Part 1, Week 1

[soc_puppet]

And we're back: Welcome to Mood Theme in a Year 2026! Whether you're here for the Maximum Track, the Medium Track, the Minimum Track, or just to watch and cheer along, I'm glad you're here ♥ I hope you have a good time!

This week's moods are: Angry, Awake, Confused

The next six weeks are the only ones where the moods are the same for all three tracks, so it's pretty special! I hope everyone has fun with it.

Anyway! What are you working on? Are you making a mood theme of any size, working on a different art project, or just here to follow the fun? What medium are you working in? Is there anything you're looking forward to? Let's talk about it!

Comments

[uai]

Hi! Another newbie here, looking forward to joining with a fannish project :) I'm not sure if I have to do something to join or if there's a rules post or anything like that, but I went through the comm's profile and I'm hoping to do the maximum track, but who knows what the future holds :p

Here's what I have so far in my Identity V mood theme:


angry


awake


confused

Also, a noob question: the whole administration console thing is for "installing" the mood theme, not really necessary just for creating it, right? 🫣

[soc_puppet]

Hello, welcome aboard! If you want to be eligible for the free Dreamwidth points, you'll want to formally join the community, but other than that there's no restrictions that aren't listed in the community profile 👍

I'm not actually entirely sure I know what you mean by administration console (that just shows you how long it's been since I read any of the tutorials I linked 😅), but you are absolutely allowed to create a mood theme without uploading it to the site.

[uai]

I joined the comm, although I'm not really sure if I should be eligible for points just yet, as I've been back on DW for barely a few days and can't say I'm committed long-term to the platform to be deserving of it! Maybe for a different theme, since I seem to be speeding through this one 🏃‍♀️‍➡️ That said, once I'm done (25/132 right now!), I just have to not make a mood theme post like this one to not be eligible for points with this theme, right? (Because I do intend to give credit to the comm on the post in my journal, as it's you who inspired me to make the theme in the first place!)

It's okay! It's an interface made so code-running is easier. From what I gathered of the posts you linked, in the context of icon-making, it generates a code you can use to easily install any mood theme in your journal. For example, this neocities page has several mood theme codes available for usage. But I don't really have any idea how it works or which mood each number represents, maybe the console specifies that upon using the command? I don't know since I can't use it, but I'll find out eventually! Thanks for the answer, I'll just upload the images then ❤️ (and sorry for rambling :| I get excited about tech! djsfdhsjhk)