#trying out new coloring and sharpening style

[dawns-beauty]

WIP Masterpost: Skyrim Elf NPC Overhauls

Making this a pinned post, as this project will be consuming my foreseeable future. For my other modding projects, check out this masterpost.

I am currently working on 3 mods that will cover each race of elf NPC in Skyrim: Children of the Ash (Dunmer), Children of the First (Altmer), and Children of the Green (Bosmer.) Additionally, I plan on updating Children of the Pariah, my Orc NPC overhaul, to take advantage of the assets I'm using for the other mods. This overall project has the working title "Children of Dawn's Beauty" (a reference to the translation of "Tamriel" from elvish.)

My goals for my mods is to keep to the spirit of the original NPCs, and bring in new elements to freshen them up. I research each NPC's page on UESP to glean traits I want their designs to reflect. Style-wise, I am shooting for a little bit more than Vanilla+, but not super realistic or super fantasy. They use High Poly Heads and Expressive Facegen Morphs. Some of the specific attributes I want to emphasize are:

Cultural References and Enhanced Racial Features

I wanted to work in aesthetics/cosmetics from the other games for elves. To make elves more distinct from humans, I am trying to make some of their non-human characteristics more prominent. All three races have brow ridges; large, almond-shaped eyes with colored scalara and large irises; more saturated and varied skintones; and more prominent ears (still pointed, of course.)

Dunmer NPCs will tend to wear a lot of earrings/other piercings, tattoos, and may have ornamental scarification. I've also invoked images of the Good Daedra and the Temple Saints where I can fit them in.

Bosmer NPCs might have horns or sharpened teeth. They also have eyes with star-shaped pupils.

The Altmer NPCs, for the most part, are a little more separated from their culture (as most NPCs are Thalmor, or likely have a reason they left Summerset.) Individuals of higher standing will wear pearls or moonstone, and be well-coifed and wear makeup. Thalmor tend to be more subdued, with sleeker, darker looks.

Age and Lifestyle Influences

I wanted to reflect aging in a way that default Skyrim only kind of touches on with humans (having an Elder race) and have 4 stages of aging via custom textures: Young, Mature, Middle-Aged, and Elderly. These are based on Tempered Skins for Males and Reverie Skins for females. Textures will be available for Vanilla and CBBE bodies.

Young is the smallest category, with the distinct feature being smoother, fuller face textures:

Mature uses the same body textures as Young, but with less baby fat on their faces:

Middle-Aged textures are somewhat wrinkled with stretch marks on the body:

Elderly textures are the most wrinkled, with stretch marks and liver spots on the body:

There will also be two sets of muscle tone. Laborers and warriors will have more prominent muscles (but not unrealistic six packs.)

Mixed-Race Individuals

There will be a few NPCs with mixed heritage, which will show up in their features.

Outfit Addons

I am also working on adding the outfits seen in my screenshots to NPCs via Skypatcher.

[priquintana]

PRISCILLA QUINTANA Based on a True Story

[crystalreydraws]

Hello hi I just found out you're the artist of my favorite pic of Jamil from all time 🥹 I absolutely LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVEEEEEEEEEEEEE SO MUUUUCH his bday art from 2020!! It's my favorite one from every art and he looks so pretty and hot and cool and like he's in a music clip and about to drop a fire verse!! I LOVE your painting style so much, as a baby artist, would you one day show us how you color? I'm sure you put so much blood, sweat and tears into your hard work and it would great to get a little bit of that wisdom. Please keep drawing, keep doing what you love because it makes the world a better place to live!

Sketched my sleepy and tired oc to do a very quick demonstration but it covers how I color when i render things:

Start with rough greyscale first, it's a good start to roughly decide light direction and value of your overall work. Especially if you have no idea on your shading.

Next, apply base color to greyscale. I'll use gradient map if I want to keep the details of my greyscale. But if not, I'll just start with a flat base color, and try whatever I can to apply color.

Rendering phase. Add layers and just paint on top to refine it. Merge all layers if it's too messy. Then add layers again. My rendering really depends on how much time taken because it's just a loop of paint over and refining. Thats why i do more simple fanart cuz I sometimes get bored of rendering Also at this stage when doing lineless style, I merge lineart with layers and cover up the lines.

Final touch. Merge all layers and use [filter gallery > paint daubs (brush size 1, sharpness 2)]. It will sharpen your work and look detailed. Or add some very fine noise texture, it will look detailed too.

Another very rough demonstration on how i apply color mood. This will be after step 2. And same will be more refining and even paint over to ensure the colors look ok.

Other tips:

Add warm and cool colors especially on skin.

Use pinterest. Always find more than one reference for a subject if you want to draw better than yesterday. Pure ref is a nice tool to gather reference on your pc. When i draw a single hand I had a lot of ref. (pose, color temperature, lighting, photos, artwork, all diff ref)

Color theory is so important I still struggle a lot. I highly recommend beginners start from practicing Marco Bucci's ball practice. After that slowly change to adding character into movie scene and photographs, the purpose is to adapt different color moods and learn the lighting from the image. Learn more from famous movie and cinematic. They did their best to nail the colors.

Anyway,

this is a long answer about how I color. My previous job influenced me so much on coloring so there's a lot of thinking and struggle on my colors.

So, I suggest you be more experimental and try new ways, at the end what remains is what fits you.

[bobbiedebruyn]

How to recognize stolen gifs

Reposting is a constant problem that all gifmakers deal with, both here and on other social media platforms. Whether you're new to Tumblr or just passing by, I'm going to provide an explanation on how to spot a repost and what to do with it. I'll cover both Tumblr and Twitter since, unfortunately, Twitter is the most common place for gifmakers to find their content.

