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2024/12/12

December 12, 2024
A person stands against a yellow orange background. The person's arms are out to their sides, their fingers curled as though clutched in frustration. The person is mostly silhouetted; we can't really see their face. They are wearing a hat with a brim. On their stomach—or perhaps representing something inside them—are red leaping flames.

2024/12/11

December 11, 2024
A bright orange vehicle with three legs. The vehicle looks like what you'd get if you put a helmet from a hazardous waste outfit on top of three human legs. The visor of the helmet is the windshield. Sitting behind the windshield is the shadowy silhouette of the driver. The vehicle has another smaller round window, revealing a small potted tree wrapped in white holiday lights. The vehicle is in a dark area, and has a single white headlight casting a beam of light. Sitting behind the rearmost leg of the vehicle is a black cat with glowing green eyes.

2024/12/10

December 10, 2024
A person sits on the corner of what looks like the edge of an unfinished building: a point where multiple iron beams join. The person appears to be high up, silhouetted against the pinkish-blue sky. The person is holding out a birdfeeder which several small white birds are hovering around.

2024/12/09

December 9, 2024
A green room, dark on the inside. White light streams through an open doorway. Framed in the doorway is a running figure wearing a fedora and carrying a briefcase. If you find yourself in Europe and looking for a quick exit, look for a sign that resembles this image.

2024/12/08

December 8, 2024
A figure stands on a cliff, looking over the edge. The sky is a deep orange-red. In the distance is a blurry treeline. At the foot of the cliff, lying in the grass, is a box with four brass bolts and a metal question mark on it; a box that anyone who's ever played Nintendo will probably recognize.

2024/12/07

December 7, 2024
A person stands on a low balcony of what looks like a mansion. It's a clear, starry night. The sky is dark blue. The side of the mansion, on the left side of the painting, has a large, arched window glowing yellow. We can't see the door to the balcony but it's probably open, since a yellow glow is illuminating the back of the person. The person is leaning over the balcony, a lit cigarette in their hand. Below the balcony, concealed in the darkness, is a shadowy figure wearing a hoodie. The figure looks like they are looking up. They have a clock key sticking out of their back. All around, the night is serene; the darkness like a still pool of water, waiting to be shattered.

2024/12/06

December 6, 2024
A figure wearing dark slacks and a white lab coat stands, arms spread in shock. On the floor is a glass test tube which the figure has just dropped, a glowing green substance spilling onto the floor and giving off a greenish steam. The figure, which may have once been a person, is bright crimson, with a fishlike face, spiky crimson hair, and bulging purple eyes. Its mouth is open. It appears to be stupefied by its remarkable transformation.

2024/12/05

December 5, 2024
A mostly submerged iceberg, with blue sky above and the blue arctic sea below. The view is more like a cross-section, rather than from above or below. The bulk of the iceberg is under the water and blurry. Visible towards the bottom of it is a dim glowing rectangle that looks like a window. Sticking out from the top of the iceberg is a small red mailbox, the mailbox post covered in snow.

2024/12/04

December 4, 2024
A person stands in the middle of a green meadow, gripping a slingshot in front of them. They've just fired a large rock at an enormous yellow sphere with a smiling face. The sphere is hovering in the clear blue sky above and to the right, and is staring back at them.

2024/12/03

December 3, 2024
Two figures against a dark, ugly, brownish background. Both figures are the same muddy brown shade, but the figure on the left is furry and hunched over, with a short tail and large clawed hands. The figure on the right is more humanoid and is stepping back, as though repulsed by the left-side figure. Where the left-side figure's head would be is a large red "pause" button; the right-side figure has a smaller, pale-white "play" button for a head. While this is not indicated anywhere in the drawing, the left-side figure is devoting all of its limited capacities to a noisy something-or-other about how healthy debate makes for a better community. The cavelike surroundings suggest otherwise.

2024/12/02

December 2, 2024
A small, gray room that looks like it may be stone or concrete. In the upper left is an open, arched window, blazing with sunlight. Beams of sunlight slant through the window, angled down and to the right. The overall sense of the place suggests a cell in a monastery. Sitting on the ground in the sunlight, staring into a phone, is a bland, humanoid figure that looks like it's roughly made of brownish clay. The phone is casting a greenish light on its face. To the left of the figure, on the wall, is an electrical outlet. In the top right is a clock reading 9:41.

2024/12/01

December 1, 2024
A lone figure stands in a blue, foggy space. The figure is holding what looks like a giant sign, except instead of lettering, it's a large, leering mask that looks like it's made of wood or metal. The right side of the mask is reflecting bright red light, the source unseen.

2024/11/30

November 30, 2024
A person stands amid grass, hoisting an enormous gray monster with one eye and two horns above their head. The monster is easily 2 to 3 times the size of the person. The sky is a bright orange yellow. The sun hangs high in the sky.

2024/11/29

November 29, 2024
A gray, foggy night. A house and car are visible in the distance; beyond the car is a foggy tree line. Approaching in the foreground is a dark figure holding a flashlight. Only one window, in the top right of the house, is lit. Someone is expecting someone.

2024/11/28

November 28, 2024
A figure wearing a gray suit and a dark tie, standing against a featureless dark blue background. The figure's arms are raised. It has no head or hands; where these would be are orifices billowing glowing green smoke.

