#for just one of the pics that i'm too lazy to put below cut

[tksubby]

i tried drawing some moose. mooses. meese if you will

[d4isywhims]

hello friends! 🌷

recently i got an ask on how i edit my instagram screenshots and here in gemville, all you have to do is ask and you shall receive my child

fun stuff under the cut!

this guide will be divided into two parts: how i take & edit my gameplay screenshots and how i edit my simstagram posts

before we get into the actual tutorial, here are a list of things that i use to help me take better screenies :)

gshade

i'm using an older version of gshade because - thanks to my procrastination - i never updated the version before everything went to shit.

2. presets!

i switch around between presets a lot lmao but for the most part, i use ellcrze's gshade preset for my family dynamics save, sunset n vinyl for my globetrotter save & sim download pictures and a modified boho dreams for my tjol legacy save (first post coming up soon!) sometimes i use lithium for cas pics too :p click here for a somewhat detailed explanation lol

3. tab mode camera mod

this camera mod is a godsend and makes taking screenshots soooooo much easier! 😌 i highly recommend getting this mod!!!

i think i mentioned this before in an ask - i edit my screenshots in photoshop before posting them on tumblr :D i don't really do much, just running a few actions and cropping my screenies. gshade does most of the work for me lol

this tutorial by @buglaur is insanelyyyy helpful omg i based my entire editing process on her tutorial, except for the colouring part because i'm lazy hehe

here's an example of my screenshots before and after editing (cropping the screenshot and running some actions)! there’s not much difference because as i said earlier, gshade will basically carry your entire editing process 💀

sometimes i put text in my pics like these screenies below :) i mainly use these two fonts - winkle and lemon milk :D

and that's about it for part one! now it's time for

here's what you neeeeeed

1. photoshop

i'm using a 🏴‍☠️ version of photoshop that i got from a somewhat sketchy website but it runs great so i'm not complaining 💀

2. instagram post template and instagram story template

a HUGEEEE thank you to @windslar for sharing the instagram story template link 😭 she is such an inspiration to me 💛

3. the actual instagram app

this is how i add text and emojis to my simstagram posts lol

disclaimer: i am NOT a photoshop expert. there's probably an easier way to do what i'm about to show you, but this works for me and i don't really mind the steps hehe

first things first, you're gonna want to open the psd files on photoshop and it'll look like this, depending on which file you opened

i usually just hide the layers that i don't need so in this case i'll hide the tagged users layer from the story psd and the bg layer from the post psd.

these are the layers that i hide but you can also leave them on if you want hehe totally up to you my dude. then you'll end up with something like the pics below

now we move on to the profile pictures! so what i do is i click these layers (shown below) and go 'file > place embedded > selected picture'

once you do that, you'll end up with something like this (below)! use 'ctrl + t' to resize your picture to fit into where the profile picture would go.

right click on the layer of your selected picture and click 'create clipping mask'. then you can hit 'ctrl + d' to adjust the picture to your liking!

now for the actual pictures for the posts. click on these layers (shown below) and go 'file > place embedded > your selected picture'

now all you have to do is 'ctrl + t' to resize your pictures, right click on the layer of the selected picture and click 'create clipping mask' then 'ctrl + t' again to adjust the pics!

after this whole process, i'll export my pics to my family dynamics folder on my desktop and queue it up on tumblr! :D sometimes my simstagram story posts have text and emojis like these ones below

all i did was upload the pics to google drive, download it to my phone, add text/emoji on the actual instagram app then saving the story to my phone... a lot of work but i don't really mind <3

aaannnnddd that's it!!!! i can't believe i made this guide 😭 hopefully this helps :D english isn't my first language so apologies for any grammar/spelling mistakes i've made in this post 🙈 feel free to ask any questions and i'll try my best to reply to you asap!!

[ofravensflight]

Alrighty. Time for pic dump from my thrift haul from like two weeks ago I've been putting off because lazy with bonus new hoodie from today.

First up dress. Nice simple black thing I found.

The bottom has these horizontal seams running all the way around it and I feel like I could add something there and make it like gothy but I'm not really visually creative so I'm not sure what to do or how.

This cardigan that nicely fits with it if I decide I want to cover my shoulders without being too much added detail.

