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lilunebriumplays · 1 year ago

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Soooo, those Mindflayer eyes...

While I’ve been playing BG3 on and off since early access released, I’ve never really dove that deep into it until a few days ago, so I’m so sorry if this is already a heavily discussed topic in fandom! But one thing that’s always stuck out to me are the Mindflayers, specifically how they’re always described as having pale, milky eyes throughout the majority of DnD history;

[...] Their eyes, sheltered by brow ridges, were uniformly pale and devoid of pupils in addition to being bloated and featureless, similar to those of blind cave fish.

Yet Larian seems to have made a point of giving them actual humanoid eyes, complete with iris and pupils. Not only that, they feature it heavily on promotional artwork. Like compare the eyes of the game’s Mindflayer -

- with what up until recently has been the canon Mindflayer -

It’s a very clear and striking difference, almost complete polar opposite in that they went from bland and non-descript to piercing and radiant.

Now I kind of shrugged it off and was happy to just note it down as artistic liberty, until I started a new playthrough yesterday and realised there’s someone else in the game who has the same eyes as our Cthulhuian friends.

That someone is Raphael:

What’s more, after losing myself in the Larian forums for a bit, I stumbled upon this post from user Ulla G in a thread about the Absolute;

They describe how in earlier patches, whenever they got to the first dream scene where you can hear Daisy’s voice going “Where are you?” as you go to bed, they continuously got a glitch where they saw a wing tip hovering over their Tav, which they then linked to Raphael when they saw his true form in his introduction scene.

There’s also continuous references throughout the game itself that the tadpole inside your head seems to be altered, which made me almost feel the ! appear above my head when I got the “charmed in more ways than one”-line from Raphael when you choose to introduce yourself to him in camp -

Plus, there’s something odd going on with Daisy and the tadpole.

I always thought they were one and the same, but whenever Daisy seems to be getting close to getting Tav to give in to their seduction, there’s always a vivid recoil coming from somewhere inside, as well as a murderous lust for blood and barely suppressed violence in later scenes which is aimed directly at Daisy themselves.

Could it be that Daisy is not the manifestation of the tadpole, but instead represents an outside force that’s instead responsible for altering it?

Tinfoil Hat Time™

Are the Mindflayers we see in-game charmed? Are they under the influence of someone else?

There’s a common theme running throughout at least Early Access of people bearing loyalty to or at least doing the bidding of either a person or a force that’s in reality actually manipulating them - Lae’zel and Vlaakith, Astarion and Cazador, Wyll and Mizora, Shadowheart and the Sharr worshippers, the Druids and Kagha, the Goblins and the Absolute. Are the Mindflayers victims of this too?

The Absolute seems to be tied to The Three somehow, and considering Edowin and his siblings have clear instructions to find and kill any survivors of the Mindflayer crash, they don’t seem to be in cahoots.

The fact the Mindflayer ship was immediately attacked by devils when it came to Avernus seems to speak against Devil influence, despite the potential link to Raphael’s eyes and his seeming knowledge of what’s actually happening. Unless Raphael is also working for an outside force. Or unless he isn’t tied to the traditional Devils at all.

In the tutorial phase on the ship, if you manage to keep the Mindflayer alive while killing the devil Commander and all the other devilkin at the helm, you get a sweet sword the Mindflayer turns against you and says you’re no longer needed before he attempts to kill you, even though you still bear the tadpole. Does this mean the altered tadpole and Tav&Co’s untransformed state are completely separate from what the Mindflayers were originally intending to do? (Why kill Tav and the other tadpole-bearers in the first place, when they could be useful Thralls?)

Where does the Githyanki artefact fit into this?

How does the conflict between Sharr and Selûne play into it all?

Is there a connection to the constant references to Netheril?

To the Weave, to the attempt on Mystra’s life and seat, orchestrated by Sharr 109 years ago? (potential interesting tidbit; if a devil dies outside of Baator, it takes them 99 years to regenerate)

I don’t even know where I’m going with all this, I just needed to blurt all my thoughts into words somewhere and get some facts straight, I guess. I haven’t been this excited to figure out a story in a while. I am so intrigued by every little snippet Larian throws our way, and I am so so so so so stoked for August 3rd to see how this will all play out~

#bg3 #baldur's gate 3 #larian studios #mindflayer #bg3 raphael #bg3 spoilers #baldur's gate 3 spoilers

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knit-with-it · 1 year ago

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Do you know resources that explain how to knit in simple terms? I can't understand spacially what's happening with most demonstrations online and your blog seems very knowledgeable!

Well I haven't checked the basics in about 10 years but I can take a look and try to compile some stuff!

Probably a large amount of info under the cut!

So when learning to knit the basics, there are probably 4 things you need to learn.

Cast on

Basic stitches - Knit / Purl

Cast off

Weaving in ends

Knowing the basic stitches at this point is best because even though there are a ton of variations, most of them (if not all of them) are just alterations of those 2 (ex. K2tog = knit 2 stitches together).

Cast On

I find this video is good at explaining the slip knot in a simple way, and one variation of the cast on method. The creator goes very slow and it's very easy to view what they are doing.

This video is also really good at going over a bunch of different cast on methods, as well as talking a bit about the down sides to them!

If videos aren't your thing and you'd prefer pictures, this post is also really helpful!

Basic Stitches - Knit and Purl

This video shows a pretty good explanation on the basic knit (K) stitch.

And this one is good at slowly explaining the Purl (P) stitch.

I'd recommend this channel: Sheep and Stitch. The woman who does the tutorials goes slow and the videos are bright and easy to follow (in my opinion)

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My Notes:

For knitting and purling the most important thing is to know where your "working yarn" is.

Knit stitches have the working yarn "in the back" meaning it's on the side of the work that isn't close to you: the back.

Purl stitches have the working yarn "in the front" meaning it's on the side of the work that IS close to you: the front.

*I think it's also important to note that what you see as a classic "knit" pattern isn't just straight knitting. What we call stockinette stitch is one row knit, and the next row purl. To knit all rows creates "garter" stitch which is a bunch of half loops.

Stockinette Stitch (when done, the edges of this WILL curl by nature and to get rid of that you need to block the work)

Garter Stitch (made by knitting every row)

Cast Off

This is the easiest and best cast off method in my opinion. I use this for all of my projects because it's easy and if your tension is consistent, then the final project looks really clean!

*There are a few different methods for casting off by for beginners I recommend starting with this one unless the pattern you are using calls for a specific method.

Weaving in the Ends

Once you've cast off there are going to be threads of yarn leftover. It's very important NOT to just cut these, as the work will probably just unwind itself over time. But weaving in changes depending what the work looks like. To properly hide those threads, knowing how to do it with different work types is important.

Here's how to weave in Garter Stitch

Here's how to weave in (the back) stockinette stitch

Here's how to weave in seed stitch

There is also a 'magic' weaving technique for stockinette stitch that I actually picked up a while ago on Tumblr, but my silly self didn't save the post after learning it so I'll update this post if I ever find it again. (if anyone knows what I'm talking about please link it!)

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This is the absolute basics you need to know! I'll also try to link some beginner projects that seem fun and easy to follow.

Projects

Here is a page with 10 simple beginner patterns including hats, dish clothes, little hearts, scarfs, and bookmarks.

Here is a blanket pattern that uses smaller squares. It's listed for "upper beginners" but once you get the first 2 squares done I think it's a perfect blanket pattern since you can use many colors!

Here is a link to a ravelry page with 60 simple knit patterns, but I personally think some of these (if not most of these) look a bit difficult.

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I could keep listing projects, but the thing about getting into knitting is you should make what you WANT to make, not what's easy.

My first project was a huge blanket I made by just knitting the most simple squares and sewing them together. My mother attempted to make a scarf, but didn't have the patience for it and hated it, so she stopped knitting.

My recommendation is to think of what you want to make, think about the time required for that (many projects take much longer than you think) and decide if it's for you.

The websites you are most likely to find patterns are:

Ravelry: This is the Knitting/Crochet website where you can find pretty much any pattern. (Free/Paid patterns available) *you do have to make a free account to save/download/view patterns*

Pinterest: Pinterest is a great website for finding patterns and having more recommended for you. The issue with this one is being able to distinguish between knitting and crochet, as sometimes the tags are not accurate and searching for a knitting pattern instead gives you a bunch of crochet ones. (I'm not salty about this)

Personal Blogs: Searching through google is another good way to find some creators who keep their patterns on their blogs, but pinterest and ravelry will likely be easier resources for this

If anyone else has any websites or resources they'd like to link, please do!

Good luck creating and I hope this is enough resources to help you get started!

#knitting #knit #crafts #craft #ask #resource #info #tutorial #artists on tumblr

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vinceaddams · 2 years ago

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I sure do love to go to the thrift store and acquire things!! Today I got a broken (?) little wooden music box, a couple pieces of fabric (one dark pink cotton jacquard and one dark brown and gold sari silk) and also a plate with a picture of the Hartland covered bridge on it. That's the longest covered bridge in the world, and I've walked across it, and now I can eat sandwiches off it's monochromatic blue image.

#hi yeah yes i AM slightly tipsy at the moment sorry!#OH i also got 4 little packs of gold plated sewing needles!! and another plate that has Green Gables on it #but that;s in a different province from me so marginally less exciting even though I do love the 1980's anne of green gables series #just had another hecking busy week at work (because it is prom & wedding season and I am Suit Alterations Tailor #but now it is weekend and I have 2 days of no things #yay!! Maybe I will work a bit more on my shirt and some drawing!#I wish I had more space to put things. if I did I would go to the thrift store even more often and obtain even more delightful candlesticks #and also more silver plated goblets. I'd have a whole corridor of shelves with all my fancy little metal thrift store goblets #thrifting #hey did you nkow that all aclohol tastes bad and yucky and you can only hide it in lots of fruit juice and stuff???#this is a fact I know but learn all over again every frew several months #blergh!#speking of which! fun fact: I am a balding old man of 27 and when I got to the beverage store with a hat I get asked for ID usually #but never when I have no hat!#today I had a leafkerchief on my head which I have been wearing a lot lately for balding head reasons and also cause #of those dang sebaceous cysts upion my scalp that are so lumpy and numerous (4) and unsighlty #unSIGHTLy I mean #UGH the surgery people said I'd hear back about an appointment in a month and it's been almost 3! I should phone them!!#It is unfair to have lumps almost as big as marbles just chilling there on a balding scalp!!#SPeaking of leafkerchiefs I Realy need to finish that damn sewing tutorial video! I filmed most of it last autumn!#and now it's late spring!#is there a limit to how many tags you can put on a post??#ok well I hope these have ebeen entertaining to you I will go eat a food and maybe do soem sketching now goodnight

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gnatolie · 4 years ago

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Clown Cat Crochet Pattern Listed Below!

Full disclaimer, this pattern has not been tested by anyone but me yet. I haven’t had the chance to make a second clown cat and take pictures of the process yet. I only have the pattern written for a bi-color hat and body for now but it would be pretty easy to convert to once color. Feel free to message me if you have questions about any part of the process and I can hopefully explain a little better! *instructions listed are specifically for a cat, but the ears, face, and tail can be altered to be a different animal. crochet the head as instructed below, embroider your desired face, and find a good pattern for ears you want. just make sure to use two strands of yarn and an H hook so the size isn’t off.

Materials: - 2 balls of yarn in chosen head color (white) - 1 ball of yarn in color A (½ main colors. I chose red) - 1 ball of yarn in color B (2/2 main colors. I chose yellow) - 1 ball of yarn in color C (1/1 accent colors. I chose blue) - Tiniest amount of yarn for nose (I used red for that classic clown nose look) - safety eyes (I used 12 mm, you can also embroider them or use buttons) - stuffing/wadding - H/size 8/5.00 mm hook - F/size 5/3.75 mm hook - bell (optional, for nose) - pompoms or buttons (optional, for body and hat decoration. I opted to make my own tiny pompoms because I didn’t want to buy any. Instructions are listed in this pattern) - embroidery thread (optional, I used thread to embroider eyelashes and mouth) - makeup or fabric paint + clean brush to apply (optional)

Abbreviations (US Crochet Terms): ch - chain sl - slip stitch sc - single crochet dc - double crochet inc - increase dec - decrease fo - finish off st - stitch

Special Terms/Techniques: Intarsia/Mosiac/Jacquard crochet - used for hat. Daisy Farm Crafts’ gingham blanket patterns explain the technique really well. Here’s a link! You have to scroll a bit to find the explanation. Popcorn/Bobble stitch - used to make pompoms on hat and body Ladder Stitch - Used to stitch parts together, join halves of body, and minor tailoring of the “hip” area.

