#@ gifmakers i owe u my life

[terrapia]

THANK U TERRA TERRAPIA GIFMAKER. I OWE U MY LIFE

🥹🥹🥹 stahp

[ugh-yoongi]

now that seokjin is home i would like to thank all the gifmakers who did countdowns and kept us fed for an extraordinary amount of time thank u i love u all esp @jinstronaut i owe u my life

[sorikkung]

when kpop gifmakers do the thing w the colours and put the colour back in their skin when the idols have been painfully whitewashed >>>> 😩😩😩😩😩👌👌👌👌👌💯💯💯

[slutforchocorobos]

Since it's still mermay, H2O verse mermaid tail ranking:

(idk how this came to be so long, so it under a read more)

out of any music videos, commercials, TV shows, movies, H2O verse tails are still miles, MILES ahead in terms of construction and quality than almost any other production. (psh psh shoutout to JMB FX Studio) BUT i will blabber opinions bc i can

ON WITH THE RANKING:

#4 Mako Mermaids mermaid tails

Jonathan decided to expand everything: lore, universe, cast (so many tails and tops you guys, if I was the one in charge of gluing all those scales I would've killed myself on the spot) but his budget obviously wore thin.

so weak, so flimsy, need milk

These make me sigh to no end, why whyyy the same design as h2o when they have NO budget to afford the same tails.

Look at how they murdered my girls, the tails can no longer stand on its own, they look so sad. THE TAIL PHOTO IS PART OF THE ESSENCE OF H2O,THE MAIN DRAW OF A MERMAID SHOW. They really had to photoshop the tails on later seasons 😔. Tragic.

i appreciate that each tail has a fun unique pattern kinda animal inspired under the scales. it gives the tails an opportunity to blend with the characters and their personalities. also them tails still hit my little nostalgia bones.

#3: Mako Mermaids Merman tails

The addition of mermen was so good and the production fucked up the overall design of the mermen (no upper body fish details? for real? it really bothers me).

this tail wouldn't be so low in the list if it wasn't in the h2o verse. it's clearly the most creative design of the bunch (again getting killed by the lack of structure) but there's an established look to the tails, getting 3 similar designs with a realistic approach and a blue fantasy outlier???, not a fan of the color but I get why it happened, the shape tho????.

poor mako mermaids 😔 the tails don't have the same structural strength and intense detailing as the h2o ones. BUT COMMON ZAC IS THE MAIN CHARACTER (and on s1 the only merman). Mah boi Chai is too strong for these tails�� look at how it bends at the ankles.

#2 H2O season 3 mermaid tails.

these have the opposite problem. these are so thick lol why do these weight 40 kilos lmao.

these look different from s1, not a problem. they look yellower and lighter in color. the fish detailing is thicker. the tail has glitter in it now?? this simplified design helped me understand the anatomy of the tail, so my art skills owe to this design a lil bit lol, and it looks pretty underwater tbh.

I don't get the change tho, the show has a darker plot, the characters have grown up but the tails have a more kid friendly look??? I don't remember toys of them.

why make a whole new set of tails when the new mermaid got transformed on the opposite side of the world and the other two already had tails

sidenote: these ruined all fan edits that wanted all 4 mermaids together (5 if you include Charlotte) bc they had to edit either Emma or Bella with the other tail and it looked weird and mismatched.

Honorable mention: H2O Season 1 Miriam costume contest tail

this one is so funny, it mocks the practicality of mermaid costumes. it looks opposite of what our "real" mermaids look like. all colorful and shiny and over the top. Also this look gives miriam a good amount of karma thanks to kim lol.

#1 H2O season 1 mermaid tails

LOOK AT THEMMMM. 2006, the start of the gritty realistic aesthetic in TV and movies, and those mermaid tails fit so beautifully in that era. the bright campy 2000s beach fashion + dark "realistic" fantasy is such a *chef kiss* combination.

the tails are designed to look as real as possible, a tail for an animal that big needs muscles, the tails need to look strong enough to push the mermaid and flexible enough to believe the fluke is still a movable body part.

