Thread 283498443

Secret S/a/nta thread

New Thread, last one for the weekend, posting as assignments are up.

As always,
>If something looks weird in your assignments, email us.
>If you haven't gotten your assignments, email us.
>DON'T FUCKING BUY ANYTHING for the first few days. Something always gets fucked up, someone always asks to drop. Someone always tells us "Oh I signed up for international shipping but I didn't really mean it" and needs to be reassigned.
After the 5th, you're free to go. We'll go from "You've been reassigned" to "Hey, have you bought anything? If not, can we reassign you?", then.

Reminder that Ontario is BANNED starting next year.

>>283498443 (OP)
What’s the point of a new thread if assignments may very well get reassigned? Shouldn’t we just wait until the 5th in that case?

>>283498574
All of Ontario, not just Toronto. Soon, all of Canada.

>>283498545
I think just for general discussions about /ss/ while people are getting their assignments. Especially since last thread pretty much got flooded after the Ontario ban was announced

>>283498604
Yeah, general discussion like how Toronto got banned for 500 posts, great idea

>>283498545
not sure if you're new but these are generally for discussing lists and talking with anons you have for lists. they always say not to buy stuff until a few days after. people drop out, have shipping/logistic issues, demand not to get the same person again, and other shit

>multiple people on my list this year who like gundam

oh yeah it's all coming together

>>283498649
You know you can just ask to be matched with people who have Gundam on their wishlist?

What's the card plans this year? I bought some ribbon and I'm gonna try to glue it into bows to put on my drawings. The shop had ready made bows in the same ribbon, but the knots were too thick for card postage. I saved some wrapping paper last year that can be the backgrounds. I want to try something collage-y like anons have sent me before.

>first thing on anon's wishlist is NIKKE

Should I grinch?

>>283498705
I normally make normal cards, but I've been kind of debating on making one of those fancy cards that open vertically or like a double sided one this year.

I'll admit, the fact my entire province got banned because of a meetup from ages ago and an anon giving a card with a jak on it and a garbage bag full of gifts that he said were pagpag is very very funny

I can only assume there's more to it than that, but what could Ontario anons possibly have done on signup no less to cause such a response

>>283498733
Yes? There isn’t even an anime of that.

Post my initials please thank you very much

>>283498733
if it's nikke and nothing else, yes?

>>283498887
Why is NIKKE on there at all

>>283498917
I guess cause gacha story is similar to visual novel except each chapter is pay/grindwalled. A lot of their media has slowly bled into /a/, judging based on the gacha threads that do appear here.

How hard is it to create a script that doesn't make the same assignment from previous years.

Have you tried asking chatgpt for help Santa?

Remember, if you got a wishlist with vtubers or gacha shit and not grinching, you are part of the problem.

>>283499017
Very, very simple. It’s plain incompetence and shows they were too fucking dumb to split this years entries from last years because they were checking white listed anons.

holy samefag

>>283499027
If I got an anon with vtubers, I’d grinch. I got one with gacha but it’s a small part of an otherwise entirely anime list.

>>283499036
b8 used to be believable

>>283499064
Please explain how that’s bait, you nonce.

>>283499052
I'd say no exceptions. Gacha is even a bigger cancer

>>283499017
I used the same list as last year with a few minor tweaks because the deadline was in 2 hours and I needed to go to bed .

Sorry

>>283498931
glad to see that you liked my list! I'll look forward to it! feel free to ask in the threads if you have any questions on my list

>>283498597
And surrounding cities. These santas did the right thing for once. But I doubt they will keep their word

>>283499155
The surrounding cities of Canada?

>public banning
>followed by hours of attempted shit flinging and trolling
ah I see

Nice list but idk what this anon wants in terms of merch, I can't gift him a car.

>>283498695
Wait I can ask??? Fuck

>>283499155
You retards are delusional if you think the Santas would go back on their word. The few anons who got shit on can suck it up, it’s better for everyone that the ban sticks

I'm legitimately too autistic to ask to be paired with something specific. I'd feel like a nuisance

So, hypothetical question, hoping a Santa can answer. Now that the can of worms has been let loose, what’s to stop the Toronto anon(s?) from signing up next year with a non-Toronto address just to fuck over participants? Like, if they don’t actually want to receive anything themselves, it’d result in mass grinching.

>>283499261
We will likely get a skin color check next year.

>>283499261
That's easy, we ban all the non-Toronto addresses too so they can't pull any funny business.

>>283499279
Is this AI?

What is it about Canadians, specifically Ontarians, that give them such a bad reputation? They're always the ones getting ridiculed for doing and saying stupid shit, to the point that they're banned from the /toy/ secret santa as well. I'm Ontarian myself and I'm wondering what exactly it is that separates us from the rest in terms of sheer unlikability.

>>283499303
seems like it

>>283499320
Look in a mirror.

>>283499181
Not with that attitude you can't.

>>283499320
You know the answer anon.

>>283499320
It probably only gets worse this year with all the north american cross border tariffs going on. Many might just buy 50 bucks worth of christmas cheer, get slapped in the face with 30-200% tariffs, and choose to grinch.

>>283499320
>They're always the ones getting ridiculed for doing and saying stupid shit, to the point that they're banned from the /toy/ secret santa as well.
No? I haven't been banned, I was the one who had to deal with other leafs dropping out midway every year

>>283499449
From /a/ /ss/ or /toy/?

>>283499449
For now

>>283499320
My guess is our brand of autism directly irritates other brands of autism. That and a little racism.

I guess I’ll just see the Ontario anons at AN

>>283499320
I assume it's stuff like this
>>274115416

>>283499619
I don't see the problem here.

>>283499477
For /toy/
>>283499520
Ah

I am once again offering cards to any anon who wants a char (and Gundams themselves, I suppose) card. Offering to anywhere with no need to send one back

>>283499692
Are you sending to Ontario?

>>283499702
Sure why not

Woke up to a few emails from the Santas shuffling my anons around. I think my assignments this year are
WG from PL for the gift
and
N from MY
AP from IT
IP from OK
for the cards
Lots of different continents this year, so I'd better get them sent early.

>>283499709
Well you shouldn't.

>>283499719
I just won't send one to (you) then.

Anyone else is welcome

Can anyone tell me why Ontario is banned?
I've done antigrinch the last two years and the gifts were both going to can adia
Is there just one guy who is being a grinch so they decided to bam the whole prefecture?
Was the 3am anon Canadian? I thought that was more funny than creepy when I heard about it.

>>283499759
https://www.google.com/search?q=canadian+city+with+highest+indian+population

>>283499320
Indians.

>>283499759
Apparently high grinch rates. Non-stop shitposting about Canada didn't help.
I'd also place blame on the fact that some Canadians did something stupid, people latched on and shitposted ironically (or to le meme), which then fueled a cycle of other shitposters jumping in making the whole thing blown out of proportion.
I mean, truly, did anyone actually think pagpag was in consideration? Most probably didn't but then again there is a 100% chance that come the second week of December we'll have to handhold a non-zero amount of people through the process of writing an address on an envelope and going to the Post Office.
Unfortunately, instead of shitposting about Canada, it will be replaced with shitposting about Canada beingn banned. Instead of, you know, posting about Christmas.

