Welcome everyone! the 2026 Canvas Event is now live, which means it’s time for us to gather together to make our mark on it!
>> Click here to go to the Canvas Page with the template already loaded! <<
Be sure that your template’s opacity is set to 50% so you can see what pixels still need to be placed. you can adjust the template opacity by clicking the settings button below your username at the top right:
For those unfamiliar with what the Canvas event is, refer to our previous planning thread here.
How do I join? - At the login on Canvas, use your existing Lemmy username (in my case, it would be ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net), which will prompt the website to send you a message to your Lemmy inbox with a code. Use that code along with your Lemmy username to log into the Canvas site so you can begin placing pixels.
What will we be drawing on the Canvas? - We’re going attempt to draw two different images, one of a stylized SLRPNK logo:
As well as this image submitted by Terradragon:
Where will we be drawing them on the Canvas? - The Furry artwork team, part of which is comprised of the Pawb.social lemmy instance, has agreed to let us create our artworks near them. You can see where we ours is planned to be in relation to theirs on this preview template map (look toward the bottom left corner): https://chocolatecakecodes.goip.de/cotemplate/ui/template/20260520-Canvas26_main
How do we begin drawing the artwork? - It’ll be best to begin with the outlines of each artwork, as that will help both stake our claim, and help us ensure the overall dimensions are right before we begin filling it in with the details.
I’ve created a set of instructions on what order to create each artwork in, progressing in 20% increments. Click each one below to expand it:
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I might be going crazy - is the colour picker getting the colour from the template or the actual value? If it’s from the template, then we might be slightly off colour with the flag of the indigenous peoples of the americas… Or I’m totally missing something.
It’s also kind of annoying, that the templates can be overlapping. Is there a way to get separate templates? (I don’t mean our templates)
The template color is oddly lighter/faded compared to the colors I picked out when drawing it. I based it on the flag design at the very bottom of the article Vegafjord linked, which matches the colors y’all ended up going with really well :)
I think the red in the flag is slightly different than the template but maybe more accurate to the flag?
Yep.
I also just found out, that it depends on the settings - the “template style” source and one-to-one look differently to me, and I don’t know which one is supposed to do what
Have you lowered the transparency of the template? Maybe that could help.
Yes, same effect. I’ll just ignore it for now :D As long as everyone else says it’s looking nice I’m fine with it. Just wanted to make sure I’m not missing something
One of our works being appreciated in a favorite canvas art thread ^^
Good work everyone!! I think we made something amazing and spread joy to the other instances <3 <3 hopefully some of them saw our work and want to come hang out with us too! I’m gonna be subscribing to pawb.social now since the furries were so fantastic c:
(side note: now I really want to learn how to do pixel art so I can design something cool for next year… I don’t need a new hobby. I don’t need a new hobby. I don;t need a new hobby–)
Thank you so much for the people who made the turtle. Very cute. 🐢❤️
~6 hours after my last screenshot and this is pretty nice
26 hours to go
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Looking around the canvas, slrpnk seems really well developed at the quarter-mark. Good job, gang!
Maybe we could do like a river running under the whole thing
That sounds cool to me!
I love the Tree-turtle you put in btw, I was hoping someone would do a turtle ^^
EDIT: Maybe the blue line in the LGBTQ+ flag could spill out as a waterfall down the black angled piece as the source of the river?
Can you add it to the template i can help as well
Unfortunately I’m not quite sure how to download a pixel-accurate copy of the current canvas, so I don’t think I’d be able to accurately weave it around all the curves and current artwork for a template, so free handing live it is likely the only way to put it in.
how to download
I think you can do it via the share feature. I am unfortunately very bad with pixel art XD
Oh! good find! That does work ^^
What do you all think of something like this?
Ohh yes I like that!
Maybe even a pubble on top on the
.net?
GJ instance, we completed our goal, I am helping pawb.social with their art, all help is welcome!
I’m down here too!! Filling in the bee kiss o7
I let them know you’re helping out in their Matrix chat, and they appreciate the help! ^^
(Here’s their Matrix chat, if anyone wants to chill with em while pixelatin’)
This is so dumb but how the hell do I zoom in? If I try to pinch/spread my mousepad, it zooms the page so I can’t see the tools, and if I ctrl-plus then it zooms the canvas and tools equally. It’s driving me nuts!!
At least for me on Firefox desktop, scrolling with the scroll wheel zooms in and out of the canvas. Maybe a two finger scroll (if your trackpad supports it) would work?
I like the veggies and plants idea! ^^
On mobile (waterfox) two finger pinch just works for me, what are you using?
I’m on Firefox. I’ve figured out I can do the pinch and then scoot around a little bit with the arrow keys to find the color picker again so that’s working out for now XD
I think in the settings, otherwise in the url there’s a zoom=1 setting, maybe you can manually edit that?
hit the + key without hitting ctrl
oh my god yeah this is the one!!! Thank you so much
I like the idea with the plants! But I’m not sure if I’m capable of coming up with a template
When I came to help out all the SLRPNK projects were perfect, so I started “humanity’s flag” at 22, 245. Just need some help with the purple now.
Do you have a link to where the flag originates from? I tried searching humanity’s flag but nothing purple showed up.
I found it a couple of months ago on Reddit’s r/solarpunk
I realized while making it that it probably is a relatively unknown design, cause I couldn’t find a template for it.
