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Currently thinking about older Vampire!Rossi and newer Vampire!Reid (platonic)
Btw, thinking of Spencer turning around season 2 even though the timeline wouldn't match with Rossi joining the BAU.. but let's ignore that bc its my au so !!
Like imagine Rossi teaching Spencer all about being a vampire bc he js got turned and Rossi is like hundreds of years old so he obviously knows much more. Also he doesn't want Spencer to struggle as much as he did when he was just turned.
Rossi telling Spencer all about the myths there are about vampires and how they aren't true or how it actually is.
Ex. Not being able to go inside someones home without permission. You can just walk in, but its impolite, vampire or not..
Or garlic being deathly to vampires. It really isn't. Its either a non deadly allergy or it just makes them sick ! Depends on something that Rossi doesn't remember (I can't decide)
Rossi gets sick when he eats it, which really pisses him off, but it doesn't stop him! He will eat garlic cuz fuck that! (me with my lactose intolerance)
Oh and to keep his fangs in check, they tend to peak out in certain situations. Either when he smells blood he likes or feels threatened. Also when he he's around someone he's attracted to, but he learns to control that more.
Also telling him the best places to get blood, what to avoid in a blood place (shop?), or blood in general. Not that it matters, Spencer would rather die than drink someones random blood, no matter how many tests they had to go through in order to donate.
Which is why he doesn't usually feed much and instead rather starve for weeks until either hes forced to drink a blood pouch or someone close offers him their own !
Rossi teaching Spencer how to transform into a bat, which takes ages because Spencer just can't seem to transform. At one point they thought maybe he couldn't, until one day something just click and he transformed!
Except Spencer got too excited and transformed back.. its okay eventually he learns to transform quickly.
Then Rossi having to teach him to fly as a bat. And since Spencer loves physical activity, and is great at all that stuff, it was easy! (it took even longer to teach him how to fly well, and he still struggles)
Still, Rossi has patience with him. After all Spencer has always been like a son to him, and even more now that they're both vampires.
Sometimes Rossi tells Spencer how easy he has it being a vampire because "back in his day, they were chased around with stakes and shit" (Based on this post!!)
yea idk what else this is all i thought of so far..
idk if this counts as a Spencer imagine so no tags
#this is me basically making my au#will i ever write about it ?#probably not#but its nice to ramble on abt :3#criminal minds#spencer reid#david rossi#vampire!reid#vampire!spencer#vampire!spencer reid#dr spencer reid#matthew gray gubler#mgg#criminal minds imagine#criminal minds imagines#vampire!rossi#vampire!david rossi#vampire!au#vampire au#criminal minds au
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spent the first hour and change at work deleting some old files and am having a grand ol time laughing at myself for not realizing i was a lesbian sooner
#vulnerable tag rambles ahead please be kind abt them i didnt intent to ramble this much but i dont wanna delete it eitehr#me to every single man i have ever dated after 6mo-1y: yeah hey this really isnt working out i dont really know why but i really hate mysel#and i dont want to blame you because i dont think you did anything inherently wrong here; i think this is something about me but i need#space to figure out why im feeling this way [every single one reacted by telling me No i wasnt allowed to leave btw]#i hold very complex feelings about these relationships esp bc of them ending in very violent/chaotic ways most of the time#but its interesting to look back at it all and realize ive left every man for the same reason (which is that ive hated myself Every Single#Time ive dated a man) and its funny bc i recognized the self hate pretty early on w/ cishet men but when it came to queer men it was#much more confusing (esp w/ nto knowing Any lesbians at that point in my life). im so happy im a lesbian tbh#i have a lot of issues w/ the racism fatphobia and transmisogyny present in lesbian groups#and also coming out as a lesbian really truly saved my life. before i met my wife i was quite literally in a 3yr abusive relationship that#definitely would have died in if i hadnt realzied i was a lesbian and ran from him#its also weird seeing liek the hard evidence of the things that happened to me btween 2016-2020 tbh#cause that was such a bad time of my life. i truly dont know how i survived it but im so glad i did#like the three major relationships in my life b4 meeting my wife was: guy who was in college when i was in HS who stalked me when i left;#guy who was a year younger than me who cheated on me the entire time while telling me he was being victimized (he wasnt; this was very mess#guy who saw the very messy toxic ldr i was in