Let me start by saying that most gifmakers have a unique style. We can recognize stolen gifs by their crop/dimension, sharpening, and coloring settings. After a couple of years, you're able to find the set of adjustment settings that you prefer the most. So even the most basic gifs (simple scene gifs) go through a lot before we post them on Tumblr.

If you're new here or don't know much about gifmaking you might be confused about what I meant by crop/dimension, sharpening, and coloring settings, so we're going to go through them one by one.

Crop/Dimension

On Tumblr, for your photosets to be displayed correctly, you need to follow the correct image dimensions. For example, if you post one gif, the width should be 540px (with a maximum height of up to 810px). If you post two gifs in a row, the width of both needs to be 268px (with a maximum height of 600px). And if you post three gifs in a row, two of them need to have a width of 177px, with an exemption for the middle one, which needs to be 178px (with a maximum height of 400px for all three).

Since the maximum height is not specified, all gifmakers have different specific dimensions that they prefer, and therefore they can recognize them easily. For example, if I were to post one gif, I'd make it 540x360 or 540x380, and if I saw it being reposted, I'd recognize it.

Sharpening

Sharpening refers to the Smart Sharpen Filter. This is a filter all of us use to make our gifs look crisp and less blurry. Similarly to dimensions, everyone has unique settings for their Smart Sharpen. Some people use it once, while others use it twice. There are also different values people input into the settings of that filter, therefore they can recognize it. I'm going to provide some visual examples of a gif with and without any sharpening.

As you can see, after applying the filter, the gif became more detailed and less blurry.

Coloring

Now, let's talk about what makes gifs special and unique. Coloring involves a set of adjustments applied to a gif to enhance brightness, and vibrancy, or to remove color tints and alter specific colors within the gif. Even the most basic gifs undergo this process. And as you might expect, everyone has their own coloring settings, ensuring that no two gifs are exactly alike.

One last visual example I'm going to provide is a comparison between a gif without sharpening and coloring and a gif with sharpening and coloring. This way, you can see the difference between what you witnessed on screen while watching a specific TV show and how someone edited that scene in a gif.

Personally, I'm always trying to give a gif more contrast, vibrancy, and brightness. One specific thing I do, which makes it easy for me to recognize my gifs, is changing the leaves in the background from green to yellow. I often aim for this little detail if I know that plot-wise TV show takes place in autumn but the filming took place in summer. Similarly, other gif makers have their own unique additions to their sets that are easily recognizable to them.

Now that we've figured out what makes a gif special and how gif makers recognize them, let's move on to the section about how you can recognize stolen gifs and what you should do about it.

Twitter

This one is extremely easy. Twitter is not exactly known for gifmaking. Sure, some gif-oriented accounts make gifs, but they're not as common as Tumblr gifmakers. However, when it comes to them, there are some ways to tell if a gif was made by them. Watermarks: Twitter accounts often watermark their gifs (Tumblr folks do that too, but it's less common, I'd say). Dimensions: Twitter uses different dimensions for gifs. On Twitter, the width of a gif needs to start from 1080px, in comparison to Tumblr's 540px. When people repost from Tumblr and post on Twitter, the quality of a gif is extremely terrible because of the different dimensions. So, if you don't see a watermark, there is a clear sign of coloring, and the quality is extremely low and pixelated - the gif is most likely from Tumblr.

You can try finding the gif's source by using Google reverse image search. Usually, it'll lead you to the original creator.

Tumblr

Spotting a repost on Tumblr is a bit more complicated but of course, there are ways to do it.

Different dimensions: On Twitter, people usually repost one gif, while on Tumblr, people repost whole sets. It just so happens that sometimes they repost different gifs from different sets. So, if you see a gifset and the dimensions of the gifs in it are not the same, then it's probably stolen from different sets.

Different coloring: Again, if the coloring of the gifs is drastically different, then it means it's probably stolen from different sets.

No creator's tag: Gifmakers often track their own creations using hashtags such as #mine, #mywork, #mine, and #gif. While sometimes gifmakers may forget to include their tag, if you notice a blog posting multiple sets without them and it looks suspicious, it's likely a repost.

No tags: To give gifsets more visibility, gifmakers often use tags such as #onedirectionedit #wtfockedit #filmtvedit or different source blog tags. Reposters don't know about it and don't use it.

Weird captions: Reposters often use gifs as reaction pics. So, instead of captioning a set with something like "Steve Harrington in 3x03", they're more likely to caption it with something like "he looks so hot here!" or "he's so pretty!!" Look out for sets with such captions that look like comments. Keep in mind that they often don't format those captions either.

If you saw the gif before: As mentioned previously, no two gifs are exactly the same. The chances of two gifmakers having the exact same settings down to a pixel are close to zero. So if you think you've seen that exact gif before, it's definitely a repost.

What can you do?

If you've been in the specific fandom for a while, chances are you might have seen that gif before and you might figure out who made it easily. You can also browse through your fandom's overall creations tag to try to find the original post and gifmaker. To do so, search for #yourfandom + #edit. For example, I currently gif the TV show called Wtfock, its creation's tag is #wtfockedit. Got it? Cool! After you figure out who the gifmaker is, you can send them the reposter's post and ask if that's their set.

If you can't find the original gifmaker on your own, you can try messaging other gifmakers from that fandom and asking whether or not they know who made the gifset.

You can also contact the reposter on your own and kindly ask them not to repost the gifs. Explain the Tumblr etiquette to them, there's a chance they're new to the website and simply didn't know about it. There's a chance they might listen to you and take down the post. If they choose not to listen and block you, you can once again message or send asks to different gifmakers from that fandom to inform them of the reposter so that they can block them.

