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fu-yao · 3 years

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#showyourprocess

From planning to posting, share your process for making creative content!

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Thank you so much for tagging me @lan-xichens, I’ll try my best to explain how I made this set from start to finish hehe ♡ and also a big thank you to @suibianjie @highwarlockkareena @nyx4 @aheartfullofjolllly and you as well Kris for putting this all together! Content creators get a lot less recognition than they deserve for all the time they put into their content, so getting everyone to see the (sometimes excessive) process we all go through to put our content in our blog, I hope it creates a positive change!! 💖

1. Planning

The set in question was actually requested by someone so they could celebrate their friend’s birthday! At first I wasn’t entirely sure if I was going to be able to finish it on time (college is very hectic right now) but I was able to finish it three days before the deadline which was may 1st! ^-^

The first thing I did was decide what characters I wanted to use in the set, I first reached out to the person who requested the set if there were certain characters they wanted me to use but they said they didn’t know enough to really give me any directives outside of the quote. I decided, since the quote is applicable to the entirety of the show, that I would try to put in as many characters as possible.

Thus, of course, came the hunting for scenes. Those of you in the net discord surely know I came into the content help channel a few times to ask for certain scenes here and there, and eventually I had to download an additional 10 episodes to the back then 20 or so episodes I had in my CQL episodes folder.

As you can see I have 30 random episodes of CQL downloaded (slowly but surely getting to the point where I have all 50 episodes downloaded) and I think I ended up using scenes out of at least 20 of those episodes.

I planned out beforehand what characters I would use per gif. I knew obviously I would start out with Wangxian, them being the main characters of the show, and then would work my way down the list. The second gif consists of Nie Huaisang, Nie Mingjue, Jin Zixuan, Jiang Yanli, Wen Qing, and Wen Ning. They’re all family pairings, two being siblings and one being a married couple. The next gifset consists of the Yi City characters, then the fourth gif consists of the juniors, and the final gif has Jin Guangyao, Mianmian, Jiang Cheng, and Lan Xichen in it.

I have to admit though that when I had made the first four gifs I’d forgotten who I would put in the last gif and the when I thought about it the first time around I could only think of Lan Qiren and the very cursed Yaoyang ship 😭 it was only at dinner time that same day that I remembered I hadn’t put Jiang Cheng in my gifset yet and that’s when I thought of the other characters as well.

I had already made my first two gifs when I went to check Hanyi’s blog for layout inspo and eventually I decided I wanted to try a triangle-ish layout, which I doodled below. I eventually ended up changing the layout of the last gif in the final design. It was also the first time I would work with a triangle-ish layout so I was a bit nervous as I was scared it wasn’t going to work out...

2. Creating

I use Avisynth 2.5 and Adobe Photoshop 2021 (the paid version, unfortunately, I need it for school except I didn’t need it this year but I wanted it so I paid for it with my own money ouch) to make my gifsets! I always start out with trimming down all the scenes I’m going to use into three to five second videos and putting them through Avisynth. This time around I did it separately for each gif I made, simply because I needed so many scenes. I would include a screenshot of my “gif vids” and “temp” folders but I’ve already deleted all the videos, which is what I usually do immediately after a set is posted.

I’ll try my best explaining this gif by gif since each one had a different layout!

2.1 Wangxian

I think I had up to five different designs of this gif 😭 it started out with the gif on the left originally being more centered and the quote right smack in the center but somehow it felt a bit too... empty? I changed up the design and pulled the gif over to the right and put the two closeups on the left, the exact opposite of the gif I eventually ended up with. I switched things around one more time and saved the gif as you can see it right now, except I didn’t include the lines yet. It was only as I finished up my fourth gif that I decided this gif needed lines as well so I added them ^-^

2.2 Nie Huaisang, Nie Mingjue, Jin Zixuan, Jiang Yanli, Wen Qing, and Wen Ning

I got the inspiration for the font layout on this gif from this Wenzhou post! I hadn’t tried it before and when I did for this gif I was very happy with the way it turned out :D I wanted to portray that life is a pile of good and bad things, as the quote says, in CQL by mirroring these happy scenes side by side with the sad scenes

2.3 Yi CIty

My first time working with the triangle layout!! Putting in the lines and making sure they would line up with the second gif took me the longest of all actually 😭 I think once I got the line on the left in I just copy pasted it and flipped it horizontally so I didn’t have to fiddle around with angling it anymore :’) my original idea was to get a happy Song Lan scene and a sad A-Qing scene, but when I stumbled upon this A-Qing scene in ep38 I just had to put it in there because her smile is so precious 🥺 Xue Yang and Xiao Xingchen in the center are also supposed to be mirrored, with Xue Yang embodying the “bad things” and Xiao Xingchen the “good things” ! I also think the Yi City characters fit this part of the quote very well!!

