Search found 7 matches for 1

Topics tagged under 1 on Believe In Winx S60uux

Previously on Scream Queens:

New student, Lola Curusco arrives at the Royal University of Solaria. She meets new people and new soon to be friends. The V Squad, the most popular girls on campus decide to throw a welcoming party for her at a club. How will it go?

That night at the Downtown Club the V Squad were adding their finishing touch to their outfits in the bathroom before descending downstairs to present the party to the guests.

"Welcome to the welcoming party for Lola!!!!" #2 Announces as she gets down the stairs right behind #1. #3 and #4 were right behind her as well.

The audience cheered while the girls arrived at the main hall. The party seemed to have a theme of 'Young and Filthy Rich'. The solo cups that were placed on the lengthy white cloth covered dining table were dark gold and had white dots on them. Right next to the cups was a massive chocolate fountain which individuals were already crowded around. Right next to that was a container which held caramel covered popcorn and a section which was covered in ice with cold drinks. Who could forget the music which the DJ was playing?, the tecno filled mashup with lots of bass drops for the stereotypical cool kids. Many were gathered on the dance floor enjoying themselves with the drink filled cups in their hands.

Lola entered the atmosphere and slowly walked around looking at how lit up the place was and how glamorous it was for a club. She also noticed the people having the time of their lives.

"I know this is my party, but why does it seem like it's completely about someone else?" Lola pondered to herself as she looked over to the V Squad who were now also bopping to the music.

In a trice, Damien came up to Lola noticing she had a frown on her face and said "Hey new girl! C'mon this part is for you! Let's dance!"

He immediately grabbed Lola's hand and accompanied her to the dance floor.

Lola nervously and awkwardly stood around the moving individuals. She wasn't in the mood for dancing,chatting, or any of this teenage dream.

"Oh, how I would rather just be at home studying." She thought.

"Hey Veronicas, I'm gonna go powder my nose." #4 said as she exited the dance floor leaving a blank space between Lola and the other Veronicas.

Veronica looked at the nervous girl with an unwelcoming facial expression. Lola quickly faced down on the neon patterned dance floor and placed a string of her hair behind her ear. #1 then looked up obnoxiously and continued dancing in a enthusiastic way.

"Lemme hear ya say VERONICAS!" The DJ chanted 3 times as he hyped the crowd completely forgetting what the supposed purpose of the party is. The crowd then replied.

It seemed everyone was having a good time, except Lola of course. She retired from the dance floor and went to sit down on one of the luxurious leather couches. The only thing on her mind was how maybe moving to the University wasn't a good idea.

"Where the hell am I going to go? This is the only actual University Solaria actually has to offer." She thought as she just swallowed up her problems.

"Hey, you okay?" A stranger asked as they came to sit next to her.

"Uh, yeah I'm fine. It's just... I'm having doubts of even being in university. You know this whole classification system just isn't for me." Lola replied rubbing her palms on her jeans.

"Hmph, it's the V Squad isn't it. They think they're so cool with their designer clothes and gross rich families." The red headed girl returned.

"But hey, this is a royal university after all. Everyone in this university must be gross rich if they could even afford to go here." Lola said with a bit of laughter.

"Hahaha yeah, hi I'm Layla." The girl finally introduced as she put her hand out to be shaken.

Topics tagged under 1 on Believe In Winx Ff4dpc

"Hey, I'm Lola." Lola introduced with a smile.

Meanwhile in the girls bathroom...

#4 had just finished using one of the black polished stalls. She then exited the stall and looked into a mirror to make sure everything was in place.

"Ugh, I should really start eating less. I'm getting kind of chubby." She thought as she looked into her purse for a eyebrow pencil.

Suddenly, the lights went out.

Standing in the eternal and suspenseful darkness #4 after a few seconds got her phone out of her bra and turned on the flashflight. She found the handle to the door that lead back to the dance floors but it was jammed. She screamed and screamed for help.

"HELP! SOMEBODY HELP! PLEASE!"

All of a sudden, silence fell upon into the room. Shivers fell upon #4's body. She looked around even though the room was nothing but inky. The lights then turned on but a blood-curdling presence could be felt in the atmosphere. Bree quickly turned around and a figure in a red cape was standing there. The individual looked up and a mask was placed on it's face.

#4 could feel her lungs closing up completely shocked and unable to use magic to escape the situation. The red cape slowly started approaching her. #4 could only reach so far until she met a tiled wall still her lungs falling apart.

Unexpectedly, the red cape pulls out a phone and looks at #4 for a second followed by what seemed to be a text. Bree's phone then rang indicating she had received a text message. She slowly got her phone and read the text message.