You can also encourage the reposter to make their own gifs, especially if their excuse for reposting is "I don't know how to make my own gifs." While it may seem challenging, it's not impossible. This website is full of tutorials, and many gifmakers are open to helping out and explaining things if you're new to gifmaking. I'll leave a link to a comprehensive guide 101, just in case.

That's it! I hope this post has helped you understand what makes gifs unique, how to distinguish reposts from original posts, and what to do when you encounter a repost. If you have any more questions, feel free to leave messages in my askbox.

[ghostieq]

✨ Gem Hair Tutorial ✨

Hello hello! I decided to make a tutorial on how i personally create Houseki No Kuni / Land of The Lustrous hair (and bonus eyes) for any sort of gemstone character.

Here I’ll provide step by step, screenshot with screenshot for the finished product.

I’d LOVE to see your attempts with my tutorial, so dont be shy to @ me or reply this post!!

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This tutorial is done in my DOODLE STYLE, not REGULAR STYLE.

Characters featured in this tutorial ARE MY OWN CHARACTERS. YOU WILL NOT CREDIT OR CLAIM THEM AS YOUR OWN.

Program Used: IbisPaintX

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1.

- Insert Base / Flat color of choice.

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2.

- Select a darker color from the base color.

- Draw it in simple shapes in the hair. I suggest sharpening the edges via erasing.

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3.

- Set the layer to a lower opacity. Recommended percents are 75, 65, and 55.

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4.

- Blur out the shapes.

- DONT FULLY BLUR THE SHAPES!! Blur the edges / sides.

- Make sure to set your blur brush to a lower opacity. 60 percent range is recommended.

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5.

- Create shadows with a 2nd darker color.

- I used a custom brush by someone (i forgot unfortunately who made this brush…), but for a similar look you could use an airbrush or watercolor brush.

- On this part, set the brush to a low opacity percent. I recommend between 80 & 60.

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6.

- Set your color to WHITE.

- Using that same brush for Step 5, LIGHTLY and FAINTLY speckle the hair with the white all around.

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7.

- Set layer to Add.

- Once again, i am using another custom brush by someone (i cant remember this person either so so sorry). For a similar look, use a Pointillism brush.

- Get a slightly lighter hue of the base color and shade around.

- Speckle the brush allll around the hair.

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8.

- Create this shading detail across parts with your regular brush.

- TRY NOT TO HAVE THESE ALL OVER IN EVERY SECTION OR STRAND!! Make it big in select areas that connect from one side of the hair to the other.

- For the color of step, use the base color but SLIGHTLY lighten it.

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9.

- Blur the shit out of Step 8 shading. Make sure you can still see it somewhat!

- Make sure to your blur brush back to 100 percent opacity for this step.

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10.

- Set color to WHITE once more.

- Use regular brush of choice.

- Add little highlight marks like these across select parts the hair.

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11.

- Blur the ends of the previous step. Dont fully blur it; the white highlights are meant to be seen.

- Change the opacity of the highlights. I recommend 80 or 75 percent.

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12.

- Set this layer to Add again.

- Using your airbrush/watercolor brush again, shade in select areas.

- Change the layer opacity to a recommended range of 85 to 60.

- OPTIONAL: Color the hair line art. Use a darker color of your base color.

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✨ BONUS: Eyes ✨

1.

- Set layer to add.

- Use regular brush of choice, and use base color.

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2.

- Set new layer again to Add.

- Blur the middle between base color and add base color/previous step.

- Use Pointillism brush to create the speckle effect.

- Make the bottom sparkles white. In the middle of the base color and add base color from the previous step, sparkle by that area with the base color.

- OPTIONAL: Color the eye line art.

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And there you are!!! You have completed the tutorial!!! ✨✨

I tried my best with this for each and every instruction. Hope i did good!!

Again, dont be shy to @ me or reply to this post if you have attempted my tutorial. Id love to see all attempts! :]]

[scoutsbabygirl]

Hello! Can i request yandere sniper (or others if you want) trying to get the attention of someone really oblivious?

Have a nice day!

hi! wasn't sure if you meant in a literal way of gaining readers attention (like snapping his fingers to gain your attention). i interpreted this in more of an emotional way and wrote it that way. anyways, hope you enjoy this yandere content!

attention

it was dark inside his van. in the early hours of the morning it was pitch dark outside where mick sat at his wooden desk sharpening his kukri knife, only lamps lit up his camper.

micks eyes were painstakingly focused on the blade in his hands. too many times prior he had cut his fingers and palms on the sharp edge of the kukri. in a low tone, he muttered to himself about how unfair it was that he was surrounded by other men, unfair how you were surrounded by other men.

like many times before the blade slid just a few millimeters and it broke the skin on his forefinger just near the cuticle of his nail. mick cursed under his breath pondering why it seemed like everyone was trying to get "in his way" of you. mick had spent countless and restless nights in the cot of his van staring up at the ceiling or out of the skylight window.

he placed the knife down while he sucked the blood from out of his finger. it was a shallow cut, nothing he hadn't seen before. he sighed deeply, kicking out the chair from underneath him. he was itching to see you again and he was itching to take you away from the main base. after all, it was filled with all the other men he felt he had to compete with.

fuck. that pissed him off.

he needed to get you out of there and he needed to get all the deranged thoughts out of his head. despite it being the dead of night, he opened the caravan door then slamming it shut behind himself.

he was deadset on you. he huffed, making his way towards the main base. gun in his hand incase something were to go awry. the walk from his camper to the base was no less than a 10 minute walk and with his long and lanky legs that journey took even less time for him.

