I told people to guess whoever I had a crush on in a Danish Animated Movie will get free art. So that’s exactly what happened with this one for example. Two people have guessed whoever it was so they have gotten free art. This one is a Minecraft Ghast OC I drew for @pan-anarchy . His name is Whisperer! Give him and the artist some support! I have to work on one more which I can’t show to my main audience.
Stamp templates and how to use them on ezgif/ibispaint (pt 1)
Hello! I have a pretty good understanding of how to use stamps now, so I wanted to give a little guide on how to make them.
So first, I'll be starting with the classic stamp template I use. First- find an image you want to use. then get a stamp template. I'll be using this one.
you want to make sure that the image you are using is rectangular or a big enough square that you can fit it inside a rectangular box, of which the total outside will usually be 99x56. which is the classic stamp template canvas. not all stamps are this exact size though.
if you are making a STATIC image in ibispaint or another art program, simply trim the image with an eraser tool until it fits inside the box and is not showing over the stamp. you can turn down the opacity and then put on the stamp over it to better see where the stamp is so you don't accidentally overtrim it, if you'd like.
then, what I like to do is take a color palette or funky image and clip it onto the stamp template so that it looks colorful. you can also just use the filter tool.
Then, for future stamps, simply clip over the new image you want to use onto the first image you made and voila it's the right size and you don't have to do this process ever again.
How to make animated stamps: under the cut.
So you wanna make animated stamps? well, it's a bit more complicated but still pretty easy.
First, find an animated image. the best format for this to save steps is a .gif image. otherwise, you might have to convert your base image when you upload it later. then, find your stamp template. for this I will be using the same template as before.
The hard thing about this is that you have to know the amount of pixels in the stamp template. This stamp template is exactly 99x56. then, we count how many pixels it takes to reach the image height wise and width wise, and then subtract- and this equals what we need to crop our gif to. You will need an art program to calculate this if you are figuring it out on your own. I usually draw a line at the bottom, and then at the side. if it's a weird stamp that has varying lines, it depends where the deepest pixel into the image is.
for our example stamp, the dimensions are then 95x51
Aswell, for cropping on ezgif, you have to use the overlay function to put your stamp onto your gif! but the weird thing is.. it doesn't know where to put it automatically. So you have to tell it. It's basically a guessing game, I don't know the method to the madness. But for this one, you overlay it at 45 left and 23 top. Who knows why.
the final step- go into crop, and select "trim transparent pixels around image". this will make the gif approximately the right size.
I have a question,, when you make stamps how do you add gifs to them? Images sounds easy but idk about gifs..
i actually add them the say way as an image.
see tutorial below the cut
ok, so i'm gonna first want to resize my gif (or image) and i go to ezgif.com. click resize, then choose file, then upload. once it uploads enter the dimentions (usually 99x56) the click resize. once it pops up you can click save
next i'm gonna put the stamp together. i go to my picmix.com acct for this part. (you may need an acct to do this part of the stamp process) first click create a picmix, then click image (select the stamp you just resized at ezgif.com) VERY IMPORTANT: once it pops up on your canvas, don't touch it, don't resize it, just leave it alone. then click insert again (select your stamp template) and it should pop up on your canvas directly ontop of your stamp. click save, then yes. on the last screen you can right click on your stamp to download, then click delete (unless you want to keep it on your picmix) note: before you download and delete your stamp, if your stamp is a gif and you notice the speed is going to fast or to slow, just to the right of your stamp you can use the animation speed dropdown to adjust
ok, last step. i just need to crop my stamp, so i go to online-image-editor.com. click upload image, then once it pops up on your canvas click basic, then crop. then enter your stamp dimentions (99x56). you'll see a red rectangle that you have to drag and drop on top of your stamp. once you did that, then click apply, then click save, and save again and you're all done.
i hope my instructions weren't confusing, if so, i apologize.
if anyone reading this has an easier process for making stamps, please let us know
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