and helped me dump my ex then decided that meant we were in a relationship [insert 3 yrs here#and admittedly all 3 years with him werent the same level of abusive but it was definitely unhealthy from the start considering I Didnt Kno#we were together until he wanted to celebrate vday and got mad i didnt know our anniversary - and like this isnt including the other stuff#that happened between those Relatonships[tm] (cause ive never been monogamous; these were just the Major Relationships)#like i genuinely think if i hadnt come out i'd be dead rn given just how dangerous my relationships were/continued getting#i am also so tired now that ive seen all this cause like. fuck i can barely believe it and i not only lived it but have PTSD about it#i should write about my life sometime. i feel like it'd be cathartic to try and make a tangible timeline and stories from the years ang stu#anyway yeah. be nice about the tag rambles. dont message me with pity or curiosity or anything about this. i dont usually talk abt this stu#publicly bc i hate the ways ppl start tryign to baby me when they realize my life has been extremely fucked up until only a few years ago#n im still working on accepting kindness from others bc of [insert life traumas here] but its a long process so pls respect my need for jus#being heard rn w/o too much pressure< 3 (but ig if u do read this can u like it cause i feel a little crazy seeing all the evidence of the#stuff i experienced now also cause fuck ik logically it was but also i cant believe it was all real still yk)
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protectors that will erode in time to dust
@llondonfog made the post that insp’d this here <3
#this is a shit sketch im NOT finishing this or making something nice but i needed it drawn. tumblr users do not follow suntails for good art#u follow for the ramblings in my tags. i see you. u see me. we are perceiving each other right here right now#silver thinking abt gargoyles bc malleus loves them. they protect a building they have utility. a purpose. silver is a protector it is his p#urpose too. and knowing that he can stand tall in the face of danger despite knowing that with time he'll crumble to dust just like the ston#ITS LETTIES JOB TO BE ELOQUENT NOT MINE. I JUST DRAW STUFF i am trying to laserbeam my thoughts into yalls heads is it working#spinning in circles rolling on the floor and sobbign#i like silvers pe shoes btw j saw em today for drawing this id wear them. just thought u deserved to know#<3#twst#twisted wonderland#twst silver#diasomnia#suntails#oh also i know the gargoyle looks silly i think its hilarious. im naming him gerald
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Hello hihi!! Lately I've gotten into Pizza Tower and every time I search up Pizza Tower fanart for some inspo, your art always seems to pop up! Just wanted to say your PT art is a big inspo for me and I love your art It's very cool and nice to look at!!:D Soory for rambling sdksjkkjs
that is so so sweet and aauuhg… tysm that really does mean a lot to me 🥹
#era.txt#dingo-asks#i have a really really REALLY hard time responding to things…. it’s a thing im sorry#but i get so many nice things and its soooo overwhelming ?????/POS.?? like i dont deserve you#ppl are so nice to me and nice about my stuff and im trying to learn to be better abt accepting it <\3#i get a lot of ppl sending messages and whatnot that are so nice and sweet….. im so very sorry if i dont respond#but please know that ive most likely seen it and i appreciated it 🥹 responding is just very difficult for me#ok sorry for the ramble in the tags MSJDJDJ but ya. tysm
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Friendship is the most special thing in the world because no award could be give me bigger happiness than jumping around in my room and smiling because my pookie asked me if I wanted to match pfps
#SHES AMAZING I LOVE HER AHHHHH#I hope we manage to find a cute bsd pfp it would be literally my dream#little vent tw!!#it's been so long since I matched pfps last time was with my ex who started being wayyyyy too weird..#and the other time was with a friend who started ghosting me some months later just because I didnt give her enough adopt me pets or smth 💔#and like. her stopping talking to be literally broke me as a person. it was devastanting for like 13yo me#woahhh thank you k. now I have social anxiety and keep dobting whether people really want me there or not#I still have a sort of love hate relationship w her but like its been over 2 years maybe 3 why do I still care abt it sm :<#especially since our other bestie is wayy more affectionate w k than w me it just makes me feel so weird like im sort of a 3rd wheel#but at least the friend im gonna match with is the sweetest person ever and we can be silly together :333#unfortunately we only know eachother from a course so we always have to wait 2 weeks to see eachother#and even tho i still see k almost every day shes pretty different now#but ive been feeling so so happy the last few days since school started and im afraid I might go back to being how I was when she returns#because. I bet my two friends will keep being silly together and ill have to sit w my ex again cuz hes still part of our friend group#I mean hes a nice and funny guy but I figured that a relationship wont work with us. I tried it and I just wanna be friends#I have a lot of fun w him but like in a platonic way#and im afraid he still thinks we should be together#meanwhile my besties keep flirting w eachother like??