The brown-orange kinda fits into the realistic fish colors plus those naturally occuring in human skin + hair. also the top gives a unified whole bodyness to the transformation 💕

THE TEXTURE, oh god those scales were glued with love istg and that fluke was carved with so much detail and care.

these tails oof they invented mermaids istg any future mermaid media owes them BIG TIME. if it's cgi the tail needs to look strong, integrated into the body, and affect the movement accordingly, if it's practical effect they need to hide them knees and ankles!!, those breaks ruin the illusion of flow and hydrodynamics while swimming ( + recognizing a human body underneath kinda breaks the immersion).

h2o season 4 when 😔😔😔

[evansbby]

Hello, darling! So I just read your rant and I’m sorry life hasn’t been giving you a chance to breath, which is something you more than deserve. but I’m even more sorry that the fun you’re supposed to be having here has been reduced to stress. You’re a wonderful writer and that is something that goes without saying but you’re also a great gifmaker and I love every gifset you make because it always has a certain special flair to it that only you can add. Basically, I love seeing u on my dash, in whichever form that may be. Please, don’t let greedy bratty spoiled anons get you down or even, god forbids, drive you off this hellsite. You don’t owe anyone ANYTHING! And tbh we owe you a standing ovation and a LONG round of applause for every single fic you’ve written. I may have the biggest beef with your hatred towards Andy, but I love you too much to let it get in the way of me standing before u, asking you to not listen to the constant demands, to chuck ‘em behind your shoulders and to just enjoy the ride the way you want it to be. Its ur blog, love and yours alone, the rest of us can stfu and be grateful for whatever you give us, even and especially when it’s nothing, queen!

Okay so you sent this a while back and I just wanna say I was so touched when reading this!! I kept it in my askbox to keep reading it but I wanted to answer you! Thank you so much for these kind words! Sometimes being on here depresses me for whatever reasons, but these sorts of asks and your appreciation really honestly just puts a smile on my face!!! Like, I think you’re the first person ever to tell me something positive about my gifs on here! Thank you so much for that, genuinely means a lot as I try very hard on them. And also just… everything else you said it just touched me so much, thank you! Really made me feel better when I was down🥹💘

[bucksbisexual]

well, well, well. it’s the end of 2020.

kinda weird, isn’t it? the year has flown by and it’s already the end of the last month. it’s been..... strange to say the least, but this year i’ve found a place, and most specifically, people who have made this year a little bit better and brighter with either their presence or their content, and for that, i want to send some love to all of you who have made an impact on me this year with our interactions or your content on my dashboard 💖💖

i feel like i should start with everyone who has added me in their follow forevers (i still can’t believe i was even part of a single one??? i- 🥺) so let me do just that hehe

@yihwas​ soph!! we haven’t interacted much but every time we did u have been nothing but the sweetest and kindest person ever and that made such a great impact on me, thank u for being so amazing 🥰💛

@planthusbands​ cass!!! even though our age gap is 10 whole years you have been nothing but welcoming and lovely to me and u truly feel like an older sister to me 🥺💚 the cover u did for our secret santa hugs me tightly whenever i feel down 💖

@petekaos​ rahul!!!! (or should i say rhaul kjsjfhsfj my fingers h*te u for no reason i swear) u are such a lovely person and i’m so glad to be able to have gotten to know u better this year. you’re so amazing and u already know from before we even interacted that i Love ur fics so please never let anything stop u from writing!! 💙

@wjmild​ kylie!!! we have been talking more lately because of both of us (well, now only me) watching guardian and it’s so much fun!! i love hearing ur thoughts and opinions on things even if they differ from mine because i find u really interesting!!! also u’ve probably heard this from everyone from the gc but i love ur voice jhfkjsf love u lotsss 🧡

@toptaps​ zey!! we haven’t interacted much and have barely spoken on dms but u’re so lovely and kind 💛 ur love for things makes me want to love them as well (see: guardian) and i would love to get to know u better this year that’s just around the corner 🥰

okay and now.. to everyone else!!

