#noctes

[rosamundpkes]

hello, hella! firstly i love your gifs and you are such an inspiration to me! secondly i loved this gifset /post/742077141260402689/hellas-valentines-day-countdown-mulder-x and i was wondering how did you manage to keep the colors "apart"? i don't know if i'm making much sense, but every time i blend two gifs and try to add a colorful gradient map on one of them, both gifs end up having the same color.

oh my god thank you!! that is so sweet <3

i think i understand what you're asking and the short answer is blending modes and putting colour over black space but i'll give the long answer under the cut!!

I'm going to assume that since you're blending gifs, you know how to blend using blending modes.

For the second gif of the x files gifset, I had these two gifs: the forehead touch gif and the forehead kiss gif. In a first draft of the gif, the forehead touch gif had a b&w gradient map and the forehead kiss had a blue & black gradient map like this.

As you can see, the forehead touch gif has a lot of dark space. When using the screen blending mode in gif blending, any part of the dark space on the base gif get "filled in" with the top layer that is set to screen.

So when I set the blending mode of the forehead kiss gif to screen, it fills in the dark parts of the forehead touch gif. And because there is so much dark space and the top layer is entirely blue, the whole gif basically turns blue. The only parts that stay gray are Mulder's shirt and the light in the background which were light to begin with.

But, like you, I didn't want the entire gif to be blue so I swapped the gradient maps. Now, the forehead kiss has a b&w gradient map on it and the forehead touch has a blue and black gradient map on it.

As you can see on the forehead touch gif, there is a high level of contrast so that any dark part of the gif is black (or nearly black) but not blue even with the gradient map applied.

That means that when I set the blending mode of the forehead kiss gif to screen, the forehead kiss gif fills in the dark part without actually becoming blue to give me this effect. This is because there is no colour to those dark areas that get's applied to the forehead kiss gif.

i hope that makes sense and answered your question!!

my general advice for blending is to have at least one gif with really well defined black/very dak areas because it creates such a cool effect with the screen blending modes!!

#hella's inbox #noctes #gif tutorial #but yes please let me know if that helps or if you still need help #my gifmaking process is just trial and error so i have a lot of answers along the lines of “here is where you went wrong”

[albumarchives]

Noctes | Pandemonic Requiem (1997)

#melodic black metal #black metal #noctes #1997 #unknown artist #cover art

[ughmerlin]

hello, jagoda! i hope you are doing well! do you mind sharing the noise/light effect you used in the third and fifth gifs in this set? i really admire all your gifs and tutorials, thanks for the hard work, you are incredible! (post/724382154002481152/i-didnt-get-a-chance-to-say-what-i-was-going-to)

hi angel, thank you so much for all your kind words, it's always nice to feel so appreciated 💛 unfortunately, i don't remember exactly which effect i used for these gifs, as i made them over half a year ago. but whenever i'm looking for film effects, i just type different variations of film leak/noise/transition effect into my youtube search and pick one from there! i think finding this exact one shouldn't take you too much time 😌

#ask #noctes

[alleesaur]

Deep down in the depths

#Sorry reupload!! slightly less eyestrainy version #eyestrain #digital art #oc #art #oc art #gif #eyes #noct/locke my scrunkly

[kennycrows]

「POWER OF LIGHT」

#final fantasy xv #noctis lucis caelum #ffedit #gamingedit #final fantasy brave exvius #ffbeedit #ffxvedit #ffgraphics #gif #flashing gifs #i manifested them doing 30 year old noct in 2021

[nosebleed-inglishera]

So a bunch of swapfells and fellswap did a drinking game-

Boysen by @mothiepixie

Helios by @kiok0r0

Noct by @hearty-dose-of-ranch

Captain by @alch3mic

Merlot by @smokbeast

#myart #fanart #utmv #utmv fanart #utmv art #swapfell #fellswap #fellswap gold #merlot sans #boysen sans #captain sans #helios sans #noct sans #lots of sanses #probably again not a good idea to put them in the same place

[mashollings]

☁️ ಠ_ಠ ☁️

#my art #ffxv #final fantasy xv #final fantasy 15 #noctis lucis caelum #prompto argentum #quite proud of this ^u^ #i meant to finish this tomorrow #but it was just BEGGING to be finished.!.! #parts to clean up here and there but it’s pretty much done tbh!! #as much as i love cutesie noct and prom i looove (c ತ_ತ) expressionsss #strong urge to replay!!!! #love you my boys!! 🩵 #promptis

[zael-noct]

"If the spirit of rebellion dies with you, then I'd rather kill you myself."

Happy 2/2 for all who celebrate ❤️ I know all I've offered thus far to the shuake fandom is pain and suffering but please find it within your hearts to forgive me 😭

#shuake #fanart #persona 5 royal #persona 5 akechi #joker persona 5 #persona 5 #akeshu #akeshuake #2/2 #persona 5 fanart #goro akechi #p5 joker #ren amamiya #akira kurusu #zael noct art

[astral-sphere]

#noctis lucis caelum #prompto argentum #ignis scientia #gladiolus amicitia #final fantasy xv #ffxvedit #episode duscae trailer #my gifs #the idea of prompto bothering noctis all the time is both adorable and hilarious #prompto: omg noct's awake *dives into the tent* #tumblr ate the quality of these gifs DD:

[takingtabs]

One of my favourite things about ffxv fic is the unspoken agreement between authors that the chocobros 100% use the Armiger to store trash