once he arrived to the base he walked around the perimeter towards your room. he knew your room was on the second floor facing the woods in the back. he turned the corner of the wooden badwater building, grazing his black gloves hand on the corner of the structure. he was careful enough not to step on any twigs or leaves on the new mexican desert that would've revealed that someone was outside. if anyone was up he would surely be caught and chased back into his van. his western style foots caused a small whirlwind of dirt and dust to kick up every step he took, only for it to drift back down onto the burnt orange dirt underneath him. a small rust colored pebble the size of a babies' palm laid still right besides feet, squatting down on his haunches he picked the little rock up. he stood up tall again and hurled the rock at your open window. a little light from your vintage club table lamp luminated the corner of your room, he assumed that you were up reading or drawing. even from outside, he heard the little clank of the pebble on your oak wood floor. a breeze of warm southern wind blew by and gave mick goosebumps, his eyes were glued on your window, watching your petite shadow dance on the walls of your room. your body came into view as you bent over to pick up the rock mick had just thrown into your room. he was studying you, trying to determine what exactly you were wearing, was it a nightgown? his eyes traced your chest slightly internally hoping to see even just a glance at your bare chest.

mick was save hidden within the shadows and the darkness of night. he stood still and as quiet as a mouse watching you move around, twisting your head around in an attempt to figure out where the damn rock came from. finally, you approached the open window, looking up at the top of the white window head down to the window sill outside that you and pyro had decorated with a new cacti and plants native to the area. mick saw you shrug in an assumption that you had finally figured out where the rock came from.

he wanted to yell out to you in a hush town for you to come outside and look at the stars with him. it was the perfect cloudless night for stargazing.

you tossed the pebble out the window, the both of you watching it tumble down until it hit the gravel floor and rolled over a few times before stopping some inches away from where it originally landed.

you lifted your arms up and shut the window, turning around and swiftly walking away.

"fuck. me." mick sighed in disappointment, pondering why he couldn't have just said your name, why he couldn't fucking talk to you. you were right there. right in front of him. all he had to do was

say.

your.

name.

defeated, his gaze shifted to the small light in your corner flick off. seems as if the random appearance of the rock in your room from nowhere didn't startle you as much as what mick hoped for. sighing, he turned on his heels back to the safe haven of his van, slinking back into the shadows of what he was loneliness he was too familiar with.

[zresources]

yet another gif coloring tutorial

Okay, so, I posted a coloring tutorial for one of my moots a few years ago on my main, @zackmartin (I believe I've since deleted it) but that was the technique I was using when I started making gifs 7ish years ago, and I’ve since updated my routine so I decided to post a new tutorial with my new technique.

I'm going to show you how I achieved this:

I'm using Photoshop for this. I'll try to make this as detailed as possible so it's beginner-friendly, but you do at least need to know how to make and export a gif. If you have any questions, don't hesitate to reach out! just be aware, this tutorial really image-heavy

A few notes before I begin: 1) this is like, the bare minimum most basic way to color a gif. This is what I’d be doing if I was giffing a scene and that’s it. If you’re interested in different coloring styles (like my suite life episode series) then let me know! 2) When coloring gifs with POC, you need to make sure not to change their skin color by making them too light, too orange, too yellow etc. The JATP source blog posted a masterpost of different tutorials to teach you how to color gifs in different ways (like with the pastel coloring for instance) without whitewashing/orangewashing POC. But, honestly there’s a ton of tutorials out there that show you how to avoid this if you do a little digging. NO EXCUSES! 

Anyway, let's get started! Before I do the coloring, I ofc make my gif, crop it, set the frame rate, resize, and sharpen. (you can find my sharpening tutorial HERE)

I. BRIGHTENING

(as a quick note, I don't focus much on London's skin tone during this stage, because I'm going to fix it during later steps)

The first thing I do is white balance using a curves layer. To do this, I click the little circle thing in the toolbar below the layers, and then click curves like so (you'll do this every time you want to add a new layer):

And then I click the bottom eyedropper tool on the left-hand side:

Then I click the lightest white part of the gif. (I’m not sure how to explain this well, but it basically white balances that spot to make it pure white. Like, if I clicked on the gold part of London's bracelet, then the whole gif would turn out really blue because it would be trying to white balance the gold) (hopefully that makes at least a little bit of sense)

Anyway, there’s a trick I use to find the lightest part of the gif; hold down the option key (or alt if you’re on windows) and while you’re holding down the option key, drag the little white arrow on the right-hand side:

(i apologize for the quality of the screenshots, tumblr keeps destroying them :/ let me know if I need to clarify anything)

Then I use another curves layer to do the same thing with but with the blacks. So, I add another curves layer, and then click the eyedropper tool at the top this time:

And then I click the darkest, black part of the gif. You can use the same trick by holding the option/alt key and dragging the triangle on the left-hand side:

Next, I add a levels layer. I drag the middle lever thing to the left, and the left lever to the right. (I don’t usually touch the little lever thing on the far-right, but it’s really up to personal preference. I learned to color gifs by basically messing around with settings, so I’d recommend doing the same and just seeing what you like best):

Finally, if I want to go even brighter, I usually add a brightness/contrast layer. I typically turn up the brightness a bit, and turn down the contrast. But, since I brightened a lot with the curves and levels, I usually don’t go that far. These were the settings I used for this particular gif (even though I'm going to share most of the settings that I used, I wouldn't recommend using the exact same ones on your own gif as it'll really depend on the scene you're using):

II. VIBRANCE

Now I add a vibrance layer. I like my gifs to be bright and vibrant, so I usually turn up the vibrance, and turn down the saturation a bit. These are the settings I used for this particular gif:

And this is what the gif looks like so far with just brightening it up a bit and adding vibrance (it might look a bit too bright right now, but I'm going to fix that in later steps):

