Small creatures, big feelings

Duck imposter · Pen & wash

A slightly nervous duck wearing a plain oversized office lanyard at a contemporary American office break room table, surrounded by serious blank notebooks.

Act natural / Nobody knows I am improvising

A slightly nervous duck wearing a plain oversized office lanyard at a contemporary American office break room table, surrounded by serious blank notebooks.

Happy little frog

For the small absurdities that make a group chat smile.

Social battery ghost

For a friendly pause after a busy conversation.

Pretending I was stretching / Excellent recovery

For the greeting that nobody quite noticed.

Distracted Boyfriend — original layout

A tempting new option interrupts an existing commitment. Label the current commitment, the distracted subject and the new temptation.

Go to bed early / One more episode

Two appealing or inconvenient choices create a dilemma. Label the two buttons with conflicting choices. The stressed character supplies the reaction.

Save money / Order takeout

Two appealing or inconvenient choices create a dilemma. Label the two buttons with conflicting choices. The stressed character supplies the reaction.

My to-do list / Me / A new side quest

A tempting new option interrupts an existing commitment. Label the current commitment, the distracted subject and the new temptation.

Disaster Girl — original layout

A suspiciously calm reaction makes ordinary chaos funnier. Set up the chaos above the picture and add the knowing reaction below.

A tiny edit / An impressive amount of chaos

A suspiciously calm reaction makes ordinary chaos funnier. Set up the chaos above the picture and add the knowing reaction below.

Wait, the meeting has another meeting? / Always has been.

A new discovery receives an unsurprised reply. Put the discovery on the left and the familiar truth on the right.

This was a snack break all along? / Always has been.

A new discovery receives an unsurprised reply. Put the discovery on the left and the familiar truth on the right.

Open browser tabs / Open browser tabs everywhere

Something ordinary appears in an absurd number of places. Name the thing once, then exaggerate its repetition.

Unanswered messages / Unanswered messages everywhere

Something ordinary appears in an absurd number of places. Name the thing once, then exaggerate its repetition.

Two Buttons — original layout

Two appealing or inconvenient choices create a dilemma. Label the two buttons with conflicting choices. The stressed character supplies the reaction.

My budget / Me / Another hobby

A tempting new option interrupts an existing commitment. Label the current commitment, the distracted subject and the new temptation.

I changed one setting / Everything is a sprinkler now

A suspiciously calm reaction makes ordinary chaos funnier. Set up the chaos above the picture and add the knowing reaction below.

Always Has Been — original layout

A new discovery receives an unsurprised reply. Put the discovery on the left and the familiar truth on the right.

X, X Everywhere — original layout

Something ordinary appears in an absurd number of places. Name the thing once, then exaggerate its repetition.

Grocery sidequest · Paper collage

A bewildered opossum in an American supermarket aisle carrying one item while a shopping cart behind it has unexpectedly filled with snacks, blank generic packaging.

Meeting owl · Photo style

An expressive owl at a contemporary American office meeting table surrounded by blank sticky notes and a tiny coffee cup, staring into the middle distance.

This meeting could have been an email / And that email could have waited

An expressive owl at a contemporary American office meeting table surrounded by blank sticky notes and a tiny coffee cup, staring into the middle distance.

One minor inconvenience / Full disaster-movie reaction

A fluffy squirrel on a suburban American porch amid a harmless dramatic swirl of autumn leaves, clutching a single acorn with exaggerated alarm.

Tornado squirrel · Rough comics

A fluffy squirrel on a suburban American porch amid a harmless dramatic swirl of autumn leaves, clutching a single acorn with exaggerated alarm.

My schedule changed slightly / I am handling it with grace

A fluffy squirrel on a suburban American porch amid a harmless dramatic swirl of autumn leaves, clutching a single acorn with exaggerated alarm.

Reply in head · Rough comics

A distracted corgi on a sofa holding an unbranded phone while imagining an empty speech bubble above its head, American apartment interior, guilty realization.

I replied in my head / Sending it for real now

A distracted corgi on a sofa holding an unbranded phone while imagining an empty speech bubble above its head, American apartment interior, guilty realization.

Two choices · Rough comics

A confused raccoon at a fork in a pleasant American park path with two blank directional signs, both paths leading visibly toward comfortable park benches.

Two excellent options / Both require making a decision

A confused raccoon at a fork in a pleasant American park path with two blank directional signs, both paths leading visibly toward comfortable park benches.

I have thought about it / Now I have more questions

A confused raccoon at a fork in a pleasant American park path with two blank directional signs, both paths leading visibly toward comfortable park benches.

I have several questions

For no words left. Choose a tone that fits your relationship.

I know all those words / The sentence is still loading

A puzzled orange cat sitting at a tidy American home-office desk facing a plain monitor with only a simple blank progress bar, one paw raised thoughtfully.

Give me a second / My last brain cell is reconnecting

A puzzled orange cat sitting at a tidy American home-office desk facing a plain monitor with only a simple blank progress bar, one paw raised thoughtfully.

