“It's that weird band”

Story by Chris Harvey, August 11 2026

it's a pretty flexible project that allows for as many people to join as they would like, up until the last couple of days before it's time. (Deadline for the art is 13th of September.)

Reminder that any type of visual art works! Drawing and painting are popular choices but you can do this in any way* that works for you :)

Last Sparkstember I got a lot of people together for a collab for Plagiarism day. (This one.) It was AMAZING and afterwards a couple of people reached out at the time as they wanted to be part of a next collab. (The time has come!)

But the way I went about it last time was honestly insane because it was so much work, and I started that thing of with Sparkstember already in full swing. (Working on my other pieces at the same time, trying to keep it a surprise as well so I was messaging everyone individually, then receiving the last pieces for it in the morning, and animating the thing + making the credits post on the day itself. And private life going on as well.)

So... if we're doing this, I'm going to be wiser about it this time: starting longer in advance, setting a strong deadline that leaves me with plenty of time to edit, and, for better or worse: not keeping the potential collab a surprise.

Now the dilemma...

I would kind of prefer to do something more original than repeat an idea because it would be nice for it to have some element of surprise (especially for those not involved) and for it to have some fresh originality. BUT I can't personally come up with a different idea on how to incorporate 30+ people in one project. (Well... maybe I do have one (1) idea? And an idea on how to do something similar yet slightly different though that idea might look hella chaotic.)

On the upside, it really did look cool last time and there's definitely people who's art wasn't in it last time but would look so cool in a project like this. So maybe the tried and true isn't so bad for a second time? Different photo, different people.

So anyway...

Please message me if:

you want in (so I can start making my list of collaborators), or if you are considering being part of it (you don't have to commit yet at this stage if you're not yet sure)

you want to brainstorm new ideas (whether you want to make something visual yourself or not: if you have a winning idea you're a very important person!)

(Seriously, message me. Doesn't matter if we know each other, I promise it'll make me bounce around Russell style.)