III. SELECTIVE COLOR

Now, I add a selective color layer. The reds and yellows typically affect skin tones, so this is where I'll start to fix London's. These are the settings I used for this gif (I usually wouldn't change all of the colors, but this is just one of those situations where they happened to be present in the scene I'm giffing):

IV. HUE/SATURATION

now I add a hue/saturation layer. I typically turn up the master saturation to +10 and the lightness between +3 - +5 regardless of the gif. Then if I still need to fix skin tones, I'll mess around with the reds and yellows. These are the settings I used:

V. PHOTO FILTER

Next, I add a photo filter. I usually stick with the default one, I keep the layer set to normal, and I turn the opacity down to 25%:

VI. B&W GRADIENT MAP

finally, I add a black & white gradient map, and I click the little box to reverse it:

Then I set the layer to soft light and I turn the opacity down, between 10% - 20% depending on the gif:

A lot of times, I'll stop here. If I'm satisfied with the way the gif looks, and London's skin isn't too pale/orange/yellow etc, then I could just add my watermark, export and be done. But, there a few other optional steps I might take if I'm still not quite happy with it.

VII. OPTIONAL

Usually the next thing I'll add if I've decided to keep going is a color balance layer. It obviously does as it says, helps balance out the colors, but some gifmakers also like their gifs to have like, a reddish tint or a bluish tint or what have you, so this can help with that too. I wanted to balance out the reddish/yellowish tint, so these are the settings I used:

and this was the gif before the color balance:

and after:

And if I want to play around with the colors a bit more, or fix the skin tones further, I might add another selective color layer or a hue/saturation layer (or both, depending).

Rarely, I might add an exposure layer. (I added one to this gif for the purposes of this tutorial). These are the settings I used for that:

And if the gif came out a bit too bright, I might add another brightness/contrast layer, except this time I would turn down the brightness and turn up the contrast (again, I did that with this gif for the purposes of this tutorial).

And, that's pretty much it! This is my finished gif!

Like I said earlier, I pretty much learned how to color by messing around in photoshop, so I would really recommend playing with the different layers and settings for yourself, as well as checking out other coloring tutorials and other gifmakers methods and see what you like and what you don't. And finally, the best thing you can do is just,,, practice. I've been gifmaking for about seven years, but I feel like I didn't really become decent at it until this year

Again, If you have any questions let me know! and feel free to tag me in your creations! #userzackmartin 💕

[chanrizard]

GIF REMAKE CHALLENGE! ✨

📩 remake someone's else coloring, sharpening, slowing, and resizing. do your best to get close to the original and share how you did. make a new gif to challenge those you tag to recreate. share the source video if possible! try not to tell those you tagged anything to help them: see what they can figure out and how close they get on their own! if you're tagged in several, you can do one or all, whatever you like! if they have a giffing tutorial, shared actions, etc., you can use that to aid your recreation!

@changbeens​ bee my beeloved 💗

i had so much fun trying to recreate your pretty gif but i think i coined a plethora of new curse words in the process adhjsda i couldn’t figure out how to add that pink hue to the gif and i had to remake the psd twice

then when i thought i was finally done and i was reasy to export the gif i noticed the speed didn’t match at all, i was ready to rip my hair out one by one lmao

now your bin has a... well maybe not a twin but a close cousin i hope :]

@minzbins​ mel mel mel... your seungmin made me despair quite a lot, i think it’s the gif that took me the longest? and there’s still something a little off with the reds, this was so hard 🫠 started making it had a breakdown bon appetit this is the final result i hope i did your beautiful gif justice <3

@chalamst​ ahhh thank you for choosing a shot of squishy lino!! those stage lights were a nightmare to color and your gifs looks so so nice, surprisingly enough it’s the one i finished the quickest, maybe because it’s the closest to my own style of coloring <3

im tagging @yang-innie @woodziecup @yonglixx @bangzchan @leenope @babycatlix and @cheekyquokka ​ no pressure of course! my challenge for you is this stage, 00:03:22

[professormembranexreader]

Membrane x Male! Assistant! Reader (Smut)

AU: ETF but Zim stays schmoopy.

(Y/N)’s POV

I adjusted Membrane’s signature collared lab coat as the sound of people entering rang in from the house to backstage. Situated in front of the two of us was a gigantic television screen connected to a camera monitoring the house.

One wouldn’t expect him to be nervous, but Membrane was. He was terrified. He had been made aware of electrical problems in town, and was worried his son, Dib, might try to bring — what did he call it? His “jalada no científica”? That sounds about right. He was worried basin might try to bring that stuff to the keynote and divert attention to himself. He didn’t want his son to be made a fool of. No one should want that for their child.

But that nervousness was making him look disheveled.

I finished fixing his appearance and watched as he ran a hand down his hair spike, smoothing it. “You’re on in one minute.”

He nodded and stepped onto the platform that would rise to meet the stage. Once I gave him a thumbs up, the platform began to rise, and he spoke.

“Ladies and gentlemen!” His voice boomed through the speakers embedded within the stadium. The crowd roared ruthlessly, awaiting his every word.

He waited for the platform he was in to rise before beginning, “I am so very proud to announce…” When he was flush with the floor, he continued. “The new, Peace Day Edition… MEMBRACELET!”

The crowd was screaming his praise. But they grew quiet when he held a hand out to signal the cheering should momentarily cease.

“But I’m sure you’re wondering, ‘Why do I need a new Membracelet?’ Well, my dear consumer, I’ll tell you.”

“The Membracelet was originally meant for children to stimulate their minds as well as help them keep in touch with the ones they hold dear. It can run sensory engaging apps such as Peanut Simulator, and newly added Bloaty’s Puzzle Hog, that sharpen the reflexes of children across the world.”