Laundry chair · Rough comics

An embarrassed young adult in a typical American apartment looking at a chair completely covered in clean laundry with one neat hanger held in hand.

Laundry completed / Folding remains a separate project

An embarrassed young adult in a typical American apartment looking at a chair completely covered in clean laundry with one neat hanger held in hand.

The chair is occupied / By all my good intentions

An embarrassed young adult in a typical American apartment looking at a chair completely covered in clean laundry with one neat hanger held in hand.

Brain loading · Paper collage

A puzzled orange cat sitting at a tidy American home-office desk facing a plain monitor with only a simple blank progress bar, one paw raised thoughtfully.

I know all those words / The sentence is still loading

A puzzled orange cat sitting at a tidy American home-office desk facing a plain monitor with only a simple blank progress bar, one paw raised thoughtfully.

Give me a second / My last brain cell is reconnecting

A puzzled orange cat sitting at a tidy American home-office desk facing a plain monitor with only a simple blank progress bar, one paw raised thoughtfully.

Okay, that was funny

For that actually got me. Choose a tone that fits your relationship.

Social skills: buffering

For that awkward moment. Choose a tone that fits your relationship.

Laundry chair · Paper collage

An embarrassed young adult in a typical American apartment looking at a chair completely covered in clean laundry with one neat hanger held in hand.

Sorry this reply is late / I did want to hear more

Return to the conversation without a long excuse.

Another meeting frog

A reaction to circular meetings and wandering agendas.

The chair is occupied / By all my good intentions

An embarrassed young adult in a typical American apartment looking at a chair completely covered in clean laundry with one neat hanger held in hand.

Shopping list complete / Several bonus snacks also acquired

A bewildered opossum in an American supermarket aisle carrying one item while a shopping cart behind it has unexpectedly filled with snacks, blank generic packaging.

Groupchat observer · Paper collage

A raccoon seated comfortably in an American living room eating popcorn and silently observing a plain phone on a stand, amused wide eyes.

My social debut / A very exclusive audience of zero

For the greeting that nobody quite noticed.

Makes sense to someone, surely

For help me understand. Choose a tone that fits your relationship.

Awkward unanswered wave

For the greeting that nobody quite noticed.

Well, that went beautifully

For that awkward moment. Choose a tone that fits your relationship.

No words cat

For the message that leaves you looking at the screen.

Processing the plot twist / Please stand by

A pixel hourglass for an explanation still in progress.

My brain just took a detour

For help me understand. Choose a tone that fits your relationship.

Tilted-head owl

For an explanation that makes you tilt your head.

Unexpected input / Recalculating my entire day

For the moment between reading and understanding.

Words have left the building

For no words left. Choose a tone that fits your relationship.

I HAVE WORDS / NONE ARE READY

When the punctuation says enough.

WELL / THAT HAPPENED

When the punctuation says enough.

Could you say that again?

For help me understand. Choose a tone that fits your relationship.

Looking at it differently / Still confused

For an explanation that makes you tilt your head.

Endless meeting loop

A torn-paper clock trapped in an endless meeting.

That is certainly / A thing someone decided to say

A deadpan pigeon sitting on a bench beside a plain takeaway coffee in an American city park, giving an unmistakable unimpressed stare.

Wait / We are doing what now

A tiny reaction to an unexpected message.

Grocery sidequest · Pixel art

A bewildered opossum in an American supermarket aisle carrying one item while a shopping cart behind it has unexpectedly filled with snacks, blank generic packaging.

Please excuse that moment

For that awkward moment. Choose a tone that fits your relationship.

Peak comedy, apparently

For that actually got me. Choose a tone that fits your relationship.

Sure. That makes sense.

For no words left. Choose a tone that fits your relationship.

That made me smile

For that actually got me. Choose a tone that fits your relationship.

No words poster

When the punctuation says enough.

Please continue / I have already made popcorn

A raccoon seated comfortably in an American living room eating popcorn and silently observing a plain phone on a stand, amused wide eyes.

Message received / Brain loading

A pixel hourglass for an explanation still in progress.

Deadpan pigeon · Pixel art

A deadpan pigeon sitting on a bench beside a plain takeaway coffee in an American city park, giving an unmistakable unimpressed stare.

Let me think about that

For no words left. Choose a tone that fits your relationship.

Let us pretend that did not happen

For that awkward moment. Choose a tone that fits your relationship.

I cannot stop laughing

For that actually got me. Choose a tone that fits your relationship.

Duck imposter · Pixel art

A slightly nervous duck wearing a plain oversized office lanyard at a contemporary American office break room table, surrounded by serious blank notebooks.

Brain loading screen

A pixel hourglass for an explanation still in progress.

I replied in my head / Sending it for real now

Return to the conversation without a long excuse.

We finished the meeting / Now the meeting about it begins

A torn-paper clock trapped in an endless meeting.

Could you clarify, please?

