#AND I was super focused on getting it done asap

[im-no-jedi]

the sad thing is that he had his tattoo in the sketch, I just forgot to ink it. I was debating about whether to make it transparent or something like that, and as a result, I missed it entirely. I’m never gonna let myself live it down now 🫠

[kissitbttr]

I need the making up part asap or i will lose my mindddd 😩

okay look, i have these two concepts in my head where im extremely confused with, choose which one u guys prefer before i start get to it jdjdjdj

1. a super messy thought where muñeca is ‘catching up’ with frat!toji during the ‘break’ with miguel, one that happens before the two boys met. they run into each other at some party or something after months of not seeing each other. and since toji was the only ex that ever treated her right, all those feelings come rushing back. then they begin seeing each other more often, like making out and dates(?). muñeca is going to be a lil toxic in this one, but hey? girl’s got the right to go insane after what miguel did <3333 (this will have three parts)

2. where muñeca isn’t a red flag lol. instead of hooking up with random dudes and getting back at miguel, she focuses on herself. getting her work done, focusing more on cheer practice, hanging out with the girls etc. miguel realizes he can’t live without her, every aspect of his life is falling apart. and it tears him to pieces at how well she’s functioning without him. so despite her avoidance , he’s going to fix everything. eventually they do talk about the fight, he apologizes and makeup sex <333

[deesi-academia]

i know youre not a studyblr but as a senior can you please give any suggestions on managing 12th boards and competitive exams (im a jee aspirant but i still wanna know how you managed it all) hope its not a bother!

hiii sure!! feel free to reach out whenever, im happy to help <33

okay so. what i suggest you do (assuming you'll be starting 11th this year):

1. Enter 11th std. Don't get intimidated by others. Stay focused on understanding the concepts of all chapters, school exams toh derivations and formulas rattkar bhi ho jayenge. Clear concepts now rather than saving it for 'later'.

2. Practice all PYQs and whatever questions you get for maths. You can only do maths with practice × 100000. It's honestly quite tough, or it's too lengthy.

3. Fully strengthen the 'easier chapters' NOW. Own the knowledge like you made the concept.

4. Enter 12th. Let go of 11th from april-september and fully finish 12th std as soon as possible. Cover all concepts (I believe physics in 12th is relatively easier) and learn all formulas by your midterm exam time at school.

5. USE YOUR SUMMER VACATIONS WELL. COVER ALL BACKLOGS THEN AND THERE. (I regret procrastinating soo much 😭)

6. Just revise 12th entirely and focus on PYQs during October.

7. Nov-Dec go through 11th std again thoroughly, don't take too much stress for preboard cause hopefully you've prepared for 12th strong enough already. Don't take preboard marks to heart!!

8. January, do only and only JEE PYQs and cover whatever backlogs you have. Physics formulas must be learn to the heart. Understand organic chemistry basics very very well, cause it will help predict complex product formations too even if you don't remember the actual reaction!! Maths again, only practice or God can save you 💀 (I'm sorry I'm really scared of maths so maybe this is a biased reply!)

9. Now you'll have board practicals likely in Jan end or Feb only, just make sure your file is complete and you know the basic procedure of experiments. Don't stress too much about viva, usually your own teachers will help you through it!! Focus on practicals as it helps with conceptual JEE Qs too!!

10. Now simply focus on learning derivations and long answer type questions for upcoming boards. You've done enough for JEE and it's time to strength subjective answers. Focus only on cbse board PYQs and again, don't stress too much. Be confident you've worked so hard!!

11. Now the April attempt. Again start focusing on 11th at least 2 weeks before your JEE date. Revise 11th very well.

12. Lastly, solve sample papers only. During the last 3 days I recommend not studying. Only sample papers. With full syllabus. No chapter-wise or topic-wise. But yes if you still don't have concepts cleared, definitely do that asap. Still try to be fully prepared 3 days before the actual exam!!

That's all <33 I made it as detailed as possible for anyone to refer to. Set a goal and follow through guys!! I know it's super hard and yeah 11th mein vo feeling nahi aati, but trust me, if you can push yourself hard in 11th, you won't have to worry too much for the April attempt for sureeee.

All the best <33

[necrophiliak]

umm. bhaal thoughts nd stuff under the cut. ive seen a lot of stuff mischaracterising/interpreting/whatever and it bothers me. i like him.

bg1+2+3 spoilers btw.

i dont wanna seem uhhh. confrontational or anything so this is just me airing thoughts out cz its true u dont rly Hear from him much directly in bg3 so i guess i get why ppl wouldnt know or think certain stuff. and im not the worlds expert on the topic as much as id like to be. but writing gods in stuff is never easy i think, especially as a fan, since they function on totally different ideas and have worldviews we could never possibly understand, etc etc

i think what bothers me the most is the misconception that bhaal would give a shit what the urge does. he definitely doesnt. the canon bg1+2 is a human male goodguy (derogatory) and even he was still supposedly favoured by bhaal (in that achieving slayer form was from a feeling of 'divine hatred' and not an actual gift since bhaal at the time was dead and he was favoured not for this but in that he was the strongest of all his spawn (this is bg2 stuff btw i highly recommend u play both those games if u liked bg3 durge)) i actually miss how bg2 introduced that form its way better than in 3 but thats a big tangent ToT and i get why since the durge was quite literally made with it in mind anyway he didnt care about the prev spawn because their only purpose was to die anyway. but he doesnt care abt what durge does either. he would not care if he was fucking gortash. the one constant w him is that all he cares about is the end goals, the process doesnt matter at all. i cant be bothered putting screenshots in rn but both the durge's old diary and sarevok say "bhaal cares only for death. death in numbers, death in droves." and the ingame proof is in that even if u refuse to kill isobel u can still get the slayer form by agreeing to accept his gift in the temple. whether u killed isobel or not just determines if u get slayer form early. the other proof is orin, who doesnt follow him as he would ideally want either (too focused on making 'art' with death instead of actually killing) but still gets to be his chosen if u play as tav instead of durge (he also doesnt like the way shes loyal to sarevok more than him) hes pretty pragmatic