“‘But Professor’, you’re saying, ‘What’s so different about this version other than a few new apps?’” He paused.

“Well, it’s simple. As you know, tomorrow is Peace Day, and nobody is as excited for the celebration as I am!”

A random man from the crowd waved his arms, screaming “I AM!”

Membrane shot up towards the man, rocketing up the stairs to shout in his face: “NOT SCIENTIFICALLY POSSIBLE!”

“Miguel, get back to the stage like a good boy.” I whispered into my earpiece. He shrank away from the man, doing as I asked.

Sighing, and regaining his composure, he resumed his speech. “Children. We discovered they generate an energy field of limitless chaotic potential. We call that child energy: CHILDERGY. The new Membracelet harnesses that Childergy and channels it outward as pure PEACE and JOY.”

The crowd ooh-ed and aah-ed as he explained how the device worked.

“Tomorrow, children will hold hands, encircling the planet in Membracelets, to bring about a peace unlike any the wORLD HAS EVER KNOWN!”

The crowd returned to its raucous state. But suddenly, the power went out. Screams rang out from a few frightened individuals, but that’s what you get for holding a keynote event in a town with unreliable energy. The backup generator quickly kicked on and the screams quieted.

I saw sweat bead on his forehead. It wasn’t that noticeable, but I knew where to look. He let out a deep exhale. “Well, now that we’re a bit less powerless...” The screen behind him switched to a picture of the Membracelet in four different colors. “We have Membracelets in multiple colors — for all styles and fashions!"

The crowd rejoiced and Membrane returned to the platform in the stage. “Good job, Professor,” I said over my earpiece. He slowly was lowered to my level under the stage. He turned off his mic and slowly walked over to me. “Professor?” I asked. But I got no response, as he slammed me to the wall.

He glared at me through his goggles. Shit...

“What’s wrong, Professor?” I asked, tilting my head, playing coy.

“If you want to act like you don’t know, I’ll show you,” he growled. I gulped. He was so hot when he was pent up. It was almost as if I’d planned this.

He pulled down his high collar and pressed his lips against mine in a rough kiss. He squeezed my ass as I moaned into the kiss. But he abruptly pulled away.

“But not now, sabroso. Not now...” He let go of me, “I have a few questions to answer for the press.”

As he walked up the stairs leading to the reserved parking (where reporters were inevitably waiting), I slumped against the wall. Every time I tried to toy with him, I got toyed with right back. And I absolutely loved it.

Does that make me a brat?

Shit, maybe...

In a moment of desperation, I went back to my house, painfully pent up. I knew I’d have to take care of this sooner rather than later. I briskly walked into my modest house and marched to the bedroom, slowly stripping on the way there.

By the time I had gotten to my bedroom, all I still had on were my pants and the boxers underneath. And with a bit of struggle, those were off too. I laid down on my messy bed and started pumping my cock. As I stroked, I may have gotten a bit too into it... I started moaning out Membrane’s name. And while this wasn’t unordinary for me to moan that, I typically had him with me. After all, what are friends with benefits if you’re only friends?

It was only when I heard a throat being cleared that I realized I was being watched. Caught, red handed. And by Membrane, nonetheless. How picturesque it must have been.

I only noticed I was holding my breath when he spoke, “Did I tell you that you could stop?”

I shook my head, indicating a no, and returned to pleasuring myself. I watched from a distance as the large figure of Professor Membrane moved to unbutton his lab coat. I stole a glance at his uncovered face. Screw the rest of him, I’d seen his torso and legs a million times over. His face, however? That was new. He pushed up his goggles and stared into my soul with his chocolate brown eyes. It was only when his gaze flicked downwards that I realized he was on track to fuck himself too.

“Chingados, (Y/N). You truly are a sight...” he gasped out between strokes, staring at me like I would disappear if he didn’t. I couldn’t help but moan and lean my head back as I got closer to a climax.

“Professor~” I moaned out. I heard Membrane’s breath hitch as I groaned.

“(Y/N), if you keep making noises like that…”

I looked at him the best I could, smirking as I whispered, “You’ll what?”

He growled and pounced on top of me, pinning my hands above my head. “Stay there,” he commanded as he let go of my wrists. He quickly pulled down his slacks and boxers. He made quick work of pushing my legs forward as to start preparing me for anal.

He slowly inserted a gloved finger into my ass and soon another. He began scissoring my insides. I almost came from that alone. But right when I was about to, he pulled his fingers out.

I whimpered, but he shushed me. He took off his gloves, revealing robotic arms. I’d seen them a few times before, but never in this kind of setting. But that’s beside the point. My focus was quickly shifted to the sensation of his dick entering me. I couldn’t help but groan as he pushed farther and farther. I wrapped my legs around his torso the best I could, and grabbed onto his neck.

Tears pricked my eyes.

He waited patiently for permission to move as I got adjusted to the feeling of him inside me. I slowly moved to hold his face and nodded. He grabbed my hips and began fucking himself with me. I moaned out louder than before as I felt him shift inside me.

His pace was relentless. It started off slower, yes, but it was brutal. Every time I got used to the pace he set, he increased the speed of his thrusts.

However, nothing lasts forever, and that was beginning to be my reality. My fingernails raked down his back as I moaned out obscenities.

“Say my name, guapo,” he groaned softly into my skin.

“Miguel~”

“Louder!”

“Miguel!”

“MÁS ALTO, POR EL AMOR DEL DIOS.”

“MIGUEL!”

White streaked my chest and clouded my vision as I wrenched my eyes closed. A few more thrusts from him and I felt him release inside me, overstimulating me even more.

He stayed inside me for a minute or two, but eventually pulled out. I whined. But it was inevitable. Almost immediately I felt cum leak out of me.