Head (head color) x1:

*Use H hook **Head is worked using two strands of yarn at once

Worked in the round. Start with a magic ring

sc 6 in magic ring (6)

*sc inc in next stitch* repeat 6 times (12)

*sc inc, sc in next stitch* repeat 6 times (18)

*sc inc, sc in next 2 stitches* repeat 6 times (24)

*sc inc, sc in next 3 stitches* repeat 6 times (30)

*sc inc, sc in next 4 stitches* repeat 6 times (36)

sc in each stitch (36)

sc in each stitch (36). Place your eyes between between rows 9 & 10, about six stitches apart.

*dec, sc in next 4* repeat 6 times (30)

*dec, sc in next 3* repeat 6 times (24)

*dec, sc in next 2* repeat 6 times (18). Embroider the rest of the face and begin stuffing.

*dec, sc in next stitch* repeat 6 times (12). Finish stuffing.

*dec* repeat 6 times (6). FO and stitch shut, leaving a long tail to attach head to body later.

Ears (head color) x2:

*Use H hook

**Ears are worked using two strands of yarn at once

Worked in the round. Start with a magic ring.

sc 4 in ring (4)

*sc, inc* repeat once (6)

*inc* repeat 6 times (12)

sc in each stitch (12)

sc in each stitch (12). FO, leaving a long tail.

Flatten into triangle and stitch to top of head. I positioned the ears between row 3 & 4 of the head and sewed down the side.

Nose x1:

*use f hook from this point on **use one strand of thread at a time from this point on

Worked in the round. Start with a magic ring.

sc 6 in magic ring (6)

*sc inc in next stitch* repeat 6 times (12)

sc in each stitch (12)

sc in each stitch (12). If you’re using a bell in the nose, add that now.

*dec* repeat 6 times (6). If you’re using stuffing, add that now.

*dec* repeat 3 times (3). FO and stitch shut, leaving a long tail.

Sew one or two rows below the eyes, directly between them.

Hat (colors A, B, and C):

*Intarsia/Tapestry crochet is used for this piece. A link explaining how to use this method is provided under “special techniques.” Brush up and practice if you need to!

Using color A, start with a magic ring.

sc 2 in color A. Switch to color B. sc 2 in color B. (4)

sc inc, sc in color A. Switch to color B. sc inc, sc in color B. (6)

*sc inc* repeat 3 times in color A. Switch to color B. *sc inc* repeat 3 times in color B. (12)

sc in first 6 stitches with color A. Switch to color B. sc in last 6 stitches with color B. (12)

sc in first 6 stitches with color A. Switch to color B. sc in last 6 stitches with color B. (12). Switch to color C.

*sc inc* repeat 12 times. (24)

*sc inc* repeat 24 times (48). FO leaving a long tail.

Weave the end of color C towards the center of the hat, between the space where the hat ends and the ruffle begins. Sew the hat to the head, adding stuffing to the hat to make it stand. Pompom will be added later.

Because the hat is worked in the round, the colors may create a kind of swirl instead of a true half and half look. I chose to block my hat out by dampening it with warm water and twisting it until I was happy with the way the colors sat.

Arms (head color, A or B) x2:

*work first arm in color A, second in color B. Ruffles are worked separately in color C and sewn on

In Head Color, start with magic ring

sc 6 in magic ring (6)

*sc inc* repeat 6 times (12)

*sc inc, sc* 6 times (18)

sc in each stitch (18)

sc in each stitch (18). Switch to color A or B.

sc in each stitch (18)

sc in each stitch (18). Stuff and FO leaving a long tail. Stitch the top shut and leave a long tail to attach to body later.

Arm Ruffle (color C) x2: ch 18, join to make a circle 1. sc inc in each chain (36) 2. sc inc in each stitch (72). Sl in next stitch and FO. Sew onto arm where body color meets color A/B.

Body (color A or B) x2:

*body is worked in halves and stitched together **body is worked in rounds for feet, then rows for chest/belly ***the “hips” of the body are angular due to decrease; I ladder stitched over the angles after stuffing and constructing to make the body look smoother on the sides

In color A or B, begin with a magic ring

sc 6 in magic ring (6)

*sc inc* repeat 6 times (12)

*sc inc, sc* repeat 6 times (18)

*sc inc, sc in next 2 stitches* (24)

sc in each stitch (24)

sc in each stitch (24). Chain 5. Body is worked in rows from this row on.

sc in 2nd ch from hook and next 3 ch. sc in next 24 stitches. sc 4 in other side of ch spaces (32). Ch 1, turn.

sc in each stitch (32). Ch 1, turn.

sc 14, sc dec twice, sc 14 (30). Ch 1, turn.

sc 13, sc dec twice, sc 13 (28). Ch 1, turn.

sc 12, sc dec twice, sc 12 (26) Ch 1, turn.

sc 11, sc dec twice, sc 11 (24) Ch 1, turn.

sc 10, sc dec twice, sc 10 (22) Ch 1, turn.

sc 9, sc dec twice, sc 9 (20) Ch 1, turn.

sc 8, sc dec twice, sc 8 (18) Ch 1, turn.

sc 8, sc dec, sc 8 (17) Ch 1, turn.

sc 7, sc dec, sc 8 (16) Ch 1, turn.

sc 7, sc dec, sc 7 (15) Ch 1, turn.

sc 6, sc dec, sc 7 (14) Ch 1, turn.

sc 6, sc dec, sc 6 (13) Ch 1, turn.

sc 5, sc dec, sc 6 (12) Ch 1, turn.

sc in each stitch (12) Ch 1, turn.

sc in each stitch (12). FO and weave in end.

Stitch the halves of the body together with a ladder stitch. Stuff the feet to desired firmness. You should have about 24 total stitches at the top of the body where the “neck” is – it’s okay if you’re missing a stitch or two though. The neck ruffle will be worked directly to the top of the body and will be made in the round.

Join color C to neck.

sc inc in each stitch (~48)

sc inc in each stitch (~96)

dc inc in each stitch (~192). Sl in next stitch. FO and weave in end.

Tail (head color) x1:

*tail can be made longer or shorter. add or subtract repetitions of row 3 to desired length **i chose not to stuff the tail but you can if you’d prefer to

start with a magic ring

sc 6 in magic ring (6)

*sc inc* repeat 6 times (12)

sc in each stitch (12)

sc in each stitch (12). FO and leave a long tail.

Pompoms (color C) x4: *regular fuzzy pompoms or buttons would work just fine for this project but in case you don’t have access to either of those and don’t want to buy them, here’s a fast lil tutorial. it’s basically just one single popcorn stitch tacked into a sphere shape. ch 3 in 3rd ch from hook, dc 5 (5). remove hook from loop and reinsert in the top of first dc. insert hook in loop and pull through. ch 1, FO and leave a long tail. Sew your popcorn stitch into a sphere. I sewed the top of the stitch to the bottom chain, then the side of the first dc to the side of the last dc. Play around with tailoring your popcorn until it looks like a pompom.

Construction:

At this point, you should have a head (stuffed with eyes and mouth), nose, hat, two ears, body, two arms with ruffles on the wrist, a tail, and some pompoms.

If you haven’t already, stitch the ears, hat, and nose to the head.

Attach the head to the body using the long tail left after FO. Finish stuffing as you sew. I used a ladder stitch and aligned row 15 of the head to the neck opening since both have ~24 stitches. It’s okay if part of the neck ruffle is tacked to the head.

At this point, I tailored the “hips” of the body to be smoother. Originally it was pretty angular. I used a ladder stitch to hide some of the “extra” fabric on the hips. You can leave it if you choose, of tailor it to whatever hip shape you like.

Attach the arms to the body. I, of course, used a ladder stitch. The arms are sewn to the side of the body, right underneath the neck ruffle.

The tail is sewn to the back of the body. I chose to place mine towards the bottom, where color A and color B meet.

Sew pompoms onto your clown cat. I put one on top of the hat, then three on the center of the body like buttons.

Finally, add makeup. You can do any design you like! I’ve used fabric paint before but I don’t like the texture it has, so now I use cheap makeup and brushes. (Because I sell/gift plushies, the pallet and brushes I use have never touched human skin and are consistently cleaned but if you’re making a plushie for yourself, you can use whatever you have. Finish off with a little scotch guard if you want to protect the makeup or leave as is. Of course, if the plushie is being gifted to a pet or a child, don’t put makeup on it – embroider or use non-toxic paint instead).

That’s it! Now you have your very own clown cat (or other animal, if you decided to use a different head pattern).

Again, this pattern has only really been tested by yours truly and I haven’t had a chance to take pictures to go with these instructions, so if you run into any problems, go ahead and reach out to me! Happy crafting!

This pattern is available for free here because I don’t believe in gatekeeping crafts but if you’d like to show me some love, support my yarn habit through kofi!

#crochet #diycrochet #crochet pattern #pattern #clown #clown cat #clowncore

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waxesnostalgic · 4 years ago

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Making Normal Channels in GIMP (with njob)

Hello everyone! I was explaining how to do this in the Sims of History discord server and realized how much of this process I learned through trial and error. There isn’t really a good step-by-step tutorial about how to do this in GIMP, only in Photoshop (at least no text-based tutorials). While I use both Photoshop and GIMP for various things, I prefer to make my normal channels in GIMP. This tutorial will walk you through the process and hopefully demystify normal channels in GIMP.

Normal channels (bump maps) add additional depth beyond your mesh, which is useful for things like folds, painted on pockets, and buttons.

This tutorial is particularly for how to make Create-a-Sim items, not objects, but a lot of steps should be transferable.

You will need (all free programs):

GIMP

njob

Sims4Studio and/or CAS Tools

First, open your diffuse texture in GIMP. I often try to use the light/base texture rather than one I have colored already, but if you have already colored it and didn’t save a base, don’t worry, it doesn’t make much of a difference. Don’t use an image which has a pattern applied to it, as that will create a bump on the pattern and appear like applique or something along those lines (unless that is your goal).

I recommend doing this step after you have tested your diffuse texture image and mesh (if applicable) in the game. If you have any last minute changes to either of these, you will probably need to re-do your normal from scratch.

If your image is in layers for recoloring, or not, choose to flatten the image. Transparency isn’t helpful in making normal channels, so get rid of it so you won’t have to worry about it later.

Once you have flattened it, the background usually turns either black or white. It doesn’t really matter which one, it won’t make much of a difference in njob.

Now, select the crop tool. You can see the current dimensions of the image in the “aspect ratio” box. For a CAS items, the original will be 1024:2048, which is 1 x 2. We will need to crop the image into a 1 x 1, or perfect square.

To have your normal channel as high quality as possible, you should use 1024:1024. This will work for clothing items like full body outfits, tops, bottoms, gloves, socks, and tights (basically anything mapped in this bottom portion of the UV map). For all of these items, you must use a square and cannot crop it to be smaller. For shoes, this means a very large blank area.

For accessory items like jewelry and hats, the cropping is different. For instance, a hat would be 512:256. If you are unsure of the dimensions to use, export the normal channel on the maxis item and copy its dimensions. The following instructions will assume you are making a clothing item and not an accessory item.

Click anywhere on the image while you have the crop tool active, then adjust your dimensions in the box to the left. You can manually type it in or drag the box and follow the size in the box as you drag.

The box should be perfectly aligned with the bottom and have no space below. If you have space below, just drag it as far to the bottom as you can. GIMP will stop you from dragging it outside of your current dimensions. If a little is sticking out at the top, that is okay. Nothing can be mapped outside of the 1024:1024 dimensions, so it is probably just bleed over or space filler that you are cropping off.

Press “Enter” on your keyboard to complete the crop.

Optional Step: If you desire, you may want to decrease the brightness and increase the contrast on your image so there will be more for njob to pick up. If you already have a lot of contrast, you may not need to do this.

Next, export your image as a PNG or BMP. Be sure to not overwrite your original diffuse texture.

You can now close GIMP, though you will need to open it again later.

Open njob, then your saved, cropped image.

Maximize your screen so you can see what you’re doing.

Go to Filter > Diffusemap > Heightmap and select that option.

The screen will pause to load for a bit before opening up a new box.

Your image will convert to black and white and may look a bit strange. The first step is to change your “Course Detail” setting to the lowest (or close to the lowest) setting and your “Fine Detail” to the highest setting. I generally play around with the “Mid Detail” and “Scale” until I get what I want. Try to have what you want to be visible stand out, while folds should be soft and fuzzy but still somewhat distinguishable.

