Canvas in 30 days 👀

https://canvas.fediverse.events/

turns out I did my math wrong, so it’s a little less than 30 days

July 12th, 2024 @ midnight EDT

https://canvas.fediverse.events

✨ this year’s event also supports the entire fediverse not just Lemmy!

(you have to be able to make/receive text posts, like mastodon, lemmy, pixelfed, etc) (peertube accounts will not work)

you can get update announcements on other fedi platforms with @canvas@fediverse.events link

chat about Canvas on Matrix or Discord (they’re bridged)

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28 Comments

Syrc@lemmy.world · 22 pts · 2y

Nice! Hope this time the message reaches more people, last year I saw a lot of commenters that would’ve participated but didn’t know about it.

otter@lemmy.ca · 18 pts · 2y (1 reply)

You can also share this in !fediverse@lemmy.world, there are a lot of people there :)

grant@toast.ooo · 13 pts · 2y

you're right! totally forgot to post it there

here's the new post there: https://toast.ooo/post/3741538

Stoneykins@mander.xyz · 16 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Last year I was bothered by the randomness of fonts even in single words and sentences, and started that font guide thing. Immediately afterwards I tried to plan a nicer looking frame for it that can fit more, and have it for this event if anyone wants that or cares.

I also want to get anyone's opinions on changing letters to be better if you have ideas, because I'm sure I'm not the best at this but I want it to be appealing enough to use.

The main 2 things I tried to focus on is readability, and making sure each symbol can fit in 5x3 pixels.

threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 2y

Looks great! You could probably even squeeze in a semicolon, square brackets, and curly braces.

Quills@sh.itjust.works · 12 pts · 2y

Hooray, Spread it around everyone! :3

sugar@toast.ooo · 11 pts · 2y

Super stoked

deus@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 2y

Wait, it's been a year already since the last one? Damn

lnxtx@feddit.nl · 10 pts · 2y (2 replies)

UTC: 2024-07-12 04:00:00

NataliaTheDrowned2@kbin.run · 4 pts · 2y (1 reply)

UTC-2: 2024-07-12 02:00:00

(Seems like UTC-2 is my favorite time zone now even if I'm not there)

hankskyjames777@kbin.run · 3 pts · 2y

UTC+8 (Philippine time, PHT): 2024-07-12 12:00:00 (PM)

WeirdAlex03@lemmy.zip · 9 pts · 2y (2 replies)

How big will the canvas be this year? There was a fair bit of whitespace last year, but even with minimal notice limited only to Lemmy, it was almost the perfect amount for everything to fit without overlapping

grant@toast.ooo · 7 pts · 2y (1 reply)

it'll be 500x500 (from 1000x1000 last year)

the_dopamine_fiend@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y

Can you elaborate on the decision to make it that much smaller?

Dave@lemmy.nz · 7 pts · 2y

Whooo I'm excited!

the_dopamine_fiend@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y

Thank you! Been looking forward to another one.

lazycouchpotato@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 2y

Heck yes

threelonmusketeers@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 2y

Yay, I'm so happy this is returning!

9point6@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y

Woo! I can't believe it's nearly been a year already

yetAnotherUser@lemmy.ca · 4 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Great! How much time will it last?

grant@toast.ooo · 7 pts · 2y

it'll be 72 hours (12th @ midnight - 14th @ 11:49pm)

completely forgot to include that in the post

RunningInRVA@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 2y (2 replies)

For the noobs, you should explain what this actually is. All I have is a name and a date. No deets.

Dave@lemmy.nz · 3 pts · 2y (1 reply)

Not sure if you ever worked it out but this is like r/place on reddit. There's a big board, and people can place one pixel at a time. Then you have to wait some amount of time until you can place another pixel. People work together to try to create art.

RunningInRVA@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 2y

I eventually worked it out, but the point was to help others.

possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 2y (2 replies)

Anyone made a calendar invite

grant@toast.ooo · 4 pts · 2y (1 reply)

I added an .ics link to canvas.fediverse.events but it looks like that doesn't have great support :/

possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 2y

Thanks!

ComeHereOrIHookYou@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 2y

Alright! Lets go!

ccunning@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 2y
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