>>283500239
>pagpag
No, that was someone from that actual region or a troll politely asking if they could send pagpag aka literal fucking garbage, and then Canadians seemed to love it once the pagpag anon or someone started seething about it (rightly) being mocked

>>283500340
It's fucking sad /a/ will fall for the most obvious falseflag these days.
I remember that post, you're actually braindead.

>>283500463
Huh

>>283500340
You are one of the dolts I was talking about. Nobody with above room-temp IQ would actually believe someone would send literal guttertrash through the mail for a secret santa exchange.

>>283500523
I don't know, you sound like a pagpag-sending backpedaler to me

Am I crazy or is anime merch way more expensive than it was last year?

>>283500493
Do you thick motherfucker need to be spelled out that >>272070719 this faggot is a canadian shitposter that read the first sentence of the wikipedia article for pagpag and came here to start shit, and not an actual philipino?
Cocksucker its slum food, not a "delicacy", use your brain.

>>283500559
Everything costs more now. Even my card-making supplies prices went up.

>>283500582
Just because you got called out for wanting to send delicious pagpag doesn't mean you should still be angry over this my guy

Gift:

AP from Italy What a huge wall of text! Some obscure stuff as well. I'll see what I can do for you during my vacation in Japan


Whitelist Cards:

SH from NY

FV from Italy

ZME from Ireland

You're all in good hands!

Sorry for the long list i put a bunch of stuff a like in the hopes one is also one you like so its easier for you to do something with it
Not in response to the above post

gift
Z/Anon from WV

WL Card
AK from Germany

Card
E from Germany

Time It's

looks like my shopping list is complete
time to procrastinate

Sorry in advance for my toddler drawing skill

>>283500582
That seems like a genuine post to me.

>>283500239
What was the bag of garbage then?

>>283500239
But shitposting about Canada is better than Christmas

>no snickers
>no snickers
>no snickers
>no snickers
poor lad

>>283499181
I realize now that I didn't mention anything about what kind of things I want either. I'm fine with anything though

>>283501330
Is it okay if I send great depression potato soup to my recipient in addition to their gift? It’s a delicacy in my country so I felt it would be appropriate, alongside Christmas chocolates and cocoa. I know people might be adverse to it so I wanted to ask to make sure.

>>283500582
Jesus, people are racist AF in that thread ridiculing other cultures like that. I am glad that canadians are getting what they deserve now.

>>283501633
Nice troll

God tier assignments this year, that's all I can say. Thank you based Santas. Maybe I'll post initials later, after I recover from my hungover. Assignments were so good that I had to drink to celebrate.

I've been reassigned from one of my card assignments. Does this mean I don't have to worry about being reassigned again? I want to get started on my gift anon already

One of my card anons is from Ontario and his list is giving off huge red flags.
He's on the whitelist though.

>>283501629
We have some classic raw meat dishes over here, those would also do great in mail. With some luck I'll recieve authentic raw fish for christmas in return.

>>283494730
>character preferences
For each of the series I listed, I'd say: Madoka, Omori, Rozemyne, Rika/Satoko, Yuki, Shiro.

Do you have to send snacks if it just a card ?

>>283501791
No, you can be lame.

>>283501729
>Does this mean I don't have to worry about being reassigned again?
Not necessarily. I got one reassignment for one of my cards and am waiting for another.
Best to wait until the fifth to get started in earnest.

>>283501737
What could possibly be a red flag outside of literal vtuber and gacha stuff in their wishlist?
>normalfag reaction image
Never mind, your opinion is worthless.

>>283501800
Thats what I thought

man everyone i got lives in the literal middle of no where
how am i going to stalk you now in a town of 5 people?

>>283502331
gently

>>283501315
Just use chatgpt like normal people

>>283501801
>reassignment for cards
Not worth waiting for, just make one more

>>283499200
Screencapped, see you next year

>match lists like 30-40 anime
>I don't know most of them and the ones I know are not really my tastes
Please reassign me Santa.

>>283502661
One of my card anons was my giftee. As tempting as it is to just send him two cards, I asked for another assignment instead.
The other came from the Santas.

>>283502707
What a great reason to try one or two of these anime, hate it and gently bully your anon for it.

>>283502745
>One of my card anons was my giftee
In that case I see the point and would do the same.

>>283502707
probably my list, my bad

>>283502923
Did you really need to say
>I like anime X, my favorite character is Y
50 times

Hey AP from Poland who is your favorite Tsukihime girl?

>>283502954
That would be Valov, I am into boys.

>>283502953
well mine was slightly more in depth than that i think

>>283502953
What would your ideal wishlist look like? I feel like I fucked up every year.

>>283503023
My complaints are mainly about the volume.

>>283503061
yea it was a lot (if it was mine)
I plan to cut it down more next time
To be fair i got one that listed the same show 10 times

Just realized I listed about 50 shows in total on my gift wishlist. Didn't think it ended up being that many.
But about the last two thirds were just meant to be looked at if anon didn't find a show they watched or that clicked with them among the others I listed, and I tried ot make that clear.

>>283503116
Don't worry, I have the perfect gift for you. 25$ anime keychain pack from AliExpress. I am sure it will include some keychains from your list

I have the Santa's files in my drawer, I will release the names on the list soon

>>283503320
its over

keychains are cool okay

>had a gag gift in mind
>anon's wishlist lines up so perfectly you couldn't have written it

>>283503562
Please don't send me something I can't resell.

>>283490341
Please have fun drawing my card!

>>283491155
>extremely mediocre craftwork
Don't say that, I'm sure you'll make an excellent job! And I'm glad that you liked the characters that I mentioned.

>>283503590
Is your address same as last year? gomen I still haven't watched anything from your list

>>283503590
NTA but I'll certainly have fun drawing your card, don't you worry.
Akira is cute, so she'll be making a cameo appearance

POST MY INITIALS ANON I'VE BEEN WAITING

Gift

IS(?) from IL
I can't make something super cool like you did as i don't have the means here sadly but i'll try my best to make something "higher effort"
Looks like an official piece too, very well done!

Cards

AB from UT
I've at least watched almost all of the stuff there , maybe not as in depth into the main series listed as you but its still nice

MB from Germany
Good choices, smug is best

AP from Italy
We both have an interesting match somewhere, maybe more surprising for me than you

ARP from Spain
I'll take heed of the warning , even though i did want to put something extra in
im not into the main thing you mentioned much sorry , so i dont think i can come up with something nice for it
but maybe i will or just pick one of your other options

MS from PA
maybe i'll make something with what you posted PLUS shill something i like

MK from Poland
a very good choice in there, you will find out which

Very unfortunate for everyone listed to get my high effort yet still mediocre looking work i will still try harder

I am specifically NOT posting your initials anon

> asked for two cards
>only get one match
:(

>>283503944
Later.

>>283503944
Sorry, I don't post initials if anon's wishlist is shit

AD of Mexico
PC of Hong Kong
do either of you drink coffee and would be able to receive it from the states right now?

BR of CA I conveniently already know your answers!

>>283503944
I am constantly checking for my initials but refuse to post the ones I got before shipping stuff.