also the other thing... abt the butlers. sceleritas isnt there to ensure u are loyal, thats his own prerogative and pride as a butler. tho i think the specifics of him in general are left intentionally vague. the rest of bhaals butlers are always imps, and his own was also an imp (theyre made in his imps image after all), bt sceleritas is made in bhaals image. since he has a glued on nose and the colouring on his face looks like a skull. and the earrings are mirroring the slayers facial horns. thats a bit of a tangent tho umm anyway, my point is that durge got a very special butler for reasons we can only guess at. (tho i enjoy thinking that he really was meant more as a nanny/standin parent figure)

anyway that got sort of long. i love dad a lot. everyones durge can be different frm canon obviously... bt bhaal is an established char, nd a super interesting one (i have a lot of thoughts abt the similarities w mystra+shar especially cz of bg3 and the way sheart+gale narrative's play out bt again thats uhhhhh a HUGE tangent and im not even sure how to word my thoughts)

anyway tldr bhaal is a very hands off parent and doesnt give a shit what u do as long as u get the job done (and i love him very much 🥺)

oh also if u math the years out, durge is 20yrs old at max. and that takes the assumption that bhaal made u ASAP after he was resurrected. trivia. if u wanna read the thing wheree he gets rezzed, its the 'murder at baldurs gate' story which also comes with a rly intensive worldbuilding manual for the city which could help w fanfic or whatever u want. i enjoyed reading it (helping w dnd stuff T_T).

another edit: i doubt anyone except me is rly interested bt i have soooo much to say on the topic of how bhaal treats the urge (positively+unconditionally), sceleritas in general, and the way the urges journey mirrors bhaals own fall from grace and coming back stronger, etc etc, i already wrote half of it on twitter anyway so if theres interest i can share it here too

[reallunargift]

so uh.... vroom vroom Formula 1 AU?? Some notes on some of the latest team lineups! João left McLaren after 4 years, and Maarten will finally make his F1 debut alongside Arthur. Meanwhile Antonio left Renault after 2 years.

Francis has been at Renault for 5 years, and I need a name for Mona (Sophie? Suzanne? Michèle? Monica??) and Bel asap.

and because it's me.... you already know who I'll be focusing on more :')

This is a more introductory post, and I hope to draw actual interactions for the next one. But uhm well some more details under the cut for now, including previous and current team dynamics!

At the start of the story, João and Arthur are teammates at McLaren. Very calculating and strategic duo, they’ve been partners for 4 years. They’re polite with the press, with Arthur being more reserved. João is friendlier but more mellow and uses “no comment” often.

Their challenge videos on youtube show a different side, with Arthur being much more at ease and louder for it, and João being much more playful. They work great together, with João more often than not heeding team advice and driving defensively, which gets them plenty of 1-2 positions. But he eventually becomes disillusioned with McLaren’s favouritism and signs with Ferrari. His friendship with Arthur isn't affected by this move.

Toni and Francis are teammates at Renault (Alpine, but I'm not calling it that). Francis has a cleaner and more classic driving style, while Toni is more chaotic but just as ruthless. 

They love their screentime and journalists love them. Francis is more deliberate in his answers yet still quite theatrical, while Antonio is more of a blabbermouth (but only with stuff that doesn’t matter. Ask him about technical/important stuff and he’ll divert the conversation to how good his family’s olive oil is.) 

Their challenge videos are an extension of their interviews, with Francis being super dramatic for the camera when he loses, and Antonio being very extra to entertain the audience. They have a good racing partnership when they agree on strategy, but that doesn’t happen often and both are so set in their ways that it creates friction and issues for the team when neither will yield.

Ferrari hires João and Antonio because they’re both world class drivers, but also because they believe their styles and personalities will meld well. João has a reputation for strong teamwork and strategical driving, courtesy of his time at McLaren. Outwardly he seems less abrasive than Francis, so they expect that Toni will naturally be more willing to cooperate with him for the team’s benefit. Toni has always been very encouraging of his teammates throughout his career (especially at Red Bull when he was partners with Bel), and it’s hoped that this will also push João forward.

A great strategy...if these two get along. While driving for different teams they always take jabs at each other during interviews (João’s famous “no comment” goes right out the window anytime Toni’s done something stupid on the track). The usually sunny Toni gets huffy with reporters if they mention it, but always ends up taking the criticism into account and working on those aspects...

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[happy-tori-friends]

Please elaborate on your ffxiv au 👀

- 🐑 Anon

its nothing concrete but i just like ffxiv...

some spoilers for everything - including endings shadowbringers and endwalker (everyone should play shadowbringers its so good)

i imagine its like an isekai just for funsies, so dont and did have to adjust to not having their abilities. and also being turned into the ffxiv races. they basically wake up on the cart/boat (i think alphinaud and alisae will be going to limsa via the boat in this au... idk if i'll ever write it but if its something ppl wanna see i am Willing...). tho they all have the echo. technically dungeons are meant to be 4 player but for our intents and purposes we're gonna ignore that. its My AU i get to make the rules

as for jobs... splendont is a marauder/warrior, splendid is a gladiator/paladin, flippy is an arcanist - for jobs he'd be a scholar and fliq would be summoner (tho fliq would also do reaper i think)

idk what the twins would start as but theyd end up switching to rogue/ninja asap, tho lifty would go machinist in heavensward and ive toyed with viper shifty. probably archer for a starting class just for gridania rep. i started at maurader on lifty just for easier access to rogue but that doesnt really matter. rip to splendid who is all alone in ul'dah.

now races... the twins are miqo'te, specifically keepers of the moon (bc thats what i made lifty)... maybe wildwood elezen. and flippy... xaela au ra (im an au ra lover... my main's an au ra and i have a secondary character thats also an au ra who i made to pair with estinien bc i like him was the second option for shipping my main w b4 i went with my beloved g'raha. i was gonna put a picture of my main, honoka miyashiro, here but i forgor. lovingly known as honk.) i was thinking au ra for super bros but i think flippy au ra is better. still not sold on elezen tho. maybe hyur? 23rd the 2nd benchmark comes out maybe i'll make them in that? theyre gonna questioned for their names but... oh well.

