#i think cyan yellow magenta black also fits still

[encrucijada]

imagine coughing roses and crocus lane exist within the same universe (apocalopsis #0012)

[ryanyflags]

aphysical | aemotional | atertiary aphyspec | aemospec | aterspec

Some alt a-spec flags :)

I wanted to make matching a-spec flag sets for aphysical, aemotional, and atertiary microlabels. I do like the original flags (link), but the colors didn't really work for my purposes (they represent attraction, rather than the opposite), so I made alt ones.

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Flag colors:

Aphysical: ✦ Light yellow/green, teal, purple - aphysical colors. (From the opposite colors of physical attraction, which I think orange, red, and dark red/pink represent well.) ✦ Dark grey/black, light grey - the spectrum of not experiencing physical attraction. Such as those who don't experience this attraction at all, and those who do (demiphysical for example). (Inspired by other a-spec flags.) Dark grey also represents aphys people who are a-spec in other attractions (like being aemotional in addition to aphysical), and light grey is also for those who are allo-spec in other attractions (like being alloplatonic, for example).

Aemotional: ✦ Dark grey/black, mid grey, blue, light green, blueish green - aemotional colors. (Like above, this is based on the opposite colors of emotional attraction, which I picked purple, blue, orange, yellow, and pink for. I also greys are just fitting colors in general.) The greys and lightest green also represent the spectrum of not experiencing emotional attraction. Such as those who don't experience this attraction at all, and those who do. They also represent aemo people who are a-spec and allo-spec for other attractions.

Note: to avoid looking too much like other flags, I used the 3 main colors plus dark grey/black for aphysical (microlabels), and dark grey/black, blue, blueish green, and light green for aemotional (microlabels), instead of only the bright/opposite colors (so excluding the greys). Traditionally the bright colors are used to represent the respective a-spec identity (see here for an example), and the black/grey/white is left out, but since they'll look too similar to other flags, the dark colors are included to help with this. (Just check my aphyspec and aemospec flag sets for a visual example.)

Atertiary: ✦ Light green, cyan, blue-purple, orange - atertiary colors. (Based off the opposite colors of the tertiary attraction flag, which are light blue, yellow, orange, and magenta/pink. I also rearranged the color order, just to make it more of a gradient / different.) ✦ Black - not experiencing this form of attraction. I didn't include grey/light colors like in the other flags, but that's just a visual thing. Ater-spec plus other a-spec and allo-spec people/labels are still included under this.

Aphyspec, aemospec, & aterspec: Are all based off of the above flags, but arranged into a gradient / color adjusted to represent their spectrums. Inspired by other a- spectrum flags, like ace-spec & aro-spec. There's no specific color meanings.

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Wowie that's a lot of text haha. I felt it was important to explain it though. (Maybe I could have formatted it better, they do kind of repeat themselves.)

[thrushforreal]

Its May the 4th!

What lightsaber colors would the batfam have? Would they be Jedi? Sith? Something in between, or something that is neither? Lets see! This is purely just for fun for me, if you don’t agreed with colors or anything that's fine, feel free to put in the comments what you think their lightsaber color would actually be!

Alfred: I feel like Alfred wound have a Light Blue Saber, based on his background in military. When he was younger he would have had a Brilliant Blue Saber, but as he grew older it faded. He isn’t any less capable, just older. Just a single sided Saber

Bruce: While it would be great to give Bruce a Black Saber, I personally don’t think it actually fits him. Instead I think that Bruce would have a Magenta Saber. He used to have a Purple Saber, tapping into some dark side techniques whilst training with the League. It turned Magenta after he struggled with his connection to the Force, losing it for a short while after Jasons death. When he finally reconnected with it, he found that his saber had dimmed from Purple to Magenta. He uses a single sided Saber.

Barbara: Babs has a Yellow Green Saber, more Yellow than Green as of late but still Yellow Green. Her color has never changed, not even when the Joker injured her. It didn’t change her, just made her think and use her abilities in a different way. When she does use her Saber it is a single sided one.

Dick: Cyan, a mix between Blue and Green. He used to have an Indigo Saber, a mix between Blue and Purple, and before that a Green Saber. But he no longer uses any Dark side abilities. And after many long hours of meditation he was able to reestablish his connection with just the Light side, although his new connection was no longer just on the spiritual level like it was before. He carries two like his escrima sticks.

Jason: At the moment Jason has an Indigo Saber, although it could change as Jasons Saber has changed the most. When he was first starting out as a young Padawan he had an Orange Saber, never fighting unless he had to, although pranking was very much on the table. After his death and subsequent revival his Saber took on a Purple color, due to Talia and the Leagues teachings. Talia was, unhappy, with this, hoping that he would come out with a Red Saber. When Jason was accepted back into the fold, his saber slowly changed into his now Indigo Saber. You know Ezras gun Saber, yeah Jason has that. He also just has a couple blasters in him, because, it’s Jason.

Cass: Cass has a White Saber. A White saber (for those who might not know) is a Saber that has been ‘healed’ so to say from the red of being on the Dark side. She had a Red Saber growing up, from exclusive use of the Dark side and her fathers influence. When she came to Gotham and started to work with Bruce and the rest of them she went through a Jedi healing ritual for the soul and came out of it with a blinding White Saber. She switches between a double-sided Saber and a single sided Saber.

Steph: Now Steph, you could give her a couple of different colors but I've decided to go with Blue. A deep brilliant Blue, a guardian of her order, always on the front lines, although she does seem to be dipping close to Indigo. She uses a single sided Saber

Tim: Tim has a Yellow Saber, his focus always been on more practical ways of fighting and learning. He and Babs have upgraded countless numbers of Jedi and Sith technologies, improving and perfecting them. He uses a double-sided Saber, like his Bo staff.

Trace: They have an Orange Saber, cementing their insistence on not fighting unless they had to because they are a healer. She has taken it upon herself to learn as many different ways to heal others with and without the force. Their saber is single sided, although rarely used.

Duke: Due to his Metahuman abilities I feel like Duke would have a Green Saber. Those with a Green Saber will tend to use Force abilities more than their saber. It just feels right. Fun fact Duke actually didn’t have a Saber for a good amount of time, and he just used the Force and his Metahuman powers. When he did get his Saber he didn’t want any modifications so he kept it single sided.

Damian: To the disappointment of Talia and Ras Damian has a Purple Saber rather than a Red Saber. He takes after his Father in that way, which is the reason Talia sent him to Bruce. While fighting with his Saber Damian will switch from single sided to double-sided to two sabers swiftly.

Happy May the 4th! May the Force be With You

[maikswen]

spare coloring tutorial for your colorful sandman gifs? they're stunning! 💜💫

hi! tank you so much!!!!!

so to be honest i dont remember exactly how i edited each of them because i usually color every gif from scratch. sometimes i save as psd but sadly i didnt this time.

but i tried to replicate the one i liked the most and is almost the same way i edited the rest of that gifset, maybe with just some things more or less. i hope it helps!

first, this is the first frame with the brightness and contrast adjusted w a levels layer

then layer > new fill layer > rainbow gradient

next i adjusted the layer to saturation and adjusted the fill to 17%

and now it looks like this:

i like this method because makes every color pop, even if it was ALMOST gray, you will see a color and its so much easier to use selective color after.

next usually i would need to adjust the screencaps a little with color balance UNDER the gradient layer. adjust to fit the kind of coloring you have in mind like for example this gif

i needed to adjust the color balance to be more reddish so i could be able to adjust the color of the floor because otherwise i woud not be able to, since this scene was too blue and if i adjusted the blue i changed everything.

but here i didnt think it was necessary.

next is just playing around with selective color, the best part imo. and chose the colors you want to make more vibrant ou change the tone etc.

in this gif the main colors are red, a bit of magenta, yellow and blue so i played with those

just play around and add as many layers as you want. i used one more to adjust the yellow and add a little more contrast adjusting the black

now see how it affected his hands? i used clipping mask to erase the layer that adjusted the reds on his hands

eh, its still doesnt look perfect but i didnt mind much

i added one more selective color layer to adjust the magenta a little bit to kind of make up for the red parts i erased and also adjusted cyan

add a little bit of vibrance just to make a little more vibrant, why not

anddd its done!

thats usually the way i go. levels > gradient layer (or vibrance layer) > color balance UNDER the gradient/vibrance layer > play with color balance > a little more of vibrance

let me know if i helped! if you have any more questions feel free to ask. if you’re interested i can also share the psd (since now i remembered to save lol)

[transmasc-wizard]

description advice: COLOURS

btw if you tell me its "colors" i will disintegrate you with a laser.

anyway!