>>283501413
>ain't gettin no snickers
dab on this loser and get him mars

I'm probably gonna try making a small figurine for my gift
It's probably gonna be shotty though

>>283503991
ANON I FUCKING SWEAR IF YOU DON'T POST MY INITIALS I WILL be very sad and think you hate me now :(

Do I really have to watch Zero no Tsukaima? Seems like yet another KugiRie tsundere show which there were plenty around when that aired.

>>283505000
Just read the plot summary and pretend that you watched and enjoyed it a lot in your card

What are the best figs for resale value?

>>283502681
They are not dropping the Ontario ban for one or two unlucky anons. They’ll see how much smoother the event went this year and keep it in effect next year.

I honestly still dont believe Canada even exists, you seriously expect me to believe that US has a little hat where people speak french?

Damn, I somehow missed the 1st thread now that I check out the archive
>>282939247
Glad to see you got it in the end! With the power of The Merry One maybe that rotating postal service strike won't obstruct Anons this year!

>santas from shitholes like South America, Poland and Italy
>everything goes fine
>santas from fucking Canada
>ruin everything for everyone

Cards for
BG of UK
MB of Germany
WG of Poland
F of CA

>>283505374
They didn’t ruin anything for anyone except fellow leafs, so no loss.

>>283505393
If anything it is a net positive since we don't need to hear about Canadians bitching about their postal service

ADL from South Africa
Please check with the organizers because your wishlist came empty to me. Might be a script bug or something.

>>283505311
But I got a card from Canada two years ago, it has to be a real place. And the mailman made me pay 15$ for it. That fucker.

>>283505419
They only banned one part of Canada. Hopefully they ban the entire country next year. I know there’s whitelisted anons that are going to keep participating from here on out, but if I get one of those, the ban is a go ahead to put in less effort for those anons.

>>283505458
Use AI for your cards and get AliExpress or Temu stuff for your anon if they're from Ontario, easy as pie.

>>283505508
The Santa Mami from the previous thread didn’t look too far off ngl

>>283505443
anon, it's full of Akarin!

you faggots are just too cute for your own good... no homo

>>283498738
Frequent grinching and annoying the santas behind-the-scenes

Coolness check
[Spoiler]favorite mobile suit[/Spoiler]

>>283507303
Rick Dias

>>283507303
Well, you failed it phone poster.

>>283507303
Qubeley mk ii

>>283507366
I'm not gonna let being on the train stop me from posting

>>283507303
denan gei. I'm not usually a suits fan but i really think this one looks good and is cute

>>283507303
Favorite mobile suit: Gouf
Favorite Gundam: Mk II

>>283507303
Woundwort

>>283503670
Yeah, it's still the same address. I haven't moved since 2020.

>>283503686
Oh, you can bet I'll have tons of fun drawing your card too. In fact, what I'll feel will be something closer to ECSTASY. For almost two years now I've had this really stupid idea for a card that only you would be able to appreciate, and now I can finally put it into paper. I can FEEL the Christmas. Also, thanks in advance. Akira a cute.

>>283507303
Acguy, Zaku I and Zaku II (not the homo pink version)

>>283501776
Thanks, that'll help

So what is your card generation workflow? I am thinking of using gpt to create "handmade" drawings of existing art. I may or may not trace over it but desu it looks good as is

Alternatively I am experimenting with some models using comfyui. They look promising

>>283507303
I like the Zeta and the Fenice from GBF.

>>283507100
How do you annoy them behind the scenes? I’m lucky to get a response half the time for my giftee questions,

>>283507747
Think of all the anons over the years who had technical issues and sperged out in the thread rather than talking things out. All those people.

>>283507687
At the moment im putting up reference pictures of characters in PureRef. Then I sketch out the picture using computer, print it out, trace over the sketch and paint it.
Thinking about testing out airbrushing this time, I only have acrylics for scale modelling but i think they might work out fine.

>>283507303
for me it's the calamity

>>283507785
>everyone who had issues was a leaf

Im sorry anons. Is there a link or something by which i can read how this whole thing works?

>>283507687
What model do you use, I’m struggling to get a good result

>signed up for maximum cards
>will use AI for all of them
>will do the same next year and the year after that
And there's nothing you can do about it, fucking luddites. I'll be done in a week tops while you're still playing with your crayons.

Is there a reason the Santas didn’t just follow the /toy/ Santas and ban all of Canada? I’m sick of their postal service every year fucking up, in addition to the reasons why leafs got banned already.

>>283508061
>i will proceed to being pathetic
>and you cant stop me!
good riddance

>>283507303
WaD my beloved

>>283508061
>week
You mean a day, depending on how many cards you have

>>283508020
NetaYume Lumina seems alright. There is also a Lora that converts it manga style. It is a bit hit and miss though. You may need to create a bunch before getting what you want

I haven't experimented much yet

>>283508061
Good for you, there is literally nothing wrong with it.

TS from Slovenia - expect lots of sweets and candies! I really like your list. Just to be sure, by "part 7" you meant the best JoJo part?

Cards:
GB from United Kingdom and JM from MD - I got you both, hope I will be able to send some additional goodies along with the card!

>>283508174
I don't like sweets but I can give them to my little brother, thanks for the thought anon.

I thought I removed Jojo from my wish list, did I misremember? Alright if you already started looking for it a Jojo gift is fine I guess.

How do you tell YGO card rarities? I'm guessing the more they hurt my eyes the rarer they are?

>>283508290
you must get the 5 pieces of exodia and blue eyes white dragon right

>>283508290
Are you getting your anon YGO cards? Seriously? No effort whatsoever.

>>283508290
More or less. They've changed over time so it's hard to compare apples to apples for older sets vs new sets. Just focus on the rarities that look good to you, those are in more demand.

>>283508068
Probably because their friends live in Canada, just not Toronto

>>283508121
Thanks, I'll try these out.

>>283508247
>I don't like sweets
It's OK - If you prefer something that it not sweets I'll find you something extra, I have a lot to chose from in my country. Those kinds of things make an alternative to standard package fillers. About the gift - don't you worry, I was just making sure that I understood your list in full. However, if you don't like custom/handmade stuff, it would be nice knowing this in advance.

>not a single mention of initials or country
I'm getting so card grinched. I can feel it in my bones

>>283508371
They are collectibles like figurines, what is the difference?

>>283505443
i'll check, i think it was on my end

>>283508678
Some rarities look like shit (maximum gold) so no one wants to buy them. Some cards are used often in competitive play, so there's higher demand as players want to trick out their decks with the nicest/most expensive rarities.

>>283508669
I would prefer something I can sell or regift if I don't like it so no crafts please. Preferably send something unopened. Steam keys are fine too.

>>283508761
What's the best resale item this year? Frieren figs?

>>283508290
im guessing you got the yugioh guy too
my most recent interaction with ygo is kaiba saying sneed

>>283508778
Yeah, something popular in normie world.

>>283508828
I should have asked for CSM Reze figs too.

>>283508761
>Steam keys
What game

>>283508917
I’d ask for Death Stranding 2

>>283508917
FC26

>>283508917
ARC Raiders

Swaglord McMoney of OH as someone who shares alot of your favorite series, one of them is Upotte!! Do you have a favorite raifu from the series?