2024/11/27

November 27, 2024
A dark concrete room, lit only by a bright orange torch on the left side of the wall. In the center, dominating the room, is a tall black cabinet that looks like a server rack, filled with complex machines and red and green lights. At the bottom of the cabinet, a small door is open. Snaking out from the door is a large black arm with clawed fingers.

2024/11/26

November 26, 2024
A superhero in a tight red outfit stands purposefully on a small rocky promontory, framed against a bright yellow sky, hands on hips. The hero has blue boots with gold stripes, a billowing blue cape, white eyes, and two lightning-bolt-shaped horns. Emblazoned on their chest are the words "Log off" in gold all-caps lettering. Show yourself, coward. I will never log off.

2024/11/25

November 25, 2024
A lone figure stands in a foggy blue-greenish space. Fog hangs low over the blue ground. The figure is holding up a glowing rod, like something you might use to signal an aircraft. Hovering in the sky is a glowing greenish blob.

2024/11/24

November 24, 2024
A tall, rocky promontory that resembles something you'd find in the middle of the American southwest. This one looks like it's in the middle of a meadow. It's mostly black, silhouetted against a burning orange-yellow sky. It also appears to be a dwelling of some sort, having several glowing windows and one door, all arched, all glowing green. A small tree sticks off the right side of it. In the red sky hangs a giant yellow crescent.

2024/11/23

November 23, 2024
A glowing blue-green goldfish bowl precariously balanced on top of a black conical mountain peak. Inside is a black fish with large, diaphanous fins. It is night; the sky is filled with stars. A meteor streaks overhead.

2024/11/22

November 22, 2024
A snowy scene. In the foreground sits a person with a top hat on top of a large, muscular, brown creature that does not look like a horse. The creature has tall, pointed ears, no visible tail, and vaguely resembles a llama. It isn't one. Both the person and the horse are the same leathery brown color. In the background are a few dim, leafless trees with snow on the branches.

2024/11/21

November 21, 2024
A figure with a large, bulbously awkward body and two thin legs makes its way across a bridge. The figure is carrying two suitcases. It does not have a head, and a large arched window in its body reveals a person sitting inside, as though it is a vehicle. Attached to the top of it is a flashlight-like lamp. In front of it is a glowing streetlight. The sky is reddish yellow, and the red light of dawn or dusk reflects off the figure and the bridge.

2024/11/20

November 20, 2024
A dull, boggy area in the woods on a gray day. Here, the world is more muted and the only trees are dead hulks. Sitting on a dead branch of one of the trees is a large red figure wearing a red suit and a red fedora. Perched on the figure's left hand is a raven. In the background is the blurry suggestion of a treeline and another tree.

2024/11/19

November 19, 2024
A person with devil horns holds out a top hat. A blazing white-green bolt of electricity is leaping from the opening of the hat. A foggy green glow surrounds the bolt. The person is illuminated by the bolt. This is a green drawing on a dark background.

2024/11/18

November 18, 2024
A small concrete building in the middle of a grassy meadow. It is either dawn or dusk. The sky is pink, still with stars visible, and the horizon blazes with yellow. The grass is lavender. The building has a large dish antenna sticking off of the roof, and a few other smaller antennas. A doorway and a small window are visible. Both glow with greenish light. The door is ajar. There is a sign to the right of the door, with a triangular warning symbol on it, and indecipherable text below. A person is running away from the building.

2024/11/17

November 17, 2024
A blazing sunrise or sunset. The sky is yellow; the sun is low on the horizon, turning the meadow in front of it a bright red. Rising up from the meadow is a tall metal pole with those little rungs you see on power line towers. The pole ends in a large dark gray metal sphere with a smiley-face emblazoned on it. The sphere is hollow, with an opening beneath it into which the pole disappears. There's a greenish light emanating from inside the sphere. A single bird flies overhead.

2024/11/16

November 16, 2024
A dark interior. A person is pushing apart what appear to be curtains, or the flaps of a tent. The person is framed in the triangular opening, bluish light streaming in around them. To their right (your left) is a cat, sitting on the ground.

2024/11/15

November 15, 2024
A scene at sunrise or sunset. The sky is a mix of blue and gold. The sun is hazy and close to the horizon. There is a large blue meadow in which sits a giant stone obelisk. There are two faces on either side of the obelisk. The largest face is on the right side. It is smiling, with its eyes mostly closed. The smaller face is above, on the left. It is craggier and frowning.

2024/11/14

November 14, 2024
A person's head and shoulders. The face has no expression. The head and shoulders are a sort of monochrome blue with a slight highlight that makes them look as though they're carved from metal. The background of the drawing is blazing crimson. Where the person's eyes would be are red numerals displaying 12:00, like a digital clock that momentarily lost power.

2024/11/13

November 13, 2024
A large traffic light stands in the middle of nowhere, with only a wire fence in the background. The sky is the deep blue of either dawn or dusk, with golden light on the horizon. The red aspect is brightly lit, the yellow aspect is dimly lit, and where the green aspect would be is a black mouth with fangs. As if that weren't unsettling enough, a crow is perched on top of the light.

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.

2024/11/11

November 11, 2024
A dark, hooded figure stands on a rocky promontory in the darkest hour of the night, holding a glowing green lantern. The full moon hangs in the sky, casting a pale light on the wispy clouds surrounding it. Below the promontory, not depicted in the image but no less real or urgent, the dark hordes assemble to fight over whatever tawdry shards remain of a splintering world. You could save 15% by switching to Geico.

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