#i’m in art block and kind of going through a deep case of ‘0 thoughts head empty’ so 🤷🏻

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Soulmate AU! Wanna One Lai Guan Lin

✽ featuring: guanlin, seonho

✽ genre: fluff, angst (verbal bullying)

✽ word count: 2490 words

✽ summary: the clock ticked as you sat alone, alienating yourself from the others. what you didn’t know was that your glowing timer was nearing its last few seconds, but there was no one in sight.

you have a pretty common way to track your soulmate

the little glowing timer on your wrist indicated the days, hours, minutes, and seconds left to finding your soulmate

compared to others, yours seemed to be longer and a bit faulty

you’ve heard stories from your friends with the same trait, as they tell you their love story and basically becoming high school sweethearts

sometimes your clock would just disappear from time to time when the timer hasn’t even reached zero yet

which made you a bit sceptical

but either way, you graduated high school without meeting your soulmate

you lowkey felt a bit left out

nah girl you were jealous af

and you entered this really prestigious college since you didn’t have to worry about relationship problems during your finals and focused on studying

none of your close friends made it into the same school as you, except seonho, who was your classmate in your graduating class

after finding out you two were going to the same school, you two became really close friends

by the time you entered college, it was an entire different experience from high school

you all had to live in your own dorms, cook your own food and do your laundry

so you only got to see your family on the weekends, and you spend majority of your time with friends

in this case seonho

seonho decided to major in art & design, while you majored in business management

you two only had math class together, which was really fun since you two sat together

but in other classes you were separated from him, so you had to socialise with others

in your business class, you were assigned to do a group project with two students

everyone began to scramble around class, looking for their own group

you looked around class, and spotted a generally quiet boy wearing a hoodie sitting at the back of class, spinning his pen on his index finger while staring outside of the window

what the, he’s so beautiful

since you were also quiet in class, you wanted to rally up all the quiet people in class so you all wouldn’t feel excluded

keeping your eyes on the boy, you stood up, dragging back your chair with a loud screech

“hey, y/n! want to join us?”

you looked in front, to see 2 girls waving their hands to you

you nodded, and began gathering your textbook and a pen

little did you know, the mysterious boy was looking at you as you smiled to the girls and walked up to them

he exhaled, and he eventually got his own group as well

when you sat down with the girls, you 3 began discussing project ideas, but somehow lead to them inviting you to a fraternity party that was held in 2 weeks time

you agreed, obviously, where else would you go to meet new people?

after that, you began hanging out with these girls and their friends, spending less and less time with seonho

your schedules didn’t really match up anyway

after joining the basketball team, he would always be practicing

one day after school, you were on the way to a small café with the group of girls when you walked past the basketball court

seonho was with his friends on the court, and they were having a break

you exclaimed seonho’s name from behind the fence

where he turned to you and smiled

you two exchanged finger guns and clicked your tongue at the same time

as you were messing with him from a distance, you noticed the same mysterious boy from your business management class standing beside him, staring at you in awe

when you bid your goodbyes and began walking away, you turned back one more time 

you saw seonho wrapping his arm around the boy’s shoulder and began cheekily teasing him, which made the boy’s face turn bright red

he also plastered this really joyful gummy smile on his face, you couldn’t help to smile

he’s so cute

you weren’t expecting a boy with such a cold exterior to be so soft!!

but either way, you decided to shake the feeling off once more

while catching up to the girls, you lifted your sleeve to look at your wrist

you haven’t even bothered to look at it for the past few weeks due to your hectic schedule

to your surprise, your timer would reach 0 in less than 2 weeks time

you assumed you would officially meet your soulmate at the fraternity party and you couldn’t stop yourself from imagining the love story scene that your high school friends always depicted

sparks would fly as your eyes made contact, the minutes would feel like hours to you, every brush of skin contact would make your heart flutter

for the rest of the weeks, you began preparing yourself for the night of your life

on the evening of the frat party, you sat on your dorm bed and fixed your bracelet on

even though you had barely any sleep the previous night, you still managed to plaster a joyful face 

it was approximately 10 minutes to the start of the party

it wouldn’t be that bad to be fashionably late now would i?

you ran over to the bathroom to check your hair once more, and you took a glance at your wrist

1:21:09

you took a deep breath and began fixing on your heels

however, you felt a vibration from your purse

you took it out to see a message from seonho

“y/n, do not go to the frat party. trust me.”

you stared at the phone in confusion

“what? why?”

