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2024/05/06

May 6, 2024
A person stands on the edge of a large rectangular object—could be the edge of a building—shining a flashlight off to the right of the drawing. The location and time of day is indeterminate. The background is the dark blue of early morning or early evening. The flashlight beam is a greenish white. This is a barren place, surrounded by the unknown.

2024/05/05

May 5, 2024
A creature comprised of two halves that look like they're stacked on top of each other. The top half is the upper part of a head and nose. It is yellow-green, facing right, with three eyes that are looking down and to the left. The three eyes are different colors and have different colored concentric circles in the irises. The lower half has nothing but two short legs and a giant open mouth with teeth. The left side of the lower half is orange crimson; the right side is a glowing, bioluminescent green. The background is dark gray.

2024/05/04

May 4, 2024
A barren, sun-blasted desert, rendered in shades of bleached yellow and tan. This desert is particularly sun-blasted because hanging low in the sky are not one but two suns, similarly sized and close to each other. In the background is a low mountain. In the foreground is a small, domed building that looks like an igloo with entrances in the front and the back. To the right of the building is the small figure of a person; possibly a bored moisture farmer who is wondering where his droid went.

2024/05/03

May 3, 2024
A bizarre ghost-shaped creature, vaguely reminiscent of the ghosts in Pac-Man. It has a dome-shaped head and no arms. The lower half of it is ragged. Its color is a mixture of crimson and roughly painted, iridescent green. The green texture extends beyond its body, as though it is dripping or glowing. The upper half of its body is covered by four eyes with multicolored irises. The largest, top-most eye has two irises. It also has three horns, and a glowing halo that appears to be dripping with paint.

2024/05/02

May 2, 2024
A dim room: not light, but not quite dark. Like a space during the day where the lights are off. On the right side of the drawing is a doorway through which white light is streaming. A blurry figure stands in the doorway, indistinct in the blazing light. Directly in front of the doorway, inside the room, is a perfectly round hole in the floor, like a manhole with the cover left off. A ladder leads down into the darkness of the hole.

2024/05/01

May 1, 2024
A metal sphere, floating in deep space. The sphere is a dull greenish color, the color of tarnished metal. On its left side is a round door with a round portal window in the center of it. Hanging above the door is a small bell. On the right side of the sphere is a round, open window with a small plant in an orange flower pot. On the top of the sphere is a glowing red light, suggesting this is some sort of buoy. Also similar to a buoy is the orange cable, extending from the bottom of the sphere, seemingly anchoring it in place. In the background, the black sky is filled with stars.

2024/04/30

April 30, 2024
A dark gray hill covered in grass. The time of day looks like either early morning or twilight. At the top of the hill, to the right of the drawing, is a large rectangular stone obelisk with the words "reject all" carved into it, and a giant red button—one of those round plastic things you might see on an arcade game or video controller—embedded in the stone. Somewhat down the hill, on the left side of the drawing, is the silhouette of a person. The person is approximately half the size of the obelisk. The sky is a mix of orange and yellow. High in the sky are two birds, perhaps hawks.

2024/04/29

April 29, 2024
A deep pit, dug into the ground. We are seeing a cross-section of the earth: gray-black soil with a tall pit the size of a multi-story building extending down into it. Scattered throughout the soil are many rocks and pebbles, with a few bones. At the top of the pit are several mounds of soil. At the bottom of the pit, standing on a large mound of soil, is a small figure wearing an orange hat and an orange shirt. The figure continues to dig, seemingly trapped in this towering hole from which there is no escape. Also buried in the ground, a few feet away from the figure but not yet unearthed, is a large yellow smiley-face. Above the pit, at ground level, the sky is blue with a few white clouds.

2024/04/28

April 28, 2024
A figure with a stiff black suit, a white collared dress shirt, and a red tie stands against a blue sky with white clouds on it. The figure is wearing a black bowler hat. The figure also does not have a head, with a white envelope floating in space where its head would be. Those who know art will recognize René Magritte's painting "Son of Man". Those who know technology might recognize the iOS Mail icon.

2024/04/27

April 27, 2024
Something that looks like an extremely occult version of a playing card. On a gold background is placed a vertical gray rectangle with fraying edges and rounded corners. The rectangle has a faded red border inside it. The rectangle contains a scattered array of symbols, all drawn in red and gold, that are not arranged according to any order, but still seem to have a weird sort of precision to them. These symbols include: a large, inverted triangle with an eye in it and a star with rays above the eye; various permutations of stars inside circles; intricate icons of the sun and moon; a lightning bolt; and the letter "A" in the top left and lower right corners of the card, similar to an ace playing card. Oh, and also a sword, because swords are epic.

2024/04/26

April 26, 2024
A giant, spherical cartoon bomb, fuse pointed down, is attached to a long, thin cord, swinging back and forth like a wrecking ball. In this image, the bomb is caught at the left end of the swing, about to swing back. Its path will take it through a small bonfire, through which the fuse will also pass. Sitting on top of the bomb is a small human figure. The ground is steely black, the same color as the bomb; the background is fiery orange red.

2024/04/25

April 25, 2024
A ghostly blue-green figure standing against a dark background. The figure is wearing a suit jacket and black tie, with an ID badge on its left breast and three stars on its right shoulder. The figure does not have a head. Floating above its empty neck is a round, blazing orange object that looks like a coin. The head on the coin is gaunt, with staring, empty eyes and two horns. Floating above the coin is a pale blue halo.