"Pretty girl, such a shame you have to go. -V"

The text stated.

All at once, the red cape pulled out a sharp axe.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"

Back at the dance floor...

"Woah, what the heck was that?" Layla asked a bit worried as she heard the commotion over the crowd behind her.

"Relax idiots, I'm sure everything is fine. I told you tecno geeks that the lights were supposed to be 100% perfect well, guess who isn't getting paid tonight." Veronica said as she looked at the geeky looking university freshman who were crowded in one corner.

"AHHHHH! OH MY GOSH VERONICA WE NEED TO GET OUT OF HERE!" #2 exclaimed as she came down the stairs in tears and rushing around everyone to get her pink designer bag.

"What the hell are you talking about?" Veronica asked as she stopped #2 from all the hurrying.

With heavy breathing, #2 told Veronica the horror she had witnessed.

"#4 is dead, I- I - went to the bathroom to check if she was okay after that blackout and she was laying on the floor in a puddle of blood!" #2 said as she freaked out and fell to the ground on her knees.

"No. No. No. This can't be happening." #1 followed by a huge crowd of people including; Lola, Layla, #3, #2, and Damien rushed upstairs.

"Oh my gosh......" Veronica uttered in shock.

"Everyone get out. Everyone just get out!!!!!!" Veronica screamed as she turned around to the huge crowd.

The individuals left in a hurry and in complete shock. Damien stopped Lola from exiting by tightly holding her hand. #3 and #2 stayed as tears fell upon her face.

"What, are we going to do?" #3 asked with clear pain in her voice.

"Call the police. We're getting out of this place." #1 said with a serious tone as she quickly descended down stairs to get her stuff followed by the other remaining people.

"No! You can't just leave her here. Your friend has just been murdered in the bathroom we have to talk to the police at least!" Lola exclaimed completely leaving her timid side behind.

"LISTEN! I don't care what happens to her. She's dead! I just want to get out of here." Veronica declared as she headed towards the door.

"Veronica, she was our friend!" V #3 shouted with the pain still in her voice.

Veronica quickly turned around to stare at the individuals with the batting of her eyelashes.

"Meh." She replied as she exited the club.

Hope you enjoyed this episode and hope you're on the edge of your seat for the next episode! Stick tune as things get bloody at the Royal University of Solaria!

Topics tagged under 1 on Believe In Winx 30cywb7

First Half

At the Royal University of Solaria...

"I can't believe I've actually made it all the way here, living in the poor parts of Solaria wasn't easy, but now I'm finally here and I can-" The dark brunette girl thought until a scene of embarrassment fell in the rich atmosphere as she tripped over a garbage bin that was beside her.

With the laughter crawling around the hallways, all the way from the end where the vending machines were placed to the lockers placed in front of her, the girl's cheeks turned rosy red.

"Haha, are you okay?" Someone asks as their kneeling down to help her up.

"Hey, I'm Damien." The person introduced.

Topics tagged under 1 on Believe In Winx Jjxk0p

The brunette arose from the ground with a helping hand and replied,

"Uh, yeah i'm fine...hi, I'm Lola."

Topics tagged under 1 on Believe In Winx 30x8z2e

"Oh, you must be the new girl, so what brings you here?" Damien asked as he leaned over on one of the dark blue lockers.

Suddenly, a burst of voices comes from behind Damien shouting and screaming "Damien!, Damien!, Damien!". Damien turns around and they both see a swarm of girls just running towards him.

The girls reach up to him and one asks,

"Damien! Can I have an autograph?! Please!!!"

"Oh why, sure mademoiselle." He replies as he signs the girls pink journal.

"Ooo, Ooo! Damien, can we please take a selfie?!?!" Another one of them asks.

"Uh yeah sure." Damien says as he poses with the girl meanwhile while Lola is standing awkwardly looking at how popular he is.

As soon as Damien finished taking a selfie with one of his fans and before anyone else could open their mouth for another favor the hallways broke into silence and the only thing you could here were the footsteps of the V Squad.

Everyone turns around and stares at them in amazement. The V Squad strut in their designer high heels and give occasional hair flips and glances until they walk up to Damien, his fans, and the new girl.

"Oh well...who's this?" The mild blonde girl who was leading the 3 girls in a quadratic formation says as she gives the new girl a cold yet curious look.

"Oh, uh, this is Lola. She's new. I was just welcoming her." Damien answers as Lola throws a hello gesture at not only the V Squad, but Damien's fans as well.

"Oh my gosh, welcome to the Royal University of Solaria. We hope you enjoy your stay here. If you need anything just ask. Me and my girls are always here to help people in need." The girl says with what seemed to be a fake tone in her voice.