Once you have what you need, click OK and go to Filter > Heightmap > Normalmap

There are two settings, “Scale” and “Blur Radius.” Neither of them have “ideal” settings, so you will need to adjust as you need. “Scale” controls the depth of the contrast and “Blur Radius” impacts the softness of the image. If your edges are too harsh, your normal map may look odd in game.

You will probably also have lines in areas in no texture. This is normal, and I will go over how to remove those later.

Once you are satisfied with how things look, save the image as a bitmap.

Now, open your bitmap image in GIMP. It is time to clean up the image and get rid of the artifacts. Unfortunately, unlike a specular, a normal map doesn’t have a mask to prevent bleed over onto skin or other textures. The unused areas need to be a midrange, solid grey. It is easier to edit at this step before you create your transparency.

Select a midrange blue color from one of the blank areas with your color selector and make it your background color by using the arrow button between the foreground and background colors.

Select the areas that should be blank and delete them, which will replace the lines with a solid blue color. This would be areas around the neck, wrists and ankles, and also places like the filler beneath skirts and tops that doesn’t need texturing. Be sure to select the odd lines around the image, which are usually a bright teal or hot pink color. Those can be very visible.

Sometimes, you may need to take your paintbrush and clean up the artifacts if they are in curved or very small areas. If anything looks too sharp, you can also use the smudge brush to smooth it out (very lightly). But don’t move anything around too much.

Once you have cleaned up your image, export it again as a bitmap. This is just so you can go back to it if you make a mistake later or need to modify it. Usually I save it as a new image, but you can overwrite the old one if you are feeling confident.

I have to point out that sometimes you can get away with not cleaning the artifacts from your image. But I have had too many issues with it in the past to skip this step.

Now it is time to make the normal map. Finally!

In the layers area, right click on your single layer and add an alpha channel to it. There is also a small button at the bottom you can use to add an alpha channel. You will need this transparency for the next step.

Next, go to Colors > Components > Decompose.

A small box will open up. Change your color model from RGB to RGBA to enable the alpha channel as a separate channel (layer).

Now, a new image will open that is your bitmap but greyscale. You will see four layers on the side called red, green, blue and alpha.

Select the red layer and click CTRL + A on your keyboard to select the entire layer. Then, click CTRL + C to copy the layer. (If you don’t have a keyboard, you can do “Select all” and “Copy” but this takes longer).

Now, go to your layer named alpha and press CTRL + V (paste) and CTRL + H (to anchor the layer). Now, you have replaced the alpha channel with the red channel.

Next, go to the green layer and select and copy it. Paste and anchor it into the red and blue layers, just as you did before with the red layer and alpha layer.

Your image won’t look too much different right now, it will just look like the green alpha channel rather than the visible red alpha channel when you opened it. Go back to the top bar and choose Colors > Components > Recompose. This will alter your original image, so the one you have open in layers will stay open. Go back up to the top and select the original image to go back to it, or close your layered image.

Now, your image should have changed from mostly blue to a transparent, mid-range gray with only a few elements visible. This is how it is supposed to look. If you don’t have transparency or it looks very different, then you probably messed up somewhere. Generally, I find it easier to go back to the original cleaned up bitmap (that you saved for future use) and start from scratch rather than trying to figure out where I messed up. That is usually faster.

Next, export your single-layer image as a PNG or DDS file (your preference). You will need a DDS plugin to save DDS files.

Open your item in Sims4Studio and import your new image file in the normal texture category. You will see a small preview in the box, which will probably show more details than you were able to see in GIMP. If it looks correct, save it and go to check it in game or in CASTools (which has a feature for previewing bumpmaps that can help you check for alignment problems). CASTools can be particularly useful if your computer doesn’t open the Sims quickly and you want to preview multiple bumpmaps. The only issue with CASTools is that it doesn’t really look much like it will look in game.

In CASTools. You have to select to see the bumpmap in the Previewer tab.

In game.

As I have only been making normal channels for a few months now, it’s possible I have missed some things, so if you know an easier or better way let me know and I can update the tutorial. I hope this is useful to you!

#ts4cc #tutorial #sims 4 cc tutorial #sims 4 gimp tutorial

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gerbiloftriumph · 5 years ago

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So you wanna be a king (pt4)

orrrr mayyyybe juuust cosplay one since that’s way less responsibilities

(incidentally, the fabbo shirt’s from redbubble, https://www.redbubble.com/people/midorilied/works/29739636-do-it-for-him-white-text, if @midorilied doesn’t mind me showing it off)

If you’ve followed along thus far then you should have a cloak, jerkin, pants and boots. A fully wearable Graham perfect for romping around the countryside. But it feels incomplete without the accessories, so let’s give those a try.

Part 4: Pouches n Bracers

(Again, these are all just suggestions and a How I Did It from a very novice cosplayer. Disregard all points, or take the ones you like. improvise adapt overcome)

Perhaps the best part about adventure games is the stuff. The bottomless inventory, a random assortment of strange things that all Do A Thing. Graham carries everything from money to badgers to literal humans in his pockets (presumably his mother is a seamstress trained by the gods).

This...won’t be you. Sorry.

Now, to be fair, I saw a Graham cosplay on tumblr (I’m so sorry, I don’t remember who--does anyone know?) who sewed pockets into their cloak, which is delightful and a very sweet idea!

However, I prefer the swoosh and snap of my cloak, and heavy things like cell phones in your cloak will alter the weight. Something to keep in mind as you decide how to manage your outfit.

(forgive the blur--I haven’t been able to get a still of what it looks like when swooshing. Perhaps now I’ve got real boots I’ll do another gifset of it)

Thus, all my phone, money, keys, and backup freckles (e.g., liquid eyeliner) must live in Graham’s belt pouches instead of cloak pockets. Lord knows what Graham actually keeps in his pouches, game-wise. Squirrel snacks, maybe, to avoid repeating the fiasco from Tourney Day?

This time I followed a pattern. I know, weird, right?

I wanted functionality, but I wanted them to be slim and simple, too. I found a guy on YouTube, and he comes with a .pdf template pattern in his video description! It’s super detailed, easy to follow, and better than me rambling. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPhQlaI_UX4

Three years later, they’re starting to look a touch tired. I used a plain dark brown fabric (was it broadcloth?). Half a yard is plenty. If it’s semi-close in color your your belt, ideal. I made two sizes, two large for phone and makeup for touchups, and one small for keys and money. The large ones are 3″ wide and 5.5″ tall, and the small one is 2.5″ by 4.5″, but size them to whatever important things must be on your body at all time.

I added snap clasps to keep them shut (never know when you’ll be pounced by goblins, or trip over a crack in the sidewalk), and I found some plain silver buttons to sew over where the snaps sit--added bonus, hides my sloppy stitchwork. I took some of the leftover suede rope from the jerkin for the front--my ugliest secret is that it’s really horrible looking super glue dribbled everywhere. Hasn’t moved in 3 years, tho. /victory fist bump

I turned the corners of the front flaps so I wouldn’t have square tops. I didn’t trim off the excess fabric since I thought keeping extra weight in the corners would help keep the flaps down. You could always sew in another layer of something sturdier if you didn’t want the flaps to curl over time--it’s probably worth it. It does make a difference.

So, in doing this half-tutorial, I’ve just realized that Graham’s actual model has three pouches of various sizes on his left side only which means I’ve been wearing and drawing him wrong since day one. So. That’s cool. themoreyouknow.gif

(still not changing anything tho; I like keeping my phone on my right side)

Bracers!

Graham’s an archer. So, he’s got bracers on his forearms to protect himself. (presumably his rippling muscles are protection enough since he stops wearing them between his 30s and 70s.)

We have the same problem here as with the jerkin: the bracers seem practically sewn onto his arm. And that’s maybe doable, but I’m mortal, not digital, and I want this to be comfortable and also easy to remove. Now, unfortunately, my method loses the black bands he has on his bracer underbellies--they don’t seem to fit. If you have a nice solution, let me know.

Get yourself a ruler, paper, a scrap of elastic band, a sheet or two of stiff felt (probably like this stuff: https://www.amazon.com/Darice-Stiff-inches-5-Pack-FLT-0331/dp/B00KNAKJH6), and all the leftovers from your jerkin.

Measure around your wrist--mine’s 6″, so we’ll use that. Draw a 6″ line on a piece of paper, find the center of the line, mark it. Measure how long down your arm you want the bracer to go. I like 8 and a quarter inches myself (make it as long as you can without the bracer edge rubbing your inner elbow because that gets real old real fast). From the center mark of your wrist line, make a straight line down (a grid is helpful here to keep it straight). At the point where your bracer stops, measure around your arm: I got 9″. Find the halfway mark of your base arm line, add that to the paper. Connect the corners. It should look approximately something like this:

Cut out and test your design to make sure it’s comfortable (you want to forget you’re wearing these. keep them away from your elbow. f’reals). Cut the shape out of your stiff felt, and cut out your brown fabric leftover from your jerkin, with a margin all around so you can fold it over and sew (I did an inch I think, because I’m a coward). For the hand guard, I did half my wrist (3″), then measured my hand to see how high it had to be to just scrape the knuckle. For my hand, that’s about 3″, give or take. Curve it, test it, cut it out of felt and brown alike, and cut out some extra brown to cover the inside of the hand guard too, as you don’t want to see any white against your hand.

Fold the loose edges over the felt and sew it down along the marked places:

Make little snips in the hem of the hand guard hem as you go to achieve that tight curve.

I was nervous about combining the two pieces as I needed easy wrist flexibility. The two lines that aren’t hemmed I left “raw” and sewed the brown edges together as was, so that there’s no stiff felt against the wrist at all.

Another secret: my bracer grommets aren’t the same as my jerkin grommets--they’re much smaller, like 7mm, because I’d planned on making my jerkin with this smaller size earlier to replicate Graham’s tighter lacing but it didn’t work out--the larger ones from your jerkin work fine.

It’s the same process as the jerkin, too. Every inch from the wrist to the elbow gets a grommet, plus its corresponding partner. A-likea so:

The next part might be optional. I cut another piece of brown about the same size as the bracer body again, and sewed the edges along the inside, just past the grommets, so that when you wear the bracer, you don’t see the shirt beneath your laces. It also gives you a place to hide the loose ends of your suede rope once it’s tied into place. Probably optional.

Graham’s bracers have definition near the elbow, and I was annoyed that I couldn’t find a way to fit in the large black bands without messing up the simplicity of my pull on/pull off system, so to reference it I found thin black trim and sewed it along the bottom hem, just below the last grommet.

Okay, lace it with the suede rope and try it for fit. You may notice the hand guard is a bit unwilling to stay attached. Get the super glue, and--

no wait please don’t do that

let’s just make an elastic ring instead

My elastic was white: I colored it with a brown marker so it wasn’t as jarring if anyone caught sight of it. Sew it into your existing hemline, wherever it feels natural to wear it as a ring on your middle finger. A strip of fabric or trim might work as well, but the elastic makes it easy to pull on.

I desperately need to update my gray wristbands with real rope. This is trim, and I do not like it. But it was free, at the bottom of my cosplay bin, and I’m so tired of spending money on this costume.........anyway, loop the rope of choice three times around your wrist, sew it into a closed loop to avoid dealing with knots and bows, and tug the whole thing on and off over your hand. pls do not make it too tight.

And that’s looking like a proper cosplay. Just a few more accessories and also the hat. I assume everyone just wants the adventuring hat, but if there’s any interest in the crown, I could toss that in too, maaaayyyybbeeee?