ive done arr a few times but ive only played the 2.1+ patches very little (im not done with post endwalker yet either i just started 6.4 but i started levelling reaper after the last trial) so i dont remember Too much (im gonna new game plus some things + i could stream ffxiv lifty's adventures) but i do remember many key moments. i'll put a cut here bc im gonna get into story events

i pulled up to the inn to look at the unending journey. but the openings are basically the same except flippy and dont are working together + the twins are too, and the city-states all send out envoys to each other for funny 'oh hey we all had the same idea lmao' moments and they all get directed to go to investigate sastasha (not b4 the twins take up rogue, getting disappointed when they realize they're actually supposed to maintain the code) where they all meet again and everyone is like 'yay thank god you're okay' and of course after copperbell and beating up some dick, all the scions show up and say "hey you're pretty cool join our club :)'

okay i haven't thought too much about story things in main arr + what grand company they join. but. i think if i go the route of different events being focused more on different characters in place of the wol, splendid being the one to be framed for poisoning nanamo might work best bc he does start in ul'dah + being framed like that kinda fucks with him mentally - 'i should've been more diligent, i shouldn't have just picked something up and kept it, how could i have been so blind?' and being considered traitorous + seeing all that happened at the bloody banquet is. well it's... a lot, especially for him (though he probably thinks he should be used to it considering canon htf but in see what develops he did get sick when he saw mime's body. i think. may in fact be misremembering).

splendont holding the twins close to him as they want into ishgard bc its cold and they can barely see through the snow... and the twins thinking 'we've done something good for once, we were celebrated as heroes and this is what we get?'

stormblood i dont have too many thoughts on either but if i go the route of flippy (or well fliqpy really) being the one to be zenos's main rival... i think fliq and zenos would have fun banter. also he would 100% do the reckless thing with yugiri and try to kill him with very little plan.

i think when there's split paths they do split up (aka at the beginning of expansions where there's different quest chains to start with) but thats all i've really thought about so far regarding some beginnings... i do know that i want splendont and the twins to be the ones to go to amh araeng bc them witnessing tesleen would be - that is if i even end up having flippy and splendid in shadowbringers bc they might stay back to help tataru and stuff... but having did there would make it a bit more painful so i dont know. splendont is considered the shard of azem here, (dont ask how if its an isekai its just how things seem to be rolling) and the one feo ul bonds with so it all ends up working out. also the exarch barely managing to bring all 3 (or 5) over when he finally gets it right is funny.

back on the subject of them having seen tesleen transform, it genuinely freaked them the fuck out and fearing it could happen to dont, lifty and shifty probably beg splendont to let them dispell some of the lightwardens' aether especially when y'shtola mistakes him for a sin eater and after qitana ravel where y'shtola is sure it is being absorbed and tells him to inform her of any side effects. but splendont says 'Absolutely Not. i can deal with it i'm not letting Anything happen to you.'

after malikh's well when he starts having pain and getting sick they beg him again, but he again puts his foot down. they fight about it, and the twins spend the night in a different room in pendants (they cant see ardbert anyways and have just thought splendont was seeing things).

things are tense throughout kholusia, and its very clear that lifty and shifty are afraid of what will happen when they kill the final lightwarden. then their fears are proven true when innocence is killed and splendont starts to turn because he cant contain the light and the sky they worked so hard to bring night back to reverts to the eternal day.

and despite the tension, despite the pain, he looks at them and says 'i promise... i'll be fine. i didn't want this to happen to you.'

'you fucking moron, this wouldn't have happened... if we shared the light,' shifty retorts but he and lifty are too afraid to get close, especially with urianger being weird. and all this time theyve gone with this in hopes of finding a way home, and now they might lose splendont and it feels like they'll never get home.

there's a lot of emotions going on with the exarch reveal bc they also dont want him to sacrifice himself just for splendont either but theres no other choice is there and then emet-selch comes in and that little bit of hope is dashed. and though ryne delays the inevitable it is still, at that moment, inevitable. they do their best to help the scions look for a way to save him but it's very clear that they're pessimistic, heartbroken. afraid that it's true that everyone they hold dear to them is destined to be taken away. if theyd fought harder, if they could have been more convincing...

i have more thoughts about shadowbringers (mostly with the twins being afraid splendont is taking up emet's offer) but i'll skip to the end so if i do write it i dont end up spoiling everything. but after ardbert fuses with splendont, lifty and shifty join him to fight hades alongside whoever else the exarch summoned... and when all is said and done and it's revealed that splendont is no longer being corrupted by the light, after they return to the source and have reported to tataru and krile, and they take a moment to breathe... they plead with him to let them bear some of his burdens, just as they let him do. even if it's for their sake, neither of them want him to do anything like that ever again, and they make him promise. they all cry about it, even dont, because Fuck that was probably so stressful. he does tell them what happened with ardbert though.

endwalker... endwalker. ultima thule in particular. while fliq would be the one to fight zenos at the end if i go the 'everyone has a part to play', and probably the one that gets posessed in 'in from the cold' i think i want dont to be the last one standing in ultima thule and extend it a little bit, in particular so lifty and shifty can sacrifice themselves for him. and at the very end when they are alone again he tells them not to scare him like that again. lifty responds with. 'it was like that for us too. that's why we made that promise. your burden was to go forward, and we helped you bear it.'

'we came back anyways,' shifty adds, but he 100% expected to just. be dead forever. theres a lot of crying again. ffxiv makes me emotional so it makes the characters emotional.

also in elpis splendont being like 'i am a familiar of azem.' and shifty confidently goes 'yeah and we're his familiars' and lifty facepalms. 'thats absolutely not how it works, shifty.'

of course none of this is fully set in stone. flippy and splendid might not even be included at all bc a lot of my thoughts are mostly dont lifty and shifty save for zenos n fliq (if i go this route, one of the twins would be made a pugilist and start in ul'dah) bc i dont have many ideas for the twins to have wol major moments other than thinking about them being framed for poisoning nanamo instead of splendid. this also got really long... i'm gonna have to do this arent i? ffxiv au yes or no poll when.

