Merry Christmas, everybody!

Earlier this month, I uploaded a version of the above drawing without characters and asked whether you would be interested in adding your fursonas to create a furry Christmas card. Thank you to everybody who participated – Cally, Foxfire, and Stealthy. Special thanks to green_copper for providing their private collaboration tool for this project and to Foxfire for giving it a boost on the Mastodon side of the Fediverse. It brought me so much joy to see people add their sonas, and I hope the result will bring you just as much joy!

Whether you celebrate Christmas or not, I hope you have a wonderful holiday time, or just a wonderful time in general, and get to spend time with those you care about, whoever they may be.

On a private note

Joining the furry fandom is one of the best things that ever happened to me. I found a community of encouraging, kind, and funny ~~people~~ animals who make me smile every single day. Similarly, I’m actually happy that “the other website” had its little API disaster because otherwise, I wouldn’t have found the Fediverse and this lovely, furry place within it. I probably spend too much time here, but that’s okay because I enjoy spending my time here, in this small corner of the internet that’s full of awesome people. Thank you for making this place so special; thank you for being you.

“Oh heck, I completely forgot about this and still want to add my fursona!”
You can! Sure, the intention was to have the final card by the 25th, but if you’re a day or two late, who cares? You can still add your sona the same way as before.

“What about licencing?”
This image is released under a CC-BY licence, which means that you can practically do whatever you want with it as long as you credit the artists (see below).

“What did you say about a collab tool?”
@green_copper@kbin.earth made a really cool tool to collaborate with other people on the internet. It’s even open source!

Artist Credit (left to right)

Cally (@callyral@pawb.social)
Stealthy (@TCStealthy@pawb.fun)
Amp (@lordamplifier@pawb.social)
Foxfire (@foxfire@pawb.social) [+ the snowfur outside the window]

This is gonna be my desktop background for a while :3

Thank you again, everybody. I hope you have a great rest of 2025. I love you all <3

We’re halfway to Christmas and I figured I’d post a reminder because this is a time-sensitive project. The original post is still on page 1 of c/furry, but Local and Subscribed feeds move way faster, and the image has changed a good bit in the past 10 days, so it’s worth it, I think.

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. If you want to add something to the background, you're welcome to do so, too! The goal is to have a furry Christmas card by the 25th of December.

How to add your fursona to the drawing:

1. First, you download the "base" drawing from here (hosted on pawb), open it in the image editor of your choice, and add your fursona on a separate layer; make sure the layer with your sona is the same size as the base, 4000x2000 pixels.

2. 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!

3. You can either insert the PNG yourself (see below), or reply to this post with your image in the comment and I'll add it to the drawing.

• How to insert it yourself: Go to this website. In the top right corner, there's a little cog. Click on that and then on "Create Team". A team is basically your user account. Copy the login details the website gives you in case you need to change your image later. Once you've done that, click on the little picture frame in the top left corner and then on "Add Image". Add a description (e.g. your username for image credit) and upload your image file. Because the layer with your sona is the same size as the base, it'll be exactly where you drew it on your device.

• If you don’t want to / 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! Everybody is encouraged to participate regardless of art skills.

Additional info for nerds

The advantage of inserting your drawing yourself is that you're in full control and can replace or remove it without waiting for me to do it for you. If you don't want to do it yourself or have tech trouble, I can help you or just insert it for you. The website is a tool built by @green_copper@kbin.earth, who says that the website doesn't save anything beyond what you upload and non-identifying debug logs on errors. The source code can be found here.

If you want to move your image around a bit or use a smaller-sized image, you'll need to change the x/y values of your layer on the website; there is no drag-and-drop. The website may also be a bit buggy, but a reload usually helps. You most likely won't need to change the z-value, unless your character is behind something they shouldn't be behind.

Base file with layers (if you want to work with layers; Dropbox links): .xcf (GIMP) file and .psd (Photoshop) file. The PS file looks like it works in Krita. I don't have PS, but it should work with that, too.

Regarding licencing, unless further discussion leads to something else, CC-BY will be used. This means that you can do whatever you want with the image as long as you credit the artists.

