#for the mild chromatic aberration and such

[aphidclan-clangen]

Moon 22 Part 2

oh, hey! it’s you!

[desultory-novice]

More clearing out the backlog. This one I decided to go ahead and finish. Also, I just learned how to do chromatic aberration, yay.

Anyway, I think it’s very interesting that Manager Magolor never made a CROWNED Magolor mask. Does he not remember or did he see too much on his journey through the timelines...?

[pamela-lntt]

Emily?

Already listened to the new episode twice it's so good i'm so excited for what's to come !!

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[hollowsart]

Comic panel redraw minus text cuz I couldn't think of anything for them to be saying. Dialogue is my weakness.

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original image:

[crowstare]

CW: mild blood

future leo

this will be posted as a DTIYS on insta and twt/x (crow_stare on both) with more information on there for prizes and such. if you still want to join on here tag me, i would be more than happy to see it. :)

alt. version with no chromatic aberration

alt. version with fire that i ultimately wound up not liking in the final

[nadianova]

how i do my visual novel filtered photo backgrouds

ive had some questions about this so i figured i'd put together a quick post on my process and what goes into it.

this isnt really a tutorial and instead is just a ramble of how i do stuff with a ton of examples and pictures lol

read more below. this is a long post and you probably want to be looking at these images on your computer instead of your phone

step one is that i find CC0 photos or otherwise easy licenses to use because I'm lazy and don't want to have a list of credits of random photographers caue i used one of their images but also i don't want to use stuff without crediting

because they have a general lincese that just wants you to mention the site i prefer unsplash or pixabay but there's other public domain type photo sites too obviously

so like okay heres a random picture

i have a photoshop CS5 from 10 years ago. but these can be done with gimp or krita and whatever. theres even photopea that has photoshop in the browser

basic stuff is that i start by cropping my bg into my renpy resolution (i use 1920x1080) this is also the part where sometimes i might rotate a bg. it is a good way to add some chaos vibes to a scene

i tend to add some mild blur effect since i find that having too sharp photos as backgrounds clashes with the artstyle of my sprites. like just a couple pixels worth of blur tends to do it

the next part is called fuck around and find out

i like to play with the values to just get random results. hue/saturation for tinting the picture, messing with the curves to get some really sharp effects, or channel mixer to add more of a color

this part is just purely vibes based but i personally think reducing the colors of the background is the simplest way to create something that feels coherent. especially if you make backgrounds based on moods. like having a blue tinted bedroom vs a red tinted one really changes the atmosphere

you can get some pretty intense effects but its always important to remember that its meant to be a background and there's a risk it distracts from the sprites

in this case im not including the effect for the curves. after the colours look fine the final step i tend to have is apply some sort of effect.

i really like changing the colour mode to indexed colour since i like crunchy pixels. (had to zoom in to 100% to show the actual effect) downside of indexed is that it doesn't look ideal unless its displayed in the exact resolution it was made in but i like it

here is the images before indexed mode:

after indexed mode(i think you have to click the image and open it in full to see the actual effect):

another thing ive been playing with recently has been grain+chromatic aberration combo. it makes things feel surprisingly lively with just this simple thing so you'll probably see me overusing this effect in the future

you have to mess with the numbers to get the effect you want but for me these were the parameters I've been using

ignore the preview missing idk why it does that.

heres the image (the non indexed version) after these krita effects

one random special mention i have is that playing with layer blend modes is great

in this example i just copied the same background, mirrored it horizontally and set the layer blend mode to color and it lowered the layer opacity slightly. it just adds some.... idk what to call it visual noise? itj just fucks it up a bit. i used overlapping images and screen modes in some of the hopeless junction images i did for some pretty nice effects

i dont really know waht the blend modes do i just scroll until something looks good lmao

theres a ton you can do with these. like for example just adding a single air brush dot of a bright color on a separate layer and setting it to some blend mode to add a tint to a background

i used these both in malmaid and in the second one i just brushed on some color on a separate layer to give it a moodier vibe

i think having variations of the same background is an extremely easy way to add some life to the bgs without having to do new stuff. like here was the hotel lobby when entering, and here is the hotel lobby when they ran away from the place. i added a radial blur with photoshop

i think theres some beaty in artifacts that come from low resolution images too. sometimes i intentionally use images that have clear compression artifacts cause i think it looks neat. i don't really worry about the details too much as the vibe is the most important thing

its honestly just a matter of knowing these tools exist and just fidgeting around with combinations to find what you want. it also helps to look at other backgrounds or images in general that you come across and just be curious. how was this done? how could i recreate it? that's the type of experimenting that has led me to these.

idk thats all i have to say. ty for reading and play malmaid on steam like and subscribe for more gay puppies

[the-irken-luxray]

More doodles of the meta voice/fail text. Torn between keeping coming up with an actually unique design for them and keeping them as a generic stick figure ghost but no mouth. Except I've been struggling with coming up with an actual design for them.

I like the latter option because it's almost... symbolic? Iconic, but also generic; emotive and witty yet unable to be seen or heard by anyone... But that's a ramble for another day.

