WEIRDCORE TUMBLR ARCHIVES - V3

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1ZgBBjTWT3cM99HqGB7RcL4S8Y4Yqiyed

160 blogs, 8.22gb of edits, nearly 20k images!!!! 

Done with [a lot] help by the incredible @etherealascend, wouldn't be possible without him.

If you are unfamiliar with the archive, this is a collection of edits that were created by tumblr users, sorted by blog name! The goal is to save edits and editors works. This also includes deactivated accounts, collected by me and albeon by hand. 

(Note: This archive is completely up to date as of 7/10/23. Deactivated accounts are mostly archived after deactivation and therefore likely incomplete.)

have you ever considered making your own weirdcore edits?

actually my main is @etherealascend lol. Sorry for the confusion, I mentioned it a couple of times here and there, just didn't want this to be 'just a sideblog'

In your opinion, what makes a good weirdcore/ dreamcore photo

What elements have to be there

Also, are the word messages in the images just put in there for effect, or do they relate to real life and common fears?

Thanks

Btw I am currently trying to cross over this art aesthetic with traditional fine art and collage, so if your interested then I will post them on my Tumblr blog when done

Have a good one

gonna put this response under a cut bc it's long <3

hi! i'll go down the questions in a numbered list for easy formatting :)

"what makes a good wc/dc photo, what elements have to be there?" this is a really complicated question tbh! "good" is subjective of course and while that might not be what you're looking for, i think it's worth keeping in mind that i'm just one stranger on the internet -- plenty of edits that are/were loved on r/weirdcore or weirdcord are ones that i felt were underwhelming or even straight up not wc at all. that being said, i think a basic understanding of the fundamentals is a good idea for at least starting out, but don't let it limit you! the main like core tenets of weirdcore visuals are low quality (mostly via jpg compression but you can also use blurring, sharpening, and other effects to help embolden this for various purposes) and an older-web, less-polished/"corporate" feel to the images. plenty of wc images have super complicated visual effects, elaborately constructed menus, 3d models and renders -- which at least for the time looked futuristic -- but the visual glue that holds them together is that the presentation is less sleek and polished so that it gives off more of a 2000s era visual style. @mkr-2002 and @etherealascend are probably the editors that i think best illustrate the "more complex concept" end of this scale, making such elaborate digital collages that still retain the overall feel and look of the rest of the "genre" if you will. this answer is too long already but i'd say look around the big blogs, r/weirdcore and weirdcord if you want to join because they have the best understanding of it visually. OH and there is the aesthetics wiki page as well, but i don't know how up to date it is.

"are the word messages in the images just put there for effect, or do they relate to real life?" this is subjective, but i try to mix the two! some are very personal, some are completely made up. this goes for the sillier edits and for the more serious ones. i know some people view heavier, darker, "vent-ier" edits to be walking dangerously on the line between wc and traumacore, but it's really up to you to decide how you want to use the captions in that way. i'd personally be wary of using really common captions and tropes as they tend to make edits feel less unique overall, but even then some edits make them work! as with all art, the rules are a lot less concrete and more so guidelines you interact with before learning to break them.

"i am trying to cross over this aesthetic with traditional art and collage" interesting! i think the idea has a lot of potential, and i hope it goes well :)

inspired by @etherealascend

it's not very good but I don't really care

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Uneditted image credit: @etherealascend