“Now who’s a good boy? Hmm?” Membrane asked, smirking.

I yawned, exhausted from how rough it was. “Still you.”

He chuckled, and he picked my bear limp body up to wash me off. All I could do was hum contently, as I knew I was going to be taken care of.

Translations:

- jalada no científica — unscientific bullshit

-sabroso — tasty

-chingados — fuck (interjection)

-más alto — louder

[aquablues-archive]

gif remake challenge (original here) - remake someone's else coloring, sharpening, slowing, and resizing. do your best to get close to the original and share how you did. make a new gif to challenge those you tag to recreate. share the source video if possible! try not to tell those you tagged anything to help them : see what they can figure out and how close they get on their own! if you're tagged in several, you can do one or all, whatever you like! if they have a giffing tutorial, shared actions, etc., you can use that to aid your recreation!

as a note, don't stress yourself out doing it! if you can't or don't want to recreate sharpening, or whatever else is a struggle, don't! the main goal is to make it look similar. it can still be in your style.

left is @lee-haechan rose’s pretty gif hehe and on the right is my attempt . ATTEMPT 🫣 at recreating it 

ROSE. as soon as i saw the source material i was like oh im fucked LMFAO this was so hard ithink i took like 20 mins alone trying to get the size . SFNSJDS also i think it’s off by like one frame which makes me wanna ⚰️ . i do Nawt know how u do it i was struggling so hard .. this has like 5 selective color layers tht just . counter each other i think 😭😭 idk how u kept the bg all blue i was mind boggled i was like this is gonna be fun !! and then i sat behind my laptop for two hours like 😀

source: 230219 jia fancam 

tagging: @hyvnsuk @y5ngha @wonjinist @kyubins @winxys @weitual @awek-s @seokmatthewz @fr9mis @mizugucci @hwichanis hi friends . friends . bc that’s what we r . right . RIGHT . FNSKFN jk but pls don’t h8 me for tagging u im sensitive 😍

[jeonghan-yoons]

gif remake challenge - remake someone's else coloring, sharpening, slowing, and resizing. do your best to get close to the original and share how you did. make a new gif to challenge those you tag to recreate. share the source video if possible! try not to tell those you tagged anything to help them; see what they can figure out and how close they get on their own! if you're tagged in several, you can do one or all, whatever you like! if they have a giffing tutorial, shared actions, etc., you can use that to aid your recreation!

originally, my friend and i (og posts here & here) created this challenge to showcase how unique a cc's giffing process is, and by trying to recreate another cc's style, it'll hopefully help provide insight to their creative process. thank you to the lovely @lee-haechan for helping me revive this challenge. i tried my best to recreate her chaewon gif dfjsk sharpening and adding noise was okay but the coloring...oh goodness. you can also look at my coloring stages tutorial to try and recreate my gif!

video source: here

tagging: @jeonwonwoo @solojihyo @hannietual @junranghae @97chwe @ftdino @shuaberriez @wnjunhui @woozification @wonufied @seungkwan-s @sugarushride (no pressure to participate – feel free to tag me again bc i'd love to try and recreate one of your gifs as well!!)

[kimuramasaya]

gif remake challenge (original here) - remake someone’s else coloring, sharpening, slowing, and resizing. do your best to get close to the original and share how you did. make a new gif to challenge those you tag to recreate. share the source video if possible! try not to tell those you tagged anything to help them : see what they can figure out and how close they get on their own! if you’re tagged in several, you can do one or all, whatever you like! if they have a giffing tutorial, shared actions, etc., you can use that to aid your recreation!

I was tagged by my beloved @wonjinist to recreate iconic gas pedal minhee in her always gorgeous style. my timing is a little off, but other than that, I think I got kinda close

I‘m tagging @lunetual @woodziecup @dongkwan @hwichanis @kyubins @yangsminho @y5ngha @mizugucci and anyone else who wants to play to recreate a wonseo form gif from the pt concert! I conveniently have the video file available for everyone here. I feel a little bad about giving y’all a long source file, so I will say that form is the very last song

[vinnymauro]

do you have any tips with gifmaking? like making higher quality gifs and growing a following i get so nervous interacting with other gifmakers because i feel like i being judged by them😭

hi there!!

i have some tips but i'll start with a couple of tutorial links that might help and why i use them. while art is always subjective, i do find that sometimes the lack of good sharpening turns me off to gifs and saying that out loud makes me sound rude, i'm so sorry!!

gif tutorial by cal-ketis, it's what i used to start making gifs and it's how i'm still giffing.

this action by anyataylorjoy, it saves so many steps

sharpening actions by nina-zcnik, i personally use a combination of v3 and v1.

grain filter tutorial by hellboys, this helps if the media is old and not as hd.

my general coloring tutorial tag & ps resource tag should be helpful!!

things i've learned over time/gathered from other gifmakers

practice. practice. practice. literally the art of photoshop (and i'd assume photopea is similar!) is to fuck around and find out.

make gifs for you and no one else

do what makes you feel happy

the better the quality (1080p or higher) the better the gif. i don't know how to sail the high seas so i've been very fortunate that i have friends who are so so kind to send me links.

try to join some gif source blogs!! i am personally scared to join some (because of not knowing how to sail the high seas) but people are always helpful in the ones i'm currently in.

if you don't join them, at least follow them!! they often drop tutorials and other fun goodies.

get into the habit of creating often even if you don't post them immediately.

it is not too late to learn something new and it's not too late to change your coloring style because someone else opened up your third eye.

don't be afraid to ask questions! this is mostly due to you mentioning that you get nervous interacting with other gifmakers and i'm telling you that i have met some of the nicest people who have taught me so much. i haven't even been giffing for a year and i would be lost without some of my very lovely friends!! so don't be nervous!!

as far as growing a following i really can't help you with that. i don't create for a following, i create for me. it's a lot less stress that way. and also i don't really have that many followers. tumblr glitched last month so i can't tell you what my actual follower count is. it's hilarious. anyway, anon, feel free to come back with any more questions you may have!! i'm more than happy to help when i can or at least steer you to some blogs or tutorials i like.

have a vinny!

