Dear Amy, I love all your gifs! They are so well-timed, always with the perfect expression or moment with the OT7, and especially with Joon. The images are always crisp and clear, the lighting perfect, and the emotion conveyed so well! I have been so blessed watching your gifs over and over again. My question: Which are your top three favorite gifs you have made so far? I'm gonna be greedy and ask another question: Which your top three favorite gifs made by other gif-makers? Have the best week!
Aa! Thank you so much 🥺 this means so much to me! 😔💛🌼 Sorry it too me so long to answer.
I’m going to stick with recent faves of mine that I haven’t mentioned previously in asks
What a look. I’m usually almost excessively critical of my stuff but aside from maybe one thing I can’t find things to nitpick about this one :’)
The first time I was genuinely happy with and ALMOST content with my topaz settings (and it seemed to work really well on most other footage too) but I lost all my recent work 😭 and I don’t remember what I did rip 🙃 Anyway, I love when the members praise one another but I have an especially tender place in my heart for “Koo loves rapmonyung (rapmon hyung)” moments :’)
Even though there are some issues with quality here, there are a lot of visual elements I like in this vid that made it super fun to gif. I love rich autumn colors (Jin’s top), and I think red, white, and blue 🇫🇷 works really well aesthetically. I also really appreciated the moody lighting, the dark, unobtrusive striped backdrop, the harmonious balance of textures, patterns, and solid colors. And the crackhead in the beret. Really lucked out with this vid.
⚠️ Beware, essay below. It’s literally just a never-ending wall of text 😬
This might be the closest I ever get to making a follow forever post (they're cute and I love them but I would never) so I made this long. Probably not as thorough as it could be (in terms of whom I’ve tagged) and most of it is 2am delirium stream of consciousness word vomit but I’m glad I finally took the time to share my faves.
Really all you need to know about me: I like gifs that look like works of art. I focus a lot on the moments gifmakers capture too but if I see a crisp/artfully processed, beautifully colored gif, the content kind of fades into the bg 🙈 (just a litto bit). I can’t help being an aesthetic wh*re 👁👄👁. I also seem to favor gifmakers who make comp sets. And gifmakers who take their time.
✧ If I didn’t tag you, please don’t feel slighted :( The main reason I’ve categorically avoided answering these types of asks until now is because I’m really scatterbrained and I dread hurting feelings. Every content creator on this site is indispensable. Thank you to everyone who shares content with us.
This is so dramatic of me but sharing my favorite gifs and content creators feels weirdly like I’m baring a part of my soul alkjsdhfkajshdfk here I go~
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+ @jung-koook Need I say more? Sky my love my sweet sweet badass. THE Queen.
You know a set is good when you actually verbalize your shock. That’s a common occurrence for me with Sky’s gifs. Her gifs for me (and probably most other people) are most easily distinguishable by the quality: dreamy, glowy, yet clear/defined/sharp? Often her gifs look 3-dimensional it’s sorcery. The coloring is soft but moody and natural but dramatic. She makes art. She’s just so consistently good. Gifs that are worth waiting for, gifs that are worth staying up for, and ones I look forward to every time content is released (no pressure though we can wait 🥺). NO ONE has her style. She is irreplaceable, inimitable, essential. I’m convinced she can make anything look good. Unhappy with yourself? Have Sky run you through topaz.
Trying to pick just three of my favorite Sky gifs is just impossible. I didn’t even try to keep it to three.
You know when her gifs -ˏˋglowˊˎ- ? I think about these two sets constantly (am particularly fond of her dvd gifs) https://jung-koook.tumblr.com/post/627374295644061696 + https://jung-koook.tumblr.com/post/624535714668969984 (dreeeeaamyyy and 🐰 teef 🥺)
Settings as soft as the subject 😔 https://jung-koook.tumblr.com/post/633688764873687040
This set looks absolutely perfect to me ♡ https://jung-koook.tumblr.com/post/613936115651592192
You know when gifmakers reveal things to you that you might not have noticed or they snatch the precarious floating bubbles of moments in your brain you know you love but haven’t quite tethered and organized and they put it into one neat, accessible set for you? I love that. https://jung-koook.tumblr.com/post/189829312042
Honorable mention: I don’t know if you know this but the BTS Universe trailer vid was absolute 💩 you couldn’t touch anything without the footage flipping out (”flipping out” as in Machu Picchu skin:
and she made it look like this https://jung-koook.tumblr.com/post/629322753019871232. Skill.
