#silversmists

[eddiediaaz]

hi lovely!! do you have any tips on making cool fun and sexy typography?

hey joanna!! this made me giggle haha, i'm not quiiiite sure how to answer that, but here are some tips i keep in my when i do typography, and some examples:

FONTS

don't be afraid to "shop" for fonts and try funky fonts you've never used/seen. i often try so many before settling. i almost always use at least 2 different font for gifsets, even 3 sometimes. i think a good font pairing can do a lot for a gif. it's usually something like:

serif + cursive/funky fonts (example)

sans serif + cursive/funky fonts (example)

serif + sans serif fonts (example)

two different cursive/funky fonts (example)

or even simply the same font but all caps + all lowercase (example)

in case you're unsure where too start or want inspiration, here's a great resource: usergif's font pairing guide and its fonts page

BLEND MODES & LAYER STYLES

i think playing around with different blend modes and layer styles will always elevate your typography game, in my opinion. it's usually a bit more dynamic than just an opaque color. tho this minimalist typography can also be really good.

when you double click on a text layer, you get all the layer style options, as well as the blend modes. a very popular layer style is setting the layer's blending option to difference, paired with a color and/or gradient overlay (often set to multiply/color dodge). a drop shadow is also important so the text is more easily readable. we often see a black soft drop shadow, but don't hesitate to be creative with it, for example a thick, hard line, colorful drop shadow.

i feel like this step often takes the most time for me because the possibilities are endless. definitely play around with layer styles, especially drop shadow, color overlay, gradient overlay, stroke. and also try different blending modes for these settings.

as for the layer's blend mode, also definitely play around with them. and keep in mind that the text's color will also give a different result, it doesn't have to be white + blend mode set to difference, even tho this is a classic that works well.

TEXT WRAPING & POSITION

a great feature on photoshop is definitely the text warping tool. to access it, right click on a text layer and go "warp text". from there you'll get a few different styles and setting sliders. my favorites are flag and wave (example). you can always go back to edit these settings once they're done by right clicking again. and you can even keyframe/animate these settings!

typography doesn't always have to be centered and straight, i often prefer it on a side and rotated a little. you can easily rotate typography by selecting the layer(s) and hitting ctrl + T. you can also play with the skew and pespective after hitting ctrl + T by right clicking the canvas and clicking on either. these will give different ways to move your text.

SIZING

i love playing around with different font sizes, it makes the typography more interesting in my opinion, and it's a way to emphasize some words.

so for that reason i usually put each word on a different layer so i can edit each word separately. sometimes i will also put each letter on a different layer, because it can be interesting to offset/rotate some letters sometimes (example) (another example).

i often pair a quite small serif or sans serif font with a much bigger funky font (example). and often that bigger font will also have different sized words (example). i play around a lot with this!

ADDED EFFECTS

there are some things than can be done to enhance typography:

adding a colorful rectangle block behind the text (example)

using text symbols such as quotation marks or backets (example)

using lines around the text (example) (another example)

these can definitely bring typography to a different level

MORE RESOURCES

great font website

usergif's typography tag

my fonts tag

this is all i can think of right now, i hope it helps :D if you have any question on a specific text effect let me know, i can definitely make a tutorial!

[mikelogan]

top 5 flanaverse characters!

ooh good one!! and very, very difficult lmao

olivia crain

theo crain

roderick usher

steven crain

owen sharma

ask me my top 5 anything!

[deweyduck]

so sorry I’m late but HAPPY BIRTHDAY BELOVED!! I love seeing you on my dash or in my notifs or even on discord, it truly brightens my day 💖 I hope 26 is amazing to you 🥰🫶🏽

thank you so much joanna that's so sweet 🥺🥺🥺 being your friend makes me v happy 💞🥰

[antoniosvivaldi]

🐭 🫶🏽

Thanks Joanna! I hope you have a wonderful week ahead of you 💖

How intimidating am I?

