#i have a lot of faves especially especially the colourful typography ones

[dengswei]

for the creators ask: 3, 8, 10, 14, 22 & 34 😊

thank you 🥰

3: Pick your 5 favourite creations and explain what you love the most about them!

i've decided to go with most recent creations because i have some more that i made last year that i really do love but i would be here debating for hours so

this yidiao gifset because even though it's not all one colour like i wanted originally i think it really works and it really shows their & yi's development over the series

nueatoh forehead touch because my god did y'all see how horrendous that scene was when it comes to lighting

phontermae + head, hands, heart because even though i'm not a massive fan of yellow i just love how it came out

kurodachi otp meme favourite quote 1/? i just really love the blues and how the typography came out

this yok gifset because i just love how the contrast of the more colourful gifs go with the black gifs

8: List the 5 things you love the most about your creations

the use of colours

the way i style my typography and use that to match the colouring

how i match the gradient with the colour in the gif

the choice of scene used for the specific quote/lyric i'm using if there is one

how you can see i'm improving with each gifset i post

10: An old creation that will always have a special place in your heart

i will always without a doubt say this ryumixmatch graphic especially since it took me forever to make it though for my gifsets i made before 2021 i'll have to say this n.flying rooftop gifset because i just adore the colours in it (i couldn't find it in the gif search probably because it's from 2019 so i've had to repost it lmfao)

14: A fandom you want to create more content for!

literally any i'm not really creating for 😂 though specifically right now probably star in my mind

22: A creation that was difficult to make (but worthwhile!)

an easier question would be one that was easy to make lmfao but i'm gonna say my 2021 favourites because i dealt with a lot of different mvs and trying to get it to match took me ages and especially because i did 12 instead of 10 having to create the 2 gifs in 1 and i had to figure out the sizing and finding clips which had the same amount of frames and work all that out lmfao, also figuring out the typography and how i wanted it to look also just me being able to narrow it down to 12 songs aksjdksds we are ignoring the fact in the caption i said i would do seperate posts for osts and jpop but never got around to it

34: Favourite individual gif from a set you've created!

I'M SORRY I'M ABOUT TO DO THIS TO YOU OF ALL PEOPLE BECAUSE I MADE YOU SUFFER ALREADY WITH THIS SET BUT I REALLY LOVE HOW THE PURPLES TURNED OUT IN THIS GIF AND YOU ASKED FOR THIS SO I'M SORRY IN ADVANCE CLICK AWAY NOW IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SUFFER AGAIN the first gif in this pha gifset

— creators ask game ! ₊˚✧ ୭̥*

[userdjarin]

I want to spread some gif maker love. Tell me about a set you really loved recently and why? Let’s boost some of the amazing makers on here! When you are done, pass this ask onto someone else. ❤️

ahh hello! what a lovely thing to do thanks for sending this in anon!

gosh i've come across a lot of really really great creations these last couple weeks, especially with the tbobf finale dropping! but one of my faves from this week that i think is truly show stopping is @sith-maul's encanto set! what godly clarity! seamless transitions with heart-wrenching choice of scenes! such magical and beautiful colouring! typography and blending combinations that are nothing short of immaculate!

really, anything nik puts out always stops me in my tracks but this recent one i had to really catch my breath with phew 😮‍💨 her stuff is always boundlessly spewing with striking creativity and originality, i can distinguish a set of hers from continents away! thank u for ur talent nik u absolute legend!

ugh literally thank u to every single creator i've reblogged from for their creations for the tbobf finale bc what an amazing couple weeks it's been for content! but surely i must include a few honourable mentions of creators who have especially had a grip on my windpipe recently hehe @300mirrors @bestintheparsec @trashcora @vibroblade @nikita-mearss thank u guys you're amazing!!

[nasty-psd]

Texture Collections (unsplash.com)

Hey everyone ! Back at it again with the resources recs, with a whole bunch of textures this time 💚 All the pics are from Unsplash, so everything's free for personnal use, comes with instructions for professional use + with ways to thank the photographers 🥰 

I've sorted these first 12 collections to show you the kinds of textures i like the best in my own edits & even professionnal works - with categories either being the medium that they're made with, or an abstract concept they fall under. Click on the names below to access the collections, on the source to access all my collections, and on the read more for quick summaries of how/when i use these !

