Angel And Lil Papi In POSE 2x02 - Worth It

i love leverage it’s like what if robin hood and the merry men were polyamorous and waged psychological warfare on the rich in addition to stealing from them

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Resources For Describing Emotion

Emotions

Without Making Your Character Feel Too Self Aware

Showing Emotion Without Telling About It

Emotions Associated With Body Language

Telling Readers What The Character Doesn’t Want To Show

Hiding Emotions

Expressing Cardinal Emotions: Masculine vs. Feminine

Writing Extreme Emotion Without Melodrama

Specific Emotions

Conveying Shock

Conveying Embarrassment

Conveying Disappointment

Conveying Love/Attraction

Conveying Annoyance

Conveying Relief

Conveying Uncertainty

Conveying Impatience

Conveying Shame

Conveying Resentment

Conveying Panic

Conveying Guilt

Conveying Desperation

Conveying Sarcasm & Verbal Disrespect

Conveying Confusion

Conveying Stubbornness

Conveying Frustration

Conveying Indifference

Conveying Indignation

Conveying Confidence & Pride

Conveying Smugness

Conveying Enthusiasm

Conveying Curiosity

Conveying Hopefulness

Conveying Unease

Conveying Reluctance

Conveying Worry

Conveying Humility & Meekness

Conveying Happiness & Joy

Conveying Amusement

Conveying Disgust

Conveying Resignation

Conveying Jealousy

Conveying Anticipation

Conveying Contentment

Conveying Defeat

Conveying Excitement

Conveying Fear

Conveying Hatred

Conveying Hurt

Conveying Being Overwhelmed

Conveying Sadness & Grief

Conveying Satisfaction

Conveying Somberness

Conveying Sympathy & Empathy

Conveying Wariness

Conveying Defensiveness

Conveying Desire

Conveying Doubt

Conveying Energy

Conveying Exhaustion

Conveying Hunger

Conveying Loneliness

Conveying Physical Pain

Emotional Wounds

A Role Model Who Disappoints

A Sibling’s Betrayal

A Speech Impediment

Becoming a Caregiver at an Early Age

Being Bullied

Being Fired or Laid Off

Being Held Captive

Being Mugged

Being Publicly Humiliated

Being Raised by Neglectful Parents

Being Raised by Overprotective Parents

Being So Beautiful It’s All People See

Being the Victim of a Vicious Rumor

Being Stalked

Being Trapped in a Collapsed Building

Being Unfairly Blamed For The Death of Another

Childhood Sexual Abuse (by a family member or known person)

Discovering One’s Parent is a Monster

Discovering One’s Sibling was Abused

Experiencing a Miscarriage or Stillbirth

Failing At School

Failing To Do The Right Thing

Financial Ruin Due To A Spouse’s Irresponsibility

Finding Out One’s Child Was Abused

Finding Out One Was Adopted

Getting Lost In a Natural Environment

Growing Up In A Cult

Growing Up in a Dangerous Neighborhood

Growing Up In Foster Care

Growing Up In The Public Eye

Growing Up In The Shadow of a Successful Sibling

Growing Up with a Sibling Who Has a Chronic Disability or Illness

Having Parents Who Favored One Child Over Another

Having To Kill Another Person To Survive

Infertility

Infidelity (emotional or physical)

