Design the Software Freedom Day 2025 Mascot with Free Software – Huion Challenge now open!
Greetings. Do you love creating with Free,Libre, Open Source Software (FLOSS)? Here’s your chance to show the world what digital freedom looks like: help us design the official Software Freedom Day (SFD) 2025 mascot--built entirely with FLOSS tools and released under CC BY-SA 4.0 or CC BY 4.0. Whether you model in Blender or paint in Krita, 2-D or 3-D is welcome. --- What’s in it for you? --- Huion is back with fantastic prizes for the top entries: 1 - Kamvas Pro 16 (4K) pen-display 2 - Kamvas Pro 12 pen-display 3 - 2 × Inspiroy Frego M tablets --- How to take part --- 1. Create your mascot in any FLOSS graphics tool (Krita, GIMP, Inkscape, Blender, MyPaint, ...). 2. Add a short back-story (≤ 1000 characters). 3. Submit both the source file (.kra/.xcf/.svg/.blend…) and a web-ready image (.png/.jpg, 1920 × 1080). 4. Make sure your work is licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 or CC BY 4.0. 5. Deadline: 20 October 2025. One entry per person, worldwide. --- Need inspiration? --- Last year Janka (Hungary) soared to first prize with a Krita painting, while Deffy (USA) wowed us with a Blender animation and Yue Xin (Malaysia) lit up the canvas in Krita. Their success shows how powerful - and fun - FLOSS creativity can be! --- Why join? --- * Celebrate software freedom and show what’s possible without proprietary constraints. * Get international exposure and feedback from the FLOSS community. * Win Huion hardware to push your art even further. --- Your mission right now --- Forward this challenge to all your creative friends! More entries mean a richer, more colourful mascot showcase for everyone. Thanks for spreading the word and for championing free software creativity. Happy drawing--and good luck! Free-spirited regards, Jurgen, Jan, Chris, Mostafa, Marcos, Ruwan, Laura Digital Freedom Foundation Board
Should the deadline be in October when the event is in September? Den tis 20 maj 2025 kl 20:25 skrev LM <lmemsm@gmail.com>:
Greetings.
Do you love creating with Free,Libre, Open Source Software (FLOSS)? Here’s your chance to show the world what digital freedom looks like: help us design the official Software Freedom Day (SFD) 2025 mascot--built entirely with FLOSS tools and released under CC BY-SA 4.0 or CC BY 4.0. Whether you model in Blender or paint in Krita, 2-D or 3-D is welcome.
--- What’s in it for you? ---
Huion is back with fantastic prizes for the top entries: 1 - Kamvas Pro 16 (4K) pen-display 2 - Kamvas Pro 12 pen-display 3 - 2 × Inspiroy Frego M tablets
--- How to take part ---
1. Create your mascot in any FLOSS graphics tool (Krita, GIMP, Inkscape, Blender, MyPaint, ...). 2. Add a short back-story (≤ 1000 characters). 3. Submit both the source file (.kra/.xcf/.svg/.blend…) and a web-ready image (.png/.jpg, 1920 × 1080). 4. Make sure your work is licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 or CC BY 4.0. 5. Deadline: 20 October 2025. One entry per person, worldwide.
--- Need inspiration? ---
Last year Janka (Hungary) soared to first prize with a Krita painting, while Deffy (USA) wowed us with a Blender animation and Yue Xin (Malaysia) lit up the canvas in Krita. Their success shows how powerful - and fun - FLOSS creativity can be!
--- Why join? ---
* Celebrate software freedom and show what’s possible without proprietary constraints. * Get international exposure and feedback from the FLOSS community. * Win Huion hardware to push your art even further.
--- Your mission right now ---
Forward this challenge to all your creative friends! More entries mean a richer, more colourful mascot showcase for everyone.
Thanks for spreading the word and for championing free software creativity. Happy drawing--and good luck!
Free-spirited regards, Jurgen, Jan, Chris, Mostafa, Marcos, Ruwan, Laura Digital Freedom Foundation Board _______________________________________________ SFD-discuss mailing list -- sfd-discuss@mailman3.com To unsubscribe send an email to sfd-discuss-leave@mailman3.com
Hi Luna, absolutely! This way, local teams can organize creative events during Software Freedom Day. And given some events are a few weeks later (e.g. the academic years starts in the beginning of October in Sri Lanka, and this way they can also participate). So you can reach out to artists beforehand, and also use the occasion to organize workshops in blender, Krita, Inkscape, etc... during the event. How great would it be if one of your participants won a prize? Greetings, Jurgen On 20/05/2025 20:30, Luna Jernberg wrote:
Should the deadline be in October when the event is in September?