+ @yoongikook Mollie my love my bird lady magical forest witch earth mother boss bitth
I think when we admire a creation we’re also admiring a reflection of the creator. Some of a person’s essence inevitably finds its way into anything they produce and Mollie’s gifs (AND HER PAINTINGS. LOOK.) radiate the qualities I absolutely adore in her.
Mollie approaches anything she does with quiet determination and sees it through with tenacity. This is of course just my personal impression of Molls but her brain seems super organized and streamlined. She’s very no-nonsense (while still being a huge softie 🥺 and so hilarious) and when she’s focused she doesn’t seem to get dragged down by extraneous bullshit. So good at keeping her head above water--prioritizes SO well. I respect the hell out of her. Anyway, all that gets transferred into the gifs she makes. Every single thing. Just look at these and tell me you don’t see what I see.
Picking only three was so hard. Her most recent yoongi gifs are so tasty. Go look at her color series 😭.
THE ONLY SET THAT MATTERS EVERYONE LEAVE WE WOULD LIKE TO BE AWONE https://yoongikook.tumblr.com/post/628974163896434688/940912-happy-namjoon-day-ive-enjoyed-being
This is what I hug tight to my chest when I go to sleep at night https://yoongikook.tumblr.com/post/627977712931422208/970901-happy-birthday-jeon-jungkook-i-fell-in
Please let me cheat this set has to be here https://yoongikook.tumblr.com/post/627384906759143424/dynamite-mv-expectation-vs-reality
+ @hopekidoki, queen of green, “cool toned yet somehow still warm where it matters” gifs (though I’ve noticed she’s been experimenting with warm colors too? <3). Her gifs are always DEEREESHUS. They’re somehow both segsi thrilling AND warm hug comforting it’s bizarre. Her gifs are the man of my dreams. Just. MAGIC. Great moments, exceptional execution. Just go through her entire gif tag and FEAST. Quality quality quality.
Look how lush it is. Look at how rich the coloring is. Content, quality, coloring, consistency. All of it 100. I love this set SO MUCH. https://hopekidoki.tumblr.com/post/624537695359844352/expressive-hobi
Can you say “perfect”? Both the man and the gifs https://hopekidoki.tumblr.com/post/625169777194860544
https://hopekidoki.tumblr.com/post/614375318870982656/hobi-mang (but really I love all her comp sets)
This is high HIGH up on my list of things to try (if Jess is cool with it). Got plans for a joon set. Drawings but with outer glow blending 👁👄👁 https://hopekidoki.tumblr.com/post/620634350940192769/cutest-sunshine
Hobi is such a force. I hope he’s seen how much scary power, talent, and potential he has in himself. I rewatched some old Boa vids recently and people kept saying she’s The Example of when genius meets bone-grinding hard work, unbending work ethic and drive and dedication. And on top of that she’s incredibly soft, emotionally intelligent, self aware, and vulnerable. And I think the same can be said about all of bangtan but I’ve most often thought that of hobi lately. He doesn’t have just professional excellence. He seems to care for the people in his life extremely well too (that isn’t to say the other members don’t), and managing interpersonal relations well is, in my opinion, the hardest, most important thing in life, and I love how this set shows us a bit of how hobi excels at it :’) https://hopekidoki.tumblr.com/post/619085403291549696
Honestly this day felt like war for some reason lmao deafened by the lace-kootiddie-induced screams, dash completely up in flames. Scrolling through it was like wading through a thick sea of Pure. Hormone. And Jess descended upon the chaos with this pristine set in all her level-headed golden-handed glory. What a Queen. https://hopekidoki.tumblr.com/post/630754564427169792/btsweekd3-x-black-swan
+ @jjeons If you want to know what my idea of CLEAN. CRISP. gifs (that aren’t made from already high quality concert footage) is, look at jjeon’s gifs. No-nonsense. Just good. Flawless.
