#first mb in this account!

[huachei]

（⭒ ˘˘） 🍓 ⟢ 𝆴

（⭒ ˘˘） 🧇 ⟢ 𝆴

[pt78195]

SCHEDULING this post. This art is old, from like 2020 but I still figured I’d post it because I really like how it looks. I miss drawing on instagram! It’s super fun (except when you start getting more strokes and it threatens to crash on you LMAO.) Enjoy a little Baki! Goober.

[dissectedgrrl]

in my dreams i still see that town 𓈒⠀⠀⠀ ׅ　⠀　⠀　₊　⠀੭

[three-bunnies-in-a-trenchcoat]

If anyone needs me the crushed and broken down 8 year old inside of me is going to be crying she just heard some devastating news about a book series she liked

[haloslips]

had to unfollow the dogist on insta for posting a k9 German shepherd w a cop and a positive caption which is a big loss for the me community tbh!!!

[bl-inkstone]

hello! this is a draft for the orv thoughtspost that's been rattling around my head for a good while and i realized that i haven't posted in like months so. hi. hey, i'm still here haha :"D

[tzulipss]

 ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎🌸🌟🍀 𝐌𝐎𝐓𝐇 𝐎𝐑𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐃𝐒 : 𝐓𝐇𝐄 𝐄𝐕𝐄𝐍𝐓  ‎ ‎ ‎ a @tzulipss 1.5k special

first off, thank you all so so much for 1.5k!! it means so much to me that you all continue to support me, my mbs, and blog in general and i cherish each and every one of ya’ll. i never thought i’d get far on tumblr and the fact that i reached my first “k” (1k) on here and i’m only 500 away from my second (2k) is such a big deal for me. in celebration of this huge milestone, i’ll be holding an event!! and this time i promise to actually finish the event and not leave for 7 months :P (only the ogs know what i’m talking about lmao)

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ ㅤ ㅤαboυt 𝑀𝜎𝜏𝘩 𝛳𝑟𝑐𝘩𝜄d𝑠 : the event is centered around a flower called moth orchids. despite not being a tulip, in my eyes, i see moth orchids as a symbol of my account. visual wise, moth orchids are known for their unusual color combinations and intricate design which i think resemble my moodboard style and personality as a whole if that makes sense. with the addition of them in your moodboard entries it will give them a personal tzulipss touch and create a plethora of masterpieces!

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ ㅤ ㅤhoω to joιn ㅤ—— comment joining! ㅤ—— reblog & tag 3 or more users ㅤ—— the deadline is oct 4th

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ ㅤ ㅤrυles ㅤ—— your mb has to include a type of moth orchid ㅤ—— mb must be made completely by you (divs and locs fine) ㅤ—— no specific idol or aesthetic is necessary ㅤ—— tag me in your entry or else it won't be counted —— use the tag #𝑀𝜎𝜏𝘩 𝛳𝑟𝑐𝘩𝜄d𝑠 : the event ㅤ—— maximum two entry per person

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ ㅤ ㅤρrιzes

‎ ‎ ‎ —— ⓵ : 3 mbs, 100 rblgs, 2 user packs, fb from my tumblr & pin —— ⓶ : 2 mbs, 80 rblgs, 1 user pack, fb from my tumblr & pin ㅤ—— ⓷ : 1 mb, 50 rblgs, fb from my tumblr & pin ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎ • reblogs will be done on @miuadior ㅤ • user packs will be done on @kk-urisma ㅤ • all participants get 25 reblogs for joining!!

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ ㅤ ㅤtαgs

ㅤ@kurcmia @soulari @sugarish @f-loqweres @floriseu

ㅤ@n-americano @hadaura @rubyouts @yoonitos @rosaditas

ㅤ@dollyrin @ningrlz @y-vna @wonlita @wonyange

ㅤ@blissara @aqualogia @dojeoies @hyetart @fairytopea

ㅤ@i-kyujin @jaexiyu @chaeyve @hyelita @obdosant

ㅤ@miuhyein @jenfaery @lil-liaa @sooyaafluers @sseulr1n

ㅤ@p-oisn @yeonzzens @7hyein @lacediore @iluvrei

ㅤ@owatazumi @seulzitos @y2jiz @poemale @yunjidoll

ㅤ@shuasfilm @minguukie @vg-k @ecojinri @ecojinri

ㅤ@y-unjins @koosuvi @i04rei @fre-sitas @kyuwebs

ㅤ@trivijoy @chaey2k @baesol @y0oni3

ㅤ+ anyone else wishing to join !