Den tis 20 maj 2025 kl 20:25 skrev LM <lmemsm@gmail.com>:
Greetings.
Do you love creating with Free,Libre, Open Source Software (FLOSS)? Here’s your chance to show the world what digital freedom looks like: help us design the official Software Freedom Day (SFD) 2025 mascot--built entirely with FLOSS tools and released under CC BY-SA 4.0 or CC BY 4.0. Whether you model in Blender or paint in Krita, 2-D or 3-D is welcome.
--- What’s in it for you? ---
Huion is back with fantastic prizes for the top entries: 1 - Kamvas Pro 16 (4K) pen-display 2 - Kamvas Pro 12 pen-display 3 - 2 × Inspiroy Frego M tablets
--- How to take part ---
1. Create your mascot in any FLOSS graphics tool (Krita, GIMP, Inkscape, Blender, MyPaint, ...). 2. Add a short back-story (≤ 1000 characters). 3. Submit both the source file (.kra/.xcf/.svg/.blend…) and a web-ready image (.png/.jpg, 1920 × 1080). 4. Make sure your work is licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 or CC BY 4.0. 5. Deadline: 20 October 2025. One entry per person, worldwide.
--- Need inspiration? ---
Last year Janka (Hungary) soared to first prize with a Krita painting, while Deffy (USA) wowed us with a Blender animation and Yue Xin (Malaysia) lit up the canvas in Krita. Their success shows how powerful - and fun - FLOSS creativity can be!
--- Why join? ---
* Celebrate software freedom and show what’s possible without proprietary constraints. * Get international exposure and feedback from the FLOSS community. * Win Huion hardware to push your art even further.
--- Your mission right now ---
Forward this challenge to all your creative friends! More entries mean a richer, more colourful mascot showcase for everyone.
Thanks for spreading the word and for championing free software creativity. Happy drawing--and good luck!
Free-spirited regards, Jurgen, Jan, Chris, Mostafa, Marcos, Ruwan, Laura Digital Freedom Foundation Board _______________________________________________ SFD-discuss mailing list -- sfd-discuss@mailman3.com To unsubscribe send an email to sfd-discuss-leave@mailman3.com
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Hi! My name's Cheese, and I ran SFD events in Launceston, Tasmania between 2006 and 2015. I don't do in-person stuff anymore, but I still participate in Free Software projects and communities. I have a Krita source file that's 8.6MB, which might be a bit big for the mailing list. I'll link to it instead[1]. Below are my carefully crafted thousand characters: My submission is a kite made from an old SFD banner. I ran out of time to make this in person, so I painted it instead and wrote this about the F/OSS movement: The origin of Free Software lies in empowering people to control their own tools, To be free to fix their own problems and to make sure their own needs are met. When combined with humanity, this leads to a culture of sharing and inspriation. Through communal effort, support, and contribution, we are uplifted to new heights, And whether close enough to hold hands, or distanced, we are all connected, soaring in the same sky. I also made a 1 colour vector version[2], and an accompanying comic[3]. Thanks to all for continuing to champion and celebrate Free Software and Open Culture all these years. I wholly believe that it enriches the world and has tangibly improved the lives of many. - Cheese P.S. I like to imagine that Luis' Faruk is flying one of the kites in the background (I love that little guy!). [1] https://jbushproductions.com/uploads/sfd2025/sfd_mascot_painting.kra [2] https://jbushproductions.com/uploads/sfd2025/sfd_mascot_monotone.svg [3] https://jbushproductions.com/uploads/sfd2025/sfd_comic.png On Tue, 2025-05-20 at 14:24 -0400, LM wrote:
Greetings.
Do you love creating with Free,Libre, Open Source Software (FLOSS)? Here’s your chance to show the world what digital freedom looks like: help us design the official Software Freedom Day (SFD) 2025 mascot--built entirely with FLOSS tools and released under CC BY-SA 4.0 or CC BY 4.0. Whether you model in Blender or paint in Krita, 2-D or 3-D is welcome.
--- What’s in it for you? ---
Huion is back with fantastic prizes for the top entries: 1 - Kamvas Pro 16 (4K) pen-display 2 - Kamvas Pro 12 pen-display 3 - 2 × Inspiroy Frego M tablets
--- How to take part ---
1. Create your mascot in any FLOSS graphics tool (Krita, GIMP, Inkscape, Blender, MyPaint, ...). 2. Add a short back-story (≤ 1000 characters). 3. Submit both the source file (.kra/.xcf/.svg/.blend…) and a web-ready image (.png/.jpg, 1920 × 1080). 4. Make sure your work is licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 or CC BY 4.0. 5. Deadline: 20 October 2025. One entry per person, worldwide.