“please, y/n just don’t go. i’m serious.”

you rolled your eyes and angrily texted him back, fingers tapping as your face boiled hot

“look seonho, tonight, i’m going to meet my soulmate. i’m not losing this chance.”

as you hit send, you shoved your phone back into your purse

you heard another vibration, but you decided to ignore it

how stupid can you be? to waste this chance? hell no.

you stomped out of the room and slammed the door behind you

once you reached the door of the fraternity house that the party was held at, you took a deep breath

blaring music could be heard from a block away, and you could see silhouettes of people dancing the night away

you could hear the endless chatter of people, and one of them inside is your soulmate

you look at your wrist once more, which was hidden behind the jewels of your bracelet

0:44:01

i’m not going to let seonho ruin my night. it’s just a party. he’s such a mom. 

you swung open the door, only to be greeted by a crowd of unfamiliar faces

the smell of alcohol and different scents of perfume wafted past your nostrils, which literally made you want to sneeze

you shoved your way through the crowd of drunkards and party-harders, trying desperately to find a familiar face

you decided to ask someone where your group of friends were

the stranger smiled deviously, asking to offer you a drink instead

you rejected his offer and quickly paced away upstairs

im not dealing with that shit

once you arrived upstairs, you could hear the faint murmuring from a lighted room

the door of the mysterious room was left slightly ajar

when you got closer, you could hear the group of girls that you always hung out with talking

you decided not to enter, but eavesdrop instead

“we only let her be in our group cause she scores consistent good grades in business. then all of a sudden, she just starts clinging onto us. she’s so desperate,” you heard one of the girls say

your eyes widen in shock

a faint chill ran down your spine

are they talking about.. me?

“yah, y/n’s weird. when she wants to hang out, lets just say we’re all busy or something. shes so extra,” you heard another one say

all the girls began giggling, and you felt your heart sink 

your breathing became shallower and faster

you could feel a lump swelling in your throat

you began running to the stairs with your hand covering your mouth

i want to get out. i want to leave. 

as you reached the bottom of the stairs, you accidentally bumped into a tall burly figure

“fuck sorry.. i’m sorry..” you said with your shaky voice

you didn’t even bother looking up at him, you just ran

you sprinted out of the frat house and to the nearby deserted bus stop

you didn’t expect anyone to be there anyway, it was literally 12am at night and bus routes have ended

you wiped the dripping mascara off your face as you just sat there

you lifted your bracelet to see the timer at about to reach 0

0:00:03

you spun your head around

0:00:02

no one was around

0:00:01

you felt yourself drifting away and soon, your vision turned to black

whilst in your fainting spell, you managed to make out a phrase said by a presence next to you

“y/n.. i’m sorry i’m late,”

the next thing you know, you woke up to an alarm set next to you

what? i don’t have an alarm.

you shot up from what was thought to be your bed

the bed had some kind of, cologne smell on it?

you looked around in your surroundings

it looked like your dorm, but it’s not?

you looked down, only to see a pink sweater on you

i don’t have a pink sweater.. but its comfy tho

you quickly looked for your belongings, which were nicely placed on the bedside table

where am i???????

the door shot open, only to see the mysterious boy you knew from business class in an.. apron

you got shocked obviously, accidentally hitting your head on the top bunk while jumping upwards

you fell backwards onto the bed with a shout

“shit oh my god y/n are you okay??”

he quickly ran over to you and sat down next to you

you sat back up, gripping the bruise on your forehead

“y/n let me see please,”

you turned your head towards him, only to be inches away from his face as his hands softly took yours

you inched backwards in response, which kind of sent him the message

“uhh, what’s your name?”

he shot backwards and scratched the back of his neck, face turning bright pink as his pupils shifted

“shit what am i doing.. i’m so sorry. i’m lai guan lin. from your business management class,”

oh, its the beautiful guy. he’s still beautiful tho

“hello, well can you explain to me what happened? and why i am here?” you asked, rubbing your bruise which made you flinch as you attempted to soothe it

he moved backwards a bit

“well um, the frat party kind of went wrong.. and seonho sent me to get you,”

he looked away

ah, seonho. i have to thank him.

“well, thank you for helping me out last night. and, for the sweater, its comfy”

you began to play around with the sweater, not noticing he actually got really flustered about it

“h-hold on for a moment y/n,” he said as he exited the room

you lied back onto the bed, and lifted the sleeve of the sweater

the timer is at 0

i hope its not that weird guy that asked to get me a drink yesterday or some shit. or..

your eyes widen

you looked back onto the bed

you literally realised where you were

girl you’re slow

you were in

guanlin’s room???????????

just as you began freaking out again, guanlin entered back into the room with a first aid kit and a cup of coffee

“oh, please relax. i slept on the couch last night, and my dorm-mates all spent the night at the frat house, they probably won’t be home for another 3 hours”

he sat down next to you once again

“can i treat your bruise?”

you nodded in response

he began spreading ointments on your forehead and rubbing it with his thumb

you glanced upwards, only to see his sleeve sliding backwards onto his forearm, revealing a set of numbers glowing on his wrist

0:00:00

you started blushing

w-what if he’s..

