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Chris Silverman

@csilverman.bsky.social

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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. 🌈 notes.art 🏠 csilverman.com ✍️ shortform.csilverman.com

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Chris Silverman @csilverman.bsky.social · 4h

#inktober day 9: ram #notesArt

A hulking, abnormally tall black pickup truck with giant wheels, a giant American flag on the side, and a few assorted stickers that one sees on trucks like this one. The truck is on a dark rocky ground under a blue sky. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

Chris Silverman @csilverman.bsky.social · 09/10/2026

#inktober day 8: stinky #notesArt

A dismal, colorless scene. In the foreground is a river and a person in a small boat, fishing. In the background is a vast, looming industrial complex, with several smokestacks pouring smoke into the sky. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

Chris Silverman @csilverman.bsky.social · 08/10/2026

#inktober day 7: panic (as in Panic, one of the few tech companies I think is still run by good people) #notesArt

Chris Silverman @csilverman.bsky.social · 07/10/2026

#inktober day 6: ogre #notesArt

A hulking figure wearing a white shirt and dark tie stands in a dismal, dimly lit space, gesturing to a glowing white screen on which are displayed various dull-colored charts and indecipherable text. The figure has a black hole for a head. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

Chris Silverman @csilverman.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

#inktober day 5: smack #notesArt

A person wearing a red shirt and blue jeans walks face-first into a giant suspended sign that says "Watch Out for This Sign". The person's hat is knocked off their head and they are dropping their phone, which they were probably looking at. Miraculously, their AirPods remain in their ears. The sign is light-colored with a striped red-and-yellow border, and sways from the impact. The space this takes place in is sparse and greenish. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

Chris Silverman @csilverman.bsky.social · 05/10/2026

#inktober day 4: cactus #notesArt

A scene in the middle of a desert: yellow sky; hazy sun; vast, scrubby desert land. Planted in the middle of it is a tall post bristling with surveillance cameras and various forms of antennae. In the distance, approaching it, is the dim silhouette of a figure wearing a cowboy hat. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

Chris Silverman @csilverman.bsky.social · 04/10/2026

#inktober day 3: miniature #notesArt

A group of people stand on a dark cliff under a slightly cloudy blue sky, staring at an apparition in front of them: a puppet with a white robe, red bow tie, and a spherical yellow smiley-face for a head. The puppet is raising a black top hat to reveal a conspicuously fake white halo fixed to its head. Manipulating the puppet is a giant unknown creature off-screen; all we can see if it is a dark, furry, green-tinged arm. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

Chris Silverman @csilverman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#inktober day 2: relic #notesArt

A person with a shovel stands in a bleak yellow desert, a hazy white sun high in the sky. The person is silhouetted against the sky. In the foreground, half–buried in the ground, is a dirty blue pay-phone. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

Chris Silverman @csilverman.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

#notesArt #inktober day 1: Apple

Chris Silverman @csilverman.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

A baseball player wearing a red cap and a catcher's mitt races across a green meadow under a blue sky. The projectile they are trying to catch is an asteroid larger than they are, dropping down out of the blue. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

Chris Silverman @csilverman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A strange figure wanders across a barren hillscape. The figure is shaped like a hill itself, with one large green eye on the front and a windup key sticking out of its back. It is carrying a suitcase, and has a glowing white halo above its head. The painting is predominantly shades of burgundy, but the figure is lit from behind by a tinge of greenish light. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

Chris Silverman @csilverman.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

A tall stone obelisk with a bearded craggy face, deep frowning mouth, and empty eyes. The sky is gray, and scattered with white stars. A full moon illuminates the obelisk on the left. On its right side is an open doorway, glowing green. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

Chris Silverman @csilverman.bsky.social · 28/09/2026

A craggy boulder hovers in a hazy orange sky, lit by a hazy yellow sun. Planted in the boulder is a small mailbox and nothing else. The boulder is anchored to an unseen element by a long rope or chain. Both the chain and the underside of the boulder have moss hanging off them. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