IDs under the cut

ID: A variety of doodles of a fan-made personification of The Henry Stickmin Collection's fail text, drawn in light blue (except in one case, where they are drawn in black for easier visibility). The persona is a mouthless but otherwise generic stick figure that is free floating, as though they are a ghost or phantom. All images have a watermark for the-irken-luxray.

ID 1:

The fail screen for the wormhole rifle option from Stealing the Diamond, which reads:

"I'm surprised you weren't able to get down there with that amazing portal technology. It's pretty strange how those portal guns work. I mean it combines the top scientific processes of our time. The portal gun contains a flux quantum generator which propels energy blasts with energy volumes of 4.23 GW with an average speed of 25 m/s. this speed is most effective because it allows the energy to be conserved while still maintaining a speed that is appropriate. The external plastic coating on the portal gun is constructed of a high polymer fireproof carbon fiber. This prevents the intense energy of the portal gun from burning the hands of the user. The intense energy causes intense heat. Oh by the way if you want an achievement click here. I've heard that scientists still do not know what happens if two portals are placed on top of one another. The last time that was attempted... Well I'm sure you heard about it on the news."

Five doodles of the fail text persona surround the screenshot, meant to be the fail text at various points in time. The top left holds a hand to its chin; the top right holds up a finger with their eyes closed, as though explaining the complex topic presented in the screenshot; the mid-left lays on their stomach while kicking their legs, as though excitedly rambling the info presented in the screenshot; the mid-bottom points to the word "here" in the screenshot; and the bottom right has their eyes closed while waving a hand dismissively in the other direction.

To the right of the screenshot and five doodles is a motion-blurred sketch of Henry Stickmin (drawn in black, to distinguish him as being physically present). A speech bubble pointing to Henry contains the Bugs Bunny "For the love of god please help me" meme.

ID 2:

A fail screen for one of the timeout options in Infiltrating the Airship, showing a closed metal door. The fail text reads: "Ok, ok! No more quick time events!" and, in smaller text, "How's your head by the way?"

Two doodles of the personified fail text overlay the drawing (drawn in black instead of blue for better visibility). The first is wiping away a tear and holding their other hand to their stomach as though they were laughing hard, and the second one shows mild concern for Henry (who is unseen).

ID 3:

A screenshot from Infiltrating the Airship with Henry glaring at the camera while holding the teleporter. A doodle of the fail text persona holds out a thumbs up. Text with an arrow pointing to the doodle reads "knows there's like an 80% chance of some shit going wrong".

ID 4:

A fail screen for the G.A.B.E.N. option from Infiltrating the Airship, which reads:

"error: stack overflow

"System.IO.FileNotFoundException:

"Could not find file C:\Program Files\HL3\G.A.B.E.N..dll

"Dump cache;"

Next to the screenshot is the fail text persona, but with smaller, circular eyes that are filled with television static. The stick figure is glitched in multiple places and has a chromatic aberration/"3D glasses" effect.

ID 5:

The fail screen for the Dark Energy Bomb option in Infiltrating the Airship, which has no fail text. Two doodles of the mouthless stick figure are to the left. The first holds up a hand with a bent finger, looking distraught. The second lowers its hand while looking away, looking sympathetic as well as distraught.

Text below reads "(was going to make a joke but a 10yo's dad just fucking died)"

ID 6:

Three miscellaneous doodles of the fail text persona. The left has its hand below its chin in a thinking expression. The middle has its eyes closed and is shrugging. The right is looking downward and pointing at something beneath them.

End ID.

[hssrarepairs]

🕯️ Gifts for @apricitydays-lazynights ! 🕯️

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🔔 TRANSLATION: Chromatische Afwijkingen

Ship: Astoria Greengrass/Ginny Weasley Rating: Mature Length/Medium: 9.2k words, Dutch Inspired by: Chromatic Aberrations by @apricitydays-lazynights Tags: Soulmates, Epistolary, Diary/Journal, EWE, Quidditch Player Ginny Weasley, Artist Astoria Greengrass, Astoria's Blood Curse, Color Blindness Summary:

Astoria Greengrass, an up-and-coming painter with congenital monochromia, records her days as the official portrait artist for the 2006 Quidditch World Cup Team. When she forms an unexpected connection with the star player, Ginny Weasley, her relationship to her art is changed forever. Astoria Goedleers, een kleurenblinde opkomende schilder, beschrijft haar dagen als de officiële portret schilder voor het 2006 Zwerkbal Wereldtitel Team. Wanneer ze een onverwachte connectie aangaat met Ginny Wemel, de sterspeler van het team, is haar relatie met haar kunst voorgoed verandert.

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🔔 FIC: Some Rivalries Never Die

Ship: Cho Chang/Ginny Weasley Rating: Mature Length/Medium: 3.2k words Tags: Mild Smut, Post-Canon, Canon Divergent, Rivals, Getting Together, There Was Only One Bed, Quidditch Rivalry, Rival Relationship, Quidditch Player Ginny Weasley, Quidditch Player Cho Chang Summary:

Cho Chang might be on Ginny's team now, but she's still snobby, arrogant, insufferable. At least, that's what Ginny tells herself.