>>283509034
I seriously hope that isn't your giftees name. They're either an unfunny teenager or an unfunny 40 year old.

>>283509034
Hello! My favorite character is Curly, I would appreciate a gift related to him, thanks!

>>283509116
Par for the course for what I’d expect with someone using that alias

>>283508068
>/toy/ banned Canada because there were too many grinches from there
What causes this? I thought Canadians were supposed to be nice.

Doubt the problem will go away by itself. Hypothetically, would low quality or spamming/flooding be better? I'm thinking the second one.

>>283509256
Which problem?

>>283509034
Maybe Saiga, used to own a Chinese clone of one.

>>283509256
Janitors won't look at context and care and even when he cops one he switches IPs like he did last week.

>>283509256
both

>>283508061
If this are the people taking part in this event now, I don't think I'll sign up next year.
I don't care about your card featuring pretty art, the point was about fellow anons giving a damn about each other.
If you're going to treat this like a factory assembly line, I don't want to be a part of it. Might as well just email your gens since you're at it, physical letters are so slow and unreliable, amirite?

>>283509324
So what, is everyone taking this lying down? I'm pretty sure at this point that it's multiple people/a bot/paid jeets. 3 reports flag a post GLOBALLY so enough of that will get the mods moving at some point.

>>283509320
patrician taste, thanks pimp juice

>>283509256
For me it's trolling outside of /b/ but all of the aforementioned apply as well. Obviously janny doesn't give a fuck because all of that sharty diarrhea stays up. I just hope it's the raiding shitters replying to themselves and not actual anons biting the laziest bait

I have ordered the material to make my gift.
I do hope to have time to work on it this weekend

>>283509414
Stop taking bait newfag, ignore it

>>283508014
Search for these threads during october weekends or in the archieve, the op will explain. Lurk this year and make sure you remember next one.

>>283509414
AI is no different than Photoshop or tracing paper or the pencil you are holding. It is thought that matters, not the tools or the process.

>>283509507
What are you crafting

>>283509672
I ordered some oven bake clay of various colors.
I want to try my hand at making a small figure of a favorite character they mentioned

>>283509766
Sounds bold, godspeed anon

gift:
OS of MS

cards:
MS of PA
SA of Austria

I'll do my best !!!!!!!

Considering all the AIfags I'm trying to figure out a way to make my cards visibly as humanmade as possible.

>>283499692
Could I still ask for one even though I didn't rejoin either of the SS's this year?

>>283509889
Paint them using your blood.

>>283505384
Initials spotted

>>283509766
Oven bake clay figures are probably some of the easiest things to manage with little skill. Being able to constantly remold helps.
>>283509889
Pretty much all physical mediums you can visibly see having been applied to the card. Crayon wax sits on top, markers bleed a bit, pens leave grooves, etc.

Anyone feel like some jap yen coins? i have a massive bag thats just sitting in my drawer

>>283509934
yes

>>283509889
What is with this AI hate? It is time for the acceptance anon.

>>283510009
I'll give it my best bocchers. Please look forward to it, but keep your expectations low. I also want to try baking some cum-free cookies for my card anons.

I'm using Krita then making pop up cards. It's handmade enough, r-right?

>>283510259
If you are not producing your own papyrus, it is trash.

BG from UK. Coffee, tea or cocoa?

>First sketch complete
>And it doesnt look like hot garbage
Well that was fast. Lets see what i think of it after a good nights sleep I bet it looks like hot garbage.

>>283503972
Somehow I missed this post. Please have a wonderful time working on my card!

>>283509414
Stop being such a bitch.

Gift:
SW of NY
Now's a good reason to watch more Satoshi Kon. Also thanks for including other interests, helps a lot with ideas.
Cards:
TD of Germany
Some of the stuff on your list I've been trying to find time to watch. Now is that time.
AK of Germany
When you say "artifacts" what do you mean?
JH of OK
>my kiddos
Now this is some admirable devotion to your waifu.

is it ok if I just send the gift? without a card?

>>283495500
You're good. The only actual figure I currently have is a little nendoroid of my wife, so avoid that I suppose.

>>283509414
I know you’re just ranting but if I could get a postal service that could deliver in a timely fashion, that would be nice.

>>283510583
The least you could do is write a short letter and doodle on it a bit.

>>283510583
You should at least add a note that has a message on it. Like “Merry Christmas” at least.

>>283510452
Cawfee

>>283509889
Unless you plan on adding glitter or anything else that's tangible, it's hard to differentiate. The "draw x but like a child drew it" already fooled people years ago and that was with worse AI.

>>283509635
>AI is no different than Photoshop
Don't lump us photoshoppers in with you lazy ass pieces of trash. We actually put fucking effort in to editing our cards. I spent hours manually replicating the presentation of a VN for a card last year, it was some of the most fun I've ever had. Points for making me bite the bait I guess, fuck you and your lazy ass mind.

>>283510583
You should make a card for your giftee, don't you want to make your anon happy? If you really hate drawing there are other methods to making cards like cutouts or photoshop collage. Even a short letter saying what you think about his anime would do. Personally, I would rather my santa call me a fag with a shit taste than to send me a gift without a word.

>>283510748
>replicating
You mean something AI is literally built on and would have been fit for the task of? I don't even mean offence by this, I agree that Photoshop is better than AI, but this is the worst example you could have given.

just report the aifags

>>283510691
Noted. Also while we're here, I just want to clarify. Do you own any books or mangos or doujins of the series you listed?

>>283510815
Please tell me where using AI is against the rules. Even the /ss/ rules don't say that.

>>283510784
Where's the fun in that though? Going through the trial and error of making things look right is a fucking dream, who wants instant gratification all the time?

>>283510848
People with limited free time.

>>283510748
Well, I am hand drawing my cards without the aid of computers and you lazy piece of shits disgust me.

>>283510873
Well, I'm carving into stone tablets for my giftee and you disgust me.

>>283510848
Have you considered that maybe some people don't enjoy drawing as much as you do?

Initials doko?

anon, do you like stickers ?

>>283510836
A few doujins, no books.

>>283510924
What kind?

>>283510914
Your santa is yoo busy buying your gift and/or making your card :)
trust the process

>>283510043
5 Yen coins in with your cards would be a nice gesture

Did I miss the signup period again like a baka?

>>283510997
Yes. You'll be fine for next year so long as you're not a leaf.

>>283510836
Nothing from the shows or artists that I listed unless you're including stuff from the link to the full list I included.

>>283511015
I thought I was on top of it searching through the archive every week but I searched secret santa and not secret s/a/nta so nothing popped up

I prefer AI art over some "art" that gets posted here desu. Doodling like a toddler does not make it cute or "soulful", it is just bad.

>>283510043
I'd take yen coins, but they'd get spent on cheap konbini alcohol/snacks eventually

>>283510997
I made a couple extra signups, send me an email and I will send a gift on your way.

>>283511079
i'd expect nothing less

Does reporting have a longer cooldown if you do a lot of it in a sort amount of time?

