#idk who to tag so sorry 😭

[kitconnor]

recently, a lot of people have been losing their gifs to reposters, whether that be a whole set stolen or just one gif taken for a textpost. which leads to a lot of us turning towards watermarks to not lose our work. it's not everyone's first choice, particularly because of aesthetics, but it's the best way to keep what you own.

of course, it might seem silly to do a whole "tutorial" on watermarks, but there's a lot of different ways to watermark in a subtle way that still protects your work. i've also seen a lot of people incredibly hesitant to move to watermarks because they believe it marrs their work, which may be true, but there are definitely ways around that. anyway, let's begin !

WATERMARK 1: URL/TRACKED TAG

the most common watermark for people is usually 'thisismyurl.tumblr.com', 'thisismyurl | tumblr', 'thisismyurl' - at least, this is assumed for most people as the best way to watermark.

but if you're like me and constantly want to change your url, you know that there's a good chance a watermark on a gif 3 months ago could be completely different to one now. this is why people are turning to tracking tags.

tracked tags change less frequently, if at all. it's smaller, which makes it more subtle. if you want to go the extra mile like me, you can create a blog under your tracked tag (eg. i track tuserlucie) which means you can reblog anything with your watermark to the blog, showing that it is yours.

placement is key though ! here's 3 different ways you can place it.

NOTE: opacity has not been altered on any of these. depending on how it looks with your gif, opacity looks best at 10-30%.

Font settings: Momcake, thin, 10pt, #ededed.

each of these placements have different advantages.

the first placement (top left) is the one i personally use. it's centered right on the middle but not too high up.

the second placement (top right) is probably the most popular. corners mean people can kind of tuck the watermark away where it doesn't seem obvious. the fourth (bottom right) effectively does the same.

the third placement (bottom left) is 100% the most effective. it sits in a point exactly where it's noticeable, making it less desirable for reposters. on the right opacity too, you hardly notice it.

WATERMARK 2: ICONS/SIGILS

this is an idea that i've seen used mostly by nik @cal-kestis , but is a great and creative way to do it !

an icon or sigil makes your gif totally unique to you. and it's something cute on there which is different to having to put text on there.

(i've put it in orange for the purpose of seeing it)

but you can see here, it doesn't need to be anything special. i've just used an oval shape plus the initials of my url and that's it !

but a sigil can be anything. it doesn't need to have text; it could just be an image. it could just be your icon. either way, it's a cute little alternative to using text.

here's the different options that i preference in action.

SIGIL - bottom right corner

URL - bottom middle

TRACKED TAG - face/body

RESOURCES

here's some resources to use if you want to start watermarking !

FONTS:

Momcake (this one was used throughout all the text watermarks !) Cocogoose Lemon milk Bebas Quicksand PSD

you can access a psd of editable watermarks here.

#tutorials #ps tutorials #resources #**l.myeditss #mine: resources #photoshop tutorials #idk who to tag so sorry 😭 #usersmia #usercats #usernorah #userrsun

[ritahayworrth]

LOIS SMITH and JAMES DEAN in a wardrobe test for East of Eden (1955) dir. Elia Kazan

#oldhollywoodedit #classicfilmedit #filmedit #movieedit #James Dean #Lois Smith #East of Eden #1950s #1955 #idk how to tag this #mygifs* #requested* #anon i'm sorry it took me so long to get this up 😭 #like you literally requested this in december and it's february!! #also i'm not sure how exactly you wanted me to gif the test so i just did a part i thought was cute #so if there's any other part of the test you want me to see let me know #and if the anon who requested sunset boulevard gifs ever reads this i'll try to get to it hopefully this weekend or sometime next week!!!!!

[ongsasuns]

S U G A R R U S H

#jeff satur #usernuria #tosnimeat #mjtag #userlovevivi #userconcrete #lextag #userkit #hipranparakul #tuserjovana #tuserhidden #tusersilence #vishingwell #usertoptaps #tuserkinga #usertheos #becauseigtf #zzarchive #i haven’t posted jeff in so long idk who wants to be tagged sorry 😭 #anyways. HIM

[eurodynamic]

STARFIELD (2023) dev. Bethesda Game Studios

COLTON BRAY — Space Scoundrel "Good? Bad? Whose right is it to say? If there’s anything you’ve learned while traipsing through the galaxy, it’s this: space may look black, but it’s really one big shade of grey."

