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2024/12/30

December 30, 2024
A large, menacing figure stands against a dark blue background. The figure has unusually long arms and long, clawlike figures. The figure is mostly white, with tinges of green and pink on its hands. Its head is red-orange, with one round, staring eye. A blurry, multicolored halo hangs above its head.

2024/12/29

December 29, 2024
An impressionist scene of an abandoned building at night. The building is an old stone house missing a roof. One inner wall of the house is visible; an arched window lets in moonlight. On the wall facing the viewer is an empty arched doorway with a few stairs beneath it. A small stony hill leads down from the building. Greenish moonlight reflects off the hill. In the sky, the moon blazes white. This is a predominantly blue painting composed with heavy brushwork and bright colors. The brushstrokes surrounding the moon are a mix of white, yellow, bright, green, and various shades of blue.

2024/12/28

December 28, 2024
An abstract, impressionist painting with long, wavy brushstrokes. At the center of the painting is an elongated, slightly curved object painted in bright pink, yellow, and various shades of green. The right side of it is brightly illuminated, giving the impression that it is dimensional. It is surrounded by blue. The overall effect is of a multicolored bubble rising up through water.

2024/12/27

December 27, 2024
A tall figure stands against a yellow green background, holding a sword in one hand. The point of the sword is against the ground. Where the figure's head would be is a balcony with a small roof over it. A person is leaning over the balcony, releasing a large bird into the sky. A yellow sun hangs in the top right of the painting.

2024/12/26

December 26, 2024
A blazing red and yellow sky over a dark purpleish meadow. On the left stands a small person in front of a large old-fashioned camera on a tripod. The person is photographing a monstrous figure wearing a top hat and fashionable coat. The figure is posing, one leg placed on a small rock, one hand on its hip. It looks like a rhinoceros from hell: enormous snout, multiple horns, several fangs, and a large, soulless red eye. Both parties are mostly silhouetted in profile, but are reflecting reddish light from the sky. In the sky, two large birds fly overhead.

2024/12/25

December 25, 2024
A bright starry night. Three tall, robed figures stand on a train station platform. While they are mostly silhouetted, the approximate colors of their robes are still visible. The leftmost figure, wearing reddish robes, is staring at its phone. The middle figure wears yellowish robes; the rightmost figure wears blue, and is facing left. All three are wearing crowns. They are standing under a small roof, from which is hanging a sign with glowing red lettering. What the sign says is unclear, but this is presumably a station timetable. High in the sky, on the right, a white star blazes.

2024/12/24

December 24, 2024
A bright sunny day: the sky is clear and blue, and the ground is covered with snow. On the left side of the painting is an enormous snowman. It is leaning forward, its stick arms raised menacingly. It has an open mouth, a carrot for a nose, and two black eyes. Snow is flying around it. It is leaning towards a person in front of it. The person is wearing dark pants, an orange jacket, and red mittens and hat, and is stepping back in shock, as though the snowman has only just come to life by the power of the great and terrible snow demons.

2024/12/23

December 23, 2024
A person stands in what appears to be a museum, phone upraised, aimed at a giant sculpture of a head. The head is large and misshapen, and appears to be carved from dark gray stone. It is easily the size of a small hut, towering over the person. It is mounted on a thin pole, which itself is planted in a large block of concrete. There's a small red barricade between the head and the person. The eye of the head is a glowing yellow window, in which is seen the silhouette of another person.

2024/12/22

December 22, 2024
A reddish meadow under a reddish-yellow sky. Sticking up from the meadow is an extremely rickety, haphazardly constructed collection of nailed-together wood scraps that form a column of sorts. The column winds upward, looking more like a plant than something artificial. At the top, balanced impossibly on one of the boards and hammering in a nail, is the person building it. The person is mostly a silhouette. Below sits an equally disorganized pile of wood.

2024/12/21

December 21, 2024
A dark space. A single light hangs from the top, casting a lurid blue conical glow like a spotlight. Standing under it is a dark silhouetted figure holding a black umbrella, as though trying to ward off the light like rain.

2024/12/20

December 20, 2024
A scene early in the morning or early in the evening. The sun is down, and the world is various shades of blue, with a dim gold tint around the horizon. In the foreground is a very tall, narrow, conical mountain peak. The mountain is black against the sky. At the top of the peak, seemingly built into the mountain, is a building with a pointed steeple. It's unclear where the building ends and the mountain begins. A single glowing window is visible below the steeple. Winding past the mountain below is a narrow road. In the distance is the faded treeline of a distant hill. In the sky to the upper right is the dull sliver of a crescent moon.

2024/12/19

December 19, 2024
A tall, thin figure with the head of an animal—maybe a wolf, maybe something else—strides forward, holding a red shield in its left hand and a gleaming white sword in its right. On the shield is the yellow symbol of an eye, rotated 90° to run lengthwise down the shield. The figure is a reddish brown. It stands against a gold yellow background. There is a glowing white halo above its head.

2024/12/18

December 18, 2024
An orange person balances on top of a large, shapeless, green monster. The monster is walking on two legs. The closest thing it has to a face is an opening where its mouth would be. The opening is shaped like a cleanly removed puzzle piece. The person on top of the monster is holding a fishing pole from which is dangling a glowing white puzzle piece, the exact shape of the creature's mouth. The piece is hanging right in front of the creature's face, The creature is clearly looking at it, and reaching for it. The background is a dull gray.

2024/12/17

December 17, 2024
A winter night. The ground is covered in snow. The sky is deep blue and filled with stars. A hazy, bluish humanoid form that looks like a ghost stands next to a round sign with a bus icon on it. On the left side of the painting is a blurry collection of dark tree branches in the distance. On the right side are black, more sharply defined branches with snow on them.

2024/12/16

December 16, 2024
A tall, thin, dark blue figure with an empty glass sphere for a head stands against a bright orange-yellow background. The figure is wearing a lighter blue tie and holding a phone with a glowing white screen in its left hand. Hovering inside the sphere of its head is a yellow fish.

2024/12/15

December 15, 2024
A bright yellow-green four-legged creature with a short, stubby tail and a long, giraffe-like neck. The creature is wearing four orange boots with white stripes on them, and a brown hat with a brim. The hat has a yellow-green feather sticking out of it. The creature has an orange necktie with yellow stripes dangling from its mouth, and a small white ID card hanging around its neck. Its body is facing to the right, but its head is turned around and is facing to the left. It is standing against a dark blue background.

2024/12/14

December 14, 2024
A small, churchlike building sits on a platform high in the air. The building has a clock tower and a single arched window. The platform is supported by a rickety, patched-together tower of what appear to be haphazardly connected boards. Dangling from the platform is a rope ladder that ends in the middle of the air. This is set against a greenish yellow sky, with no other details except a few birds in the background.

2024/12/13

December 13, 2024
A clear blue night with a full moon. The ground is covered in light bluish fog. Emerging through the fog is an ominous figure: humanoid, but misshapen and bulky, as though hastily assembled from rock or clay. The figure's face is not visible. The moonlight glints dully off it. Hovering above its head is a glowing white halo. This is a mostly blue painting.

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.

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