aesthetique

hetalia aesthetics sideblog for cirqueangelique.

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♈ aradia megido ♡ sollux captor ♊

~ATH do us part

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…tell him to buy me an acre of land, between the saltwater and the sea-strand.

♓ feferi peixes 💔 eridan ampora ♒

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...It surprised no one when the Hat declared Lieselotte von Edelstein a Ravenclaw, with a musical cant to its shout- least of all her childhood neighbour, the boy Gilbert Beilschmidt, who ought to have known she'd fool a stupid old bit of headgear with her long words and fancy airs. She really belonged in his house, but the dungeons couldn't possibly compare with Ravenclaw Tower for looking down on the peasants, could they? Of course, one can only put on airs for so long before one's true colours show. It surprised no one when, in his final year, Master Beilschmidt received a month's detention for flying directly through the window of the young Ravenclaw ladies' dormitory. How Miss Edelstein escaped the same punishment when she had, in fact, left it open for him, and failed to eject him for some time thereafter, remains a mystery.

another Hogwarts AU | Ravenclaw x Slytherin | Aus x Pru

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She: I have never seen such a short skirt in all my days! He: It’s post-war hemline rationing; don’t you think you should do your bit?

aph prussia | gilbert x lottie | aph nyo!austria 1920s fling

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tifa lockhart || cloud strife

“Hey, Tifa...I...there are a lot of things I wanted to talk to you about. But now that we're together like this, I don't know what I really wanted to say...”

“Cloud...words aren’t the only thing that tell people what you’re thinking.”

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final fantasy || five beauties

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quistis trepe || seifer almasy

“Instructor Trepe. I’m still one of your dearest students, aren’t I?” “Not anymore.”

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so we began to tell ourselves | nyo!Habsburgs | golden days

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i was tagged in a moodboard challenge by @auxanges so here’s the thing 🍑

not tagging, feel free, everybody!

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a personal aes!

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frau österreich 🍰 the princess

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aph monaco x aph nyo!austria || perform

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wizarding world AU: four houses

Mátyás Héderváry | Gryffindor 🦁

🦊 Hufflepuff | Ludwig Beilschmidt

Lieselotte von Edelstein | Ravenclaw 🦅

🐍 Slytherin | Gilbert Beilschmidt

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With a mind for mathematics as much as magic, Gilbert Beilschmidt spent his days at Hogwarts buried in star charts and forbidden books, adamant that he could wrangle the universe. He was part of Lieselotte von Edelstein's ivory tower social circle, a group that formed around her talent for exquisite charms and enchanting craftwork. Celebrated alumni of their school house, they are now part of the magical avant-garde, she an artisan, he a researcher and lecturer. Their experiments have occasionally attracted the attention of law enforcement.

wizarding world AU | Prussia & nyo!Austria | Ravenclaw 🦅

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Old money heiress Lieselotte von Edelstein specialised in potions and poisons during her school years, and now enjoys some celebrity as a society hostess and purveyor of interesting edibles. Gilbert Beilschmidt- spoiled son of a proud politician- was more interested in the poison pen, and makes a living out of defying death, as a professional duelist. At Hogwarts, the two were undoubtedly King and Queen of their house. Their engagement was recently announced in the Prophet.

wizarding world AU | Prussia & nyo!Austria | Slytherin 🐍

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...tu, felix Austria, nube.

nyotalia ♔ österreich ♔ what venus gave to thee

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What is your preferred method of making aesthetics? (Programs, websites, where and how you find your images, the creative process in general?)

this is an interesting question! a rundown under the cut:

program: GIMP because i’ve used it for years (interface honestly sucks but it works)

websites/images: 99% of the time i use Pinterest, i also snag stuff off my dash (fashion, historical and whatnot) and when i’m really desperate i try googling. whenever i make an aesthetic, i look in my folders first which are organised vaguely by character and whatnot, then i go on a search binge and save everything i like into those folders for use another time. oh and on my main blog, i tag certain things as inspo so i can look through it later.

the process…sometimes i start with a character/pairing/theme i just feel like doing (or a request), sometimes i have an image lying around that inspires me to something. the colour scheme generally takes shape as i look for images and find that i’ve got good green ones or whatever (then of course the ones i want to use that AREN’T right, i have to fiddle with or abandon…this is the most arduous part, i think). i always want nice clear images of models to represent characters and while i have some regulars, i value the look of the photo more than using the same person every time. finding good faces is hard but it’s super important, both looks and expression (and whether it works in the composition). if it’s a pairing, finding suitable couple images is really hard but really worth it. then i like good strong ‘abstract’ images to fill it out, i always value something bold and quirky if i can get it (illustrations, especially vintage, and so on). vague imagery is not good. if i want text, i like to find something like old newspaper excerpts, i never just type something myself. i like strong colour schemes, contrast and impactful pictures, with everything very on-theme- if it’s a picture of flowers or something, then it’d better be really sharp and colourful. balance in the composition is really what makes aesthetics pop too- if you overanalyse my aesthetics, you’ll see multiple levels of balance to the images. the obvious ones would be putting the faceclaims in opposite corners and so on, but i also balance colour and other imagery carefully (although mostly just by feel, but sometimes with planning).

when it comes to the technical part, the size and quality of images is important to begin with, though since they’ll be small in the overall composition, they don’t have to be AMAZING and i do size up a little or mess with proportions if i need to and i can get away with it. i never like to end up with a blurry or grainy aesthetic. cropping is a real skill, lol- a totally unfitting image can look amazing if you crop right, this is particularly true of faceclaim/model pics. i’m cautious with greyscale images because fiddling with the colours can end up looking awful (i’m too lazy to colourise for real so i just tune the existing colour up), and i think using them too often as-is can look bland (i always mix greyscale pics with coloured ones). broadly speaking i up the contrast and whatnot on most pics, basic stuff. when using GIMP, i always make sure my canvas and images are exactly the right size (i stick to 1000x1400 usually, the two-column ones- that’s 8 images sized at 500x350, but i do change sometimes. there’s no ‘right’ size that i’ve found yet as far as tumblr’s shitty resizing goes). i use snap to grid to position things exactly right. i drop a ton of images i’m considering on the canvas, crop them, resize them and mess with them, then eliminate them as i go along and mess with the positions until it looks right. i don’t usually put gradients or anything over the entire thing, but i have on occasion.

generally, making aesthetics for me is about being really picky, really patient and really obsessed with fine detail, lmao. i also try to keep plenty of images on hand in ORGANISED folders. it helps to not give a fuck and do whatever inspires you (there’s a reason i do 90% nyo!austria). also look at other people’s aesthetics for inspiration and…what not to do (sorry).

as a general rule i don’t use fanart, cosplay or anything like that, it defeats the object for me. i also do not like seeing tons of quotations shoved in, especially of the emo teen variety, especially in bad fonts. very blurry, grainy, desaturated or otherwise bleh images are a no-go. super famous celebs as faceclaims is also jarring for me and i’m VERY fussy about how these characters look in my head (i’m okay with lesser-known celebs and somewhat-known models, lmao). for the record, i often mess with models’ eye colour for obvious reasons. extensive photoshopping is beyond me, though- i usually just tweak (though i HAVE edited a tattoo out, badly!)

what i DO like is pictures of food, i love food. illustrations, bits of wallpaper, newspapers, animal pics, shots of just lips/eyes/hair, single unusual objects, fashion, really funny/IC text posts, jewels, and a strong contrast of colours, etc…that’s pretty much what i like. oh and sexy images. i toyed with the idea of animated (explicit) gif aesthetics once but i’ve not done it yet…

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PruAus 🎄 Fröhliche Weihnachten!