#I mean its pretty funny as a joke but I cant help but feeling kinda jealous especially because I used to have a huge crush in one of them#talked a bit too much ooopssss#Im just trying to move on but I hope k coming back doesnt start everything over again#anyways!! I love my bestie from the course smmmmmm Im still so so happy :D wish we could see eachother more#random stuff#chaos#friendship#violet rambles
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im honestly kind of surprised nintendo didn't use peach's modern dress design for the ttyd remake i thought it was gonna be like how they changed luigi's design in the m&l remakes. but i also like peach's older dress a little better so im not complaining <3
#skye's ramblings#imean luigi was a kinda different change that only really affected official artwork but still. nintendy loves their current designs#also yah i started my playthrough YAAAAY this game is fucking gorgeous.. i really like how they did the character models#will never understand the people who complain abt the papercraft aesthetic of the modern games like. the old ones are pretty but both rule#its a nice mix of both styles honestly <3 iiifuucking love PAPER. YAY
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i think itis funny in the past when i would list my interests as if i post abt them i donot post abt the shit im into rly Mainly bc im not rly Into Into anything anymore i occasionally watch or read or play something but i dont do fandom stuff rly much.... just sometimes i get brainworms
#do i still list my interests somewhere i dont knowwww#i just stopped rly being into fandom a few years ago combination depression antipathy + bad experiences in fandom spaces#but idk. me listing my interests didnt rly accomplish anything for anyone bc it was just like anddd just so you know i was crazy abt this#video game for a rly long time it probably wont ever come up again but it might maybe one day. yk. ig its just sharing info Which is one#supposes the point of all of this but idk#its not that im cagey abt my interests except that one which i cant talk abt publically bc its a triple a game and im embarassed abt it. no#anything bad im just embarrassed . its not anything any of my oomfies have ever posted abt either so its just for me. and lamp . and when#the third game comes out i might post very very very vaguely abt it ......... possibly.#but ya its like. idk i think you guys have to find out abt my plague tale obsession on your own through lived experience. aka just me seein#like the word king and randomly collapsing to the floor and going KING HUGO 😭😭😭😭😭 oh god hugo guys oh god . please play plague tale#i wish i had finished that tw thing i started making but then i got too focused on the color palette and making it look nice and i stopped.#umm tw child death animal death The plague some gorey stuff theres some cult things in the second game ummm. yeah ..... its rly special to#me tho i love those games PLAY PLAGUE TALE!!! and if u need more indepth tws ill give them to you even if i have to replay both games to#refresh my memory... lamp wont play plaguetale with me (not their speed) so im all alone </3 but i miss it i might replay soon... i wish i#was in like discord servers so i could play it on call w ppl or something <- is in discord servers but is shy and Also i feel like playing#game on call is like a level like 2 friendship thing and i cant even do level 1 friendship things like i feel i need to at least be talking#regularly in a server b4 i like try to do Calls in the server esp for plague tale bc its like a 1p game so wed need a rapport to like have#shit to talk abt and etc ..... i could just infodump abt the game but again i feel doing that to like strangers/oomfies would b weird. ik i#come on here and talk abt whatever i want but its like you guys dont Have to read this and its not like a server where Yeah im not talking#to one person but im still like Oh well ive sent a message and its in the channel and everybody just has to look at it and whatever.#but on here i post i nobody cares and it just gets pushed down and its Fine bc its not like anybody has to feel obliged to respond#which is fine. you know.. i just hate being like a nuisance i hate . idk how to phrase. imposing myself on others ig.. which is dumb bc the#i turn around and whine abt how i have no friends and its like Maybe that is bc you donot talk to anyone bc yr scared they will be annoyed#with you and you dont leave the house and have no interests to bond with ppl and etc. but basically the difference is ive written all this#and you guys can just not read it or you can just read it and ignore it and its different. even tho i am like addressing you and i do have#like. weird parasocial thing with My followers or whatever where i talk directly to you YES YOU! reading this. IDKK im rambling so much i#dont know what im talking abt anymore. i proooooobably need to go to sleep im hungry tho but im not but i am. but i think my sleep is getti#off schedule again i had trouble sleeping yesterday too... ugh