#starfield #oc: colton #starfieldedit #gamingedit #starfield spoilers #userfaarkas #userfarllee #usernuclear #aartyom #userwolfkissed #* #people already posting their characters so i might as well 😭😭 hiii #also idk who to tag except a couple people sorry!! lmk if you'd like to be/not be tagged 🙏 #*ocs

[myreia]

— iv. raison d'être

It was never going to last. They knew it from the beginning, all of them. Their time in the First was temporary, fleeting. For some, that would have been enough to give pause, to keep distance. For them, it made these moments all the more precious—even when it was difficult, even when it was unfair. Ryne knows they are both proud of her. That will never change, even when they live in separate worlds. It is a bittersweet thing to say goodbye, to close one chapter and begin the next. But change is necessary, a fundamental aspect of life. There is no sense in clinging to the past when the future—with all its countless possibilities—lies ahead. There is no looking back. Only forwards.

#ffxiv #final fantasy 14 #ff14 #gpose #gposers #warrior of light #thancred waters #ryne waters #wolcred #wolcred week #aureia malathar #oc tag #myreia screenshots #aurcred 2024 #not me putting Aur in scouting gear and then giving her a rdm weapon 😔... which you can barely even see LOL #ryne looks like she's almost the same height as aur because of the angle but she's really not 😭 #she's! so! tiny!!!! #anyway i don't think this is an actual scene or anything it's just - an impression of how they are at the end of 5.3. #i tried making this dreamlike and hazy but idk if it worked i regret having too much DOF and blurring out the stars #this is more ryne's POV than either of theirs - aureia's the one who can stay he's the one who has to leave #there's grief in that acceptance and it's bittersweet but it's also happy in a way #anyway aur and thancred's individual relationships with ryne is the glue of their relationship in shb #i don't think they would have gotten past their issues if not for her #what they have at the end of 5.0. + start of eden gives them a couple months of feeling like a normal family #joke's on them they're not normal nothing is normal the more they try to make things normal the more it's going to crash #the moment of reprieve was good but it was a bit of a fantasy and it wasn't going to last #urianger is here in spirit I'M SO SORRY HE SHOULD BE HERE HE'S PART OF THIS TOO 😭 #i was too sleepy to pose a 4th character rip #urrrgghhh anyway i have so much to say about how lakeland is Aureia's home now and it's Ryne's home too but he can't be there byeeeeee 🙃 #shadowbringers spoilers

[mossychaos]

The quality is shit but so is my patience actively kept revisiting this for a couple of days between work

Lamb design ✨️✨️✨️

#moral of the story is not to do this #i will probably do it again tho idk #nows time for the fandom tags 😔 #sorry gaymers #cotl #cult of the lamb #cotl lamb #~oooooo~ lamb oc be upon you ~oooooo~ #this was techincally part of a whole comic but i lost motivation to finish it lol #for context it was when i failed a crusade and the faith was lowwww #so obvi followers started dessenting #it was only 1 so like wgatever but its literally only ever my wife who dessents #literally EVER TIME like GURL THROUGH SICKNESS AND HEALTH 😭😭😭 #i dont wanna kill her but the divorce papers are starting to look good #moss art

[keiyaku-tako]

List of... Business Partners.

A list of people that Azul talks to - as well as their tag! Feel free to request to be added here ^^ Also, please let me know if you'd like to be removed from this.

Romantic Partners

@blanketorghost - Yuu (Yuu Fujisaki)

Yuu, please stop putting yourself in danger. I love you, but it's not safe. I do not want you to get hurt.

General - Canon

@floydleechrp - Floyd

@halfafishandawholehuman - Floyd

@rook-hunt-chasseur-damour - Rook-san

Rook-san is intriguing... I enjoy talking to him.

@idya-shroud - Idia-san

General - OCs/Anons/etc

@blanketorghost - Ghost-san

Please stop trying to blackmail and guilt-trip me. I will not have you spreading lies about me to Yuu.

@incorrectmementomoriquotes - clownfish-san; kantokusei-san clownfish (old)

Why do you always do the craziest - pardon, oddest things?

@blind0raven - Kibby-san

I would appreciate if you did not continue to steal items from Mostro Lounge. And do not go whining to Jade.

@blind0raven - Ravey-san

I enjoy talking to you. Please do not get a bad influence from Kibby-san.

