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2024/08/17

August 17, 2024
A person plays a horn while in front of them, a white ghostlike apparition gushes out of a top hat, seemingly summoned by the horn. The apparition has two horns and a halo, one hand upraised. This is a mostly yellow drawing, with the hat and person drawn in dark brown.

2024/08/16

August 16, 2024
A factory, bristling with smokestacks, that is also a small house. The sky is a heavy, slate gray. Several of the taller smokestacks are pouring smoke into the sky, and have small glowing green lights on them. On the front of the factory is a door and a glowing green window, which, by scale, suggest that the factory is the size of a cottage. Someone is silhouetted in the window, looking out.

2024/08/15

August 15, 2024
In the foreground, two figures climb a jagged black mountain peak, arriving at the summit. In front of them looms a vast white mountain, something on the scale of Everest. The very tip of the mountain has swung up to the left side like a lid, and a flying saucer has emerged from within the mountain. The sky is a clear blue.

2024/08/14

August 14, 2024
A dark gray scene. Perched on top of a misshapen tower of what looks like rock stands a figure, clearly agitated, pointing a flashlight down to the right of the drawing. The beam of the flashlight is a glowing fluorescent green. In the background on the left, dim but unmistakable, another blurry figure is approaching.

2024/08/13

August 13, 2024
A small round building, white, with a pointed dark roof, sits in the middle of a grassy meadow on a clear blue day. It has a red door with two crossed boards on it, like a barn. Below the building, below the earth, is a subterranean room with brick walls. A single torch burns in the gloom. Snaking from behind one of the walls is a giant gray tail.

2024/08/12

August 12, 2024
A monochrome, charcoal drawing of a dark figure wearing a long black coat and holding a black umbrella. It stands by the side of the road, buildings in the background. Most unsettlingly, the figure is wearing a ghost mask from the Scream film series. The buildings in the background look like shopping centers and fast food places; the McDonalds logo can be seen. This is at night, the full moon high in the sky. Unlike most of the other stuff I post on here, I didn't imagine this; I saw this person standing by the side of the road while driving home tonight.

2024/08/11

August 11, 2024
A tiny house with graffiti on the front, a small door with a warning sign, and a single large window through which can be seen the silhouette of a horned figure. The house is under the arch of a bridge that looks like an aqueduct. Walking across the bridge, above the house, is a billy goat. The sky is the red-orange of sunset.

2024/08/10

August 10, 2024
A large body of water. On the right side of the painting is an outcropping of heavily wooded land jutting into the water: maybe an island, maybe the coastline. On a small beach, someone stands next to a fire, the dark smoke rising into the otherwise clear blue sky. To the right, in the dark of the trees, another figure stands next to the water. In the sky are two moons: a huge one, looming over the scene, and then a smaller one closer to the horizon. A few white birds circle over the fire.

2024/08/09

August 9, 2024
A huge red tower with hornlike turrets rises from behind two dark hills covered with trees. Cutting between the hills is a small curving road. Most of the hills are in shadow, but the trees at the top are flaming red, caught in red sunlight. The sky is blazing yellow, with no sun visible. Hovering about the tower are small reddish blips that suggest aircraft. Such an infernal vision can only be born of the dismal labors of SATAN, whose awful Clutches know no Bounds.

2024/08/08

August 8, 2024
A human face in profile, facing right. The face appears to be carved out of stone: smooth dark surface, a few cracks and chips here and there. The eye is a round porthole-style window, glowing fluorescent green. A small figure inside is pressed up against the window, looking out, hands against the glass.

2024/08/07

August 7, 2024
A field with spherical objects connected to the ground by vines. The objects look like fruits or vegetables, but have smiley faces on them, as though they are emoji. In the distance is a ragged scarecrow, its head a frowning face. Perched on its right arm is a bird. There is a suggestion of trees in the distance. The sky is cloudy. This is a pink and purple painting.

2024/08/06

August 6, 2024
A lonely, wooded mountaintop under a greenish-yellow sky. Blazing in the top right of the sky is a white dot: not the moon, not the sun, something else. A small gray path winds up the mountain. At the top of the mountain is a crumbling, abandoned radio installation: a small shack and a large dish on a tower. A single bird is in the sky.

2024/08/05

August 5, 2024
A person holding a lantern walks across an open field at night under a clear, starry blue sky. The person is approaching a large statue of a person wearing a suit and tie, hand extended as though giving a speech. The statue has no head; in place of a head is a large, glowing white moon-like smiley-face hovering above the statue.

2024/08/04

August 4, 2024
A large monster with two horns and a tail stands glowing white in a blue spotlight. The monster appears to be performing, holding a top hat up in its left hand and a cane in its right. It is surrounded by a crowd of people, at least one of whom is holding a phone. The surrounding theater area is dark.

2024/08/03

August 3, 2024
A very small cylindrical building with a conical roof. It looks like the top of a castle turret. On the left side of the building is an open doorway, revealing glowing blue light from within. To the left of the building is a small round sign with the word "Bus" on it. The building is on a raised structure that looks like a bridge that abruptly ends in midair. Below, and all around, is an unending inferno that suggests hell. Below the building are a few tall posts with flames at the top like torches. Circling in the red sky are large batlike creatures. This is what happens when a nation doesn't prioritize public transportation infrastructure. It's a damned shame is what it is.

2024/08/02

August 2, 2024
A monochrome painting of a person wearing a black coat and fedora. The person has a white face and is looking over their shoulder at the viewer. They are holding a staff flaming like a torch at the top end. There is a clock key sticking out of their back, as though they are a windup toy. A white halo hovers over their head.