[aeraras]

　　Lucky⠀Clover:⠀TheㅤEvent ㅤ 🍀

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤhosted byㅤ﹕ㅤ@aeraras

You let out a deep breath, enjoying the morning sunlight. Today felt special, and you were excited to be productive and have fun. You jumped out of bed, opened the curtains, and checked your watch—7 a.m. already?

After a quick glass of water, you headed outside for a morning jog. As you picked up your pace, you spotted your partner strolling with a big smile, earbuds in. You grinned and called out, “Hey!”

They looked up, smiling wider. “Oh hi! Want to walk with me?”

You both chatted as you walked, and soon, you noticed a four-leaf clover on the path. You picked it up and showed it to them. “Look at this! Maybe it’s a sign that I am lucky.”

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ ㅤㅤㅤhow to enter

ㅤㅤㅤ：ㅤcomment joining on this post ㅤㅤㅤ：ㅤreblog this post, tagging 4+ blogs that may want to join ㅤㅤㅤ：ㅤwhen posting your moodboard, mention me so i can see it ㅤㅤㅤ：ㅤuse the hashtag “lucky⠀clover:⠀theㅤeventㅤ🍀🎶” ( pls copy and paste ㅤㅤㅤotherwise entry will be invalid ) ㅤㅤㅤ：ㅤremember to be creative and have fun!

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ ㅤㅤㅤㅤguidelines

ㅤㅤㅤ：ㅤmust be at least 90% made by you. using dividers and locs made by ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤothers is fine ㅤㅤㅤ：ㅤno copying or stealing moodboards ㅤㅤㅤ：ㅤonly one entry per person ( only your first entry counts ) ㅤㅤㅤ：ㅤmoodboards must include an icon with a clover ㅤㅤㅤ：ㅤends october 10th ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ ㅤㅤ ㅤ ㅤ prizes!

ㅤㅤ-ㅤ1st placeㅤ:ㅤ100 reblogs of a mb of your choice, four custom moodboards & a follow back ㅤㅤ-ㅤ2nd placeㅤ:ㅤ75 reblogs of a mb of your choice, three custom moodboards ㅤㅤ-ㅤ3rd placeㅤ:ㅤ50 reblogs of a mb of your choice, two custom moodboards ㅤㅤ-ㅤhonourable mentionsㅤ:ㅤ25 reblogs of a mb of your choice, one custom moodboard

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ ㅤ ㅤ ㅤ claiming

ㅤㅤㅤ：ㅤdm to claim prizes ㅤㅤㅤ：ㅤyou username will be mentioned in the winners section of the results post ㅤㅤㅤ：ㅤi will reblog from my personal reblog account ( @aeraluvs ) ㅤㅤㅤ：ㅤplease do not rush me when posting your prizes

ㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤㅤ ㅤㅤ my tags!! ( sorry )

@yuzchaes,ㅤ @i-kyujin,ㅤ @y-vna,ㅤ @chuwerii,ㅤ @wonjuii,ㅤ @y-unrei,ㅤ @iluvriri,ㅤ @hyelita,ㅤ @obdosant,ㅤ @p-oisn,ㅤ @sugarish,ㅤ @iluvrei,ㅤ @jicito,ㅤ @floriseu,ㅤ @c-heriis,ㅤ @7hyein,ㅤ @chaeneuu,ㅤ @seulzitos,ㅤ @rkkuri,ㅤ @bambicito,ㅤ @n-americano

[dollsorwhatever]

More Cleo

Some more Cleo updates since my last post about her on here! I mostly post on twitter nowadays but I like to keep this account somewhat up to date, especially since I can be more long-winded here lol "Casual" Cleo (rerooted Ghoul Spirit Cleo) is finally finished! She's been mostly finished for a month or so but I dragged my feet doing the hair rings lol.

They're inspired by a set of wig rings found in the tomb of Sithathoriunet (Middle Kingdom, 12th Dynasty), shown here at The Met and here in an earlier Met exhibit, displayed on reconstruction wigs.