@blind0raven - Yuuki-san

@quartzztwst - Quartz-san

Where do I even begin...

@ggrocks - Sunny-san (new), kantokusei-san 🌻 (old)

No, you are not getting out of working at Mostro Lounge.

Pomefiore Student (L/N) 🪺, Pomefiore Student-san 🪆

How do I get him to perform at... Pardon me, I was just talking to myself.

@gummysharksorbet - Yuuto-san (Yuuto Watson)

@thehollowwriter - Quinn-san

🐀-san

🦊-san

🪸-san

🐬-san

🌹🪴-san

jar-san

comb-san

#kazumi speaks: this is literally for me because i forget to tag people & i forget what they're called #kazumi speaks: 100% likely that i might have missed someone so uh. yeah. sorry- #kazumi speaks: also i lose track of who i've talked to so i need this (me scrolling through my blog to find the people i interacted with-) #kazumi speaks: i'm sorry if i did not add a written portion for you (it just means azul hasn't interacted with you enough) #kazumi speaks: some of the dialogue was thought up when i'm half-asleep i'm sorry if they came out the wrong way- #azul doesn't speak #people masterlist #kazumi speaks: please help idk how to tag this #kazumi speaks: 100% forgetting someone on here (i'm sorry if that's you omg i didn't mean to 😭) #kazumi speaks: ignore that i'm trying to change my tagging system please-

[fluxweeed]

hey. hope this message doesn't bother you. I love you. I love your work. you are one of my favorite fic authors, I am absolutely obsessed with everything you write. reread everything ten times over, drarry or not, fluffy or angsty - even when it absolutely shatters my heart (e.g. for lack of wanting, SUCH a great fic btw i'm so obsessed with it). the four doors? life changing. two to lie and one to listen? engraved into my brain for eternity. what's mine is yours? what a ride holy shit, im VERY normal about it. wrapped? my comfort read. and so it goes.

if I could aggressively smother you with kudos and love I WOULD!!!

awhile ago you said that there's no such thing as "big deals" in fandom and I 100% agree but at the same time you are a big deal TO ME!!! not in the sense of any kind of hierarchy but purely based on the fact that I think you are such a cool person and your writing is amazing and poignant and your presence in fandom makes it so much better. it's been a pleasure following you here on tumblr and just reading your tags and posts.

idk I just think you rule. that's it. thank you for hanging with us. MWAH 💛

ahhhh anon sorry for leaving this message sitting in my inbox for a couple of days but !! i have zero idea how to react to this!! you're so kind!! thank you!! please discard any and all inclinations u have that i am a cool person bc i can assure you i am NOT!!

#tumblr tag essay time? tumblr tag essay time #why can't i do this in the main body of a post u ask? pure obnoxiousness ig idk #scarier when it's not greyed out and in a little whisper innit #1) anon i love and appreciate you + your kind words so so much but i rly cannot stress enough that literally nobody here is a big deal 😭 #like i know u don't mean it in That Way but even so!!! #this is a hill i could write another 1k words about before i die on it again but i will spare u 😅 #2) ur also v v kind to say the thing abt my presence in fandom #but unfortunately i'm coming to terms with the fact that my presence in fandom is v much on the sidelines #a non-presence #i'm embracing my role as the crotchety old hag who does not attend the functions #i have a hut in the woods and u can find me there (here in tumblr tags) muttering to myself #occasionally i'll wander into the town square (ao3) and present an unnerving thing i made from mud and twigs (a fic) and then i'll fuck off #that's about all i can handle in terms of group settings i think 😅 #but the door to my hut (my DMs) is always open if u want to stop by! #3) i can't even begin to acknowledge all the nice things u said about my fics kjhsdf you are truly too generous 😭 #let me smother YOU with love!!! cmere!!! #4) this is the second nice anon message i've had in the last couple weeks which is !!!! #anon(s) i'm kissing you wherever u consent to be kissed!!! #but ofc now i'm paranoid ppl will think i'm sending these to myself skdljf #can't stress enough how open my DMs are on here/twt/discord if ever u wanna chat in a way that i don't have to post publicly to reply to 😅 #5) i'm soooo sorry about these tags #could have just said “thanks!” couldn't i #please put me right in the bin #anyway sorry again thank you again ilu very much ❤️

[b3achysurfur]

ngl seeing ppl who hate me talk ab me is so funny . WHY ARE YALL HC ME AS ABLEIST WTF!!??

