Paintings

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Not to be confused with Puzzle Painting.

Paintings
INFORMATION
Type	Object
Usage	Decoration

This painting is titled "(Painting name here)".
- The message that appears when interacting with a painting.

Paintings are in-game objects that can appear in The Hotel and The Outdoors. They can be interacted with by the player.

Overview

Throughout the various floors and rooms of The Hotel, players will stumble upon various paintings. These paintings are interactable on every supported platform and provide their name for a few seconds once interacted with.

Controls

Platform	Key
PC	E
Xbox
PlayStation
Mobile

Paintings

The Hotel

Painting	Painting's Name	Painting Notes
	Cam Of Man	Reference to The Son of Man painting by René Magritte.
	Catching Fresh Cod	The Catching Fresh Cod painting is a screenshot from the game The Sims 4, which specifically references a frame from a 2018 The Sims 4 gameplay video, from the Youtuber berleezy, in which he mentions that the Grim Reaper is "catching fresh cod" along with another Sim, hence the painting's name. The video is also known for a clip that became a meme, in which berleezy notices the Grim Reaper fishing and yells "IS THAT THE GRIM REAPER!?".
	Cul De Sac	Reference to a scene on planet Camazots from Disney's A Wrinkle in Time from 2018.
	Dragon
	Emotional Man	Reference to the trollge/sad troll face meme from 2020.
	Favorite Show	A TV with static pouring out.
	Finals	Cropped version of this r/LiminalSpace post.
	Flaming Man	The Flaming Man painting is a modified version of the painting "Bust" used in Minecraft.
	Homestead	Reference to this liminal space post.
	Imperfection
	Isle	Reference to another ROBLOX game, Isle. The painting depicts the Dome location on the mountainside.
	Late For Work	Reference to the Liminal Space phenomena.
	Legal Mind	Reference to the fictional character Chuck McGill from Better Call Saul; where a painting of him in the episode Plan and Execution is referred to as "The greatest legal mind I ever knew".
	Marbles
	Mona Thump	Reference to the Mona Lisa painting by Leonardo da Vinci.
	Monkey	painting is a modified version of the painting "Bust" used in Minecraft.
	My Neighbourhood	Probably a reference to The Backrooms Level 94
	Neon	Depicts a species of fish called a Neon tetra.
	On Break	2 Roblox characters relaxing on a beach.
	Orchidaceae	An orchidaceae.
	Outlier	Reference to Lightning Splash's other game, Ragdoll Universe.
	Perch
	Pirate Cove	Reference to Lightning Splash's other game, Ragdoll Universe.
	Quadrants	Reference to the QWhippy group.
	Theory	Reference to the YouTube channel GTLive.
	The Last Pizza Party	Reference to the Last Supper painting by Leonardo da Vinci.
	Tyto Alba	Depicts a Tyto alba (barn owl).
	Unfathomable	Reference to the "Hold up, ain't you Nathaniel B?" meme from 2022.
	Undertow
	Van Blugh	Reference to Vincent van Gogh's 1889 self portrait.
	Witness
	Rabbit in a Snow Storm	Reference to the Marvel television series Daredevil.
	Unknown Painting 1 (Redrick)	Reference to the Rickroll meme from 2008. This painting is one of the Puzzle Paintings, and as such, it only appears in its special room, The Dining Room.
	Unknown Painting 2 (White Top hat)	This painting is one of the Puzzle Paintings, and as such, it only appears in its special room, The Dining Room.
	Unknown Painting 3 (Galaxy)	This painting is a removed Puzzle Painting, and as such, it used to only appear in the The Dining Room.
	Vase	This painting is one of the Puzzle Paintings, however it can spawn in as a regular painting.
	Ribbons	This painting is one of the Puzzle Paintings, however it can spawn in as a regular painting.
	Deepness	Reference to a fan-made entity called Depth.
	Greediness	Reference to a fan-made entity called Greed.
	Quietness	Reference to a fan-made entity called Silence.
	Alpha	Reference to the Lobos Con Frases/Emo Wolf meme from 2022.
	Bob Ryan	Redrawn and referenced by a Youtuber 8BitRyan in a video.
	Structures
	Field
	Apartment	Depiction of the interior of a real life skyscraper named Ponte City, located in the city of Johannesburg, South Africa.
	Backyard	An example of an adversarial image, in which a seemingly normal garden is displayed in such a way that resembles Pepe the Frog. References the "only people of culture can see it" meme, among other AI generated image trends.
	Goblin	For the DOORS x Tower Heroes event. Reference to GoblinSlime, an incredibly rare enemy in Tower Heroes that has a 1/1M chance of replacing a regular Goblin.
	Best Friend	Reference to the game KinitoPET.
	Follow & Enjoy	Reference to the Kurt Angle Thousand-yard stare meme.
	Primitives
	Fin
	Tomato Of Doom
	Bosses	References To The Pumpking And Deleted Ritaskull Boss From Lightning Splash's other game, Ragdoll Universe
	Miracle
	Dream
	Ever On & On	Reference to the popular Bad Apple animation. Based on Bad Apple!! from "Lotus Land Story".
	Nothing To Do	Reference to the "Theres Nothing We Can Do" meme.
	House
	Streetlight	Reference to this artwork by Trevor Henderson.
	Sprout	Reference to the YouTuber Bijuu Mike's scrub.