I've seen a lot of tiring advice on colours lately; it's the same old "describing the love interest's eyes as 23823 non-interchangeable shades of green because Why Not" type of thing that I'd hoped we left behind. I've also seen a lot of people having trouble with colour descriptions in general, so I've made this (using some of my art knowledge, which is finally useful) to help!

comparing similar colours

By this, I mean showing the difference between two shades. You can always call to mind existing things; e.g. wine red is going to call to mind a specific colour. But if you can't do that for whatever reason (perhaps the colour's name doesn't fit the tone of what you're describing, or you want to get more detailed), there are some helpful words to use.

Saturation: The less saturated a colour is, the closer it is to grey. Typically, a saturated colour will be on the brighter side (though if it's low in value, it will probably still be fairly dull).

(as you can see, the colour on the left is much more desaturated than the colour on the right, despite them both being blue.)

Other words to describe saturation level: dull/duller, bright/brighter (though again this one has to do with value, too), faded, vibrant, eyesore (for particularly saturated colours).

Value: how light or dark a colour is. The darker it is, the closer it is to black. The lighter it is, the closer it is to white. Value can have a play in how bright a colour appears.

^ as shown in the above picture, value can have quite the effect on a colour. These are the same hue and saturation; the only difference is the value.

Other words to describe amount of value: light/lighter, dark/darker, bright (see saturation), faded (see saturation), shadowy.

Hue: specifically general colours in relation to others, since I highly doubt anyone's about to compare hex codes in their stories. But there is a difference between, say, yellow-green and bluish green.

[I could not get a picture here because of tumblr's limit. wonderful.]

Think of 2 reds; one that can be described as purplish red (and can also be called a purple or magenta) while the second is a more of an orange-red (and can also be called orange, technically). They're different, right?

You can call over other hues (specifically hues nearest to the actual colour) to give more of an idea of what the colour looks like. While describing something as a blueish yellow probably won't work, you can do things like yellow-green.

Specific kinds of colours

Just because something is green does not mean you can describe it with any type of green you like. Olive and viridian are not synonyms, despite both being green. Same with mustard and sunflower as yellows. (I've read far too many instances of someone's eyes being described as "sapphire" on one page and "sky blue" on another.)

Obviously it's not terrible if you describe something as both, say, crimson and blood red. They are very similar, and can give people a sense of the general colour you're going for (especially because it's usually not the exact hex code). However, some colours are much more far apart than people realize!

(also, these are obviously not every colour ever, just a couple of each major hue.)

Under the cut, because this got long:

REDS

ORANGES

YELLOWS

GREENS

[I'm not personally satisfied with this chart because it doesn't include a lot of greens that are described a lot, such as olive and emerald, but it's a start.]

BLUES

[can we now acknowledge that azure and sapphire are not the same?? please?? Also, as you can see, some are very close; calling something 'baby blue' and 'sky blue' isn't some blight against humanity. Saying it's both cyan and true blue is <3]

PURPLES

[purple, along with yellow, are the colours im most lenient about when it comes to description. They are very similar, often, though things like orchid and violet are not the same.]

When do you describe a colour?

This is something I see people struggling with a surprising amount. Specifically, with eye colour. Let me put this to rest:

YOU AREN'T GOING TO STARE INTO SOMEONE'S EYES AND FIGURE OUT THE EXACT HUES WHEN YOU FIRST MEET THEM UNLESS THEIR EYES ARE REALLY DESTINCTIVE.

And no, I don't mean "their green eyes emerald orbs have faint flecks of gold you can see if you're half a foot away".

Do their eyes glow? Ok, you can describe them. Are they bright red? Ok, describe them. Do they have no whites of their eyes/colourful sclera? Ok, describe them. Do they have four eyes? Ok, describe them. But for goodness' sake, please don't wax poetic about the eyes of everyone who walks into the room.

Even something like "they don't have pupils" actually may not be noticed at first. There's no realistic reason to immediately zone in on the eye colour of whoever just walked into the room. Eyes are really only noticeable when they're either abnormal or you're very close to the person.

As for the colours of other things: think about if it's relevant. Do you need to go into detail? Is the thing you're describing relevant enough that it deserves to have a bunch of description, or does "it was blue" work just fine? Describing a colour is meant to give you more insight into the thing's appearance, and sometimes the appearance isn't needed.

For example, you should probably describe the clothes of a king if your protagonist is meeting one in the scene, and that includes describing the bright, rich royal blue of their shirt. But you (probably) don't need to wax poetic for a hundred words about the grass; it's just green.

There's also symbolism. It's easiest to make things symbolize their common meanings (like, describing a lot of blue & grey tones in a sad scene and a lot of bright and red tones in an angry scene) but you can try and flip that around if you'd like a challenge!

There is probably more to say here, but I've already spent an hour on this guide and am quite exhausted. If anyone has more tips, feel welcome to share, and I hope this is helpful!

[parkersloths]

Hi ^^

First of all – your Art is INCREDIBLE!!!

I especially love your use of colors and textures :) Everything is so bright and colorful, but still cohesive. And your images are so clear without being overly detailed! It’s all literally perfection!!!

I like to draw digitally as well and your art-style is a huge inspiration for me. So I wanted to ask if you have any work in progress videos or pictures? Or if you could explain your process in general? Like, are you using a sketch layer underneath, with how many layers are you normally working, what kind of brushes do you use or any tips overall to improve digital painting?

Of course you don’t have to answer this (kinda a lot of questions, sorry 😅 ). Just know that I adore your art and that you’re helping me on my own art-journey just by sharing your work with the world – so, thank you!!! <3

Hey!! So first of all thank you so much for everthing you said about my art, I really appreciate it! But also omg thank youuu for this amazing ask like this is for real the kind of ask I've always wanted to get, where a total stranger is interested in my process XD So yeah don't worry about asking a lot of questions, they were great and I loved them!

Also I'm super flattered that my art has inspired you in your own digital art journey and I hope the stuff I say here can also help somewhat! This will get pretty long so sorry in advance everyone for making you scroll so much cause for some reason the read more option doesn't work on mobile :/

But anyway to answer your questions!

Sadly I don't have videos but I do have some pics I'll share. This is actually my second attempt at answering this because before I was going to use some WIP pics of the Majid drawing as example but then I didn't want to because it was in black and white and color is kind of one of the main things I like to emphasize in my art so I wanted to talk about it in the example XD Then I started a couple new drawings and was taking pics of those but I got super artblocked, but luckily I just finished one out of the blue that I can use. Okay so... I started answering this, again, and it was getting way too long and rambly so I'm gonna try to keep it simple this time and maybe I can elaborate more another time if you're still interested/ if anyone else wants know X'D

My process in general: I always start by making a simple basic background to work on, just fill it in and add some blotches of color. Then on a new layer I just start painting the subject, no sketch, so again just laying down some colors (I usually take whatever color in the bg is closest to skin tone and adjust the new color from there) and I just start blocking some shapes in aproximately the right places to start defining where things will be and how they fit together and just go from there. It's hard to explain it more cause that's kinda it, I just paint until things look like they're supposed to or at least visually appealing enough XD I add or adjust whatever colors seem necessary along the way (in this particular drawing I left the darker values until way too late which I don't recommend) and just refine and refine and refine things and add as many or as few details as I feel like, working on everything simmultaneously bit by bit.

Layers: like I mentioned before there's no sketch, and I try to use as few layers as possible so usually I'll have about 3-5. One for the basic background, one to three (though sometimes I merge them) additional layers for more background effects/colors/value fixes that I usually add later in the process, and I try to have just one for the subject. Sometimes I have one or two more if I'm feeling too hesitant but I always merge them in the end.

Brushes: I only use one brush at 50% opacity the whole time for everything. It's a squarish/rectangular brush that has some sort of jagged edges and a bit of a watercolory texture.

Tips: so this part is especially hard cause like.. I feel like any tips I could give are only applicable to drawing portraits and even then it'd be for doing it in the particular way that I prefer.. Like for example I could say it's best to work on every area at the same time and never spend too long one thing before moving on to the next but.. some people actually prefer finishing the eyes completely before moving on to the nose for example you know? So honestly the main thing I'll say is kinda to just experiment with a lot of methods and styles and see what works or doesn't work for you. Something that I think always helped me a lot was watching speedpaints of people who were more skilled than me and had a distinct style, just literally watch how they did their thing and every once in a while I might notice something I'd be interested in trying for myself and yeah with practice and experience you just kinda figure out what kind of things you not only like seeing but actually want in your own art. Like years ago I used to sketch but then I saw enough videos of people painting without sketching that I wanted to try it and I realized it's just more fun and makes more sense to me that way. So yeah try lots of different things and see what works for you and what you want to incorporate into your own art style!