I couldn't find any metal beads in the right sizes or color (and I wanted them to be the same shade of gold as her accessories) so I made these myself with a handful of coffee stirrers that I painted and cut into little rings lol Other than the hair rings, she's been given a pair of shoes since my last post (Goreganizer Cleo's shoes with the Skullettes dremeled off and painted), a new choker that I made by cutting MB Cleo's ponytail holder into separate pieces, sanding off a few parts and reassembling it (the cartouche on it actually spells her name btw!), a Gloom and Bloom Cleo purse that I painted to match her shoes and a new clasp on her kilt made with a G1 Cleo vanity bracelet. Also, it was pointed out to me yesterday that the hieroglyphs on this top (from G1 I Heart Fashion Cleo) spell out to say "oh my Ra" phonetically lol. A nice touch that I never noticed! And I also finished up this Cleo a while back but never posted her here lol

Her headdress is a heavily altered and repainted Monster Ball Cleo headdress; I just wanted the "core" of the headdress so I removed everything but the cow horns and sun disk with my dremel, then drilled a hole through the back and pinned it to her head lol. The bracelets are all g1 Nefera bracelets that I repainted (as well as Nefera's necklace) and her shoes are from Skulltimate Secrets Cleo but repainted to match the rest of her accessories, and the hair rings are repainted G1 sig/Howliday Cleo bracelets. The first two 'tiers' of hair are her original rooted hair, but the longest tier is an extension that I made and pinned to her head. My general idea is that this is something she'd wear for temple ceremonies or religious events, or as a model for portraiture and statuary that represents her as an embodiment of Hathor? Not sure! My SS2 Cleo custom got some small updates shortly after my last tumblr post about her, mostly just her new headdress and new fishnets that actually fit her lol

And finally a group shot of my current Cleo lineup:

Skulltimate Secrets Cleo (far left) and Goreganizer Cleo (second to the right) are still WIP but they look good enough to be part of the shot! I also have a partially rerooted Monster Ball Cleo waiting for a new fit too, but there's no room on this display for her and she's barely dressed anyway lol

[shuaver]

welcome to animal crossing: the event

how to enter : — comment joining — reblog and tag 3+ people who you think might join — dm me a number 1-14 for your animal villager species (species as in ex: cat, frog, horse.. ) — use the tag: "⠀⤷⠀𝚜𝚑𝚞𝚊𝚟𝚎𝚛﹕welcome to animal crossing ✸ ˚⠀" (found in the tags below) and please tag me somewhere in the post ( or comments ) when posting your mood board or else it will not be counted

follow these rules : — your mood board must be 90% by you (stuff like dividers, gifs, and locs that are made by others are allowed) — no copying or stealing. plagiarism is different from inspo one mood board entry per person — you must create a mood board based on type of animal you received (for ex: you got cat, you can can create a mb based on rudy, raymond, lolly.. there are tons to choose from !) — please do some simple research before choosing an villager to use ! some species look similar but are not the same (ex: bears are not the same as cubs) — please include your villager at least once or twice in your moodboard not a tiny glimpse or an unnoticeable png — the deadline is september 30th (please lmk if you need any extensions !)

here are the prizes : — 1st place: 100 reblogs, 3 custom mood boards created by me, a reblog on this account — 2nd place: 75 reblogs, 2 custom mood boards created by me, a shoutout — 3rd place: 50 reblogs, 1 custom mood board created by me honorable mentions: 25 reblogs

HAPPY 200+ FOLLOWERS TO ME !! thank you all so so much :> i never thought i would reach to such a big number so fast. i used to get excited over the number 50 on my posts :') time flies as my first moodboard was posted on march. only 5 months in and were at 200+ im so happy :D school is starting in 2 weeks so i may or may not be as active? but im back from camp now and am very excited to share more moodboards with you all <3 enjoy the event~

tags: (feel free to ignore)

@rkkuri @jicito @wnhee @w3berry @purinkiss

@taroism @galavande @awwriri @i-mmaculatus

@gyareii @chaewavs @l1nque @aqualogia @fre-sitas

@yuqi-luv @cupiddoe @aeraras @aericita

@c-heriis @yangqvr @gigipng @nikist-4-n

@7kyujin @haeheyy @n-americano

@sleepd4rling @liilithmin @hyetart @m00nbap

@nayeondoll @daddldee @seorain @s2kahei

@cg1rl @sgyuzzz @petieon @yawnznn

@jimzittos @suag @imwonyoungs @hyelita @seulzitos

[seraphmeraph]

hi!! i recently found ur account while scrounging thru the bi han tag (theres so little bi han x reader fics 😭) and i love ur writing so i was wondering if you could do a bi han x princess reader? maybe the lin kuei made some kind of alliance with a king and he falls jn love (or lust) with his daughter? idk if that makes a lot of sense lolll. anyways thank u and i love ur work!!

i gen never expected people to really like Bi Han that much

Bi Han x Princess Reader

MK1 short story with smut at the end starring guess who?? BI HAN <3

TW: 18+, smut at end, fingering, praises, suggestive, boobs, Bi Hans not as degrading, forbidden love

A/N: mb for this shittiness anon i tried LMAO- I feel like by now everybody should know i dead just don't proofread

Your father, the kind, wanted to strengthen his kingdom's defenses. So, to achieve this, he proposed an alliance with the enigmatic Lin Kuei.