For help me understand. Choose a tone that fits your relationship.

The late reply chat

Return to the conversation without a long excuse.

Response buffering / Thinking harder than it looks

For the moment between reading and understanding.

Response buffering

For the moment between reading and understanding.

Plot twist cat

For a surprise that needs a second look.

Snack interruption hamster

A tiny reaction to an unexpected message.

Patiently waiting cat

For waiting on an update without a sharp reminder.

Late reply ghost

Return to a chat honestly and without over-explaining.

I was just having a snack / Then I read the message

A tiny reaction to an unexpected message.

Buffering frog

A light response when you need something explained again.

Two choices dumpling

Compare two everyday choices with a little humour.

The agenda is moving / We are not

A torn-paper clock trapped in an endless meeting.

I understood the words / The meaning is still loading

For an explanation that makes you tilt your head.

Meeting owl · Pen & wash

An expressive owl at a contemporary American office meeting table surrounded by blank sticky notes and a tiny coffee cup, staring into the middle distance.

Quick team sync / There goes the afternoon

An expressive owl at a contemporary American office meeting table surrounded by blank sticky notes and a tiny coffee cup, staring into the middle distance.

This meeting could have been an email / And that email could have waited

An expressive owl at a contemporary American office meeting table surrounded by blank sticky notes and a tiny coffee cup, staring into the middle distance.

Quick team sync / There goes the afternoon

An expressive owl at a contemporary American office meeting table surrounded by blank sticky notes and a tiny coffee cup, staring into the middle distance.

Tornado squirrel · Photo style

A fluffy squirrel on a suburban American porch amid a harmless dramatic swirl of autumn leaves, clutching a single acorn with exaggerated alarm.

My schedule changed slightly / I am handling it with grace

A fluffy squirrel on a suburban American porch amid a harmless dramatic swirl of autumn leaves, clutching a single acorn with exaggerated alarm.

One minor inconvenience / Full disaster-movie reaction

A fluffy squirrel on a suburban American porch amid a harmless dramatic swirl of autumn leaves, clutching a single acorn with exaggerated alarm.

Sorry for the late reply / My imaginary reply was much faster

A distracted corgi on a sofa holding an unbranded phone while imagining an empty speech bubble above its head, American apartment interior, guilty realization.

Brain loading · Rough comics

A puzzled orange cat sitting at a tidy American home-office desk facing a plain monitor with only a simple blank progress bar, one paw raised thoughtfully.

Laundry completed / Folding remains a separate project

An embarrassed young adult in a typical American apartment looking at a chair completely covered in clean laundry with one neat hanger held in hand.

I came for one thing / The side quests were persuasive

A bewildered opossum in an American supermarket aisle carrying one item while a shopping cart behind it has unexpectedly filled with snacks, blank generic packaging.

I have no contribution / But I am fully invested

A raccoon seated comfortably in an American living room eating popcorn and silently observing a plain phone on a stand, amused wide eyes.

Please continue / I have already made popcorn

A raccoon seated comfortably in an American living room eating popcorn and silently observing a plain phone on a stand, amused wide eyes.

Deadpan pigeon · Paper collage

A deadpan pigeon sitting on a bench beside a plain takeaway coffee in an American city park, giving an unmistakable unimpressed stare.

I have read your message / I need a moment with that information

A deadpan pigeon sitting on a bench beside a plain takeaway coffee in an American city park, giving an unmistakable unimpressed stare.

I came for one thing / The side quests were persuasive

A bewildered opossum in an American supermarket aisle carrying one item while a shopping cart behind it has unexpectedly filled with snacks, blank generic packaging.

Shopping list complete / Several bonus snacks also acquired

A bewildered opossum in an American supermarket aisle carrying one item while a shopping cart behind it has unexpectedly filled with snacks, blank generic packaging.

Groupchat observer · Pixel art

A raccoon seated comfortably in an American living room eating popcorn and silently observing a plain phone on a stand, amused wide eyes.

I have no contribution / But I am fully invested

A raccoon seated comfortably in an American living room eating popcorn and silently observing a plain phone on a stand, amused wide eyes.

That is certainly / A thing someone decided to say

A deadpan pigeon sitting on a bench beside a plain takeaway coffee in an American city park, giving an unmistakable unimpressed stare.

I have read your message / I need a moment with that information

A deadpan pigeon sitting on a bench beside a plain takeaway coffee in an American city park, giving an unmistakable unimpressed stare.

Act natural / Nobody knows I am improvising

A slightly nervous duck wearing a plain oversized office lanyard at a contemporary American office break room table, surrounded by serious blank notebooks.

First day confidence / Zero idea what the acronyms mean

A slightly nervous duck wearing a plain oversized office lanyard at a contemporary American office break room table, surrounded by serious blank notebooks.

First day confidence / Zero idea what the acronyms mean

A slightly nervous duck wearing a plain oversized office lanyard at a contemporary American office break room table, surrounded by serious blank notebooks.