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Chris Silverman
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Designer, artist, iPhone Notes limit pusher. I know the difference between a "font" and a "typeface", but I'm not obnoxious about it.

🌈 https://notes.art

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A smiley-face emoji with eerily empty black eyes, set on a black background. Below, it are two crossed lines, conveying the impression of a skull and crossbones. Both the face and the lines are rendered in blazing neon rainbow colors. A pattern of vertical lines partially covers the face and the crossbones. The vertical lines have their own colors which blur as they intersect the face and crossbones, giving the overall painting, a sort of drippy/rasterized effect. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".
November 11, 2025 at 6:17 AM
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A lone figure walks through an abandoned city street on a pale green night illuminated by a full white moon. On the left, the buildings loom up and away. The street is just an empty space where no buildings are. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".
November 10, 2025 at 3:51 AM
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A hunched-over figure wearing a dark purple coat stands against a yellow background. The figure has a red hand, and is concealing its face with a round, red, wooden mask held on a stick. The mask has two round yellow circles for eyes, a large, rigidly triangular nose, and an empty, open mouth. The figure has, on its coat like badges, a smaller green mask that looks very similar to the red one, and a yellow button with the line-and-circle "power" icon. Three speech bubbles are coming from the figure, none of which has text in it. One is green, with a minimalist angry face in yellow lines; one is white on one side and navy blue on the other, with a flat mouth and X's for eyes; and one is white and contains a red triangle. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".
November 9, 2025 at 8:38 AM
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A strange object—somewhere between a boulder, a spaceship, and a rusty machine—hangs in the blue emptiness of a starry sky. The object is roughly obelisk-shaped, with a craggy purple-gray surface that has an iridescent sheen to it. It has a glowing yellow window at the top, and a set of green windows below, and a small, smoking pipe of a chimney on the left. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".
November 8, 2025 at 8:34 AM
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A strange figure stands against a crimson-red sky. The figure is mostly dark, wearing a white shield-shaped mask with a single eyehole and no nose or mouth. The figure is holding a glowing yellow sword that resembles a lightsaber, and has a clock key sticking out of its back. In the background is the blurry purple skyline of a city. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".
November 7, 2025 at 6:44 AM
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A tall figure with horns and a pointed tail stands in a dark green meadow under a greenish-yellow sky. The figure is holding out its hand. Streaking upwards from its hand is a blazing yellow ball of light that hangs in the sky like a sun. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".
November 6, 2025 at 4:14 AM
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The word "Vote", in blazing, blurry rainbow colors on a black background. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".
November 5, 2025 at 1:35 AM
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A crimson sunset, somewhere barren and snow-covered. The sun is a blazing yellow dot on a purple horizon, casting yellow light across the snow. To the left is a small shack that looks like a convenience store. It has a large window, the harsh white light reflecting off the snow, with a small sign that reads "open" in neon green letters. Towering over the shack is a large illuminated sign like something you'd see for a gas station. The sign has a glowing yellow smiley face at the top, and a smaller white sign that says "open" in red letters. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".
November 4, 2025 at 1:21 AM
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#uspol
A black screen with the orange text "It's never safe to turn off your government". The image is intended to resemble the "It's now safe to turn off your computer" message displayed by older versions of the Windows operating system.
November 3, 2025 at 4:49 PM
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A grassy hill under a reddish-yellow sky. The entire scene is reddish. Winding down the hill is a small staircase. To the left of the staircase is a tall, unidentifiable object that looks like the remains of a robot or some sort of industrial machine. It is blocky, and has a dilapidated appearance. At the very top of it is a small, round hole. Hovering just beyond the hole is a white tadpole-shaped thing, perhaps a spirit that lives in the object. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".
November 3, 2025 at 2:41 AM
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The side of a house at night. The roof and porch column are decorated with red, white, and green holiday lights. The lights are connected to a small grayish box on the side of the house. The box has two icons, one of a Halloween pumpkin and one of a Christmas tree. It also has a large switch next to the icons. The switch, which one can presume was set to the Halloween setting yesterday, is now in the Christmas tree position. The sky is blue and filled with stars. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".
November 2, 2025 at 3:23 AM
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#notesArt #inktober day 31: award
A bright yellow bird the approximate shape of a bowling pin—wide lower body, tall thin neck—stands on a boxy pedestal in a dark blue space. The bird has wispy plumage, two short, armlike wings, and stripes on its neck. Someone familiar with the work of Dr Seuss would recognize this bird as a Sneetch—and sure enough, it's got a green star on its chest. The star is crudely painted on, the paint dripping, and the bird is still holding the brush. In a similarly crude fashion, the label "# 1" is painted on the front of the pedestal. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".
November 1, 2025 at 12:54 AM
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#notesArt #inktober day 30: vacant
An unsettling figure stands against a greenish-yellow background. The figure consists of a dark coat, a round white mask, and a dark bowler hat. These items hover in the air, filled with nothingness, as though worn by an invisible person. The mask is a minimalist smiling face with round empty eyeholes, the slightest line of a nose, and an empty mouth. The eyes and mouth have thick borders, as though the mask is made of plastic. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".
October 31, 2025 at 6:17 AM
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#notesArt #inktober day 29: lesson
In a craggy, remote place, a witchlike figure stands next to a large black cauldron with glowing greenish smoke boiling up out of it into the dull blue evening sky. The cauldron is lit yellow-orange from below by fire. The witch isn't looking at the cauldron, though; they're looking at a laptop perched on a stool. While the screen is too small to be legible, someone familiar with YouTube will have the impression that the witch is watching a YouTube video tutorial. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".