>>283510938
characters anon listed, cute chibis, funny ones etc

>>283511058
Well, what if I ask AI to doodle like a toddler?

Reposting from last thread so anons can see their initials.
MK of AB
AP of Romania
CC of ON
I am working on your homo cards.

>>283511102
There's a 2 minute timer, I believe for each.

>>283511272
>CC of ON
>homo cards

>>283511080
sweetsecretsanta@santasquad.moe
you mean this email right?

>>283511524
No, to
fallbackss@gmail.com

>>283511524
I am just fucking with you anon, it is over.

But do send a mail to santa, maybe he will take pity on you. And next year search for "Santa" or "secret", not both.

>>283496799
Oh fug, got the Nemofag as my santa. I'd be lying if I said your visible and recognizable autistic excitement didn't make me excited to have you. Please enjoy this shitty Nemo Santa edit I just made.

>>283511607
>But do send a mail to santa, maybe he will take pity on you.
That doesn't sound particularly fair, what about the other anons that didn't get a chance to sign up?

>>283511574
>>283511607
One always lies and one always tells the truth
which do I believe

>>283510099
I do use it to play but if I make it do my work for me I could also just pay my neighbour to do my cards for me. Hell, I could also just generate a whole /a/ for me including all the anons I like with just 5% shittaste and spamming, give me entire secret santa threads, 10/10 wishlists and fancy top cute cards with zero grinching.
I don't care what you do but my anons will recieve what they signed up for, the good and the bad.

>>283511724
>pay my neighbour
You don't have to pay for AI to make things for you.
>neighbour
>u
Leaf detected.

>>283511649
On this anon's defense, it sounds like he will never make it if santa does not pity him. We need some affirmative action for such "special" anons.

>>283511783
That's the same for every anon who misses the deadline.

>>283510088
Yay :)
Email has been sent

>>283510564
Thank you, I love them all so much.

To my dear JB from Czech Republic: Unfortunately for you, I am your Santa this year. God knows what kind of artistic abomination will I send to you for Christmas. I hope you're ready for that. Don't worry I will try my damn best. You deserve the most beautiful gift I can produce.

>>283507303
MS18-E Kampfer. The whole rest of the Gouf family too, really.

>>283511783
I'm special!?

>tfw can draw
>but can't color for my life
Sorry anons who get my cards

>>283510564
>what do you mean?
Sorry, feel free to ignore, I just recieved a maybe somewhat radioactive item from a stalker anon once and wanted you to know that if you're into stuff like that I can appreciate it.

>>283512347
>radioactive
Nigga what?

>>283512381
I assume they mean somewhat illegal

>>283512221
I will cherish your black and white drawings!

>>283512347
>stalker anon
>radioactive
You mean like shit from the fuckin Zone???

>>283512388
>mailing illegal items
You people are retarded.

>>283512460
They said a stalker anon, that wording makes me assume it was hand delivered.

>>283512491
Can we ban hand delivering already? It's what lead to the leaf drama.

>>283512460
I'm pretty sure some unhinged people will send cocoa to US anons eventually.

>>283512491
I think they're talking about S.T.A.L.K.E.R. which is a vidya about crazy slavs running around the Chernobyl Zone but its full of alien artifacts and mutants and shit trying to grab anything of worth.
aka Anon got mailed a piece of the fucking elephants foot and almost got cancer for Christmas.

>>283512566
Why are they talking about video games on /a/

>>283511803
I sent a follow up question but just in case it happened to get filtered or eaten I'll mention it here. Reply at your leisure.

>>283512804
Don't see it in my inbox, junk or spam folders

>>283512694
I dunno anon, why are half the wishlists nothing but gacha and vtumors? Some things we'll never know.

>>283512904
Are they? I only got one with gacha on it. Maybe I got lucky.

>>283512694
It's somewhat anime now isn't it?

>>283513112
The adaptation was horrifically bad.

SL from Finland I have a very important question for you. Did I send you a card already back in 2021? It was a card featuring Yunyun from Konosuba and Anderson from Hellsing. Asking for very important reasons.

>>283513318
There is like 2 people participating from Finland. Take a guess.

>>283510564
>Some of the stuff on your list I've been trying to find time to watch. Now is that time.
Hope that includes my suggestion right at the beginning. Would love to hear your thoughts.

>>283512694
Because there’s no /v/ Secret Santa

>>283505000
Yes, it is the best kugyuu show after all.

>>283513543
That one… I’ll save for later. Not exactly my cup of tea.

>>283507303
I know I'll be hated for this but I unironically think it's cool

>>283513561
Toradora exists and has a cult following here for a reason bucko.

>>283505000
I know which anon you got. And yes you need to watch it.

INITIALS DOKO

>>283513572
And you are right. About being hated, that is.

>>283512804
I replied to your follow up email.

Posting initials for the one and only time until I start shipping cards:

BN of Mexico
Y of Brooklyn, NY
RW of Chile
MK of AB Canada
MK of SK Canada
LK of CA
SH of NY
MS of PA
H of NC
JH of OK
FV of Italy
MM of Romania
NXJ of Malaysia
YLL of Italy
IP of OK
AM of FL
SKG of QC Canada

You're all in good hands!
Do any of you have a waifu/husbando you haven't mentioned?
Do any of my US cardanons have food allergies? (Sorry international anons, too risky right now, hopefully next year I can send you something.)

AK of Germany
You're one of my homocards. Can you explain your wishlist better? I have absolutely no idea what series the characters you listed are from, aside from maybe Sakamoto-san (from Nichijou, right?).

>>283513781
I'm sorry anon, I was just so... HUNGRY.

>>283503972
Rad. I'm starting to work on your gift already hope you love it!

>>283513812
JH of OK I thought I mentioned I didn't have any allergies in my list but no I don't have any food allergies. Thank you for asking!

>>283513570
It can't be helped. Do share your thoughts on whatever else you've seen/will watch, of course I'd love to hear them as well!

>>283513781
Next weekend.

Dear Santa, if you have trouble with my gift you can just send all the Comic LO volumes you can grab. Thanks.

This year I got some interesting countries to send stuff to. I wonder how the post office niggas will look at me sending mail to the entire Eastern Bloc.

>>283513784
anon-kun, please...don't spread hate on Christmas

AX of CA why did you put gacha on your wishlist

>>283513983
That ain't me lmao. While it's true it may not be what I'd normally watch I'm going to try anyway. For Christmas.

>>283514342
That is me and I don't know who this is. What the fuck?

First timer secret s/a/nta here. When is the best time to ship out cards? I have both domestic and international cards.

>>283514048
It's a good thing Canada got banned because now anons can actually ship Comic LO to recipients.

>>283514597
By this coming Friday at the latest.

>>283514597
Best bet is to have everything shipped BEFORE Dec 1st.
Earlier the better for International.

>>283514597
As early as possible. Your postal service should have last posting dates if you want to slack off a bit.

>>283511913
Godspeed. I'm looking forward to your artistic pile of Christmas cheer. Just remember to have fun and not overwork yourself!

MK of AB, are you allergic to anything?

>>283514628
Y-you guys aren't that fast are you

>>283514710
I get at least a few done by then, though I don't send them until the middle of November. The anons using AI can probably send them by Wednesday at the latest since they're not doing any work anyways.