#kings quest #King Graham #King's Quest #cosplay #midorilied #hey midorilied if you don't want your shirt in here lemme know i'll swap for a different picture #just two more to go~!#tutorial

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novakiddin · 7 years ago

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how to custom color clothes (in vanilla!)

i recently became familiar with how to spawn completely custom colored fashion items in starbound and while it’s generally common knowledge by now and there are many guides out there on how to do this, i still wanted to write up a simple guide explaining the process of how i do it from the building blocks up + how to troubleshoot issues etc which should hopefully help some folks! a lot of my own friends didn’t know about /admin or /spawnitem so this will cover all the basics!

this is completely vanilla compatible as it is via the /spawnitem command, thus is NOT a mod, does NOT require save file editing, and is multiplayer friendly! you can also gift custom colored items between players and they will retain their colors, so you can make special colored clothing for friends if you want! i also explain how to do this without having to open up your game’s assets file

in order to do this, you will have to be comfy with using the /admin command in your chatbox. this will do several things such as making you invulnerable and making you able to spawn just about any item. you can turn it back off if you don’t want the effects to be permanent

introduction to /admin and /spawnitem

if you go into starbound and type /admin into your chatbox and hit enter, it will tell you something like “admin privileges now given to [playerName]” and grant you a ‘server admin’ status which will work in both single player, steam invite multiplayer, and in servers where the server owner allows players to do this (if you’re on a multiplayer server that doesn’t let you toggle /admin on you’ll have to talk it out with the server owner)

you will be granted immortality and access to some different fun commands like /timewarp and /spawnmonster, but the command we will be focusing on is /spawnitem which grants you the ability to spawn any item in the game (yes, ANY item. it’s so much power)

how to /spawnitem properly

/spawnitem works in a simple format:

/spawnitem [itemIDName] [number you want spawned]

so for example:

/spawnitem visorhead 1

will spawn a singular visor headpiece item! note that the item ID name there isn’t “visor” but rather “visorhead”-- while some items have IDs the same as the item’s name, many are named differently in the game files, and it’s that name in the game file that you need in order to spawn the item. luckily, you can easily find this by looking up any item on starbounder.org and scrolling to the bottom and looking where it says itemName

this is where we go deeper

so regular item spawning is all good and fun, you can collect all the hats in the world for free if you desired to plug itemNames into starbound for an hour straight, but on top of /spawnitem being a thing, starbound accepts additional commands tacked onto the end of the /spawnitem command which will alter the item further. these additional commands are known as “directives” and they primarily alter the item’s physical appearance

starbounder.org has a full list of every directive possible here but i will be covering the few i think are most useful for creating custom fashion items (ignore the part of the page that describes this as ‘modding’. it is NOT modding. it uses tools completely available to you in vanilla. it does not add mods to your game)

the basic format

/spawnitem itemName 1 ‘{”directives”:”?directiveYouwant=valuenumber”}’

to break it down: /spawnitem is the command you are telling the server to do. itemName is what the item you want is named within the game’s asset files. the number after the itemname is how many you want; leave it at 1 if you only want one but don’t delete it as you need at least a 1 to be there. the directives are in a set of apostrophes and curly brackets, directives is in quotes and it tells the game that you are using directives. then there’s a colon and after that, in another set of quotes, the name of the type of directive effect you want to use (like hueshift or brightness), and then = and basically a number representing how strong you want the effect to be

it’s really important to note that just like any other coding, you need to have complete symmetrical sets of brackets, apostrophes, and quotes. if your game tells you it can’t recognize your parameters or otherwise fails to spawn the item, make sure your words and numbers are in the correct brackets/quotes/etc and that the brackets/quotes/etc are symmetrical and in the right place and that you didn’t accidentally delete one or add an extra one in there

hueshift

/spawnitem visorhead 1 '{"directives":"?hueshift=180"}'

hueshift will change the ‘hue slider’ on your item relative to the number you plug into it, so for example hueshift=180 on a red item will turn it blue. you can use both negative and positive values like 45, -60, 90, 112, and so on! it will take some toying with

brightness

/spawnitem snowinfantrypants 1 '{"directives":"?brightness=-70"}'

also a ‘slider’, it’s very simple, it alters the brightness of your item. it accepts positive and negative values. so -70 will decrease the brightness by 70%. good for making already dark items darker! or already light items eyesearing if that’s your thing. you could do some neato pastel edits probably

saturation

/spawnitem visorhead 1 '{"directives":"?saturation=-100"}'

also what it says on the box, saturation increases or decreases the saturation of the item, and accepts both negative and positive values. -100 will completely desaturate the item and turn it black/grey/white for maximum emo effect. much higher values can turn you into a lisa frank nightmare

combining the above directives

/spawnitem snowinfantrypants 1 '{"directives":"?brightness=-70?saturation=-100"}'

if you want the darkest edgiest coat possible, or the most colorful pastel one imaginable, you can combine the brightness and saturation directives like so! (you can also add hueshift to this presumably, but i’ve neglected to in the premade code since it may look Weird to combine all these effects. if you want to add it in anyway just paste the ?hueshift=180 after the ‘100′ in the provided code, and make sure it’s within the quotation marks)

filters will only take you so far. we need to go deeper *matrix sfx*

there is an item directive much more complex than the others, known as the replace directive!

/spawnitem visorhead 1 '{"directives":"?replace;ffca8a=e6e6e6;e0975c=494949;a85636=313131;6f2919=121212;008cd9=d90000;60b8ea=ff0000"}'

what this directive does is tells the game to look at the image file for the item, find the hex color codes on the left, and replace them with the new hex color codes that you listed on the right. this includes parts of the items that are not dyeable!

note that there are some slight limits to this: imagine each different color in an item’s image is a “slot” for a dye. you cannot add more slots, and when you specify a hex color to replace, it will always replace ALL pixels of that color. for example, you can change the visor item to have a red lens, but you cannot have a rainbow lens because there simply aren’t enough differently colored pixels to replace there in order to make it have a rainbow look! you CAN make different colors all turn into the same color, you simply cannot add more colors to an item than there are by default

(if you want to make an item one singular solid color, try using the setcolor directive which is much less complex than the replace directive)

how to use the replace directive - step 1: formatting basics

firstly, the basic formatting is such:

/spawnitem itemName 1 ‘{”directives”:”?replace;OLDHEX=NEWHEX;OLDHEX=NEWHEX”}’

the hex color code you want to replace is always on the left, and the one you want to replace it with/your custom color is always on the right. you can add and subtract as many custom colors from this string as you want, so you can replace only one color or replace allll the colors if you like!

if you want to replace multiple colors, separate the OLDHEX=NEWHEX bits by semicolons, with semicolons inbetween all of them but NOT at the end of the very last one you add (so the OLDHEX=NEWHEX bit at the very end of the code next to the “}’ part should Not have a semicolon at the end of it, but the others before it should. like this:

/spawnitem itemName 1 ‘{”directives”:”?replace;OLDHEX=NEWHEX;OLDHEX=NEWHEX;OLDHEX=NEWHEX;OLDHEX=NEWHEX;OLDHEX=NEWHEX ”}’

a replace directive code that replaces only one color should look like this:

/spawnitem itemName 1 ‘{”directives”:”?replace;OLDHEX=NEWHEX”}’

how to use the replace directive - step 2: actually creating your custom item

(note: you can skip the wiki image hunting step if you have access to the game assets and can open up the actual .png file used within the game’s files. this can save you some strife later. i don’t do this because pak files scare me so i’ll use some workarounds for this)

first what you want to do is have some kind of image editor program on hand that at minimum needs an eyedropper tool and a color selector that tells you the hex color code of the color you select. i use photoshop and in this tutorial i use the new layer and filler bucket features in my method since that makes it easier for me. if your image editing program doesn’t have a layers or fill bucket feature you might have to get creative

now what you wanna do is look up the item on the starbounder.org wiki, and obtain the image for it of it on a test dummy, and leave the tab open because you’ll need its itemName later to put it into the code

i’m going to use the copper goggles for this tutorial because they’re good looking but gee sure would be awesome if the lenses could change color!

whip open the image in your image editing program, duplicate the base mannequin image and make it a new layer above the basic one, and on the new layer go hogwild and use filler bucket or whatever to recolor the item to however you want, making sure you remember 1 color = 1 color and when you replace one color of pixel on the item, you replace all the pixels of that color

make sure to also ignore the mannequin underneath so you don’t get confused as to what pixel underneath is what (you can delete the mannequin’s pixels entirely if it helps)

i recolored the goggles to black and green as shown, with the gif on the left showing the difference between the base and the recolor!

time to CODE IT!

turning dreams into reality

you want to whip out your spawnitem code and begin the process of eyedropper-ing the hex color code of the color you want to replace, and then putting an = after it and then eyedropper-ing the color you wanna replace it with (from that recolored layer you made) and writing that down to the right of the equal sign

soooo for example:

when i use eyedropper tool, i can see the darkest brown color of the goggles is hex color code 6f2919! this means i know that my code will start out like this (remember to edit in the itemName):

/spawnitem copperarmorhead 1 ‘{”directives”:”?replace;6f2919 =HEXCOLORCODETOREPLACETHATBROWN”}’

and now i use my eyedropper tool to find the color on the recolored version that will be replacing those darkest brown pixels...

....which is 131313! so now i know that in order to spawn an item where the dark brown goggle color is replaced by dark grey, i have to make my code like this:

/spawnitem copperarmorhead 1 ‘{”directives”:”?replace;6f2919 =131313”}’

you will do this same process for the rest of the colors until every single hex color code you want to replace is listed out with its appropriate replacement!

note that since it uniformly applies the replacement, you only need to list out each color once-- you don’t need to list the replacements multiple times for each pixel or anything like that! ?replace; 6f2919 =131313 will automatically replace every dark brown pixel with dark black, you don’t need to go pixel by pixel or do ?replace;6f2919 =131313;6f2919 =131313;6f2919 =131313 or whatever. 1 color = 1 color!

in the end, my code ends up looking like this in order to replace all of the colors in this item:

/spawnitem copperarmorhead 1 ‘{”directives”:”?replace;6f2919=131313;a85636=2c2c2c;e0975c=3c3c3c;d3113d=fcff00;f41725=78ff00”}’

now just a copypaste and an enter key...

(NOTE: your custom item will spawn on your cursor. don’t spawn it underground or under your ship on accident. it will despawn eventually if not picked up but it’s still annoying if you spawn it ‘out of bounds’)

aaaand......

my item turned out perfectly!

if you got your item custom recolored to your specifications (NOTE: it may not be reflected in the items thumbnail but it will look fine in the actual item itself) you did it right and starbound didn’t fight you on it! congrats!

the game isn’t recognizing my code and my quotation marks are turning into squares??

some text editing programs do weird shit to quotes and apostrophes. including tumblr. try writing your spawnitem code in notepad instead or copypasting it into notepad and replacing all of the “ and ‘ whilst in there and that should do it (or just rewrite them within the game’s chatbox itself)

the game launched a HOMESTUCK REFERENCE at me instead?!

you typoed the itemName or used an otherwise incorrect itemName so the game gave you a generic filler item instead! check that your itemName is correct and matches the exact itemName on the wiki! remember that it is case sensitive

my item turned COMPLETELY INVISIBLE or the game yelled at me!!

whoops, congrats on accidentally making an invisible item even though there’s a much easier way to intentionally do that!

if either of these things happened to you, there’s likely an error within your code itself somewhere. double check that all the brackets, quotes, and apostrophes are symmetrical, in the right amounts, and that you didn’t stick an extra one in there or delete one on accident. make sure that the semicolons are between your oldhex=newhex bits but that there isn’t an extra semicolon on the last one before the final quotation mark. make sure you didn’t accidentally insert a space anywhere

oh god my item somehow changed colors (probably to a weird coppery brown) and only some bits got replaced!! why is it doing this, why is it changing colors help me!!

(note: i used the visor as an example here instead of the goggles because i had no issues with the goggles but did have problems with the visor before a kind soul on a starbound discord i’m in enlightened me as to why this issue happens. i will be talking about the visor but this troubleshooting process is applicable to any item that mysteriously gains new unreplaceable colors when you try to spawn a custom colored one)

this is gonna be the BANE of anyone not directly using the .png’s found in the asset files and using the wiki instead. don’t worry, it’s fixable, it’s just a pain in the butt and it will happen a lot. you will end up spawning a lot of items as ‘beta tests’ only to correct their colors again due to this issue

essentially, sometimes in starbound, the colors that an item has by default are not actually the colors that the .png file the game assets have. for example, here’s what the visor looks like by default when you equip one you found normally in a chest or whatever:

bbbuuuut that’s not actually what it’s file in the assets looks like. those coppery brown colors are the SECRET COLORS that exist underneath the grey. the file in the assets is what your game is going to look at to try to use for the custom colored item, and when it does that, instead of seeing the grey hex color codes from wiki, it will see the coppery brown hex color codes from the assets file. you told it to replace those grey colors you see, but the game doesn’t see any grey colors in this file! it only sees coppery brown ones! and you didn’t tell it to replace the coppery brown files with anything, so it’ll leave those intact and ignore the command to replace the grey colors that don’t actually exist on the item

what you want to do is grab a screencap of the Failed Beta Test item (NOTE: remember to turn off f.lux or sweetfx or any other program that will alter the color of your screencaps), and use the eyedropper tool to find out what the hex color codes of those ‘unreplaceable’ colors are:

when i was making this visor before, i THOUGHT that the hex color codes to replace for the grey bits were 373737, 7b7b7b7, and 6b6b6b. it turns out that the hex color codes for those bits in the game files are, in same order, 6f2919, a85636, and e0975c!

this means that if my code looked like this before, with errant hex color codes bolded:

/spawnitem visorhead 1 '{"directives":"?replace;6b6b6b=494949;7b7b7b=313131;373737=121212;008cd9=d90000;60b8ea=ff0000"}'

...it should be corrected to this instead, with the corrections bolded:

/spawnitem visorhead 1 '{"directives":"?replace;e0975c=494949;a85636=313131;6f2919=121212;008cd9=d90000;60b8ea=ff0000"}'

so instead of telling the game to correct hex colors that it doesn’t think exist on the item, you are now telling it to replace those pesky copper brown colors that it DOES think exist on the item and now can properly replace because you’ve given it the direction to

..aaaaand that should sort most things out!

coding this stuff can be FUSSY so there may still be errors and whatnot! i am not a coding expert but if you CANNOT get something to behave then feel free to shoot me an ask! happy recoloring!!!

