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himekirako · Feb 8, 2025

i love valentine's day !!!! i was a little early but i made cootie catcher letters / victorian puzzle letters for chere and irescien this past christmas since i wasn't gonna have the opportunity to make a proper valentine's day themed letter for them. i love gifting my mom flowers even though she alwaaaays says it's a waste of money, she always takes care of them when they're in the vase and will brag about it to her friends back home asfjnekjrgbg
i've also wanted to have a galentine's day but i'm normally busy with work and my friends are in the city so coordinating a whole get together is hard </3

richie the chocolate bunny , cupid's love tuxedo sam , pink picnic , rilakkuma picnic , cootie catcher

ali.di.magix · Feb 9, 2025

I really enjoyed making this!! I haven't made a digital or traditional collage in years, but this was so much fun to make!

I don't celebrate Valentines Day, but I've been trying to put more effort into self-care and things I love recently. My self esteem and motivation periodically drops very low, and I need to remember to take care of me first. My collage features things I love - photography, travel/new adventures, art, gaming, my cat Kiki, and other animals in my life!

All photos were taken by me

KittenNoir · Feb 9, 2025

I always spend my Valentine's Day with my Husband We spend the day giving each other gifts and going out to Italian restaurants for dinner... so much yummy food

Asarena · Feb 9, 2025

Here's my collage! I went for a cozy Valentine's Day sort of vibe with video games, animated movies, sweet treats, plushies, flowers, hearts, music, butterflies, and so on~

Suguri · Feb 9, 2025

Just so you know, I've never done a collage before. However, when this activity was revealed, I felt motivated to craft this lovely thing! I'm really proud of how it came out.

I expected the process to take about a week because of the size of the project, but it was shorter than I expected, at about a day. I started off by cutting out most of the images from several random magazines, booklets, flyers, etc. I even printed out some other images on glossy paper, like a drawing of my OC Crisp and some collectibles! I didn't decide on which to use beforehand, but I knew there had to be a Dog Man reference somewhere.

After that, I bought some cardstock and 3D flower stickers in Michael's and planned out the layout of my collage. Once I was satisfied, I glued the cardstock onto some cardboard and trimmed it. Cutting thick cardboard with scissors was a pain in the arse, so thank goodness for the packaging knife thing (or whatever you call it) that I found lying around on the living room table.

This is the fun part! Using my photo of the planned layout as a reference, I attached each piece to its proper position.

The layout changed slightly over time. As I was gluing, I realized I lost one of the pieces I cut out!

That led me to bring in the cut-outs I was going to scrap and rearrange a few pieces to make room for them.

To cover the bottom-left corner, I cut out these words from my coloring book and arranged them to form my all-time favorite quote from Dog Man, which appears in my favorite book from the series, Mothering Heights.

The major inspiration behind this is Dog Man, hence the inclusion of dialogue from the books. I've been into the series for a few weeks already, and I always found Petey and Li'l Petey's father-son relationship (summed up in the center of the collage) to be heartwarming. I especially love Li'l Petey because of his boundless optimism, which contrasts with his father's negativity. Over time, Petey, who is initially a bad guy, warms up to his son's kindness and soon becomes a good cat!

For me, Valentine's Day is about being like Li'l Petey and spreading love to everyone around you, whether they're your parents, your friends, your sweetheart, or whatever. Yes, you can show your love to anyone all year round, but there's nothing wrong with having a holiday that's all about positivity! As the saying goes, love makes the world go 'round. And if you look closely, you may notice a few nods to a special someone; I wouldn't have been able to see the Valentine's season the same way without them.

I hope you get to spend time showing your loved ones your appreciation for them on Valentine's Day!

This collage uses cut-outs from sources such as Dog Man with Love: The Official Coloring Book, Dog Man: Lord of the Flies, a Macy's booklet, a Martha Stewart Living magazine, and M, a tween magazine.
Artwork from @Yanrima~ and @ZeldaCrossing64. Collectibles from TBT. Images used:

BungoTheElf · Feb 9, 2025

I'll be spending this Valentine's with my boyfriend- we like to gift swap, go on a dinner date, and hang out, so I made a cute little cozy collage

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rrenaa · Feb 9, 2025

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Sharksheep · Feb 10, 2025

@LadyDestani

I have a planner (hobonichi) that grid lines and pre marked with dates. Would it be allowed to use it as the base?

LadyDestani · Feb 10, 2025

Sharksheep said:
@LadyDestani

I have a planner (hobonichi) that grid lines and pre marked with dates. Would it be allowed to use it as the base?

Sure! I don't see any problems with that.

skarmoury · Feb 10, 2025

This was extremely fun to do!

More collage events in the future please I never knew how therapeutic this was

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I'd love to do a Galentine's day with Etoile! I was thinking a simple afternoon picnic: we'd prepare sweets and snacks, bread and tea; we could talk of many stories, make friendship bracelets, ride our bicycles, take pictures, or simply lie there basking in the peace of the sun. After all, it is nice to take a break outside, even if we do fall asleep every now and then.

etoile board / etoile collage

I have the entire board up on pinterest with the sources for each! I'm not sure if you can do it on PC, but on mobile, in the collage, you can click each specific element to take you to the pin I sourced them from

I then exported the collage, added some filters and some little sparkles and stuff ^^

lieryl · Feb 10, 2025

another ideal year alone to contemplate if romance is actually for me ♡

each image can be clicked and referenced individually :]
made on pinterest -> procreate for the finishing touches

Snowifer · Feb 10, 2025

Thinking of a nice chill day baking and enjoying boba

Sheando · Feb 10, 2025

Got a little carried away with this, haha.

My partner and I don't do much for Valentine's Day in real life, but in this fantasy dimension where my collage is reality, I'm depicting a long weekend getaway that is magically near to all our favorite types of activities!