[slowestlap]

i have to shoot my shot and ask - HOW on earth do you make your gifs so crisp. they're so clean its literally out of this world!!!!!! when your gifs are on my dash i almost always know its you just by the QUALITY of the gif. help a girl out!!!

Hii! Thank you!! <3 I'm happy with the way my giffing process now goes but it's taken years and a few different fandoms and stumbling upon good tutorials which is why i decided to make one of my own too.

I still love figuring out new things to try and hopefully you can get some new tips to your process from me too. Under the cut is a long af post about gif making, focusing on some basic stuff and sharpening/coloring tips.

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WAY TOO LONG INTRO

Before i get to the photoshop part, the base stuff is super important: You can't turn a very bad video into great gifs since there's only so much photoshop can do BUT you can turn a good video into great gifs. So, obviously the original video quality matters a lot.

I religiously stand by the correct tumblr size dimensions (see example, the numbers mean the width. Height doesn't really matter). However in 3 column sets i’ll sacrifice that one pixel and would make them all 177px. The empty space between gifs in 2 column sets is 4px, in 3 column sets it's 4px + 4px.

Since tumblr can only properly handle 540 gif pixels in the same row, sets with two wide gifs side by side can be laggy to scroll by. So for example, 268px gif will not be as sharp as 540px gif (if you click on it to see it bigger), since it legit has only half of the pixels, but if you plan to post 2 gifs in the same row, the 268px will look better on the dash in the gif set since it’s correctly sized for the best dash result.

I download videos when i can (dl is always better than screen recording), so that's youtube, instagram/twitter etc. Streaming sites/broadcasts i have to screen record and i use OBS to do it. It's the best i've tried for hq recording. I record with 60fps and use display capture. OBS is a heavy program, as is photoshop, so a good enough computer is also super important imo. I used to make gifs with a laptop of 4gb ram/128gb emmc and lost my mind after all the crashing and spent 1k€ on a new one. Basically, have as much performance as you can afford, and editing experience will be much much more pleasant. Of course gifs can be done with an average computer too, it'll just likely be slower and clumsier and you need more patience 😫

Also, i've gotten rid of the urge to be the first to post a gif set when new content drops. I'm not the fastest, i always do every coloring from the scratch. I save to drafts to see how it looks like on mobile, i go back to ps to correct the things that don't look right (too dark/bright, too green/yellow/red, too slow/fast), i make the changes, then save to drafts again and then post. I'd rather post a set i'm happy with than to post quickly knowing i could've made it look better with just a bit more time. (It'd bother me and i'd go back and re-color for my own peace of mind 😅) And i just wanna say it's totally fine when people make gifs of the same stuff!! The more the merrier, no need to think only the first to gif something somehow now has the rights to that moment. I just never get the best result if i try to hurry, so i’ve stopped trying to get my sets out asap. I’ll post when i’ll post.

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SHARPENING

All these words and i haven't even gotten to the point yet 🫣 But fine tuning the details won't work if they don't have a proper base at first. Which!!! Finally brings us to your question:

I'm not sure if the order really matters but the main steps i do in this order: once the layers have been converted to video timeline and video timeline is converted into a smart object -> smart sharpen -> crop -> resize -> coloring

I like to sharpen things first, to me it makes sense to do it before resizing because after resizing you've already lost some pixels, so feels better to sharpen when you still have all the original pixels.

All the above steps (sharpening, cropping, resizing) will affect how the gif looks, so i do the coloring as the very last thing so i can better see how the end result will look.

To me sharpening and coloring go hand in hand, and you use both of them to get the best result. Sharpening obviously does what it says but good coloring will help to make the gif look cleaner and smoother too.

Finally, examples!! The key to a sharp result in my process is 2 sharpening layers. The main layer and the second layer.

Enjoy looking at judgy max f i giffed last year and chose to use as an example here. The source video quality was 1080px and i screen recorded with OBS.

I use photoshop CC2019 so cannot guarantee that these will work the same way in other ps versions. As always, it's about fuckin around and findin out 🙏🏻

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1. Example with resizing done, but no sharpening or coloring (blurry and ungood)

2. Example with resizing and main sharpening layer (already much better)

3. Example with second sharpening layer included (more depth, dark spots are darker, almost too strong of an effect but coloring will fix that)

4. Example with all of the above + coloring (the final result)

5. The final result as a gif

And how did we get that result?

Main sharpening layer settings (yes, it’s in finnish but i think the options are in the same place in every language):

Because the sharpening is quite heavy, I double click on this thingy (red circle) in the layers panel to lower the opacity to 50-70%

The middle layer is gaussian blur, which i’ve set to 0,2.

So basically i intentionally oversharpen the gif and use the opacity function and blur to soften the effect. Dumb or smart, who knows not me, but it’s working for me so i’m rolling with it.

The top layer is the second sharpening layer. A godsend trick i’ve learned along the way: (the difference between the example photos 2 and 3 above)

(I've created an action, so i just gotta push one button and it'll run thru these sharpening settings, ie. i don't have to manually click thru these every time, saves crazy amount of time)

Wasn't sure at which point i'll mention this so i'm just putting it here: when saving the gif for web, i almost always use adaptive and diffusion.

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COLORING

I’m not gonna go thru every coloring thing in my process since this is already so long hsdkfjdkjgkd but i’ll give some info on what i usually do and some tips i've found helpful.

My style is quite natural and i prefer colder tones. I hateeeee overly green/yellow/red skintones that are caused by bad lighting so I always try to correct that. The below stuff is more or less what i did to color that example gif too. (Everything is down to preference, these are just the way i like to color)

My most commonly used coloring layers:

Curves. Utilize the eye dropper tools, pick white eye dropper and click on a white spot on the gif (not pure white tho since it won’t do anything) and it will turn that spot to 100% white and correct the other colors at the same time. Black eye dropper will turn a dark spot you picked to 100% black. It can be super effective, just try a spot, undo, try another spot, undo, until you find what looks good. If you like the result but it’s too strong, lower the layer opacity. And of course you can just simply drag the curve up and get brightness that way. There are times when the eye droppers won't work nicely but it's always worth a try.

