Top left is the original [h/t Charlene604]. It appears to date to February 2020; people were already having fun with it on Reddit.
The bottom two are not my own.
Top left is the original [h/t Charlene604]. It appears to date to February 2020; people were already having fun with it on Reddit.
The bottom two are not my own.

Wet sidewalk outside my house was glowing.

The missus butchered this year’s Grumpkin in record time, and not a single tricker treater showed up last night. On the plus side, we have about month’s worth of Reese’s and I know where they’re hidden.
For some reason, our last year’s Grumpkin butchery was never posted, so here it is:

Previous years’ Strutts Grumpkins here.

Pillco Canto Ritual (Bolivia), Los Folkloristas (2014)
[Source images here and here. More in the Día de Los Muertos Archive.]


Pix2Pix is a simple fun A.I. to mess around with. Fairly intuitive, it creates grotesque images via a basic mouse- or pen-controlled paintbrush, with options for faces, scenes, facades, cats and shoes. Some examples:




One drawback: There’s no “undo” function, so either stop while you’re ahead or you get to start over. Be sure to screen cap your work if you want to save it.

9am daily. Pen on paper, 8-1/2 x 11, approx. 2 square inches per each 30 minute teleconference.

[h/t Serafina D. for inspiration. Related post here.]