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while i dont think its necessarily like an egregiously offensive blunder by any means like theyve done much worse and it suits the narwhal fine. truly an eng translation moment to call it the all-devouring narwhal for no particular reason when once more every single translation (save for russian for some reason) is star-devouring/-swallowing narwhal/whale like 💀 why do they keep doing this
#eng translation that one contrarian in the workplace that just will not go with the rest#like im glad eng team is thinking of a more varied diet for my beloved but like if its called star devouring in the original#whats up w just changing it either way jajskdkskskskgl for funsies?#i try to be like nice and realistic about translation stuff bc idk chinese but i do know its always difficult to fully convey things#and like i dont know abt the communication the translators have with the writers if they have any at all#etc etc. but stuff like this being changed is kinda just silly#ESPECIALLY if the star part ends up being significant later on which i can very muvh see w the constellation = destiny thing#if its snacking on say perchance the stars making up ajax' celestia-decreed fate isnt that just freeing him from a predestined path 🤨🤨#me when my least suspicious atk pattern is just fucking blasting through monoceros caeli and watching its stars fall from the sky#and 2/3 of my boss drops are about dimmed stars and fractured constellations. huh huh#genshin#rambles#narwhalposting
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Thinks abt my lob corp nuggets oh so hard. I may only have second hand half remembered knowledge of project moon worldbuilding but I will still forever obsess over my lil guys who suck absolute ass
#rat rambles#oc posting#I <3 women who are just straight up bad people#this is mostly abt my girl yuri but its also abt my girl juliet#yuri is well. she's certainly smth.#she's very fascinated in psychology and in particular the psychology behind abnormalities#and it is for this reason that shes in disciplinary#for most of her life one of the things that had facinated her most is the mind'd reaction to pain and suffering#so she finds suppressing abnormalities to be very fun and interesting#her girlfriend maxy certainly has an interesting perspective on this aspect of yuri to but it kindly#maxy has a lot of self loathing mostly relating to how numb shes become to everything and how unatural it is for her to care abt stuff#so she sees yuri as a far better person than she is because she still manages to care and be passionate abt things#she deeply admires and loves yuri and feels like she doesnt deserve yuri's affection#maxy is also the only person that I say yuri genuinely cares abt on a personal level#most of the time even ppl yuri rly likes arent safe from her morbid curiosity but she genuinely cares abt maxy's wellbeing#now juliet is generally a lot less extreme than yuri but shes still not great#juliet and her bestie loki both are genuinely very invested in the cause and goals of lob corp which is the first red flag#but juliet is the more noteworthy of the two actions wise because she actually interacts with fellow employees#she was among the first employees here and while she comes off as friendly and nice she takes her job incredibly seriously and doesn't fuck#around when it comes to productivity levels#she generally respects malkuth a lot more than any of the other robots and actively dislikes most of the others#most newbies tend to like her because of her being one of the few higher ranking employees thats friendly and welcoming but most that make#it longer term tend to realize quick that she doesn't care abt any of them#but whats often worse than her not caring abt you is her seeing potential in you#if she sees potential in someone she will make it very clear and do everything in her power to help them realize that potential#one of my other higher ranking guys mason very much hates juliet because of that exact situation#mason rly didnt know what she was getting into when she got hired at lob corp and mostly worked with the much softer abnos for her first#while at the job until she was thrown into the deep end to work on censored#most of the other higher level employees at the time wouldnt be able to make it through a work session with censored but she was#barely. but it was enough that juliet took notice of her and decided that maybe this guy was worth keeping around afterall
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I can't sleep... I bet being sandwiched between two sexy space soldiers could help though!