Some more standard digital art tips I could give I guess are like.. the thing I said about not spending too much time on just one area (if it applies to your prefered process XD). Flip the drawing every now and then to catch stuff that's off. Stay zoomed out as much as possible and when you do zoom in for details always keep an eye on how the bigger picture's looking. Take your time finding or arranging a good reference pic that really inspires you cause it'll save you time and frustration later. And aaa idk I could say more but I don't think it's that informative or helpful, and all of this is probably really basic obvious stuff anyway and this is long enough as it is so yeah I'll leave it there...

I hope any of this can help in some way or that I've at least answered your questions in a satisfying enough way haha And finally here are some of the WIP pics I took. Where you can see some parts of the process. I did a lot more after that last pic but yeah at that point it's just about fixing little things, refining and adding details, but there you can see the color adjustment thing I usually do as the very last step (though not for this pic). I don't always have to do it, and there are probably times when I shouldn't, but I almost always like to do it anyway and that's why my colors look so exaggerated and bright XD I usually make the midtones more red and/or magenta, the shadows more blue, and the highlights more yellow (and sometimes a bit cyan) but if you wanna try something like that it's definitely fun to experiment with the different color possibilities ;u;

And yeah that's it for now! I'm sorry this is so long, and this was the short version lol I hope you like the answers at least a fraction of how much I loved the questions X'D

[ghostlypawn]

Hey, did you have any coloring tutorials regarding your pride headcanon gifsets? The coloring looks so nice and I wanted to try and attempt to use some coloring for my gifs but I dont know how

thank you !! its usually kinda specific to each gif but i can try! theres usually 2 ways i go about it

using the color overlay feature:

this is probably the easier one as it can be used with more scenes

you need to find a scene where the person you're giffing/the camera moves very little (here she moves a bit but its fine enough for me)

colour and sharpen the gif as you normally would

then create a new layer and simply colour the background in the colour you want

it will look ridiculous at first but then u wanna change the overlay setting from normal to color (the drop-down next to the opacity)

and it should look something like this:

and then sometimes i add a gradient (pink to transparent) on a new layer on each side if i want a bit pinker (i mess around with the opacity of this layer to whatever i think fits this is around 70% opacity)

it doesnt make a ton of difference here but i tend to use it more when there are things happening on the far left that i want to draw attention away from as it makes those areas more opaque

and thats basically it for this way!

the cons to this way are sometimes you can see gaps/overlap where the character moves at certain points of the gif

im usually pedantic about these things but its honestly not as noticable as you think it is and ive uploaded gifs that have overlap (i tend to think overlap is better than a gap but thats personal preference)

using selective colour:

this is harder to do as you need the background to be a specific colour (but i think it tends to look better)

this colour can be the colour you want the gif to be but from my experience blue backgrounds tend to be most easily manipulated

red/yellow/pink backgrounds are hardest to change as they affect the skin colour of the character (but it can sometimes work if the character doesnt move much as you can use a layer mask and erase your colouring from the person)

im gonna try and colour this gif (idk if it will work yet as the background is a greyish blue rather than a brighter blue like the sky would be but it should do)

colour and sharpen as normal (i also recommend using a blue/cool photo filter layer to really get rid of the yellow undertones the later cm seasons have it makes a world of difference for me but its up to you/how you colour things)

then from here honestly its a lot of trial and error; im gonna try and make it pinky purple

this is gonna be different for each gif but for reference i added 2 selective colour layers (as the bg is blue im only gonna change the cyan/blue and maybe black/green) and one hue/saturation

1st selective colour: GREEN (C = -100, M = +100, Y = -100) CYAN (C = -100, M = +100, Y = -23) BLUE (C = -100, M = +100, Y = -91) BLACK (C = +1, M = +13)

2nd selective colour: GREEN (C = -100, M = +100, Y = -100) CYAN (C = -100, M = +100, Y = -23) BLUE (C = -100, M = +100, Y = -91)

hue/saturation: (the background is now pinky/purple) MAGENTA (hue = +1, saturation = +32, lightness = +19)

this is my result:

as you can see their skin tone hasnt changed as i didnt touch the red/yellow selective colour options. if your background is one of these colour you could add a layer mask to that selective colour layer and erase the area of the person but this might cause effects similar to first version i showed you (gaps or overlap)

im still not entirely happy with it as firstly, luke is in the picture as we want to draw attention away from him and secondly, there are still some non-purple colours in the background

to fix this is once again use the color overlay feature from the first version to touch up some of the areas (i colourdrop a colour from the background) there shouldnt be much overlap/gapping as im not colouring precisely around their skin (and if there is it wont be as noticable as the background/shirt is the same colour)

and then to get rid of luke i simply draw over him in a colour from the background and then add a gradient and move it so the opaque side of the gradient is near the edge of where i stopped drawing over luke (i also transform it and mush it inwards so the more transparent side doesnt go all the way over to matt just next to him)

this is what it looks like finished!

it turned out pretty well considering it was a random video i had on hand !!

also dont be scared to experiment with overlays/opacity etc and its okay to realise that it’s just not working for this gif and scrapping (ive lost many gifs </3)

im not the best at explaining things but i hope this somewhat helped!! if you have anymore questions feel free to ask <3

[clockworkwhiskey]

instead of ppl asking me to do this i’m just gonna do it for the sake of being bored

Color Asks

red: describe your favorite shirt

i don’t have one but if i do, it’s prob one that makes my titties look big

orange: if you could, would you change your eye color? why? to what color, if so?

yes, to blue because that would be kinda sexy on a poc

yellow: name of an artist you think is underappreciated

billie eilish. she’s very much appreciated but i still think she deserves more. also, arlo parks is a legitimate one

green: do you have a favourite flower?

vaginas maybe i don’t really like flowers like that

blue: preferred type of weather?

idk if this is weather but las vegas at night bc its dark n still warm bitch i THRIVE

purple: a poem you think describes your closest friend

to this day by shane koyczan could make me think of everyone i’ve ever met in my whole life so theres that

magenta: do you keep your fingernails long or short?

short unless i get them did okiiiiiir

turquoise: favorite sea animal?

seals, sea otters, or sea lions omg them thangs can cuddle me at night any night i love them

fuchsia: favorite land animal?

maybe hamsters but also dogs n cats idk i love all animals that aren’t bugs or reptiles

cyan: are you religious? spiritual?

religiously and spiritually that bitch

sea green: can you fold a fitted sheet?

yes

violet: are you a part of the lgbt+ community?

yes

amber: what's saved as your phone's lockscreen?

one of billie eilish’s vogue shots LOL

aqua: do you thrift?

yes but not as much as i used to

pink: what's your natural hair color?

black in the winter but it gets sun bleached easily so probably brown to light brown in the summer if i get out enough

beige: have any pets? what're their names?

mason, kelso, keagan, and berry wherever they all are now. i’m a slut for adopting pets with others

black: would you ever try going vegetarian or vegan?

i did and it lasted 2.5 days but i’ll try again when i have my own place i just really love chicken

coral: an animal you wish hadn't gone extinct

humans before social media

grey: how many languages do you speak? do you want to learn any more?

english, spanish & asl but i’m not fluent in those last two so idk if that counts

maroon: do you care for clothing brands?

no

rose: favourite scent on a person?

pheromones

charcoal: have you ever been camping?

yes *gags*

claret: do you play an instrument? do you want to learn to play any?

yes and i’d like to be an exceptional violin player

copper: gold or silver jewelry?

silver

cream: any piercings or tattoos? do you want any?

yes n yes more peas

salmon: how many pairs of sunglasses do you own?

i truthfully don’t even know

ebony: would you ever want to play a game on television? (jeopardy, family fued, etc)

YES

indigo: have you ever lived on a farm?

no

emerald: if you had the option, would you choose to move and live in another country? which one?

yes n idk where yet but ill figure that out someday

lavender: relationship status?

i’m dating billie eilish n ashley lumba

erin: what was/is your best school subject?

math or english

mauve: any unpopular opinions?

we should all have sex with one another

fulvous: another name you think would suit you

venus 

coconut: a subject you enjoy learning about

everything

frost: a -core you enjoy

a WHAT

porcelain: an tv show you used to love

american idol or the walking dead LOL

fawn: any interesting family stories?

one christmas, the police swarmed my grandmas house cause my uncles bashed in someones knees with bats hahahahahha 

gold: do you wear your socks mismatched?

