. The machine is comprised of two metal boxes: a small one up front and a longer one in the back, sort of like a truck. Protruding off the boxes are various antennae, a small solar panel, a camera on an arm, and a robotic hand. The boxes have a few lights and vents on them. A slightly faded sun hangs in the sky. There is no sign of anything living.

2024/07/31

July 31, 2024
A tall, narrow house with an upper story slightly overhanging the front porch and a sharp, sloping roof. A rear window on the first floor is lit with an eerie, greenish light. A tall window on the second floor is also lit with the same light. Framed in the window is a robot, staring out. The top of the roof has several antennas. Sitting on the steps of the front porch is a human figure, partly illuminated by the porch light. The sky is pink, as though the sun is going down or just coming up. The only visible celestial object is a bright white dot, too small to be the moon and too large to be a star.

2024/04/14

April 14, 2024
A boxy, robotic figure that resembles a steel shack with arms and legs. Its torso is the shack, with an open rectangular door on the right side and a round window in front. Also on the front of the robot are glowing colored lights. The door has yellow warning stripes above it. The robot has a boxy head on a long, boxy neck; its face is a glowing white window. It is wearing a brimmed hat with a white feather. Its neck also has yellow warning stripes. It is standing against a blue background.

2024/03/08

March 8, 2024
A rectangular machine with two legs and no arms. The machine has a complex, intricate exterior of interconnecting pipes and wires, interspersed with round, colorful, glassy panels that look like lights, buttons, or perhaps screens. Centered at the top of the machine, where a face would be, is the largest of the round panels. It is glowing green, with a smiling face on it rendered in blocky, white pixels, reminiscent of the Happy Mac icon. The round panels are red, yellow, and green. The body of the machine is a rust brown. The machine is wearing bright orange high-top sneakers. It is set against a blue background.

2024/03/04

March 4, 2024
A large, spacious room, like a warehouse or lab. A blazing white light hangs from the ceiling, casting a sterile glow over everything. Stand beneath it are two people and a robot. One of the people seems to be adjusting something on the robot. The other person, closest to the viewer, is seen from the back; they are wearing a black hoodie with a gray lightning bolt on the back of it. Above, on the far wall, are large windows through which other people are seen, observing what's going on in the lab. Various cables hang from beams below the ceiling.

2024/03/01

March 1, 2024
The interior of a large, mostly lightless, concrete room. Towards the top of it, white light blazes from a circular opening. Crouched in the opening is the figure of a robot with a spotlight for a face. A ladder descends from the opening. In the foreground, lurking in the darkness but silhouetted in the light, is a large furry figure with horns. This is a mostly black drawing, with pale-green-accented white highlights.

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.

2024/02/24

February 24, 2024
A large, haphazardly constructed robot, about the size of a two to three-story building, standing in what looks like a large laboratory or warehouse. The robot is mostly black, with tinges of blue, red, and gray. Its head has several brightly colored lights. It is a humanoid combination of a number of complex shapes, wires, and lights. Various wires connect it to the ceiling. To the left of it is a tall tower made of scaffolding. At the top of the scaffolding stands a small figure, inspecting something on the robot's shoulder. The wall behind it is yellow, with what looks like warning signage on the left: indecipherable lettering and a triangular red hazard symbol.

2023/10/08

October 8, 2023
A giant head with two legs and no arms. The head looks like that of a robot: no hair, an oddly machinelike mouth, and a large eyesocket, which seems to be a computer screen displaying lines of glowing green text.

2023/09/14

September 14, 2023
A figure with no arms, two spindly legs, and a broad-brimmed hat. The figure has a clock key sticking out of its back, as though it's a windup toy. The figure's face is mostly hidden in shadow by the brim of its hat, but its head is turned towards the viewer, and its facial features are visible. The face is a crudely simple smiley-face: two white dots for eyes, and an upside-down rainbow for a mouth. The figure's hat has a large white feather curling out from it; a reminder that it is possible to be a demon robot and still have some sense of sartorial vigor.

2023/03/11

March 11, 2023
A robotic figure with two mechanical arms and humanoid legs that seem to be wearing slacks and shoes. The torso of the figure has a window, in which is viable the profile of a person, as though sitting in a stagecoach. The robot is carrying a suitcase and paper shopping bag by the handles. Placed on top of the robot, where a head would be, is an empty wire birdcage. Perched on the round shoulder of one of the robot's arms is a crimson bird with a long tail.

2023/02/23

February 23, 2023
A robotic humanoid contraption comprised of a boxy head, with a round window where the face would be, and a boxy torso with a tall window in the middle. A cat sits in the top window; a person with a top hat is silhouetted in the lower one. The robot has multiple arms, one of which holds a lantern and another of which holds a coffee cup and hiking stick.

2023/01/29

January 29, 2023
A small robot with a communications dish and a headlight drives across a mountain in the early evening.

2022/12/22

December 22, 2022
A giant robot holds an umbrella over a scientist with a radio controller

2022/08/13

August 13, 2022

2022/06/17

June 17, 2022
A small robot with a giant searchlight eye
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