Chris Silverman @csilverman.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

A gigantic yellow flame erupts from a rocky, terraced base. The flame is white at the center and red around the edges. Behind it is a blurry blue background; the presence of dark, shiny fish shapes suggests it is under water. A large round metal cover is hurled back from the flames. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

Chris Silverman @csilverman.bsky.social · 26/09/2026

A person walks in a remote area, carrying a giant rusty watch on their back. The watch is made of heavy iron and has four Roman numerals printed in tarnished-copper green. Behind the person, the sky is blue, with pink on the horizon. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

Chris Silverman @csilverman.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A large, dark house dimly lit by an orange full moon in a dull purple sky. The door to the house is ajar. Stalking away from it, across the orange-illuminated grass, is a dark, shambling figure. Behind the figure is a blurry treeline. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

Chris Silverman @csilverman.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

A person stands in the grass under a starry blue night sky. They are blowing through a bubble wand. Emerging from the wand is a giant, shimmering, green bubble, roughly the shape of a speech balloon. Hovering in the middle is a black, green-tinged fish. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

Chris Silverman @csilverman.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

A desert scene: a blocky tower of red rock rising up from the yellow sand. Above, a yellow sun blazes in the red sky. The sun is suspended from a long gantry, though, like that for traffic lights. The gantry is mounted at the top of the rocks. The painting is signed “Chris Silverman”.

Chris Silverman @csilverman.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

A large tree trunk with complex, gnarled bark, stands in a foggy, pale blue-green forest. The trunk is hollow, and glowing white light comes from a crack at the base of the trunk. Other trees loom out of the fog in the background. Also in the distance are several glowing white lights. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

Chris Silverman @csilverman.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

A brown, rocky slope sits under a bright yellow sky. Extending left from the top of the slope is a platform, held up by supports. Sitting at the end of the platform is a large, greenish, potato-shaped creature tapping at a laptop. The creature also looks like a dwelling, since where its face would be is an arched, empty window. A small mailbox and a chimney stick out from its back. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

Chris Silverman @csilverman.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

A tiny, cylindrical house with a conical roof sits on top of a very narrow, tall, rocky pinnacle. On the left side of the pinnacle, a narrow stairway cut into the rock leads down. The house has an arched door on that side, and a round window on the other. A poll sticks out from beneath the window, giving it the appearance of a birdhouse. The left side of the house and mountain are lit blue, while the right side has a crimson tinge to it. The mountain stands against a yellowish sky. In the distance is dimly visible the greenish silhouette of another similar mountain. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

Chris Silverman @csilverman.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

A figure with a large, disturbing face—maybe a mask, maybe its own yellow, mummified face—stands in a brown space staring at a glowing phone. It is wearing a suit jacket. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

Chris Silverman @csilverman.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

A figure holding a long staff walks through a looming, eerily minimal city. The buildings are large, blocklike, and rectangular, with few windows and doors. The effect is that of a theatrical set. Set on the front face of the largest building is a giant analog clock. The overall scene is a greenish-gold color. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman."

Chris Silverman @csilverman.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Rainbow liquid pours from a large pipe in a dark interior space. The pipe is held up by dark gray cross-beams. Behind it, figures observe from glowing green windows set high on a dark wall. Another scaffolding stands by the windows. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

Chris Silverman @csilverman.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

A dirty, slate-blue plaster wall. In the center of the wall is an arched alcove, in which is a grimy carving of an unsettling figure: a heavily bearded faced wrapped in a robe or cloak. The face has deep-set eyes and two large horns that emerge from the alcove. Its left eye is a gleaming camera lens. Pasted to the wall next to it are faded, ragged posters and flyers, their contents impossible to make out. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

Chris Silverman @csilverman.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

A natural formation of craggy stone rises up from the desert. The top is a flat, table-like surface, on which a person stands in front of a campfire. Smoke from the fire rises into the evening sky. The sky is a dull greenish color, with a yellow glow around the horizon. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

Chris Silverman @csilverman.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

