Uncanny surreal

To create uncanny and surreal office scenes, start by focusing on ordinary settings like offices and subtly distort them. Use eerie, muted lighting to enhance the unnatural feel. The key to achieving the uncanny effect is in the details—add elements like overly stiff postures, exaggerated or frozen smiles, and eyes with hypnotic spirals. Incorporate subtle distortions in proportions or textures to make the scene unsettling yet familiar.

Use muted or cold colors to give an eerie atmosphere, avoiding overly vibrant palettes. Combine influences from surrealism and industrial sci-fi aesthetics for an otherworldly yet familiar environment. Add small unsettling details like awkward furniture placement or unusual objects, always balancing familiarity with strangeness.