I tried to do it from memory. Looks like I was slightly off: https://www.reddit.com/r/solarpunk/comments/1te06bw/if_were_doing_flags/
Ooo, that is a very pleasing flag, and I’m a big fan of Sagan. Thanks for sharing it with us! :)
Right? Thanks. I’ve started “correcting” it. I like the darker purple of the original and I imagine humanity gaining the perspective of an astronaut looking down on the blue marble… realizing it’s so small and fragile. I think the flag represents it really well.
Almost missed it. I’m doing my part! :D
Looking quite good for now. Let’s see where those flags are going 🤨
The German “Keine Angst” flag is a reference to an antifa song with the same name that was published this year.
Oh, I know, I was more hinting at the probably austrian flag that’s forming next to it. “Keine Angst” is a nice song :)
Since we still have a day, wouldn’t it be cool if we could make the sun in our first template glow or twinkle? We can make the sun rays move one pixel outwards then inwards again, then outwards again, and so on. It’ll look good in the time lapse. Just a thought. Like an animation loop.
That sounds awesome! All rays at once? Or one after the other?
I’m not sure actually. Don’t know how to make that animation in some software to see how it’ll look. I’ll research about it and report back here. Just wanted to share the idea before getting into it
Going nicely
Super nice! I didn’t think we’d make so much progress only a few hours in :D
Better image, the text is done! 🥳I’m signing off for tonight. Massively grateful to everyone who joined in and kept the space from being taken. The progress is you’ve all made is truly impressive.
At this rate you’ll be bored tomorrow! Good night 😊
I didn’t think turnout would be this good 😅
And since I was having trouble falling asleep, I decided instead to make more templates since we’re getting pretty close to finishing the first two so early.
I thought you were sleeping, I see you adding art 😂
It’s addictive 😵💫
But I also wanted to get those extra templates in while there’s still white space, otherwise I figured by the time I woke up it’d be too late.
The link shows both templates overlapping, is that intended?
Edit: it’s fixed, thanks!
Yeah it’s bit finicky to move them with X/Y coordinates, so it took me a few tries to get it right. A different group was muscling into our original spot, so the Furries suggested we move over to this new spot. (and I just want to mention how invaluable their help and advice has been, they’re even pulling people away from their projects to help us build up our claim. Absolutely amazing folk).
And thank you for joining in and helping tonight, Fantom! ^^
I didn’t realize how critical this early phase was in establishing ourselves, but with your help and the help of the furry communities, I think we’ll make it into the morning.
No worries, and it’s morning for me, Belgium represent! I just happened to open my phone at the right time and thought, why not? Why shouldn’t I solarpunk it up? 😁
Also I was thinking whether we should add a .net anywhere? Or the full word solarpunk?
Hmm, we could try adding a .net outside the logo after the PNK, just as letters.
I’m a bit hesitant to add it the template file in fear that the new size might mess up the positioning of the overlay, but we could try to add it unofficially anyway and see what happens :)
And good morning! 😄
I made this teeny tiny little flower and grass pattern so we can fill in some of the white space, could someone add it to the template for me? I’m working on a more complex one too but I am no artist XD
Signing off for the night, if anyone has time to fill in the rest of the yellow around the “I’m Old” area I’d be grateful but I just can’t stay up that late. Cheers everyone can’t wait to see it completed!!
Though it wouldn’t seem it, that’s a little bit too big to fit in most of the gaps available now, is it okay if I trim down one side of it?
Is there a particular spot you’d like me to place it? :)
Oh - yes trim as needed! I figured we could just sort of scoot some little flowers in wherever they’ll fit rather than it being a specific shape. One of the furries suggested we could make tileable gardens to put around the map but I’m not quite that ambitious yet hehe
Okay, if you refresh the Canvas page the template should show up above our turtle island flag (but if you’d like it somewhere else instead, just let me know)
good morning (where I am) - it’s a perfect spot and thanks to everyone who’s expanded it!! I’m adding a little sunset around the turtle and trees now
It’s awesome to see it all filled out now, and how someone put one sus flower in amongst it :p
I absolutely adore the sunset, contrasts so nicely with everything and just looks super cool! Well done both of you! ^^
Which sus flower, you don’t mean my solar panel do you?! I agree it looks so nice with the sunset! I thought it was looking blank over there and was hoping someone would do something:) Thank you @foxymochakitten@slrpnk.net!!
There’s a single flower in the flower patch that’s actually
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an among us astronaut trying to blend in :p
The solar panel/heat lamp combo in the tree had me laughing the first time I noticed it 😄
Hehehe the sus flower made me laugh out loud when I saw it XD
I’ve finally convinced my partner to make a slrpnk.net account because they saw me happily filling in squares of sunset and wanted to participate. Never mind that I’ve extolled the virtues of slrpnk.net in general for months XDD
Lol, the sunsets are what really draw in the crowds 😄
I hope they enjoy their time here! ^^
I’m trying to help with the sunset but I think your artistic intuitions are better so please modify my tiles as you see fit:)
No no your additions to the sunset look amazing!! I just had a look and it’s so pretty
It also looks another group is making a square right over where the slrpnk logo would come
Edit: also fixed, probably both due to moving just as I clicked? Thanks!