[robertsbarbie]

I love how I’ve been conditioned to think of you every time I see anything about starstruck. like I saw this tiktok and my first thought was “eris?”

good this is my only goal in life, if i can only ever accomplish one thing it’s this

[maisiepetersnetwork]

but you're the biggest and the brightest that this place has ever made happy birthday to @silversmists from maisiepetersnetwork

[bodybetters]

happy end of 2023 and beginning of 2024 to all of my mutuals! i've never done one of these before but i wanna do a little post in honor of my mutuals <3 if i leave anyone out im so sorry i have the brain of an ostrich. and if you didnt wanna be tagged theres absolutely no obligation to reply, i just want everyone to know that im thinking of them

first and foremost, everyone in the goose coven. you guys have been so amazing and joining the server has been one of the best parts of my year <3 i love all of you so much @longlivestv @theladyinwhite13 @imperpetuallylost @alltheliars @halucynator @weeping-in-the-willows @a-beautiful-fool @eyesopentv @theautistmwitch @5ducksinatrenchcoat @andi-is-bored @animallover4000 @magicandmaybe @thepatriarchykeychain @octoberconstellation @sluttycaseyjones @its-tortle

and @longlivestv you are one of my favorite people ever and talking to you is so so wonderful and following you was one of the best decisions ive ever made <3 thank you for being my wife

and for my mutuals from either psc or lgbtqc, you guys are so cool. like so cool that i cant believe that you follow me. thank you guys for being awesome <3 @craintheodora @antoniosvivaldi @eddiediaaz @zerokinkade @scullyblr @lemoncupcake @moirainesedai @singularities @heroeddiemunson @breakbleheavens @sadbeautifutragic @laurabenanti

and also the maisie mutuals from mpn <3 talking about maisie with you guys is very fun and being in that server is awesome, thank you guys <3 @silversmists @cascadeoceanwave @good-enemy @castellansluke @decoratedlawns @lunar-years

and also dean <3 you get your own category because of how long i've known you. being friends these past few years has been so great and i hope there are many more <3 @howiehans

and also my handful of swiftie mutuals! i cant remember all of you and if i didnt tag you just know i am still thinking of you <3 you guys are great and you make being on the edge of swiftie tumblr a lot of fun @itstimetogo @dearreader @ithinkheknowss @isitovrnow @jewelledmoths @togetmeby @longbottom @saynothingback @pippamints @tangerineneon @lighttupthiswholetown

and then my two comic book mutuals <3 you guys are awesome and i love talking with you guys! @rep-meow-tay-tion @stars-and-birds

i ran out of room, so if i didnt tag you, just know that i still love you a lot and all of you guys are so great! happy new years to all of you <3

[writereblog]

Nah cause if I woke up in the pixie hollow verse and found out I was a tinker fairy I��d just off myself. Like, you’re gonna stand there and tell me that my special fairy ability is fuckin arts and crafts while we got fairy’s that can talk to animals and control sun beams? Nuh uh move over silversmist gimme one of those spider web dew drops and let me cook

[good-enemy]

shuffle your on repeat playlist and list the first 10 songs!

Tagged by @silversmists thanks bestie <3

(I think I did this pretty recently ish but oh well) (subjecting u all to this again lmao)

Eat Your Young - Hozier

King For A Day - Pierce the Veil ft Kellin Quinn

Vampire Money - My Chemical Romance

Kill All Your Friends - My Chemical Romance

Cate's Brother - Maisie Peters

The Foundations of Decay - My Chemical Romance

I'm Trying (Not Friends) - Maisie Peters

Nightmare - Halsey

Body Better - Maisie Peters

House On Fire - Mimi Webb

Tagging @wtnytv @colifower @deweyduck @antoniosvivaldi @breakbleheavens & whoever else wants to <3

[thatwasthenightthingschanged]

BEFORE VS. AFTER GIF COLOURING CHALLENGE

I was tagged by @kitconnor, thanks again! <3

number one and two are certainly some of the most extreme changes of coloring I've done but I tend to not save psd files unless it's a really time-intensive coloring because my laptop is having storage problems anyways asdhkds

I'm tagging @antoniosvivaldi @silversmists @treacherous @madeline-kahn & whoever else wants to do this <3

[eddiediaaz]

heartbreaking: a guy cancelled our date to see wonka so now I can’t flex that one of the besties in my phone worked on it 😔

HELP dndhdbdndbd omg. sorry about thr cancelled date tho, that sucks!! but omg joanna you are so cute for this!!