The Outdoors

Painting	Painting's name	Painting Notes
	Vines	Representation of World Lotus vines.
	Bottle	Representation of the Bottle of Starlight.
	Doll	Representation of a doll.
	Cloud	Representation of a cloud.
	Compass	Representation of the Compass.
	Lookman	Representation of the Lookman.
	Her	Representation of the Guiding Light's symbol.
	Me	Representation of the Curious Light's symbol.
	Sea Of The Deads	Representation of a sea full of corpses.
	Hotel	Representation of The Hotel.
	Face	Representation of a face full of holes
	Joy	Representation of a smiling face.
	Lamp	Representation of a lamp. Likely references Bramble.
	Wing	Representation of a wing.
	Groundakeeper	Representation of the Groundskeeper.
	Monument	Representation of a Monument.
	Text	Representation of "Star Light" written in Wingdings.
	Rabbit	Representation of a rabbit.
	Deer?	Representation of a deer, identical to those inside the cabins in the subfloor.
	Tree	Representation of a tree.
	Tourist	Representation of a dead person.
	Forest	Representation of the forest.
	Ladder To Nowhere	Representation of a ladder leading to nowhere.
	Girl	Representation of Sally

Miscellaneous

Painting	Painting's Name	Painting Notes
	This isn't a painting.	Replaces normal paintings during Seek's crescendo and chase.
Normal With Modifiers +150% Modifiers Bonus	This painting doesn't seem to have a title.	Painting appears in the secret area in Room 60. The painting has the image name of "spacetime" despite being said to not have a name in-game.[1]
	DOORS x Tower Heroes (Based on conjecture)	Seen in lobby during the Tower Heroes Event
	Not a Lever	Painting only appears if the modifier Make Haste is applied.

Removed

Painting	Painting's Name	Painting Notes
	Alien Maze	Reference to this post by Liminal Space Bot on Twitter. The painting itself is the maze from a book and movie called The Maze Runner.
	Alley	Reference to Level 474 (dismissed) of the Backrooms Fandom Wiki.
	Exit	Probably a reference to level ! from the backrooms.
	Happy Accident	The title is a reference to famous painter Bob Ross, whose catch phrase was "we don't make mistakes; we just have happy accidents". The image is an edited version of this computer generated image by the Tiktoker Greenskull.[2]
	Nine To Five	Reference to This liminal space image.
	Petrol	Probably a reversed image of the gas station scene from the game "Milk inside a bag of milk".
	Ragdolls	Reference to Lightning Splash's other game, Ragdoll Universe.
	Rooftop	Reference to this post by Liminal Space Bot on Twitter.
	Tabernacle
	Temple	Mirrored version of The shining, 2009, by artist Adriana Varejão.
	This Is Not A Violin	The This Is Not a Violin painting's name is correct, because the painting is depicting a Cello, however the Cello is still part of the Violin family. It may also be a reference to a well-known real-life painting called "The Treachery of Images". This painting is one of the Puzzle Paintings, and as such, it only appears in its special room, The Dining Room.
	Captain Jack	Reference to a YouTuber named CaptainJackAttack. The title of the painting is also the title of a song called "Captain Jack".
	Station	Train station in Italy at 3 a.m.
	Terminal	Reference to this r/LiminalSpace post.
	Horsey	Beautiful picture of a horse.
	Stray	Reference to the game Stray.
	Collab	For the DOORS x Tower Heroes event. Reference to the Library Quest in Tower Heroes.
	Spooky	For the DOORS x Tower Heroes event. Reference to a few Halloween-related characters from Tower Heroes.
	Instance	For the DOORS x Tower Heroes event. Reference to a character from Above the Clouds, a game by one of the main developers of Tower Heroes.
	Lemon Scented Business	For the DOORS x Tower Heroes event. Reference to Lemonade Cat from Tower Heroes.