A person stands on a green grassy hill under a clear blue sky. The hill is dotted with yellow and white flowers. In the distance is a purple mountain. It would be a very serene scene, if it weren't for the fact that there is a giant hole in the sky; jagged-edged, like a broken pane of glass. Stars show through the hole. The person is holding a slingshot, staring up. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

Chris Silverman @csilverman.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

The interior of a strange concrete building. Three rooms, one on top of another, are separated by concrete walls. Staircases extend and descend from one of them. Each one has a glowing light: a hanging lamp, a fluorescent bulb mounted by the stairs. The middle room has a door with an orange triangle on it. Below, in the lowermost room, a large horned monster sits beneath a blazing pink light. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

Chris Silverman @csilverman.bsky.social · 12/09/2026

A long city street, tall buildings of glass and concrete stretching up from either side. Cars line the street, and up ahead, people walk across a crosswalk. Far in the distance, rising up into the blue sky like a mirage, stands One World Trade Center. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

Chris Silverman @csilverman.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

A huge dark craft that looks like a slightly flattened sphere hangs in a pink evening sky. The top of the craft is an iridescent green. The underside reflects the pink light from the sky. Below is a scrubby woodland with a few trees, some living and some dead. In a small, brush-filled clearing is a crumbling green highway "Exit" sign, with an arrow pointing towards the craft. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

Chris Silverman @csilverman.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

A person stands on a rocky promontory under an eerie green night sky. Blazing down upon them is a fireball of green, yellow, and white. It's either a comet approaching them, or an enormous amount of energy they are releasing into the sky. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

Chris Silverman @csilverman.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

An oddly shaped, three-story house sits at the end of some steps with a city skyline in the background. The sky is murky crimson, with a yellow sun shining through the haze. On its roof are a few antennae. The sunlight gleams off the buildings in the distance. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

Chris Silverman @csilverman.bsky.social · 08/09/2026

A streetlight casts a cone of blazing greenish light on a clear blue night. In the upper right of the sky is a crescent moon. Standing at the edge of the light is a pale, ghostly figure. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

Chris Silverman @csilverman.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

A huge black tornado drops down from dark clouds against a murky green-gray sky. A few bolts of white lightning stretch across the clouds. At the lower right, a leaning triangular yellow road sign shows an icon of a tornado. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

Chris Silverman @csilverman.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

An irregularly shaped underground chamber, enclosed by gray concrete. A dark industrial doorway is built into a blue-gray wall, surrounded by thick green pipes. A fluorescent green-white light hangs above the door, which sits on a small rusty metal platform with cross-braced supports. Below, the chamber is partially flooded. To the right, shelves built into the wall support a rusty greenish cabinet with vents, and a brown box with an orange question mark on it. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

Chris Silverman @csilverman.bsky.social · 05/09/2026

A large, rectangular, harsh-looking face mounted on a pole. The face is frowning, craggy, and looks like it is made from tarnished greenish metal. In place of eyes, it has camera lenses. It stands against a mottled neon yellow-green sky, with a blurry city skyline in the background. A tiny red light glows near its upper left corner, while two dark birds perch on top. You probably have one of these in your neighborhood. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

Chris Silverman @csilverman.bsky.social · 04/09/2026

A huge dark blue-black die tumbles down a steep, rough-textured blue-gray slope, under a blazing red sky, red pips visible on three faces. Small black and turquoise fragments scatter beneath it. At lower right, a thin black figure stumbles downhill, barely ahead of the die. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

Chris Silverman @csilverman.bsky.social · 03/09/2026

A dark, squat robot wanders across a mottled blue-gray space. Its rounded body ends in several ragged pointed flaps, and a large pale blue glass visor dominates the upper right side. A person is dimly visible through the visor. Small orange and yellow indicator lights glow along its top, while a bright white circular lamp shines on the front. A yellow-and-black hazard stripe and tiny turquoise buttons sit on its front and side. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