(while you’re at it, if this guide isn’t enough for you, check out https://silverfeelin.github.io/Starbound-Hatter/ which can create text commands to generate FULLY custom hats. supposedly. i haven’t tried it)

#my text #my guides #starbound

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wineanddinosaur · 4 years ago

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Toronto’s Evelyn Chick Is Creating a New At-Home Bartending Experience for Socially Distanced Cocktail Enthusiasts

Evelyn Chick’s visionary ethos is centered on building (socially distanced) communities and inclusive spaces. She’s honed her skills in the two Cosmopolitan cities of Vancouver and Toronto, where she’s worked at a multitude of businesses — from event spaces such as Blue Water Cafe in Vancouver, to high-volume cocktail bars and fine dining restaurants like Toronto’s Bar Raval and Pretty Ugly, both of which placed Top 10 in Canada’s Best Bars for two years in a row.

With 13 years of experience in the hospitality industry so far, Chick has held numerous roles. Presently, these include beverage director for the Donnelly Group; Canadian coordinator of Speed Rack, an all-female charity competition focused on speed bartending; and, most recently, founder of Evelyn Chick Projects (EC Projects), which launched in May of this year.

Plenty of praise and accolades have accompanied her professional life. She is a WSET-certified sommelier, a certified specialist of spirits, and global champion 2015 of the Beefeater MIXLDN cocktail competition. (Her signature drink, crowned champion at the MIXLDN competition, was called “Endless English Summers,” an homage to a classic Gimlet offering an intoxicating melange of Beefeater London Dry Gin, fino sherry, a Green Park Cordial made of pomelo, fennel, caraway, and salted absinthe.)

Chick’s distinctive flair for crafting creative sips that span cannabis cocktails to zero-proof serves are central to EC Projects, a digital education platform bringing her wellspring of wisdom into people’s homes through livestream classes and virtual workshops. In building this digital hub, Chick says she is all about facilitating an accessible and fun environment where “cocktail-curious” novices can feel free to ask questions, to maximize their learning enjoyment without feeling judged or intimidated. Additionally, Chick recently signed on with Quell, a hospitality agency that represents a roster of talented BIPOC industry professionals. The company is helping her juggle numerous projects on the go, and aligns with her belief that sharing a passion for drinks, food, and bespoke experiences can be achieved through continued diversification of the community at large.

In advocating for equal representation and opportunities, Chick continues to champion for a more robust cultural climate of drinks inclusivity. Her ability to facilitate an ongoing dialogue of what it means to enjoy both alcoholic and non-alcoholic drinks in this ever-shifting landscape only serves to further spark her inventiveness, and cement her place as a beverage leader. Below, Chick shares these thoughts and her affinity for pioneering dynamic drinks in the interview below.

1. What are you doing currently within the drinks industry?

At the moment, I am the regional beverage director for the Donnelly Group in Toronto. In the pandemic, I founded EC Projects, a creative hub for drinks enthusiasts. Additionally, I’m the bar & beverage curator for Restaurants Canada, a national association that serves the needs of the food service industry; and bartender-in-residence for a publication in the city called Toronto Life.

2. Can you share with me the genesis of you founding EC Projects?

The biggest question I get as a bartender is, “How did you come up with stuff like that?” — in terms of developing a cocktail — or, “I have this ingredient at home … how do I use it?” Evelyn Chick Projects is an approachable guide to bartending techniques and artisan recipes for the at-home drinks enthusiast. It started as a passion project for a way to connect with consumers and show them the creative side of the hospitality industry. It explores more than just “this is how you make a drink,” but digs into thoughtful ways in which home bartenders can use ingredients readily found in their pantry or fridge, easy uses they hadn’t considered before with them, and how they complement spirits. It evolved into a cool way for drinks enthusiasts to explore new techniques and recipes through virtual learning and experimentation, all from the comfort of their own home! Everyone had to pivot during the pandemic, so bringing elements of the bar to a digital form makes sense!

For instance, in one session, I used the entire banana (including the peel) to make a food-and-drink-paired recipe. It featured a Banana Chocolate Mug Cake and Caramelized Banana Peel Syrup which I used as a sweetener in an Espresso Martini that was fortified with Bacardi Ocho. This Low Waste project is one of the many subjects I explore in my easy-to-follow recipe series from EC Projects. For more information about tailored classes (one-on-one and group), recipes, tutorials, etc., I encourage everyone to visit my website for more information.

3. With such a diverse portfolio of experiences, what’s the coolest thing you’ve gotten to do in your role(s) so far?

As a Beverage Director for the Donnelly Group, I get to connect with guests on a personal level and share in their passion for learning about spirits, cocktails, etc. It’s all things that come natural to me. Due to the pandemic, I’ve also been able to share my expertise online and connect with a larger global network — which is pretty cool because I’ve missed engaging and interacting with people.

Additionally, in building a name for myself in the industry over the years, I’ve been able to reach audiences beyond the small/local cocktail community. In one instance, I got to curate beverage educational programs for large-scale conferences like the Restaurants Canada Show (Canada’s largest hospitality trade show), bringing a passion for drinks to folks who aren’t directly involved and/or wouldn’t think they would be interested in this side of the industry. I’ve created classes for people who are avid drink enthusiasts but don’t normally have access to the “how-tos” in the hospitality industry. Take, for example, my hosting a virtual cocktail hour for lawyers from a large firm based out of multiple countries across a few time zones, all enjoying the same drink.

4. How have you continued this community building with your businesses and respective roles in the pandemic, especially when it has uprooted and altered the lives of many people?

Evelyn Chick Projects is undoubtedly a product of the pandemic. Without our venues (at the Donnelly Group) open, I had to find a way to preserve that little bit of connection I had in the beverage industry. So for me, building this personal brand during an unprecedented crisis was a huge learning curve; it’s very different when you reach out to potential clients and represent yourself as “the brand” versus repping my position within a company that has buying power. While it was a challenge, I was incredibly excited about it because I had never pursued something of this nature before.

Prior to this, I worked to build up different companies my entire life. This is the first time I’ve created for myself. It’s almost like announcing to the world and saying, “Hey, this is my expertise, this is what I’ve worked on my whole life, and I’m putting it all out there.” I’ve discovered that you almost have to reinvent yourself, think outside the box, and showcase what you can offer as an individual to set yourself apart from the “other you” (e.g., the one repping company brands), if that makes sense. At first, I had doubts all the time about the likability of my content, whether or not I’m justifying what I’m presenting, and whether or not it’s been enough. But so far, the response has been overwhelmingly positive and supportive. It’s a continuing journey of navigating the social network(s), gaining exposure, and telling my personal brand’s story. While there’s a lot of talent, and to set yourself apart is not the easiest task, it’s been an incredibly rewarding venture so far.

5. Have there been additional challenges you or your businesses faced since Covid-19? How did you address it?

In wearing my beverage director hat (with the Donnelly Group), with the world filled with uncertainty, the toughest thing has been keeping my staff informed of the ever-changing situation. We try our best to stay connected with staff (e.g., via Zoom chats) and keep one another posted of any learning opportunities, foster ongoing positivity, and offer each other any prospects that could help them survive the lack of work available. For instance, any time we stumble upon government aid updates, resources from local nonprofits geared toward our hospitality industry, brands that have reached out to support us, or anything just beyond their reach, I’m there to help facilitate dialogue between these channels.

6. What’s a significant shift your business has made in the last six months that you had never considered before?

Altering the business model completely as a restaurant and bar for Pretty Ugly. We’ve had to learn to be flexible in terms of how service should run, and the magnitude of precautionary measures we have to take just to open the doors. There were a lot more considerations to put into practice, such as ensuring the whole space was socially distanced; training staff who are used to nightlife service to shift focus on what to pay attention to in this “new normal” (e.g., health and safety protocols); and exploring alternative options to recoup the loss of revenue from being in lockdown, like takeout, delivery, and cocktail kits. Despite all of these shifts, we remain optimistic: Any obstacle can be overcome, it just may take a bit more time to achieve it!

7. In light of your recent announcement of being repped by Quell (a hospitality agency that represents BIPOC industry professionals), I’m wondering: How are you using your position to push forward on racial equity in the industry?

Both personally and professionally, I’m blessed to have multiple platforms — events, virtual classes, social media — to voice my opinion in matters involving race, diversity, and inclusivity. I am constantly learning from my BIPOC peers, their personal and collective experiences, [and] trying to understand and empathize with situations that they may have come across. Moreover, I have zero tolerance for anyone who makes remarks that are intended to be sexist, racist, homophobic, transphobic, xenophobic, whether internally with staff or externally with patrons. These individuals are made to know that their school of thought is not welcome anywhere.

For my BIPOC peers, I’m not only appreciative of their candor, but use these as teachable moments for our own establishments. For instance, at the Donnelly Group, we have hired external help to set up a diversity council, whose protocols are currently under development, ensuring that our hiring and training practices are inclusive, respectful, and empowering. Everyone should feel safe and welcome to share in what I consider to be these essential community hubs together.

In the interim, I’ve hosted numerous virtual round-table panel discussions called “Initiating Change: Global Hospitality Through a BIPOC Lens,” which delves into many issues regarding the topic of race in hospitality. For example, identifying existing structures, as well as systematic and operational biases we need to change. For those who are interested in learning more, you can find previously recorded and upcoming sessions on my IGTV channel.

8. Looking forward, what opportunities do you see for your business to grow?

There’s lots of room in curating fun virtual experiences at the moment. Thinking beyond classic drink creation and traditional pairings, I’d want to bring something that promotes social gatherings, but in a responsible manner. My ideas include wine and food pairing workshops, showcasing the versatility of one ingredient and using it in numerous ways, cook-along sessions with booze, and a sober-curious rave that’s set to live DJ-spun tunes.

There’s also great demand for unique initiatives that have to do with health, wellness, and moderation. As an example, I’ll be guiding and informing such curious people on how to craft non-alcoholic beverages (that aren’t boring!). There’s a fantastic Spiced Carrot Ginger Mule I’ve made that features spiced chili cinnamon syrup, some fresh lime, and soda, with the buzz from the spice. For those interested in making this recipe, you can find the video link here.

Additionally, with the legalization of cannabis in Canada, there are ways to bridge the world of cannabis and (non-alcoholic) cocktails, educate consumers on these types of drinks; and opportunities to pair terpenes with global cuisines. These sips not only taste delicious, but facilitate much-needed conversations to help remove the stigma surrounding that industry. One drink I’ll highlight is my THC tonic that has notes of pine, earth, and wood from the terpene pinene I use. I take a thoughtful and methodical approach to creating this drink by first identifying the terpenes that the cannabis concentrate bring, then introducing flavors that complement those aromas. It’s very much like an art form, and similar to tasting a spirit or a wine and picking out flavor associations, all while being aware of dosage.

Overall, many businesses have had to shift their goals and perspectives, and the drinks industry is no exception — we’re all learning to cater to different demands. It’s a trying but very exciting time.

9. What’s your long-term vision for your brand?

The goal for Evelyn Chick Projects is to connect people from different industries, walks of life, race, religion — through the shared passion and enjoyment of everything food and drinks — together, but virtually. For the time being, it’s kind of hard to pinpoint exactly what this can look like as EC Projects is very much a fluid, approachable, global, and online brand. With that said, I would like to get to a point where one day, the only barrier between myself and connecting with other food and drink collaborators are dissimilar interests — and I would bridge this divide.