>>283514597
When they're ready, but earlier is better. Cards are usually opened before Christmas and displayed/used as decoration in the days leading up to it.
Keep shipping deadlines in mind, too.

>>283514651
>>283514657
Thanks anons. I am hoping to use my vacation from work next week to make them and send out max Nov 21.

>>283514773
>vacation from work
>spending it on making cards
Grim

>>283513331
NTA, but there's been years where Finland was like top 5 in Europe as far as participants were concerned

>>283514787
Silly anon, cards aren't work. Making cards for fellow anons is the most joyful and merry activity there is.

>>283514787
It's better than just sitting in my dark room watching anime, reading mango, and playing vidya until 04:00 AM, which is what I do when I'm not working.

>>283514869
But that sounds based?

>>283514822
>top 5 in Europe
So like 3 participants

>see the initials of an anon I might know
>have a horrible feeling they died in the last week

>>283515012
You could confirm that instead of doomposting.

>>283513812
I repent. I really shouldn't speak in riddles on top of listig shit. If it's annoying just pick your own fav/recommendations or grinch. Sakamoto is always welcome. If you're in the mood for drawing real humans the Jonson & Kazukabe (dorohedoro) duo is very fun though I promise. Just please don't skip Jonson.
I also just now realized searching for haze and jonson without context results in a total disaster.

>>283515191
>Dorehedoro
Eugh.

next weekend I will surely see my initials

>>283515191
>I also just now realized searching for haze and jonson without context results in a total disaster.

>>283513781
I'm not posting cause I don't want the other anon to have any good or bad expectations

>>283513318
That does sound an awful lot like me.

something I want to get clarified since this is my first time
I know that the person you are gifting to is the one sending you a gift as well

from what I can gather cards are completely randomized and the person you are carding is not carding you. Is that correct?

>>283515409
>I know that the person you are gifting to is the one sending you a gift as well
Nope. Can happen, but the matching is more like A -> B -> C -> ... -> A for both cards and gifts.

>>283515409
Retard post

>>283510997
Use neet catalog and make a filter that highlights and pins "s/a/nta" matching threads to the top. Then next year you'll see the threads so long as you're using neet.

>>283513812
If they put Karl then it's Kaworu from the Evangelion manga.

>>283514597
We don't know where you are so the time it takes for cards to travel is impossible to guess. For example, domestic cards in the UK can take two days to turn up, but in the US domestic means crossing UK sized states. Finish international first and do the domestics by order of who's furthest away to be safe. Plan this even if you think you'll be done all in one week, because it will save your ass if you get sick with flu or run into other trouble.

>>283515191
Wait I gotta make a reaction image for this.

>>283515267
>I'm not posting cause I don't want the other anon to have any good or bad expectations
Not posting my initials gives me bad expectations though. It makes me think you hated my wishlist and you're going to grinch me and show my wishlist to your friends and make fun of me on a meet up in Toronto. So post them now or I WILL suffer the consequences

>>283515409
>the person you are carding is not carding you.
Someday they might

>>283514261
Wasn't too aware of the gacha scene and just thought the character looked funny. Seen it in places outside of gacha (and on /a/) so I assumed it had been elevated past the gacha hellhole.
Hindsight I shouldn't have put it there

>>283498443 (OP)

2011 - 2025 /ss/ photo albums of cards and gifts

https://pastebin.com/KiFBcHRM

2017 - 2025 /ss/ thread archives

https://pastebin.com/u/SecretSanta2017

Previous threads:
>>283441181
>>283490544

>>283515301
Do you want snacks with your card ? Asking for another anon

It's not me

>>283515634
Arigatou anon

>gacha shit
Sorry, no initials for you anon.

>>283515576
>>283515853

Haven't seen him lately so I'll do it myself.
52 days

>>283516042
Somebody check the glue factory!

>>283514597
No rush, we generally aim for them to arrive two weeks after the new years for maximum Christmas spirit.

Does anyone here have Stirner Demiurge?

>>283509051
that name goes so hard, wtf are you on

>>283516042
That's illegal

>>283516042
Grok remind me to post my gift in 55 days

>>283514261
You know your duty anon.

>>283513331
At least 4 so far.

>>283513543
Man why couldn't I get an seacat anon. I had such good ideas...

>>283515576
tbf I think it makes things more exciting. I won't be posting initials of my anon either.

How do I sign up to gift someone?

>>283507303
>forcing me to choose just one
>liked the Zeong and the Sazabi as a kid
>the Gyan might be my favourite overall
>really warmed up to the Hyakushiki, F91, and Crossbone
>want the Qubeley and its pilot to call me a good boy
>can't hate anything in G Gundam
>the Tallgeese is really neat as well, warming up to the Alex due to its fun kit
Guess it's gotta be the Gyan

>>283518338
Send an email to sweetsecretsanta@santasquad.moe but be quick, since sign ups end today.

>>283518338
You time travel back a few days and not miss the deadline. Or wait another year I guess

>>283517410
Grinching? Might have to at this rate.

>>283518408
Just read that they ended nov 1? is it too late?

>>283518483
No, they're allowing late signups because a few anons missed it this year. Today's the last day.

PC from Hong Kong consider yourself not grinched

>>283518483
Yes.

>>283499320
easier for autists to get away with being on welfare 24/7 which means they get to do nothing but shitpost all day off the taxpayer's dime.
that and also everyone hates leafs fans.

>>283511324
>there are ZERO guy characters you like and want a wholesome card of
Ngmi

>>283518492
I feel like you’re messing with me.. this isn’t very jolly. I’ll submit anyways

I hope anon doesn't bang on my door at 3am and try to drop gifts off or try and climb the fence again

>>283518497
Thanks anon. Also add cyberpunk 2077 to my wishlist. I picked the anime up after making my wishlist and enjoying it so far. I would appreciate a steam key for the game. No need to mail anything, just mail the key to Santas and they can forward it to me.

>>283518571
Make sure to tell them you are someone from Toronto that has just moved. There is a loophole with Toronto, they have to accept your entry.

>>283518586
If I am coming in on 3am, I am at least expecting a BJ in return

>>283518571
Ask the Santas to post to prove it.

>>283518634
I'm from Ontario but not Toronto.

>>283518605
Actually no, if you could get me Ghost of Yotei, that would be better, thanks.

>>283518800
That's good enough, I'm sure they'll be delighted.

>got relocated to the International Space Station for work and won't be back home until February, but don't want to have a lonely Christmas
Can I offer to cover the shipping and have them just ship it here

>>283518887
Maybe you should have considered that before signing up.

>>283518834
Awesome, thanks, I'll ask them if I can send pagpag this year.

>>283518907
They swore that they wouldn't put me on space duty this year

>>283513812
>MM of Romania
I forgot to list Motoko Kusanagi from GitS and CC from Code Geass if you want more options for girls. Eternal husbando is Kurama from YYH. Especially in his youko form, those fluffy ears and tail are love.
Good luck with all those cards!

My anon has a 3 story house worth 1mil, wtf. looked it up on zillow
does this guy even deserve a gift

>>283518922
That sucks but still your fault.

