IIIIII DIDN'T COME HERE TO MAKE FRIENDS WE WERE BOOOOOOORN TO BE SUBURBAN LEGENDS WHEN YOU HOOOOOLD ME IT HOLDS ME TOGETHER AND YOU KISS ME IN A WAY THAT'S GONNA SCREW ME UP FOREVEEEER!!!!!!

tick tock on the clock. i pace down your block. i broke my own heart CAUSE YOU WERE TOO POLITE TO DO IT! waves crash on the shore. i dash to the door. you don’t knock anymore and my whole life’s ruined TICK TOCK ON THE CLOCK. I PACE DOWN YOUR BLOCK. I BROKE MY OWN HEART CAUSE YOU WERE TOO POLITE TO DO IT WAVES CRAAASH TO THE SHORE I DAAASH TO DOOR YOU DON’T KNOCK ANYMORE and i always knew it that my life would be ruuuUUUUUUUUIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNEEeedd

side note: does anyone else find it interesting that the lyric changes from 'waves crash ON the shore' to 'waves crash TO the shore'??

for @bazkrekkers 💟

it astounds me that some swifties go around their life feeling virulent hate towards joe alwyn for....being taylor's ex. people are sick

No literally like I can’t think of a single bad thing that man’s done but I can name like 5 bad things Travis has done…. And the same people who hate Joe love Travis so make it make sense

beaming brainwaves your way that say you should read six of crows and also that you should sleep

i’m planning on it!!! right now i’m reading the midnight library. but my goal this year is to read 25 books

I'm listening to double dare rn!!!!!! might consider trying more waterparks later actually thank you for your service

AAAAH I HOPE U FOUND A SONG OR TWO U LIKED

hey hey I miss you on here hope you're doing alright <3

i was not <3 but i am free at last and will resume my usual annoying business here shortly

9, 24 and 27 for the creator asks!

9: Would you say your style has changed a lot since you first started creating? oh for SURE. regardless of what i consider my start bc i used to gif from like 2015-2017 and then i didn't start up again until april of 2023. this time around, i have learned SO much, and i'm sure part of that is just bc of how much gif styles have changed in the last 6-8 years, but also bc i joined a couple gifmaking networks and have gotten so much help through them, found so many resources, and learned tons! to compare, here's one of the sets i was proudest of from Back In The Day. now, it's definitely not horrible, but the coloring and the slow framerate make me borderline homicidal. this one is marginally better, and i remember thinking i was really Doing Something with that typography 😂 here are some of the sets i made early on in my Return to Gifmaking this past April/May. this was one of the first times i'd ever combined multiple gifs into one and girl. what the fuck happened. why are the framerates Like That? what is this typography? i had no business making early l&o gifs 540px wide bc the quality is bad enough at 268px 💀and i think this one is a good example of i got the spirit! the execution just wasn't quite there. i like the main gif with the overlay of the sky, but i'd do the typography very differently and idk if i'd do it in b&w? i could try and remake it tbh, it's been 9 months since i made and posted it.

24: What’s your step by step? How do you organise your editing process? buckle up 😂

make clips of the scene(s) i want to use if i don't already have them

import video frames to layers

action 1: grouping and timing (groups all layers and sets frame rate to 0.05)

delete any extra frames

crop to whatever dimensions i'm using

action 2: sharpening (two smart sharpen layers) + vivid sharpening (i used this tutorial and i usually keep that folder at 30% but sometimes drop it down to 10-15%)

coloring! it depends on what i'm giffing, but i color everything from scratch at least the first time. i save a LOT of my psds, like there's one psd that i use for almost all my tfothou gifs, a couple for hill house depending on the tint of the scene i'm giffing, one for law & order that sometimes needs to be adjusted just a little, one for the good wife, one or two for satc, etc. but they're all psds that i created myself.

typography (if applicable) which almost always involves scrolling through the entire list of fonts just to use one of my go-tos

action 3: this save action from anyataylorjoy

export > save for web!

upload to hellsite (derogatory) and gifsets always immediately go to my drafts, even if i want to post them right away, just so i can make sure i'm happy with everything and try to catch any last-minute mistakes

as for general organization, i'm organized on my computer to a near-ridiculous standard, but it works for me lmao. my psds, templates, and project psds (where i save an entire finished gif if it's for a larger, complex set and then never get rid of them lmao), and all overlays, textures, icons, graphics, transitions, etc. are meticulously organized. my finished gifs are also organized into their own folders.

27: What’s your favourite font to use? in general, monsterrat. i use it for everything in google docs, and it's my fave sans serif to go with serif or script fonts. when i'm using it for giffing, i usually use semibold.

my first memory of u is when we were planning to travel to scandinavia to see the northern lights with margo skskdfjslkf

omg that’s my first memory of you too!! there was a pirate ship involved in that conversation, if i remember correctly?? i’d obviously seen you on my dash before that but it’s the first time i can remember properly interacting with you lol

happy happy birthday mira!!!

thank you!! 💖

look at your influence

soooo true bestie

for @bazkrekkers 💟

happy birthday madie!!!!!!

thank youuu <3

happy birthday carley !!!!!!

thank you melone !!!!!!!

your turn out the lights lb made me go listen to it again literally SUCH an album

YESSSSS

late to the party but holy shit scout I gotta admit I'm kinda obsessed with that hate blog.....saying that you're lying about being autistic and calling you a fake lgbtq ally to boot you're truly the strongest of all of us

LMAOOOO i have so many Experiences on the world wide web that continue to fascinate and inspire me

17

slay

send me a number 1-100 and I'll tell you what song it was on my Spotify wrapped!