--- Need inspiration? ---
Last year Janka (Hungary) soared to first prize with a Krita painting, while Deffy (USA) wowed us with a Blender animation and Yue Xin (Malaysia) lit up the canvas in Krita. Their success shows how powerful - and fun - FLOSS creativity can be!
--- Why join? ---
* Celebrate software freedom and show what’s possible without proprietary constraints. * Get international exposure and feedback from the FLOSS community. * Win Huion hardware to push your art even further.
--- Your mission right now ---
Forward this challenge to all your creative friends! More entries mean a richer, more colourful mascot showcase for everyone.
Thanks for spreading the word and for championing free software creativity. Happy drawing--and good luck!
Free-spirited regards, Jurgen, Jan, Chris, Mostafa, Marcos, Ruwan, Laura Digital Freedom Foundation Board _______________________________________________ SFD-discuss mailing list -- sfd-discuss@mailman3.com To unsubscribe send an email to sfd-discuss-leave@mailman3.com
Hey Cheese, your submission got stuck in the mailing list queue (because still too big to go through unmoderated) but we have it, and it's accepted as a submission. Thanks for joining and submitting early! Too bad that Tasmania doesn't have an organizing community anymore, but if you were there between 2006 and 2015, and are still flying the kite of Freedom... you certainly have done your fair share! You will hear from us when the deadline is over and the winners will be announced. Op 22/10/2025 om 15:30 schreef Cheeseness:
Hi!
My name's Cheese, and I ran SFD events in Launceston, Tasmania between 2006 and 2015. I don't do in-person stuff anymore, but I still participate in Free Software projects and communities.
I have a Krita source file that's 8.6MB, which might be a bit big for the mailing list. I'll link to it instead[1].
Below are my carefully crafted thousand characters:
My submission is a kite made from an old SFD banner. I ran out of time to make this in person, so I painted it instead and wrote this about the F/OSS movement:
The origin of Free Software lies in empowering people to control their own tools, To be free to fix their own problems and to make sure their own needs are met. When combined with humanity, this leads to a culture of sharing and inspriation. Through communal effort, support, and contribution, we are uplifted to new heights, And whether close enough to hold hands, or distanced, we are all connected, soaring in the same sky.
I also made a 1 colour vector version[2], and an accompanying comic[3].
Thanks to all for continuing to champion and celebrate Free Software and Open Culture all these years. I wholly believe that it enriches the world and has tangibly improved the lives of many.
- Cheese
P.S. I like to imagine that Luis' Faruk is flying one of the kites in the background (I love that little guy!).
[1]https://jbushproductions.com/uploads/sfd2025/sfd_mascot_painting.kra [2]https://jbushproductions.com/uploads/sfd2025/sfd_mascot_monotone.svg [3]https://jbushproductions.com/uploads/sfd2025/sfd_comic.png
On Tue, 2025-05-20 at 14:24 -0400, LM wrote:
Greetings.
Do you love creating with Free,Libre, Open Source Software (FLOSS)? Here’s your chance to show the world what digital freedom looks like: help us design the official Software Freedom Day (SFD) 2025 mascot--built entirely with FLOSS tools and released under CC BY-SA 4.0 or CC BY 4.0. Whether you model in Blender or paint in Krita, 2-D or 3-D is welcome.
--- What’s in it for you? ---
Huion is back with fantastic prizes for the top entries: 1 - Kamvas Pro 16 (4K) pen-display 2 - Kamvas Pro 12 pen-display 3 - 2 × Inspiroy Frego M tablets
--- How to take part ---
1. Create your mascot in any FLOSS graphics tool (Krita, GIMP, Inkscape, Blender, MyPaint, ...). 2. Add a short back-story (≤ 1000 characters). 3. Submit both the source file (.kra/.xcf/.svg/.blend…) and a web-ready image (.png/.jpg, 1920 × 1080). 4. Make sure your work is licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 or CC BY 4.0. 5. Deadline: 20 October 2025. One entry per person, worldwide.
--- Need inspiration? ---
Last year Janka (Hungary) soared to first prize with a Krita painting, while Deffy (USA) wowed us with a Blender animation and Yue Xin (Malaysia) lit up the canvas in Krita. Their success shows how powerful - and fun - FLOSS creativity can be!
--- Why join? ---
* Celebrate software freedom and show what’s possible without proprietary constraints. * Get international exposure and feedback from the FLOSS community. * Win Huion hardware to push your art even further.
--- Your mission right now ---
Forward this challenge to all your creative friends! More entries mean a richer, more colourful mascot showcase for everyone.
Thanks for spreading the word and for championing free software creativity. Happy drawing--and good luck!
