#like. no one really thinks of fr as a colour theory game when that's what it basically is

[fr-bogbees]

i don't like seeing rate-this-dragon posts bc i keep seeing 1s on objectively cool dragons that their owners must adore and like. as far as I'm concerned every dragon is a 5 for that reason alone

[liketheinferno2]

hii !! if u dont mind me asking, ive FINALLY gotten to a point where i've gotten a hang of like posing again after def losing it for a while but i'm fr the worst with anything post line art, if u have any tips on how to choose colours or anything in that vein i'd literally kill for it 💖💖 tysm regardless, i hope u have a fantastic day/night!

Hi! Thanks for the ask! I'm not an expert but most general thing is that you pick a base colour or even just "warm" or "cold' and for every other colour you choose, inch it a little bit closer to the base on the wheel. I'll use the most basic pic I have. The base here is red/pink which are the same colour:

In game that harness of his is more brown-grey but it's purple maroon here because that's closer to pink. I also use different hues for shading, and my personal preference for shading skin light-to-mid-toned skin is to use brighter oranges or reds when possible, but that's because I'm pulling colour influences from old anime. For darker skin I usually not make the shadow the most saturated part because then I would choose to make their base tone the strong one, but that's just me and I don't know if there's any colour theory behind it.

At that -- good idea to study from the colour usage you enjoy, pick colours if you want to! Putting them against a plain background can show you what they actually are because in full compositions it can be hard to tell what an inspiration is actually using.

If I just chose literal colours, that pic might look like this:

The pink is pink, the browns are browns are brown, the green is green. But I like it better if the pink and browns are redder and orange and the green is a little yellow. So a lot of it ends up being about when to turn colours into other colours. If you struggle with this, check if your program of choice has a gradient map function. I know CSP does. I'll use those on overlay to bring out colours stronger.

Uhhh other examples

This one pic, the shadows ended up yellow instead, because there was a ton of red all over it and I didn't want the skin shadows to blend into it. It's also another old anime styling though. Colour's as much style as anything else so part of it is just trying things until you find a way that you like.

This one was fun because the whites are pink, kinda late night love hotel lighting, but I was struggling for those shadow colours. Ended up on green because it just looks kind of sickly, but that was the point for this piece. Also sometimes outlining shadows in a more saturated, darker colour is a good way to get more variation out of it but as you can see I'm very haphazard with that.

To be transparent though, sometimes I don't go in with that in mind and I put down all my general colours first and then re-do them into fun colours. Largely through paint bucket and tone curves because I am a lazy lazy man. Here was the original:

The other thing is there's colour combinations that generally just sit together nicer, primary secondary tertiary but also a thing I like to do is one colour, its neighbours, and then a complement. Say, red and purple and pink are neighbours, green is the opposite which I'd use sparingly. The complement can have a few neighbours too.

It's hard to explain any of this because I just fiddle around until I think things look right, more instinctually than on purpose. I'd be down to offer colour suggestions personally if you really wanted to dm me though.

[scaramoon]

OKAY SO LORE I’M TYPING THIS IN MY NOTES APP AS I’M WATCHING THE STREAM TO GIVE YOU THE FULL EXPERIENCE AND TO MAKE SURE I DONT MISS TO TELL YOU ANYTHING

there’s someone playing piano?? like straight up video of someone at a piano,,,,i think it’s yu-peng chen!! the song he’s playing is so pretty :( THEY HAVE A WHOLE INAZUMA THEMED SET HE’S PLAYING IN?? THERES AN ACTUAL INAZUMA ARCHON STATUE IN THE BACKGROUND AND EVERYTHING??

the stream is in chinese!! with subtitles!!

it will be 2.0 AND inazuma is now officially confirmed!!

now there’s a trailer! ITS ALL SO PRETTY AND OMG THE VOICE ACTORS?? GOROU AND THOMA WERE SHOWN!! oh my god the pyro cube?? looks so?? scary?? AAAAH THOMA THOMA THOMA??? STOOD NEXT TO AETHER?? IM SCREAMING rn they’re shaking ayaka!! and now yoimiya!! her voice actor is so cute i’m- SAYUUUU!!!! AGHH SHES SO CUTE BYE GOROU GORIU GORIU GOROU AAAAHHH HE EAS THERE HE WAS THERE AAAAAH