2.4 The Juniors

Ah yes, the junior quartet!! :D I had this planned out from the very beginning, that I would include happy versus sad juniors in the “vice versa” part of the quote, and I think it worked out quite well! My first idea was to put the “vice versa” completely in the special font and have it typed out over the gifs like I did with the “vice” but as I typed out the “versa” I realized it had one letter too much to be able to do that 😭😭 it took me a while to come up with how I would position the “but” and “versa” and after some moving around I decided to just place them the way I did in the final gif! For the font, I duplicated the “vice” and added a stroke to the duplicate, then I changed the fill setting to 0% so I could slightly drag the duplicate away from the original layer to create the effect that’s in the gif — also, finding a scene in which Jin Ling smiles is really difficult.... he barely even smiles in the scene I ended up using :(

2.5 Jin Guangyao, Mianmian, Jiang Cheng, and Lan Xichen

The final gif!! I feel like this might come a little across as “I promise I didn’t forget these characters” because they’re a very odd quadruplet to put together, but they were the most important characters left to put in the set! I was thinking of putting Nie Mingjue in here together with Jin Guangyao and Lan Xichen, but I did feel he fit more with his brother up in the second gif. Mei @mylastbraincql cheered me on making this gif for which I was very grateful :D <3 the layout came to be after I googled “how to evenly split a rectangle in four” because I didn’t want a repeat layout in the set (*/∇＼*)

2.6 Coloring

For the coloring I pretty much did all of the tweaking on the first gif and then copy pasted all of it onto the second, third, fourth, and fifth gif. This is usually the way I go about my coloring, I will always edit certain gifs if necessary but I don’t think I had to change the coloring much on any of these gifs? Maybe I added in a curve layer here and there, but nothing major! This is really one of my preferred coloring styles, even though I try to step outside of my comfort zones with other sets ^-^

3. Posting

I will always upload sets into my drafts and edit the caption in there as well, clicking on “preview post” a couple times to check everything looks good on my blog as well, before I post a set. However, this time, since there was a deadline and I finished before the deadline, I put this set in the queue so it would automatically post on the 1st of may! Knowing myself, I would’ve forgotten to do so </3

Whew that was... a lot 😭 did it make any sense? Probably not, but it was fun to ramble （ ´∀｀）

I’ll tag

@blinkplnk with this set !

@wuxien with this set !

@wendashanren with this set !

@wanyinxichen with this set !

@yibobibo with this set !

@mylastbraincql with this set !

@sugarbabywenkexing with this set !

@yiling-recesses with this set !

@jiancheng with this set !

Please feel totally free to ignore this if you’ve already been tagged and don’t want to do it again!! <3

#showyourprocess #tag game #this got so long i'm sorry ;-;#very curious to see everyone else's processes!!#thank you for the tag kris <3

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a-force-dyad-in-space · 2 years

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MY UNTAMED FANWORKS MASTERPOST // GIFs AND PHOTOSETS

WangXian × Hoax | Photo Set | Rated T

Short Description: A photoset about Wei Wuxian's death and rebirth and reunion with Lan Wangji, set to lyrics from the song "Hoax" by Taylor Swift

WangXian Ep42 Crack | GIF Set | Rated G

Short Description: The stairs/love declaration scene from ep 42 with humorous captions

Xue Yang × Farewell Wanderlust | GIF Set | Rated T (but TW for blood)

Short Description: A montage of Xue Yang during his Yi City journey and the decline of his sanity, set to lyrics from the song "Farewell Wanderlust" by The Amazing Devil

XieYang × Lover (Crossover with Word of Honor) | GIF Set | Rated G

Short Description: Xue Yang from The Untamed and Xie Wang from Word of Honor depicted side by side in a romantic manner, set to lyrics from the song "Lover" by Taylor Swift

SongXiao × Inkpot Gods (partially seen above) | GIF Set | Rated T (but TW for blood)

Short Description: A montage of Xiao Xingchen's and Song Lan's story, from happiness to tragedy, set to lyrics from the song "Inkpot Gods" by The Amazing Devil

WangXian Color Rush AU teaser | GIF Set | Rated G

Short Description: A GIF teaser for one of my fics, showing Lan Wangji and Wei Wuxian after their fight in ep 3; Lan Wangji is a Mono and only sees things in black and white until he properly looks at Wei Wuxian's face, at which his world explodes into color

Li Rong and Bai Jie from the Angsty SongXue fic | GIFs | Rated G

Short Description: Faceclaim announcement post for two of my OCs from the Angsty SongXue fic. Li Rong's faceclaim is Che Xiao. Bai Jie's faceclaim used to be Yang Yang, but is now Huang Junjie.

SongXue Height Difference | GIF | Rated G

Short Description: A corner shot of Song Lan and Xue Yang standing next to each other in ep 10. Song Lan looks significantly taller than Xue Yang.