Levels. Works similarly to curves, they are basically the more efficient brightness/contrast combo.

Color balance. No gif of mine has been made in the last 3 years without dragging the blue in the midtones to the right. I also often drag the green to magnetas side. 

B&W gradient map. I set the blending mode to soft light and lower the layer opacity. Gives the gif a bit more depth and pop to the dark/light parts.

If the dark parts in your gif are too dark, for example details around eyes look messy but you don't want to lower the contrast, then try adding light colored gradient map (light yellow-white or light blue-white etc) and set it to soft light and play with opacity. It will give light and brightness to the gif without making things blinding and not losing much contrast.

Photo filter. I’m almost always going for cold blue and 10-20 setting. (Orange filters can give a nice effect too, if you want to bring some warmness to the gif.)

Vibrance. Always adding at least a little bit, helps colors to pop and makes skintones look nicer.

Selective coloring. Just drag them sliders to left and right to see what works, that’s really the best advice i can give. If you want reds to pop, go to red and play around. If you think the white spots are a bit blinding, go to white and then slide the bottom one (black) to the right. If you want some more contrast, go to neutral and slide the bottom one (black) to the right. Same with black (black).

Also, i don't like to do too much with one layer. I tend to do different colors with different selective coloring layers, so if needed i can lower the opacity and it will only affect that one color. Also it's handy to duplicate layers if you really want a certain color to pop, one layer often isn't enough in that case so duplicate it and if it's too strong then play around with opacity.

(Left image below). If you want to correct overly yellow/green skintones, go to yellow and you can try these settings. Then lower the layer opacity to see what looks good. 

(Right image). If you struggle getting rid of very red tones, you can use hue/saturation layer, go to red and just drag the middle slider to the left. (This is also a good tip with POC, when you think their skintone is overly orange/red but you are afraid of white washing. This setting will usually correct the orange and red tone without taking the dark/black color away.)

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Wheew this is what happens when you give me an opprtunity to talk about giffing 😅 I hope it was easy to follow, feel free to ask if i was unclear about something!! And hopefully you got to learn something new. 

Also these are obviously just my way of doing things, not the Only Correct way, do whatever you like and enjoy and don’t worry too much if other people do things differently. Most important thing is to have fun creating 🫡

[lemonhemlock]

So Aegon being a rapist has already been discussed but If they wanted to make Aegon some kind of sexual deviant they should had him be super into BDSM. I know BDSM doesn't not make one a sexual deviant nor am I in any way passing judgment of BDSM but this is Westeros, his mom is super religious, the only kind of sex that is even acceptable is missionary.

Made him super subby(this can be subtext we don't have to be shown anything but knowing what he's into its like 🤨what else could he be) . Have toys(we already know he has dildos) whips etc laying around his room idk. This would fit quite well with his characterization.

This scene would take the place of the Dyana thing, maybe his siblings walk in and his room is messy with the stuff in the background and he's passed out(maybe still have it be Alicent but I want more green kids dynamics) and they're like "bruh, can you at least pick your things up and hidden away what if the children walked in)"

If it's Alicent she can say the same thing about him hiding his stuff away, his failure to attend to his duties and he can talk about how he doesn't feel like he's good enough for her and Viserys. Idk where this is going but I just thought, how can we change that scene 🤔.

as always queen i am loving your suggestions!!!! as you said, there are already dildos on his bedside table within alicent's line of sight so they could have done more with that

however, i would move the dyanna scene somewhere else, maybe in a previous episode, so as to not connect the two. this way you still get to have a scene discussing the aftermath of rape, but focusing on the victim (dyanna) and on receiving compassion from a fellow rape survivor (alicent). we also get insight into alicent's character, how her own experiences inform her own behaviour and the typical shit she has to deal with while managing her household staff. needless to say i would not have made aegon the aforementioned perpetrator.

the conflict between alicent and aegon could be centered thus both on his deviancy and his irresponsibility. tho i don't think he'd have the balls to bring his paramours to his own room as long as it's connected to helaena's and the children's rooms, as it is suggested. but having his sex paraphernalia lying around in disarray is suggestive enough. also make it so that it's really late in the day and he still hasn't woken up bc he is sleeping off last night's drinks.

alicent gets mad bc she needs him on his best behaviour as it's RHAENYRA's petition day so he has to be bathed, fed & dressed ASAP. this could very easily turn into a lecture given by an exasperated alicent, at her wits' end. it would be funny to have both helaena and aemond maybe enter his room at this point (this family has no boundaries) and witness how alicent is bollocking their crying undressed hungover brother, adding to his humiliation

like. there are ways to present a hedonistic, feckless character without resorting to a sexually-explicit scene OR turning him into a sex criminal

[dailyclassicwho]

Request Info

REQUESTS / FILLED REQUESTS

1) Requests are currently OPEN for:

CLASSIC WHO 

TORCHWOOD (no Miracle Day please)

THE SARAH JANE ADVENTURES

(For now at least, I’m not taking any requests for the revival series because I’m working my way though a lot of the show for the first time post-S7. Also, people already make really good gifs of the modern series much more frequently than the classic series, torchwood, or sja, so I admit I don’t see the point.)

2) Classic Who is insanely long, so the broader or vaguer the request is, the longer it’ll take. If you ask me to make a gifset of all the times the Doctor and Tegan insult each other, you might be waiting a long time unless you can give me the stories, episodes — or best of all — timestamps where it happens. I reserve the right to reject super difficult requests, especially if they’re focused on eras that I don’t like as much. Put simply, the more specific your request is, the easier it’ll be for me to complete it ASAP.

3) There are some things you might request which I plan on covering anyway. Please check out my CREATIONS page to get an idea of which things I’ve already gif’d on my own and will get to eventually. However, I’ll do my best to bump up your request unless it’s meant to be done chronologically.