“i’m done,” he says as he retracted from you

he stood up, carrying the first aid kit with him

“you can rest for a few more hours if you would like, unless you want to return back to your dorm. i’ll be more than happy to-”

“guanlin,” you said, standing up

fuck, i’m so short.

“y-yeah?” he said, clearly intimidated despite you being a literal head or two shorter than he is

“you’re my soulmate, right?”

your tone seemed firm, and you kept your eyes on him

he looked around the room, obviously flustered 

he twiddled his thumbs behind his back

“u-uh;; i guess..???imeanicamelaterthanthetimeri’msosorryicouldn’tcometoyousoonermaybeimnotevenyoursoulmatebutistillloveyouthoooo ahahahhaahha”

you just stared at him as he continued stammering

once he stopped he quickly headed towards the door

“welp goodbye have a nice rest y/n”

before he could reach for the doorknob, you already attacked his back with a koala hug, forcing him to piggyback you

you dug your head deeper into his warm neck, allowing you to smell his shampoo

“y-y/n..”

“no, i’m not letting go. i’ve been searching for so long,”

“y/n, i won’t leave you. ever. but right now, my back needs a rest,” he laughed

you laughed in response as well, allowing him to gently let you down

once he turned to face you, he opened his arms, allowing you to fit perfectly into the gap made just for you

it was like you two were meant to be awwww

you let go a little, leaving enough space for you to look up into his loving eyes

he ran his hand through your hair, admiring every single little thing of yours

“y/n, i love you so much,”

you tiptoed and pecked his cheek, making him blush a darker shade of red

“i may have the same feelings as you,” you said as you gazed into his eyes

your relationship after that is legit goals!!

you stopped hanging out with the mean girls >:(

you would wait for him after his practices and seonho would third-wheel

you two had to take care of him like yall were babysitting

and without seonho, you two wouldn’t be the same

enjoys going to amusement parks with you, spoiling you bahaha

yall would buy couple stuff, and seonho would insist on getting it too (my god this boy)

you two still love him tho 

during business management classes, you would stick to him and ignore the girls

would buy you coffee before classes

what a great healthy rs

✽ hope you enjoyed this one as well <3

✽ requests are open!

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20 Best New Portfolios, March 2018

Hello readers! It’s March. As is tradition, I’ve gone and collected a bunch of interesting portfolio designs for your perusal. It’s an eclectic mix this month. You’ll see some plain and basic good design together with sites that do interesting things with 3D graphics. Enjoy!

Note: I’m judging these sites by how good they look to me. If they’re creative and original, or classic but really well-done, it’s all good to me. Sometimes, UX and accessibility suffer. For example, many of these sites depend on JavaScript to display their content at all; this is a Bad Idea, kids. If you find an idea you like and want to adapt to your own site, remember to implement it responsibly.

Kaj Jeffries

Kaj Jeffries has won my meme-loving heart by the simple expedient of using GIFs to showcase his work as a director. It’s a simple technique that works flawlessly with his particular directorial style. The layout with two columns that scroll in opposite directions is perhaps not the most practical, but certainly fits the vibe while not being unusable.

Ori Studio

Ori Studio is the first site in a long time to have “dots” as their primary theme. I don’t know, the first word I thought of was “pointillism”, but that doesn’t feel quite right. In any case, the style lends a very distinct feel to the site, and I doubt I’ll forget it soon.

Julien Renau

When you take into account how much I dislike pre-loaders and the overuse of animation, it says something that I like Julien Renau’s portfolio. There’s just something about the little blinking mascot (which you can control via the arrow keys), and the execution of the rest of the site that I find both elegant, and a little charming.

Uncanny Valley Studio

Uncanny Valley Studio changes up what would otherwise be a fairly standard minimalist layout by embracing a distorted graphical style when presenting their projects. And it works.

Each of their projects also seems to feature some interactive elements, such as this basic music looper. This adds a whole new dimension to the way users experience the portfolio.

Snow Beach

Anyone who’s read a few of these articles will know that I can appreciate designers trying something bold, and even drastic, even if it’s a little flawed. That’s more or less how I’d describe Snow Beach, a portfolio for what appears to be a team of directors.