Chris Silverman @csilverman.bsky.social · 02/09/2026

A dark, crumbling castle rises from a shadowy blue-green landscape. The sun blazes behind it at the base, casting a blur of yellow light into the sky and reflecting off the side of the castle. A small arched doorway near the base glows bright green. In front, a winding gray path curves toward the foreground, the greenish light from the doorway reflecting off it. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

Chris Silverman @csilverman.bsky.social · 01/09/2026

A large blue-green fish with a shiny black eye is seen through a giant round porthole window. There are dark skyscrapers and scattered yellow and turquoise windows behind it. The interior of wherever the viewer is is painted hot magenta and has an open round service hatchway in the wall; several thick green, yellow, and purple cables curl out of it. A heavy round door is open next to the hatchway. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

Chris Silverman @csilverman.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

A large boulder carved to resemble a snowman sits in a meadow under a bright yellow-green sky. It has a dark top hat, long pointed carrot nose, black button eyes, and a crooked smile of small dark stones. Black branches extend from its sides as arms; a black bird perches on the left branch. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

Chris Silverman @csilverman.bsky.social · 30/08/2026

A large, hulking monster shambles through a meadow at night. A low fog hangs over the meadow. Behind the monster, in the distance, rises a mountain range, illuminated by a full moon. The moon sits in a glowing iridescent-green sky. A white glowing halo hovers above the monster's head. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

Chris Silverman @csilverman.bsky.social · 29/08/2026

A scarecrow-like figure stands in a barren space under a yellowish-pink sky. It looks like a rough cross wearing a thin blue shirt through which the sunlight is shining through. Where its head would be is a black boxy gadget of indeterminate purpose. The gadget has a large green screen or lens, with smaller screens, lights, and dials on it. Wires lead down from the box. A few birds perch on the figure, and more circle in the sky above. In the lower right of the drawing, the sun blazes against the horizon. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

Chris Silverman @csilverman.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

A glowing green potato-shaped craft with three landing pods sits on uneven rocky ground, against a dark green sky. On the lower right is an open hatchway revealing a blazing white interior, a ladder leading down. Covering most of the craft are eyes of all different colors, angles, and sizes. Sticking out of the craft are three thin, smoking chimneys. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

Chris Silverman @csilverman.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

A person wearing a cowboy hat clings to a rope or vine, swinging out into an empty yellow space. They are approaching a traffic light, also hanging in space, fixed to an unseen anchor. The light is set to yellow. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

Chris Silverman @csilverman.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

A glowing, vaporous figure sits on a hobby horse. The figure gives off a greenish light. The pole of the hobby horse is seen through the figure. The hobby horse has a horned, iron-gray, distinctly un-horse-like head that looks more like that of a dog god. The background is blue. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

Chris Silverman @csilverman.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

A dark greenish space. Three dark, faceless people are standing around, staring at a glowing image in front of them: a bright yellow-green rectangle in which is shown an unsettling figure wearing a suit and tie. The figure has a grinning, skeletal face. The rectangle has blurry edges and looks like it is projected on a wall in front of them. Two of them have windup clock keys sticking out of their backs. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

Chris Silverman @csilverman.bsky.social · 24/08/2026

A slightly raised orifice sits on a rocky surface under a heavy, starless night sky. Greenish light and smoke rise from the orifice. On both sides of it are two railings attached to green poles with yellow lights on top, like those you find at the entrances of New York City subway stations. They are casting a yellowish glow. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

Chris Silverman @csilverman.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

The sun sets over a blue-green ocean, turning a gray sky yellow. In the foreground is a rocky cliff. Soaring off the cliff, accompanied by bits of flying debris, is a horned figure on a skateboard. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".

Chris Silverman @csilverman.bsky.social · 22/08/2026

A figure wearing a gray suit and tie strides through a blue, starry night. The figure is carrying a cane and raising a top hat, turning to smile at the viewer. The figure has a shapeless head and a face that is no more than a smiling mouth and two glowing white eyes. Growing out of the top of its head is a white flower. The painting is signed "Chris Silverman".