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UPDATE: Greetings all! Since a few people have asked, we are willing to extend the collab for an extra week! The new deadline is AUGUST 25TH! For those who have submitted already, you can adjust things if you feel the need, but otherwise I'll be starting the background this week and implementing characters! If you have any questions, let me know! Thanks!


Greetings all!

It's been awhile since we had a summer event, and since our collaboration went super well last time we did it, let's try for it once again!

What kind of collaboration?
It's quite simple! Everyone submits an image of one of their characters fitting the specific theme, and after the deadline all the images are put together to make a grand scene!

If you are confused on what this may look like, here is our 2015 collab!


How does it work?
Draw one (two maximum) of your own characters on a transparent or white background.
Save it as a .png or flattened .psd.
Upload the image to your dA Sta.sh
Note the Group with the link and mention your character's height for reference.

I will take each individual image and put them together on a single background, thus creating a massive collaborative piece of art!

The theme for this is SUMMER POOL PARTY!
Have your character soaking up some rays on a lounge chair! Floating around on a fancy space whale blowup floaty! Having a pool noodle fight! Trying not to drown! Whatever you see fit!

I will personally paint the background myself once I get a bearing of how many individuals may be participating, but the image will contain a pool, a lifeguard station, a sunning area, and possibly a bar or otherwise shaded area. So you can work off this idea if you'd like, but otherwise I'll make it up based on your images!

Lastly, while you shouldn't include any background elements yourself, if you'd like to add props that is welcomed! So if you want to add umbrellas, drinks, creepy alien probing weapons, or even your own splashing water effects, you may do that as well!  

If anyone has any questions feel free to ask them below!
The Deadline for submitting your images will be August 25th! It will not be a hard deadline, so no worries about timezones. So long as it is posted within 24 hours of this date, you'll be golden.
You may submit your images whenever you'd like before then! And please feel free to comment so I have a general idea of how many I can expect to enter!

And on a complete final note, just remember that all rules still apply. So please be wary of our no-fanart policy and design limitations ("Too Human", "Too Anthro", etc.) as listed on our rules page! If your alien does not fit our guidelines, it cannot be added. So feel free to get approval first if you aren't sure!

Have fun guys!

Peace