Hi everyone!
Christmas is in three weeks and I had this fun idea that we (the “furry side” of Lemmy / the Fediverse) could create a Christmas card together. I drew the background and already added my fursona, and now I’d like to ask you to add your own fursona. I’ll keep drawing and improving the background (to the best of my abilities), maybe add some more light and other small stuff, but if you want to add something, you’re welcome to do so, too!
This is the best way I could come up with to add your fursona to the drawing: First, you download the “base” drawing and add your fursona on a separate layer; make sure the layer with your sona is the same size as the base, 4000x2000 pixels. Then, you remove the base and export only the layer with your sona on a transparent background as a PNG. There’ll be lots of empty space because of the layer size, but that’s intentional! Reply to this post with your image in the comment and I’ll add it to the drawing. Because the layer with your sona is the same size as the base, it’ll be exactly where you drew it on your device. I’ll keep updating the image in the post regularly, depending on how many of you participate. If your drawing hasn’t been added after a week, you can send me a DM and yell at me.
If you know a better way to do this, please do tell me. Maybe there’s a cool, safe website where everybody can upload a PNG of their sona as a separate layer and arrange them around the tree, but I couldn’t find one that worked that way.
To avoid conflicts, it’d be cool if you could comment where you are going to draw your sona. Moving standing sonas (like mine) around is easy, but if too many people want to peek out from behind the tree, for example, there won’t be enough space. That way, you can also coordinate your drawing with others (and even hold hands!). If you don’t care about positioning, you can also just reply with your sona and I’ll put it in a nice spot for you.
If you don’t want to or can’t draw your fursona, you can copy-paste an existing drawing of your sona, too. If you have absolutely no idea how to do that, I can help you! But I’d still like to encourage everybody to give drawing their fursona a shot. There’s no pressure, though. This is all fun and games.
If you’d like to have the complete base file with all the layers, let me know and I’ll find a place to upload it.
If you have any questions, I’ll be happy to answer them. I just hope this doesn’t flop tbh :3c
Ooh a collaborative project huh, sounds fun! A couple things I want to ask though. First, what is the time frame for this event? Second—as this is a collaborative project—would you consider publically providing the source file? I feel that having an updating source file would be best for making adjustments, especially for ones who choose to interact with the background on their drawing. Static PNGs could of course be included and appended too, and this post could have the image updated so it’s clear what real estate is still available as others submit. Third, what do you intend the licensing to be for this image? Just want to make sure it’s clear and something permissive before I participate. Either something like anyone who submits can do as they please with the image, or something like CC-BY where I list all involved artists each time would be cool too. Thanks for your time, the art, and the event!
Sure, I’ll try to fuse her in the weekend if I can.
This is a great project.
If you know a better way to do this, please do tell me. Maybe there’s a cool, safe website where everybody can upload a PNG of their sona as a separate layer and arrange them around the tree, but I couldn’t find one that worked that way.
Maybe we can use my tool for the Canvas project. It has exactly the purpose to collaboratively combine images. Currently your base image is about the sizelimit, but I could adjust that.