yes

honey: your thoughts on magic- does it exist?

yes

rust: form of art you enjoy doing?

masturbating

ginger: any sideblogs?

no

cherry: YouTubers you enjoy watching?

binging with babish

wine: do you have a 'type'

physically no but mentally yes

mahogany: your sun, moon, and rising signs

leo sun, aquarius moon, scorpio rising

blood: twin beds, queen, or king?

california king

hot pink: did you/do you had/have strong feelings against the color pink?

no but i have strong feelings towards the color pink we love her

plum: a food you've never tried

caviar

lilac: dogs, cats, or fish?

no fish

amethyst: do you collect anything?

yes

mulberry: earbuds or headphones?

earbuds for public headphones for private

azure: jean jackets?

sure

teal: have a job?

unfortunately

denim: kill the spider or take it outside?

die!!!!

sapphire: do you think you can sing well?

sometimes

mint: favourite flavour of gum?

mint

pecan: shuffle your playlist, what's the first song that comes up?

my boy - billie eilish

penny: icecream or cake

i dont like either unless its icecream from coldstone or that cheap chocolate cake w white frosting on it thats so sweet, u get cardiac arrest lol

ash: can you do your own makeup?

yes but not well

jade: ever written fanfiction?

i don’t think so

grape: how many blogs do you follow?

its in the high hundreds i think

umber: do you brush your teeth before you eat?

yes but i try not to within an hour of eating cause itll taste n feel weird

chestnut: type of phone you have

i think its an 11 pro max

prussian blue: what's your first choice at the vending machine

chips

aquamarine: beach or pool

beach

brass: least favorite food condiment

relish

mustard: how much sugar in your tea/coffee?

not too much

silver: ever broken a bone?

no

rose quartz: rings or necklaces

necklaces

onyx: do you still play Minecraft?

no

burgundy: ever ridden a motorcycle?

i dont think so

scarlet: favorite holiday

thanksgiving

apricot: opinion on 3 in 1 body wash/hair wash

please god no

platinum: do you follow politics?

yes

magnolia: your Instagram handle?

vincentvangoghsrightear

[rthoney]

all of them again??

red: describe your favorite shirt 

its this black tshirt that has the british flag in white and says london on it 

orange: if you could, would you change your eye color? why? to what color, if so? probably not but if i have to id want blue eyes cause i think theyre pretty

yellow: name of an artist you think is underappreciated

umm idk

green: do you have a favourite flower?

yes. dasies and roses

blue: preferred type of weather?

RAIN. also like cool and sunny autum weather

purple: a poem you think describes your closest friend

umm idk

magenta: do you keep your fingernails long or short?

semi short cause i play guitar

turquoise: favorite sea animal?

dolphins

fuchsia: favorite land animal?

dogs and pandas

cyan: are you religious? spiritual?

kinda ish

sea green: can you fold a fitted sheet?

no

violet: are you a part of the lgbt+ community?

no...? 

amber: what's saved as your phone's lockscreen?

a group selfie of the hamilton cast

aqua: do you thrift?

no..?

pink: what's your natural hair color?

brownish red

beige: have any pets? what're their names?

yes.two dogs- parker and shadow, 3 cats- ray, boromir and faramir, and a rat  peaches

black: would you ever try going vegetarian or vegan?

i was until i was like 9

coral: an animal you wish hadn't gone extinct

most of them..

grey: how many languages do you speak? do you want to learn any more?

english but im learning french and american sign langauge

maroon: do you care for clothing brands?

no

rose: favorite scent on a person?

idk

charcoal: have you ever been camping?

yes all time

claret: do you play an instrument? do you want to learn to play any?

i play guitar and piano but  also want to learn violin

copper: gold or silver jewelry?

silver but i actually cant wear either if its in an earing

cream: any piercings or tattoos? do you want any?

i have two piercing in each ear 

salmon: how many pairs of sunglasses do you own?

non lol

ebony: would you ever want to play a game on television? (jeopardy, family fued, etc) 

no

indigo: have you ever lived on a farm?

n

emerald: if you had the option, would you choose to move and live in another country? which one? 

franceeeeee

lavender: relationship status?

singleeeeeeeeeee

erin: what was/is your best school subject?

math probably 

mauve: any unpopular opinions?

...no?

fulvous: another name you think would suit you

eliza idk 

coconut: a subject you enjoy learning about

history

frost: a -core you enjoy

? what ?

porcelain: an tv show you used to love

used to? idk

fawn: any interesting family stories?

my cousin tried to kill me several times when we were babies

gold: do you wear your socks mismatched?

all the time

honey: your thoughts on magic- does it exist?

not really

rust: form of art you enjoy doing?

painting

ginger: any sideblogs?

yes. @a-hammy-boi and @random-out-of-tune-songs

cherry: YouTubers you enjoy watching?

idk

wine: do you have a 'type'

yes? i guess?

mahogany: your sun, moon, and rising signs

idk all i know is im an Aquarius 

blood: twin beds, queen, or king?

queen?

hot pink: did you/do you had/have strong feelings against the color pink?

no

plum: a food you've never tried

most sea foods

lilac: dogs, cats, or fish?

dogs

amethyst: do you collect anything?

sharpies and sweat shirts

mulberry: earbuds or headphones?

earbuds

azure: jean jackets?

i dont have one but i want one

teal: have a job?

no. i is child.

denim: kill the spider or take it outside?

KILL IT WITH FIRE

sapphire: do you think you can sing well?

yes

mint: favourite flavour of gum?

mint

pecan: shuffle your playlist, what's the first song that comes up?

ok this was my 8 hour playlist of random songs

wish i knew you- the revivalists

penny: icecream or cake

cake

ash: can you do your own makeup?

no..

jade: ever written fanfiction?

no

grape: how many blogs do you follow?

146 i think

umber: do you brush your teeth before you eat?

no. after.

chestnut: type of phone you have

iphone 7

prussian blue: what's your first choice at the vending machine

ive never used a vending machine...

aquamarine: beach or pool

beach

brass: least favorite food condiment

hotsause

mustard: how much sugar in your tea/coffee?

a meduim amount?

silver: ever broken a bone?

no

rose quartz: rings or necklaces

necklaces

onyx: do you still play Minecraft?

sometimes

burgundy: ever ridden a motorcycle?

noooooo

scarlet: favorite holiday

halloween

apricot: opinion on 3 in 1 body wash/hair wash

i dont personally use it but whatever 

platinum: do you follow politics?

kinda

magnolia: your Instagram handle?

i dont have insta gram

[hazgraph]

How do you edit your GIFs ??

Heya !  I wasn’t quite sure whether you specifically meant the creation of a GIF, or simply my creative process.  I can gladly make you a small step-by-step to making ( or editing ) a GIF ! 

 I use Photoshop CC 2018, generously provided by birdysources over here !

As of right now, many of my GIFs feature angel-psd’s ��O6 Red Light” with varying degrees of adjustments. Beyond that, I honestly just slap on what I feel might work, and then play around until it looks good. 

I personally tend to start with Hue / Saturation* and Brightness / Contrast to really bring out the colors but still keep a certain level of softness if desired.  Don’t be afraid to go wild with the amount of adjustment layers !   

This GIF uses  3x Hue / Sat and 1x Bright / Con layers. Top with PSD, bottom without.

* Hue / Saturation also allows you to adjust primary colors ( + Magenta & Cyan ) individually, but none of that has been used in the above GIF. 

With Alastor in particular, Selective Color plays a great part.  It gives you extensive control over individual colors.  I crank up the reds and take out most everything else.  E.g.: Greens will appear in greyscale.  ( Of course, there’s a bunch more to it. ) 

You can see the effect quite well in the scene below !   Top with PSD, bottom without. 

All in all, PSDs are a very… “ see what sticks “ and “ learning by doing “ situation, at least for me.  And I’ve only been using it for about a day in total.  PS is a very advanced and intimidating program, which is why I never used it.  But once you see past the mountain of features, it’s quite simple !  

My suggestion ( what worked for me ) is to find some PSDs you like and adjust them to fit your needs*.  That way, you get a feel for the many options available while already having a starting point.  This helps you make your own from scratch later.  ( it’s how I learned basic theme editing as well ! )

Angel’s original PSD taught me quite a bit while I was fitting it to Hazbin / Alastor.  Yellows ended up a pixelated black. You can imagine what that did to the poor demon’s teeth !

