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FFXIV Write2023 Participation Prize

This is my participation prize art for @maxima-priscus for entering FFXIVWrite 2023, hosted as always by @sea-wolf-coast-to-coast! 🥳 They naturally requested (a very cutely freckled) Maxima! I had a lot of fun drawing, and though I was worried about maintaining his likeness, I hope I did him justice! Enjoy!

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There's something so lovely about coming back to this account and scrolling now that I have a moment of time and seeing so many entries for FFXIV Write! I had time and wrote for almost every prompt last year but I'm just so busy now 😭 I hope I have time to read some of what y'all are writing!! Have fun and good luck everyone!

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Been caught up with life, and now I'm playing 6.3 so not here on Tumblr as much, but hey I got the caster top from the alliance raid right at launch and I like it much more than I thought I would! I'm still learning the fights but this was the first time I got to be current at launch (I caught up just a couple weeks after 6.2) so it's also my first time playing something right at release time!

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Quick sketch of one of my FCmates done at an art party last night!

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Creative Support Share

I would like to support the creatives in the FFXIV community. If you have ANY sort of business where you do FFXIV merchandise, artwork, writing for hire, crafts, anything you're making money off of and you need support I want you to reblog this post.

People looking for gift ideas, or cool ideas, please PLEASE pay attention, don't just reblog please go buy something too if you can afford it. Reblogs do not pay the bills.

Let's support our creative community and let them show off their awesome stuff!

ALSO please reblog to boost so they see this and others see it (sorry clarifying!)

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sands of ages and the stars above

a happy birthday to @sabattons​ and a big huge hug for organizing something so cool. my trade partner was @adurna0, thank you for the neat prompt!

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I love you angry characters I love you revenge arcs I love you protagonists who kill people and don’t feel bad about it I love you manipulative heroes I love you gray morals I love you terrifying protagonists I love you characters who hold boiling grudges I love you characters who reveal that their perceived harmlessness was just patience the whole time I love you stories about atonement and rage and vengeance that don’t end in forgiveness or guilt I love you stories that explore the healing power of incandescent rage

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Some studios I made for public use. Enjoy!

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What gives your life meaning

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the emissary, elidibus

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Slow burn? No, no. You misunderstand. I write crockpot romance.

We're not done mutually pining until everything's good and tender and everyone's ravenous.

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FFXIV Doman leadership making another cool and logical plan to blow up their own castle. I'm not sure why they did that the first time tbh but I still love them.

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How-to: Orbit Camera

Today we'll escape the boundaries of the game and use a mix of recording and editing tools to create a neat orbiting camera video!

For this recipe, you'll need:

1 x PC (these instructions were tested on Windows 10)

1 x FFXIV Client

1 x screen recording tool (Geforce Experience, Radeon Adrenaline, etc.)

1 x Avidemux (https://avidemux.sourceforge.net/)

GShade to taste

1 - Setup

Let's open the Character Configuration under Settings. in the General tab, locate the Camera Speed (Keyboard) slider, and set it to zero. This will give us that smooth, slow camera movement.

At this point, you need the screen recording tool ready. I have GeForce Experience, so I'm using the Instant Replay function to save the last 5 minutes of gameplay; YMMV.

2 - Capture

Let's enter GPose. Position the camera so your character takes most of the screen while leaving some padding around, turn off the UI (Scroll Lock or LB+Back), and move your cursor to a corner.

Start recording, and use the Left/Right arrow keys to orbit the camera around your character. If your character is frozen (Target Motion toggled off) a couple of full circles are enough. At this point, you can stop the recording.

3 - Editing

Launch Avidemux and open the raw video. Now we're going to adjust some values.

First, let's disable the audio. On the top menu, select Audio > Select Track, then uncheck all the Enabled checkboxes. This will mute the video.

Filters are how we'll modify the original video. By default, the Video Output is set to Copy; in order to enable filters, we need to select a custom encoder. Let's pick one that's pretty common and compatible across most services; in my case, I selected NVidia H264.

Now the Filters button should be enabled. Click it; the Video Filter Manager interface should open.

These are the filters I'm using for this video:

Crop (to eliminate the unwanted background, bring attention to the character and set the target 1:1 aspect ratio)

Contrast (to prep it for devices with better luminance range, like phones)

swsResize (to create a smaller video file)

4 - Trimming

Now, the tricky part: In order to create a seamless, cycling orbit movement, the first frame of your video must match nicely with the last.

The way I do this is by browsing the video (Click the slider at the bottom, then use the Left/Right arrow keys) for a frame with a clear feature (say, a light source coming behind the character), clicking Set End Marker (Control + PGDOWN), then Delete Selection (DEL). This will eliminate all frames up to that point.

Now, I locate the exact same frame later in the animation once the character is spun around once, click Set Starter Marker (Control + PGUP), then Delete Selection (DEL). If done correctly, now you have a full cycle!

Finally, the output format: Select MP4 Muxer, again a compatible format that'll work nicely with services like Twitter and Tumblr.

And… that's it, really! Now click Save Video and give the new file a name.

And so, a new orbit camera video is born. Enjoy!

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...𝔸𝕟𝕕 𝕒𝕞𝕚𝕕𝕤𝕥 𝕕𝕖𝕖𝕡𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝕕𝕖𝕤𝕡𝕒𝕚𝕣, 𝕝𝕚𝕘𝕙𝕥 𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕣𝕝𝕒𝕤𝕥𝕚𝕟𝕘.

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Leave naught but ash in your wake.

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I—okay. Listen. Do I run around a lot in this game? Yes. Do I spend an unnatural amount of time looking for RP locations that perfectly match a scene I’m looking for? Probably. But over the course of years, I’ve found some pretty cool spots. And I’m going to share them with you!

Maybe you’ll find inspiration to start something new in these areas, or maybe it’ll help scratch an itch for a scene you’ve been wanting to do. Who knows! Just take them!

Also, these are locations found outside of major cities and aetherytes. This list is for people who want to get out into the overworld and away from crowds! (I’ve also tried to find places that are free of hostile mobs, NPCs, and FATEs.

I’ll likely make more posts for other zones, but the three starter regions are accessible for characters of all levels, and a good place to start!

Locations under the cut!

Keep reading

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