Losing a Limb

Losing a Loved One To A Random Act of Violence

Making a Very Public Mistake

Overly Critical or Strict Parents

Physical Disfigurement

Rejection By One’s Peers

Telling The Truth But Not Being Believed

The Death of a Child On One’s Watch

Victimization via Identity Theft

Watching A Loved One Die

Wrongful Imprisonment

Spending Time In Jail

Suffering From a Learning Disability

Motivation

Achieving Spiritual Enlightenment

Avoiding Certain Death

Avoiding Financial Ruin

Beating a Diagnosis or Condition

Being Acknowledged and Appreciated by Family

Being a Leader of Others

Being the Best At Something

Caring for an Aging Parent

Carrying on a Legacy

Catching The Bad Guy or Girl

Coming To Grips With Mental Illness

Discovering One’s True Self

Escaping a Dangerous Life one Doesn’t Want

Escaping a Killer

Escaping a Widespread Disaster

Escaping Confinement

Escaping Homelessness

Escaping Invaders

Finding Friendship or Companionship

Finding a Lifelong Partner

Having a Child

Helping a Loved One See They Are Hurting Themselves and Others

Obtaining Shelter From The Elements

Overcoming Abuse and Learning To Trust

Overcoming Addiction

Protecting One’s Home or Property

Pursuing Justice For Oneself or Others

Realizing a Dream

Reconciling with an Estranged Family Member

Rescuing a Loved One From a Captor

Restoring A Name or Reputation

Righting a Deep Wrong

Seeking Out One’s Biological Roots

Stopping an Event From Happening

Trying Again When One Has Previously Failed

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top tips for intermediate giffers

so, disclaimer - I have learned most of these things through trial and error, so if you see older sets by me that do something I say isn’t great in gifs - *coughcolouringcough* - that is why. and ofc I’ve only been in the giffing game for about a year, and because the programme I use is adobe photoshop cs6, these tips will be based largely on what I know using that.

first off - dimensions. current dimensions are 540px in width for wide gifs (and they vary in height) and 268px for the smaller gifs that take up roughly half that space. stick to those or at least stay consistent in your dimensions.

try to crop out logos and credits. it’s a pain esp because a lot of my more recent cw show downloads have all had the pesky cw watermark in the corner. but trust me, your gif will look better without it. 

if you’re giffing poc, try and avoid or at least exercise some caution with blue photo filters and blue colour balance. they are notorious for whitewashing poc, especially those who can seem white-passing in certain lighting or if they’re coloured wrong. on that note, go easy on exposure, brightness and the lighter options for curves and levels layers.

if your gif looks grainy in the black areas, you can increase the contrast in a brightness/contrast layer, or in a levels layer, or in a curves layer (I find the more subtle one is linear contrast because the other options tend to be a bit overboard). if your gif still looks grainy, try increasing blacks in a selective colouring layer.

this one is definitely one I’m guilty of - if you’re unsure about colouring, don’t post your set immediately. save it as a draft on your laptop or tablet, and then open tumblr on your phone and see how it looks there. if it looks too saturated or conversely washed out, or the gifs are too dark and you can’t actually see the faces, then you can go back and tinker contrast and colouring until it looks better.

frame-wise, I tend to either have 50 or 38 frames for a gif. if it’s 50, each frame will be 0.06 seconds. if it’s 38, each frame is 0.07 seconds. in both cases the total length of the gif is three seconds. no matter how many frames I have, my minimum length for any gif is always three seconds. it can go above that and that’s fine, but I tend not to go below that. that’s just my preference, but I’ve seen shorter gifs on here before and I think it kinda is a bit - blink and you’ll miss it, kind of thing, so I’d recommend all your gifs to be at the very least 2.5 seconds long each. I’d recommend you don’t go over 75 frames in total, just because your gif will get too long or it’ll go way too fast.

when importing video frames to layers (aka your first step in making a gif), try to avoid using limit to every _ frames unless you’ve got a long scene that you want to get all the dialogue in. the reason is because when you play the gif, it will be twice as fast in speed and that makes it kinda jarring to see.

psds are great, especially if they’re tailored for a specific show which has dodgy lighting (such as arrow). use them, but always give credit where requested and also reblog them.

keep text centred by first selecting the text layer, then manually selecting all the frames (as in click the first frame and then go to the last frame and click while holding on to shift), then doing ctrl + a (or the mac equivalent of select all) and then going to layer > align > horizontal centres and then again - layer > align > vertical centres

on the subject of text, the most readable colour is going to probably be a light one. my default is white, with 1px stroke and 5px distance and size drop shadow (opacity 75%), both in black. to do this, you again need to select the text layer, manually select all the frames and then right-click the text layer and select blending options. stroke will be 3px on default but I find that’s too thick most of the time. you shouldn’t have to change any of the drop shadow settings on default.