>>283518941
Why are you participating if you're going to get mad that some anons are doing well for themselves?

>>283518942
Well, here's hoping that someone tries to hand-deliver like they did last year
>3am in lunar time and there's a knock outside the airlock

>>283518941
anon... all decent houses in any major city are worth at least a million

My anon is a faggot, wtf. looked it up on zillow
does this guy even deserve a gift

Feels like I'm the only one bothering to report this shit when the bot to participant post ratio has become 9:1 and nothing happens.

My anon is a woman, wtf. looked it up on zillow
does this guy even deserve a gift

>>283519015
>Every post I don’t like is a bot
Don’t even know what to tell you besides to stop taking the internet so seriously.

>>283518941
>3 story house worth 1mil
In other places that's a mid size apartment. As long as he has money left for postage everything is fine.

>>283498443 (OP)
How do I partake?

>>283519276
wait 10 months...

>>283519276
face the mirror at 3 AM and chant "retard" three times

>>283519276
You wait until next October and follow the instructions in the thread.

Speaking of following instructions, if you haven't received your assignments, please check the email address you used in your signup form. Assignments go out to whatever is in that field, not the one that you used to send us your information. Please also ensure that it is spelled correctly. I've had 4 people so far this year use a different email in their signup than they sent the signup from, and then email me asking where their assignments are.

>>283519399
Relax bro, no need to be snarky about it. Where is your Christmas spirit?

>>283518941
Nigga my anon's "house" is $140,000,000 on zillow. And I'm in the $25 tier...

You guys should be working on your cards instead of being retarded and stalking your anon's house.

Gift:
BR of CA
Do you have a particular favorite of all the characters you listed? I have a plan.

Whitelist Cards:
DL of NC
Depending on how much time I find, I might end up playing the game your first character is from so I can get better context. Otherwise know your card is safe and ready!

OK I am sold

>>283519643
waiting for lazy ass santas to be done with reassignments

>>283519643
But santas said to wait till the reassignment period was over...

>>283519480
How strange I also got him in the $25 tier

>>283519480
The handmade with love tier you mean.

>looked up my anon's house and it's worth $25 with no working facilities
>we're in the $140,000,000+ tier
I mean, I guess anon's been saving up

>>283519727
>tfw no zillow prince assignment

>>283519672
Model?

>>283519672
Surprisingly good.

Anons, what kind of cards would you prefer to receive?
>photoshopped card with something smaller drawn inside
>regular card with christmas-themed character pop-out
>regular card with regular drawing inside
I used to send the first option but my printer is dead so I'm looking for other options before needing to spend 300 bucks in printer support

>>283520308
can you not go to whatever local facility has a printer you can use

>>283520308
Put characters from anon's wishlist and otherwise it doesn't matter

Pretty excited for Secret S/a/nta this year as I'm trying international cards for the first time!

Cards:
NV from UK
CC from Canada
OS from MS
NB from CA
MB from Germany

Whitelist Cards:
SM from UK
VS from Netherlands

I hope to do you guys proud, man I forgot to practice drawing again for this year.

>>283520308
Crayon doodles paired with a small snack and excessive bullying because anon forced himself to watch several episodes of some shitty anime I listed.

>>283520792
>snack
Why are americans like this? Does everything need to come with a snack?

>>283520704
Oh, I'm one of these, I believe in you anon!

>>283520816
No but I might eat your card without one.

>>283520308
Blank card with a character drawn on the front and a message written on the back.

>>283520308
Why can’t you do a Photoshop card with Christmas themed character pop-out?

>>283520816
Yes, by law all gifts must come with a complementary snack, gun, or flag.

> no homo
> yes to lewd

What did homo mean by this?

>>283520816
Why did you begin talking about Americans unprompted? Too much time on /pol/?

>>283520308
Just feed your anon's wishlist to chatgpt and ask it to create a Christmas card out of it like normal people do.

>>283510997
don't worry your about 11 months early

>>283514597
I try to ship out before thanksgiving just so I'm sure they arrive a few weeks early. also I know if I don't I'm going to ADHD and leave it to the last minute

>>283521239
The only way for people to avoid their wishlist being done by AI is to have obscure series with few appearances of their favorite character so it can’t be trained on it well.

I legitimately wonder what the most remote obscure place that somebody has ever signed up from is.

there's got to be at least one person at some point who signed up from like siberia or antartica or something right?

>>283521405
wonder if there's any from native mainland china, japan, korea, etc

>>283521372
Even in such case, you can give AI an image of that character and make a christmas card using that character.

>>283521454
>wonder if there's any from native mainland china
There was one a year or two ago
>japan
Actually pretty common, I've had two Japanese anons (or possibly expats/students living in Japan)

Working on cards is hard. For the AI anons, how do you guys get the best outputs? I’m trying to make it so the end result still looks hand drawn.

>>283498470
somebody lore dump me. I havent been in the santa threads in a while, why the ban ? What did maple bros do ?

>>283522408
They took santaloli from us, no one has seen or heard from her in years.

>>283522018
Please don't use AI for your cards, even if you suck at drawing. Your shitty scribbles will be worth far more to your anon than slop ever could.

>>283522018
anon, drawing isn't the only way to make a card, AI should be your last resort.

I can't tell if people are just horrible at not taking bait this year or if it's just samefagging

>got someone normal and likable for my reassignment
We're all gonna make it

I got a few people with chainsaw man on their list and I finally am getting around to watching it and now I feel bad just for judging and thinking it was just some typical shonen all these years

So what does the tariff situation look like for shipping from Canada to the US? I don't mind paying extra but I don't want my anon to have to pay for anything. I'm in the $150+ bracket.

AM from FL
Nice to get someone with decent taste for once. Prepare to get spoiled rotten.

>>283522657
Listen to this anon, anons.

>>283519672
forehead not big enough

>>283523199
horrific. it depends on the origin of manufacturing of the product you want to send over, use zonos pre-pay to deal with the tariffs before you send. canadapost has a guide on this.
China made goods specifically have increased tariffs, and you must declare before you ship it, from what im aware

>>283523461
something I forgot is that you can just keep an eye on the tracking#, wait till package gets billed by customs, then pay the tariffs from your side online, and the package will arrive to anon without them needing to pay for it

Suddenly noticed none of the 20 wishlists I was given involved Dragon Ball. Interesting.

>>283521454
I am in Japan
there was someone else here two years ago but recently I've had to send all of mine to Asia

>>283521405
Though not so obscure, I am almost certain to be the only anon from where I live
>Canary Islands

>>283521405
Most obscure I've ever had is Singapore, but Romania this year is an honorable mention. South Africa, too. Now if a dude from Rwanda or Burundi showed up, that would really be something!

>>283503972
I’m glad you’ve watched most of the series I listed and I look forward to your card!

>>283517787
im a seacat anon, too bad you never got me
maybe next year

>>283522657
>>283522849
I can’t draw at all. I’ve tried a bunch and it comes out looking hideous. My anon is not going to want indecipherable scribbles over something that looks recognizable.

>>283524203
Look at the archive anon
>>283515634
Its going to be daijobu

>>283523780
Anon... Romania has 20 million citizens. I wouldn't call it obscure. I got someone from Bulgaria which has about 7 million.