- Play with our collie in the backyard for a little while, tell her how much we love her, scruff her head before we leave
- Enter the portal (we are so tired of driving) and emerge at a little relaxing cabin
- Eat a heaping plate of Belgian waffles
- Visit a nearby zoo! See two of our favorite animals: armadillo (me) and red panda (my partner)
- Go stargazing
- Unwind from the day in a giant Boo-shaped beanbag! Play Switch games for a little while. Turn in early so we can . . .
- Get up early and go on a gorgeous hike up a mountain! See a moose (I LOVE MOOSE)
- Followed by a trip to an amusement park for some roller coasters until midnight.

I made this collage in Canva, so all the drawings are free for public use and are attributed to the account names: sketchify, gobookmart, dmytrobosnak, ffirst, Bancx, sparklestroke, and Jagat Kreasi.

Muna · Feb 10, 2025

lieryl said:
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another ideal year alone to contemplate if romance is actually for me ♡

each image can be clicked and referenced individually :]
made on pinterest -> procreate for the finishing touches

Wow, I didn't know you could do such things on pinterest! Very cool!

You got mail! · Feb 10, 2025

sweets are my weakness so I love to get chocolates and other sweets around valentines day! I also love the overall aesthetic of it, it's so cute and pink is one of my favorite colors! I'm also very grateful for my friends

Dunquixote · Feb 10, 2025

I love making collages; I had so much fun making this

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Side note: I put watermarks on my cat pictures because there has been a lot of cat picture theft on twitter. I trust this community very much, but since anyone can access this site, it is just a precaution. I can provide one without watermarks though if that is preferred.

Valentine’s day really is just a normal day for me. I am kinda a shut in so I just stay in my room, play video games, snuggle with my cats and game. If I was in a relationship, I’d most likely want to spend it gaming and at home with my cats.

Included in my collage are what comforts me the most: my cats, favorite characters from games and anime/manga, and my plushies.

The plushie that I included was made by Calamari Inari, an artist

; the character is Hubert from Fire Emblem Three Houses except as a cat.

On the Nintendo Switch, I used a screenshot from one of my Among Us sessions. It was taken shortly before I was killed by the imposter @.: Meri :.
(who I had no idea was the imposter as you can see lol).

On the tablet (the image is a sticker from the picsart app; the back is a photo of the back of my ipad), is an image of a wish from Genshin Impact.

The characters on the bottom are official Hoyolab Genshin Impact art.

The heart chairs are from Animal Crossing Pocket Camp and box of chocolates (the open ones) are too. The chocolate heart is from ACNH. The Morgana chocolate is from Persona 5 and so is Morgana (the cat on top right).

The sparkly heart that I used in the background is cropped from a Persona 5 screenshot that I took as well are the roses (both the pink and red roses) from a character’s all out attack from the game.

The Fruits Basket art belongs to the manga artist/writer Natsuki Takaya.

The character on the top left belongs to the Attack on Titan anime series and I think is official artwork.

The double hearts are graphics from the Sims 3.

The bed is from ACNL.

The banana, egg bacon, and visor is from Among Us (the visor was a sticker available in picsart).

Hyoon · Feb 10, 2025

my idea of a galentine's

flowers everywhere, eating all the yummy baked goods in the world, taking cute selfies, and uplifting each other. it's always a good time hanging out with the best girls.

Javocado · Feb 10, 2025

so this is how my valentines day is shaping up

im gonna be working that day and I be snackin while i deliver so i got the nerd clusters on deck valentines edition<333 i also bump tunes when i work so im gonna listen to some love songs that day hence the album in the corner!! i will then come home to watch my fav lil valentines specials and rom com and contemplate buying those shoes in the middle for resell cause it will also be payday!! ill end the night by chowing down on some sushi cause i love myself and i deserve it and will wind down any last requests if any of the lil animal crossing valentines i been making for fun

.: Meri :. · Feb 11, 2025

Valentine’s Day for me is usually a day spent thinking about my comfort characters, whether it’s revisiting games they’re in, listening to music that reminds me of them, or staring adoringly at pictures of them on my phone for concerning amounts of time ♡

I have… a lot… of comfort characters, so I focused my collage on Victor and Lupin from the Code: Realize otome game series, since it’s something I’ve talked about often on here! I’ve never had a romantic relationship, but loving these characters has taught me a lot about what I want from relationships, how I deserve to be treated, and allowed me to build confidence and love for myself that I don’t know if I would’ve found otherwise. Self-shipping is a hobby that gets labelled as "weird" or "unhealthy" a lot, but for me it's been anything but—I'll always consider it a form of self-love.

(this was my first time making a collage since I was veryyyy little, but this was super incredibly fun and very therapeutic!! ;w; I might. have a new hobby now. help.)

-The love letter envelope was made following this tutorial!
-Cardia's hair bow is made from two small pieces of cut ribbon, and so much patience and glue. orz
-I'm not sure if sourcing the stickers is actually necessary, but I can provide staff with links to the online store listings I got them from if need be! (❁´◡`)b

Official Code: Realize illustrations by miko:

[katakana reads "Arsène Lupin" and "series"]

[katakana is "Code: Realize"; subtitle reads "Princess of Rebirth"]

[subtitle: Wintertide Miracles]

[subtitle: Future Blessings; I only used the rose in the vase from this one ahaha]

Code: Realize ~Future Blessings~ opening cinematic still:

Code: Realize Anime Project official illustrations/merch:

earbuds from Pinterest

DaCoSim · Feb 11, 2025

Since I will be working on Valentine’s Day… at my restaurant, I will probably be exhausted, so I think I would prefer to celebrate it the day before, curled up in my bed with my dogs, doing crafts, snacking on goodies, with Harry Potter running in the background!

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