* Just remember not to claim the original PSD as your own and to give credit where it’s due !  Especially when requested by the creator.  PSDs take a lot of time to make. ( another thing I’ve learned the past days, hah ! ) 

And as with everything, take it easy !  Editing is time consuming, especially at the beginning, and can get frustrating.  But the end results are very much worth it, and you’ll most likely end up with a lot of happy accidents to use on another graphic !

I apologize for the mountain of words, and I think you meant it more in technical terms, but I hope it answered your question to some degree.  If not, let me know !

— KASZ ! ❤

[sorryforpartyrocking]

color asks all the colors. i promise i’m very friendly and not evil

you are extremely evil and that's ok!

red: describe your favorite shirt

any of those overly specific ones

orange: if you could, would you change your eye color? why? to what color, if so?

i wouldn't change my eye color 💖 its fine as is

yellow: name of an artist you think is underappreciated

*hypnotizes you* ooo you wanna give teddy hyde more attention ooo

green: do you have a favourite flower?

Larkspur

blue: preferred type of weather?

warm

purple: a poem you think describes your closest friend

idk if i have a closet friend...

magenta: do you keep your fingernails long or short?

long but short if i want to paint them

turquoise: favorite sea animal?

sea slug or that one fucked up shrimp that punches really hard

fuchsia: favorite land animal?

uhhh pangolin? my fav animals change frequently

cyan: are you religious? spiritual?

no

sea green: can you fold a fitted sheet?

fold a what now

violet: are you a part of the lgbt+ community?

ye

amber: what's saved as your phone's lockscreen?

an aesthetic photo

aqua: do you thrift?

no

pink: what's your natural hair color?

dark brown

beige: have any pets? what're their names?

2 pets <3 cyrus n goldie

black: would you ever try going vegetarian or vegan?

ill probably go vegetarian once i graduate

coral: an animal you wish hadn't gone extinct

all of them

grey: how many languages do you speak? do you want to learn any more?

1, working on 2. id love to learn as many as possible

maroon: do you care for clothing brands?

no

rose: favourite scent on a person? 

any fruit

charcoal: have you ever been camping?

yes

claret: do you play an instrument? do you want to learn to play any?

i can play. the kazoo and the snare drum

i wanna play the bass guitar so bad it's the sexiest instrument

copper: gold or silver jewelry?

it depends on what im wearing but silver

cream: any piercings or tattoos? do you want any?

i have ear piercings. i wouldn't mind a septum piercing

salmon: how many pairs of sunglasses do you own?

0 :(

ebony: would you ever want to play a game on television? (jeopardy, family fued, etc)

yes i love money

indigo: have you ever lived on a farm?

no

emerald: if you had the option, would you choose to move and live in another country? which one?

i have no fucking clue

lavender: relationship status?

single but crushing on... someone

erin: what was/is your best school subject?

english ig? im good at math but i hate it lol

mauve: any unpopular opinions?

i think bi women should be able to use butch/femme

fulvous: another name you think would suit you

i was originally going to be named phoenix so ig that

coconut: a subject you enjoy learning about

computer science

frost: a -core you enjoy

lovecore, glitchcore, what eva

porcelain: an tv show you used to love

i used to really love total wipeout

fawn: any interesting family stories?

my great grandma fucking. murdered her husband and got away with it

gold: do you wear your socks mismatched?

yes

honey: your thoughts on magic- does it exist?

no but i wish it did

rust: form of art you enjoy doing?

painting. sketching. breathing.

ginger: any sideblogs?

no im too lazy for that

cherry: YouTubers you enjoy watching?

i like vine star-turned commentary youtubers (drew gooden, cody ko, etc.) i watch a couple of video essayists and movie reviewers

wine: do you have a 'type'

i am looking away

mahogany: your sun, moon, and rising signs

i had to get my birth certificate for this one fuck off

sun: libra(?) moon: aquarius rising: also aquarius

blood: twin beds, queen, or king?

queen

hot pink: did you/do you had/have strong feelings against the color pink?

no pink is a cute color

plum: a food you've never tried

i don't think ive eaten most indian food? id like to

lilac: dogs, cats, or fish?

all of the above

amethyst: do you collect anything?

i collect ribbons and buttons

mulberry: earbuds or headphones?

earbuds

azure: jean jackets?

yess

teal: have a job?

not yet

denim: kill the spider or take it outside?

KILL

sapphire: do you think you can sing well?

no

mint: favourite flavour of gum?

mint

pecan: shuffle your playlist, what's the first song that comes up?

sir chloe - too close

penny: icecream or cake

cake

ash: can you do your own makeup?

ahh im not a makeup person

jade: ever written fanfiction?

i am looking away part 2

grape: how many blogs do you follow?

627 🤢🤢

umber: do you brush your teeth before you eat?

after

chestnut: type of phone you have

it sure is A Phone

prussian blue: what's your first choice at the vending machine

chips

aquamarine: beach or pool

beach

brass: least favorite food condiment

MAYO

mustard: how much sugar in your tea/coffee?

a lot 😌 i want that shit rotting my teeth

silver: ever broken a bone?

no

rose quartz: rings or necklaces

necklaces i fidget with rings too much

onyx: do you still play Minecraft?

no

burgundy: ever ridden a motorcycle?

no

scarlet: favorite holiday

halloween

apricot: opinion on 3 in 1 body wash/hair wash 

it doesn't fucking work!! just buy them all separately its worth it

platinum: do you follow politics?

sometimes

magnolia: your Instagram handle?

gucci_smarttoilet but i don't post things

[zevzevarainai]

same anon from before,, ;u; how did you like,,, give them filters?? they're very pretty, not to mention my gifs are always over the limit for some reason, even when they're extremely small

i’m flattered that you have chosen to come to me!! under the cut i will be covering the most basic of basics in my gif making processes. i use photoshop CS5 but these are likely transferable to other versions of photoshop dont take my word on it ok buckle up kids

Sizing

To get started you obviously want to find what you want to gif. Generally, I’ve found that the less realistic the footage is, the easier it will be to make it a small file. For example, making an adventure time gif will be much easier to get under tumblr’s limit than a live action movie or show. Remember that tumblr’s gif size limit is 3MB. There’s many factors you can control to get the picture size down, but the main two are the amount of frames in a gif and the pixel size of the image. 

I try to keep my frames between 80 and about 130. The fewer frames will help decrease file size, but you have to watch the animation for sometimes too few frames can make the gif hard on the eyes or tacky (for lack of a better word).

For image size, I first crop the image to the part I want to gif and then reduce it to a width of around 500px. This is for the standard 2x4 post I usually do (example). It might look small in photoshop, but remember tumblr shrinks it to fit in the post. 

Coloring

The best way to color gifs (or add filters) is to experiment. There’s really no correct way. I’ll show you where you can find the tools to start experimenting.

First, I like to put all my layers into a group folder. Then, you’ll want to click on this black and white circle which will open a drop-down menu. It’s fun to mess around with all of them, but I’ll talk about the ones I use the most: Brightness/Contrast, Levels, Vibrance, Hue/Saturation, Color Balance, and Selective Color.

Brightness/ContrastThis one is pretty self-explanatory. This feature makes your picture lighter or darker and can add more contrast between the colors in the image.

Let’s start with the base image. I’ve taken a random clip of pearl and agate for the purpose of this tutorial. This is what it looks like in its unaltered form. The brightness and contrast window is right next to it.

Unaltered, the image is already very bright by itself. You’d play with this setting if you wanted to make a darker gif with that scene or maybe bring out the colors with less contrast. It might help with a pastel gifset, which I will talk about in Levels.

LevelsI’ll be honest, I didn’t know what this meant until I wanted to try pastel sets and searched for tutorials. 

Levels is going to give you a weird ass lookin’ graph like this. It will vary depending on the original image, so don’t panic if it looks different than my example. Bringing the middle arrow to the right of the scale makes the image darker and more vibrant, like so:

On the opposite end, bringing the arrow to the left will give a more pastel effect.

It’s best to just play around with this one; results really depend on the original image. You might want to go only a little to the left, or much higher -- you’ve got to use your eye and what you think looks best. 

ViberanceViberance is a good choice for when I want to bring out the colors of my gifs or even tone them down.

If you look back earlier at the original image, this picture altered with the viberance adjustment has a bit more color. It’s more... vibrant. Saturation is used to make the colors pop (going right) or make the colors more dull (going left). I upped the saturation in the image above; let’s see what happens when you go down:

It takes out the color, but not so much so that it is made black and white.

Hue/SaturationThis setting is similar to the saturation in viberance, but you can get more detailed in this one. Let’s say I want to tone down agate and bring the focus on pearl. We’re gonna go back to the unaltered clip. In the window, there’s a drop-down with different colors. These are the main color categories photoshop works with, so to speak.