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[bleaksqueak]

Okay! I said I'd do a quick little tut for the chromatic aberration effect to the anon who asked, so here you go. Above is the raw panel, so from here, you'll be duplicating the canvas/panel by choosing "Copy Canvas" from the wrench button. Once copied, paste it into your folder and select the layer options to turn on Clipping Mask to your base panel. If doing the whole canvas, you can just paste as-is

I prefer to duplicate it once in preparation and then again each time I make a change, that way the effect can be toggled on /off or have its opacity lowered to mix with a previous effect if needed. From there, select the magic wand/effects and adjustments menu and click on Add Noise. Important: Pretend I took a screenshot of the drop-down menu, because rats must keep up appearances.

I prefer clouds with maximum octaves and low-no turbulence at a fine scale... however, play with the options and find one you like (or don't use it at all! I like the grain for a mild texture and for harmonizing the art's elements, especially on quick panels or rougher drawings.) I'm going at about 5% here. Just enough to give the desired effect, but not too much.

Once it's to your liking, duplicate your canvas/layer and select your new layer to work off of. On the magic wand menu again, select Chromatic Aberration.

We're working with the displace method, so select that instead of Perspective.

In procreate, the tool works by shifting your cursor in the direction you prefer at the distance you want. I never travel far, and I often use the warm/cold to play off of a reverse of my light source colors. I do that just to create a softened edge and a subtle color pop. Just like with the added noise, I keep the effect on a more subtle side often. Blurring at around 5 - 12 % will give your lines a soft glow and get rid of any (say, hideous pencil lines that you use as inks because you hate inking. Not that I do that. Not me.) Transparency can be bumped up or left alone, does what it says on the tin and strengthens the effect or subdues it.

Now, you might find some important detail is now too hazy? Too blurry? Too CHROMBERRATED? If so, gently erase what you want to be crisp. For Maia here, I just erased the front hair curls and her eyelashes.

Keep it or erase it, it's up to you. Play around and see what you like. Now, once all is said and done, and you like the effect, adding a few specular pops of light on a new layer can aid with bringing back in some focal points. Eye color, rim lighting, or just a couple of little metallic flecks. I use the light pen tool for this when feeling lazy, but you can use any brush you like, either on a raw Normal layer or on any of the light adjugement style layers. I chose a pale green to compliment the warm, red hues and balance the bluish shadow in her hair. Just a tiny little speck on her glasses, lips and on the rim light of her nose just to keep the anchor points of her face clear. Don't over do it (unless you want to, in that case, by all means, the light is yours to command.)

And that's the final. Hidden in the darkest shadows of voidcraft, I applied a textured brush to my canvas on Overlay because I do that for every comic page. Except for those that I forget, may their tears one day dry.

I hope that helps! The effect is subtle on this panel, but the desired effect to soften and marry the art, thus fooling the viewer's eye into thinking I super meticulously rendered this with careful prim and polish, is achieved! Hooray!

[gamenotfound]

[ID: Nine stock photos of various locations, visually distorted. They've all been made greyscale and blurred, with a mild chromatic aberration filter applied. Any windows in the stock photos have been censored. /End ID]

oh yeah, for anyone curious, the placeholder assets i threw together for the original demos. obviously i didn't intend to keep them but i still think they look sort of cool, so, shrugs. you will look at them

[thecowprintshop]

The Cow Print Short - White Running Sport Shorts For Women Observe: 1.In case you are undecided in regards to the dimension you have got chosen, you'll be able to contact us. 2.Please choose the scale based on the scale of the shape. 3.The dimension within the garments is Asian dimension so US dimension isn't normal US dimension, (1Inch=2.54cm 1cm=0.39inch) 4.Since it's a handbook measurement, please permit us to have an error of 2CM-4CM 5.Please permit slight chromatic aberration on account of totally different mild Measurement chart CN Measurement Waist(CM) Hip(CM) Lengthy(CM) appropriate weight S 59 100 48 45KG M 62 104 49 45-50KG L 65 108 50 50-57KG XL 68 112 51 57-65KG 2XL 71 116 52 65-73KG

[toygenders]

[ID: A flag with 5 horizontal stripes. The stripes from top to bottom are light brown, pale gold, black, pale gold, light brown. In the center of the flag is a Golden Fredbear plush from Five Nights at Freddy's. The entire flag is overlaid with a mild chromatic aberration.]

🧸goldenfreddycomfic 🌠

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Golden/Golden/goldenself

Bear/bears/bearself

Golden/freddy

Plush/plushs/plushself

Top/hat

Bow/tie

🧸/����'s

🎩/🎩's

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A gender that feels like or finds comfort in golden fred bear plush.

[closet-thing]

This man could NAIL IT as a villain if he wanted to...just saying. :D gosh darn do I dislike backgrounds!

Non-chromatic aberration vers under the cut-

[sylvrndoodles]

flower boy 💕

[blueblondiedoodles]

Pov Clare is trying to flirt

[galway-bae]

this was meant to be a hand practice/warmup thing but, like the bastardly fool I am, I accidentally turned it into a finished piece