Free-spirited regards, Jurgen, Jan, Chris, Mostafa, Marcos, Ruwan, Laura Digital Freedom Foundation Board _______________________________________________ SFD-discuss mailing list --sfd-discuss@mailman3.com To unsubscribe send an email tosfd-discuss-leave@mailman3.com
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Hi Jurgen Thanks! I was going to send another message through this afternoon asking if it would be easier without attachments. I've also helped put the word out a little. Fingers crossed for more submissions! On Sat, 2025-10-25 at 23:59 +0200, Jurgen Gaeremyn wrote:
Hey Cheese, your submission got stuck in the mailing list queue (because still too big to go through unmoderated) but we have it, and it's accepted as a submission. Thanks for joining and submitting early! Too bad that Tasmania doesn't have an organizing community anymore, but if you were there between 2006 and 2015, and are still flying the kite of Freedom... you certainly have done your fair share! You will hear from us when the deadline is over and the winners will be announced. Op 22/10/2025 om 15:30 schreef Cheeseness:
Hi!
My name's Cheese, and I ran SFD events in Launceston, Tasmania between 2006 and 2015. I don't do in-person stuff anymore, but I still participate in Free Software projects and communities.
I have a Krita source file that's 8.6MB, which might be a bit big for the mailing list. I'll link to it instead[1].
Below are my carefully crafted thousand characters:
My submission is a kite made from an old SFD banner. I ran out of time to make this in person, so I painted it instead and wrote this about the F/OSS movement:
The origin of Free Software lies in empowering people to control their own tools, To be free to fix their own problems and to make sure their own needs are met. When combined with humanity, this leads to a culture of sharing and inspriation. Through communal effort, support, and contribution, we are uplifted to new heights, And whether close enough to hold hands, or distanced, we are all connected, soaring in the same sky. I also made a 1 colour vector version[2], and an accompanying comic[3].
Thanks to all for continuing to champion and celebrate Free Software and Open Culture all these years. I wholly believe that it enriches the world and has tangibly improved the lives of many.
- Cheese
P.S. I like to imagine that Luis' Faruk is flying one of the kites in the background (I love that little guy!).
[1] https://jbushproductions.com/uploads/sfd2025/sfd_mascot_painting.kra [2] https://jbushproductions.com/uploads/sfd2025/sfd_mascot_monotone.svg [3] https://jbushproductions.com/uploads/sfd2025/sfd_comic.png
On Tue, 2025-05-20 at 14:24 -0400, LM wrote:
Greetings.
Do you love creating with Free,Libre, Open Source Software (FLOSS)? Here’s your chance to show the world what digital freedom looks like: help us design the official Software Freedom Day (SFD) 2025 mascot--built entirely with FLOSS tools and released under CC BY- SA 4.0 or CC BY 4.0. Whether you model in Blender or paint in Krita, 2-D or 3-D is welcome.
--- What’s in it for you? ---
Huion is back with fantastic prizes for the top entries: 1 - Kamvas Pro 16 (4K) pen-display 2 - Kamvas Pro 12 pen-display 3 - 2 × Inspiroy Frego M tablets
--- How to take part ---
1. Create your mascot in any FLOSS graphics tool (Krita, GIMP, Inkscape, Blender, MyPaint, ...). 2. Add a short back-story (≤ 1000 characters). 3. Submit both the source file (.kra/.xcf/.svg/.blend…) and a web-ready image (.png/.jpg, 1920 × 1080). 4. Make sure your work is licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 or CC BY 4.0. 5. Deadline: 20 October 2025. One entry per person, worldwide.
--- Need inspiration? ---
Last year Janka (Hungary) soared to first prize with a Krita painting, while Deffy (USA) wowed us with a Blender animation and Yue Xin (Malaysia) lit up the canvas in Krita. Their success shows how powerful - and fun - FLOSS creativity can be!
--- Why join? ---
* Celebrate software freedom and show what’s possible without proprietary constraints. * Get international exposure and feedback from the FLOSS community. * Win Huion hardware to push your art even further.
--- Your mission right now ---
Forward this challenge to all your creative friends! More entries mean a richer, more colourful mascot showcase for everyone.
Thanks for spreading the word and for championing free software creativity. Happy drawing--and good luck!
Free-spirited regards, Jurgen, Jan, Chris, Mostafa, Marcos, Ruwan, Laura Digital Freedom Foundation Board _______________________________________________ SFD-discuss mailing list -- sfd-discuss@mailman3.com To unsubscribe send an email to sfd-discuss-leave@mailman3.com
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participants (4)
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Cheeseness -
Jurgen Gaeremyn -
LM -
Luna Jernberg