[tired-biscuit]

pls elaborate on prof!kiba the thought has me SCREAMING

ok ok ok, so i'm currently writing a prof!kiba fic where he's your zoology professor and is a huge pain in your ass!! he's strict and smug; always asking you questions you don't have an answer to and then smiling all conceited-like whenever you start to stutter and begin avoiding eye contact from sheer embarrassment..... he just loves to tease you during his lessons, always pretending he's so smart (he's not) and all that as he leans over your desk and keeps staring at you; goading you to the point the entire class snickers and whispers

one night, you send him your nudes instead of your long overdo assignment via email. it's done by complete accident because you're so tired you're practically braindead whilst trying to turn in the stupid thing asap so that he'll stop breathing down your neck, and in your hurry, you fail to notice you've mixed up the files.

so as you panic - expecting the worst cos he's a cunt obv - he surprisingly starts replying really nicely. you kind of start talking somehow, sort of hinting at certain things you shouldn't be hinting at, low-key flirting with each other........ he's still smug, but he's actually kind to you for the first time ever (sort of)

but the next day, he's also super awkward about it and that's a first one, too. he has his reasons ofc; he's working, he realizes the risk he's taken and how he could lose everything because of it......

but you; you're different. your roles end up reversed, because even though you should feel embarrassed about sending the pic and should be hating him cos he's so mean to you on the norm (with the exception of last night and today), you like the power you hold over him now.

the way he's obviously so fucking flustered just by being in your presence now, kind of amuses you. makes you sort of start digging this meeker version of him. i mean, you've obviously managed to get this 30-something-year-old man stressing and crushing on you just from a single pussy pic, how can you resist the temptation of making him feel the exact same way he's made you feel for the entirety of the semester?

so you turn pushy, prodding and poking at him to see how far he'll let you go with him........ how much it takes for your professor to snap.

and when he finally does snap, things happen..... heh. i'm currently 5k in!! idk when i'll post it cos it's probs gonna be a rly long fic, tho it is the thing i'm currently focusing the most on, so i hope it'll be soon <3

[starryevening]

2023 resolutions & goals

lol i post these for myself so they’re easy to find and archive. took me a month to think of the big hits but here we go. 

Life & Living 

Better Manage Deadlines This is probably the biggest ongoing goal-but I want to see you improve your time management this year and generally hit more deadlines. It was really rough last year and we wanna try to improve.

Explore More You’re still struggling with social anxiety and reverting from some hermit like habits you gained over 2020. Try getting out there more, even a little.

Leave your apartment at least 4 days a week prioritize consistency even if it’s brief.

Try dedicating one day a month to go on some kind of ‘outing’ by yourself to get more comfortable with your own company (such as going to an art gallery, music show, movie etc).

Initiate Socialization More Try to be more proactive in in-person hang outs this year. Offer game nights or go out of your way to see more folks in person. Also don’t be afraid to initiate discord calls/hangouts-we did a little better last year but we can do more this year.

Add Good Habits to Your Free Time Now that you have a pretty regular schedule with work, try reintroducing things you used to love and set aside while too busy in college/post grad. Aim for at least one of the following;

Read a book on nights before work in office

Read at least 12 new books ( comic & novels )

Sing more often, even if it sounds bad

Settle into your Apartment   We’ll be moving this year to a more long term place, so take some real time to make it home as soon as you move in. Don’t wait half a year this time for the love of god-prioritize it asap. 

Health

Maintenance Medical Appointments I'm glad you’re finally set up with your new health insurance - now it’s time to actually use it. There are some regular maintenance things you haven’t done need to prioritize this year.

Go to a Dentist

Go to An Eye Doctor

Get a General Practice Doctor

Discuss Birth control, Discuss Pap Smear, Discuss Mammograms, Possibly Discuss Metal Ankle implant, Possibly that other thing.

Find a Reliable Physical Activity Post covid you've still had a lot of trouble with keeping active, especially given that you don’t live in a super walkable neighborhood. Try finding a physical activity of any kind that you can tolerate and do on a weekly basis. Some ideas are:

Walking in the park ( Photograph nature )

Yoga inside ( to podcasts etc. )

Renew YWCA and Swim again

Improve Hygiene Routines  I’d like to try to make some reasonable additions to your personal hygiene this year, you grubby backwoods creature. Some suggestions include:

Start a daily skincare routine

Wash your face daily

Look into better skin and hair care methods.

Continue Maintaining Mental Health

You’ve done a great job of managing your mental health in the past year-honestly I don’t have any improvements to suggest, just want to encourage you to keep up the pace.

Art & Profession

Create New Portfolio Work Generally an easy task, but Considering putting additional focus into some of the ideas on the below list

Create at least Three new Pieces

Experiment with color, & more dark / dramatic shading

Experiment with Mock Comic / Book Covers, Posters

Experiment with Prop or Background focused pieces

Experiment with weird comic paneling & composition

Experiment with Product Design ( Pins, Patches etc. )

Revise & Overhaul Your Portfolio This is going to be a pain in the ass but it’s long overdue. Move your site to a new host that’s less expensive and take some time to get feedback from peers to retune and refine your Portfolio site. Create a Commission Site / Carrd and Open them Again Add a small commission side-site as well and use that to set aside funds for fun events or bigger future projects. This is kind of gonna be your play money. Plan a Larger Scale Project Try planning out, in a tangible form a larger scale project. This could be a longer mini comic, creating some enamel pins or organizing a zine project. But I’d really like you to make headway on some of your many larger scale projects this year. 

[hekkoto]

Im aliveeeeee

Hi guys!

Welp, where to start it…. I had some unexpected absence in last times and Im super sorry for this. Im super sorry for no info or update; I wanna be honest – I had extremaly hard time, I suffered from extreme anxiety related to creating or being online, I was also on edge of mental breakdown. My physical health had some major decrease too, it was hell. I had a lot of dark thought in last months, especially lately. So I also wanna thank a lot my husband and my friends Jacek and Charles – you guys saved my life! Im super grateful for all the love and support everyone gives me online, Im sorry I was unable to be there and talk or smth. I really appreciate all of you, Im also super happy to have family and friends who support me or at least try to haha

Im aware I owe some arts and such to some people and I promise to try catch up with this asap. Im also very sorry for not letting anyone know I struggle and stuff will be delayed. I hope to have most of it done/posted before end of a year. My focus in upcoming days will be catching up on Patreon rewards and commission.