You first met Bi Han at a banquet to congratulate your alliance. Your father introduced him to you as the Grandmaster of the Lin Kuei. You couldn't help but feel attracted to his cold and rough attitude, not to mention how handsome he was.

Bi Han's heart fluttered when he saw you, but he tried to push it deep away, feeling unfamiliar with this feeling. But as time passed, he couldn't help but try to be closer to you. He wanted to hear your rambles and see your beautiful eyes and elegance.

He would purposefully run into you, planning and taking notes on locations you would stop by. One of these is the royal garden, where you'd take a walk every day. Slowly, you noticed how often you would see the Grandmaster. You found it unusual, but you didn't mind his presence.

Slowly, it went from seeing each other to striking up conversations with him. He would often give you advice for your duties as a princess.

As you two grew closer, you would often find yourself openly complimenting him and subtly flirting.

"I'm aware you're a cryomancer, but does your heart ever get cold? Maybe my presence can warm it," You spoke, gaining a little smile from him. It was the first time you had ever seen him smile, and it made the butterflies in your stomach go crazy.

Considering he's unfamiliar, you are likely the first to admit your feelings. You asked him to meet you in the royal garden at night, and when he showed up, you began confessing.

The garden was very serene and peaceful. The moon cast a pale, silvery light over the garden, illuminating the flowers and trees. It was filled with the sweet fragrance of the blooming flowers. The pathway was dimly lit with the soft glowing lanterns, casting a warm and inviting light onto you both.

"Princess," He greeted you with a bow. "Is there a reason you requested to see me this belatedly at night?" He questioned, his voice gruff, but his eyes betrayed him.

"Yes…" You took a deep breath. "Grandmaster, I believe I'm in love with you," You admitted, wasting no time admitting your feelings. Though you were nervous, you were also confident.

"Princess…" He trailed off, unsure what to say.

You stepped closer to him, feeling your heart beating faster with anticipation. "Please, don't say anything if you don't feel the same way. I just had to tell you how I feel," You said, trying to hide your disappointment.

But before you could leave him, he pulled you in and kissed you. He backed you into one of the pillars, pressing your back against it. The kiss became passionate. All his pent-up lust for you is pouring out now. His cold hands were going to cup your cheek.

Your love was forbidden, a princess with a Lin Kuei assassin? Not to mention, you were the next heir to the throne. Your father would prohibit you from ever seeing Bi Han again and most likely change the relationship between your kingdom and the Lin Kuei.

A secret relationship between you both blossomed. Bi Han would often meet you in your chambers or the garden. Occasionally, he would convince your father that he was best fit to guard you whenever you had events.

BONUS

You would leave your balcony window open for Bi Han to climb through at night. This was one of the nights when Bi Han visited you.

"Grandmaster!" You almost exclaimed, getting up off your bed to see him closer.

"Bi Han," He corrected you with a slight smirk.

"Sorry," You giggled, taking hold of his hand and bringing it to your cheek. His excellent hands felt cold against your warm cheek. "I missed you, Bi Han," You smiled, looking up at him.

His thumb grazed your cheek as you continued to hold it. "I did too, my princess," He spoke, leaning over to kiss you.

His lips pressed against yours, and you both were locked into a fiery kiss. Bi Han's other hand gripped your waist, pulling you deeply into the kiss. His tongue grazed your bottom lip, gaining entry into your mouth.

Bi Han couldn't contain his desire anymore. Pulling away from you, he threw you over his shoulder, carrying you over to your bed. You giggled at his roughness and kicked your legs, but he easily held them in place.

He threw you down on the bed, got on top of you, and continued your kiss. One of his hands gripped your thigh, pushing up your nightgown just enough to expose your panties.

Your hands went up to his hair, fingers reaching his bun. You quickly undid it, letting his hair down.

He pulled away from the kiss again, pinning your hands above your head. His hair fell around his shoulders.

"You're so handsome with your hair down," You looked at him lovingly.

"Is that so?" He spoke, his hand trailed closer to your core.

You couldn't help but shiver, feeling his cold fingers touch the sensitive part of your thigh. He then let go of your hand, using both to pull the nightgown over your head.

You sigh softly, feeling Bi Han's hands run over your body. His lips followed down your body, stopping to give your breasts extra attention. Rubbing your nipple in between his fingers while sucking the other one. His eyes looked up at you, watching as your face contorted into one of pleasure.