October 30, 2025 at 6:19 AM
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🎵 I won't grow up
(no, I won't grow up)
I will never even try
(I will never even try) 🎵
A silver BMW motorcycle is parked in front of a Burger King under a cloudy sky. The motorcycle is decorated with Halloween figures: a skeleton sitting upright on the passenger seat, a creepy werewolf with sharp teeth in front, and a pink stuffed bunny strapped to the bike. The scene is set in a parking lot surrounded by autumn trees with orange leaves. Rear view of the same motorcycle parked in the lot. A large doll with red hair, wearing overalls and holding a knife, is strapped to the back seat next to a skeleton figure. The orange fall foliage and cloudy sky create a moody atmosphere. A gray SUV is parked nearby. A person wearing a creepy white rabbit mask, red sweater, jeans, and tan boots sits on the motorcycle, preparing to ride. The decorated skeleton and dolls are still attached behind them. The setting is an empty parking lot near a red brick building and autumn-colored trees. The motorcycle is now in motion, leaving the parking lot. The rider with the white rabbit mask drives while the skeleton and red-haired doll remain fixed on the back. The background shows fall trees and an overcast sky.
October 29, 2025 at 6:02 PM
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#notesArt #inktober day 28: skeletal
The mighty Captain America, resplendent in a blue suit with patriotic red and white stripes and a white star on the front. Captain America is, unfortunately, a skeletal figure, emaciated and hollow. His red boots and gloves are too large, and he seems barely able to hold his circular shield with the red and white stripes, a white star on a blue circle in the center. He stands in a gray, listless space, alone. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".
October 29, 2025 at 6:13 AM
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#notesArt #inktober day 27: onion
The Statue of Liberty, an enormous green metal statue of a woman wearing a robe and carrying a book and torch, stands against a gray sky. The statue stands on a brown stone base. In place of a torch, it is holding up a glowing white logo for the satirical publication The Onion. Quoting Thomas More, “The devil...the proud spirit...cannot endure to be mocked.” The painting is signed “Chris Silverman”.
October 28, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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#notesArt #inktober day 26: puzzling
A dark, grim room illuminated with bleak greenish light by a single lamp hanging from the ceiling. Standing in the middle of the room, back to the viewer, is a detective wearing a dark suit and a hat. The detective is staring at a wall, on which are haphazardly taped various sheets of paper with text and handwriting on them. The papers show frenetic scribbles surrounded by red circles, annotations, and yellow highlighter markings. None of this text is legible except for that which is printed in red, on the largest sheet of paper. That text has the characters ΩΗΑΤΣΠΥΖΖΛΙΝΓΥΟΥΙΣΤΗΕΝΑΤΥΡΕΟΦΜΥΓΑΜΕ. The painting is signed “Chris Silverman”.
October 27, 2025 at 5:54 AM
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#notesArt #inktober day 25: inferno
A dark night, lit red with flames pouring out of a rusty, graffiti-covered dumpster. The yellow inferno towers above the dumpster, spitting smoke and sparks into the sky. Sitting to the left of the dumpster on a small ladder, holding two marshmallows above the flames on a stick, is a person. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".
October 26, 2025 at 5:58 AM
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#notesArt #inktober day 24: rowdy
A gray, mostly cloudy winter night. The large black-and-gold hulk of a ship sits in Boston harbor under a dim white crescent moon. On deck, several dark figures are having a tea party, at least in the historical sense: they are hurling large wooden crates of cargo into the water. Spray-painted on the hull of the ship is a more contemporary symbol: a rudimentary sketch of a crown in white paint, with a red X over it. Fog hovers over the water. In the distance, the gray outline of Boston is visible, punctuated by a few yellow lights. The painting is signed “Chris Silverman”.
October 25, 2025 at 3:49 AM
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#notesArt #inktober day 23: firefly
A person stands on the rooftop of a tenement building in the middle of a city. It's a clear, starry night; the sky is a deep blue-green, dotted with bright stars. Some of those stars may be something else, though, going by the cluster of glowing yellow-green fireflies hovering around the person's outstretched hand. The fireflies seem attracted to the person. On the buildings all around, windows glow yellow. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".
October 24, 2025 at 5:39 AM
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#notesArt #inktober day 22: button
A large, stone-faced figure with a shaved head and dark overcoat and tie stands in a dark space, the background lit with a reddish glow. The figure's face is expressionless and lacking detail, like that of a sculpture or robot. The figure itself is illuminated by a greenish light that makes it look as if it is made of metal. On its left side is pinned a glowing, neon-yellow button with a smiley-face on it. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".
October 23, 2025 at 5:21 AM
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#notesArt #inktober day 21: blast
A person stands, smoking a cigarette; an activity that most medical professionals agree is hazardous to one’s health. It is especially hazardous to one’s health when one is in an industrial facility surrounded by grim-looking gray-brown pipes, tanks, and machinery, all of which have “danger: flammable” symbols, “no smoking” decals, and other red and yellow warning signage. Hopefully the concrete walls and high ceiling will provide some measure of containment. The painting is signed “Chris Silverman”.
October 22, 2025 at 6:24 AM
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#notesArt #inktober day 20: rivals
A bright yellow figure walks forward tentatively in a red space. It is facing right. The front of it is illuminated white. Looming behind it, disproportionally huge and formless, is a giant dark shadow, punctuated with tinges of blue and green. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".
October 21, 2025 at 1:01 AM
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#notesArt #inktober day 19: arctic
A wide blue open sea under a wide blue open sky. In the left of the sky, on the horizon, are some white clouds. A white sun sits in the top right of the sky. A blue-green stripe of light reflects off the water. This would be a lovely scene for sure if it wasn't portraying a place that used to have icebergs. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".
October 20, 2025 at 2:48 AM