Dirty plates? Armiger

Gladio's bargainbin romance novels? Armiger

Some rocks Prompto found? Armiger

This fandom is a gift

#ffxv #noctis lucis caelum #gladiolus amicitia #ignis scientia #prompto argentum #ignis has a monthly cleanout of the armiger #he tears Noct a new one when he finds all his cooked vegetables in a decaying mush #he has veggie dinners only for a solid week after #Noct definitely wonders if its worth never eating again

[boosify]

FFXV x SWITCH

#noctis lucis caelum #ignis scientia #gladiolus amicitia #prompto argentum #ffxv #final fantasy xv #they are playing switch sports - iggy and noct vs gladio and prom!! #this is directly related to my other ffxv / switch sports 'screenshot' artwork :)c #ALSO IT'S IGGY'S BDAY TODAY. hbd you beautiful man #art

[emy-san]

King 👑

#noctis lucis caelum #ffxv #final fantasy xv #ff15 #hdb Noct #It's like they all made a memorial on the throne #and he's there to say thank you #my art #3d #blender eevee

[universe-nero]

I really wanted to draw Noctis!

#final fantasy xv #ffxv #ff15 #noct #noctis #noctis lucis caelum #ffxv fanart

[midnight-moth]

Need some fluffy RainDrop maybe with Phantom? Of them just needing to cuddle and sleep after a few rough shows in a row like they've been doing. Maybe Phantoms absolutely exhausted and really craving affection and cuddled but doesn't think he's allowed to join in with any of the pack (especially Rain and Dew) but they bring him in for cuddles and give him all the affection he needs (they all need tbh, especially Rain after that video you posted earlier) <3

Sometimes it’s better not to ask. What’s wrong? What do you need? How can I help? Those questions are better suited to someone who might be able to answer them. And maybe he could, with time and perspective. Maybe not.

Phantom doesn’t know what’s wrong after all. It was all so much fun. A loud disarray of sound and light and applause. Which he enjoyed. So why does he feel like a pumpkin left on the steps after Halloween? All the guts scraped out but for a short while you were filled with warmth, a soft glow that lit up everyone around you.

But now he feels hollow, discarded. He’s fingers drift across one of the plush bats tossed to him on stage. It has a red ribbon tied around its neck. He’s so happy everyone knows how much he loves bats. He isn’t sure how they knew. But he doesn’t know them, what they love, he can’t give them anything back. Just a few hours of his time, a piece of paper with song names on it, a small triangular piece of plastic.

And he realizes that no, they don’t know him at all. Not really. But that isn’t what really gets to him, makes him toss and turn at night, leaves him staring at the ceiling all night. Listening to the muffled sounds of sleep, or the occasional moan or hiss disrupts the near silence.

It’s that he’s surrounded by the same ghouls day in, day out, and they must understand how he feels. And he can see how they all lean harder and harder on one another, ritual after ritual after ritual.

But he doesn’t know that he’s supposed to assume. That he’s allowed to lean too. Rest his weary head on Mountain’s shoulder. Ask for Dew’s burning fingers to dig into his sore muscles. Let Swiss absolutely smother him in a never-ending bear hug. Dissolve into the tattered sofa while Aurora rakes her claws across his scalp. Just be close, let them dry his eyes, a respite for his tear-stained pillowcase.

And the others, they don’t realize that they should offer. Aurora, the self proclaimed pack princess, from day 0 she had no issue asking any of them to piggy back her 4’10” frame when her feet hurt, to wrap their bodies around her like blankets at night when she was cold.

He wonders how loneliness can simultaneously feel like a gaping void, and yet have such presence. Taking up so much room in his body, when he wraps his arms around his ribs and squeezes he can feel it butting up against his insides. He wonders how there’s any room left for his heart and his lungs but they keep beating and inflating anyway.

Perhaps there was something written on his face that day, those particular lines carving a new expression on his face that they’d never seen before. Perhaps that energy they felt when he was summoned, the kind that they were sure caused the ground to shake, felt dull.

Rain noticed first, and Dew merely had to follow his line of sight throughout the day to see for himself. The way Phantom’s body sagged when he wasn’t on stage anymore. That he was barely lifting his feet off the ground as he moved about the venue.

The thud his body made when he collapsed into his bunk that night was like the exclamation at the end of the thought Rain and Dew had both been finding words for that day.

A long run on sentence that contained why didn’t we notice sooner and why didn’t he say anything and have we made him feel unwelcome, unwanted? That last thought, it had teeth, and they dug right into the most tender scar Dew possessed.

At first Phantom thought the depressions in the mattress around him were an illusion. He jumped when fingers connected with his shoulder, nearly smacking his head against the low ceiling.

But soon hands we’re guiding him back down, arms worming their way underneath his ribs and wrapping him up back to front. Rain’s cool hand soothing the ache in his head. Dew’s body heat softening the rigid form his contracted muscles forced him in to.

He tries to speak but the only thing that comes out is a ragged little croak. So Rain presses a kiss to his lips to silence him. It says tell us later, rest now.

“Sorry we made you wait so long, bug.” Dew murmurs in his ear. He doesn’t think he’s ever heard that gentle lilt in his voice before. “But we’re here now. All of us are here, for you.”

#media nocte asks #nameless ghouls #dewdrop ghoul #rain ghoul #phantom ghoul #I hope this is okay #I am trying to just not care if it isn’t the best because it’s all I can do #and maybe I can still enjoy it even if I know I can do better #because maybe this is just how it is now #midnight moth writes #cw depression #cw hurt comfort

[oujamon]

I love how "I want to eat it" is a compliment to art in the same way "I want to frame it" is a compliment to food

#noct text

[wombywoo]

happy birthday to the king of fishing 👑🐟

#ffxv #final fantasy xv #ff15 #Noctis Lucis Caelum #my art #hbd to noct !!!