His hand slid down to your stomach, holding you in place as he kissed your body.

"Tell me, do I have your approval, Princess?" He said teasingly, smirking.

"Yes-Yes," You babbled, running your hand through his long hair.

He pulled your panties off, and his thumb massaged your clit as the other hand spread your thighs further apart.

You bit your bottom lip, keeping your legs open for Bi Han.

He inserted two digits into your heat, the cold of his fingers giving you goosebumps. He began pistoning his fingers in and out of you at a fast pace, not giving you any warning.

"Bi-Bi Han!" You grabbed at his shoulders as he continued his assault on your pussy.

"Tell me how you feel, pretty girl," He spoke, his eyes never leaving your face, obsessed with your reactions.

Let's hope you don't wake the whole castle up.

[brotherconstant]

GIFMAKING TUTORIAL: PHOTOPEA (for Windows)

Screencapping

Gif Width/Size Limit/Ezgif

Loading Frames

Cropping and Resizing

Rasterize/Make Frames

Sharpening

Coloring (not detailed. Links to other tutorials included)

Exporting

Obligatory Mentions: @photopeablr ; @miwtual ; @benoitblanc ; @ashleysolsen Definitely check out these blogs for tips, tutorials and resources, they're a gold mine. Finally I recommend browsing the PHOTOPEA TUTORIAL / PHOTOPEA TUTORIAL GIF tags. DISCLAIMER: English is not my first language and I'm not an expert on what I'm going to discuss, so if anything's unclear feel free to drop another ask.

1. SCREENCAPPING -> PotPlayer (the one I use) or MVP or KMPlayer

INSTALL PotPlayer (tutorial)

Play your movie/episode and press Ctrl + G. The Consecutive Image Capturer window will pop up. Click Start to capture consecutive frames, Stop when you got what you needed.

Where it says "Image Type -> Format" I recommend picking PNG, for higher quality screencaps.

To access the folder where the screencaps are stored, type %appdata% in windows search, open the PotPlayerMini64 folder (or 32, depending on your system) and then the Capture folder. That's where you'll find your screencaps.

Admittedly MVP is a lot faster but I prefer Potplayer because it generates (at least in my case) higher quality screencaps. MVP kind of alters the hue and it made it harder for me to color my gifs. Still, if you're interested in how to use it, I recommend this tutorial.

As for KMPlayer, every tutorial out there is outdated and I couldn't figure out the new version of the software.

2. GIF WIDTH/HEIGHT, SIZE LIMIT, EZGIF OPTMIZER

At this point you should already know how big your gifs are going to be. Remember the ideal gif width(s) on tumblr are 540 px / 268 px / 177 px. These specific numbers take into account the 4 px space between the gifs. No restrictions on height. Here are some examples:

You can play around with the height (177x400, 177x540, 268x200, 268x268, 268x350, 268x400, 540x440, 540x500, 540x540 etc) but if you go over the 10 MB limit you'll either have to make your gifs smaller/delete some frames.

OR you can go on ezgif and optimize your gif, which is usually what I do. The quality might suffer a little, but I'm not really (that) obsessed with how crispy my gifs look, or I'd download photoshop.

Depending on the gif size, you can decrease the compression level. I've never had to go over 35. It's better to start at 5 (minimum) and then go from there until you reach your desired ( <10mb) gif size. Now that I think about it I should have included this passage at the end of the tutorial, I guess I'll just mention it again.

3. LOAD YOUR FRAMES

File -> Open... -> Pick one of your screencaps. The first one, the last one, a random one. Doesn't matter. That's your Background.

File -> Open & Place -> Select all the frames (including the one you already loaded in the previous passage) you need for your gif and load them.

(I recommend creating a specific folder for the screencaps of each gif you're going to make.)

WARNING: When you Place your screencaps make sure the Crop tool is NOT selected, especially if you've already used it and the width/height values have been entered. It will mess things up - I don't know why, could be a bug.

You can either select them all with Ctrl+A or with the method I explained in the ask: "when you want to select more than one frame or all frames at once select the first one, then scroll to the bottom and, while pressing Shift, select the last one. this way ALL your frames will be selected".

WARNING: Depending on how fast your computer is / on your RAM, this process may take a while. My old computer was old and slow af, while my new one can load even a 100 frames relatively fast, all things considered. Even so, I recommend ALWAYS saving your work before loading new frames for a new gif, because photopea might crash unexpectedly. Just save your work as often as you can, even while coloring or before exporting. Trust me, I speak from experience.

Now you can go ahead and delete the Background at the bottom, you won't need it anymore.