2024/08/01

August 1, 2024
A painting of the wolf and Red Riding Hood. The wolf is a tall, looming, humanoid figure standing on two legs, wearing a suit and tie. It looks like a tall man in a suit with a wolf's head and a white eye. Red Riding Hood, much shorter, stands to the right. She is holding her phone in front of her and turning to look over her shoulder at the wolf as though he has surprised her. Red Riding Hood is wearing a red dress and hood, but has no face; just a white blank where her face would be. They are both standing under a blazing streetlight. The background is blurry gray.

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.

2024/07/30

July 30, 2024
A person sits on a dark, planetlike sphere hanging in a blue, starry sky. The sphere is about the size of a small house relative to the person. The person is sitting at a small round cafe table, illuminated by a ceiling lamp hanging from above. What the lamp is attached to is not clear. In the sky to the right is a crescent moon.

2024/07/29

July 29, 2024
A large field under a hot yellow afternoon sky. The field has tall grass with a suggestion of woods in the background, and small white and yellow flowers about. Standing in the middle of the field is a person with their left hand on their hip, a phone in their right hand. In the sky is a cloud shaped like the "typing" bubble on iOS Messages, partially obscuring the sun.

2024/07/28

July 28, 2024
A tall, narrow building with a pointed roof, about the size and shape of an outhouse. The building is actually a trailer, with a single wheel and a small balcony in the back. It is brown, with orange pinstripes. Most of the side is taken up with two colorful stained glass windows. Above the windows is the Facebook "angry face" emoji. Hanging on the right side of the trailer is a small sign with "Open" in red letters. Inside the trailer is a large shape; a blurry silhouette seen through the glass. The sky and the background are yellow, with the sun hanging high in the sky.

2024/07/27

July 27, 2024
A large meadow with tall grass and wildflowers. The sky is a very pale, mostly white blue. In the distance is the blurry hint of a tree line. Hovering in the air is a stone cube with a question mark carved into it; an object that should be familiar to anybody who's played Mario. The cube is covered with vegetation and has moss hanging from below. Colored butterflies flutter around it. On the ground, someone approaches the cube holding a ladder. The ladder does not look long enough to reach the question mark. A few birds circle high in the sky.

2024/07/26

July 26, 2024
A scene at night. The full moon hangs in the sky, casting light on rows of clouds. A creature with fur, horns, and a tail holds a hand out towards a large raven perched on a pole. The scenery is barren and indeterminate. This is a primarily black-and-white drawing that looks like it was rendered in charcoal.

2024/07/25

July 25, 2024
A mountain peak set against a greenish-yellow sky. Hovering at the very top of the peak is an iconic depiction of two white four-pointed stars, similar to the "AI" icon used by web apps. Arranged around the base of the mountain are small blue icons that look like representations of people, or "users".

2024/07/24

July 24, 2024
A scene that could be either a meadow or something underwater. A large yellow fish with a red mouth like a shark soars over a meadow of bluish grass. The fish looks like it is an inflatable balloon. Dangling from it is a string. Holding onto the string is a person about half the size of the fish. The person is dangling above the grass, or the underwater weeds, whatever they are. The background of the drawing is an eerie blue.

2024/07/23

July 23, 2024
The topmost and second-topmost balconies on a tall apartment block, set against a greenish-yellow sky. On the lower balcony, a person is operating a large black puppet attached to a rickety-looking stick. The puppet looks like a ghost, with a black halo hovering over its head and green eyes. Its arms are upraised. The person is holding the puppet up, so it is directly level with the top balcony, and someone on the top balcony is looking at it, hand out as though in shock.

2024/07/22

July 22, 2024
A strange, dark environment: a ground that has things that look like tree stumps poking out of it, an oppressive gray sky. Hovering above the ground is a blaze of greenish-yellow light. It looks like a portal through which a horned figure with angel wings is emerging, riding one of those razor scooters. The objects on the ground dully reflect the bluish-green, indigo-accented light.

2024/07/21

July 21, 2024
A person sits alone on a park bench on a small hill, looking at what is either a sunrise or a sunset. The sky is pink fading to blazing yellow. A single bird wheels in the sky.

2024/07/20

July 20, 2024
A dark, dingy laboratory with a high ceiling and pipes running along it. To the left, dominating the room, is a huge vertical glass tank with a rounded top that looks sort of like a wine bottle without a neck. Suspended in the tank, one glowing hand pressed against the glass, is the blurry form of a fluorescent greenish humanoid shape. A person stands to the right of the tank, looking at a glowing white tablet. Above, a long fluorescent bulb casts a lurid green light over the scene. Two computer monitors are bolted to the wall. One is displaying a green screen; one is displaying a blue screen. Guess which one is running Windows.

2024/07/19

July 19, 2024
A person stands on the porch of a small house in early morning. The person is holding a cup of coffee and looking at the sky, or where the sky should be. The sky is the blue of a Windows "blue screen of death"; a giant white frowny-face hovers like a celestial object. It is going to be a Day. It is going to be several of them.

2024/07/18

July 18, 2024
A craggy mountain peak set against a blue sky with white clouds. Descending from the sky onto the peak is a person holding a red umbrella and a suitcase. The person does not have any visible means of flying in the air, other than the umbrella, which might be a parachute or even some magical device, similar to the umbrella carried by Mary Poppins. A few birds circle in the sky.

2024/07/17

July 17, 2024
An odd, shambling figure wanders in a barren orange desert-like space. The figure has a disproportionately long arm, like that of an ape, and appears to be wearing pants, a coat, and the sort of fedora that guys wore in the 1950s. The entire front of the figure is covered by a large triangular greenish sign with a yellow exclamation point on it. A yellow sun hangs in the sky. The figure has a halo hovering above the hat.

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