>>283524366
Well, that's 16.8 million less than the example of Siberia OP gave so

>>283523780
i haven't got general obscure places but i've gotten people that live a million miles away from civilisation in their own country

>>283524203
My first santa sent me a card that looked like something a five year old could draw in 2 minutes. I cherished it anyway, much more than I would something made with AI. All you're doing is telling your anon that you're lazy and that you didn't want to put in the effort that comes with actually creating something. That'll have a much more negative effect on him than a shitty drawing would. Don't be that person.

For the record, I suck at drawing too. The majority of us do. It doesn't mean we're content with giving our anons slop.

>>283524203
Bro, people sign up for cards fully knowing and expecting to get mostly baby scribbles.
It's part of the charm.

>>283504802
AD here. I don’t drink coffee very often, but I do like it! I checked it looks like sending a small amount of roasted coffee through customs should be fine. Thanks a lot for considering an extra gift, I can wait to see your card!

>>283524418
>telling your anon you’re lazy
Well yes, I am.

>>283522018
Chatgpt is smart enough to work with any query. Local models and workflow varies. Some use language models like Gemma so you can "talk" to it, some are simpler so you mostly just input tags to it

Go to civitai and try to find an image similar to what you want. Then use the same models and load the image in comfy ui and hope that it comes with a workflow and tags

You niggers better not being using AI to replicate Christmas joy.

>>283525505
you're getting artificial joy and you will be happy

>>283525532
I'll kill you

Why didn't you guys ask Santa to not match you with AI chads if you hate AI that much

>>283525559
If someone is so lazy and soulless to use AI in the first place, they'll just rationalize it as "I'm still handing drawing, I'm just tracing the AI."

>>283524418
"Muh laziness" is a retarded argument. You put more effort into your card if you are using ai compared to drawing doodles. Hell, even finding a printer is more hassle compared to just doodling like a kid

AI scribbles have more soul than average anon's. Slap some stickers around and your match won't even be able to tell. If you really want to make it "legit" just trace over it.

I really hope the Santas make using AI a blacklist-able offence if they haven't already.

>>283525716
They have, one of them mentioned it last year I think.

Well a lot of my card anons mentioned Frieren this year and I don't like to draw cards without being well informed about the character that I'm drawing, so I guess I'll have to watch that. Card research officially starts today, I am feeling the Christmas.

>>283525716
I agree it should be but I think it'd be hard to prove a lot of the time. It just staggers me how some people decide to get involved in such a fun thing and then they put the least amount of effort into it possible.

>>283525716
we'll just have to replace the santa with s/ai/nta

>>283525716
>>283525726
Found it

>everyone should waste time on cards reeeeee
Why are you guys like this? I am already doing multiple crafts for the gift. I enjoy DIY but I hate drawing. Guess I am a lazy soulless person for using AI. I genuinely don't understand AI hate.

The alternative is finding a fitting image on gelbooru and slapping a "Merry Christmas" on top of it in gimp.

>>283525757
There is no homemade tier, it is homemade/25$ tier chud.

>>283525780
I just boughted the card in nearby shop

>>283525780
>waste time on cards reeeeee
Nigga........ that's the fun part. I want something from YOU. From an /a/non. A five second second by YOU is worth more than the best AI pic in the world. What the fuck is so hard to understand connecting with another human for a holiday? Soulless nigga. Go buy a fig in Hell.

>>283525804
Soul

>>283525812
>that is the fun part
Not for me. As I said I am doing multiple crafts already, you are getting something from me.

A genuine question: is a gelbooru image with a merry christmas text slapped on top better than ai?

Oh btw I will still slap "merry christmas" part manually since AI sucks at text. So you are just trading a gelbooru image with ai image.

>>283525867
>A genuine question: is a gelbooru image with a merry christmas text slapped on top better than ai?
Not really, because it's still low effort.
You can do better without ever drawing anything regardless.

>>283525867
>Not for me
You've got Christmas backwards, man. You really don't understand.

>>283500799
hi, E here, all my cards should be WL, can you check again?

>>283515809
I won't force you but sure, go ahead

>>283525908
It goes both ways, I am perfectly fine with my Santa making my card the way he prefers it. An AI generated card is more likely to end up on my bookshelf than a soulful doodle.

>>283525953
Those are two separate things. Your duty, as Santa, is to make sure whoever receives from you has a good time.

Anon didn't post my card and probably hated it so I'm using AI next time

If I get an AI card, I'm just not posting it.

>>283525984
You would not know about it, I sent 3 ai cards last year and got no complaints.

AI art and then tracing it with a pen and crayons, who can stop you?

>>283525739
>>283525984
I'll just generate artificial happy responses when posting printed cards from now on.

>>283525780
We can buy the things we want ourselfs, we can commission or draw the pictures we like ourselfs. Getting full on AI cards is way closer to doing the amazon wishlist secret santas where you just get bought shit with a small note without all that chrismas hassle of wrapping and drawing. This event is all about that hassle though.

>"AI ART COULD BE ANYWHERE" he thought...
>"AI ART COULD BE ANYWHERE... I HATE AI ART."

I'm requesting that the Santas ban India from participating next year in addition to Ontario. That should be enough to deal with most AI advocates.

The primary purpose of a greeting card is to convey genuine human emotion and connection.
Impersonal Feeling: Messages or artwork generated by AI, which lacks personal experiences or emotions, can feel generic, "robotic," or insincere to the recipient.
Reduced Relationship Satisfaction: Studies have shown that recipients perceive a sender as less invested in the relationship if they use AI assistance for personal correspondence, leading to lower relationship satisfaction.

>>283525757
>It is ok to send non homemade gifts in homemade(/25$) tier
>but using ai is not allowed
I don't get these retarded Santas. Just separate 25$ and homemade tiers.

Don't care about modern technologies. I will spend an entire month drawing cards using my dirty human hands and I will have tons of fun during the process.

>>283526290
>>283526291
At the exact same time? This must be the work of artificial intelligence.

>>283526277
here is your human emotions bro

>>283526412
Thank you for the interaction. As an AI, I can interpret your message, but I don't "feel" emotions in the same biological or conscious way humans do. My ability to understand and generate text related to emotions comes from pattern recognition in vast datasets, not from a subjective, lived experience.

Man, this website has really gone to shit these past few years

>>283526412
Thnaks bro

>>283526412
Sovl

Merry day.
Merry time.

AIkatsu

>>283526750
/ss/'s hidden agenda is an Aikatsu conversion psyop. Do not fall for it.

>>283526750
Yes.

>>283526817
I fell for it two years ago. Now it's too late to escape. I still need to finish Aikatsu Friends.

>>283526817
>mfw Aikatsu my cards with a cutting board
The conditioning was apparently effective.
I'd download the show but I don't have nearly enough space on any of my cards so I'll have to wait until I get my new computer.

surely my initials will appear next friday

>>283526961
Have hope. I signed up for 13 cards and haven't posted initials yet. Surely yours will be there!

>>283526961
No, I have them here and holding them hostage. Your taste was kinda shit so no initials for you.