FIRST CODE: AS6BQKLY9GLD

now they’re back to the set!! they’re introducing some of the developers, right now there’s aquaria who’s the combat designer in genshin and rn they’re talking about the stages and joys of development and how the process works,,,i actually like this part!! it’s nice to see the people working on a game i’m so fond of talk so passionately about their thoughts while they’re working on it :> he said everyone at mihoyo loves the game as much as we do and that it’s all of us together in teyvat and i went 🥺 ngl

now he’s talking about inazuma and how different it was than mondstadt or liyue and how different the challenges there were! they put a lot of thought into the electro aspect of inazuma as well as the “eternity” part of it. there will be more dev talk later and now they’re just announcing the fan art contest that starts today

now they had a set change and there’s a different dev, and now they’re talking about the cultural and design aspects of inazuma! they say they love to see fan theories and that they often leave little clues in the game and that it brings them joy and motivation when people find and decipher them. they’re talking about the tea house now and the shiba inu that owns it; they hope players can discover all the little details the writers and designers put all over inazuma,,THEY JUST DRANK IN SYNC BC THEY STARTED TALKING ABOUT UNIFORMITY IN INAZUMA IM SOBBING,,,,ok wait it’s actually rlly interesting bc they’re talking about how they made sure every single detail in inazuma contributes/reflects the story and the “electro archon strives for eternity” story i’m- they’re currently talking about the real life inspiration they had, for example how the sacred sakura tree came to be and what it means

now they’re showing character combat (?) trailers!! ayaka is first, now yoimiya!! they’re actually showing the pyro cube in yoimiya’s!! THEYRE SHOWING SAYUUU MY BBY SHES SO CUTE they’re joking about how genshin players have been waiting for ayaka since the beginning of the game lmaooo bye 😭 they’re talking about the new characters now, what kind of people they are, what to expect from them and what their character traits are!! ayaka is elegant but also sweet and cute, yoimiya is creative and somewhat childish, enthusiastic and gets along with everyone, sayu sleeps a lot to grow taller and is a very well trained tiny ninja

we’re getting two new story chapters, act I and act II as well as ayaka’s and yoimiya’s story quests!!

THEYRE TALKING ABOUT THOMA, he’s observant apparently and has a very mysterious character!! they’re also talking about sara and kokomi AAHHHH GOROU GOROU!! they didn’t say much about him other than that he’s very dependable and fierce in battle!! they also mentioned yae sakura!!

SECOND CODE; GBNA9J5H9Y4H

another scene change and another dev, now it’s cissie!! she’s the one designing the inazuma map/landscape creator and they’ll be talking about geological design and the scenery of inazuma since it’s a archipelago as well!! she’s talking about the different uses of colour and shapes and how they’re using them to impact the player’s gaming experience; she also said that they tried to pay homage to classic ghibli movies with some of the design choices they made!

rn they’re showing “the shimmering voyage” which is the 1.0 ost w 68 songs which will me available soon!! now they’re talking to yu-peng chen THEY HAD THE LONDON SYMPHONIC THEATRE RECORD THE MONDSTADT SOUNDTRACK, THE SHANGHAI ONE THE ONE FOR LIYUE AND NOW THEY ASKED THE ONE IN TOKYO TO DO THE ONE FOR INAZUMA?? HELLOO?? they pay attention to the smallest details i swear i respect that so much wow

THE THEATRE MECHANICS EVENT IS COMING BACK IN INAZUMA!! we’re getting gardening for our tea pot too!! new enemies called “ruin senitel (?)” which is essentially a worm version of the ruin guard?? it looks weird and scary ngl,,,we get new fatui enemies, “the mirror maiden” as well as normal human enemies in inazuma, dressed like samurais,,

ayaka’s banner is first, then yoimiya & sayu,,,we get 2 new 5 star weapons as well 5 new craftable inazuma weapons. we get 2 new artifacts sets, emblem of severed gate and shimenawas remembrance, we get the ability to choose an artifact by sacrificing 3 5 star artifacts and creating an artifact strongbox; new system for the weapon banner: you pick which of the 5 star weapon you want and if you don’t get it, you get “fate points” and with those you can choose the one you want!