🎨 Links 1) Photographs | 2) Clouds | 3) (dry) Paints 4) Oil | 5) Typography | 6) Mineral 7) Vegetal | 8) Liquid | 9) Paper 10) Lights | 11) Space | 12) Plastic

Detailed descriptions & how to use under the cut ! (obviously, i do not claim ownership over any of these pictures)

1 - Photographs | link here This collection gathers textures that aren’t the easiest to use, but please don’t be scared by them, the following . How i use them : You can use the mockup type of pictures and “insert” your own pics of your friends, characters, etc - which means you must know how to create a basic mockup file (creating fake polaroids is a great way to learn or to train on your mockup skills by the way !). For the scanned images of films, you can also paint over them to integrate your own pictures. What i prefer to do though, is to create a mask layer around the burnt areas with a soft-edge brush, and then copy and paste it onto my edits. It allows more room for creativity but requires quoi color correct the burnt areas so they fit perfectly onto your edit’s colour scheme.

2 - Clouds | link here These one are simple ! I love them as background on edits, as overlays to bring out a little How i use them : With layer modes, as colour palettes references, as backgrounds with a collage of pictures on top - you can go ham with these. They’re also perfect for complex photomanipulations as Unsplash photographers offer multiple sizes options when downloading their pics.

3 - (dry) Paints | link here These paintings are not all necessarily "dry" paints, but rather artworks that show of their painting mediums' natural textures. They're "grungy" in an acrylic's or in a gouaches way. Some may be oils too but i'm not sure. The textures are created with brushes or painting knives, sometimes with spray paints. How i use them : So, as they're pretty dense, i prefer them in backgrounds, or as barely visible overlays. Once again, they’re great for photomanipulations, but you might need to edit them a little so they’re usable or repurposable.

4 - Oil | link here "Oil" is pretty straight forward : these are either oils (liquids with rainbow gradients/reflections) or very liquidy paints. The focus on this one is colours mixing with more or less of success, the "brutal" contrast between them, and the movement they create. (And also : ios background bubbles.) How i use them : they make for perfect overlays, background, references for color palettes or bases for a dispersion filter. They’re complex though, and you might want to stay careful to not go overboard with them, as they can tend to make your edits unreadable.

5 - Typography | link here Typography, yay ! It’s something many of us avoid in edits where it’s not a dire necessity - but growing as an adult into a graphic designer’s world, i learnt to love it. Every character has its own character (lmao geddit) personality, which can be of great support in your edits :) How i use them : as background, as “overlays” in collages or to simply get the inspiration going. You could also reuse the quotes in your edits with different fonts, or the panels in you photomanipulations.

6 - Mineral | link here Minerals & rocks are essential if you plan on editing complex stuff, like photomanipulations in the outer world, in space, or whatever your heart desires. That’s why i tried to gather as many diverse resources that fell under that category. For a finer research, i’d recommend finding one picture approximately resembling what you want, then checking out the recommended pics that will appear under the share & info buttons, or visiting the photographer’s profile as they may have multiple pictures of varying angles of the same object. How i use them : The pics with perspective i’ll use as elements in photomanipulation, while the “flat” pics will be used as overlays in elements to bring out more textures - the possibilities are endless, what you want to do you will be able to !

7 - Vegetal | link here These one aren’t especially complicated to use, but will require a little bit more work. Most of them are on plain background so it’s easier for you to cut them out and insert them in edits or photomanipulations. There’s tree, branches, mushrooms, leaves - everything i could think of that might be useful in edits. How i use them : The “flat” textures could be used purely for “aesthetics” or to add textures in edits, but the “full objects” pictures are mainly there for photomanipulations purposes.

8 - Liquid | link here Anything that has to deal with water, bodies of water, or overall liquids. Landscapes, also, that include lakes, seas, ocean, waterfalls, etc - always a need in photomanipulation. How i use them : as always, it depends on the nature of the texture itself. If it’s flat, i could be used solely for aesthetics, or as a way to add texture to a plain surface in photomanipulation. When it has some perspective, or shows a complex scenery, they could be used in photomanipulations & edits of all kinds.

9 - Paper | link here This collection has some of the most diverse pictures : it can be old papers with or without writing on it, sceneries of "blank" papers for you to put your edits on, or decorative pages/maps. How i use them : For the "flat" textures : these are mainly for overlays (all over you finished edits sir it looks like it's printed) or in some cases, for mockups. For the pictures with a bit of "scenery" : these would be great for background, but absolutely perfect for mockups. For the pages with maps or texts on them, it can be used as your usual textures/background.