Artist credit (left to right)

Cally (@callyral@pawb.social)
Amp (@lordamplifier@pawb.social)
Foxfire (@foxfire@pawb.social) [they also made the snowman cat outside the window]

More names that aren't on the uploaded image yet because I'll do that later but don't want to forget anybody:
TCStealthy (@TCStealthy@pawb.fun)

If you have any questions, I'll be happy to answer them. I just hope this doesn't flop tbh :3c

New post with artist credit (I'll add the credits to this post, too, when the event is over)

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! The goal is to have a furry Christmas card by the 25th of December.

How to add your fursona to the drawing:

1. First, you download the "base" drawing from this post and add your fursona on a separate layer; make sure the layer with your sona is the same size as the base, 4000x2000 pixels.

2. 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!

3. You can either insert the PNG yourself (see below), or reply to this post with your image in the comment and I'll add it to the drawing.

• How to insert it yourself: Go to this website. In the top right corner, there's a little cog. Click on that and then on "Create Team". A team is basically your user account. Copy the login details the website gives you in case you need to change your image later. Once you've done that, click on the little picture frame in the top left corner and then on "Add Image". Add a description (e.g. your username for image credit) and upload your image file. Because the layer with your sona is the same size as the base, it'll be exactly where you drew it on your device.

The advantage of doing it yourself is that you're in full control and can replace or completely remove your image without waiting for me to do it for you. If you don't want to do it yourself or have tech trouble, I can help you or just insert it for you. The website is a tool built by @green_copper@kbin.earth, who says that the website doesn't save anything beyond what you upload and non-identifying debug logs on errors. The source code can be found here.

Note: If you make your image the size of the base, you won't need to change the x/y coordinates. If you want to move your image around a bit or use a smaller-sized image, however, you'll need to change those values; there is no drag-and-drop. The website may also be a bit buggy, but a reload usually helps. You most likely won't need to change the z-value, unless your character is behind something they shouldn't be behind.

Base file with layers (if you wish to use it instead of the image in the post; Dropbox links because I don't know what else to use, I know it sucks, I'm sorry): .xcf (GIMP) file and .psd (Photoshop) file. The PS file looks like it works in Krita. I don't have PS, but it should work with that, too.

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.

Regarding licencing, unless further discussion leads to something else, CC-BY will be used. This means that you can do whatever you want with the image as long as you credit the artists, who I'll add to this post for your convenience.

If you have any questions, I'll be happy to answer them. I just hope this doesn't flop tbh :3c

Catbox backup link in case of federation issues.

One of my favourite parts about working from home is that I can take short breaks to walk around, stretch, or cuddle Blahaj whenever I want :3

This is a furry parody of Joost Klein's song "Europapa" (the Dutch entry to this year's Eurovision Song Contest). It's a very cute and silly video, and the music is so well made that I've been listening to it almost every day for the last few weeks. Most of the song is in Dutch, but there's a pretty good translation in the comments :3

alt text: a screenshot of the Wikipedia article about leap years. It says "A leap year, also known as an intercalary year or bissextile year, (...)". The word "bissextile" is circled in red and has arrows pointing at it. An image of a bisexual pride flag, Moxxie (a bisexual character in the show Helluva Boss), and Freddie Mercury are placed around the word "bissextile" because it looks a lot like bisexual. end alt text uwu

edit: apologies for the missing image. I uploaded it to my home instance (pawb.social), which had some technical issues and went down a couple of hours later. But it's back now, and so is the image. (Nothing but love for the pawb admins, shit happens <3)

cross-posted from: https://pawb.social/post/5635301

reject humanity, embrace the machine

alt text: the first two panels are a close-up of my generic-canine fursona's angry face, first with their eyes closed, then with their eyes open and a fire in them. They say, "From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me. I craved the strength and certainty of steel. I aspired to the purity of the Blessed Machine." The third panel is my fursona wearing a protogen visor, doing a cute face, saying "beep boop", and sitting on the ground like a silly little guy.

reject humanity, embrace the machine

alt text: the first two panels are a close-up of my generic-canine fursona's angry face, first with their eyes closed, then with their eyes open and a fire in them. They say, "From the moment I understood the weakness of my flesh, it disgusted me. I craved the strength and certainty of steel. I aspired to the purity of the Blessed Machine." The third panel is my fursona wearing a protogen visor, doing a cute face, saying "beep boop", and sitting on the ground like a silly little guy.

image transcription:

me: "yeah, I'm doing well."

also me: a screenshot of a YouTube video titled "1 hour UwU sound effect."

I made a comic :3