I know Im in not the best state right now; I let my mental illness take too much control over me lately. I was struggling a lot with being reckless, drinking, don’t caring too much of myself. I let past traumas devour me. I let myself detach from reality more far and far. Tho do I even know what reality is haha? But I try to take control back, with help of my husband. I will stop drinking for some time. I hate it, during holidays there is a lot of yummy alcohol but probably years of drinking while being heavily medicated take toll on my health haha

I have some comeback of those awful pains of my muscles and joints, I also was constantly sick in last weeks. Honestly idk what is wrong. Probably both my physical and mental illnesses play part here. But I hope to start feeling better soon. Being in pain for so so long is killing my mind. I just wanna escape pain. UPDATE: It got better, I have less muscles pains. Its also possible I suffer from endometriosis which might be huge reason for a lot of stuff – Im starting getting diagnosed in January

Thankfully because of support I had I was able to stay alive and keep fighting. I wanna be back. I don’t want to dive deeper into darkness of my mind. I know I need to create to stay sane, putting my darkness into arts is only way to free my mind from it. I missed you guys really really much

I hope now I was able to overcome my fears and anxiety enough to create again. I think focusing on art and creating is only way to go

I wanna have better time next year, really ;-; and I hope now Im back for real. Keep in mind cause of Holidays I wont be home all the time cause I go to see a lot of my family and friends, I hope I will be feeling ok after this >XD but I hope next year will be my big comeback, I miss creating and posting soooooo much aaaaaa

[crowscoffee]

day 3: today could have been better, work was okay, and i had my support group in the morning which was nice (i'm in an lgbtq specific support group and i love it), i wish i could have gotten more homework done tonight but i had a really hard time focusing on stuff once i got home. the stress of my house and some other personal family things is also messing with me. thankfully i'm not working monday but i still have a paper due sunday that i haven't started or chosen a topic for yet (it's a short paper so it should be fine i just need to get it done asap if i want to hang out with one of my best friends on sunday, plus i need to run errands tomorrow and my parents will probably want me to do extra work around the house and just ahhhhhh stress).

anyways here is to hoping tomorrow goes better. my friend sent me a super helpful guide about how they specifically slot their day using a google spreadsheet and set designated times to do things, i'm not sure if i could handle my life being that rigid but i think doing something like that could be helpful assuming i can get myself to stick to it haha. i've also tried to force myself to do chores/productive things before i slip into maladaptive daydreaming so im at least getting things done and being intentional if i do feel the urge to daydream, i've noticed my maladaptive daydreaming is definitely stress-triggered and also probably a coping mechanism for when my depression starts getting bad, which can tend to happen when i'm stressed and burned out, but also if i'm not getting anything done and i'm wasting my time then i also start to get depressed so it is just a viscous viscous cycle gah

right i am not going to spiral anymore i am going to listen to an audiobook for school and if i can get in bed before 1am that will at least be something

[nicekaylee]

july fucking 31st

it's 2 am

after the show i said fuck all of THIS

and went on a fucking vacation. and getting therapy

and it's been going pretty sick, therapy not started. but anyways thats a write up for another day. im just going to talk about something specific that happened today.. im so pissed, and heartbroken.

CONTEXT

in my past 3 years of wasting my life on this god damn album, someone i knew a bit lit up my life in the last year,2022. this girl. the way she dresses just opened up a new sense of inspiration for me that ive never had before. so i get to know her a bit more once we hang out, and then i get to know how similar our interest in things are. we talk on the phone, and it's really nice. i knew after my birthday that this girl was someone special to me. and even though she's inspiration, i wanted to know i wanted to be there to care for her and be a closer companion, especially after knowing her past history and how i feel like she may have not felt that. fast forward 10 fucking months and im no where closer. in fact, even further away. i bet this girl doesn't think about me at all. and i'm just confused cause she barely shows any emotion at all. like one of the hardest people to understand, yet im still so invested. but it's getting very one sided. I got very depressed after my birthday, and then super focused on my album so i had little social life.. if any at all. not one message of empathy from her.. a couple of times seeing her, but never alone.. but whatever that's not the real point of the story. that was all just context. THE REAL STORY

so it's july 2023 i can't look at her as a friend, cause i have too many feelings. we talk minimally but theres a group chat thats kinda our saving grace. and just recently, she started med school in galveston. fuck. during my vacation, i'm trying to enjoy my life more. ive always wanted to wait till after my album is done, where i feel like my life will be easier, but now a days im thinking.. fuck that. i'm tired of waiting to be in the right time of my life because i can't bottle these feelings any longer. like fr this shit is bothering me so much. i'm getting older and just wishing and having this crush with no substance makes no sense.

so i need to tell her asap.

i wanted to see her in galveston. somehow ended up into a group friend thing to visit her in galveston, then her mom shut that down.

because she is in the most complicated situation literally not meant for dating at all. no car, mom takes her everywhere, curfew as fuck,her mom doesnt even want her around guys, what the actual fuck. but fuck it, she makes time to hang out in houston..for like 2 hours.. but i appreciate it honestly i understand her life situation.

TODAY she pulls up to my friends house with her brother cause her moms a freak about her going out. it's another group hangout. how tf am i gonna tell her my feelings?? anyways,

i mention i went to galveston and she seems UPSET THAT I DIDNT TELL HER?? CAUSE SHE COULDA MADE A WAY TO SEE ME..