#ash rambles 💚#this is a post abt g.arrus and s.hepard if you couldnt tell LMAAAOO#g.arrus isnt the most squishy or most cuddly alien around but we make it work#and shep is so nice to cuddle! hehe all the muscle just makes me feel so safe! theyre the best boyfriends ever 👉🏽👈🏽#despite not being too sleepy. its like 2am and so my brain isnt really braining#i like them 👍🏽 boyfriends are cool#though sometimes shep does this thing where he snuggles his face into ash's neck so his stubble tickles her#he just wants to hear her laufh#*laugh#oh oh! and g.arrus purrs too! he's one adorable alien! makes cuddles a lot more fun#I'm so glad the bed in shep's cabin is big enough for 3#hm.. should i try to get some sleep.. yes i should...#gn gamers#gotta see the dentist tmr :( i hate the dentist :(#anyways ive been playing d.ragon age origins...#AlistairIsVeryHandsomeAndILikeHim#HAHAHA SORRY WHAT WHO SAID THAT LMAAOO NOT ME#goodnight gamers#can't calibrate this one 🌌#i'm with you until the end 🌌
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My siblings are on summer break after this Wednesday which means I finally get to play videogames for them again. :3c Do you think I could get my brother to tolerate fnf for like 15 mins so I can fuck around with some hard modes in front of him.
#ramblings#i have like 3 brothers so to specify im talking abt the middle brother who is constantly teasing me 4 liking fnf NSJANKJG#`its literally just noises why do you like this` i also liked 100 gecs so like i think u have the answer already#(100 gecs was just “Noise /negative” to him as well thats the context to that comment)#anyways i have hope cuz i made a shitpost involving a clip of me playing philly nice and instead of teasing me he kinda just went#`dude u got all sicks on that` which like i didnt there were a few goods in that clip but the acknowledgement was nice since hes#been kinda an ass lately#sorry im rambling abt just anything now AJKDNKGDKNG theres a reason thats my textpost tag
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BY THE WAAYYYY im not dead just still settling into my new place w tres!! ;w; work has me tired but im doing okay!!
#/rambling#/life stuff#not gw2#sappy moment in the tags but. ive been doing SO WELL mentally since getting here#like. idk i cant really put it into words but im SO much happier and hanging out with tres irl every day is SO so nice#we have one same day off together and a decent amount of time off work together around our work days so like#idk im just having a really good time and its so weird to think that this isnt A Visit … this is Realed Life …#i live here now 😌💖 i lov ..#im so normal. anyway <3 JWBDKWND#hopefully more blorbos thoughts soon but ive also been iffy abt tumblr since the midjourney stuff#so if i post anything new does kinda remain to be seen but im just getting my life organized before i worry abt posting Lol
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Ulhar, local self-proclaimed true neutral, with totally no issues at all, just a silly little guy who does everything for personal survival and/or entertainment <3
#everything is always out of self-interest i swear#its so great and fun to not be a good person! you can get away with anything and not feel bad about it at all!!#life is so nice when you can easily classify your flaws and justify your actions <3#lay rambles#bg3#oc: ulhar#been. having thoughts abt her since the tiefling party#(i say as if she has not been rotating in my brain the whole week)
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getting asks makes me so happy, thank you guys for trusting my input and for taking the time to send asks!! 🥺💖
i have a feeling i'm going to be online quite often this week, so if anyone has any questions about astrology, spiritual stuff, healing, anything, i'm always here!! happy to answer asks about certain placements (ie: gemini moon traits, mutable dominance traits, etc), compatibility (taurus x scorpio sun compatibility), astrology topics (what do the planets mean, what are the houses, etc), take requests for posts (ie: what does saturn in the signs mean), etc!!! <3
#luna.txt#i'm going through some stressful weird life stuff rn#and it's nice to come back to tumblr again and talk about astro and take my mind off the bad 💕#i feel like i'm in a whole new healing girl era but like still kinda in my endings painful girl era#im having feelings and thoughts and as a scorpio u can understand how stressful that is for me#JLKFDJFKLDFJ#anyway<3 love u guys#hope ur all doing well#pls send as many asks as u want#(i just cant read ur entire chart im sorry!!!)#anyway i was supposed to sleep early tonight bc i have so many work meetings tmrw#but now my brain is just like on Go mode and stress mode so#perhaps ill stay awake going thru old asks and answering any new ones i might get!!!!#and also.. staying awake for le sserafim comeback omg.. my fav gg (along w purplekiss) im so excited#ANYWAY!! im happy to talk anytime even if its not abt astro#feel free to come yell at me abt ur problems or ur wins or anything<3#im always happy to give older sister advice too.. or younger sister advice if ur older than me..#also always happy to talk about girl groups or genshin or myg or exo<3#ok ill stop rambling now.. its been a while since i treated tumblr like a diary oops
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i actually have not stopped thinkin bout your bb!edit like,,,, its so good and scratches my brain right
how long have you been doin edits for? do have any tips for someone, who hypothetically, wants to start doin edits too? what programs do you use? how did you do the cool animated bits?
