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2024/02/15

February 15, 2024
A desert scene, late afternoon: a golden sky with clouds scattered across it, and a partially concealed sun. A truck is parked in the middle of a barren rise, the driver standing next to it, casting a long shadow. Visible in the distance is the hazy brown shape of a natural rock formation. Flying overhead is a black triangular aircraft seen from the rear, the red glow of the engine visible and a bright green light on the underside.

2024/02/14

February 14, 2024
A high cliff, somewhere in the desert. It's a gray day, the clouds heavy in the sky. Gathered at the edge of the cliff are two people, with a third running towards them. Directly above them, relatively close to the ground, is flying a very futuristic, triangular aircraft. Visible in the background is the blurry outline of another natural formation; a tower of rock. This is a primarily black and gray drawing; the only color is a tiny green light on the underside of the aircraft.

2024/02/13

February 13, 2024
An enormous stone head: a mouth, eye, and nose carved into a tall obelisk. The eye is a hole drilled right through the stone. The head is situated in the middle of nowhere, on top of a mountain, covered with snow. Visible in the background is a snow-covered treeline of another mountain. The head is covered with garish graffiti: neon pink, white, and green. Next to the head is a person, making the head look the size of a three-story building. Up in the sky is a hawk; the person appears to be signaling to it. The sky is the dull cloudiness of a winter day, with a weak sun filtering through.

2024/02/12

February 12, 2024
A crimson sky, suggesting sunrise or sunset. Dominating the foreground is a vast radio dish, rendered in black and cement gray, mounted on a heavy industrial base of beams, pipes, and concrete. There is a red light mounted at the top of the dish, and a small green light over the doorway to the installation. In the sky, to the right, in the direction that the telescope is pointed at, is a single bright star.

2024/02/11

February 11, 2024
A mountaintop, lit red on the right side, with a small figure of a person also standing on the right side, looking taken aback. The person is staring at a huge, inhumanly colored figure, covered with colored bars that vaguely suggest a skeleton. Perhaps the bars are painted on the outside of the figure, or showing through from inside. They are neon colors: pink, blue, and green, with the figure's head and chest area a glowing white. The giant figure has a green halo above its head, and appears to be leaping into the air. The sky behind it is an apocalyptic yellow-green. And what rough beast, its hour come round at last, slouches towards Bethlehem to be born?

2024/02/10

February 10, 2024
A disturbing figure wearing a black coat and a black bowtie, and a round black head with no ears, no nose, and a wide, neon-pink mouth with yellow teeth. The figure has two round eyes, both different colors: the right eye is concentric circles of red, yellow, blue, and orange; the left eye is crimson and blue. The face has wrinkles on it as though it is made of leather. The figure is wearing a cartoonish fedora-esque hat. The drawing is on a pink and orange background.

2024/02/09

February 9, 2024
A ghostlike yellow-green monster with a craggy-toothed smile, three eyes—brightly colored in red, orange, blue, and purple—and three horns. The monster has several stars printed on it and is on a dark blue background.

2024/02/08

February 8, 2024
A bizarre, neon-pink figure: a giant head on five legs. The head has a panicked expression. This is a pink and yellow drawing on a black background.

2024/02/07

February 7, 2024
A head, rendered in a series of bright colors: red, bright, yellow, blue, crimson. The head is floating in space on a white textured background. Its mouth is open, its eyes are wide, and it has a surprised expression. It has three horns and bristly crimson hair. It looks like a monster.

2024/02/06

February 6, 2024
A large figure in a crimson jumper with yellow and crimson stars printed at various locations on it. The figure is very wide and looking at a phone in its hand. It has devil horns. Its face is illuminated blue from the phone screen, and it is set against a yellow-green background.

2024/02/05

February 5, 2024
A cuckoo clock where the pendulum is a wrecking ball. The clock sits at the top of the drawing: a small square clock with Roman numerals displaying around 6:50 and a pointed roof. The wrecking ball has swung the left and is preparing to swing back to the right. At the right of the drawing is a small figure wearing boxing gloves, posed in a boxing stance, preparing to punch the pendulum like a punching bag. These are pale green lines on a black background.

2024/02/04

February 4, 2024
A figure in a blue suit, seen from the back. The figure has a large, orange, spherical head, facing away from the viewer, and a blue brimmed hat. The highlights on the suit and hat are neon blue-green. The figure is holding a fishing pole with an anchor attached to it. The background is bluish-textured white.

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.

2024/02/02

February 2, 2024
A small white figure stands on the right side of the drawing, casting a huge, shapeless purple shadow that looms over the figure on the left. The shadow has a single bright eye that is watching the figure. In the top right is a white circle that's either the sun or the moon. The background of the drawing is a mix of yellow and bright green.

2024/02/01

February 1, 2024
Two figures. The one on the left has a purple, almost cat-like body with two legs, a curved tail, and no visible arms. Its head is about twice the size of its body and looks like a mask: shield-shaped and pale green, with a giant single eye in the center. Its eye is an iridescent green iris on a black background. To the right of it is a small crimson creature with four pointed, triangular legs, a domed body, and two horns. The creature also has a shiny green eye in the middle of its face. Both of these are set against a dark blue background. Above them both, in the top-right corner, is a sharp, white, five-pointed star.

2024/01/31

January 31, 2024
A large, blue jar with a short, narrow bottleneck, like a wine bottle if the bottle part expanded to about twice its size but the neck stayed the same. Inside the jar is a dimly visible skull. The light reflecting off the right side of the jar is an iridescent green. The left side of the jar has a blue sheen to it. The jar is set against a textured white background, casting a translucent blue shadow.

