#here’s some of my poetry bc I feel in a creative rut

[julia-writes-things]

A Mosaic

They put their hands on their head whenever something is shocking, I do it too.

She liked Taylor Swift so I started listening to her. 

She likes reading, I’ve picked it up again. 

She liked Percy Jackson. I don’t know where she is now but I’ve made a lot of friends due to that recommendation.

She got me into poetry, I’ve written too many poems about her now.

She recommended I listen to sad music, broaden my music taste. I did. Now I can’t stop thinking about her. 

It’s so painfully beautiful that I am made up of so many other people. I share memories with countless others. Treasured moments turned trash and vice versa. 

I wonder if I’ve given someone a beautiful memory.

[habibialkaysani]

4, 22, 35, and for 42, how do u come up with such fitting quotes for your ships bc omg they always fit?!

4. What do you enjoy about making graphics / gifs?

so like for the longest time I used to give my ideas to a friend of mine, @blacksiren, because I didn’t have photoshop and didn’t know the first thing about making gifs and hers were tip top and still are, even if she doesn’t post as much anymore. but I always loved seeing parallels side-by-side, esp compelling ones that I had noticed that gave me a lot of feels and especially those with laurel in them. and so when my brother downloaded photoshop on the sly and gave it to me, I figured I could start dabbling in the world of giffing and it’s just really satisfying hearing a song lyric or seeing a quote and then putting it on gifs. or if I see a certain parallel - like this iris and dawn one - and then see it in gif form and marvel over how perfect a casting is. also it’s just fun taking the time to do things with my energy lol, whether it’s positive or negative - like I might be feeling kinda down and then I’ll make a sad gifset which is kind of an outlet for me, or maybe I’m stuck in a rut and then I make an inspirational or uplifting set and that makes me feel better. creativity is how I deal with a lot of stuff, so making gifs helps a lot. :)

22. answered here

35. Gif makers, what is your go to frame delay? (And why!)

0.06 or 0.07, usually, because when I click save for web on photoshop, it previews the gif as a certain speed, but then when I upload on tumblr it shows it to be a lot faster? and I prefer gifs that are at least three seconds in length (kind of an ocd thing possibly idk I just am not a fan of really short gifs) which is why I tend to go with 50 frames at 0.06 or 38 frames at 0.07. but if I have say 30 frames then I’ll make my frame delay 0.1, for the three second thing. I always try and use three seconds as my base total, and then adjust frame delay from there, if that makes sense.

42. Anything you’re curious about graphic/gif related!

okay! ahhh it is really nice to hear that you think I pick fitting quotes. :D I follow @wordsnquotes which has some good ones, and what I tend to do is reblog the quotes I like with “inspiration” and sometimes the ship or character it reminds me of (usually laurel or lauryssa). but also I have this thing about using quotes for multiple ships or characters - like I used a laurel quote for a dutch set, and I’ve probably overused mouthful of forevers, a poem by clementine von radics, given I used it for dutchjohnny, canarrow, lauryssa (twice) AND zamaya. I’ve used i carry your heart with me(i carry it in my heart) by ee cummings for a shoot edit and a lauryssa one. and don’t even get me started on the songs I’ve used for multiple pairings lmao because we’d be here all day. insp for those tends to come with my walk to the bus stop to and from work because I’m always listening to something on my headphones and usually I’m thinking of a certain pairing. then I usually plan the gifset during my bus journey lmao if I can remember the episode numbers, then when I come home I just have to screencap and make the gifs and I usually colour them the morning after. :) 

also I have friends who reblog and/or send me quotes, which helps a lot. @therewas-a-girl reblogs a lot of great poetry and quotes and @sophiainspace just yesterday sent me a really powerful poem about fridging. but yeah generally I think it’s because I studied english lit a-level and a lot of the stuff I studied stuck with me? OOOOOOH speaking of, zomg, I just got an idea for my next gifset. I can’t believe I didn’t think of this before. watch this space, friend :DDDDD and thank you!

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