im so sorry for all the qustions 😭😭 i just think youre very talented and inspirational and i hope you have a good day ^_^
hi firstly oh my gosh you're literally so sweet i am gently shaking you i love you so much /p. secondly, i apologize for the long answer! (it's all under the cut. this got away from me. i'm so sorry apparently i have a lot to say.) (also you're so good about the questions i would constantly be asking one of my professors questions during class to the point where she said i didn't have to go "i have a question" every time i approached her)
i've been editing since 2016! around march/april, i think? loved it so much i went into film & video production in college as a major so i could do editing for a living. (i have done more motion graphics for my classmates than i have done edits outside of class assignments, BUT!)
the program i use is after effects - i started learning it when covid first hit the united states because i had nothing better to do with my time (other than music theory but i failed that bc my professor focused more on the history aspects than the actual theory soooo) and my ipad kept giving me the "no more storage" whenever i tried to use videostar lmao. (vs has, apparently, gotten a LOT of good updates, so if you're looking to start editing and have an ios system, i'd look into it! only downside is you have to pay for some of the cool stuff).
also the program i use for masking (i think i explain this later dwdw) is superimpose. i've been using it since 2014 and it's SO nice bc i can use my fingers to erase backgrounds & stuff instead of hoping i can get it to work correctly in ae or photoshop (photoshop my DETESTED i'll use it but i'll complain the entire time).
for people who want to start editing: tutorials on how your program works and how to do specific transitions are gonna be your best friend when you're first figuring things out! i forced a friend to literally walk me through how after effects worked when i was first figuring it out, and when i had swapped to videostar back in 2017/2018(?) i had watched a Lot of tutorials. that and played around a lot and figured things out on my own - which is also always a good way to start!! it's also totally valid to look at other people's edits for inspiration - most editors don't really care, as long as you don't flat-out remake their edit (some people don't like that!). i have a style insp folder on instagram where i save edits that i like so if i need transition ideas or i'm doing a different style, i can look there for inspiration. at the end of the day, as long as you're having fun with it that's all that matters!
also, starting simple is always okay!! my edits for a year were just me slapping gifs & video segments together on a timeline in cute cut pro bc imovie didn't load them lol & it'd crash every time i breathed. ++ it never hurts to ask people for feedback/constructive(!!!) criticism/etc! (also not to sound like everyone else but practice? good. it's so good. if i showed my 14/15y/o self some of the edits i can make now they would've passed out on the spot bc i was still trying to figure out transitions back then. programs can also sometimes make a difference in edits, but usually it's not super noticeable until you start getting to the Complicated Shit.)
a lot of popular programs i've seen are ones like video star (ios only), alight motion (android only), after effects (i recommend 🏴☠️ing it tbh, i only use it legally bc i had to use adobe programs for school), capcut, and i think some people still use sony vegas pro & maybe cute cut pro (i've heard it may have actually gotten better since i last used it in 2018)? i have no idea. programs also depend on whatever device you're using to edit on! since i've been using my laptop, i'm able to use after effects (it's computer-only), but when i used my phone/ipad to edit i used ccp & vs.