4. CROPPING AND RESIZING

Right now your screencaps are still smart objects. Before rasterizing and converting to frames, you need to crop your gif.

Technically you can rasterize/convert to frames and then crop, BUT if you do it in that order photopea will automatically delete the cropped pixels, even if you don't select the "Delete Cropped Pixels" Option. Might be another bug, unclear. Basically, if you crop your gif and then realize you cropped a little too much to the left or the right, you can go ahead, select the Move Tool (shortcut: V) and, after selecting ALL YOUR FRAMES, move them around on your canvas until you are satisfied. You won't be able to do this if you rasterize first and then crop, the excess pixels will be deleted. I don't know why, I found out by accident lol.

CROPPING

(Cropped pixels: the gray/opaque area outside of the selected area. That area disappears once you press enter and crop, but the pixels are retained, so you can move the frames around and reposition them as you like. In this case I could move the frames to the left and include Silver's figure [curly guy in the foreground] in the crop)

After deleting the Background, you will need to select all your frames (using the Shift key), use the C shortcut on your keyboard to choose the Crop tool. Or you can click on it, whatever's more convenient. Once you do that, a dropdown menu is going to appear. You need to select the "FIXED SIZE" option, as shown in the following screencap.

Once you do that, you can type in your desired width and height. Do not immediately press enter.

Your work area should now look like this. Now you can click on one of the white squares and enlarge the selected area until the edges are lined up. You can then move it around until it covers the area you wish to gif.

WARNING: to move the big rectangle around, you're gonna have to click on a random point of the work area, PREFERABLY not to close to the rectangle itself, or you might accidentally rotate it.

See? When your cursor is close to the selected area it turns into this rotating tool. Move it away until it reverts to your usual cursor, then you can start moving the rectangle. Press Enter when you're satisfied with the area you selected.

RESIZE

This isn't always necessary (pretty much never in my case) - and it's a passage I often forget myself - but it's mentioned in most of the tutorials I came across over the years, so I'd be remiss if I didn't include it in mine. After cropping, you'll want to resize your image.

IMAGE -> Image Size...

This window will pop up. Now, should the values in the Width and Height space be anything other than 540 and 400 (or the values you entered yourself, whatever they might be) you need to correct that. They've always been correct in my case, but again. Had to mention it.

5. RASTERIZE & MAKE FRAMES

Now that your screencaps are cropped, you can go ahead and convert them.

LAYER -> Rasterize (if you skip this passage you won't be able to Sharpen (or use any filter) on your frames at once. You'll have to Sharpen your frames one by one.

Photopea doesn't feature a timeline and it's not a video editor, which makes this passage crucial. When you select all your smart objects and try to apply a filter, the filter will only by applied to ONE frame. Once you rasterize your smart objects and make them into frames, you can select them all and sharpen them at once. Unfortunately this also means that you won't be able to - I don't know how to explain this properly so bear with me - use all smart filters/use them in the same way a photoshop user can. For example, you can sharpen / remove noise / add noise / unsharp mask... but you can't act on those filters in the same way a photoshop user can. When you work on smart objects you can change the blend mode - which is critical if you decide to use a filter like High Pass. If you simply apply a high pass filter on photopea you won't be able to change the blend mode and your gif will look like this (following screencaps). Or rather, you will be able to change the blend mode by clicking on the little wheel next to "High pass" (circled in green in the 2nd screencap), but you'll have to apply the filter to each frame manually, one by one.

Then you can rasterize/make into frames, but it's extremely time consuming. I did it once or twice when I first started making gifs and it got old pretty soon haha.

Layer -> Animation -> Make frames. This passage will add "_a_" at the beginning of all your frames and it's what allows you to make a (moving) gif. As I said in the ask, if you skip this passage your gif will not move.

6. SHARPENING

Some people prefer to color first and sharpen later, but I found that sharpening filters (more or less) dramatically alter the aspect of your gif and already brighten it a bit (depending on your settings) and you may end up with an excessively bright gif.

Now, sharpening settings are not necessarily set in stone. The most popular ones are 500/0.4 + 10/10, which I use sometimes. But you may also need to take into account the quality of the files you're working with + the specific tv show you're giffing. I've been using different settings for pretty much every tv show I gif, especially in the last couple months. Some examples:

followed by

OR

AMOUNT: 500% RADIUS 0.3px followed by AMOUNT: 20% (or 10%) RADIUS 10px

You'll just need to experiment and see what works best for your gifs.