The navigation isn’t exactly obvious as navigation until you look closely, and the “screensaver” kicks in way too quickly. Otherwise, this site hits you hard with that red tone, and a design that is obviously all about getting you to the videos as quickly as possible. I like it.

Community Films

Community Films is another portfolio for several different directors. Instead of hitting you hard with a ton of one single color, though, this one organizes its videos (and Instagram posts) into a pleasant masonry layout.

I’d say they need to make it clearer which links are Instagram picture and which are videos from the get-go, without requiring the user to hover over each one. Otherwise, the site is pleasant to browse, and stays out of your way.

One Design Company

ODC2017 is an interesting case, as it’s not the main portfolio. It’s just a collection of things that One Design Company did in 2017. I have to say, it’s rare for me to see over a dozen color palettes put to use in one page, and even rarer still for me to think it works. But it works here.

Claudia Basel

Claudia Basel’s portfolio is another one of those sites that hits the right spot ion a weird way. You know, like, it’s weird but it’s good weird. Full-screen navigation with what looks an awful lot like a family photo on the home page gives way to a minimalist portfolio that is clean and clear.

Hugo Vann

Hugo Vann took the now very-familiar asymmetrical site and gave it a dark coat of paint. It’s simple, and nothing mind-blowing, but it looks pretty, and works well. What I do particularly like is the way he presents snapshots of his work in ways that make sense for the medium. For example, he doesn’t present his mobile interfaces with skeuomorphic faux-phones, but you can still tell it’s a mobile interface first and foremost.

Patrick Heng

Patrick Heng used his portfolio as a way to show off all of the fancy interactive tricks he could pull. But I’ll find a way to forgive him, if only because it’s just so pleasant to look at. It’s rare that a site manages to feel colorful despite most of its elements being monochromatic. It definitely has something to do with how colorful all of his work is.

Switch

I’d just like to tell the people behind Switch that their site is lovely, find yet another way to implement project slideshows creatively, and that they should look out for lawsuits from Nintendo; they litigate hard.

I typically wouldn’t recommend using slideshows for everything, but I must admit that more and more sites manage to make it work. Switch is one of them. I’d just make the contact info horizontal again. I don’t like trying to decipher text that’s “on its side”.

Akademi

With the dead-simple layout, the huge and bold sans-serif type, and the thick black borders on some thing, Akademi feels like a bit of a throwback. You know, a throwback to two or three years ago, at most? Darn, trends move fast.

It ain’t fancy, but it’s a good website. Man, I almost miss this style, now.

Two Twenty Two

Two Twenty Two is the next site on this list to go a little nuts with the 3D graphics on its website. We’ve got polygonal pizza, lollipops, toast, sunglasses, and those boxes from Super Mario that have question marks. The rest of the site sticks to a fairly typical layout, but that homepage really sets the tone.

Magic People Voodoo People

Magic People Voodoo People lives up to its name by embracing a new-age kind of vibe in its presentation-style portfolio. And even if the logo does look a bit too much like clip-art for my taste, you can’t deny that they have a distinct theme going for them.

P.S. Click around on their page until you see lasers shoot from the eye-logo. Then keep clicking as fast as you can.

Contrast Films

Contrast Films has taken to the Internet with a presentation-style site that very lightly mimics the look of a video camera’s view-finder. It’s stylish, the type is great, and they milk that theme for all its worth.

I am still skeptical of navigation links being spread to all four corners (or sides) of any given website, though. I don’t know where this trend came from, and I’d dearly like to see some numbers on how well it does or doesn’t work.

Mr. Kyle Mac

Mr. Kyle Mac brings us another website that is light, clean, and minimalist, with a few light touches of animation. Nothing mind-blowing, but solid and dependable design.

Walter Spatzek

Walter Spatzek’s portfolio goes right past “light touches” of animation, and dives right into the deep end. And yet, the rest of the design feels elegant enough that I don’t mind. The work is very clearly emphasized, and does all of the selling.

Florian Wacker

Florian Wacker has managed to do something I never thought I’d see. They’ve made (what I’m pretty sure is) German look more elegant than terrifying through typography alone. Okay, that’s a joke, but really, if that was English, I’d quite enjoy just reading everything on this site.

Ketan Mistry

Ketan Mistry is an old-school designer, and his website embraces an old-school theme. I half suspect his website might have looked a lot like this as far back as when we used frames and tables for layout. And why not? Good design lasts.

Robbie Hall Creative

If Robbie Hall’s portfolio looks a bit like a theme, don’t worry. That’s just Bootstrap showing through. However, I didn’t figure that out ’til I looked at the source. In a way, that fact alone is a testament to the skill of the designer. Plus, it looks good.

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