2024/01/30

January 30, 2024
A desert sun, low in the sky. Below it is a red mountain with a small figure standing at the very top of it. The figure is holding a string attached to a huge black balloon, high above the ground. The sky is mostly shades of yellow, and the mountain is black, with red highlights.

2024/01/28

January 28, 2024
A tall, gaunt figure with a top hat walks on a barren hill at night. The figure is holding a staff in its right hand, with a glowing lantern mounted at the top of the staff. The drawing is mostly dull-blue and black. The lantern is white.

2024/01/26

January 26, 2024
A hulking blue monster, standing on two legs, clawed arms outstretched in front of it. It appears to be roaring. It has a round, froglike head and vaguely resembles a more malevolent-looking version of Cookie Monster. In lieu of eyes, three googly eyes are pasted to the top of its head, as though it's a two-dimensional drawing with additional elements stuck to it. It is on a light beige background.

2024/01/25

January 25, 2024
A huge factory with three smokestacks billowing smoke. The factory is heavy, rendered in black and dark purple; it stands against a blazing yellow and orange sky that appears to be on fire. The smoke from the smokestacks is yellow. In one square window, on the right side of the factory, a single silhouette of a person is visible.

2024/01/24

January 24, 2024
A colorful, abstract background of reds, yellows, greens, and blues. In the center is a minimalist sketch of a Macintosh, rendered in a few quick lines: the "Picasso" logo featured on the branding for the first Macintosh. There is a smiling face on the screen, and a rainbow apple with a bite out of it placed to the left of the Macintosh.

2024/01/24

January 24, 2024
A blue background, heavily textured, with brushstrokes of various blues and greens. Placed in the middle is a glowing red, "happy Mac" icon, framed by rough, yellow, white, and neon green brushstrokes.

2024/01/23

January 23, 2024
A cloudy sunrise or sunset. Waves of red clouds hover over a ragged mountainous horizon. Hanging in the sky is an enormous planet, partially covered by clouds and lit from below by the sun. This is a primarily red and black painting.

2024/01/22

January 22, 2024
A cavernous, gloomy corridor, with heavy, oppressive walls on both side and no visible ceiling, as though this is in a vast building. In the center is a small figure running towards the viewer, wearing a white tank top and red shorts and holding a giant sledgehammer in both hands. Behind the runner are the shadowy figures of pursuers. This is one of the more iconic frames from the commercial that Apple ran in the 1984 Super Bowl, announcing the Macintosh. The drawing is rendered mostly in black and dull indigo. The figure is blue.

2024/01/21

January 21, 2024
A vast sky filled with heavy, billowing clouds. Below it is a foggy lake or river, with mountains on the right. It's mostly dark, in the way that a very cloudy late-afternoon feels like nightfall. Floating on the water is a small boat with a person sitting in it, illuminated by a single white lantern.

2024/01/20

January 20, 2024
A tower of rock rises up from the desert floor. It's around dusk; the sky is still blue, but the sun is gone. The only remnant of it is a reddish glow on the right side of the tower, and a pink area on the horizon. A pale pink moon sits high in the sky. To the right of the tower, a futuristic triangular aircraft reminiscent of an F-117 Nighthawk cruises past, its underside reddish in the remaining sunlight.

2024/01/19

January 19, 2024
A person with a set, hard face that looks like a golden mask. A greenish light from off-screen is reflected on the person's shoulders. The person is wearing a tight-fitting hat with two large Steamboat Willie ears. The person is a mostly dark blue and indigo, silhouette, with highlights of iridescent green. The background is a textured mix of white blue and purple.

2024/01/18

January 18, 2024
A wide, flat desert, bluish mountains visible in the distance. The sky is a pale green, textured with clouds, a white sun high in the sky. In the foreground is a small shack, the size of an outhouse. The arched doorway is open, revealing an entirely different interior: a blazing crimson landscape with yellow clouds. This is a portal into another terrifying world. Standing in the doorway is a figure silhouetted against the red glow of whatever land this is. Placed above the doorway is a small, green Exit sign, the kind you'd find in a European country.

2024/01/17

January 17, 2024
A creature shaped like a bullet, or a spraycan. The creature has a metallic body, one giant green eyeball that takes up most of its body, and a mouth pursed in a grimace, framed by crimson lipstick. Above it hangs a glowing yellow halo with bolts of electricity coming off it. A speech balloon is coming out of the creature's mouth; the balloon has no text, only an icon of a lightning bolt with an arrow at the end of it. The creature appears to be wearing boots or galoshes. This is a bluish creature set on an orange background.

2024/01/16

January 16, 2024
A snowy landscape: ground covered with snow; sky heavy with clouds; the blurry hints of snow-covered hills in the background. In the foreground stands a signpost with four snow-covered signs: a red one with angry icons and hazardous symbols, pointing right; a blue one with two round yellow eyes, pointing/looking left; a yellow one with the black silhouettes of Pac Mac and two ghosts, pointing right; and a green rectangular one with two buttons on it, one that says "OK" and one that says "Cancel".

2024/01/15

January 15, 2024
A sinister, skeletal figure, hunched over and loping like a zombie, one emaciated arm outstretched, the hand with fingers like claws. This is a black charcoal-like drawing on a yellow background.

2024/01/14

January 14, 2024

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