keep your fonts simple! my faves are intro, arial (bold italic), century gothic (bold italic) and gill sans mt (bold italic). most of the time using all caps is your best bet, unless your font is distinctive enough. if you go for something more complex, curly or anything that isn’t totally plain, just be careful with sizing. 

on that note, bear in mind the size of the gif when you size your text. if you’ve got a wide gif, it ofc depends on the font but my font size varies between 18 (for the plainer fonts) to 24 (for the more handwriting-y fonts). for the smaller gifs, I’d recommend sizing centred text no bigger than maybe 15, and if you’re using text for captions, 12 is probably best (and arial bold and italic is my default here).

using selective colour is a lot of fun! but just be aware that sometimes you (I) can go overboard and it messes up the gif. (aka I have definitely messed up with selective colour before and my gifs have been shoddy so like - learn from my mistakes, yo.) pay special attention to neutrals because that changes the colours of people’s faces a lot of the time. also it is perfectly normal to have a few selective colour layers. just watch out for graininess.

it’s always nice for your gifs to have similar colours. if you want things to match or at least be in the same ballpark palette wise, it’s always a good idea to zoom out (66.7% or 50% is best depending on size and number) and then drag each of your gif windows side by side and/or stacked on top of each other, like this:

that way you can see if the colours go together for the gifset as a whole.

it’s always good to have a vibrance layer - the vibrance is something you can increase to make the colours more, well, vibrant, and decreasing saturation can help balance out the effects of selective colour esp if someone white looks a bit too pink or orange. just be aware that when giffing poc you should use this layer with caution and do your best not to whitewash.

make sure your clips are at least 720p. if you’ve downloaded the episode and the resolution isn’t high enough, if it’s a popular enough scene you might get lucky and find it on youtube. if you do, you can easily download it, very possibly in a higher resolution, using onlinevideoconverter.com or another site. you may have to crop out watermarks, but it’s worth it if you get clearer gifs.

that’s pretty much all I got for the time being. none of these rules are set in stone. in fact, none of these rules are even really rules, because there is often no order to art. but these tips may help you along the way. be sure to reblog if you found this useful, and happy giffing!

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CHARACTER PSD 01. DOWNLOAD LINK.

My first attempt at a character psd! It’s a simple look. The font used was Cocogoose regular, and dimensions for the photos are included in the psd. Edits are welcome, I just ask that you don’t claim this as your own or redistribute. Credit, reblogs/likes, are all nice, but not required! Included in the post are two examples with some of my ocs that you can click to enlarge.

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u can never have enough chella man content

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money can’t buy happiness but it can buy a false sense of security and fruity alcoholic beverages to numb the pain and honestly what’s the difference

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if you don’t terrify people a little bit then what’s the point.

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pick-me-ups for writers

for the self-conscious beginner: No one makes great things until the world intimately knows their mediocrity. Don’t think of your writing as terrible; think of it as preparing to contribute something great.

for the self-conscious late bloomer: Look at old writing as how far you’ve come. You can’t get to where you are today without covering all that past ground. For that, be proud.

for the perfectionist: Think about how much you complain about things you love—the mistakes and retcons in all your favorite series—and how you still love them anyway. Give yourself that same space.

for the realist: There will be people who hate your story even if it’s considered a classic. But there will be people who love your story, even if it is strange and unpopular.

for the fanfic writer: Your work isn’t lesser for not following canon. When you write, you’ve created a new work on its own. It can be, but does not have to be, limited by the source material. Canon is not the end-all, be-all. 

for the writer’s blocked: It doesn’t need to be perfect. Sometimes you have to move on and commit a few writing sins if it means you can create better things out of it.

for the lost: You started writing for a reason; remember that reason. It’s ok to move on. You are more than your writing. It will be here if you want to come back.

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