for the animation - it's a lot of cutting up the image and masking! more complex animations, like the one i had of leo walking down that red 'hallway' have several different layers that have been masked. (i removed the background & filled in the spot where leo originally was in two different apps - superimpose (taking leo out) & photoshop (filling in the bg)) in after effects, the way i've done this was mask out the specific thing i wanted to move (like an eye) and then put that mask on what i've called a "base" (not animated), and then stick a solid behind the base to match the color of the object. (some of my layers are not named appropriately; base 2 is the left arm & the four "SIX_[...]" layers are the mask/bandana tails)
an example of this would be for any of the eye blink animations i did! this (above) is the same shot, with and without the eye - since it's masked out and i have the background solid behind it, it doesn't look too unnatural/have a black outline/mass where his eye should be.
what it looks like without the solid layer behind it ^ (the red lines are from the null layers - ignore that)
this is what my timeline looks like if it's a more simplistic animation - the only five things being animated here are leo & raph's eyes. (there's only this many layers bc it's two characters in one shot & i was also animating their pupils - typically, an eye-blink animation is about 4-6 layers for me (solid, base, mask, & null to animate with, 6 if i'm animating both eyes & 4 if just one))
in after effects, there's this really cool tool called the puppet pin that one of my friends (lovingly) yelled at me for not knowing about - which. yeah fair she wasn't wrong it's SUPER useful in animating, provided you chop up your image first. if you don't it's a mess.
(separated by layer vs i should've really put the mask tails & leo's head on separate layers and didn't bc that was the 2nd to last animation i had to do and i was losing my mind bc i wanted to be done with the edit lmao)
the way people animate depends all on their style (there's two common ways to do blinking animation - having the anchor point at the bottom of the eye, or the middle of it) and the program they use. it's been a while, but i could probably tell you how to do some basic animations on videostar still even though i've been doing them in after effects for about 2-3years now. ALSO the best way to have an animation be noticeable is to over-exaggerate it/make them Big - which, yes, can mean 'breaking bones' and having the limbs be a little wonky at the start. (if you want it to be realistic though go Just to the point where it looks uncomfortable lmao)
uhm. again i am so sorry that this is so long i THINK this is everything? if not: my inbox/dms are always open if you ever want to ask more questions, wanna follow up on something, etc etc!! (also if you ever start editing please send me your edits!!! i'd love to see them <3)
#this got away from me im SO sorry (just put this in google docs out of curiosity. 1255 words. i am so sorry for the essay.)#uhm. ANYWAY YES like i said if you have any other questions feel free to reach out!!! i am always alway willing to help people out#with stuff like this!!! i can talk your ear off though if this wasn't enough proof of that /j#if nothing makes sense it's bc i'm responding to this at like. 5am my time. so. my bad if there's typos i'm so sorry#like i think i saw this ask at 4:40ish am and i'm still making sure i've got everything covered and its like 5:32am LMAO#me when i dont sleep bc i have no routine now#ask box pals#art creds in the screenshots to trubblegumm !! <- tagging to be safe#still in shock at the amount of positive feedback im getting from my bb!leo edit like oh my god you guys are incredible ilysm /p#sorry i discovered in the middle of typing out my tags that you can edit them now after you've hit enter where am i.#also this is offtopic so its down here but i am Not complaining about doing more motion graphics than actual editing.#a bitch has won two awards for their motion graphics at festivals and i've been doing them for a YEAR#(laughs in the first time i ever did a real one i won a student award. idk how. but i DID and i won the pro category this year <3)#it would be nice tho to do more editing for short films tho :( had a professor tell me i was good at it.#i should rly start using my camera and shoot my own stuff and edit it huh. maybe i will eventually i have a few ideas.#anyway. i need to stop rambling abt my experience as a film student and go to bed i apparently need to be up in the morning but idk WHEN
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mario wonder acquired HELL YEAH BROTHER
#skye's ramblings#not playing it yet though bc im planning to play it w my friend tomorrow. but videos game is in my possession <3#itll b nice to play a marios game again even if im not as crazy abt the mainline games. i adore wonders artstyle n DAISY MY FRIEND!! YAH#still debating between choosing daisy or toadette though <3 its so hard being a lesbian sometimes
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