Since everything is going virtual through apps such as Zoom, Google Hangouts, House Party, etc., the possibilities are endless. A cool example I can think of is if a bar from London, England would have me host virtual sessions with their guests and collaborate on a cocktail kit they can follow along with. It’d be such an invigorating opportunity for both parties because we’d inject our respective cultures and thoughts into the process. But this would only be the beginning — it’s just one very small part of what this is about. Ultimately, it’s about creating and uniting a global network of drink enthusiasts beyond the “traditional” confines of a bar, curating incredible experiences that transcend time and space.

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Torontos Evelyn Chick Is Creating a New At-Home Bartending Experience for Socially Distanced Cocktail Enthusiasts

1. What are you doing currently within the drinks industry?

2. Can you share with me the genesis of you founding EC Projects?

3. With such a diverse portfolio of experiences, what’s the coolest thing you’ve gotten to do in your role(s) so far?

4. How have you continued this community building with your businesses and respective roles in the pandemic, especially when it has uprooted and altered the lives of many people?

5. Have there been additional challenges you or your businesses faced since Covid-19? How did you address it?

6. What’s a significant shift your business has made in the last six months that you had never considered before?

8. Looking forward, what opportunities do you see for your business to grow?

9. What’s your long-term vision for your brand?

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Wow you look awesome!!!! Absolutely awesome... I am a Gender-fluid and was wondering do you have any tips? I really want to pull off the look that you do, but I never quite seem to hit the nail on the head like you flawlessly did. No pressure though! Love the blog tmnt 2012 May have gone down the toilet but your canon I can get behind! Stay cool!

eyyyy sure dude, i got a few.

almost all of my clothing is quite loose. this is partially bc tight stimulation makes me want to claw my skin off most of the time, partially bc loose clothing leaves you lots of obscuring fabric to work with. if you have a smaller figure, it’ll usually hang on you in a way that hides everything between you and your hips, and make your legs a bit of a question mark as to how they look.

if you don’t, then maybe wearing more hoodies and larger shouldered jackets would help you. i have a sister who has wider shoulders than me and i tend to steal her coats bc of this; they make my figure very masculine seeming.

and if you’re able to, (now mind this is also bc i hate the sensation with all my being), not wearing bras that push up or emphasize your cup size also really helps to add ~mystery~ to your body’s sex. i have relatively a small one, so i can get away without wearing a bra at all almost every day, but if you have a larger cup size and do need the support of that, wearing a cloth bra/sports bra is good! it supports your chest buddies without making them super prominent + is comfy. :D

for general aesthetics, hit those earth tones or black/grey shades or just any sort of “gender neutral” sections of color. i think gendering colors is stupid, but we have to play society’s game of binary gender bs to a point, so. buying from men’s sections is both cheaper and helpful to becoming more androgynous; some quick alterations to the sides if you have larger hips should solve any discomfort there, just slit the sides and stitch up the edges (and if boobs are the issue here, sports bra+larger size of men’s shirt. shoulder work, but find more tutorials on this if it doesn’t). and while majority woman sections are overpriced and usually not even close to gender neutral, there are stores out there who carry outfits that aren’t blatantly feminine, so never turn up your nose completely to those sections (especially if you’re the sort who enjoys being feminine some days).

and: boots, sneakers, and hightops are the zone of Gender Neutral Shoes, bc everyone wears those. with the addition of most hats and scarves.

as for makeup things and grooming, try to find the look that hits the middle point best for you. i look a nice even mix of feminine and masculine with my hair back in a braid, and i don’t do anything to my face except wash it and maybe pluck my eyebrows now and again. try different hairstyles until you find the one that gives you what you want. and, if you wear makeup regularly and enjoy that route, hit up some tutorials on youtube about contour and gender mystifying makeup looks.

final bit of advice: you are always androgynous, fluid, or neutral with your looks if you define it so. society’s rigid gender binary is a social construct and, shockingly(!!), absolutely optional. i used to abhor the color pink until i grew up and realized its Just A Nice Color, and the idea of it being feminine was only rooted in what everyone around me thought. i still don’t wear it, but it looks good with my icons.

your genderqueer identity is always valid and how you present it is completely up to you. no one else’s opinion of it matters. it’s all on you.

hope this was helpful. C:

#gender #nonbinary #genderfluid #gender queer #agender #fashion tips #i would offer makeup tips but hahahaha #i have none #the most i've ever done is eyeliner and lipstick #that's it #ask the writer

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louis-jones-animation · 5 years ago

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More Principles + Flour Sack Exercise

01/10/2019

Task 1

In today’s session, we learnt about a few more principles, followed by some exercises involving a flour sack. We were first introduced to the principles of strong posing and line of action. Strong posing helps to tell a story, and can add personality to and otherwise simple character or object. Some key things I now know to think of when giving a character strong posing is to investigate real world body language to use as reference and then push it further and exaggerate to make it more expressive. Another rule to follow is to try and avoid symmetry, as that creates a more bland character and doesn’t allow much room for expression, except for maybe the face; by making a character asymmetrical it can help push different emotions with having to express it through the face alone. An example we looked at for strong posing is the Pelican from Finding Nemo, who, when telling Nemo the adventures of his dad, is very expressive and uses exaggerated body language to come across more excitable.

Next we looked at line of action, which directly assists strong posing. A line of action is an imaginary line that is the leading force of a character’s motion and body language. A good line of action should make a character’s pose more dynamic and alive. We were then tasked to take these principles and apply them to a flour sack, in attempts to give an otherwise boring object emotion and character. The flour sack is a great tool for an animator, as it allows you to play around with the shape/weight whilst still retaining a simple character design.

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A flour sack can be made from simple shapes (a cube on top of a sphere) and so is a great place to start when experimenting with solid drawing, which is to say making a 3D object on a 2D plane. We were given a list of emotions to try and convey using the flour sack whilst still applying strong posing and line of action. However, I found this task to be quite a challenge, and was only able to produce a couple of ideas before having to move on. I think this is down to the fact that I can be quite a perfectionist, so when something doesn’t come out exactly how I saw it in my head it knocks my confidence a bit. Although, even with the little ideas I did manage to put onto paper, I was somewhat happy with the results I got.

Task 2

In the second half of the lesson we were introduced to the principles of anticipation and follow-through, which almost go hand in hand: anticipation being the build up towards and action, and the follow-through being the result of an action. Anticipation is used to imply a gathering of force and energy, which is required to make an action happen, and so prepares the audience for said action, by giving them a visual clue, thus making the movement more realistic. An example used in the ‘Alan Becker Tutorial - Anticipation’ is when someone is punching someone: before the action of punching occurs, the character may first reel back with their fist to make a more powerful and lifelike punch. As with the anticipation of an action, energy is also required to stop something from moving. For example, even though the primary object has stopped moving, parts of the object may and often continue to move, particularly something lightweight, such as a feather on a hat, as in the ‘Alan Becker Tutorial - Follow Through’. An example of these two principals working together would be a pitcher throwing a baseball: the pitcher reels back to create energy, and then essentially thrusts his whole body forwards in order to exert that energy when throwing the ball, causing his leg to come off the ground.

Off of the back of this, with our remaining session time, we were tasked with creating an animated sequence on F12 paper of a flour sack jumping across the screen and landing, with a keen eye on anticipation and follow through. This was another exercise that took me a second to get my head around but I was pleasantly surprised with the final outcome. As with the bouncing ball task, I created a guide for the path of action, created with an arc, that the flour sack would be following. My process of drawing this animation was quite erratic, probably due to the fact that I wasn’t really sure where I was going with it, constantly making subtle changes that would alter the outcome. Although I wasn’t too confident in this task, I still took the opportunity to challenge myself, in the means of making the flour sack do a flip in the air, as I thought this would give me reason to include a more expressive follow through, almost falling over at the end. I managed to integrate anticipation both at the start of and throughout the animation, using an initial squash at the beginning, to build up to the jump, and then again towards the peak of the arc, where the sack begins to curl up, which anticipates the forwards flip. I also used incorporated a stretch on both the ascension and decension of the jump, paying attention to the volume of the object.

If I could improve upon this animation, I would go back and add more inbetweens to make it more dynamic as I feel like the action of the flip goes too quickly, and there wasn’t enough build up in the anticipation stage to elicit such a powerful jump. Overall I am quite happy with the final outcome, which can be seen below.

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jasminmblog · 5 years ago

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Introduction to Digital Music Techniques: Final Assessment

For the final assessment, I chose ‘option 3,’ that is, to extend my “cataplexy” inspired piece from the first assessment. I chose this because for the first assessment I was unable to sing (due to Laryngitis) and it forced me to explore a genre/style and techniques that I have never considered before whilst writing or recording my music. I found it really enjoyable to create something so different but still somewhat pleasant to take in (from my point of view). After making this decision I began binge listening to so many different sub-genres of EDM, ranging from deep house to Psychedelic trance. I listened to several tracks by Armin Van Burren, Bryan Kearney, Gorgon City, Above and Beyond and many more (EDM mixes). I did this not only to get some structural insight and understanding of contrast with smooth transitions but to listen out for techniques and effects that are prominent in EDM. Like the previous two assessments, I completed this piece using Logic Pro X in the Studios (1025) at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.

INTENTION:

With my original piece I completed for the first assessment, I wanted the track to lean more toward the sub genre of ‘deep house’. But this time around I really didn’t want to be limited, as I was inspired by the wide range of EDM I had been consuming. But before even considering the ideas I had for the two new sections, the first thing I wanted to do was to rectify that which was suggested in the feedback for the first assessment.

SECTION B REVAMP:

I began with section b, adding a few cross-rhythms and slightly spicing up the MIDI drum track with a pitched rhythmic movement (MIDI sound called animated swirls which I looped playing two chords) to accompany it. This allowed me to create more interest whist still staying true to my ‘breakdown/simple drum’ vision for section b from the first time. I also added panning in the ‘breakdown,’ where the only thing that is present is the chords and hi-hat (build up). I then added a melody, hitting record once I completely improvised and just ran with it! I didn’t hesitate to quantise this though, I used several plugins and effects (shown below).I also added a dirty toned yet simple bass line which sort of stays true to the ‘deep house vibe’ whist the melody and chords are more true of house. Overall this section sounds so much more complete then my first attempt, the feedback was really helpful.

MIDI drum track:

Melody:

Hi-hat panning:

Section A Revamp:

Oddly enough, I made slight alterations to this section after section b. Not too much was changed here besides the addition of a quick vocal phrase and a rhythmic MIDI melody added over the chords (with panning). I recorded myself singing the word “crossover” and then added a tape delay, increasing the feedback rate (progressively) to give a sort of ‘dreamy’ but ‘dark’ ambience. This is to reflect the ‘dreamy’ MIDI effect which the track begins with, followed by the dark simple bass line. After discovering the ‘touch’ feature in automation on logic, I was able to speed up the delay/feedback in real time to create a build in pitch/temp for anticipation.

vocal delay and automation:

VISION:

In terms of artistic vision, I really wanted this track to catalyse colourful imagery with the listener’s mind. Almost like a VR experience, from a dreamy colourful landscape to a dark alley and even some what of a rave in the last section. I guess the inspiration came from the feeling I experienced whilst listening to different types of EDM, so I wanted that to be the focus of this track. Section b almost reminds me of video game music, and that was intentional as I wanted this to be the sound track to an alternate place/experience, consistently travelling in somewhat of a trance. This also correlates with the ‘crossover’ theme.

NEW SECTIONS:

Section A returns

This time section A returns but rather than a synthesised rhythmic melody, a vocal melody takes hold. Before the ‘verse’ begins, I recorded myself taking a breath out and put a heavy tape delay over it, once again altering the delay in real time to create a build up. I again improvised the lyrics for this section, really wanting it to sound fun and catchy but still have relevance to both the title and previous sections. I double tracked my voice for the first half of the verse as I felt it gave more of a full effect to the section after the build up. I also did subtle harmonies over some words using the telephone vocal filter. I used various plugins under Izotope in Logic such as de-clip, de-click and de-ess to reduce noise as well as EQ and adequate trimming. I also used ‘Chroma’ reverb ever so slightly just to make the vocals sound a bit more warm.