[wnjunhui]

gif remake challenge - remake someone's else coloring, sharpening, slowing, and resizing. do your best to get close to the original and share how you did. make a new gif to challenge those you tag to recreate. share the source video if possible! try not to tell those you tagged anything to help them; see what they can figure out and how close they get on their own! if you're tagged in several, you can do one or all, whatever you like! if they have a giffing tutorial, shared actions, etc., you can use that to aid your recreation!

@jeonghan-yoons tagged me to recreate that beautiful jeonghan gif and it was definitely a challenge, but it was also fun... for the first time in years did my coloring in a different way (her coloring tutorial for stages is sooo good and it was what made me get as close as possible to her original gif), so now i’m back to experimenting with my coloring... it was so hard to not do it just the way i always do. 

as for my gif, i decided to go with a stage gif as well, i kept my usual vibrant style but tried to give it a vampire vibe lol. good luck, i don’t have any tutorials, but i can answers questions 😅

video source here

i tag: @userjungkook97 @jeonghan-yoons @sugarushride @ftdino @woozification @wonufied @userjiminie (no pressure to do it. also you can tag me again bc this is fun!)

[kingfakey]

is it ok to ask how u edit ur lookbooks? i love your style sm

hiii!!!! omg thank you 🥹

first thing you need to know is that where my lookbooks are concerned i'm not doing a whole lot of editing. that's my secret, i think. i do as much as i can in blender. which is why this is exceedingly flattering for you to say because i do not consider myself very good at editing (mostly compared to those ppl that do shadows and hair strands, that's not my bag yanno!!!) i also try not to get too repetitive, so this is all just kind of general. if you got specific lookbooks in mind, i can dig into it.

also to preface this, i'm not going to link to any specific tutorials, because i don't know your particular learning style and there are soooo many tutorials out there that i could take hours just finding one. so i'm sorry but i'm going to have to leave the research with you, and point you in the right direction.

i've been using the same PSD, more or less, for well over 10 years now. i tweak it a little every time. learning how to make your own PSD can be a game changer-- you can learn how to manipulate the colors the way you wanna manipulate them, and if you use it long enough (like i have!) you'll create a signature. i'm such a sucker for the selective color adjustment layer, it's how i get my pinks so uniform. 💗

almost as important as a PSD is the action you use. i also made that, just a little sharpening, very tiny topaz effect, and more smart sharpen. in doing this (either taking the time to learn to make your own, or finding one you like) you'll free up a lot of time by quickly filtering your images and moving onto the fun parts.

layers layers layers!!!!

blending options for your layer open up (little mermaid voice) a whole new world! whether it's text you're bringing style to, cool outlines, soft glows, you can have a lot of fun just playing around.

fonts. just collect cool fonts you like. lost-type co-op is one of my favorites. play around with making some typography. there's no right answers!! but if you're working in a bigger canvas, make sure to zoom out so you know it's gonna be readable when tumblr scales it down to fit its format.

if you're going the blender route:

get in the habit of doing transparent background versions of every shot. even if i don't plan on using them, i just have them, and it makes editing a lot easier, a lot less painful. don't even have to crop out the backgrounds, it's just done.

learning how to use the compositor is another game changer. it's how i bring a little bit of a glow to my renders and make them pop without even having to open photoshop.

turn on node wrangler. this isn't relevant to anything in specific just look into how to enable node wrangler and thank me later.

also turn on the ratio aspects in your blender camera settings. this will allow you to see if things are centered, or juuuust the right amount of off-center if, if you're into that.

[besavedbyaperfectkiss]

do you use adobe bestie!?? i thinking of trying it and if i like it i might buy it

I do bestie!!!!! I enjoy it enough. I use it for work as well but I’ve always used it for edits since I started a WHILE ago lmao. I started to use it for digital art too. It’s always easier imo. The hardest to navigate is photoshop and tbh I Started on that so it was uphill. However I will say the programming for it has gotten So Much Better in recent years. It still makes files way too big BUT the result is beautiful and while it takes time to understand, making a beautiful gif always hits in photoshop. Coloring and sharpening are unmatched in that regard. It’s definitely worth trying out. I know they have sales a lot too!! If you’re gonna use it, I always recommend photoshop and illustrator. I have to use indesign a lot for work and photoshop but indesign is all layout which idk if you even need tbh. I also used to work for a newspaper (they were a hot mess, had to recreate their entire brand lmao literally made them new ads, new logos and a brand new layout file) and indesign was a saint at that point

All in all I think Adobe has some really great programs and you’ll get your money’s worth as long as you explore it!! There’s so so many apps and tbh I’ve used A LOT more and experimented with different art forms more than I thought I would (example: dreamweaver-programming,HTML, Adobe XL-video effects, and more I cannot think of). You also get amazing deals on classes and that’s always so so cool. There’s a $10 class on digital art that I recommend to EVERYONE if they want to get into it. I love her art style so so much she has a graphic memoir that is Stunning and it’s Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month so plugging this works!!)

ANYWAY all in all, you’re never limited when using Adobe. There are ways around everything and while you’re supplied with MANY fonts, you can still download new ones. It’s gotten better the past few years and grown to accommodate more artists. There’s definitely still stuff to work out but I highly recommend!!!!