Zhuang Mingri from the Angsty SongXue fic | GIF | Rated G

Short Description: Faceclaim announcement post for a new OC that I introduced in the Angsty SongXue fic, Zhuang Mingri. Her faceclaim is Song Xiao-Yingzi.

Xue Yang's Got A Gun | GIF Set | Rated T

Short Description: A birthday post for Xue Yang, showing him with swords and the words "My baby's a got a gun". It ends with a gif of him and Xiao Xingchen where they talk, but flashes of their last moment together where Xiao Xingchen stabs him are shown in a layover, accompanied by the words "YOU BETTER RUN". The text is inspired by lyrics from the Mother Mother song "Hayloft".

The Universe Would Turn to a Mighty Stranger | GIF Set | Rated T

Short Description: A birthday gifset for Becks, inspired by her fic. It shows two presents (as in the time tense), a fake one and the real one. In the fake one, Lan Wangji stays alive after Wei Wuxian died and Lan Xichen continues his life with him as-is. In the real one, Lan Wangji died after getting whipped for disobedience, and Lan Xichen grows resentful. The set is accompanied by a quote from Emily Brontë's Wuthering Heights.

Happy Birthday Xiao Xingchen | GIF Set | Rated G

Short Description: GIFs of Xiao Xingchen smiling softly throughout the episodes he appeared in, edited with a warm orange filter. The first GIF has text that says "Happy Birthday" in a pretty, handwritten-style font, the text on the third says "Bright Moon", the one on the fifth "Gentle Breeze", and the one on the last "Xiao Xingchen".

Daozhang Birthday Bonus | GIF Set | Rated G

Short Description: Four GIFs from the Yi City arc where Xiao Xingchen smiles and laugh with or at A'Qing and Xue Yang. In the first one, A'Qing laughs which makes Xiao Xingchen smile. In the second, Xiao Xingchen smiles softly at something Xue Yang says to him while they gather materials for fixing the roof. In the third, A'Qing's worry makes Xiao Xingchen smile and shake his head as he walk out of frame. In the last, Xiao Xingchen and Xue Yang sit on the stairs together, laughing over Xue Yang's attempt to trick Xiao Xingchen into grocery shopping alone.

Breaking News! Local Murder Gremlin is Speechless | GIF Set | Rated T

Short Description: Two GIFs of Xue Yang getting patched up by Xiao Xingchen in Yi CIty. His expression is vulnerable when he looks up at Xiao Xingchen while he's bandaging his injured leg.

Red & Black (Marius's Version) | GIF Set | Rated T

Short Description: A GIF set overlaid with lyrics from the song "The ABC Café / Red & Black" from Les Misérables. The first GIF (red font, black&white images) shows several moments from CQL that initiated relationships between characters, such as WangXian's lunch date incl. A'Yuan, XuanLi standing on the little bridge in Lanling, and Wen Ning's first meeting with Wei Wuxian. The second GIF (black font, red-tinted images) shows moments after loved ones were gone, such as Lan Wangji's isolation after Wei Wuxian's death, Xue Yang with Xiao Xingchen's face, and Song Lan crying over the fact that Xiao Xingchen is living with Xue Yang. The third GIF (red font, black&white images) shows moments of desire, such as Lan Wangji staring at Wei Wuxian while he drinks the alcohol for him (you know the one), Lan Xichen and Jin Guangyao looking at each other during guqin practice, and Xue Yang smiling at Xiao Xingchen across the bonfire. The last GIF (black font, red-tinted images) shows moments of despair, such as Wei Wuxian crying over Jiang Yanli's death, Jiang Yanli crying over Jin Zixuan's death, and Xiao Xingchen crying over Song Lan becoming a Fierce Corpse.

Red & Black (Enjolras's Version) | GIF Set | Rated T

Short Description: A GIF set overlaid with lyrics from the song "The ABC Café / Red & Black" from Les Misérables. The first GIF (red font, black&white images) shows moments of anger for several characters, such as Lan Wangji when he received his 33 lashes, Nie Mingjue during his qi deviation, and Nie Huaisang after he found out that Jin Guangyao is behind Nie Mingjue's death. The second GIF (black font, red-tinted images) shows moments where the Wen clan tried to take over the other sects, such as the attack on Lotus Pier, the attack on the Unclean Realm and the attack on Cloud Recesses. The third GIF (red font that changes to white, black&white images that change to color) shows the other clans fighting back against the Wen clan during the Sunshot Campaign and Wen Ruohan's final downfall as he is slain by Jin Guangyao (then of course still Meng Yao). The last GIF (white font, color images) shows moments of happiness and peace for several characters, such as WangXian at the of the series at the top of the waterfall, 3Zun making their vows to be sworn brothers, Jin Zixuan and Jiang Yanli with baby Jin Ling, and Xue Yang with A'Qing and Xiao Xingchen around the fire in Yi City.