10 - Lights | link here This collection includes every kind of body of water (or other liquids) i could find. You'll find waves, lakes, rained on windows, bubbles, watercolours, etc. Anything for your edits or photo manipulations. How i use them : Most of them will look their best as overlays put on top of all your other layers (or not, depending on the nature of your edit obviously). They get also easily be animated for gif, or colour corrected to fit your aesthetic.

11 - Space | link here A really specific collection ! This one will mainly be useful if you plain on editing space-ish photonapulations, moodboards, etc. Combined with the others collections, you could create a whole other worldy edit :) How i use them : Mostly how they’re logically used. Stars textures will mainly be editing onto a sky (but could also be useful to create “grunge” textures”), planets will, etc. But always think creatively, and outside of the box ! For example, these circling stars could be used as the texture of a vinyl record.

12 - Plastic | link here My personnal faves, the tricky & busy plastic textures. Plastic is a pretty broad name, and most of the pics aren’t technically plastic, but they have the same folds, turns & reflections. How i use them : mostly with a dispersion filter (which makes everything awesome). They can be overlays, or blurred to create pretty interesting gradient textures. They could also be used as background in your collages - you can basically do what you want with these. They’re awesome.

bonus 13th for the curious ones - Urban & Cities | link here Silly didn’t add the thirteenth collection on the preview, so here it is as a surprise ! This collection is the most diverse of them all, with lots of architectural elements, grungy walls textures, graffitis, etc. How i use them : Mostly as background

That’s all for today, hope you’ll enjoy using these ! please give lots of love to these photographers, and see you soon 💚

[kveom]

hi! i've seen several blog promo posts and i was wondering if you could suggest some blogs to follow! i'd really appreciate if they're at least 50% carat, 50% anything else~

hello anon!!! i can definitely do that for you!!! i’ve been waiting for this day :’))warning: i’m going to use this as an appreciation post sorry skdhfdkfn

(also i don’t really follow people unless they post at least 50% svt so you should be good!)

@kristian-do, @cheolshu - you probably already know them but it’s not a svt rec list without them, so!!!! they give us updates, gifs, just random things to laugh about (idk, i woke up this morning and saw a post about jeremy) and i honestly think they’re such an integral part of our fandom

@hannies, @juunshua - both make amazing creations but what i love most is that they just always seem to keep it real. love them for it thank u

@hoshees - every!! single!!! creation!!!! is amazing..so smooth and beautiful, especially love the colouring ALWAYS. i have 10x my body weight respect for her

@sooncheolie - loves svt and sooncheol but also provides 90% of my day6 content LMAO and i love belle for it + beautiful gifs and edits

@hearttoshu - jess churns out gifs so fast AND THEY’RE HIGH QUALITY TOO…they literally glow *-*

@pledisanti - nom is soooo sweet and cool and creates such BEAUTIFUL gifs. exhibit a wtf

@17hateblog - always ends up on my rec lists bc TAGS

@jeonghney - wanted 2 cry over their latest jeonghan gifset but also FELLOW SEOKHAN ENTHUSIAST!!!!!!! one of the only ones i know 😭����

@moonsjun - qarina is super cool and nice and loves junhao a lot a lot!!! also makes smooth af gifs with amazing colouring *-*

time for my treasured list of seok stans (i kno u didn’t say you’re a seok stan but i love my seok mutuals!!!!). all of these ppl are sweet n amazing n funny and they’re the ones who are there to like my ‘SLFJNSDOFNSEOKSFDMIN!!!!!!’ text posts and also scream with me about him getting a part in a musical. they’re sunshiney and have lots of love, just like seok, so ofc i have a soft spot for them :(

@sunnie-dk - i remember going onto amy’s blog for the first time and looking at her tags and thinking ‘wait….i swear…i swear those are my thoughts’. honestly, her tags on dk and dino posts especially are SUCH A MOOD. pls don’t get me started on her edits. she has a style that i love- it’s just so cleaaan and i love the colours and the typography and the shots useddd and i just feel so refreshed when one of her edits comes on my dash!!! if u want an example, this is probably the most iconic one. oh, and she also keeps it real. i hear you asking is this a call out post for amy being so amazing??? yes, yes it is.

