would you have a list of resources to use if we wanted to start making gfx? thank you for making such stunning things!
hi anon!!! and sure let me list things that help me! 💞
for inspo: behance.net - there’s a lot of graphic artists and you can learn a lot of techniques and which graphic style you like including photo manipulation, isometric, color, etc.
free images: unsplash.com | freepik.com | honestly if you have an idea of what you want to use (i.e. flowers) just search “flowers png” and make sure the website is free to use with/without attribution
fonts: dafont.com | behance.net - I use behance and search free font and there’s a lot of nice and unique fonts that aren’t tacky that I use :)
psds (overlay, coloring): tumblr.com | deviantart.com - well tbh most tumblr links to overlays or colorings link to deviantart lol
mockups: behance.net - behance is my favorite website LOL just search free mockups and you can get free access to mockups like tshirt/magazine/poster mockups or even cool action packs that can help transform your edits!
Thank you for the compliment, I hope this helps :) it’s not a crazy list, but I think thats good and makes the list manageable hehe
honestly, i *need* to read all the books i started since the beginning of the year. *sigh* but i’m going to go with Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys, since @existentialquiet and i decided late June to read it together AND He Held Radical Light by Christian Wiman; i’ve waited for its paperback release and now--embarassingly--i am sleeping on it. how about you?
41: if you could choose one instrument to master overnight, which would it be?
i have always wanted to learn to play the piano! a close friend gifted me her old electric one when she moved out of the country so i would definitely would want to learn that in just a snap. but looks like i would have to go the long way. do you have an instrument you want to learn too?
5, 17, 18 and 25. These are so nice I couldn’t chose just three
5: What movie character would you choose to be your parent and why?
Either Logan (Wolverine) from The X-Men/Logan universe or Hobie from The Goldfinch. Logan because his last film made me very emotional and because he’s one of my favorites. And Hobie because he’s caring, reliable and his shop looks like a wonderful place to stay in.
17: Do you like wearing other people's shirts?
I use some shirts that used to be my brother’s, because they’re huge on me and are good to wear at home. A long time ago, at high school, I used to wear my ex boyfriend’s coat all the time. And one of my friends had this Harry Potter sweater I tried to steal many times.
18: If you could breathe music, which artist would you choose to inhale and which would you choose to exhale?
Inhale Hozier, exhale Lorde.
25: What are songs that make you want to become the sky?
As funny as it sounds, Just Like Heaven, by The Cure.
Other songs: Frozen - Madonna, I’m A Ruin - MARINA, Telegrama - Zeca Baleiro, Like Real People Do - Hozier, Pompeii - Bastille, The Killing Moon - Echo & The Bunnymen.
10. The whole “protect with your life” thing would be hyperbole for most people but I do feel extremely protective of most people I’m close to. Most recently I would do just about anything to protect the person Brock and I are seeing.
11. This is a weird question too since I don’t trust anyone to protect me. I trust people I’ve dared to open up to listen to my needs and treat me with kindness but it’s up to me to protect myself by being honest. Physical protection thankfully not required. :P
20. I’ve promised myself that I will start seeing a mental health professional for my social anxiety and I’ve renewed my promise to myself to not put my needs last all the time. In the moment always serving others first mitigates the social anxiety but in the long run it’s disastrous.
31. I sincerely doubt any garments I currently own will last 3 more years because I’m hard on things and I have a hard time spending a lot of money on clothes so everything falls apart fast. Right now my favorite items are a silky black pajama style blouse, my cheapo black jeans that I can wear at work or out at night, and my black knit sweater that opens in the back.
hi bea! i’m new to the svt fandom, so could you recommend some blogs? also, i realized that i’ve been following you for a while now and you were one of the only sources of svt content on my dash before i started stanning!! i love your gifs a lot btw 💗💗💗
hi there!! 💖 and of course :D so happy to be the plug for svt content LOL and thank you so much :’) I’m glad to share them with you!