#just to clarify (cuz ig I have to??) systems/fictives are 100% valid #I’ve never even mentioned systems on here?? like ever? so idk where y’all got the idea that’d id hate crime u but okay… #SHOUT OUT TO MY FRIENDS WHO ARE APART OF SYS #I LOVE YALLLL #ESPECIALLY TOMMMY #but ya stop trying to make me out as a terrible person js cuz you want a reason to be one 😭 #u guys are odd!!! #go outside pls and stop making things up in ur head #thanks!!!! #sbg #sbg tagged bc it’s a couple of y’all #sorry for the innocent bystanders in all this

[honeynclove]

sometimes I block ppl and for literally no reason????

#☕️!- clove speaks #like martha speaks #Websites let me write little notes as to why I’ve blocked ppl #“Maybe just stop being a hater?” No! Anyways #Reblogged a mutuals addition to a post and I had the op blocked??? Scrolled thru their blog and had literally no reason to block them??? #idk guys #then again I’m also someone who blocks ppl if they annoy me #twst fandom ppl who post incorrect quotes I’m SO sorry #like half of the x reader blogs despite enjoying x reader content #sometimes I block ppl just for posting ships I don’t like I’m so sorry tr.yj.de accs I’m sure you’re lovely #I FEEL BAD CENSORING IT I WAS JUST HORRIFIED THE LAST TIME I SPOKE NEGATIVELY OF A SHIP IN MY TAGS AND IT PUT IT IN THE MAIN TAGS ARATATAGS #what else #if I don’t like someone’s hcs too #😭😭😭 #Most if not all proshippers too I’m sorry #“Why don’t you just block the tags of stuff you don’t like?” I’m too lazy to find that feature on the website

[autistic-katara]

Can I see your OCs? 👀

sure :3 i actually just finished making some art of them earlier

this isn’t them in canon, i just randomly had the urge to draw them as kids (they’re 15/16 in canon and idk 8 here, also they won’t meet until they’re 14 but yk) but yeah from left to right they’re Faizan, Catriona, Elspeth (Ella/El), Lola, Liam, and name still pending bcz i didn’t like the one i gave him before but can’t think of another good one (so if u have any that u think might fit pls lmk)

#this doesn’t idk fully represent who they r nd stuff when they’re older #like El’s more masc nd Faizan’s more fem but they both have pretty traditional religious family #nd lola liam + [undecided] r all trans nd currently pre-transition atp #+ lola especially being a lot more fem here #also [undecided] is pretty emo rn so #honest to god tho tysm for asking this i rlly wanted to talk abt them and show off my art 🙏🙏🙏 #ocs #my ocs #cba to tag all the characters rn 😭 #art #my art #asks #also prolly just me being insecure but sorry the style looks weird i didn’t have the energy to make it look better 😭

[sillyabtmusic]

my apologies btw if i use y'all's tracking tags so inconsistently and strangely i find it very nervewracking 😭

#speaking.txt #idk if im like the only one doing this but i always feel like i can't tag X person more than X amount of times in a specific period of time #among other mental rules regarding them #and the timeframes and amounts vary depending on who im tagging #but i also have memory issues. and problems with time. so i forget the last time i tagged someone in something and if #i have no mental counter going i just forego tagging entirely to be on the safe side 😭 #so like if im not tagging you in something you wanna be seeing 1. i am so sorry 2. just like explicitly tell me nods #did you guys know there was a champion horse named forego. i was making sure i spelled forego right and it brought up the horse

[thedragonsnotdead]

when your brain invents an entire storyline around the themes of cyclical familial trauma passed down by your father, and you are confronting your mother for ever letting him enter your lives.

and the dream takes places in this old wooden home where the wallpaper peels and the floors creak and the air is thick with dust and the smell of blood. where sunlight pours in through the curtain in this hazy dreamlike way and all you can do is try to breathe in this room filled with sun and everything you’ve ever owned and now you’re sobbing in your mother’s arms. you feel guilty for ruining her beautiful, somewhat edwardian style, wedding dress, choosing to ignore the fact that a red red red splatter is already across her front and coats her hands.

and you’re choking on the dust and smell of blood and rot permeating the home, and now you’re begging. you’re begging to know if you’re a horrible child for turning out just like Him even when you tried so so fucking hard not to. even when’s there’s no longer a Him to turn into.

and your mother is shaking as she tries to hold you close, reassuring you that You are You and you desperately hold onto her and her uneven voice, even as her blood slicked hands can’t quite grip your shoulders.