@littleight - i said it on her promo post already but carrie loves seokhao a lotttttt and makes beautiful gifs and is so funny!!! (and the whole screaming about seok becoming a musical actor thing- yeah, that’s carrie :(( 💖💖)

@visualteen, @soonseokboos (i’ve always seen you as a seok stan anyway…), @arthurkyeom, @ageekofart - all make amazing gifs and i get so happy seeing them on my dash :((

@vocalunits - loves seok a lot :(( and makes such relatable posts :((( and runs another fave blog of mine @dokyeomlq

ok i still have so many more to rec but i am emotionally drained from writing all that ^ skdfnkjdf so i’m going to list the rest (but if you want me to gush about them, let me know and i’d be happy to oblige!!..in a day or two LMAO)

but for now i’ll say that these are all talented, cool, funny people who i genuinely enjoy seeing on my dash- whether it be with edits/gifs, shitposts or just them talking about nothing (those are my fave posts!!!). they love svt a lot and they’re just good people and i’m comforted by the fact that i’m on this seventeen journey with them, so i hope you will be too!!

@ihavetoomanydistractions, @cafewoozi, @17dad, @verngyu, @chiwoopsie, @softwonwoo, @je0nghans , @joshuahong, @shuuvee

[indomies]

hey belle, I hope you’re doing well today! how’s uni?? also I’m very good, thank you for asking 💕 (sorry in advance for the long ask sldjsks)

I just read it a few months ago and it was really good, definitely recommend!!! lmao I was same but I’m slowly catching up on them all

ooo I love that. and excuse me @ niall the girl is waiting for your reply!!!!

no are you kidding?? you totally deserve to be complimented like that when you create such beautiful concepts, including this walls nutrition facts!!! I love that you kept on seeing the music receipts and decided to think outside the box and do something different!!! (and I would definitely buy from that sticker shop 🤭)

your recent typography edits are AMAZING and i loveeee the aimh one, it’s stunning! I can definitely see that becoming your brand since they’re all so different yet cohesive in a way idk lsdjsks

hmm my fave edit of yours I think is definitely the aimh one, but also hl in the different seasons!!! I just love the colours you used and all four of them flow so well 🤩

also I saw that you made an edit series called # iknowaplace (I may or may not have gone through your whole edits tag sldjsk) and I saw you made a beautiful edit for nusa penida, which is such an incredible place!!! this is probably another hard question but can you tell me some of your fav places to go in indonesia??

ahhh I can’t wait for the reveal either, it still seems like ages away but we’re already in feb!! thank you darling, and you too xox

your secret valentine 💖

hi love!!! im studying for exams now dhbsah i just......... want to give up sometimes lmao why did i choose this path. where’s this magic remote like in adam sandler’s movie click where i can fast forward jdba. im living in a vicious cycle u know. like i want to graduate but then i need to study but i dont like what im studying and that results in procastination and  lot of denials lmao.

hahahaha thanks again for the compliment!!!! i just think if i get too many of them i’ll get big headed lmao ((maybe after i graduate and dont have to juggle between work and studying id open up a sticker/merch/art shop idk. ive been on small business tiktok for a while and im so interested hsaj i mean ive dreamed of having my own business since i was like what 13/14? i did have a merch shop when i was in indonesia tho. but it was really short lived bc i had to move to berlin lol))

yeah!! im really happy with my typography edits cant wait what i produce in the future lmaooo. now you remind me that i need to finish hl in season series lmaoooo spring is almost here.

omgg dhjbaj i have so many series that are abandoned #iknowaplace is one of them lmaoo, i think i can restart that series after exams. ohhhhhhh tbh i havent traveled that much in indonesia bc back when i was living there, travel was more expensive especially the flight tickets. and i havent gone back in 3 years lmao. i love going to yogyakarta bc food game there is amazing, also borobudur temple is amazing. bali is an experience tho its highly overrated lmao, lombok is better tbh bc it’s not that known. i want to go to east nusa tenggara, there’s a komodo island where u can see them up close lmaooo. i havent been to mount bromo but my mom has, and the sunset there is so beautiful. i think most beaches in indonesia are great, raja ampat in papua is known for place for diving. too bad i havent really visited cities in indonesia much, i want to tho someday!!!!

yeah!!! you’re gonna reveal urself in less than 2 weeks!! exciting!!! love you babe!!