I don't exactly have an answer to that aside from grabbing tutorials or seeing someone on my tumblr dash reblogging a tutorial and looking at it and thinking it was awesome and wanting to do that. I was most likely just stumbling upon graphic making.
Do you do something creative/related "irl" as well?Who/what inspires your graphics / gifs?
drawing, doodling really is the main creative outlet Who inspires me to do my graphics and gifs? My friends. They are the ones that push me to try new things and even if the edit is bad they lift me up.
What do you enjoy about making graphics / gifs?
It relaxes me which is something I don't completely get in my real life. I am able to erase, delete, pause when I am stressed and overall just able to tune out the world.
What do you dislike most about making graphics / gifs?
My ocd making me spend hours on doing something that most would consider alright or perfect. The anxiety that I get when I do not do it. Please note that I am not just throwing the word OCD around, I have it and have been diagnosed with it.
Your favourite graphic and or gif created by yourself
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Your least favourite graphic created by yourself?
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Colour(s) you like
Any shades of blue, black, purple, red, green
Colour(s) you dislike
Yellow. Hands down yellow
Texture(s) you like
The dusty textures, the black and white ones are very easy to blend with dark backgrounds.
Texture(s) you dislike
Haven't found one yet.
What is your go to adjustment / PSD for colouring?
exposure is the first thingI go to as it lightens my image.
Your favourite fandom(s) to see graphics / gifs come from
Legacies, Criminal Minds
Your favourite fandom(s) to make graphics / gifs for
Legacies and Criminal Minds
How much time do you spend on a single graphic / gif?
Depends on what I am trying to do. Anywhere from five/ten minutes to two hours
What is your biggest improvement since you started making graphics and or gifs?
Coloring! I can hand color things myself!
Advice you'd give yourself when you were starting out?
To not judge your work so harshly, that you are new so your work isn't going to look like someone's that has been doing it for four years.
Advice for any beginner graphic / gif makers?
Do not give up! Use tutorials! Ask questions!
Advice for any advanced/expert graphic / gif makers?
Remember that just because you know what you are doing other's don't. Don't get so caught up in your head and ego that you forget that we were all once beginners
What software do you use to make graphics / gifs?
Photoshop, photopea, polarr
Show a screenshot of your software's workspace!
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