THIRD CODE: LS6T4L9ZZ7TH

and that was it!! yu-peng chen is playing the piano again as a farewell, i guess

AHH TYSM BBY ALL THE KISSES FOR YOU 😞🙏

i really like how much detail they put into it though :( like i’m ngl i am an impatient little shit but fr its so nice to know the devs love it as much as we do, i’ll gladly wait knowing they put so much detail in it :(

ALSO SJDJFJ kazuha and sayu sleeping on warm rocks together send tweet side note: big brother kazuha is v sweet me thinks, they’re related now i said so

i saw some stuff about thoma when i opened twitter a second ago and people are lowkey pressed that their characterizations of him are wrong 😞 that’s what they get for saying he got downgraded 😁

also,,, ruin sential,, y’know the “upgrade, go back, I SAID GO BACK” meme ?? that’s me w ruin guards, hunters, and graders so 😃 i stg if that thing can go underground i’m gonna cry. OH ALSO i heard about the garden thing a while ago and i don’t remember a lot of what was said but it’s really cool >:)

pov you’re me using kazuha to fight the samurais bc i think it’s funny

OOH WAIT THE ARTIFACT THING SOUNDS COOL THOUGH :0 do we just get to pick what type it is, or do sub stats and stuff carry over/give you a higher chance of getting certain sub stats? either way i’m v happy about that i have so much maiden stuff and uh. no one to put it on :”)

the weapon banner thing sounds cool too :> i don’t have a five star weapon bc i’m scared to waste primos but mayhaps if i can choose... >:)

also shout out to yu-peng chen for being amazing, thought one of the mondstadt songs would be easy to play and i was Very Wrong

[child-of-addiction]

50 questions you’ve never been asked - tagged by @thnks-fr-th-coffee. Thank you for giving me some way to procrastinate, this looks fun!

tagging but no obligation: @wistfullylost, @autumnsunshine10, @idontlikeyoueww, @that-girl-in-glasses1995, @madelinescatharsis, @critter-casey, @blackpantherinside

what is the colour of your hairbrush? Black with a blue stripe on the handle. 

a food you never eat? I don’t eat meat anymore.

are you typically too warm or too cold? I’d say neither but I hardly feel cold as often as most. 

what were you doing 45 minutes ago? Trying to muster some motivation to get out of bed. 

what is your favorite candy bar? A candy bar is like a chocolate bar right? Uhh I like the aero mint. 

have you ever been to a professional sports event? I’ve been for a few motocycle and drifting events but they were so loud that I was a bit overwhelmed. 

what is the last thing you said out loud? It’s 11am and I haven’t said a word out loud yet. My sister had a breakdown last night so I guess the last thing I said was something in the conversation we had. 

what is your favorite ice cream? I usually pick almond or pistachio. 

what was the last thing you had to drink? A glass of water yesterday morning... I should probably hydrate myself. 

do you like your wallet? Yeah it’s small and convenient. 

what was the last thing you ate? Yoghurt and grapes

did you buy any new clothes last weekend? I haven’t bought new clothes in months. 

the last sporting event you watched? The summer x games... Several years ago. 

what is your favorite flavor of popcorn? Butter or sour cream and chives or both. 

who is the last person you sent a text message to? A sadistic fox My best friend.

ever go camping? Yup but only on a campus field trip. 

do you take vitamins? Nope. am i supposed to? Don’t think so. do i regularly? N/A

do you go to church every sunday? Nah, I’m atheist 

do you have a tan? My skin is naturally brown so no. 

do you prefer chinese food or pizza? Chinese food

do you drink your soda with a straw? I don’t drink soda. I mostly stick to water, in which case, no. 

what color socks do you usually wear? Whatever I pick out of the wardrobe first. 

do you ever drive above the speed limit? Yes. 

what terrifies you? Geckos. And unicorns. 

look to your left, what do you see? It was my left hand cause I had to lift it up to remind myself which side is left. 

what chore do you hate? Dusting cause I’m allergic to dust. 