Trivia

• The paintings are inspired by the paintings that appear on the walls in Spooky's Jump Scare Mansion.
• The style of the Hotel paintings is very similar to the style of the Mona Lisa painting from the mobile game The Twins. It is unknown whether this is an inspiration or a coincidence.
• Most of the paintings are a reference to something:
  • Many paintings are parodies of famous paintings, with the characters swapped out for various game contributors.
  • The Pirate Cove painting and the Ragdolls painting are a reference to Lightning Splash's other game, Ragdoll Universe.
  • The Outlier painting and Ragdolls painting reference pieces of Ragdoll Universe fanart that are in that game's credits, the referenced fanarts were created by ChauG and Kingpig999 respectively.
  • The Cam Of Man painting has the hidden text "thump sucks" near the bottom of the image, likely a reference to the user ItsThump, who is featured on the Mona Thump painting and is a contributor for the game.
  • The painting with a cat in a deserted city is a reference to the game called Stray, which is also the name of the painting itself. While the premise of the painting is overall the same as the original game, it has some notable inaccuracies.
    • The game is about a cat who got lost in a technologically advanced city, which was closed off in a giant dome many years ago. The painting however, depicts a modern day city that is out in the open. ****Also in the original game, the city was left damaged and in shambles due to humans dying to a plague, and the only inhabitants left were abandoned robot companions and parasitic bugs. The painting in the hotel however, has no debris or rubble anywhere and the buildings are mostly intact, and there is also no visible signs of life apart from the cat.
• When looking at the Backyard/Garden painting from afar, it looks like Pepe the Frog.
• Rabbit in a Snow Storm actually does not have a painting at all, and instead is just the background of the painting frame as the painting it's referencing is made up of multiple different shades of white.
• If the "Not a Lever" painting generates without a lever on it, it is visually identical to the "Rabbit in a Snow Storm" painting, as they are both blank paintings.
• The Deepness painting had a original version, that had two white dots on the eyes and a more accurate appearance to Depth.
• The paintings "Quietness" and "Nothing To Do" will always appear in the Reception.
• Some of the paintings are from r/LiminalSpace on Reddit.
• Room 60 Secret Room Painting is one of the only paintings that remain visible in dark, possibly because it is a depiction of Curious Light.
  • This painting is slightly altered when a player is using Modifiers. The painting will then depict a blue crescent moon (Guiding Light), and a red symbol, depicting the symbol of Modifiers. ***This seems to further highlight Guiding Light and Red Light.
    • The higher the knobs bonus is, the smaller the Guiding Light's icon will become and the bigger the Modifier icon becomes.
• As of the Hotel+ update, when encountering Seek crescendo, the "paintings" of eyes will appear. When interacted, a message will pop up saying, "This is not a painting".
• Ghostly Wowzers' favorite painting is "The Last Pizza Party."
• Paintings were initially planned to have an achievement for inspecting all paintings, but were scrapped for unknown reasons.
• It is unknown who or what created the Hotel paintings. The paintings in The Outdoors were created by Curious Light.
  • Additionally, since the painting "Moonlight" got renamed to "Her", it confirms that Curious Light knows Guiding Light and that the latter's gender is female.

Gallery

Painting as seen from in-game.

The Square painting from the Puzzle Painting.

The Oval painting from the Puzzle Painting.

The eyes overlay for paintings leading up to Seek's chase.

The same painting, "Spooky," appearing twice in one room.

The altered version of the painting from the secret room in Door 60, when a player is using Modifiers. It is believed that the moon is Guiding Light, the sparkle is Curious Light, and the Modifiers symbol is an upcoming red light.

Ditto, but without the painting frame.

Ditto, but with +150% Modifiers bonus.

Two "Marbles" paintings in one room.

Two "Orchidaceae" paintings in one room

Ditto, but in a dark room

Two "Goblin" paintings in one room.

Two “Mona Thump” paintings in one room.

The paintings without the decals.

An Old "Deepness" painting seen in DOORS HOTEL+ SNEAK PEAK 1 video.

Two Tyto Alba paintings in a room.