"Here let us introduce ourselves, this is V #4,"

Topics tagged under 1 on Believe In Winx Iz8gna

"This is V #3."

Topics tagged under 1 on Believe In Winx 2qn8cgp

"V #2."

Topics tagged under 1 on Believe In Winx Wqovuh

"I'm V #1 Obvi." She finished with herself.

Topics tagged under 1 on Believe In Winx 148k6wx

"The V stands for Veronica, my real name is Veronica Star. My father practically owns this school. Oh and one more thing..." Veronica then grabbed Damien by the shirt and placed her arms around him as she gave him a long kiss.

"Toodles." She says as she struts with her Veronica's exiting the scene.

Second Half

At the V Squad Dorm...

"Alright veronica's, this has got to be the best welcoming party ever." Veronica demands as she puts on her pinkish red lipstick while looking in her vanity mirror.

The V Squad's dorm room was every girl's dream house. The Veronica's usually hang out in that closet and browse through a hundred - no, scratch that - A BILLION outfits all brought with Veronica's card. Obviously, she did nothing to earn that money. Her father takes care of her and her cash. I guess you can say she has it all.

"Wait but Veronica, why exactly are we throwing a party for the new girl?" V #3 asks while browsing through some chic outfits held in the massive shiny closet.

"We're not actually throwing a party for her hag, we're throwing a party because this way Damien will be able to see that I'm actually really sweet and welcoming." Veronica replies just as she kisses her lips to dry the lipstick a bit.

"But you're not." #4 replies with a bit of slight attitude as she looks at Veronica who was gazing at herself in the clear and glossy mirror.

Suddenly, the room goes quiet and #3 and #2 quickly turn to #4 with a gasp as if they knew exactly what was going to happen. Veronica decamps herself from the mirror and slowly strides to #4.

"Bree, do you remember what happened to the last Veronica who threw shade at me?" #1 asks with a threating tone.

Veronica #4 slowly backs up and lowers her tone. "Wow, i'm sur- surprised you know my actual name."

"Hmph, it's just by luck. I don't really care to know the names of you or these witches that stand beside me. Don't change subject. The last Veronica who dared to challenge me and throw attitude ended up in the Omega Dimension. Let's just say she was accused of a very bloody situation." Veronica says with a nasty attitude.

"I'm sorry Veronica. I didn't mean what I said." #4 says going to her knees.

"Hmph, of course you are. Rules are rules." Veronica then says as she kneels and extends into Bree's face.

Bree then gets up with a bit of tears and hesitates. Her hands shake slowly.

"Do you want one of the other Veronica's to do it? Actually, scratch that. I'll just do it myself." Veronica goes on to say.

"NO! PLEASE! I'll do it myself." #4 exclaims as tears drop down her face all the way to her fashionable clothes. Veronica #4 then slowly lifts up her quaking hand. She looks at it for a second simultaneously while the room is hushed. She then finally fulfills the rule written in the book of the Veronicas. Bree slaps herself with the sound of the slap gaining outside the campus. She then quakes to the floor and lies there in tears.

"Thank you." #1 says as she goes back to the vanity mirror.

After classes, students gather in the cafeteria...

"Hello students of RUOS! The popular Veronica and her V Squad have a special announcement for you!" A geeky looking student says with a speaker.

All students; eating, standing, chatting, even sleeping paid attention to the announcement. The cafeteria was painted mostly of rich colors; gold and silver.

"Okay listen up idiots, in order to welcome our new uni member, Lola Curusco!" Veronica announced after she had stood up on a table.

Followed by the crowd's cheer, Lola blushes and Damien smiles at Veronica.

"The party will be held in the Downtown Club. Be sure to be there or your popularity and dignity will probably fall down to zero and you will obvi become a loser." Veronica continues as she then descends off the surface giving the speaker to V #3.

"Party starts at 8:00 pm sharp, don't be late! Unless, you wannabe fashionably late. Then of course you can." #3 says with a bit of a clueless tone as she then throws the speaker back to it's owner.

The V Squad then approaches Damien with Lola who was standing next to him. As they did their girly strut among the path of the cafeteria everyone backed to make way for them. The V Squad were truly considered royalty in the university.

"Wow, Veronica. I'm so proud of you. I must say I didn't know you had this side to you." Damien said with a bright smile.

Veronica then faces the skin of her hand. She looked at the quote she had written off the Internet.

"Well you know what they say, An amazing person can bring things into your life that all the cash in the world won't obtain." She reads while trying to seem genuine.

"A beautiful heart can bring things into your life that all the money in the world couldn't obtain." Lola adds while looking down to the tiled dark gold floors.