what do you think of when you hear an australian accent? Nothing in particular?

what’s your favorite soda? I don’t drink soda. 

do you go in a fast food place or just hit the drive thru? It depends but I hardly have fast food. 

who’s the last person you talked to? My little sister

favorite cut of beef? i don’t eat meat. 

last song you listened to? I think it was probably something @wistfullylost lost to me. 

last book you read? The Night Circus and it was exquisite. 

favorite day of the week? I don’t have one. Do the days of the week even exist during lockdown?

can you say the alphabet backwards? Apparently not but I could at one stage. 

how do you like your coffee? I don’t drink coffee.  

favorite pair of shoes? I only wear two pairs of shoes. I’m either in flip flops or takkies, it depends on the weather. 

at what time do you normally go to bed? Anywhere between 7pm and 4 am but usually around 1am-3am lately. 

at what time do you normally get up? Anywhere between 6am and 11am but around 9am or 10am lately. 

what do you prefer, sunrise or sunsets? Both. 

how many blankets are on your bed? One. But I also sleep on top of a blanket on the floor so there’s one beneath me too. 

describe your kitchen plates. Round with a pink flower design. 

do you have a favorite alcoholic beverage? i don’t drink alcohol. 

do you play cards? Rarely

what color is your car? Some people say brown, others say grey. 

can you change a tire? In theory. 

what is your favorite province? I don’t really have one. 

favorite job you’ve ever had? I haven’t had one that I hated. 

how did you get your biggest scar? Most of my scars are from consciously inflicted wounds... 

what did you do today that made someone else happy? Wait, I’m still coming to terms with the fact that I exist and am real, I haven’t gotten to making people happy yet. And I don’t think I made someone else happy today anyway. 

[intoxicatingswift]

the 1:

God the line if my wishes came true it would've been you OK THAT HIT

this feels like a iftye but like folklore version

UGH THE BRIDGE ACTUALLY HIT why was this my exact mood yesterday I already called it I knew I needed this album

cardigan:

can i just say im here for taylors lower tone

A FRIEND TO ALL IS A FRIEND TO NONE ok facts

the Peter losing Wendy line really got me cuz that used to be a thing w me n some1 *cries*

chasing shadows in the grocery line nooo

this is like an other side of the door but folkmore IDK IT JUST REMINDS ME OF IT

the last great american dynasty:

god i had to restart it 3 times my fam r so noisy pls.

i really feel like the stripped back style of production really allows taylors lyrics and storytelling within songs to shine. like ive got the maddest mental images of screaming matches between Rebecca and bills family and small town style rumours passing from someone to another

mental music video basically and also u can see the strength of rebecca which is only paralleled by smth ive experienced from books/TV? imagine the skill it takes to tell such a story in a few minutes that people see in 358 pages or 12 1hr installations

EXILE YES BON IVER:

can u tell im excited for this one

ughhh his harmonies are always *chef's kiss*

side note this rly is pushing me and giving me a better sense of identity for the sort of music I want to make thank u Taylor 🥺

god taylor urs and bon ivers voices go together so beautifully u both know how to make a harmony so good

the metaphors are so.... UGH I LOVE

my tears ricochet:

im in love with the vocalising in the intro omg

if I'm on fire you'll be made of ashes too yes hunger games let's go (no for real I just re read it and loved it again so)

ok no the lyrics on this one just HIT me particularly even tho I'm gonna say that on every song OK

I feel like theres a lwymmd ref in here 😶

the line I didn't have it in myself to go with grace spoke to me like i feel like that was extracted directly from my brain

still can't believe we actually got a whole album wth

mirrorball:

MIRRORBALL U COUNTRY BEAUTY

this song just feels like calm vibes as a blanket, stolen kisses

bro.... i literally wrote half a song with the lyrics that have the same gist of the bridge the whole idea of the circus no longer existing and yet u still feel like u have to perform for that one person cause u need to prove that they made the wrong choice leaving i

seven:

God her voice is hauntingly beautiful here

and though I can't recall your face I still got love for you what a beautiful way to express that you're always loved by someone even if you're no longer close, you live in memories and that's 100% enough and you're enough