Let’s go to blue, as that is agate’s main color. Our options to mess around with are the hue, saturation, and lightness. I’m going to take down (move the arrow to the left) agate’s saturation and lightness. 

Now she’s practically black and white while pearl, who doesn’t have any blue on her (it’s cyan), stays the same.

Wondering what the top bar is for? You can use that to change the color. Let’s say for some reason, I wanted to make this blue agate one of pink diamond’s agates instead.

Move that bar around +90, you’ve got a pink agate. It was a little grainy, so I messed with the lightness too. You can experiment with all kinds of colors!

Color BalanceI rely on this one a lot. Here we are with the unaltered image again. In this window, you can see three tones -- shadows, midtones, and highlights -- as well as three color bars. The highlight setting colors the pictures highlights, the shadows color the shadows, and the same for midtones. This is a good setting for a “filters.”

I would be lying if I didn’t say my main strategy here is to just mess around with it until I get something that looks decent. I’m going to give this a pink/magenta-y color balance setting as 1) I like it on Pearl and 2) I just like it in general. This image is a bit over-exaggerated for the sake of a tutorial.

As you can see, moving the arrows toward magenta and blue have given it a pink “filter.” It is up to your best judgement to decide how far those arrows go down the bar, and don’t be afraid to combine changes in the other tones, too!

Selective ColorThe main reason I use this adjustment is to avoid whitewashing. It’s easy to do it by mistake when making pastel gifs. Let’s take Marina from Splatoon 2 and say I want to make a pastel splatoon set. Here’s the original image. I already used Color Balance to get the color I want.

Now I’m gonna add the pastel with Levels -- AHH! What happened to her skin?? NO THANK YOU. BAD. 

Let’s fix that immediately. Here comes Selective Color! It will give you the option of colors to alter. We want to choose Red, as where that’s where most of the brown comes from. She also had a bit of yellow in her face, so I altered that too. Go to the bar labelled ‘black’ and push it to the right.

Better! She keeps her dark skin while still keeping the pastel feel. 

What a cutie!!

You can use this adjustment setting when you don’t want a certain color to be as altered as the others.

Saving SettingsSaving your gif is probably the most frustrating part of the entire process. I sit waiting for it to load, asking it to please be under 3.0 MB. If you don’t already know, File>Save for Web & Devices will look like this.

Sometimes, Photoshop will make your gifs look like garbage. This is frustrating. To work around it, you are welcome to copy my settings. Be sure to change the colors to 256 for the best quality. 

Luckily, my gif came out to below 3.0MB. If yours doesn’t, don’t panic. Make the image smaller or take out some frames.

Hope this helped! Happy giffing!!

[dipulb3]

Epson Home Cinema 5050UB review: Superb projector for serious home theaters

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Epson Home Cinema 5050UB review: Superb projector for serious home theaters

The Epson Home Cinema 5050UB is a serious home theater projector for serious home theater enthusiasts. It features a motorized lens with horizontal and vertical lens shift, plus ample zoom. Its 4K enhancement technology offers lots of detail. Its biggest benefit over less expensive 4K projectors, however, is an excellent contrast ratio for deep, dark shadows and bright, popping highlights.

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Superb overall picture quality

Excellent contrast ratio

Motorized lens

Ample lens shift and motorized zoom

There are only a few disappointments, and they’re minor. It doesn’t quite have the color or razor-sharp detail of its direct competitor, the LG HU810P. That’s not to say the 5050 isn’t sharp and colorful. It is, just a bit less so — although I liked the Epson’s overall picture quality a lot more than that of the LG. The 5050UB is also an absolute unit, several times larger than any of the projectors I’ve reviewed in the last year (including the LG).

In sum, the Home Cinema 5050UB is an excellent all-around projector that looks fantastic with all content. It offers a significant step up in picture quality over less expensive projectors, like the Optoma UHD35, while offering anyone with a dedicated home theater a projector worthy of the space.

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Specs 4(K) days

Native resolution: 4K enhancement (1920×1080 x2)

HDR-compatible: Yes

4K-compatible: Yes

3D-compatible: Yes

Lumens spec: 2,600

Zoom: Motorized (2.1x)

Lens shift: Motorized H/V

Lamp life (Medium mode): 4,000 hours

The 5050UB is a 4K- and HDR-compatible projector. As such, it can accept 4K and HDR signals, though keep in mind that no projector can do HDR very well. 

Like all Epson projectors the 5050UB uses an LCD light engine, not the DLP that’s found in most other projectors. The ones used on the 5050UB are not technically 4K native resolution. Instead, they’re a technology called “4K enhancement” that “shifts each pixel diagonally to double Full HD resolution,” according to Epson. This is done very quickly, so it’s just a higher-resolution image to the eye. Here’s a deeper dive into the technology. The short version: It looked plenty sharp to me, if not quite as razor-like as the DLP-powered LG; see below for details.

One of the 5050’s most notable features that sets it apart from less expensive projectors is a motorized lens. This offers ±96.3% vertical and ±47.1% horizontal movement, which should be enough to let the 5050 fit in just about any home. There’s also a significant motorized zoom of 2.1x. 

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Epson claims the 5050UB can produce 2,600 lumens. I actually measured slightly more than that… in the less accurate Dynamic color mode. In the more accurate Bright Cinema mode I measured roughly 192 nits, or about 1,732 lumens. This puts it among the brightest projectors we’ve ever measured. 

Lamp life is on the low side. Even in the Eco mode, Epson rates it at up to 5,000 hours. Some projectors of similar brightness we’ve reviewed in the last year were capable of upward of 15,000 hours in their most lamp-conserving modes. That said, 5,000 hours is still over three years of use at four hours a night.

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Connectability

HDMI inputs: two HDMI 2.0

PC input: Analog RGB

USB ports: two

Audio input and output: No

Digital audio output: No

Internet: LAN

12v trigger: Yes

RS-232 remote port: Yes

Remote: Backlit

Both HDMI inputs are HDMI 2.0 and can accept up to 4K60. As you might expect from its intended use as a projector for a dedicated theater, it lacks an audio out. Epson assumes, rightly in my opinion, that anyone getting a 5050 would have a traditional projector arrangement with either a receiver or at least a soundbar for audio.

Along the same lines, there are lots of control options for home automation systems, including a 12v trigger, RS-232 and a LAN port.

The remote is a big boy (just like the projector it controls) and has a pleasant amber backlight. If you have a 2.35:1 screen, as I do, you might reach for this remote for more than just on and off, since you can zoom the projector and fill the screen with 2.35:1 content without getting off the couch. That’s always a bonus.

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Picture quality comparisons

LG HU810P

The LG HU810P is the most notable competition for the 5050. They’re the same price but the HU810P uses newer technology, namely two lasers and a phosphor instead of the 5050’s more traditional lamp. I connected both using a Monoprice 1×4 distribution amplifier, and viewed them side-by-side on a 12-foot-wide 1.0-gain screen.

Right off the bat, both are great projectors, but their strengths and weaknesses are almost polar opposites.

As far as light output goes, they’re very similar. In their respective most accurate modes, the LG can do 166.3 nits to the Epson’s 192. Objectively, that’s a fair bit of difference, but subjectively, side-by-side, they both just look bright. So we’ll call that more or less a tie.

Color, though, goes to the LG. The lasers, with help from a phosphor, are absolutely deeper and richer. Throw on some HDR content and the deep crimson reds and vibrant purples are far beyond what the 5050UB can produce. This is sort of like saying a Porsche is slower than a Ferrari, however, since the 5050UB is no slouch in the color department. On its own it looks great, the LG in this regard looks better. 

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It’s a similar story with detail. The LG uses a 4K DLP chip to create an image, and detail is that technology’s main strength compared to LCD with pixel shifting, which is what Epson uses. The image just looks a little sharper, especially with motion. However, if you’re not watching them side by side, I’m not sure you’d notice. The 5050UB certainly doesn’t look soft, it’s definitely 4K to my eye. 

The next aspect of picture quality is where the tide turns toward the Epson by a lot. In a word, or technically two: contrast ratio. Even without using its iris, the native contrast of the 5050UB’s three LCD chips is significantly higher than the LG — 10 times higher. So the image has significantly more punch and is less washed out. Even if you dial the LG’s lasers and iris back as much as possible, it only just matches the Epson’s black level while that projector is in its brightest and most color temperature-accurate mode. 