Mianmian leaves the Jin sect | GIF Set | Rated G

Short Description: Five GIFs of the scene from episode 27 where Mianmian takes off her Jin robe and sash and storms out of the hall in Jinlin Tai with Jin Zixuan looking after her, distraught.

#the untamed #cql #gifs #jenggifs #masterpost

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korpikorppi · 3 years

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Miscellaneous posts 2021 masterpost, part 3

Links to stuff I've made in September - December 2021 (excluding the posts mentioned separately in my pinned post as well as most posts at @1000wangjis) to try to keep things in order somehow 🤔. Latest one on top.

Baxia, Shuoyue and Hensheng (photocollages)

Suibian's blade inscriptions, part 2 (the other side of the blade?)

Dramatic b&w Yunmeng Shuangjie in the rain (two sreencap edits)

A little bit of meta on sword etiquette and the NMJ and LWJ familiarity from ep10

Da-ge and the fanboys (NMJ, MY, JC, WWX, LWJ, LXC)

Soft Wangxian, ep50 (the "sequel" for the previous post, screencaps)

Wangxian family reunion, ep50 (caps and a little bit of meta)

Echoes (Wangxian's 2nd moonlight duel, with echoes of the 1st)

LWJ edit #260 (reblog from 1000wangjis, with a follow-up Greetings from Yi City! edit)

Black and white (Wangxian promo pic edit for the MDZS language fest, in Finnish)

Fuxue, Shuanghua and Jiangzai (photocollages)

Whole and Broken (the Twin Jades in ep50, parallel)

Misplaced blame (Yunmeng shuangjie in ep16, some screencap edits and a dash of meta)

Sandu and Suihua (photocollages)

Ten portraits of Lan Wangji (to celebrate 250 edited screecaps posted at @1000wangjis )

Suibian's blade inscription?

Bichen and Suibian (photocollages)

Wangxian in donghua s3 ep2 (ranting over their domesticity and mushy LWJ)

Two meetings outside Yi City (a three-image set from MDZS donghua s3 ep2; XXC, A-Qing and Xue Yang)

Purple! Jiang Cheng (JC's birthday post, edits in a purple and grey palette)

Keep smiling (WWX's birthday edit #2, smile slipping at the end of the happy Lotus lake scene)

Legends are only legends (WWX's birthday edit, overlay of screencaps from the Untamed and MDZS donghua with a quote from the novel)

Totally gone. Pining squared. (LWJ's soft yearning™️ expression from CQL and the donghua)

Beautiful distress (a single screencap of YLLZ's face from Nightless City)

A collection of WWX's gorgeous facial expressions (episode 34, talking to JL)

The absolutely stunning art of the MDZS donghua season 2 (end credits).

Wei "it fits, he sits" Wuxian (WWX sitting on LWJ's desk in MDZS donghua s1 ep3)

The 4th way (WWX's idea for dealing with resentful energy, illustrated. MDZS donghua s1 ep3)

LWJ edit #222 (reblog from 1000wangjis, Hanguang-jun in Yi City)

Two sides (parallel edits, LWJ from the donghua and WWX from the Untamed)

Barefooted Wangxian (a tiny detail of the Cold Pond Cave scene(s)

Two gritty (but pretty) Zewu-jun edits for his birthday

The fearsome Yiling Laozu and his demonic cultivars (single screencap edit of WWX in his lotus pond)

Wangxian reunion (MDZS donghua s1 ep2)

The end is in the beginning, the beginning is in the end (LWJ's long wait and time)

When the kids are going to invite your ex (WWX in ep1)

Blast(s) from the Past (MDZS donghua s1 ep2)

Hold Wei Ying at sword point, end up at sword point (WWX - XY parallel from Yi City)

The Posterior of Turmoil (LWJ getting distracted, single screenshot crack)

LWJ edit #201 (reblog from 1000wangjis, flipping in Yi City)

Blooming Wen Ning (a single screencap edit of WN, in reply to an idea from @goldencorecrunches)

In front of Jin Ling's salad?! (Xiyao vs. teenaged JL)

I. can. control. it. (dramatic YLLZ from ep33)

Let me go (the cliff-edge scene from ep33)

A fated meeting (MDZS donghua s1 ep1, WWX and Little Apple, single screenshot edit)

Introducing Wei Wuxian and Lan Wangji (MDZS donghua s1 ep1)

MDZS donghua season 1 ink painting intro

LWJ edit #190 (reblog from 1000wangjis, LWJ and WWX talking about Suibian in the Jingshi)

Part 2 May - August, 2021

Part 1 January - April, 2021

#blog stuff #miscellaneous posts 2021 #miscellaneous posts #mine #masterpost

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