Section C:

Unlike the previous sections, section c begins with a complete drop out of all drum tracks, only vocals and chords. The inspiration for this section came from the vocal phrase that I manipulated, I build the whole section around this phrase. This sort of happened by accident….I was trying to figure out how to automate reverb and came across the ‘real time’ feature under ‘read’ called ‘touch’ in automation which allows you to play with the EQ of a track in real time. This obviously led to the discovery of automating individual plugins rather than just the entire track which is selected. I realised I found something quite interesting and instantly got a ton of ideas, noticing the resemblance in the EDM I had been listening to. But this wasn’t so easy to achieve, it took a plethora of trial and error and some youtube Logic tutorials to get this done. In fact I nearly scraped it at one point out of frustration (and pain due to back issues) but felt persistent to finish what I had started. I trimmed one tiny vocal phrase from some improvised lyrics I recorded and copied and pasted them in line with the bar lines. I couldn’t loop the track as for some reason when I did it was out of time. I then began with the EQ on the far left (screenshots below) and slowly dragged the EQ, going from a muted to a clear sound. This seems to be ever so present in EDM music as it aids the build up. I then added a tape delay and reverb then individually automated these effects, altering feedback rate and delay time. Working on this took up more time than anything else for my piece ! But I think it sounds really cool and I’m glad I pushed through it and produced something different.This section also includes a simple kick that I recorded on the midi and looped but adjusted the EQ to make it sound sort of ‘muted’ and deep house like.

Chords:

VOCAL EDIT:

EQ gradual movement.

SECTION D: variation of section A

For this section, the chords in section A return but are varied, played both descending and ascending. The filter (MIDI sound) that is used for the section b melody returns but with just a long sustained chord for the entire section. But before this the ‘heavenly sound’ returns from the songs intro, contributing to the dreamy ambience. This MIDI chord paired with the muted kick give a sort of ‘club’ or ‘dark’ feel. I also included what I like to call a ‘trance cry,’ I recorded myself singing “ahhh” with some heavy delays again. Paired with the bass line it sounds both dark and dreamy (the vibe). It took time to get the delay/feedback in TIME with the rest of the piece ! I like that the kick remains for this section contributing to the trance-rave-dreamy sort of vibe. At the very end I recorded myself singing crossover a few times over ‘telephone vocal filter’ and in real time played with the EQ to make it sound muted at first then kind of robot like. I felt the end of the track needed this as it sort of addressed/revisits what happened in section one. (below)

vocal delay:

Telephone ending:

Throughout the ENTIRE track automation was CRUCIal so it was used a lot:

Overall I am satisfied with the completed track. I am really keen to understand and learn more techniques and skills in different DAWS as well.

https://soundcloud.com/jasmin-mourad-698719626

#usyd #music #student #deephouse #edm #conservatorium #digitalmusic

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lukebotting-blog · 5 years ago

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Final Assignment Synth Wave Blog

Practicing my sound design over the semester has been a very productive way for me to discover new synthesis techniques and make new sounds whilst experimenting with different VST plugins. I have utilised a variety of VST’s such as Omnisphere, Absynth, FM8, Serum and Massive to compile different types of sounds e.g. basses, leads, pads, and some organic sounding instruments. From watching tutorials and experimentation my knowledge of sound design has dramatically increased, and I have certainly found myself much more familiar with operating my chosen VST’s as this was somewhat of a daunting task previously.

For the final assignment I was listening to various Ambient and Synthwave artists for some inspiration as these are genres of music that I am not too familiar with composing. As a producer, I always find it intriguing experimenting with different genres as it encourages me to get creative outside my comfort zone. Some of the music I listened to included the original Vangelis – “Blade Runner”[1] soundtrack, Home – “Resonance”[2], Voyage - “Hyper”[3] and Solar Fields – “The Missing”[4] to name a few. This track was initially a “Synth Wave” inspired piece however for the sake of this assignment I did a Drum and Bass inspired remix. Using a combination of the sounds used in the “original” piece I went to work on the remix altering the atmospheric leads, pads and basses used in the previous iteration of the track. I also added in a few melodies and percussion lines for mix the track up for the final assignment. I would like note that not all the sounds used in the final assignment are made by myself although I tried to keep preset patches and samples to a minimum where possible.

As for the track itself the opening atmospheric pad from bar 1 is a short vocal sample with a pitch shifted granular reverb added to give it dimension and character, I also increased the decay time which gave it even more of an atmospheric feel. At bar 4 I also duplicated the same sound but shifted this one octave higher in order to thicken the atmospheric texture. At bar 8 the reverse piano string sample made in Omnisphere and the melodic sequence is added. The melodic sequence is a preset patch I found while looking through the Refx Nexus VST which sounded appropriate for this particular style of music. I attempted to recreate a similar sound in Serum using wavetable synthesis however I was not entirely satisfied with the result and decided that It would be best to continue to use the preset. This melodic sequence gradually gets louder over time as the cutoff frequency is altered and more of the sound can be heard through the mix. This patch was EQ’d to cut some of the sub and bass and low mids. Some of the high mids were boosted so the sound cut through the rest of the track at its loudest point and a small amount of delay was added to give it some character.

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At bar 24 the drums, bass and sub bass then come in. Initially I had experimented with making drum samples in FM8 and Serum however they did not fit well and lacked a bit of character and punchiness. I found a “synthwave” preset pack and the drums I chose immediately sounded better. The kick drum was EQ’d and compressed in order to boost some low end for an added punchy effect and to reduce the dynamic range. Some of the highs were slightly boosted with the snare in order to get a criper sound and some convolution reverb to add some spacialisation and bit of a tail. The toms were EQ’d to boost some of the mids so they also sounded punchy and cut through effectively. As for the percussive bass this is a basic pluck with some chorus added to effectively widen the sound. I also added some saturation; this adds some natural compression and limiting to the sound. The sub and the Bass frequencies for the percussive bass sound were boosted with some EQ, they were also compressed to squash the dynamics and sidechained the kick drum in order to leave some headroom in the bass and sub range.

(Kick and Lead Sidechain Compression)

The sub bass was a patch made in serum; this can be referenced in the minor assignment document which gives a more detailed explanation of how it was made. It consists of one oscillator pitched down an octave with 4 voices of unison and some detune with distortion and some heavy compression. An LFO was assigned to a filter to give it a pulsating affect. An additional LFO was assigned to the master pitch which gradually changed the pitch of the sound over time.

(Bass EQ)

(Mixer Section)

(Track Frequency Spectrum)

The main lead is introduced at bar 32, this is a sound created in Omnisphere and was not discussed in the minor assignment document. However, It was made with two oscillators using wavetable synthesis. One was a waveform of a Prophet 12 Saw with unison and the other is an Oberheim pulse width modulation (PWM) wavetable also with unison added. These wavetables are from their respective synthesisers which were very popular in the 1980’s and gives this sound that retro character like that of Blade Runner and synth wave styles of music. The LFO was not synced with the bpm of the track, this gave the patch a random pulsating “wubby” effect which further added character. On the mixer channel, compression was added and some EQ which cut some of the treble and bass frequencies. It was also sidechained to the kick drum to give the track a pumping feel.

(Main Lead Sound Design)

At bar 52 quaver hi-hats were added to fill in the empty space in the percussion. These were slightly EQ’d in the high frequency range (around 5khz), this is a relatively unused part of the frequency spectrum in this track. The last instrument used is a piano which is drowned in reverb. This gives it a very atmospheric feel and it is most noticeable at the end of the track where it and the percussive basses are the only melodic instruments playing.

For some final mixing touches a multiband compressor was put on the master channel in the mixer section to reduce some dynamic range and clean up the mix.

(Multi-band Compression)

Overall it was a very enjoyable track to make and remixing it was quite enjoyable as I combined various different elements from the previous iteration of this piece. I will continue to work on it as I think the ending could be altered slightly and will attempt to do some mastering sometime over the next week.

Sources of inspiration

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k3fz6CC45ok

[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GW6sLrK40k

[3] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GB9kBLre96M

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DkI7LaJ7ncQ

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7 Things About cantineoqueteveo You'll Kick Yourself for Not Knowing

What on earth is Cantineoqueteveo?

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Hi there, Spanish-Talking cantine@s!

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You may not use expired domains, that have not received hyperlinks in the past, or that have had written content prior to now.

Domains ought to be newly developed; Blogspot, wordpress subdomains or something like that will not be authorized. You should purchase a new area which has been developed from February 19, 2019,

You can use expired domains for your linkbuilding approach (PBN or use redirects). That may be, Black Hat is allowed.

Contest dates are from February 19th to Could sixth. It's going to take two along with a 50 % months for people of you who Keep to the Black Hat and White Hat techniques to hold the very same alternatives.

You could participate from wherever in the world. The one condition is that the Search engine optimisation method is predicated on the Google.es search engine.

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The rankings will be checked by SEOBOX computer software, and we will do it to the Variation Google.es in Desktop.

The winners will be chosen at seventeen several hours and We're going to rely exclusively about the online search engine Google.es for town of Madrid.

Prizes for the winners

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Inside our contest the ideal 3 positions in Google.es will be evaluated, so there will be prizes for the primary three. The prizes will encompass:

Very first prize: seven.000 euros + SEOBOX 6 months of RankBOX Sophisticated, GEOBOX Professional, CTRBOX five hundred and TUBEBOX Professional and PINGBOX Superior.

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To obtain the special discounts of our sponsors, Visit the connection in-depth on the web site.

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Although Dean has by now arranged some personal contests competing from sector buddies, the very first once-a-year Web optimization contest was held in 2016. The theme preferred was the WordPress plugin AdSensei B30, an assistant that allows users to manage their Google Adsense campaigns totally free with all the comfort and ease of the world.

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✅ Adsensei

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With this occasion awareness, because the contest includes a period of practically nothing more and nothing at all fewer than two Months and 15 Days. In this regard, we are really grateful to José Marquez for his do the job, since it is often far better to get additional room for manoeuvre to be able to place our Search engine optimization tactics into observe. The end day is May perhaps six, a wonderful Sunday by which we are able to relaxation In spite of everything the hassle We now have set into creating our campaign to rank the word. The top time is 17 several hours considering the global time in Spain.

On exactly the same working day that the contest ends, particularly when The competition finishes, Dean will execute a Test of which area has gained the competition. How is definitely the Check out done? The Google Chrome browser is going to be made use of using incognito mode from a pc situated in Madrid so as to avoid any sort of modification during the authentic positioning within the search engine.

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And we come to the element that we know you prefer a lot of: the awards. Due to the fact we concur that participating in this kind of Competitiveness has a huge morbidity and is additionally the most fun point for the way we do not cease Finding out about Web optimization by what we find out, apply and find out what Some others do, though the awards tend to be the prizes and that is insurmountable. We've got witnessed how yr soon after yr Dean has become Functioning An increasing number of on the looks in the prizes, counting on sponsors and earning everyone pleased with the opportunity to be involved in a competition with this kind of juicy gifts between.

What will we get if we rank the key phrase initially? Exactly what is the massive prize that awaits us to take pleasure in it over and above figuring out that we've been gods of Website positioning? Very well, absolutely nothing extra and nothing at all lower than a cash prize of 1500 euros that we can spend money

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11 Creative Ways to Write About seo competition cantineoqueteveo

Exactly what is Cantineoqueteveo?

Cantineoqueteveo is undoubtedly an Company located in Madrid, which presents Expert expert services to both people today and SMEs (Tiny and Medium Enterprises) in Madrid, Spain. Giving Specialist solutions in Website positioning (Search engine marketing) and every thing associated with Electronic Marketing. More helpful hints

The Search engine optimization contest with the year in Madrid

Good day, Spanish-speaking cantine@s!

As you realize, We have now currently organized our Web optimization contest for all those who would like to get involved in an exciting contest wherever You will find there's great deal to win, Aside from that we are going to have a great time Understanding. To make clear all the data and procedures of the contest, listed here I clarify every thing intimately.

Contest rules:

You will need to come up with a write-up wherever It's important to posture a key word. In such cases, We've chosen cantineoqueteveo that has no bring about Google these days.

The precise domains are all cost-free, and that is another incentive when producing your write-up.

They're the totally free domains readily available at first of The competition: cantineoqueteveo.es, cantineoqueveo.com, cantineoqueteveo.Web, cantineoqueteveo.eu, cantineoquetevo.on the internet, cantineoqueteveo.website, cantineoqueteveo.pt, cantineoqueteveo.com.es, cantineoqueteveo.cat, cantineoqueteveo.retail store, cantineoqueteveo.web site, cantineoqueteveo.Professional, cantineoqueteveo.cloud, cantineoqueteveo.details, cantineoqueteveo.application, cantineoqueteveo.org, cantineoqueteveo.tech, cantineoqueteveo.entertaining, cantineoqueteveo.one particular.

You might not use expired domains, which have not been given links in the past, or which have had content material prior to now.

Domains have to be recently designed; Blogspot, wordpress subdomains or just about anything like that won't be permitted. You must purchase a new area that's been created from February 19, 2019,

You may use expired domains in your linkbuilding method (PBN or use redirects). That is, Black Hat is authorized.

