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[partsoftheunknown]

gonna be so clear: i'm trans. if that pisses you off, don't follow me???? gotta make a new pinned sometime i guess!!

edit: also, hey, maybe if i block you on this blog, don't go to another of my blogs to like one (1) passive aggressive post???? genuinely creepy and childish behavior. i forgot just how weird and entitled people are when i block them on this blog. i shouldn't be shocked -- one person like a decade ago tracked down my PIXIV to harass me over blocking them here -- but in 2025???? really?????????

[partsoftheunknown]

idk how many blogs following me are even still active at this point, but to those who are: hi!

i've decided i'll finally sit down and queue up the gifs i'd finished before my computer explosion. if i didn't finish a season or a series, i probably won't be interested in going back to it at this point, so what you get is what you get!

i'll also be freer to just. post random stuff whenever the interest hits! make some gif sets of a character from a movie and then dip for many months until the next thing hits. so this blog is just gonna Exist and i'll come and go as i please.

(no i definitely didn't come across a new anime boy to stick under a cup with some holes poked for air and sticks and leaves for entertainment. definitely not. don't want to make gif posts i can rb elsewhere. that doesn't seem like me no siree...)

anyway. time to figure out a new no-photoshop gif-making setup and play toys lala

[partsoftheunknown]

i forgor to update on this blog but uh my family gave me covid and i’m suffering big time 😜😜😜😜

and bc of that my plans to find a Special Copy of PS that wont make my laptop explode are on hold so my queue will remain empty for a while. (also i cant be bothered to deal with the banned tag list for the moment so hopefully that’s all sorted out by the time i get back lmao)

see ya when i can pilot my body again~ 😘

[unsolicited covid advice under here. cw for image: puppets, facial horror?, scopophobia, covid joke, based on drugs joke, drdp]

please heed my warning and dont try to sit and play viddy games through the first day like i did, even that much activity will knock you on your back once it Hits

wait until you’ve been knocked down a peg and base your Distraction Activity Level on that ;;;;;;;;

[partsoftheunknown]

so uhhhhhh! some (maybe) bad news! my computer has completely shit the bed — both my mac and windows partitions are thoroughly borked, so badly that i cant even open osx in recovery or safe mode or even reinstall the os!

longer explanation below, but tl;dr things on this blog might not change at all and you won’t notice a thing, OR i might have to slow down posting and eventually stop altogether.

while MOST of my files have a cloud backup, a bunch of stuff, incl my gifs folder, does not. most are saved to an external drive as an archive, but at least one series was not backed up before everything crashed.

there’s a chance you’ll see, ~for example~, some birdy the mighty ova posts from the first 2 episodes and then nothing more after that....;; i just don’t have it in me to redo what was lost if i can’t get it recovered.

i also don’t know if, for example, they’ll replace the harddrive with one running a 64-bit only OS, one that won’t let me use my 32-bit photoshop, in which case...i don’t know how i can continue this blog.

i have enough queued posts to last a couple of weeks, plus a bunch of drafted stuff i can throw in there if need be. posting just might be a bit weird for a bit, until i figure out whether the computer is repairable or not and if i can recover the rest of my files. sorry! i’ll update when i know for sure what the deal is.

[partsoftheunknown]

i’m back...maybe? kinda?

This is the gif maker formerly known as “Al” (I go by Robyne / Ro / zerofoursix now). This blog has been abandoned for years at this point, between tech issues and continuing health problems..........but I miss making stuff every now again. I’d love to pick up the occasional series and make some gifs when I have the energy!

ONE PROBLEM THOUGH: I used Photoshop CS5 to do literally everything on this blog, and, lo and behold, the software’s more than 10 years old and Apple updates have made it unusable. Another problem: I don’t use photoshop for art anymore and have no need nor desire to pay Adobe a monthly fee for something I rarely use.

To anyone out there who’s managed to continue following this blog and has experience making gifs: Are there any other apps or programs out there that allow you the same kind of control over gif-making that photoshop does? Things like making actions, adjustment layers, blurring and sharpening, a full export to web menu system, etc? Doesn’t matter if it requires learning a new setup, I’m 99.9% sure I can’t make anything with Photoshop at this point anyway so I’m more than happy to branch out and try something new.

Any and all recommendations are super appreciated!! 😭💕

[partsoftheunknown]

uh. hi! i got an ask on my main, saying my last post on this blog made it look like i died in 2022 from covid... so uhhhhhh just here to say that didn't?? happen??

1. i DID get 100% certified long covid on top of my chronic issues, which have ALSO been getting worse, so i have to be wise about how i choose to use my energy.

2. i never found a Totally Definitely Legal copy of PS i felt i could trust + my old laptop all but exploded (unrelated issue; it was just old and shitty). i don't want to risk fucking up my new one in any way so i need to be EXTRA sure it's trustworthy.

3. i haven't been watching enough anime to justify the PS search LMAO ;;; that isn't to say i haven't watched ANYTHING since my sudden hiatus, but it hasn't been much. plus, tbch, internet speeds where i live are doodoo shit, so downloading high quality anime rips has been a pain in the ass since i moved home several years ago ;;;

4. i've just been focusing on other things! again, limited energy. i've been putting a lot of effort into drawing more and into breaking out of my social isolation bubble in stream chats and on my selfship sideblog. it's been doing wonders for my mental health, so that's what i want to spend my time doing!

(you can find my main art blog here, but i've been mainly drawing on my selfship blog. if you're into selfshipping and want to follow, it shouldn't take too much effort to find me.)

tl;dr gif-making just isn't something i'm interested in right now! i've considered it, and i miss it to some extent...? but between the energy issues, the effort to find a safe copy of PS, and enjoying talking to other people more than churning out endless gifs, i just don't see the point lol. if i come back, i come back, and if i don't, thanks for sticking around. 👋🏻

[partsoftheunknown]

Thank you for giffing Gou/Sotsu when no one else would. 💖

Thank you for the thanks! As much as I admit I had issues with certain parts of SotsuGou, it was such a fun time overall and it’s been exciting to explore it frame by frame and maybe get people interested in watching via the animation quality. ☺️ Now I just hope we get an Umineko reboot so I can do the same with it!

[alightinsideyoursoul]

heads up! i’m (kinda sorta a little) reviving the blog bc i’m so excited for the new influx of art and theories! right now i’ll be using a temp #drc2 tag for all chapter 2 content, in case anyone needs to blog the tag for spoilers, but when i come up with a better tag i’ll make another post! :) i’ll also probably use #snowgrave for Very Specific Information (tm) from the chapter.

this blog’ll probably never be as it was when i first made it, when i was still so gung-ho about it, but i’ll do a little blog vetting here and there and share what i can 😊