The Veronicas then look at her in confusion while the shadows in the cafeteria stop and stare at them as if they had completely forgotten what they were doing.

"I- Uh- Um, the correct quote is 'A beautiful heart can bring things into your life that all the money couldn't obtain." Lola corrects Veronica.

"Oh that's incredible and impressive, i can't believe you've read Dau Voire's books before." Damien replies as he completely blocks Veronica out of his sight and focuses on Lola.

"Yeah they are amazing!-" Lola gets interrupted by Veronica's attempt of jealousy.

"Ugh i know right his work is just so on point. Bae, remember you promised me that you would help me prepare the decorations for the party?" Veronica reminds as she places her head on his chest.

"Oh yeah! Sorry, babe I completely forgot! C'mon let's go. Um, bye Lola! See ya later." Damien says as he leads Veronica out of the cafeteria but still focusing mainly on Lola.

With Damien's exist, Veronicas #2, 3, and 4 remain for a second. They stare deeply in Lola's soul hoping to make her feel inferior. They then flip their hair and continue to follow their leader.

Thank you for tuning in on the first episode of Scream Queens! The next episode premiers tomorrow and a few unexpected things happen with the welcoming party. Remember to leave your feedback for this episode!

Flame Melody wrote:: This thingy is so accurate I cri.

My top 10 were:

1)Stella
2)Musa
3)Aisha
4)Brandon
5)Nex
6)Darcy
7)Amore
8)Tune
9)Lord Darkar
10)The Wizards of the Black Circle

My bottom three were (from worst to..... least worse) Tritannus, Faragonda, and Cherie. I don't think I need to say WHY Tritannus was the at the very bottom since I'm sure it's obvious.

Surprising enough, All my top 10 had the number 1 next to them. This thing really knows I like them all the same xD.

The same thing happened with me. Flora, Roxy, Daphne, Helia, Nabu, and Nex were all ranked #1. That doesn't surprise me. This thing is very accurate. Smile

Topics tagged under 1 on Believe In Winx Wvwl82

S1EP1: A New Fairy/ Pilot

"Ah, Alfea..." I said as I took a step down from the bus stairs and walked anxiously through the doors of the fairy school.
It was my first year at college and I was super nervous. What friends and adventures where in store for me? I looked around pondering all of these things until I got interrupted by Miss Faragonda's welcoming speech.

"And, please remember to stay away from the witches of Cloud Tower.." Miss Faragonda says lastly after she finishes her whole speech.
I continue to look around for a bit like a lost puppy with my pink small luggage until a girl approaches me.
"Hey there! You look lost need any help?" She asks cheerfully.
"Um yeah actually, I'm in Dormitory 12. Is that located on the ground floor or first?" I ask.
"That's located on the first floor, I'm rooming with you as well! C'mon let's go! Name's Niki by the way." The girl introduces.
"Hi, I'm Vanessa." I reply.

We reach our dorm room and as we open the room there are plenty of popular looking girls with sparkly jewelry filing their nails.
"Oh hiiiiii! You two must like totally be my new roomies." A bright blonde haired girl exclaims as she makes her way to the door, where we are standing.
"Um yeah....uh...what exactly is going on here?" Niki asks.
"Well duh! I'm throwing a WFP." The girl replies as if we know what she's talking about.
"A WFP...?" Niki asks.
"Welcome Fashion Party. I invented the name, cute right? Hi, i'm Jenna." The girl says.
"Um hi I'm Vanessa." "Niki." We reply introducing ourselves.
"YOLO!!!!!" A girl in a black jersey shirt and red plaid flannel tied around her waist shouts as she bursts through the dorm room entrance door.
"What in the world...." Niki mutters quietly.
"YO YO YO! DJ Ray up in the building!" The girl who is now known as "Ray" continues.
"Um hi Ray I'm-" I got quickly interrupted as Ray replies with "Shhh! Music is playing in my ear don't be rude."
I look around at all the commotion in the room: The WFP girl and the music hearted DJ with her tunes dancing around breaking things.
I knew this year was going to be something different.

Second Half
"Uhhh, I'm gonna head out to Magix City. I need to buy a few essential things." I say to Niki.
"Oh right, like a book on how to make annoying roommates disappear?" Niki says secretly pointing at Jenna and Ray.
"Hahaha, just kidding. I'll be at the Ballet Room if you need me." Niki continues.
So I head to Magix City, at the coffehouse...