@brightwin​ jelly!!! i miss u tons :-( but thank u for being so lovely whenever we interacted, you’re so nice to everyone and so so so talented when it comes to giffing, you’re pretty much the person who made me want to start giffing so thank u for creating such masterpieces 💛

@gunatps​ vee!!! are u feeling better love? i hope you’re recovering well <3 i loved getting to know u this year and loved all the weird conversations in the gc when it was alexa, u and me or sometimes just u and me, i miss bicis but hopefully bicis can come back as soon as u recover. ur korn apologist agenda was strong but u ended up being right... truly The Monarch skjfhsj love u lots 🧡 (i will join ur next chanonpom breakdown on vc okay? just tell me when and i’ll be there <3)

@kimmonv​ violet!!! we haven’t talked much but u seem like such an interesting and funny person, i would love to talk more with u this next year 🥰 i loved being ur secret santa (even if i sucked at it) and i felt rlly happy when u said u liked it!! i hope 2021 treats u well 💚

@lee-thanat​ ke!!! i loved getting to know u a little this year and i definitely loved trying to read ur nonsensical messages that were supposed to mean something KHSFJSHF i also loved playing with u on among us that one time even if i killed u once (sorry about that btw... ily), i hope everything’s going well and that we can talk more next year 💜

@soulmatelines​ jo!!! my twin sjkfjksfh i loooved getting to know u this year!! you’re so funny and so smart even if ur artistic skills are... Not The Best skfjhjfhks (neither are mine so it’s okay, no need to feel bad) i loved being on vc with u and just talking with u on discord whenever u were online, i hope we can continue doing that next year!!! love u lots 💛

@pvrrish​ eleni!! we’ve talked so little this year that i can barely remember if there was any conversation at all :-(( but i would love to get to know u better this next year!! u seem like such an interesting person and u and angel are friends so i’m sure u’re amazing!! hope 2021 treats u well 💚

@class2clown​ angel!!! it’s been such a pleasure to get to know u this year and i can’t believe that it’s already been months since we first spoke :’)) all of ur creations are soooo good and i love all of them!!! i hope nothing ever stops u from creating more because they’re all so amazing!!! 🧡

@floralbfs​ augs!!!! god it’s been a while since we started talking but u’ve always been so lovely and have always been there to share ur ideas for the thousand unwritten/posted pangwave and khaithird fics on our dms... i’m so glad that u rbed one of my tgg posts asking for the drama’s name because otherwise i wouldn’t have gotten to know someone as amazing as u 🥰 i hope 2021 is easier for u, sending u lots of love 💛

@vihokratanas​ mel!!! we haven’t spoken much but i’ve noticed that we share our love for a few dramas so i’d love to get to know u better this next year!!! u and violet’s almost daily spam on the bops channel is dearly missed but i know u guys are busy so hopefully this 2021 will be a bit more relaxed 🧡

@doctorbahnjit​ alexa my love!!!!! what can i even tell u.... you’ve been nothing but kind since day 1 that we started talking on the gc and to get to know u this 2020 was such a delight. thank u for being who u are and thank u for watching dramas with me on vc even if u can’t (or i can’t) hear shit, i appreciate it sososososo much and i just love spending hours upon hours (well, until ur grandma ass has to go to sleep) chatting and watching debatably good dramas with u and dawn <3 i hope 2021 treats u better and that u still stay being as awesome as u are 🥰💖

@pangwave​ dawnnie my baby!!!!! hi bb how’s everything going?? i hope u’re okay, i miss u a lot :-(( getting to know u this year has been one of the best things that have come out of this hellhole of a year. thank u for making most of my nights so entertaining with both ur thoughts and ur dumb fights with alexa, they’ve been the highlight of my days from these past 2 months :’) the endless vc calls with u and alexa (and ur shitty internet cutting every single one of ur sentences)  have made my year so much better and i can’t thank u enough for that. u and ur crabsticks and ur opinions and ur incredibly good gifsets are truly some of the best things that have come out of this year. thank u sosososo much for being how u are, i love u so much dawnnie 🥰💖

