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[presumenothing]

Because it's just been that kind of week. Many thoughts head empty would like to become one with the nearest sofa cushion except it's too hot lately for that, etc. I haven't even gotten around to last weekend's 天赐 episode yet, except for that absolutely feral 算你狠 performance (though to be fair, I have watched it… well, a lot more than once……)

Also, I do need to get my gif folder under control at some point, that pest is reaching almost 30GB at this point because I refuse to delete my PSDs. (Fortunately I do have the storage to spare on my laptop, but still.)

In the meantime, various bits and bobs from earlier this week:

Re-bearified version of the banner I made for the 520 reverse exchange at sid_guardian, because Bears.

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Zhou Shen gifset ft. blue gradient and overlays for week 3 of the March gif challenges – technically my first time Doing Colours On Purpose, and of course I had to make my own life difficult by trying to coherently combine gifs from 5 wildly-different-colouring videos. See comparison of before (on left, draft 0 with only rough colour corrections for testing) vs after (on right, final posted version):

I don't often do draft versions of gifs these days, short of extremely elaborate layouts (…so basically that CM intro set), but it was called for in this case. (Tangentially, a fun read on the topic of white balance and colouring!)

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On-the-commute-home-phonefic (or the opening three paragraphs thereof) owing to discussions on the Guardian server, which I have since realised could fill the DCU square on my bingo card if I could trap writing!brain back long enough to finish it out:

"Yes, the admissions office is that rather unremarkable red-brick building over there," says a softly bemused voice, and Ziyue looks up in startlement from attempting to reorient the map on her phone for the twelfth time.

Apparently her unspoken question is obvious enough, because her unknown direction-giver – a man who doesn't look that much older than Ziyue's own father, though with far more proper posture on the bench – answers it anyway.

"The campus can be a little confusing at the best of times, and we do get many newcomers at this time of the year." The man had already been seated to one end of the bench, but still he shifts and gestures to the vacant seat with a firm politeness that makes it hard to reject entirely. "First time in the city?"

Comments

[trobadora]

Ha, I love the BEARS version! :D

(Thank you again for the fantastic banner!)

[nnozomi]

Because it's just been that kind of week. Many thoughts head empty would like to become one with the nearest sofa cushion
辛苦了, お疲れ様 (there is just no good way to say those in English)

Also I'm curious about Ziyue and her polite interlocutor and her adventures at DCU!

[elenothar]

BEARS

... dammit, i need a bears icon