NOW SHE WANTS TO SEE ME? WTF. idk dude it's so hard to understand her. so that was some good insight. but it's the past so whatever..

we play mario party on the switch. finish and it's about time to go. i whip out a surprise bag with gifts i wanted to treat my 2 other friends and her with! snacks for one, a fork for another, and i got her these super cute pens. she seemed to like them! she then says i didn't have to get this cause she knows im broke. WTF. honestly, shit was funny. idc but then she starts talking to me or us about some more details of her school life. she seems to always looks at me more. like most of the time. i LOVE that, but i have no clue how basic that is for her. she tells me shes finally gonna start her dream cover band, which is sick, love to hear that. someone said i should do a cover band.. i made a face and was going to say i actually do plan on it--

THEN SHE FUCKING CUTS ME OFF. AND FUCKING SAYS I SHOULD MAKE CUTE JINGLES FOR MY GIRLFRIEND(S)?? LIKE HALLMARK CARDS w pretty messages and simple JINGLES?? .....WHAT THE FUCK...

im staring at her like about to fucking lose my mind... cause i want to do that FOR HER. i almost impulsivey confess everything i feel to her. but everyone was right around me, her brother too. and i didn't know if it would be bad for her brother to hear..and have him spread info to her mom ..which will fuck her over more. i didn't wanna do that. so i just calmed down and played dumb. she left and said it's gonna be a long time till she'll see us again. what the fuck. im so mad. my friends said i shoulda just told her right there.. but idk it was so much random pressure and i wanted to be courteous and not fuck her over..

but jesus fucking christ im so mad. or some other word to describe how riled up that got me. this woman needs to know how i feel. i actually dont give a fuck anymore. im a grown dude and that annoys me that this is all weird puzzle solving teenage shit. cause if she was hinting, fuck her so im going to galveston this wednesday. giving her A SPECIAL hallmark card with a beautiful art of her and a BEAUTIFUL SONG only for her. not for OTHER girlfriends.. FOR HER. she is the one i want to make these things for . she needs to know shes the one i care about. before some asshole gets to her in galveston. honestly i actually dont care. i just wanna make sure she knows how special she is to me. that'll give me peace of mind. and she says no, then honestly im okay. anyways im doing it. wednesday. cant bottle this in anymore. i really hope she lets me see her man. i just want to let her know how special she is to me. it'll hurt my heart knowing if i never did anything. and maybe she'll share something loving as well

maybe

[wh0lemilk0vich]

"For anyone wondering this is about Home for the Holigays, the start of a Christmas romcom style fic with coworkers in a fake relationship au gallavich and chubby!Mickey. I definitely agree that it needs to be finished. Maybe I'll start working on it for a Christmas in July sort of thing, but y'all have to be patient, it really triggers my demand avoidance haha. Tell me about what things in it you liked, engage with me about what's resonating with you, tell me about your hopes for them, that'll make me feel really good and make me want to write. It's like when I'm trying to date and everyone keeps asking me to send pics, like they just want access to me. It feels objectifying to only be asked for more content. And don't get me started on kudos/likes to comment/reblog ratios. Just remember I'm a person with shit going on and I write because it's my burden to ensure there's some fat representation and fat sexuality in my favorite fandoms, so that I and people like me can feel seen and appreciated and beautiful and sexy and engage in kink material from a different perspective."

I gotta put it here so I can remember everything I wanna say.

I'm sorry if my ask came out more "I want this asap or I'm gonna riot or die." And less "omfg you're such a good writer and i fucking love this and cant wait for more when its available" I forget that things dont always come across how in thinking. It's like I miss a step when talking.

And mickey is like a porcupine marshmallow. Soft on the inside with tender feelings that he wants to hide and then thr sharpness on the outside to warn people off.

I absolutely love that fic as well as many others you've done, even other fandoms.

You write gallavich well especially what I think both inner voices sound like. Ian's like a bounding and happy golden retriever until his siblings piss him off then hes doing that growling smiling thing dogs do.

I love how much ian just fucking ADORES mickey and ESPECIALLY after lip says something ian focuses more on making Mickey feel fucking present and cared for as subtly as Ian can.

Part 1 because I'm falling asleep and want to be coherent.

😁😁💙💙

Ahhhh

Ok first of all, let ME apologize because I really want you to know that my response before was not a direct response to you, and I'm sorry for answering your ask in a way that made you into a scape goat, just because a pattern of behavior has been upsetting me.

Now, let me thank you so much!! It's incredibly validating to hear, particularly the part about their voices. I know fan works, in a way, really play with the concept of characterization, what can be considered in character v. out of character. I like to think that even when I'm changing some of their material conditions and realities to match some of my experiences and desires, the essence of the character is still there and I'm glad you feel it too. 🥰🥰 It's such a good feeling and really empowering to know what parts of my writing are working well. I'm also super open to constructive criticism because I want to be getting better and I feel like I'm weird with pacing haha!

So anyway, thank you so much for this!! It was a treat to receive ❤️

[mcrmadness]

I got curious over how film reel videos were edited back in the day and I just don't know which keywords to use (on youtube) for that, and when I do, I get results like these:

And noooooo, don't give me short videos where everything is explained asap :( I want long videos! Even whole youtube channels dedicated to different topics, I want to know everything about it! Not just some shallow look on something that feels like wasting 8 minutes of life on something I already knew without the video too.

In general so many of these videos on youtube seem to be titled "as fast as possible" or "shortly" or "as shortly as possible" and so on. I don't like it how the trend of making everything be quick and fast is also in these videos. Like, I have nothing but time! I can very well sit down to watch videos for hours. I found one channel that does really good videos about film making, but it's focusing on today's methods only, and rn I'm feeling like looking back at the history of film making but from the behind the scenes point of view. Most videos are so shallow and only focus on old movie stars or most famous films and explain the same things as every other video too, and tell nothing new and exciting.

I am studying in the media industry rn, so I naturally have now the curiosity for knowing what the industry and film making WAS before. I wanna know everything about old-school special effects - not just those from the 90s, but even older. From the early days of cinema! I have seen some short videos that focused on that era and showed stuff from e.g. old wax stop-motion dinosaurs to how Charlie Chaplin did some of the trickshots in his films. THAT kind of stuff is what I want to know, just like how different cuts in films were done before you could do that digitally. I wanna know when did film cameras stop being the main camera type, and when did movie companies move to digital. Or did they? I know there are still directors who use expensive film cameras, but I also wanna know if film cameras are still common or not. Like, all this is so fascinating but I can't find real documentaries about the topic from anywhere. Sometimes youtube drops super fascinating video recommendations in front of me, but somehow I just never find such videos when I'm purposedly looking for them...