Some gifmakers use the UNSHARP MASK filter as well (I think it's pretty popular among photopea users?) but it makes my gifs look extra grainy, makes the borders look super bright and it clashes with my coloring method(s), so I use it rarely and with very moderate settings. Something like this:

Again, depends on the gif and on what you like. I've seen it used with great results by other gifmakers!

REDUCE NOISE

Sometimes - and this is especially the case for dark scenes - your gif may look excessively grainy, depending on how bright you want to make it. Reducing noise can help. Keep it mind, it can also make it worse and mess up the quality. BUT it also reduces the size of your gif. Obviously, the higher the settings, the more quality will suffer.

These are my standard settings (either 2/70% or 2/80%). It's almost imperceptible, but it helps with some of the trickier scenes.

ADDING NOISE

Adding noise (1% or 2% max) can sometimes help with quality (or make it worse, just like reduce noise) but it will make your gif so so so much bigger, and occasionally damage the frames, which means you won't be able to load your gif on tumblr, so I rarely use it.

You'll also want to create ACTIONS which will allow you to sharpen your gifs much faster.

HOW TO CREATE AN ACTION ON PHOTOPEA

The Action Button (shaped like a Play button as you can see in the following screencaps) may not be there if you're using photopea for the first time. If that's the case click on the magnifiying glass next to "Account" (in red) and type "actions". Press Enter and the button should immediately show up.

Once you do that, click on the Folder (circled in yellow)

and rename it however you like.

now click on New Action (circled in red). now you can press the Recording button (circled in green)

Now

FILTERS -> Smart Sharpen

and you can enter your values. Then you repeat this passage (WITHOUT pressing rec, WITHOUT pressing new action or anything else, you just open the smart shapen window again) and, if you want, you can sharpen your gif some more (10%, 10px, or anything you want.)

Maybe, before creating an action, experiment with the settings first and see what works best.

When you're satisfied, you can PRESS STOP (it's the rec button, which is now a square) and you can DOWNLOAD your action (downwards facing arrow, the last button next to the bin. Sorry, forgot to circle it) .

You need to download your action and then upload it on your photopea. When you do, a window will pop up and photopea will ask you whether you wish to load the action every time you open the program. You choose "Okay" and the action will be loaded in the storage.

When you want to sharpen your gif, you select all your frames, then you click on the Play button, and select the Action, NOT the folder, or it won't work.

Actions can also be created to more rapidly crop and convert your frames, but it doesn't always work on photopea (for me at least). The process is exactly the same, except once you start recording you 1) crop your gif as explained in step 4, 2) convert into frames. Then you stop the recording and download the action and upload it. This won't work for the Rasterize step by the way. Just the Animation -> Make Frame step.

7. COLORING

Now you can color your gif. I won't include a coloring tutorial simply because I use a different method for every tv show I gif for. You normally want to begin with a brightness or a curve layer, but sometimes I start with a Channel Mixer layer to immediately get rid of yellow/green filters (there's a tutorial for this particular tool which you will find in the list I mention in the link below)

[Plus I'm not really an authority on this matter as my method is generally... fuck around and find out. Two years of coloring and I still have no idea what I'm doing. 70% of the time.]

Simple Gif Coloring for Beginners -> very detailed + it includes a pretty handy list of tutorials at the bottom.

8. EXPORTING

Now you can export your gif. Some gifmakers export their (sharpened) gifs BEFORE coloring and then load the gifs on photopea to color them. I'm not sure it makes any difference.

FILE -> EXPORT AS -> GIF

(not colored, just sharpened)

As you can see, unlike photoshop the exporting settings are pretty thread bare. The only option available is dither - it sometimes help with color banding - which, and I'm quoting from google for maximum clarity:

"refers to the method of simulating colors not available in the color display system of your computer. A higher dithering percentage creates the appearance of more colors and more detail in an image, but can also increase the file size."

SPEED

When you export your gif, it will play at a very decreased speed (100%). I usually set it at 180/190%, but as for every other tool, you might want to play around a little bit.

GIF SIZE/EZGIF OPTIMIZER (See Step 2)

And that's it.

P.S.: worth repeating

Save your work as often as you can, even while coloring or before exporting.

[three-bunnies-in-a-trenchcoat]

Huh?

[notaorbital]

hi I really like your mb and I'm new here. Do u have any suggestions or tips to make mb? like where did u get the pics and the captions.

𝓜oodboards: a guide for beginner blogs!

I decided to bring here a small tutorial that can help other blogs that are starting out and still have questions that need clarification, with tips and links that you may need. I wrote this from my point of view of creating moodboards and I tried to be as brief as possible in my explanation, there may be errors in English as I'm not fluent in that language and everything here was translated using Google Translate, any questions you can contact me via asks or by message.

how do I find pics for moodboards?

