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2023/10/10

October 10, 2023
A two legged creature with a large snout,  large eyes, a tail, and a tuft of hair on top. The overall effect suggests a cross between a mammal and bird of some sort, although there aren't any wings. The creature is looking over its shoulder, mouth slightly open. On the side of the creature is a pocket in which a small wrench is tucked.

2023/10/09

October 9, 2023
A thin, almost skeletal figure, wearing an expressionless mask with no facial features except two empty eyeholes, stands on a small, barren mound, holding a crooked stick. The figure is also wearing a heavy fur cloak piled on its back, giving it a hunchbacked appearance, as well as some ragged clothing.

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.

2023/10/07

October 7, 2023
A humanoid figure, the edges rough and hazy, as though it's in the process of fading out. The head and chest area are the most solid. The face looks like it was crudely drawn with a red crayon. There's a white halo, also drawn in crayon, over its head.

2023/10/06

October 6, 2023
A large, red, house-shaped lump. Imagine a roughly cubical brick or rock with a pointed top. A door is spray-painted on one side, and a window is spray-painted on the other. On top of the house sits a person with a can of spray paint, spraying a jet of black paint into the air.

2023/10/05

October 5, 2023
A furry, orange, two-legged creature with a tuft of hair, three horns, and one bright green eye with a narrow slit for an iris, like a snake's eye.

2023/10/04

October 4, 2023
A rough mask of a human face. The left and right sides of the mask also contain smaller faces in profile.

2023/10/03

October 3, 2023
A roughly bullet-shaped creature—cylindrical body, domed head, two spindly arms—stands on the ground at night in front of a small fire. The creature's left arm is up, fingers apart, conjuring up a flame. A full moon and starry sky are visible over the creature's right shoulder. The creature's face is eerily lit from below by the small fire in front of it.

2023/10/02

October 2, 2023
A large stone archway with a small cylindrical turret built on one side of it. The turret has a glowing window on the side. A full moon is shining in a clear, starry sky. Inside the archway is built what looks like a decrepit wooden platform. Sitting on the platform is an oddly large humanoid creature smoking a pipe.

2023/10/01

October 1, 2023
A glowing, elongated, house-sized pumpkin at night. The two blazing yellow eyes look like upper story windows; the mouth is an open doorway. There is no nose. In the right window sits a black cat. The yellow light spilling out of the mouth is reflected off the ground as though the ground is slightly wet or icy. In the foggy sky sits a full moon, the pale light reflecting off the stem of the pumpkin. This beautiful Sunday the first of October is decorative gourd season, and we at #notesArt Industries have been awaiting this moment since the weather got warm half a year earlier.

2023/09/30

September 30, 2023
A chunk of rock like a large boulder, flat on top, hanging in space. The top flat area is grassy, as though this is a chunk of the ground that got blown into space for some reason. Planted in the ground is a large billboard-like sign with the word "diner" in all-caps and an arrow pointing right.

2023/09/29

September 29, 2023
A small figure sits on the edge of what could be a giant cube or a building. The roof is deep blue; the left face of the cube is bright green, and the right face is bright red. The left face has a window in it, in which a cat is sitting. The strange part is that while the edge that the figure sits on looks like the outer wall of the building, the perspective applied to the window makes it look as if the window is set on the inner wall. The figure and the cat are looking at each other across the gap of two perspectives that don't match. Behind the figure is a dark night sky with a moon and some slight fog.

2023/09/28

September 28, 2023
A figure stands on a mound. It appears to be dancing: left leg upraised, arms apart, head down. It is silhouetted against a red blaze, as though it is dancing in front of a volcano—or hell itself.

2023/09/27

September 27, 2023
A weird, rough, lopsided fragment of something that looks like it was once machinery. In the top left corner are a set of vertical slots that resemble a vent; there are boltholes in the lower left and right. Towards the upper-left center is a large, ragged hole. In it, as though it's a window, hangs a ceiling lamp casting a cone of white light, and a figure hunched in the lower-left corner of the hole, as though the figure is sitting desolately on the floor.

2023/09/26

September 26, 2023
A hulking, humanoid figure that could only be described as "vast", in the way that a gorilla is vast. The figure is set against a bright red background. The right side of the figure is black, as though in shadow; the left side is white. The figure's right hand is placed across its chest, as if it is taking an oath. The left side is blurry and foggy; fading away, or not all there to begin with.

2023/09/25

September 25, 2023
A rough fragment of something, maybe rusted metal. It resembles a backwards letter C; that, and something you'd find in an abandoned factory or junk shop. It has two bolt holes at the top, two slits in the middle, and a grating that looks like a toothy mouth. Taken all together, the effect is of a skeletal face.

