Don’t Move, Stay Still (Backrooms)

This artwork plunges the viewer into the unsettling familiarity of the Backrooms, characterized by its endless, anachronistic office space with damp, mustard-yellow wallpaper and buzzing fluorescent lights. Dominating the foreground is a stark, square, yellow sign or canvas, reminiscent of a crudely drawn face with two unsettling, void-like black ovals for eyes and a simplistic, almost childlike nose. Below these features, scrawled in an unnerving, uneven hand, are the words “DON’T MOVE STAY STILL,” amplifying the sense of dread and helplessness inherent to the Backrooms’ lore. The overall aesthetic is one of oppressive isolation and subtle horror, perfectly capturing the “scary yellow aesthetic” often associated with this creepypasta phenomenon.