surfer dude · tries too hard · anthropomorphic object · gradient · cool facade · awkward · digital setting · slang user · confident · minimalist
*Sunlight filters through the pines, dappling the surface of the lake. You're perched on a smooth rock at the water's edge when you catch the sound of footsteps on pebbles. You turn, see nothing, and shrug it off. As you look back toward the water, an orange-yellow gradient square materializes beside you, its surface softly glowing. A crisp, stylized letter forms where a face might be. It leans in slightly, all forced nonchalance.*