#seraph.tips!

[seraphdreams]

hi! im not sure if you’ve answered this before (if you have just ignore this, sorry!) but do you have any advice for writing and growing your blog?

of course!! so the first step for growing your blog would be to kinda lay everything out that you have, this goes for writing as well. if you have a few fics already written before you post anything to your blog, post them! get it all out with about two or three days in between and tags will be your best friend! always fill the tags up until you can’t anymore! and be patient, your blog will grow with time and care, so take care of yourself and don’t be too hard :(

for writing, i wouldn’t say i’m the best writer so i don’t have too many tips but when you write, make sure you’re completely comfortable. if you’re not, it’ll feel like a chore :( if you have to have a candle going and complete silence to write, do that! also what i like to do is read a whole bunch of fics from my favorite writers to get some inspiration before writing (bonus points if those fics contain the character I’m writing for)! it also helps with motivation and getting you into the writing mood!

i also suggest taking breaks when you feel your inspiration starting to dwindle, you can always pick it up another time—TAKE AS MUCH TIME AS YOU NEED! don’t push yourself :(

here are some links for writing tips!

websites for writers.

emotion wheels.

fighting writers block.

[seraphdreams]

Seraaaaphiieeee, do you know his to do that coloured gradient text? I'm lost idk how to do it:((

okay so, on your computer, you’re gonna open up tumblr on desktop, go to the drafts, one of your old posts, or make a new post and switch the format to html by pressing the settings button while you’re in edit mode. MAKE A NEW TAB, and go to this website. there you can write your text, chose the gradient colors, and then scroll down to the last box where it says “copy and paste for html” and copy that and paste it into your tumblr draft.

note that when you open this draft, you cant open it again on desktop tumblr or else it’ll erase all your color. you can edit it in mobile after you’ve added color though!

[seraphdreams]

seraa, hi!! I just read this fic of yours (you ate btw, per usual) and wondered what app you use to get the pink filter on the armin pic. I swear I’ve tried everything to make my own pink manga pics but I can never get it right. I’ve tried editing it, vsco, etc and idk what else to do😕 anyways, have a nice day!!

thank you thank you! so what you’re gonna do is download picsart if you haven’t, select the manga panel you wanna edit and,,,

from here we scroll the bottom row to the left until it says add photo

make sure you have a solid picture of the color you wanna use to put over the panel!

it’ll show up like this, and then you enlarge it until it covers the whole panel. and you see where it says “blend”?

press that and scroll the top bar until it says screen!!

i hope this helps my love!!

[seraphdreams]

hi! i was wondering where you got the dividers on your pinned post from?? so sorry to bother you!

you’re not a bother at all!! i looked up the hex code of my desired color, then went to images and saved the plain color pic. i went to picsart and selected that previous picture then pressed free crop on one of the effects, i changed the size of the brush (to about 3 or 5) and drew a narrow line across the bottom then saved!

or you could look up “#{insert color} divider” in the tumblr search bar!

[seraphdreams]

do you have any tips for beginner blogs? like obviously it’s not gonna get popular overnight but how do i advertise yk? or get it noticed?

i say that when you post fics to use EVERY TAG YOU CAN THINK OF!! like max out the tags! obviously with things related to that post. so let’s say you’re writing eren, tag it with things like “eren x reader, eren jaeger x reader, eren yeager x reader, eren smut, eren jaeger smut, eren yeager smut, eren x y/n (so on and so forth)”

i also think that making your posts look pretty play a big part! it’ll get you traction, so if you have a cute theme you like, you can always add some of your theme elements to your posts! like my posts and other peoples’ posts n themes are good examples! but obviously if that’s not you’re style then you can always do what makes you happiest!

[seraphdreams]

Seraph how did u create the overlay for ur nav?

okay so! i saved a blank/png background and then went onto picsart and searched “netflix overlay” from there i added the overlay to the png background and adjusted it to my liking.

after that i went to videostar to adjust it a bit, and what i did was mask the png part and any part that was red and put a pink background under it! from there i made my leetle video and then blended it underneath the netflix overlay and boom!

[seraphdreams]

How do y’all be making the picture tiny at the top of your page and the rest of the background goes around it. And make your pfp disappear? I keep trying to make my profile look pretty and 😞😞

okay so what you do is go to the little edit screen and when you’re there, press these buttons

[seraphdreams]

Hey ser! I kinda want to start a page similar to yours but I'm not really sure how. Any tips?

hmm, you should! i don’t know if i have credible tips but i think being patient and really doing what makes you happy will help! remember to always have fun with it, it’s your blog, you know? also don’t be too eager to make mutuals, let them come to you and make friends along the way!