i know there’s a million things that we all want to see in season 2 of ofmd, but i want rhys darby to make weird sound effects during a fuckery. like that should be a skill that stede uncovers and uses to his advantage. can you imagine getting raided by THEE blackbeard and his absurd little paramour only to hear this:
i think david needs to know that the fandom would be absolutely thrilled if we just got two seasons of edede fluff and light hijinx aboard the revenge whist ed and stede build their life together
here’s a sneak peek of the project i’m currently working on:
Someone screams.
It’s a high-pitched, shrill noise of pure terror, dread crawling into the hearts of whoever hears it. In the previously quiet deck, it spreads like a fire, consuming everyone’s attention, seeming to shake the ship by its core, filling it with a dread not once known to man. The firing squad lowers their weapons, the British officers lean on the rail, the crew is left unsupervised for a moment.
Stede can’t see what’s happening, but he knows it must be something serious, because, suddenly, everyone is screaming, too, sobbing, even.
Were the British attacked? Was the Revenge under attack?
“Gentlemen of the English Navy,” he hears Ed’s voice, booming and proud. “It is my immense pleasure to announce that you… are completely fucked.”
Chaos breaks on deck. There’s screaming and shouting and fighting, and someone is dragging Stede away from it all. He trips over the steps down into the ship, but whoever is leading him on catches him, pushes him into one of the rooms. They untie his hands, and remove his blindfold.
It’s Lucius, shaking slightly, paler than a sheet. He looks like he’s about to throw up. There are tear tracks on his face.
“What happened?” Stede asks.
“The Kraken made the British ships capsize,” Lucius says, voice trembling as much as he is.
just so you guys have an idea, the working title of this is “ofmd sucker for love edition”. so. prepare yourselves for a ride.
In the same vein of Ed trying to put together fancy things for Stede,
One night he tries to organize a fancy dinner for the two of them. He even wants to cook the food, because he can do anything! Roach watches him in fear as Ed follows his instructions on how to make the food. There’s a couple close calls and a few dishes may be over seasoned, and a few over cooked, but it’s good!
Then comes trying to arrange the table. He and Stede had been over the damn spoons so many times but he still had trouble especially being the one placing them. Spoons are definitely out of order but he is VERY confident he got it just right.
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