Two soldiers crouch in rubble, one aiming an AK-style rifle at bottles set on barrels.

Two rugged survivors in a ruined city barter over a handheld Geiger counter amidst nuclear barrels and a distant ferris wh...

Group of survivors with a glowing purple instrument beside a ruined car in a post-apocalyptic city.

Group of rugged survivors walking along abandoned railroad tracks in a desolate wasteland.

Two soldiers crouch in rubble, one aiming an AK-style rifle

By @panos · May 3, 2026

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The Exclusion Zone: A Bard Is Trained As A Stalker 1) Stargazer instructs the Bard in firing an AK-47 2) Anatoly shows the Bard how an Anomaly/Artifact Detector is operated. 3) Katya explains to the Bard the Zone's geography. Katyusha and Ophelia show an interest for the Bard's enchanted lute. -'DON'T touch THAT!' shouts Amalia. 4) Setting out to an Artifact-finding mission, right after an Emission. From left to right: The Bard, Davydos, Stargazer, Ash, Holt, Amalia The Bard by @TheBard Katya Belova by @Bobbie Dovydas by @DavidP Ash by @Sealine Holt by @Unleashed

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A gritty war scene shows two soldiers in tactical gear crouched among rubble, one steadying an AK-style rifle as the other supports him. The muted, dusty environment, ruined buildings, and row of bottle targets convey intense battlefield tension and survival themes, with a cinematic, documentary-style mood.

In a desolate, post-apocalyptic cityscape, two men examine a Geiger counter as debris and nuclear-symbol drums litter the street. The moody, desaturated palette, ruined buildings, and distant ferris wheel convey a somber, survival-driven atmosphere perfect for dystopian or video game imagery.

A moody post-apocalyptic scene shows a diverse group of survivors gathered around a dusty, abandoned car, admiring a glowing purple musical artifact. The dystopian setting features a ferris wheel in the background, crumbling buildings, and a hopeful dog among children and adults, creating a tense yet adventurous mood.

Comments (136)

@Sealine · May 3, 2026
😂I'm choosing to believe they are behind a crumbling concrete wall of some sort.
@Unleashed · May 3, 2026
In reference to my previous comment... https://budgetpixel.com/p/32558
@panos · May 3, 2026
I have a "director's mind" for staging multicast action scenes and higher end models help a LOT!!! Today, I had much trouble with image 4. Img-to-ing kept duplicating people and placing them in other places than the prompt. As this was a GPT 2 4k image lots of credz were spent. finaly i posted one, tough, of you see the pairs, you can understand wht the my prompt was 😄. Well, of course! Why wouldn't I? Do so! Me, I have not dabbled in music making. (You made me write the first epic fantasy battle scene in my life! Points for you, Cayla!!) I have a problem .When I start writing, I just CAN:T write just a few words! Unfortunately, I have typed 2/3rds of my SFFA chapter and it's HUGE, already 2868 words!!...
@CaylaCatz · May 3, 2026
yeah, that's the problem I'm getting. People get replaced or dropped out, people get duplicated. Sighs I will go back to trying. Lol, on can't stop writing. Wait! 2868 words for SFFA? oh no! It's ok if you write so much. I don't mind. But don't expect me to write that much, lol. Oh my!
@CaylaCatz · May 3, 2026
yeah, I don't know how you do it. I tried to make a group party scene and having much much trouble. sighs. Oh, I made music for other sections like forest, battlefield. You wrote a lot! Do you want a music for your own section?
@panos · May 4, 2026
Don't blame yourself!!! Already 90% of the story exists only on my mind. When I co-plot with other people on several pages.... it is hopeless. I have lin mind a series of EZ blogs... but Im SO lazy😏
@panos · May 3, 2026
😃2868 and counting!... Haven't finished typing my stenograhped handwritten text yet. I just worry that it will be too long for readers... anyway.. Catherine & the Wizard are FUN to write about and that's what matters!
@antares · May 4, 2026
Cool! I wonder if this Mr. Bard is a relative of the Wizard (perhaps they both deliver pizzas on their free evenings, albeit in different contexts...)
@panos · May 4, 2026
Actually, the Bard was sent in the Zone by the Wizard. (in a back-and-forth story the two of us developed in our respextive pages 😃)
@Unleashed · May 3, 2026
I'm not compensating for anything, but isn't Holt's gun a little small? (see the group image) Awesome images, btw! Thanks for including Holt.