2023/09/24

September 24, 2023
A light blue background, on which is the lopsided figure of a person with very elongated arms, large hands, and a small head. The figure has a slight dimensionality to it, but distorted, as though it's a roughly carved sculpture. One of the figure's hands reaches all the way down to its feet; the other is up by its head, as though warding off a blow. The figure is surrounded by a rough, blurry black background that suggests a spreading inkblot.

2023/09/23

September 23, 2023
A figure with exaggerated proportions—small head, thin arms and legs, a very wide body—stands on a black background. The figure's chest is covered by an expressionless face with empty eyes. The figure is standing beneath a bright yellow star.

2023/09/22

September 22, 2023
A strange, cartoonishly misshapen face that looks like it's carved from clay or wood. The face has a prominent nose, two small eyes, and a mouth. The face has wrinkles and surface irregularities in places where a normal face wouldn't. But the most striking feature of the face is its tongue: a glistening rainbow tongue dropping straight down from its mouth. Its right eye is also brightly colored, with three concentric circles of red, yellow, and blue. The left eye is empty.

2023/09/21

September 21, 2023
A furry creature with a large head, an empty eyesocket, and a giant, toothy mouth pushes a small cart on which is placed a tall, thin tank that looks kind of like a fire extinguisher or something containing a compressed gas. Protruding from the creature's back are several pipes and tubes of varying size.

2023/09/20

September 20, 2023
A white, mask-like face. Most of the face is nondescript, like a mask; the eyes and mouth blaze with colored stripes. The eyes have geometric star-shaped designs.

2023/09/19

September 19, 2023
A night scene, with three blazing white objects in a dark indigo sky. The horizon is crimson. In the middle is an archway with light blazing from it, suggesting a portal or gateway of some sort. A figure stands in the archway, silhouetted in the white light.

2023/09/18

September 18, 2023
An eerie figure with sunken cheeks and hollow eyes. The figure is wearing a top hat, and a coat with a tie. The background is blazing yellow, as if illuminated by firelight. The figure is casting a red shadow against the background; a shadow with two horns.

2023/09/17

September 17, 2023
The crumbling shell of an abandoned castle sits on a mountaintop under a blazing sunset. Clouds cover the sky in waves of fire. Hovering above the ruins is a zeppelin.

2023/09/16

September 16, 2023
A clear night, the deep blue sky dominated by a blazing white moon. Reaching into the sky are two tall, thin buildings: imagine very thin skyscrapers without the rest of a city. They're planted in the middle of nowhere. There's something eerily non-human about them; almost like some natural construction—wasp nests, termite mounds—rather than buildings. The ground around them is barren, reflecting the moonlight, and could even be snow-covered. In both structures, only one window is illuminated. In the one closest to the viewer, a silhouette is visible. The drawing style uses a texture comprised of rough, heavy brushstrokes.

2023/09/15

September 15, 2023
A sunset: a fire-yellow sky over a dark, hilly horizon, fading into purple stripes above. The sun itself is more a blazing yellow stripe than a circle. Scattering into the sky from the left is a collection of large black crows. If this looks vaguely familiar to you, don't worry, I'm fine, and the story about this being his final painting is apocryphal.

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.

2023/09/13

September 13, 2023
An eerie scene. A tall, spindly figure and a thick, crooked tree stand silhouetted against an unsettling green light: the atmosphere of a foggy wood or swamp at night. The figure stands on the left; the tree is on the right. The figure carries a small briefcase or lunchbox in one hand, and has a broom in the other. The unevenness of the ground suggests a swamp or wild area.

2023/09/12

September 12, 2023
A red monster with two horns and one large round eye holds a broom and a small toolbox. The monster is sticking out a long, rainbow tongue.

2023/09/11

September 11, 2023
A person stands in a blank, featureless room, starkly silhouetted by the bright white light from a nearby window. The person is holding a cup of something and staring at a television in front of them. The television is one of those bulky big-screen devices from the late 90s/early 2000s. On screen is something that anyone who saw it will never forget: shaky video footage of two New York City skyscrapers with smoke pouring out of them, bright red banners and alerts framing the screen.

2023/09/10

September 10, 2023
A large black, furry creature. The creature's facial features—two eyes, and a smiling mouth—is comprised of three curves. Each curve is a sixty-degree section of a circle. The curves are arranged symmetrically, in a circle, with two placed side by side and one in the middle below them. Basically I'm describing the symbol for nuclear radiation. The creature's face looks like that symbol. The creature is holding a glowing green cylinder to its chest, hugging it the way one might hold something warm.

2023/09/09

September 9, 2023
The stump of a thick tree, with a birdhouse mounted at the top of it. The front of the birdhouse looks like a face: the circular entrance is the mouth, with a nose and two round holes placed above it. The birdhouse also has two devil horns and, behind the stump at the base of it, something sticking up from the ground that looks a lot like a pointed tail. In the background is a flat plain, with mountains in the distance. A bird is flying off in the sky.

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