The /r/place Atlas

Amethyst

Amethyst's gem from Steven Universe

(covered) 7-1

The corner of the Brazil Flag that was vandalized over in over again in an attempt to shame Brazil for their 7-1 defeat against Germany in the 2014 world cup. Now all that remains is a single pixel of where the 7 starts

Washington State University

Washington State University (WSU) is a public research university in Pullman, Washington.

Australia flag

I.O.I

I.O.I (아이오아이) was a South Korean girl group formed by CJ E&M through the 2016 reality show Produce 101 on Mnet. The group was composed of eleven members chosen from a pool of 101 trainees from various entertainment companies: Lim Na-young, Kim Chung-ha, Kim Se-jeong, Jung Chae-yeon, Zhou Jieqiong, Kim So-hye, Yu Yeon-jung, Choi Yoo-jung, Kang Mi-na, Kim Do-yeon and Jeon So-mi. They are no longer promoting as I.O.I and the members have returned to other activities within their respective entertainment companies.

Raphael of the TMNT

Teenage Mutant Ninja Tural, Raphael

FTP

Shorthand for
"Fuck The Packers" A popular phrase on /r/detroitlions

Poland heart

Virginia Tech

One of the final murals built, the Virginia Tech logo was constructed mere hours before the end of r/Place in a rapid collaborative effort by over 60 students from r/VirginiaTech. During the early stages of it's construction, the subreddit was involved in wars with both r/titanfall and r/uwaterloo. However, after hours of deliberation, the infamous "five pixel treaty" was formed, ending the conflict and allowing construction to begin. But the war was not over, in the final minutes treachery struck, a splinter cell of r/uwaterloo violated the treaty and attempted to overtake VT. While the defense fought valiantly, two pixels remain as an eternal reminder of Waterloo's betrayal.

A pint

A pint of Guinness

ReBoot Logo

ReBoot is a 90's CGI children's television series created in Vancouver, Canada.

Flag of Hong Kong

Flag of Lithuania

Protostar

A UK based electronic music artist signed to the Monstercat label

Mass Effect

Mass Effect is a science fiction action role-playing third-person shooter video game series developed by the Canadian company BioWare.

r/EVEX

r/EVEX is an experimental subreddit where rules are voted on weekly to see how a subreddit would evolve over time.

Tintin & Milou

Main characters of Belgian comic "Les Aventures de Tintin" which follows a young Belgian reporter and adventurer and his faithful dog Milou (Snowy in English). It was created in 1929 by Hergé

Watchmen Badge

A smiley face badge used by the character "The Comedian" in the graphic novel & film "Watchmen". Effectively the logo of the show.

Kinda Funny

Kinda Funny is an online entertainment company that produces videos on video game culture, film, television, and comics.

Former location of the Bullet Kin

The location of where a Bullet Kin, a common enemy from the game Enter The Gungeon, once existed. Enter the Gungeon is a bullet hell roguelike video game developed by Dodge Roll and published by Devolver Digital.

The Bullet Kin was considered as a mascot, or "protector", of /r/TheBlueCorner despite its relatively late appearance. It was unintentionally engulfed during the final expanding of the blue corner.

(Covered) Skeletor's blunt

Once upon a time, Skeletor had a joint drawn by the /r/trees sub-reddit. Said blunt was slowly ereased to simulate Skeletor smoking the joint. You can see a sped up gif of it on this reddit post on /r/Place: Link

The Lovers' Heart

Made by two lovers, this heart was originally placed left of the USA flag, after some deliberation with the American community, it was moved here. Consisting of the lovers' two favourite colours, it represents their strong bond.

Seolhyun

Kim Seol-hyun (Hangul: 김설현; born January 3, 1995), better known by the mononym Seolhyun, is a South Korean singer and actress. She is a member of South Korean girl group AOA and has starred in television dramas such as Ugly Alert (2013) and Orange Marmalade (2015).

Smite

Icon for the online 3d MOBA Smite

The Velvet Underground

The cover (a banana sticker designed and signed by Andy Warhol) for The Velvet Underground's classic 1967 debut album The Velvet Underground & Nico. Chosen as r/indieheads second project to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the seminal album.

Katawa Shoujo

Katawa Shoujo is a bishoujo-style visual novel set in the fictional Yamaku High School for disabled children, located somewhere in modern Japan. Hisao Nakai, a normal boy living a normal life, has his life turned upside down when a congenital heart defect forces him to move to a new school after a long hospitalization. Despite his difficulties, Hisao is able to find friends—and perhaps love, if he plays his cards right.

Kirby

A Nintendo game franchise hero and one of the first few sprites to show up on /r/place!

Smaller UVA logo

Intended to spell out the common abbreviation of the University of Virginia. Came under attack by the University of North Carolina, but mostly survived. There is a larger version at the right side of the canvas.

Python

Python is a widely used high-level programming language for general-purpose programming, created by Guido van Rossum and first released in 1991.