#this is so abigail coded <-voice of a guy who is Not about to confront his own issues #anyway. this is kind of writing. might start a tag for it if stuff like this happened again #haven’t had a vivid dream in a while so this was. interesting. anyway yeah to me this is very #abigail hobbs #maybe I’ll edit this to tailor it more for her. idk #pulling a will graham and projecting all my issues on her💪sorry girl💪guys come brainrot over my own dream w me😭 #eve.txt

[barredandromeda]

how many coincidences until its the truth

#idk why ive been tweaking over this boy all day bro #at least at school i get to see him but theres no reason for me to care today 😭 #typed out 10 pages ab how much these coincidences confuse me cause no way all of that was just by chance #he literally got up and walked in the opposite direction to pass me daily for like 2 weeks right as i passed him come on. please bro #my friends say he gives off lowkey percy jackson vibes so maybe i just have a type 🙏 which includes weird ass coincidences and #that word i forgot where like not smart but not not smart but just not recognizing whatever #nvm i got it i meant dense #tall white dark haired dense loser boys who cant look me in the eyes and have highkey questionable friends 🙏 #an indian friend of his said he'd yell the nword of it was only those two and so i avoided him and his friend that club day 😭 #i dont get to see him monday. or tuesday. only wednesday if im lucky #THANK GODD I JUST REMEMBERED friday is normal this week ill see him then 🙏 unless he decides to skip but idk hes lowkey a nerd #sorry i need to yap ab him to new ppl cause sid and serenity know fs that everything between me n him were just coincidences #need it to be fate 🙏🙏🙏 #post #erics tag #delete later #kindividual posting

[florida3exclamationpoints]

Sometimes I get a little sad about not interacting in the Peggy fandom very much but. I just. Physically Cannot go into the Peggy Carter tag. Also avoid the Agent Carter tag. Never given the Captain Carter tag a chance to hurt me.

#i also am picky about following which makes me feel bad!! #but i CANT handle Bad Opinions 😭 #and like. in the tags the problem is people put evil mean hate in them. #but with following people. sometimes its an opinion that's perfectly fine. i just dont share it. and ik i should let them have their fun #(i do let them have their fun i would never say anything mean) but internally i am suffering. skdbsjs #and im like. hm this blog seems to like peggy carter. but what if i follow them and it turns out they actually HATE her #😭😭😭 you know what this is. you know what im describing rn. anxiety. i have anxiety #my worst fear is someone who loves peggy/steggy but its the version they have created in their head #and that version is so wrong. #it looks like we agree but then oh. oh no sorry. idk man #SKDHSKDJ YOU KNOW???? i have anxiety. ❤️ #peggy carter #agent carter #marvel

[arklay]

RESIDENT EVIL → DIANA & ALBERT WESKER

"You live inside me, the same way I live inside you. A moebius strip, a snake always swallowing its own tail. Mutually assured destruction, maybe, or mutual deification. Mutual consumption. I will be the house that holds every part of you." — Becca De La Rosa and Mabel Martin, Mabel: Matryoshka [Episode 28]

[template]

#that's the best photo we will get of stinky cause i don't have a fc for him <3 i made charts for them ages ago so of course special interest #had to do them for this template heheh also was just looking for birthdays based on their big 3 and somehow the other placements fit pretty #well... i have so many thoughts about this. like rip to elliot who had to hear me analyse the report it gave for blond man back when i did #it cause so much of it was weirdly accurate. anyways. hi hello i did a thing :) #made little rambling in the tags post about his moon because like many thoughts there considering it's a fire sign when he has a lot of #earth energy but i am my reasons hehe also them both having stelliums is so hot and for what?? i feel like the affectionate metres may be a #little too high? but also like idk they are very affectionate in their own ways. my brain knows. sorry i can’t telepathically transfer all #my thoughts 😭 OH also. apologises first... idk. when something happens they both just apologise when they have noticed they've upset the #other then they move on and don't make a big deal of it so ??? but i think diana is a bit more stubborn 🤷🏼 #oc: diana #pair: ewskers #mine.