Good Day Mockingbird · Issue 4 (The Caravanserai) · cover drafts

2026-09-07. gpt-image-2, 1536×1024, medium. Burma-Shave signs on a road; the last sign is the die-cut mockingbird. Click any image for full size. Drafts only.

Round 2 — built on 6: big signs, four-line refrain, no milepost, caravan distant

R2·1 · Postcard, big signs — R2·1 · Postcard, big signs · full 1536×1024

R2·2 · Signs both shoulders — R2·2 · Signs both shoulders · full 1536×1024

R2·3 · Low horizon, big sky — R2·3 · Low horizon, big sky · full 1536×1024

R2·4 · Three big + big bird — R2·4 · Three big + big bird · full 1536×1024

R2·5 · Dusk palette — R2·5 · Dusk palette · full 1536×1024

R2·6 · Edits pass on 6 — R2·6 · Edits pass on 6 · full 1536×1024

Round 1

1 · Oblique road, no building — 1 · Oblique road, no building · full 1536×1024

2 · Glow past the edge — 2 · Glow past the edge · full 1536×1024

3 · Last-sign close-up — 3 · Last-sign close-up · full 1536×1024

4 · All silhouettes — 4 · All silhouettes · full 1536×1024

5 · Pulp camel driver — 5 · Pulp camel driver · full 1536×1024

6 · Linen postcard — 6 · Linen postcard · full 1536×1024