Android Gaming

The mascot of the Android mobile operating system, pictured with an SNES-style gamepad.

Green Lattice Diamond

A custom design created for the green lattice

Bitcoin

Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency and an electronic payment system. On /r/place, the logo was originally black and orange, but got infected by the void. The logo was then redrawn in the last hours, to the white and orange logo you see today.

Betrayal by r/dwarffortress

Some r/dwarffortress users and the r/minecraft group tried to divide the conquered r/indonesia space but the head dwarf threw a tantrum and the alliance ended

Kuriboh

A monster card from the anime series Yugioh, owned by Yugi Mutoh. Compact sprite designed by u/Zinthonian, constructed by /r/Yugioh, with assistance from GreenLattice, u/merpofsilence and u/KuribohMaster666. Regularly invaded by Skrillex, but survived!

Austyn

Name of a friend of reddit user GoldenBoy9999

Blocker Lemming

From the 1991 classic DOS game Lemmings, a 'blocker' lemming stands guard after having been chased away from a beginning on the left side of the U.S. flag, to the upper right corner or the Dark Side of the Moon cover, to finally end up here in a forgotten tiny corner of the much contested surrounding area.

Flag of Ireland

Flag of Ireland. Features several collaborations with other subreddits like r/Undertale, and their green clad "Temmie" at the bottom

German Carrot

Originally a present from Germany's southern neighbours, /r/farmcarrots, to commemorate peace between the two factions. Unfortunately, /r/farmcarrots got attacked by Kekistan and burned down almost entirely. Germany granted this carrot asylum and vowed to liberate the carrot lands. Although making good progress in fighting back the invaders, r/place ended just as the battle over Kekistan reached its peak, and the ultimate fate of the farmcarrots remains uncertain.

Play-Yan

A character from the Rhythm Heaven series (now with a nose), appearing in the first instalment of the series on the Game boy advanced called "Rhythm Tengoku" and also appears in the GBA media player as well as the Nintendo 3DS Music Player. Rhythm heaven is a rhythm based game published by Nintendo and has had 4 games so far. The game is made up of smaller mini-games, the one Play-yan appears in is called "Night-Walk". Night-Walk and Play-yan return in Rhythm Heaven Fever, and Rhythm Heaven Megamix. "What could be better than a stroll in the starlight? How about a series of jumps in the starlight?"

Rainbow Grid

Started and initially maintained by a single individual, this eventually became "hiveminded" - maintained entirely by an unorganized group of random individuals. It was abandoned by its creator and given to r/EraseThePlace, being long time allies. ETP gladly began their work, though resistance was met with the arrival of The Gray Thing...

Bird

A bird that was in construction right from the start of Place.
Of uncertain origin.
Partially destroyed towards the end of Place's runtime

Villanova University Logo

Logo of Villanova University, located near Philadelphia. Villanova won the 2016 NCAA basketball tournament.

The blue V is also the logo of the blue squad from a german Team Fortress 2 clan vier-clan.de, so the two communities joined forces.

Crypt of the Necrodancer

Pixel art from the rhythm-based rogue-like dungeon crawler "Crypt of the Necrodancer." All three sprites were complete for a large portion of /r/place, but it was agreed to move them down and left slightly and enclose them, /r/darksouls, and a few other neighboring images inside a window frame to protect them from the /r/placestart taskbar, a move that was not quite completed before /r/place ended. The original skull and skeleton are still visible several pixel up and to right.

Pepe

A meme originating from the comic series "Boy's Club" which became popular on 4chan as 'Sad Frog' in 2008. It experienced something of a revival in popularity in 2014 with the 'Rare Pepe' meme, which spread far beyond 4chan itself. Most recently, it has become a symbol associated with the controversial alt-right political movement, in particular related to the election campaign of 45th US President Donald Trump, leading to it being considered a hate symbol by some groups. There were several attempts to draw Pepe on Place, but these were largely destroyed on account of its controversial political associations, and only this small one survived.

Payday 2

Small icon that represents the videogame, PAYDAY 2. In the final hours of r/place, it seems to have been vandalised a bit and is slightly disfigured from the end result.

(Incomplete) Miles "Tails" Prower

Sonic the Hedgehog's best friend and sidekick. Formerly located near The Blue Corner and nearly completed, it was unintentionally erased when The Blue Empire expanded. Reconstruction began in a new location, but r/place unfortunately ended before any significant work could be done.

Pusheen the Cat

Pusheen the Cat is an animated webcomic about a Grey Tabby and the mischief she gets up to.

Reflecting Link

Link from the Legend of Zelda: A Link to the past who looked to the left with his shield raised reflecting the rainbow road. It got overwritten at some point halfway through the event.

Dominican Republic heart

The Void Prism

The void was an ever-expanding area of darkness, until it was filled with the Prism from the album art of Pink FLoyd's Dark Side of the Moon.