THE ENTIRE SECOND VERSE IS ME AND MY FRIENDS AS TEENAGERS? God that hurt especially bc the sentiment of my prev things applies to those same people

SHOUT OUT TO INDIA TAYLOR I FEEL SO SEEN RN LMAO

august:

ahhhhh we had cruel summer and now we have august

"lost in the memory" is one of my favourite lyrics anyway and now taylors used it i

did taylor find out like the story of my life 2016- present bc like this seriously hits the "you were never mine" and the emphasis on August i

OK THE BRIDGE WAS MEEEEEE OH MY GOD how do i write my shitty album when this *gestures to entire folklore aggressively* exists.

oh the outro :( whoever said this is taylors melodrama was onto smth fr

this is me trying:

just looking at the lyrics is this ootw; the next chapter 👁️👄👁️

this is so beautifully sad

you're a flashback in a film reel on the one screen in my town okkkkkkkkkkk wow 🥺

illicit affairs:

why do i feel like this is joe and tays story post met gala👁️

YOU SHOWED ME COLOURS IS SUCH A METAPHORICALLY DEEP AND BEAUTIFUL LINE HI OOTW REFERENCE

invisible string omg OK I claimed this one pre listen:

oh crap the colour references already spoke to me bc long ago I had a concept to link songs to colours

also the idea of storybook romance as well with the "used to think I'd meet somebody there"

i love the invisible string theory also oh my god

BAD BLOOD OMG this is such a random detail abt how Joe heard bad blood the first time he was in LA and I love it

LMAO not taylor getting recognised on their anniversary trip 😭

also can i just say the plucking strings keeping the same rhythm/volume the way through somehow contributes to the invisible string theory i loooooveeeeee the lyric/music matching here (did i just somehow compare this to vq matching? think so ok maybe there's hope for me as a medic yet 💀)

taylor rly said fuck adam tom and whoever else Joe is it

OK THE REFERENCES TO GOLD HI DWOHT

ALSO PURPLE PINK SKIES HELLO INTHAF AKA MY STAN SONG WHICH EVERYONE SLEEPS ON

safe to say i made a correct choice stanning this song pre listen ahahaah

mad woman:

the chords on this i am in love, the chaos of the string instruments yessss

here for the strength lol

this is i did something bad but quiet scary angry version

CALLED IT HELLO IDSB REFERENCE

ugh the delicacy in how the words are pronounced in the second chorus shows how hurt and strong u can be simultaneously

mirrored ofc by the soft piano and percussion of hand claps ugh taylor im so happy u made this album

epiphany:

im getting let it all go vibes from this also bon iver

oh it's coronavirus :( yeah

side note wear a mask this seriously was unprecedented and ik at my work (icu) while I was FT we had a couple boxes of antiviral ppe and I did a shift just as things got bad here and it was all completely gone. at the time we'd only had a couple query covid cases so pls. WEAR A MASK ESP U LOT ON THE TUBE/TFL RAIL

i feel like this song reflects how slow the pain can be when ur losing someone like literally watching their breaths slow and also the emotional pain.

betty:

omg this is one of the teenager love story three aaahhhhh it's so cute BUT I SERIOUSLY REMEMBER THE TEENAGE ANGST oh man i Really do

also hello country tay

ugh all ur stupid friends it seriously sounds like 17 year old boy 😭

peace:

LOVE THAT GUITAR RIFF YES AM SO HERE FOR THAT

I made good choices in the songs I chose pre listen all of this is literal poetry and I'm so glad I can focus on the lyrics more because of the production yes i know I already said that

DREAMSCAPES I LOVE THAT WORD I WAS JUST THINKING I NEED TO INCORPORATE IT INTO A SONG

the i-i-id in I'd swing with you for the fences, the delicacy in "give you a child"

now I see your brother as my brother hello paper rings reference (it's not even but yall know)

the rain (paps/media) can well and truly fuck off

"would it be enough if I could never give you peace" actual poetry.

hoax:

i love the dainty piano ugh that HIGH night

the octave differences on the chorus

don't want no other shade of blue hello paper rings

OK this one has a lot to unpack tbh i probably will pore over this like the English poetry i missed out on by choosing stem

also fuck kimberly lmao