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MERLIN & ARTHUR | EVERYWHERE

It's finally published!! My 2 year old WIP!! I came back to it a couple days ago, pushed through and finally finished it! And just in time for @merthurweek2024! (this doesn't follow a specific prompt but I hope this counts nonetheless)

It was time I made a happy merthur vid. I love this song so much and I thought it was perfect for these two, who go literally everywhere together, from the enemies’ dungeons to crawling through sewerage.

Hope you all enjoy!

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It may be 12:37am but by god will I find the right song with the right vibe that I’m looking for before I sleep

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this is the WIP for the "keep it stupid-simple-- oh crap it's going to be stupid-complicated" Gwaine fanvid project I mentioned earlier. i want to add colours, transitions and overlays and ripped paper and so on-- and maybe I won't, and I'll lose steam, of which I'm already in low supply... who knows! but anyway, enough of that, have this lil intro I put together at 11:30 pm at night :)

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OLD WOUNDS | GWEN & MORGANA

Finally, it's live! I've been so excited to share this and now I finally can!! Please enjoy some angsty Morgwen to a purple aesthetic and a theme of tragic could-have-been love </3

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my brain: numb from a combo of chronic fatigue and adhd boredom, so much that idle pastimes are a chore atm me, frustrated with myself: ok fine we're doing something small and fun, like i'm kicking an old tv. I know, a fun, short fanvid of Gwaine. Remember, keep it stupid-simple. Nothing fancy. my brain: ok I hear you. But. me: oh god. no. my brain: what if me: no. no 'what if'. put that back. my brain: what if we make it a longer fanvid, and me: nope. stop it. my brain: do this and this and this, some of which you don't know the skills for yet, to match the aesthetic of the song, make it visually fun too, and you want to do the character justice-- me: ffs my brain: it's gonna be three times the work-- me: WHAT HAPPENED TO KEEP IT STUPID-SIMPLE!!??? my brain: sorry, I only know "keep it stupid-and-unnecessarily-complicated"

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fcpx wasn’t responding/crashing when opened so I followed some advice on how to fix the problem, which may have made it worse and i swear to god if I lost all of my work—

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Mithian | The Archer

Mithian's been both the archer and the prey

Here's my first ever fill for @merlinbingo !!

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trying to edit but fcp has to go through 10 stages of adjustment every time I change something minor….

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stay tuned in a few hours morgwen nation

I’m dropping a fanvid soon 👀

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holy shit I think I just completed a fanvid in a day that’s unheard of for me

bonus points that it’s a morgwen vid

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youtube studio, idk how to tell you this, but "thank you! you too!" is NOT a smart reply

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Definitely prefer the “song inspires fanvid” method over “already have fanvid idea, need to find a song to match” method LOL (though I always discover more great songs along the way)

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artists self rec! when you get this, reply with your favourite five arts/sets/edits/gifs that you've done, then pass on to at least five other people. time to shine and spread some self-love and appreciation 🥰 <3

oh my god sia i am SO SORRY i am only just now seeing this ask it's been so long i am so so--

Sia!!!

This was so hard to choose wow.

FANVIDS FIRST:

I'm Sorry | Merlin & Arthur from BBC Merlin [tumblr link] [direct yt link]

This took me over 2 months and, so far, it's the best fanvid I've ever made. I'm ridiculously proud of it and I only have a tiny bit of shame in saying so XD. The finished product ended up far better than the original concept I had in my head. I wanted to make a video that focused on how Merlin and Arthur forgave one another; Merlin, since the day he met Arthur, and Arthur when he learned the truth. Because the core of their relationship was unconditional love, to their own strength and detriment. I cried almost each time I worked on it.

2. I Became Greedy | Kurosawa & Adachi from Cherry Magic [tumblr link] [direct yt link]

This took me about .. I want to say a month? I'm also proud of this one. Cherry Magic is a light-hearted BL j-drama that - at its core - is about the importance of reaching out to others, and the bravery of reaching out and accepting someone else's outreached hand. I eventually want to edit a video on the overarching meaning of the show. But I... am a sucker for pining lol and I was so taken in by Kurosawa's pining. It was so poignant, I was literally clutching my chest in sympathy pangs. So, I wanted to edit a vid that emulated that and focused just on that feeling. And I think I??? did!

3. it's not living if it's not with you | Wei Wuxian & Lan Wangji from The Untamed/CQL [direct yt link]

This was the second fanvid I had posted to my youtube channel and I used a lot of editing techniques I had never tried before, so I learned a lot! I wanted to show as many aspects of wangxian's story and relationship in one video as I could without mucking up the pacing or making it messy in general. I love the colour palette and font I chose. Something else I really wanted to achieve was using a light-hearted song with a sad meaning over both sad and happy scenes, because that's a recipe for EMOTION. And judging by the comments I got on this vid, I dare say I succeeded XD I had a lot of fun making this! Even if I got stuck on it for a month and then thankfully could finish it when I was hit with an epiphany. I also cried quite a bit while making it shkgjhdf

Listen. I have. Emotions.

ART:

4. A Favourable Misunderstanding | Merlin & Arthur [link to full comic here]

A meme re-draw turned into a fluffy comic because it took on a life of it's own and Merlin & Arthur are a force to be reckoned with when being idiots in love. I was also super proud of this! Despite the many styles in one comic (which is fine, I was just worried about nothing looking like it matched) I was happy with how I drew them! Especially as I find Merlin's face very difficult to get a grasp of, for some reason. And I was also proud of their characterisations! I still get so happy to see how well-loved it is, and so perhaps it doesn't need its own rec but what the hell. I love it, too hehe.

5. Balls the Unfathomable | a comic about a weirdly wholesome demon summoning [link to full comic here]

My friends and I, while on a call, fell into doing a bit. That lasted a really long time. And during it, I became a summoned demon nicknamed "Balls". No, I'm not joking. It was ridiculous and hilarious.

Thankfully, I remembered most of it and immediately tried to commit it to paper for - what I thought - was going to be a short, half-assed sketch comic. Nope. I ended up with a multi-page comic with clean lines and everything.

Funnily enough, I hadn't actually ever finished a multi-page comic before this. Not one so polished anyway. Balls has that effect on people, I suppose. skjdhjkfdg

So yeah, I was proud of finishing it, and of choosing a cute, simple style and sticking to it (cute, "less realistic" styles don't come easy to me, so I struggled more than you'd think trying to figure out how I was going to draw this skdjhkfg) and of how I structured the panels, especially when I really was just winging it. I do not know how to panel (yet).

Basically; I adore my friends and the fun we have together and I had to share this particular shenanigan and Balls themself. They've become a beloved character amongst my friends and I.

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That's it! Long-winded commentary and all.

Thank you again for the self-rec, Sia! 🥺💕💕💕

psst hey, you should go totally check out Sia's blog - she does amazing edits and gifs

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me: is this too silly? too much?

also me: NOT ENOUGH! MAKE ME DANCE!

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shout out to my new favourite font

Grrr

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me, an australian and creative, always trying to judge the Best Time for the Almighty Algorithm to make sure my overseas viewers (majority of my subscribers) see my damn videos upload: