And here’s this year’s, which is something like, “person sleeping in bed/the pillow ghost that haunts their nightmares when they fall asleep,” but again, the drawing is more clear.

They start to get more conceptual. This one is something like “teddy bear that’s grown into a teenager,” but the drawing is very clear.

This one is “cubist sculpture.” Some very detailed design requests here.

Now we’re into rough sketches by the kid that accompany the ideas. Here’s “haunted house-plant.”

As soon as the previous Halloween was over, the kid said, “I know what I want to be next year— a barrel of toxic waste.”

This one was “creepy marionette.”

“Slimy alien.” You can see part of the process in these pictures.

The request here was simply “three-headed snake.”

This year’s challenge was “punk rock velociraptor.”

This one is pretty specific. It’s for a limited-edition Skylander named Pumpkin Eye Brawl; reference images included. Nailed it.

Every year for more than a decade of Halloweens, my kid has come up with an idea or done a rough sketch and my costume-design-genius wife has delivered the goods. Here’s a THREAD, starting with “one-eyed furry monster.” This one used a repurposed gorilla costume. 🧵

🚨EARLY NOG SZN🚨

Thinking of trying this burger I heard about one time in an episode of The Office (US).

Is The Bear the only show on TV that makes you laugh, makes you cry, and makes you make an omelette?

For what it’s worth, reality is still showing me more interesting images than AI.