This black womens cut coat I found on the rack that was magically in my size. Thank you previous owner. It looks fine with the dress but if I end up modifying the dress it won't really fit that vibe I'm thinking of for it. Not sure what to pair it with otherwise because I dont really have much else right now but it was cute and it fit me so I grabbed it while I had the chance.

Also:

Surprise attached scarf. This is actually like sewn on just below the collar fold on the back of the coat. Will make it even harder to pair layer if I do modify the dress because its a very specific look. Also please help how do I wrap a scarf.

And finally bonus hoodie:

This one's for you @mellueminate robo anime thing hoodie.

[sack-thing]

I said I had this thought of Luu Kah cutting his hair with one of Ramsey's dagger (reference used is definitely FFIX Dagger for the first pic lol).

And I made up some non-canon scene with it. End of year 4, back at home, Ramsey's been saved and the both of them have been reunited for a few weeks or maybe months etc. Luu Kah is happy and all of that. Sometimes Ramsey's a bit down and Luu Kah's here for support. Anyway here goes. (Made little effort to make this well written sorry, but there are other things on my plate that deserve more time and energy.)

- - -

"You know... You've changed."

Ramsey's words made Luu Kah raise an eyebrow before he glanced at him. "How so?"

"I think you're more open with your feelings. I mean, you show that you care... More than before, I feel," Ramsey replied.

Luu Kah frowned at him and smirked, feeling the embarrassment grow. Ramsey took a look at him and seemed to notice.

"I'm not saying it's wrong," Ramsey resumed. "I wasn't expecting the change, but I appreciate it. And I appreciate your support."

Luu Kah looked away and scratched his head. "Well, that's... That must be because of what happened to you." He lowered his arm and and grabbed both of his knees with his hands. "But I'm still the same as ever, you know. Except maybe I've built up a little more muscles."

Luu Kah flexed his arm, which made Ramsey laugh. "Well, can't deny it," the latter said.

Luu Kah glanced at him again before his lips turned into a flustered smile. As he looked away, a breeze ruffled his untied hair and he wiped some strands away from his face.

"Have I really changed?" Luu Kah wondered, just before a stronger blow resulted in his hair covering all of his face, making him growl. Ramsey looked at him and snorted. Luu Kah blowed on the strand of hair covering his mouth.

"Damn, I need to do something about that. I've been thinking about cutting my hair for a while..." he said.

"Really?" Ramsey asked.

Luu Kah had been putting off the task out of laziness. If he was going to do it, he wanted it to be fast. Just thinking of taking a pair of scissors and struggling to cut the hair from the back of his head was annoying. If he could just be done in the blink of an eye with something more efficient...

Luu Kah glanced at the small sheath tied to Ramsey's leg. Here was his solution.

"Hey, can I borrow one of those daggers I gave you?" Luu Kah asked.

"Uh, sure." Ramsey pulled a dagger from its case and handed it to Luu Kah. "But tell me, you're not going to..."

Luu Kah took the dagger, got up from the bench and made a few steps away from Ramsey. He stood in front of the water stream and looked at the sun reflections on the surface before gathering his hair in a ponytail with one hand. He raised the dagger with the other and placed the cutting edge just below the ponytail.

"Time for another little change," Luu Kah announced.

With a swift move upward, he cut through his hair with the blade. Once again, the wind blowed and ruffled his now short hair strands. Luu Kah lowered his arms, holding his cut hair in his left hand. He turned on his feet to look at Ramsey with a grin and gestured at his hair with the tip of the dagger.

"So? How is it?"

Ramsey stood up in the meantime and was staring at him with his mouth open, until he smirked eventually.

"It's pretty uneven, but it doesn't look bad considering how you got that done," Ramsey replied.

"Heh, I'll just ask Gan Noo to take care of the details."

Ramsey laughed and Luu Kah stared at him for a moment before walking in his direction.

It was so good to see Ramsey's smile and to hear his laugh again. Luu Kah handed the dagger over to him and their hands brushed when Ramsey took it.

It was so good to feel his touch, too.

Right. Now he was sure that the way he felt about Ramsey had changed, too.