Pinterest is where you will find most images for moodboards, so create a Pinterest board just for these images, separating them into subboards for each color or aesthetic to make it easier.

Some blogs leave the link to their Pinterest accounts in pinneds or in the carrd, you can follow them and save the pics they published on the app in your boards, this will influence the Pinterest algorithm so that they recommend more of the type of images you want.

You can also search on Pinterest for the aesthetic and color you want (coquette pink aesthetic, cottagecore aesthetic, y2k, etc.).

how to make moodboards + tips:

Well, it's not such a complicated thing for me. I generally make moodboards with 6 or 9 images, taking inspiration from the moodboards of other blogs that I admire, so I can get an idea of ​​how to make the captions and how to position the photos in a way that matches them.

To make it easier, first I create the moodboard and then I look for an icon of a kpop idol that can match the aesthetics and color of the moodboard. The reverse can also be done: first choose an icon and make a moodboard for that image, paying attention to the color palette and tonality (and for some reason, for me it's better to create moodboards in Tumblr's light mode instead of dark mode)

When I finish the moodboard, I add the caption, the hashtags (which will be very important for your post to reach other people) and maybe a divider. You can find these dividers on other blogs or by searching for "dividers" on Tumblr.

If you want to split a photo into two or more images, use this site.

how to create captions:

To make the captions, I use parts of songs that I like or that I found searching on Pinterest for "Spotify song lyrics", but they can also be album or song names, movie names, a phrase you thought, etc. The symbols you will put in the caption can be found on this website or just by searching for "symbols", "kpop symbols", "kaomojis" on tumblr.

If you want to use a different font for the letters, there are these two websites (01 and 02). And to change the color, there are also these two tutorials (01 and 02).

what to do to make your blog "popular":

Add popular hashtags that relate to the content you are posting. If you use almost the same tags as other big blogs, your posts will have more reach. Posting frequently and your account looking nice and organized helps too.

Ask several other popular blogs to promote your account. This was very important for my profile to grow in the number of followers and engagement.

Join the events that some blogs do, as they offer good prizes like reblogs if you win. And remember to have patience, as it often takes a while to get good engagement on Tumblr.

[beachf4gz]

I know you've reblogged some fic art before, but do you have any other Harry/Kim fics you really liked/would recommend? (Maybe even non-harry/Kim fics if you're into that lol)

oh my god i didnt answer ok ok yeah i'll find some and mb add to it later when i log back into my ao3 account. fanfiction man over here. no smut except incidental to fics i rlly enjoyed bc sex repulsed (sad + sorry).

FAV EVER is the repeater corpse conundrum , adore how the pale is written and it was very touching to me personally bc i felt like the experience of delerium was genuinely written perfectly, it felt like a memory or some shit i adore it, vaguely triggering to if u have experiences of delerium states ig bc its so vivid but yeah fucking sick.

the catacomb killer is a personal favourite bc the trope of like, false accusation and shit has been deeply deeply appealing to me since i was like 4, it was why i got my first ever special interest (christianity and the bible) and got christened bc i have always fucked w it harrrd.

the rescue is really odd- def not for everyone bc yk like human cow milk stuff- but i found it rlly touching and like just a really moving and rlly insightful metaphor for how ostracisation and dehumanisation functions in the characters. i have drawn fanart of this b4 :-b

the birdcage series was a longass rlly well thought out casefic- i just really liked how obviously passionate about writing a mystery the author was and good if u r into worldbuilding.

a toast to the pigs is currently unfinished and on hiatus but i fucking LOVE this au, kim and harry are so well thought thru j awesome, i have also drawn fanart 4 this one before i j love it.

rewind, refine is an awesome roleswap, especially love how harry is written in it- feels really thought out and j a lovely au tbh.

[baesol]

　　　　　　　⪩　 　 🍥 　 　ty for 34k!　 　⿻

　　　aah thank you all so so much for 34k, i genuinely appreciate each and every one of you so so much and i just wanted to thank you all for your continued support towards me despite me being not the most active!! aah i love you guys too much and im so grateful for all of your kind messages! its so crazy how i was able to grow so much since i started making moodboards, again thank you so so much for 34k i love u all too much ♡ ♡ ♡ please look forward to future mbs & events!

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　　　also guys i was randomly scrolling through my archived and guess what. its been 2 years since i first created my account (july 12th, 2022) and posted my first mb, isnt that crazy omfg. i cant believe its been this long since i created my mb account, and i cant believe ive grown this much since i made my acc 2 years ago! <3