2024/04/24

April 24, 2024
The Voyager I spacecraft in deep space. The craft has a giant radio dish. Dimly visible behind it are some radio masts and panels. Floating below it is a small gray maintenance van with an orange flashing light on top and the NASA logo on the side. Floating in front of the dish, evidently making some repairs, is an astronaut tethered to the van. Behind is a black sky filled with stars.

2024/04/23

April 23, 2024
A desolate street winds through an abandoned town at night. The road looks bumpy and uneven, and curves among abandoned apartment blocks and a factory with a tall smoke stack. It is mostly dark; the scene is illuminated only by a full moon. The sky looks partly cloudy. In the sky, directly to the right of the moon and a little above it, is a witch on a broomstick.

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.

2024/04/21

April 21, 2024
A grim-faced bald man with a disproportionately large head and tiny legs stand in a dark area, holding a scepter or baton with a smiley face on it. A closer look at the head suggests that this may be rubber mask: the eye looks more like a hole. There is a very real, very red eye behind the mask. This is a primarily monochrome drawing, rendered in shades of black and eerie green.

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.

2024/04/19

April 19, 2024
A tall house on a grassy hill. The front of the house, illuminated by the sunlight, has no windows and only one door, an arched opening. In front of the door stands the small figure of a person. The side of the house, in shadow, has two large, staring eyes looking at the person. Both eyes have an iridescent green glow. The sky is red-orange, with a glowing yellow sun. The building and hill are reddish. A black bird, perhaps a crow or raven, is perched on top of the house.

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.)

2024/04/17

April 17, 2024
A large gold coin with a face in profile on it. The face is, like that on most currency, a bald man with a hard, vacant stare. Unlike most currency figureheads, this one has devil horns. The coin serves as a head for a figure wearing a dark suit. The figure stands on a blue background.

2024/04/16

April 16, 2024
A person wearing a dark gray suit dances, playing an instrument. They are facing away from us, one leg lifted as though skipping or prancing. The instrument they are playing is a large snakelike creature with gray skin and large, iridescent green eyes. The creature's tail is in their mouth, and its large head is above and behind them, its mouth open.

2024/04/15

April 15, 2024
A dark, dungeon-like room. There is only one window in the top left: narrow, gothic-looking, and glowing red. To the right is some sort of dimly visible pillar or arch. In the center of the room is a glowing pile of coals, gray smoke billowing from it. Rising up from the very center of the coals is what appears to be a small, black plant with leaves that look like claws. The underside of the plant is illuminated red in the glow from the embers. The flower part of the plant suggests a creature, or a Venus flytrap: two mandibles open, belching yellow fire.

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.

2024/04/13

April 13, 2024
A small, rocky path winds beneath a steep cliff. The path is on the right side of the drawing and the cliff is on the left side of the drawing. Standing on the path is a small figure with a wide-brimmed hat and a staff. In front of the figure, far in the distance, is the dim, vast shape of a mountain. The sky is clear blue. Standing on top of the cliff, in the top left of the drawing, is the bulky figure of a horned monster. The monster is peering down at the traveler, looking ominously focused.

2024/04/12

April 12, 2024
A mountain in the middle of nowhere, under a blazing yellow and crimson sky. Planted at the very peak of the mountain is a signpost with two signs: one pointing forward, reading "OK", and one pointing backwards, reading "Cancel".

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.

2024/04/09

April 9, 2024
A large black figure with angel wings sits on a small, rocky promontory, on top of a grassy hill. The figure is shining a flashlight directly downwards at the foot of the promontory. In the beam of a flashlight, as though caught in a spotlight, a smaller figure stands, seemingly praying. This is a mostly green drawing.

2024/04/08

April 8, 2024
A full solar eclipse. The sun hangs in an eerie, purple sky, fully obscured, only a green and white corona visible. Below are several craggy mountains, also illuminated with a weird green light. On top of the closer mountain stands a small figure wearing a cloak, both arms raised to the sky, a staff clutched in the right arm. The figure appears to be staring directly at the sun without eclipse glasses, which one should never do, even if one is a sorcerer summoning the apocalypse.

2024/04/07

April 7, 2024
A surreal, deserted city. A small silhouette of a person is hemmed in by large, blocky buildings that have almost no windows or doors. Behind the person is a blazing sun, a yellow sky, and the blurry silhouette of a building engulfed in sunlight and heat. In front of the person is a cool blue area: another building that seems to be in shadow, with only one illuminated window and an open doorway, casting a greenish white light onto the blue ground. Above the door is a small, neon pink sign that says "open". At the top of the building is a single, illuminated yellow window—the only visible window on the entire building—in which sits a cat.

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.

2024/04/05

April 5, 2024
A person stands in a rocky, mountainous area. The person is on a craggy open peak, with wooded skylines on both sides. Directly below the person, as if carved into the rock, is the huge form of a stone giant that may or may not be in the process of waking up. The giant is bald with a heavy, jowly face and eyes hidden beneath a heavy brow. The horizon is afire with either a sunrise or a sunset. Above, a hawk turns in the sky. This is probably not what Lebanon, New Jersey looks like, but then again, I've never been there.

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