[hanguero]

I'm too afraid to ask on arutinmy but, can you give tips on sketching? i found sketching to be really hard, let alone coloring @A@

pLEASE DONT BE AFRAID I WONT BITE :DD

Anyway thankyou for asking! Good thing I wanted to draw something when you asked.. so I guess I’ll just put step by step pictures!

under the cut because,, spoiler-ish and might be long :D

Before I start,, sorry for the quality of the pictures,, and yes this is done on the same paper that I did Eduan..wait that sounds so wrong,, I also added Hansung and Aguero next to him :D

First of all you need to have the idea of what/who to draw! In this case I decided to draw a person so… this is more like step-by-step of how i draw people. I use Pilot Color Eno mechanical pencil to sketh because i found out that sketching using colored pencils help a lot! And worry not, you can erase it just as clean as normal pencils. I usually start with drawing a circle—-or something round because i can’t draw circle orz

fix the circle omfg And then decide the angle! I usually draw two lines like the pic above to help me with nose and eyes! From here on you need to be sure to what expression will he wear.

Draw his eyes! (theoretically they should be right on the lines but just do what you think will do :D) I bet you can already tell who he is.

Give him eyebrows, nose, and lips too! Measure the distance between every single one of them.

Sketch a bit of his hair! And then draw a line to form his face and while at that, if you encounter something that looked off, redraw it! In my case I didn’t like his lips so I changed it. Never be afraid/lazy to fix something if you think it looked somewhat off or else regret will find you later ;w;

moving on, draw the neck and the body. I used to do it with circles and lines too but now that I’m somehow getting accustomed to drawing bodies I relied on my own instincts.

Give him clothes! Again, I fixed some things along the way. Aaaand done! If you’re not sure with the colored lines you can try to trace it with a black pencil.

And then line him with pen! I use Copic Multiliner Wine for this one. (If you’re using watercolor, it would be far more challenging to not line it with pen at all. So you only rely on your pencil strokes and draw the lineart using watercolor in the end after you’re done with coloring)

major spoilers below, you’ve been warned!

For those who didn’t know, Eduan ended up defending Bam&co, not telling Jahad who Bam actually is. He fought(argued?) against Jahad and told him to give him a month to teach Bam, so that Bam will be able to beat Jahad.

And so yeaaah Eduan taught him some(A LOT) theories of his electrical shinsu asdfghjklfnbajnbaID IDNTEVENBOTHERTOTRANSLATE and even showed Bam his spear. We all know Bam specializes in practical lessons, not theoretical lessons (in which getting struck by eduan’s lightning might be far more quicker than listening to his explanation) so i just thought “tHIS IS MY CHANCE TO MEMEFY HIM”

based on this^. Well it was a looooooooong time ago but hey just let me enjoy my own cheap joke :”D

Thankyou! I hope this helps!

[pastel-mark]

Hi! I'm sorry for bothering you, but I was wondering if you could share how you crop hair from the background of a picture? When I do it, it ends up kind of choppy Aha, thank you so much!

Don’t worry! It doesn’t bother me at all! I totally understand. Hair is almost always the worst part of the graphic making process. There’s a few different ways I do it depending on the photo, and also how lazy I am feeling lol 😂 I’ll put them under the cut.

If the hair is pretty uniform I just use the pen tool and clean up any weird edges with the eraser.

If it’s a little more complex (fly away hairs, curls etc) I use this method which works pretty well (x).

You can also use the background eraser tool (x)

If you’ve got a newer version of Photoshop (c.5 and up I believe) and the background is all one color with nice contrast you can use the select and mask tool which is super quick. Unfortunately your photo kind of has to be just right for this to work. Depending on the pic it sometimes ends up kind of sloppy and I end up using a slower method anyways, but when it does work with your photo it is super nice, because it’s so easy and fast! (x)

If the hair is complex and the background of the photo is all one color I will sometimes use the Color Replacer tool to do it.

 Image>>>Adjustments>>>Replace Color 

Photos like the one below work well with this method. The hair isn’t uniform enough to cut out with the pen tool and the color behind his hair is all one color.

Just duplicate the photo (right click on layer and select duplicate layer). Select Replace Color (Image>>>Adjustments>>>Replace Color) and choose whatever color you plan to use in your graphic. Don’t worry about how it messes with the color in other areas too much (like his face and shirt) and just focus on making sure the edges around the hair are clear

place your unaltered image on top and cut it out with the pen tool leaving some space around the hair. 

Delete the background and then erase the area around the hair. like so

Hopefully that makes sense! If anything is unclear let me know! I’ll try to clarify. There are tons of ways to do it so just do it whatever way works best for you. I’m not even sure if I go about it the best way or not 😂 There might be easier ways out there!