Snowflake Challenge Day 7

[opensummer]

Day 7
Stretch yourself a little and try something new. Go play in a new fandom or with a new pairing. Try working in a new medium. Or check out some fanworks that are new to you. (The recs from Day 2 might be a good place to start.) Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

So I actually spent yesterday doing something entirely new! Because I was dissatisfied by the quality of the Katara icons I could find I was like it can't be that hard to make them. Spoiler: it is and I have a new appreciation of the multi talented artists who create them.

But yesterday I taught myself how to make a gif, and then resize and edit it until it fit dreamwidths size requirements! I've only made 4 so far and they're not great but I want to keep making more.

Check them out-

Comments

[isabellerecs]

These are great!

[opensummer]

thank you so much!

[stripytights]

That's amazing! Did you have a guide? I'd love to do the same.

[opensummer]

So i looked for a bunch of resources and used giphy helped a lot!
The most helpful ones were these-
video guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ni6wPec9qzo
giphy's beginner guide: https://giphy.com/posts/how-to-use-giphys-gif-maker
and this one is pretty comprehensive: https://buffer.com/library/animated-gifs

Hope that helps! I'd love to see your first gif/icon

[stripytights]

Thank you for such a detailed rundown! I am really looking forward to getting started, and appreciate the links.

[opensummer]

Anytime!

[sperrywink]

Well done!! I think I've successfully made 1 gif? Years ago? It is so challenging!

[opensummer]

i think it's gotten easier over the years! I used a website which helped a lot

[seleneheart]

They look great! Congrats on your new skill!

[opensummer]

thank you!

[coyoteclaw11]

Ooooh I really like the first one!

[opensummer]

thank you! If you've got the space you're welcome to use it!

[robin_iamar]

It's like the old-school meets the new! (before the age of the GIF, there was the gratuitous icon post or comment, on LiveJournal etc; and yes indeed those 100x100 pics Meant Things, you better believe it!)

[opensummer]

yikes! that sounds like it would be both v fun and a little fraught

[bluewinged_songbird]

Woot! I think you did a great job. I really like that Sypha one.

[opensummer]

thanks! I just went and took a bunch of short videos of Castlevania fights to experiment with. So there will probably be more of these guys

[bluewinged_songbird]

Eeeeee, I can't wait!

[opensummer]

anything in particular you want to see? I'll take requests as i figuring things out

[bluewinged_songbird]

God shits in my dinner once again to go along with See, God hates me! Or anything involving Sypha and magic.

[opensummer]

i did some sypha and magic ones that you can grab here, still working on the god shits in my dinner once again one!