This too it’s just Perfect. https://jjeons.tumblr.com/post/614837566526701568
+ @jinv Would a fav gifmaker post be complete without Val? Absolutely not. Master of seemingly effortless cool (“seemingly” because gifmaking is labor intensive no matter how big-brained you are :\ (and Val big big BIG brain)). CYANS AND BROWNS I LIKEY. Moody dramatic masterfully rendered coloring (HER COLORING IS SO RICH -ˏˋ♡ˊˎ-), there’s so much depth to her gifs. AND she’s hilarious. What more do you want?
Every one of these. It’s not cheating this counts as one. https://jinv.tumblr.com/post/615044745505439744/i-would-die-for-u-funky-rose-throwing-man + https://jinv.tumblr.com/post/628974733089734656/happy-birthday-namjoon-12-september-1994 + https://jinv.tumblr.com/post/631783503196028928/happy-birthday-jimin-13-october-1995 + https://jinv.tumblr.com/post/620730050520727553/happy-7-years-of-bts
I’m still yelling about this https://jinv.tumblr.com/post/632054894848868353/what-goes-on
I LOST MY GD MIND when he showed up in these pjs and then I lost it again when I saw this IMMACULATE set. https://jinv.tumblr.com/post/629249730866823168/its-the-pajamas-for-me-for-kimchitae
+ @twoy The Master of bangtan comp sets imo. The Tzar of Comedy and Wit. UNMATCHED. There is none other like them. I will not share my fave sets of twoy’s. It’s just not possible. I select D) All of the above.
+ @minhope, a true original and artistic visionary. No one else doing it like her.
Are you even surprised this is my number one fave of Adrien’s? https://minhope.tumblr.com/post/620729831593738240/many-eras-many-hair-colours-same-seven-beautiful
I LIVE for her sets https://minhope.tumblr.com/post/621462164502413313/jimin-not-caring-for-gender-is-such-a-good-look-on
She has the best ideas, wrow
+ @jungshiii, another comp set queen. Her style, like the styles of my other faves, is so distinct. Instant recognition—I know it’s her before I see her url. Her grasp of color👌
You may or may not know this about me (I literally never shut up about it) but I am obsessed with peaches and browns in gifs. Marti does brown(ish?) and peachy creamy skin so well. I also love when gifs look…mm….wet. I really don’t know how else to put it agsjshs but I don’t know anyone who does it better than Marti.
Literally almost cried when she posted these https://jungshiii.tumblr.com/post/612879621152784384/jungkook-as-thumper + https://jungshiii.tumblr.com/post/621118550239821824/jungkook-and-his-chibi-insp
+ @bangtanger KARINA. MY LOVE. ANOTHER BROWN AND PEACH QUEEN. CYANS TOO. Love how cool toned her gifs often are. Gifs as unique and colorful as she is. I’m really partial to gifmakers who take their time with their gifs and Karina always seems to take the time to get her gifs to look just the way she wants. I love that SO SO much. No rushing, just an artist honing and enjoying their craft. Every choice she makes is (or at least looks) deliberate. You can just see that she makes gifs as a creative outlet and that she genuinely enjoys doing it.
We’ve spoken privately about gifs in general but as I was going through her gifs to answer this ask, I realized I had really specific things I wanted to tell her about certain sets so I made an entire page of links aklsdhfakjsdhflakjsdf
+ @taejoon MONIKAAAAA. For the longest time, the only one who fed my (very very healthy 😌) taejoon diet (obligatory disclaimer: I do not ship real life people.)