Which is to say, the Epson’s black levels are roughly the same while at the same time (in the same mode) it is capable of having highlights or bright parts of the same image that are seven times brighter than when the LG’s lasers are dialed all the way down and the iris is closed. Flipping that around, if you match their light outputs, the Epson’s black levels in the same mode are nine times darker. 

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What does this look like? An easy example is watching any movie with letterbox bars. If I set the projectors to be roughly the same brightness overall, the letterbox bars on the LG are gray. If I match their letterbox bars by reducing the LG’s laser power and closing its iris, it ends up looking dim compared to the Epson.

So when watching any content, the deep blacks of the 5050UB, while maintaining bright highlights, make for an extremely pleasing image. 

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The Home Cinema 5050UB is an excellent projector. At $3,000 it’s certainly not cheap, but for those looking to buy a PJ for a dedicated home theater or a light-controlled living room that can do its black levels justice, the image quality is definitely a step above less expensive projectors. Is it, say, over twice as good as the $1,300 Optoma UHD35? Perhaps. The Optoma is very good for the price, but that’s certainly the caveat: “for the price.” It holds its own, but it has a way worse contrast ratio and doesn’t handle HDR nearly as well as the Epson. 

I think most people would be perfectly content with the UHD35. But for enthusiasts looking for a more “home cinema” experience the… oh wait, I just said the name of the thing in the thing. Let me try that again. For those looking for a more “home theater” experience, the Epson Home Cinema 5050UB does just about everything right and looks fantastic.

Geek Box

Test Result Score Black luminance (0%) 0.046 Average Peak white luminance (100%) 192.3 Good Derived lumens 1732 Good Avg. grayscale error (10-100%) 7.624 Poor Dark gray error (20%) 6.223 Average Bright gray error (70%) 7.432 Poor Avg. color error 3.636 Average Red error 3.527 Average Green error 2.199 Good Blue error 4.345 Average Cyan error 5.111 Average Magenta error 2.461 Good Yellow error 4.173 Average Avg. saturations error 8.34 Poor Avg. color checker error 8.5 Poor Input lag (Game mode) 28.4 Good

Measurement Notes

I found the Bright Cinema color mode offered the best combination of light output and accuracy. In the six-color temperature mode, the 5050UB was pretty spot on D65 across the grayscale range. In addition, all primary and secondary colors were spot on their Rec. 709 targets. This is one of the most accurate projectors we’ve reviewed in the last year. 

The native contrast ratio was excellent for a projector, with an average of 5,203:1 across various modes. For comparison, the second best contrast ratio we’ve measured recently was the BenQ HT2050A with a native contrast ratio of 2,094:1.

With the lamp mode (called Power Consumption) set to High and the iris off, the 5050UB puts out an impressive 192.3 nits, or roughly 1,732 lumens. The Eco mode drops the light output by about 30%. If you turn on the iris, which opens with bright images and closes with dark images, the dynamic contrast ratio rockets up beyond 100,000:1.

While the Bright Cinema mode looked better overall, the Cinema mode offered wider colors for HDR content. However, it was also much dimmer. I didn’t find the ~10% greater color gamut for ~60% less light to be a worthy trade-off, but feel free to check it out. The contrast ratio was about 40% better in this mode as well, which was only slightly noticeable. 

If you need even more light, the Dynamic color mode puts out an impressive 323.6 nits, roughly 2,914 lumens, though the overall image isn’t as good or accurate. 

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PSD PACK 3

I’ve had some people ask me for psds I used, but since I almost never save them, I made a bunch of psds to show how I color my scenes. I think you can use most of these on different scenes, if you adjust them accordingly.

please like or reblog this post, then send me an ask off anon asking for the psd you want (example: hey! i liked/reblogged your post and I would like the link for the amaya psd).

Under the cut you’ll find more info about the psds and how to adjust them! 

General

I give all my selective color layers their own color so it’s easy for you to find a certain adjustment. If the selective color layer is orange, it means both red and yellow have been adjusted. If it is grey, it’s either neutral, white or black selective color.

Tip: when working on yellow scenes with characters of color, instead of heavily decreasing yellow/using blue color balance I suggest adding magentas and cyans in the yellows. It’ll go from this

to this

by using these settings

and most of the time it won’t whitewash or make the skin color look weird

Amaya psd

this psd is made for characters of color in darker/neutral scenes, so when you use it on a white face or on a yellow scene, it might not work. Also, if you use it on a bright scene, it might still whitewash the character. In that case, add extra vibrance or shadows in levels.

The layers look like this . I added a lot of extra layers you can use to adjust this psd + named some layers so you know what click or unclick to adjust. 

Kendra psd

this psd is made for character of color in bright scenes, so when using it on a darker scene, it might not work at all. If you use it on yellow scenes, you’ll have to adjust the color balance A LOT

The layers look like this. I added the vibrance under all my other coloring, because the curves whitewashed the color away if the vibrance was above it. If your gif is way too vibrated, you should move the vibrance layer up and see where it fits better. 

Liv psd

this psd is made for normal (yellowish) bright scenes. You can use this on most bright scenes and all the selective color layers have a color. If you want to use this on darker scenes, you should add curves on top and possibly some black levels or black selective color to reduce grain

The layers look like this

Ravi psd

this psd is made for characters of color in bad lightning (like the lighting in the morgue). You can use it on other scenes if you adjust the layers

The layers look like this. When editing, it’s best to focus on the two bottom layers and the orange/yellow colored selective colors. Of course, you should also add curves or brightness to your liking

Nominita psd

this psd is made for yellow scenes with character of color (but as you can see, it also works if there’s white people in it)

The layers look like this. I think it’s pretty easy to use, You should adjust all the optional layers if it looks bad (it’s a hue/saturation layer to slightly change the yellows, a color balance layer that I think you’ll definitely have to adjust , a selective color layer that changes the yellows and a selective color layer that changes the neutral tone of the gif). 

If you want to use this on blue scenes, I suggest using the bottom layer to adjust the color balance like this:

Daisy psd

A psd for redish scenes that is easy to adjust. 

The layers look like this. If you want to adjust this psd, it’s best you focus on the color balance and the selective color layers. I added yellows in the reds to make sure Daisy doesn’t look like a ghost, but in other scenes it might make the skin way too yellow so you’ll have to adjust that.  

Izzy psd

a colorful psd for shadowhunters that is harder to adjust since shadowhunters constantly changes it lightning so you either have very yellow scenes, very blue scenes, very green scenes, ... You can fix all this with a color balance layer 

The layers look like this. I heavily adjusted the blues/cyans in this psd, so you might have to unclick some of those layers in other scenes. The grey layer has some adjustments to the whites that you can use when coloring scenes with character of color in them. It can look really ugly in some scenes though so you might have to unclick it. The yellow selective color is used to make the skin less yellow and more pink, but not whitewashing it. 

The exposure layer is used to give the gif more depth but can make dark scenes look really bad. If your scene is way too dark, I suggest unclicking that layer.

If you’re using this psd, i suggest adding a color balance under it to adjust for different scenes. 

I used this psd on this gifset

Elektra psd

This one can be used as a base for all the netflix marvel scenes. The only ‘special’ layer used is the red selective color layer that I used to give Elektra more color in her face. When using this psd, you’ll probably need the adjustment layers I added on the bottom or add some of your own.

The layers look like this

I used this psd on this gifset

If you need any help with adjustments or a specific type of psd (for blue scenes, green scenes, dark scenes, ...) let me know

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Maybe the eyeball on Remus's outfit is the orange side's as some people think he will wear an eyepatch?

Nonnie I literally love you for giving me this opportunity to theorize.  I assume this is in response to my Where Remus got that Eye theory and this orange side theory posed on E’s blog. 

You’re definitely on to something, I wasn’t very keyed in to there being another side being introduced back then.  But I have learned so much from the fanders and game theorists since last year...

First, let’s color swatch the eye, just to be sure.

[Image Description: screenshot of an editing program color gradient / swatch.]

Brown, with a red hue.  Makes sense, everyone’s eyes are brown in the show except Janus’ snake eye (all the puppets notwithstanding).  But maybe there’s a hidden color?  So I checked the 6 hues to see what pops.

[Image Description: a series of 6 screenshots of the applique flower on Remus’ right shoulder, using different hue saturations - blue, magenta, red, yellow, cyan, and green.]

Red is by far the predominant color with yellow in second, but turning on the pair together just makes brown again.  Then, I thought maybe flower theory would have something for is, given the 7 flowers on the shirt that came out last year.

But, while I did find the exact flower applique they used (discontinued), as far as I can tell, it’s not based on any real flower.