network blogs: @svteditors @svtgfx (i need to update this blog adkjfhk) @svtgifs @thecaratgallery
It's funny you made that set of the dating show episode of Going Seventeen where Dino confessed his love for Joshua and then matching it with his recent magazine interview. A lot of Chinese fans called Joshua Dino's first love because recently Dino has been talking about Joshua a lot.
omg!! wait that was the amazing kevin's set !! @jaemtens but the information you have given me is making me so soft... that is SO cute - thinking of joshua taking care of dino from debut (even pre-debut!) up to now is SO CUTE!!!
ok so i've been staring at the ah!love edit for like a good one hour now, i keep coming back to it and i just go 🤩🤩💖💖✨✨ how long have you been editing for? which programs do you use? any tips you would give for people who are thinking of delving into gfx and editing? Hope you don't mind the questions, i'm just curious
omg thank you!! seriously you are too too sweet hehe :”) and i’ve been editing since 2014?? 2015?? I can’t believe time flies that fast LOL
I use photoshop cc 2019!! I also use after effects if I want a specific overlay for gifs or illustrator if I’m primarily working with vectors!
I HOPE I DON’T RAMBLE but here are my biggest tips in the most condensed way possible LOL (I also have a ps tag here~) update: it is NOT condense therefore it will be under a read more <3 I hope this helps!
understand placement (balance, proximity, alignment) - I personally think this is important because it helps guide the viewers’ eyes through your edit in the way it’s intended & can help make an edit look aesthetically pleasing!!
For balance it’s all about understanding how each element carries it’s own visual weight / like for example in this edit the focus on the polaroids but I don’t like too much negative space so I added plants in certain areas to help frame the focus of the panel.
For proximity I just make sure that each element has enough space around it! So if you have a subject edit like this, I put the focus on Joshua and either layer elements behind him or use the gradient tool to make sure the background elements aren’t distracting
For alignment I would just keep note of the different elements you introduce and keep it consistent if things are meant to be center aligned, off-centered, etc.
So if we apply that to the two different edits below:
balance: left edit I keep it consistent with displaying “three” text blocks about their debut, and 3 eras; I also use the same rounded square shape in each // in the right edit I keep it balanced by using a few elements: polaroid + flowers. notice that the smaller flowers are on the right hand side of the polaroid and the bigger flowers are on the left side
proximity: on the left edit I use physical lines to show the end of one section and a new section, Also the rounded square images keep everything contained and since there are a lot of different styles (different seventeen logos and small icons) I use more white space to separate them. on the right edit I just use the contours of the flowers and space them evenly that way
alignment: left edit i use thirds to separate each element and everything is centered, whereas the right edit has a more organic feel??? so I layered elements more to make it look realistic
play around with colors!!! it helps to know a little about color theory: honestly I just use the colors I like the most, but even knowing how colors look against each other and knowing which ones can be used as accents helps bring the edit together! there’s a bunch of palette generators on tumblr to help you pick colors if you’re indecisive!!
try different styles! I think it’s super fun to dive into a LOT of different graphic design styles like vector art, infographics, manipulation (like my cyberpunk edits), or flatlay styles!
use tutorials!! There’s a bunch of tutorials on tumblr in achieving different styles, AND on behance.net there’s a BUNCH of mockups that can be used to spice up your edits!!!
don’t feel pressured to post everything you make or have an edit out quickly I feel like sometimes we are pressured to post everything we make, but sometimes you can use it as a learning opportunity!! I would say post what you are proud of!!
TOOLS FOR EDITORS
photoshop/phone apps - I know a lot of people on twitter use phone apps which is really cool in editing, but for me I think photoshop is my go to since it has so many capabilities!! hint: search adobe zii patch for Mac OS to get it for fr33
USE EDITABLE IMAGES!! - if you use fantakens please check to make sure they allow editing. I think hanwooz has a good tutorial of how to ask for permission, but usually on their twitter profiles they say if they allow editing. There’s also scans you can use from @iiashascans that are editable with credit. I personally use Seventeen’s behind the scene images OR their naver x dispatch photos since its so HD lol
Freepik and Unsplash for free images you can use freepik.com or unsplash.com for free images!! I used unsplash for my cyberpunk backgrounds lol
