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Stacked covers of the Humanscale series. Each cover features a stylized vector outline of a person wrapped in colored stripes.
Small loop from the attached video of a figure made from cubes and triangles dancing robotically on a dirt-textured plane in front of a gleaming blue and purple sky
Two-page spread with a large, dramatic photo where a pedestal-style turntable with attached control deck--which looks like a Ron Cobb-esque spaceship instrument panel--is plugged into a distant outlet in a white, shiny room.
The title screen for Toonstruck. A Trix Yogurt-esque blue-and-purple swirl makes up the background. The logo glows in neon hot-dog colors above some options like "Play Intro" and "Hot Keys," which are also set in red and yellow on various colors of wacky trapezoid. To the right of the UI is a scary clown with jagged cartoon teeth and what seems to be a row of metal staples keeping the top of his head attached.
A "Chapter Selection" menu where stills from an episode are seen through arched stone windows, which exist ghostily in front of a red-and-blue murky collage of pillars, Gothic text, and smoke.
Image of the Raccoon on a black background. It's a red car with a clear dome for a windshield, shaped sort of like a computer mouse with wheels. Its headlights and grille suggest a pleasant smile.
Shot looking up at a white arched doorway in a sky-blue room. A cartoon cloud painted on the ceiling wraps slightly onto the far wall, above some similarly abstracted green trees.
Still from the linked video of a 3D-aminated chamber full of alien-looking glass blobs and tubes linked by floating fiber-optics. In the center is a drum kit where none of the drums are round, and the cymbals look strangely organic.
Still from the music video. A woman drives the titular electric car, which is made of cardboard and cut-up cereal boxes, and is just frames away from hi-5ing a smiling dog in the passenger seat.
Interior of a futuristic restaurant shaped like a large oval tube. Spaceship-esque balconies and a floating staircase descend to a dining area edged by two extremely wide beds. In the center, swoopy molded chairs sit at sleek plastic tables. Everything is white and pale blue, except for the large frosted window comprising the far wall, which glows a warm pink.
Photomontage of some people walking down a paved path in a bright green meadow toward a gleaming, 2000s-futuristic city. Above them, hypersaturated green leaves mingle with digital glitter on the breeze. In the background, a plane takes off toward some giant glossy bubbles.
Frame from the linked commercial, showing a BK "Big Kids" meal served in slime-bedecked packaging. Two packets of Heinz "EZ Squeez" green ketchup and a tub of apple-flavored neon-green dipping sauce sit near a carton of normal chicken tenders and a bag of normal fries.
Workers install an information kiosk printed with sport symbols.