Contest dates are from February 19th to May well sixth. It will require two as well as a fifty percent months for those of you who Stick to the Black Hat and White Hat tactics to possess the very same prospects.

You may participate from any where in the world. The only real problem is that your Search engine optimization technique relies around the Google.es internet search engine.

To take part is no cost, While it's important to become pointed to an index of e-mails that We now have made exclusively for The competition. This mailing checklist is going to be shared Together with the sponsors of your attract. You have to register within the Subscribe solution in this article that you'll see in the web.

Verification of final results

The rankings will likely be checked through SEOBOX program, and We'll do it with the Model Google.es in Desktop.

The winners are going to be chosen at 17 hours and We are going to depend solely on the online search engine Google.es for the town of Madrid.

Prizes with the winners

Inside our contest the ideal three positions in Google.es is going to be evaluated, so there will be prizes for the initial three. The prizes will include:

First prize: 7.000 euros + SEOBOX 6 months of RankBOX Innovative, GEOBOX Professional, CTRBOX five hundred and TUBEBOX Professional and PINGBOX Superior.

Second prize: 2.000 euros + SEOBOX three months of RankBOX Superior, GEOBOX Professional, CTRBOX five hundred and TUBEBOX PRO and PINGBOX Highly developed.

3rd prize: 1.000 euros + SEOBOX 1 Month of RankBOX Sophisticated, GEOBOX Professional, CTRBOX five hundred and TUBEBOX PRO and PINGBOX Advanced.

On top of that, for that winner of this exam, in addition to the bit of prize that will acquire also We've got a Exclusive Prize that will acquire him into the direct paradise. Do you need to know what it's about? Listed here we go.

As an additional prize to the winner of this contest, he will probably be offered the potential of Doing work for the web site Prensarank, remaining part of the Search engine marketing Crew. To put it differently, the winner will receive a career supply from this prestigious enterprise at the same time they acquire the Competitiveness.

I don't learn about you, but I would be on my way when I finished studying this.

At last, When the 3 most effective positions are obtained by the identical human being, it will be that person who will get The three awards and all relevant Positive aspects.

Additional Particulars

You'll be able to observe in the net in an updated way the positioning from the rankings.

To accessibility the discounts of our sponsors, go to the url in-depth on the website.

It's not necessarily essential that you've got been In this particular planet for a long time so as to participate. If You aren't a veteran, this contest will allow you to to live in first person the techniques in the SEO cracks and will be like an accelerated system from which you will appear out with strengthened understanding, Moreover Finding out a lot. We've got a Telegram channel where We're going to remark and analyze the approaches of the contest. To access it you just need to sign up for from our Site. Fantastic luck to Absolutely everyone and revel in competing.

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Cantineoqueteveo Application has started off strongly with altering the Google Counsel comparable to the primary brand name, and For that reason are going to be receiving visits, organic and natural targeted visitors to the key phrase of the brand name, As well as owning designed their cell purposes and designed accessible to the public from Google Participate in without spending a dime down load.

Cantineoqueteveo BIO

Cantineoqueteveo BIO an on-line shop depending on affiliate with Amazon, would be the one which has rated finest to this point. Exhibiting by itself in the effects of internet pages five-6 in Spain and amongst pages 2-3 in Latin The us, this manufacturer now presumes its accomplishment, confirming that they're the most effective Even with utilizing spined textual content and automatic content with Amazon solutions.

Cantineoqueteveo Wiki

Cantineoqueteveo WIKI think that I have viewed it only inside the search engine of BING, Though evidently it could have a powerful 301 like all kinds of other web-sites of rivals.

Cantineoqueteveo Pro

Cantineoqueteveo Professional would be the official manufacturer of Cantineoqueteveo, both of those of the contest plus the Search engine marketing Company in Madrid, Spain. Is Cantineoqueteveopro the best? It is possible that there are better, but certainly this brand is the original.

Cantineoqueteveo Sport

Cantineoqueteveo Recreation is the model established by and for the Women of all ages of Madrid Spain (I think), have produced an exceedingly powerful 301 redirection that destinations them in the main webpages of Google.

Experienced Services in Search engine marketing CANTINEOQUETEVEO

Does your organization really need to posture greater in search engines like yahoo? Make a greater engagement in social networks? Do you have to make extra profits? Develop much more and better prospective customers (Qualified prospects)? In Cantineoqueteveo Professional We hold the companies you require!

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The ROI, lets you evaluate the profitability of a technique, as it informs you When your investment decision is popping into income. You will discover plans online that let you accurately evaluate the results of a marketing campaign.

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Applying the Web Analytics, the business should be able to know the studies and effects of your site on line. It can be crucial to emphasise that this does not serve to evaluate visitors, it only serves to generate enhancements inside the World wide web, including, by way of example, optimize the website so the material masses faster or make the consumer could get a lot quicker to the data that the business hopes to know.

Cell Programs

The development of such applications helps a corporation to get closer to its shoppers, considering that they switch their smartphones into interaction channels, creating the knowledge nearer to them. In this way, shopper loyalty is reached, because they think that they have got facilities to communicate with the manufacturer.

🔥 CANTINEOQUETEVEO is often a tongo? 🔥

If you are associated with the sphere of Search engine optimization in Spanish, you will be sure to grasp Cantina Marketera, either via its sources (forum, telegram channel, Search engine optimisation study course) and tutorials or with the contests which have been structured previously. At The pinnacle in the site is José Marquez, a true master of SEO and material who has an extended background from the sector and has been accountable for several of the most effective Strategies that have been written about these matters. His good fame and reputation are much more than ample for us to have enthusiastic about the contest proposal and want to celebrate it by sharing it with the many bloggers who dream of enhancing their Website positioning techniques.

👍 Qualifications 👍 CANTINEOQUETEVEO Cantineoquetevepro

Although Dean has now organized some private contests competing versus market pals, the first yearly Web optimization contest was held in 2016. The theme selected was the WordPress plugin AdSensei B30, an assistant that allows buyers to control their Google Adsense strategies totally free with each of the comfort and ease of the earth.

A calendar year afterwards, in 2017, The competition was held While using the title Raiola Manda instead of the Panda. This time the organizer relied on the help of your winner of the very first Match, which allowed him to undertake the project in a far more ambitious way, like prizes for everything superior.

✅ Adsensei

Dean's intention with this first contest was to market the plugin and at the same time see how far the methods and competencies of his visitors could go from the Search engine optimization discipline. He himself also participated and fought inside of a duel to rank the word Together with the intention of encountering a handful of surprises. The winner will be interviewed on his web site and would inform what he had performed to get to the top place of Google together with his effort and hard work.

The phrase to place was adsensei, so end users had to operate to have their posting to seem in the best positions of Google. Strategies to get it done? Tutorials ended up performed about the plugin and related evaluate content articles that fit quite effectively with the articles philosophy that Google would love. The contest lasted ten days, which was over enough time, as it was an individual time period and ranking it concerned an affordable hard work. The principles incorporated using your own area and resorting to Energetic Search engine marketing with no destructive Search engine optimisation currently being permitted. Also, any type of person was invited to participate no matter how Substantially he or she wasn't an SEO pro, as the objective was to rejoice ranking. This was the start of the philosophy that's been prolonged in Every in the editions of the contest.

✅

The 2nd contest captivated all the more interest in view of how perfectly the main one particular had labored Which now there were many prizes with income between. The initial objective was to have a great time and find out Search engine marketing in the meantime, but there's without a doubt that such incentives build increased fascination. The Competitiveness was kick-started off which has a series of interviews with essential individuals in the Website positioning ecosystem in Spanish, who spoke and gave tips to the participants.

The search phrase preferred for positioning was much more complex: Raiola Manda instead of the Panda, so it was not just one term as experienced occurred during the 2016 version. This elevated the challenge with the participants and designed the emotion multiply. The length with the Opposition increased to a lot more than double the number of days plus the participation rate skyrocketed in the sensational way. All people during the Search engine marketing sector needed to try out to get first position on Google Together with the keyword in query. A couple of minutes soon after The competition information was posted, for instance, that they had currently flown almost all of the linked domains like a assistance power for SEOs to create their site rank.

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The third contest arranged by Dean Romero along with PrensaRank would be to situation this and being a prize offer you 1,500 Euros in funds and assets in back links, tools, template for wordpress AdSensei concept of Dean Romero himself. The lucky winner of the contest was DOSBIT, some discussion that for that luck that had Which at the last minute terrific opponents disappeared through the serp. as did Victor Bustamante. (This contest was from February 10 to March ten).

The year 2018 was a yr of interesting Skilled adventures for José Marquez, so he did not have the opportunity to organize this contest that has now come to be one of the most valued routines by authorities while in the sector. He tells of the numerous modifications and initiatives he commenced, but it had been mentioned that he had been remaining Along with the bug of finishing up the Level of competition, And that's why he didn't hold off in saying it the moment 2019 had started. This can be how we located Cantineoqueteveo©️, a brand new key phrase that every one SEOs have to seek to rank in the top positions and as you can see is a lot more intricate than all Some others used to date.

Contest Policies 🔍 CANTINEOQUETEVEO tongo

The rules are once more very similar to All those of past a long time, considering the fact that They're, after all, quite apparent and there is no impediment for everyone to be involved in a hassle-free way. The elemental factor would be that the individuals use the whole keyword without having quotation marks and that they be cautious, considering that foolish errors can be designed when creating it (for example, producing Cantineo "queteveo"). These types of things have to be taken into account if you want never to slide into error. The concept of the contest is that the key word CANTINEQUETEVEO makes certain that any sort of Internet site can transfer in Google toward the main final results. It's not magic, It can be utilizing good quality applications and, above all, making you would like to!

Let's follow the procedures. The subsequent detail all members need to do is subscribe to your Cantina Marketera list. Watch out! Even if you are now subscribed towards the blog, it can be crucial that you just subscribe yet again using a new landing that's been developed with the occasion as Element of the contest. Why? Mainly because that's the list of contributors that José Marquez is employing in an effort to label the people who are in The competition and so which the sponsors even have a summary of contacts at the conclusion of The competition. In this way every thing is requested and there is nothing to worry about within the type of having doubts which include "will I be taking part properly or will they ignore me? Imagine that if you do not subscribe to equally platforms Regardless of how A great deal you rank first on Google you won't earn. That's im-pres-cin-di-ble

Yet another point to keep in mind is always that it does not provide to employ a website blogspot or related. You will need to have a NEW area of your own, which is your assets instead of that emanates from some Weird resource. Basically, You cannot benefit from the flow of domains to produce a subdomain or maybe a sub-registry within it to test to get within a relatively obscure way. In the event you create a website inside blogspot and be involved in the contest with it what you should be executing might be nourishing the Web optimization that Blogspot has, so it would not be a thing authorized as to the way to win. The domain has to be yours, initial.

Everything you can Bear in mind is it won't make any difference Should your domain is new or previous. It does not make any difference if you simply registered it attempting to use some phrase related to the search phrase of the contest or if it is an outdated web site that you just use to point out your works of art and even one that you've got deserted Which you believe may become the shock with the Opposition.

In this particular occasion focus, as the contest features a duration of almost nothing much more and almost nothing below two Months and 15 Days. On this regard, we are incredibly grateful to José Marquez for his get the job done, since it is usually greater to own extra space for manoeuvre in order to place our Web optimization methods into apply. The top day is May perhaps 6, an excellent Sunday wherein we can rest All things considered the trouble We have now place into developing our campaign to rank the word. The tip time is 17 hrs bearing in mind the global time in Spain.

On the identical day that the contest finishes, precisely when the contest finishes, Dean will execute a Test of which domain has gained the Competitiveness. How is definitely the Examine accomplished? The Google Chrome browser will be applied making use of incognito manner from a computer located in Madrid in an effort to stay clear of any type of modification from the reliable positioning inside the search engine.

🏆 Awards 🏆 CANTINEOQUETEVEO 2019

And we arrive at the aspect that We all know you want so much: the awards. For the reason that we agree that participating in this kind of Level of competition has a huge morbidity and can be the most exciting factor for your way we do not stop learning about Search engine optimisation by what we find, utilize and find out what Some others do, though the awards are definitely the prizes and that is insurmountable. Now we have found how yr immediately after year Dean is Performing An increasing number of on the appearance of your prizes, relying on sponsors and building Every person happy with the opportunity to participate in a contest with these juicy presents in between.

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What will we get if we rank the keyword initial? What's the large prize that awaits us to get pleasure from it

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