[Image Description: a black applique flower with beads and sequins.  There are ten petals overlapping evenly in 2 layers, with 4 large black beads in the center, a few small beaded tassels in the center and a couple dozen long beaded tassels hanging off one side.]

Except perhaps the semi-double hose-in-hose azalea!-

[Image Description: picture of a pink flower with ten petals overlapping evenly in 2 layers, with stamen and smaller petals in the middle.]

-although they don’t come in pure black, they are poisonous!  What a great flower for Remus, that has nothing at all to do with Orange.  Another dead end.

Eyepatches are definitely a trope you can read about here, and the dark sides all seem to have special focus brought on their eyes via makeup.  I find it funny that two of the light sides need glasses, but so far none of the dark sides do.  Unless someone is secretly going without a much needed pair, it implies that the dark sides are able to see things that the light sides are blind to.  This would be in line with C!Thomas hiding things from himself that the dark sides reveal.  Or it’s all meaningless, idk.

Maybe mythology is the key.  Janus, Virgil, Roman, and Remus all have established ties to Roman mythology.  Pathos and logos are modes of persuasion derived from the Greek “pisteis”.  I have previously suggested that the orange side will be named Achilleus in my Who is Orange? wrath theory, based on Greek mythology.  Vergilius even writes about Achilles’ son in Book 2 of the Aeneid

However.  If we factor in an unusual eye, the better fit is Aristodemus.

It’s a dark story so from this point on TW: for disease, death, and suicide.

Aristodemus: the only survivor of the Battle of Thermopylae, a warrior who is blinded by disease, deemed a coward for following orders, shunned and desperate to prove himself.  

By all rights, Aristodemus should have been 1 of 3 survivors, but another soldier, Eurytus, who was sent back at the same time as Aristodemus for also having eye disease, decided to go back to the battle, fought despite being effectively blind, and died.  A third soldier, Pantites, was not present for the battle because he had been sent to deliver a message to Thessaly but, upon discovering the outcome of the battle and being humiliated when he returned to Sparta, promptly killed himself out of shame.  

(Eye disease was surprisingly common in ancient Rome, covering a whole host of possible eye issues and, given that Aristodemus fought in another battle only a year later, it seems the disease was either temporary or only affected one eye permanently.  It was probably an infection, like conjunctivitis.)

It is suggested that Aristodemus fought so recklessly in the second battle as to be near suicidal himself.  This is a common reaction in people experiencing survivor’s guilt, and he would almost certainly have been struggling with that a lot since he was basically ostracized by the people of Sparta for cowardice.  

I think people forget sometimes that guilt also produces a lot of anger, at yourself.  Anger that you didn’t help, that you should have known, that you failed somehow.  Even though he was deemed a liability for being partially blind and was following orders to go home, he is compared to Eurytus who disobeyed orders and died a hero, then compared to Pantites who at least had the decency (sarcasm) to kill himself rather than live as a coward.  

In such a setting, Aristodemus is considered a coward not just for surviving the battle, but also for not choosing to kill himself.  Then he is shamed again for being too reckless in the second battle a year later.  This pattern of trying to do what’s expected and still failing is very similar to Roman’s arc.�� And I think that comparison is important.

I predict that the Orange Side will try to use Roman, the way Janus used him.  Manipulating his intentions.  Right now Roman is very angry about doing everything right and still being wrong.  Orange will have a tragic backstory that will get Roman on his side.  Orange will propose a course of action based in anger, that the others will oppose on the basis of him being “evil”.  And Roman will have to choose between three options: 1. following his baser instincts where his anger and pain make the decision for him, 2. doing what he’s told, again, or 3. recognizing that he is in control of himself and can determine for himself what the right thing is, without Patton, without Janus.  Without anger or guilt.  

But back to the question at hand - is that Orange’s eye on Remus’ shirt?

[Image Description: screenshot of Remus covered in feces and trash, shrugging.]

Does this look like the kinda guy who washes his hands?  If you ever came into contact with him, how likely are you to walk away with an infection of some kind?  Maybe an eye infection?  Hm?  It’s a wonder any of the dark sides are healthy, and if anyone is gonna lay hands on Remus, it would be wrath.  Like fighting a porcupine, you’re as likely to injure yourself as the creature you’re wrestling.

Thanks again for the prompt.

much love, bun

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Colour and Strait Ahead Animation

Colour 

Colour is in everything you can see, It’s the reason you can tell visually everything apart. But colour itself is just the product of light emitting from a source which then reflects some colours and absorbs the others. Light waves are what reflects colour creating everything you can see around you, while black doesn’t reflect any colour it absorbs instead. (Which is the reason why on a hot day you’ll absorb the heat faster by wearing black rather then white.) This is only surface level knowledge though as the theory of colour and it’s affect is one of the most complex to control elements. 

There are two kinds of colour; colour pigment and light. In colour pigment it is belevied that there a three primary colours; red, yellow and blue (RYB). They are known as this as they apparently can not be made from any other colours and are there for part of the frame work of colour. Although colour through light works differently and is theories that there for it’s primary colours are; red, green and blue (RGB). Although there are some people who believe that this is incoorect as some of these colours can be made using other colours there for going against the definition of primary colours. It’s said that the real primary colours are actually; magenta, yellow and cyan (MYC). That being said there seems to be no definite answers as yet and there is still a lot of debate over which is the most actuate.     

Colour Wheal- Teachers Pay Teachers

On a less scientific note colour and colour theory also plays a big part in reflecting and stimulating emotions through it’s use of hues, tones and placement. Using a combination of colours close to each other on the colour scale can evoke a more calm relaxed feeling while using colours oppestet of each other on the colour scale (Conplentary Colours) can evoke stronger emotions. With the correct knowledge of colour theory you can create pieces that are both visually pleasing as well as evoking certain emotions. 

Primary Colours-  Learn How Color Theory Can Push Your Creativity to the Next Level

Straight Ahead Action and Pose to Pose

Straight Ahead Action and Pose to Pose are the two different ways of creating your frames. In Straight Ahead you start from either your first or last frame and create each frame one along from each other, while in Pose to Pose you use future frames to plan ahead and then fill the in-between frames afterwards.

The pros of Pose to Pose is that you are able to have more control over where the movement is going to go. For example: if you are having a character jump over a big hole in the ground you can have the first frame of them about to do the run up; a second frame of them squatting to jump; then you can have a few in the air over the hole and then another one landing on the other side. if you don’t do this you can be in danger of your character not jumping high enough or landing too soon. 

Although Straight Ahead action can come in handy when wanting to animate something more natural and unpredictable like fire or water. This helps give the animation spontaneity and liveliness and as I said they are more unpredictable so working out where a flame will be in ten frames would be near to impossible with out losing it’s natural movement.

Part One: Exploring Colour     

Sadly I didn’t read the brief very thoroughly when doing this, so it doesn’t quite fit the description. 

I decided to draw a picture of a train station because I felt like there was a lot of possibilities with the bold blocky shapes of the station itself and the rounded lines of the pavement in front of it.                                                                          I like the positioning of the colours in my adaptation especially of the green fence, green car and yellow sign. As they are the more radiant colours in the piece they stand out much more then the others do. They are also in a triangle position that gives the picture a sense of depth and perspective as well as helping to lead the eye around the picture. 

If I could change it however I’d definitely do more planning for the angle of the piece as not everything is pointing at the same angle and the inaccuracy of the layout of the pavement is distracting from the rest of the picture. I’d also try and make the edges a lot cleaner as with the bold minimalist style of the piece the attention is drawn more to clarity of the shapes.   

Train Station in Llandudno

Drwaing of the Train Station in Llandudno

Part Two: Straight Ahead Animation 

For my Straight Ahead Animation I decided to focus in on the yellow sign as it was my favorite part of the picture. It was also the most simple yet recognizable part of the picture and I felt that it would work the best for animation.

Over all it turned out to be a smooth piece of animation and effectively presented a sign. I feel happy with the cleanness of the colours and shapes, I defently think it’s a step up from the original picture I drew before. I also like the colour combination of the bright yellow and blue with the crisp white of the top the sign and the background. I feel like it gives it a refreshing quality about it like toothpaste and hospitals. 

There where a few things that could have bean improved on, for example there where a few inconsistencies with the arrow getting smaller as the animation went on, although this wasn’t too noticeable and was mainly a bi-product of using Straight Ahead Animation. If I do it again I’ll pay more attention between frames and find other ways to plan out the size difference.                                    I also think it could have done with a little extra something in the background. As much as I love the simplistically I feel like it’s a little bit too barren.