LOOK AT THIS https://taejoon.tumblr.com/post/617557908409991168/im-rendered-speechless-by-how-stunning-he-is
She put it all in one place now I can lose my mind at any time of day I want https://taejoon.tumblr.com/post/613341192324825088/joon-clenching-his-jaw
I stg I will eat it https://taejoon.tumblr.com/post/613756146619154432/he-wink
So cleeeaaaaaannnn https://taejoon.tumblr.com/post/616527515521007616
K, that was three each 🤓
✧ You want quality? Look here:
@kooksv (seriously kooksv’s gif quality. AMAZING.) | @eternalbulletproof (Stephy’s too!!!) | @minstrivia | @taeyungie | @syubb (see below for my favorite gfx ever made) | @gukks | @yoongi-bts | @seoksjin (a serious lack of jin gifmakers these days T^T seoksjin is a treasure) | @theprofessorjin (Pixel. Art. SO GOOD.) | @gwkie | @namjooq | @taee | @agustdfeatrm | @honsool | @sugawithluv | @namgination | @taehyungland | @jjeongukie | @joenns (hi nes) | @jimint | @ynki | @tearuntold | @hope-kook | @jiminrolls | @joeguk | @kim-taehyung | @kimnamtaejin | @dearbangtansonyeondan | @doona-baes | @hobibestboy | @houseofarmanto | @dazzlingkai (multifandom, not just bts, but such a gem so good) | @jiminfilter (💯) | @faerieth (great gifs lovely photo edits!)
^ I THINK they’re all active? I mostly just wrote the urls that came to me in the moment am probably missing a bunch of people I’m sorry. I follow the above people for good reason though, you won’t be disappointed.
Some inactive(?)/hiatus/semi-hiatus faves (Not 100% sure on their statuses I haven’t checked don’t quote me on this agdksha): @joonie (love you miss you) @namkooks (I miss their comp sets so much 😔) @jimiyoong @namjoon (gone but never ever forgotten T^T I miss their gifs every single day) @gukiejjk @btsbee @taeguks @namseok @taethae @syuga (AMAZING GFX TOO)
This is nowhere near a comprehensive list, I have many MANY other faves, mostly old, inactive accounts I’ve deliberately left off for not at all rational completely sentimental reasons :’)💛 i also don’t follow very many people 😐 but hopefully this is enough to quell your curiosity
You didn’t ask but I have a huge appreciation for gfx and it’s not often that I decide to answer these types of asks so I wanted to include them in my answer 👉👈 I don’t follow a lot of gfx blogs unfortunately so I haven’t been exposed to a lot of content :\ (a travesty. If anyone is actually reading this and has made it this far lol, taking recs if you want to recommend some exceptional graphic blogs) and I don’t have a lot of posts in my designated tag but here are some of my top faves (but let’s be real all the gfx in my tag are 💯 I have excellent taste :])
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@syubb Sophie……………..can you believe?????????? CAN YOU BELIEVE THIS???? SHE PUT THESE MASTERPIECES ON THIS SITE FOR FREE. BIGHIT PAY HER. https://syubb.tumblr.com/post/627989234036457472/970901-happy-birthday-jungkook-click-for-hq + https://syubb.tumblr.com/post/633695220733788160/how-much-more-do-i-have-to-wait-how-many-more
@20aagust This is demonic in all the best ways. What a monster creator this op is wow. In awe. https://20aagust.tumblr.com/post/613781291970805760/animation-practice-1-bts-as-angels
@youngjaes gfx masterclass. Go look through their graphics tag you won’t be disappointed. https://youngjaes.tumblr.com/post/621670060192399361/bts-map-of-the-soul-7-fourth-studio-album
You probably weren’t expecting a dissertation but here you have one lol. Thank you for giving me an opportunity to show my love for some of my favorite content creators! 💛🌼💛🌼
gummygunk
dailybridgerton
vaporwave
titsay
annaxmalina
kaledo-art
stormborns