[mikelogan]

this is so tjcore (affectionate)

SDKLFLSJDF JOANNA PLS 💀LISTEN THOUGH!!! His performance was so fucking good and every time i watch the show, his monologues and the way he delivers the homilies just get me!! And every goddamn time he tells millie he would have taken off his collar and followed her, like hello im screaming and crying and throwing up and i think that mike flanagan did this intentionally bc as a catholic-raised now-atheist, this show reminded me of all my religious trauma and gave me confusing feelings about one (1) father john pruitt. in this essay i will-- [gunshots]

[deweyduck]

CHRISTIE!! I love this edit sooo much, you have no idea! I love barbie, I love pink, I love pretty gifsets, I love your brain!!!!

thank you so much joanna 🥺🥺🥺😭😭😭🥰🥰🥰

i just strived to make a gifset worthy of our girlie barbie on her day 💞✨

[antoniosvivaldi]

Astrology + music: Olivia Rodrigo ♓ Sun in Pisces ♓ (for @silversmists)

Pisces is symbolised by two fishes swimming in opposite directions: this represents the star sign's internal struggle between reality and illusion. People born under this sign are imaginative, compassionate, and sensitive. The companion playlist contains a collection of dreamy and ethereal songs that portray the artistic nature of Pisces.

{Listen on Spotify}

[magicaplin]

My top creations of 2023!

Tagged by @antoniosvivaldi to post my most popular and my favourite creation of each month of last year! (Thanks Jen! ❤)

January

Most popular and my favourite:

I was very proud of this one 😅 upcoming music releases i was excited for!

February

Most popular:

This shite

My favourite:

My favourite albums of 2022 - I had a lot of fun making this one!

March

Most popular:

Midnights userboxes - these are usually a hit lol, I think this is my most popular of the year

My favourite:

This gifset of my favourite scene from the SGE books that was for some reason a deleted scene in the movie??

April

Most popular and my favourite:

My first try at animation!

May

Most popular and my favourite:

This ineffable husbands gifset

June

Most popular:

This Lil Nas X lyric edit

My favourite:

I liked this whole little series of lgbtq+ characters that I did, but the Viktor Hargreeves one is probably my favourite of them!

July

Most popular:

Speak Now userboxes

My favourite:

Loki x Pvris lyrics (aka my roman empire)

August

Most popular and my favourite by default because I only did one thing in August:

This monstrosity 🤮 (you can really see where I ran out of time and gave up)

September

September we had a tie for most popular!

This character headcanon gifset and this Leigh-Anne lyric edit - my favourite is the Leigh-Anne one 🥰

October

Most popular:

This Taylor Swift Lover edit

My favourite:

This Renfield edit that took approximately 400 years and was my first try at transitions!

November

Most popular:

This Velma from Scooby Doo edit

My favourite:

This Taylor Swift reputation/lover edit, I really enjoyed making this one!

December

Most popular:

This Taylor Swift lyric parallel edit

My favourite:

My magnum opus

No pressure tags:

@heroeddiemunson @craintheodora @cascadeoceanwave @silversmists @deweyduck @robertsbarbie

[bodybetters]

hello! it is thy blog rec anon here to spread cheer! list a blog/blogs that fit the following criteria:

funniest mutual(s)

nicest mutual(s)

a mutual that reminds you of a taylor song

has the best tags on their post

has pretty colors

has the most aesthetic blog

favourite blog(s)

has a great url

a blog you think maisie should scroll through

a mutual you would date (can be like platonic love doesn't have to be romantic xx)

(i'm not sure if i have already sent you one sorry)

omg this is my first time ever getting an anon like this thank you!!

funniest mutual: @theladyinwhite13 sky is very funny even when shes making inappropriate jokes

nicest mutual: @longlivestv <3 bee is so so so sweet i adore them!

mutual that reminds you of a taylor song: @decoratedlawns hoax is carley's song

has the best tags on their post: im not sure about this one

has pretty colors & has the most aesthetic blog: combining these because of @rep-meow-tay-tion sans's edits and her blog are gorgeous and so colorful

favorite blogs: every single one of my mutuals. all of them. if you are my mutual you are my favorite

has a great url: i havent spoken to them yet but @itstimetogo (i hope its okay that i tagged you) has such a good url i love that song

a blog you think maisie should scroll through: @silversmists no notes just facts

a mutual you would date: i dont know if i would date any of them but i feel like @longlivestv deserves an honorary mention here bc theyre my bestie now

i hope everyone is okay with being tagged! i love all of my mutuals very much thank you for this anon!