here’s some other people who have been on my dash for a while and that i appreciate their content as well: @scoupslipgloss (i mostly rb u with my sideblog but i love ur acc!!!) @vocalunits @chaoticbiwuxian @drwcn @bimingjue​ (i wouldn’t be a gifmaker if it wasn’t for u sending me the ps download link so i owe u my Life) @aanau (i rb a lot of what u post and i’m sorry if i have ever spammed u skjfhjsf i just love ur blog even if we don’t really share any fandoms aaaa) @emisfritish @leoyunxi @1akorn @gunsatthaphan @asianmelodrama @fushiguroo @khaotungthanawat @mymycorrhizae @jaehwany​ and @coldties amongst the many blogs that i’ve seen all year on my dash!!!! everyone’s content and posts have gotten me through 2020 so thank u all so much for staying on tumblr 💗

i feel like i’ve forgotten people but please know that if u are not in this but we’ve interacted in any way then you’ve most definitely made some kind of impact to me!! these are just the people i talk with the most 💖

thank u all for being soooo amazing and i hope 2021 is good to everyone here and to everyone who reads this. happy holidays and happy new year to everyone 🥰💖✨

[ericz]

i was tagged by @ljuyeon​, @hwqll​ (who had to put up with me messaging her all throughout this as i had multiple mental breakdowns because NOTHING was working dfjkldflkjd i owe u my life han), and @hyunjoons​ to do this tutorial type thing to possibly help out newer ccs with techniques they may have had issues with!! this is such a cute concept tho i doubt ill be much help kdjskfld ive only been giffing for about 8 months so im still p new to it!! i couldnt get it to properly screenrecord vapoursynth without my computer crashing so below the cut i have all the vapoursynth stuff!! the video above is just my colouring process!!! if it can help someone even a little bit i’ll be very happy kfdkdjfl content creating can seem a lil intimidating (it Really did to me at least fkdljdfksl) but it’s really fun!!! anyways onto the tutorial bit hehe !! (also sorry for no music i was so frustrated making this and the more programs i had open the worse it would record it seemedfdjkldlkf)

this is the gif without any colouring (i wanted to do it without sharpening too but i have forgotten how to function without vapoursynthdfskjldfkj)

and this is the gif after colouring!! it looks kinda weird on its own but it goes with a 9 set i have queued for tomorrow fdjksfdkl anyways below the cut is my vapoursynth process!!

n e waze im gonna tag @haknew​, @zagustd​, @deobis​, @juyjae​, @1hyungseo​, @kim-sunwoos​, and @runawayera​ if any of you guys would like to do this!!! i would love to see ur processes ur all so talented !!!!

so first i download ts files (usually from kpop24hrs or from searching on twitter!!) and i find the video i want to use, then i open the file containing vapoursynth and drag the video onto the ‘vapourscript’ file

that opens this lil window where i input the time on the video i want it to start (in this case it started at 00:00:27) and how long i want vapoursynth to encode (i put in 00:00:06)

so once that encodes this opens and i apply my sharpening settings and crop the video how i want for my gif!!

after tht im left with this, and i copy the text in the box on the left and paste it into the window that vapoursynth opens up automatically once you put the video into vapourscript

once i’ve pasted my stuff into the proper place so vapoursynth will actually run, i hit script -> encode and this lil window pops up!! my vapoursynth takes literally the longest amount of time ever since i run it on a glorified tablet but it was merciful this time so it took it like 5 minutes to run dfkjkdls vapoursynth is the reason i cant screenrecord this part of the tutorial because it kept crashing and threatening to take 30 minutes to encode 180 frames so i just gave up fdkdslk at this point i go into photoshop and that’s where my video tutorial starts!!! sorry if this is completely unhelpful fdkldkf im a newer gifmaker myself but i hope it makes this seem a lil bit less intimidating to new ccs!!! it really is a lot of fun once you get into the swing of it!!! 

[blovd]

dfdggdgsg all the gifmakers doing ella enchanted/hannibal parallels posts i owe u my life

[heartriki]

i was almost sucked into yeonjun hell until i saw taehyun thank u gifmakers i owe u my life