"Hi um, can I get a pumpkin spice latte please?" I request to the cashier.
I stand around next to isle where they prepare the coffee and a guy approaches me. "Hey there senorita! Looking good!" He says followed by a whistle.
"Ugh." I say rolling my eyes.
"Aww, what's wrong can't take compliments?" The guy says.
"First of all, if you're trying to strike up a conversation that's not how you do it. A simple "Hey there, I just wanted to say you look really nice." would have been perfectly fine. Second of all, this is what's wrong with our society. Guys think they can just do whatever they want to degrade female empowerment." I explain to him.
"Oh great, another feminist, what a total turn off." The guy replies as he walks away.
The cashier then hands me my latte as I hear a clap from another isle.
"That was amazing. This is exactly the kind of female empowerment my new article needs. Hi, I'm Sara." The girl introduces.
"Oh my gosh I've heard about you, you write tons of articles that get shipped to many different planets and you're only on your second year at Alfea. Now that is amazing." I reply as I sip my latte.
"Aww thanks, can I use this story and enter your name in the article?" She asks.
"Sure! My name's Vanessa, I'm on my first year." I reply.

Back at my dorm room at night...
So after that visit to the coffehouse I then went back to my dorm to sleep for the next day. Only I didn't get so much sleep because of Ray's stupid snoring and Jenna's phone calls about beauty. Luckily, I brought earphones so I could sleep to some beautiful nature sounds.

TIP #1: Headphones are a major life saver. Never forget them!

Greetings my fellow Believe In Winx member! I see you've taken interest in having me design your avatar/signature, well then I'm not too confident with my skills yet, but I'm sure I'll come up with something good for you! I can make you a forum set, an avatar alone, or a signature alone, the choice is up to you. Some of my designs are derived from other AMAZING artists like Nessa (Winxisawesome), or Melanie (Fearless Diva), or Varda (Varda Elentari), or even Lily (Sailor Lily), so I would like to say that my designs are not completely original.

However, some of my designs give a somewhat vintage look in them, I don't know why but that's simply my style. Of course if you're not into that I can try something new too! I've design a couple of things around the forum, like the "Welcome to BIW" mini-banner that's scrolling up there, etc. However, down below are my recent designs, so if you like them and want something like it, then post here your deets (deeds, its mine and Loxa's thing) and I'll be sure to comply with them!

MY DRAWINGS:

My Drawings:

MY FORUM SET:

Spoiler:

ALBUM COVER!!

Spoiler:

Some simple rules of course, as I do hate it when I have to remake things because it didn't comply with others' needs. Now although some people say "It's okay", I'm a somewhat perfectionist and people-pleaser, I will have none of it, I will re-do it, so remember to read this:

Remember to make your request detailed. Give me information on what you want. Do you want a your-own-OC siggy, or a Winx one. Do you want it coloured like skittles, or like how dog envisions things. Be precise and formative!
If you have Skype, or by any means of contacting me where it's not as complicated as the Inbox that requires a lot of deleting messages, then let's have the conversation in there, I may even show you some of my materials.
I don't mind if you don't credit me, seeing my work on display is enough for me, but please don't go so far as to even say "I made this" and act as if you had created it, I will find that very disrespectful.
I'm still a student, so I'm quite busy too, and these take some time to make, so please be patient, I promise I will get them done
If you have specific textures, or a specific design you want me to impersonate in mind, then please give me a link, or some kind of medium to know what it is you want to make a some-what copy of, I'll try my best to make it look alike.
I don't mind if you post your request even though the request section is still full, but please do not bug me about it, or else I'll have to cancel.

Mark of Completion:

Topics tagged under 1 on Believe In Winx Chibi_hikari_by_endless_summer181-d5qcz9b

Current Requests:

Pokeball {#}1{/#}:
Pokeball {#}2{/#}:
Pokeball {#}3{/#}:

Hey guys!
I get asked frequently about how I make my art, and I thought making a tutorial would help some people out.
In this thread I will go through some of my tips, tricks and resources that I use.
I will also go through the steps I do to make some of my arts.
Enjoy and I hope you guys find this helpful

Some possible softwares to edit with:
Photoshop - the best of the best really. Out of all the ones I've used, Photoshop does produce the best quality images.
Trial: http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/tdrc/index.cfm?product=photoshop&loc=en_us
Photofiltre 7 - this is my secondary option to PS. Funny enough, it's the one I use the most. It can do the basics and is the programme I have started out with. It's got some really nice built in effects and I've achieved good results with it. It is fairly similar to Photoshop, but it's completely FREE.
Download: http://www.photofiltre-studio.com/pf7-en.htm
Gimp - Haven't used it personally, but know some people that have. Pretty similar to Photofiltre 7, it's free and it can open PDS files.
Download: http://www.gimp.org/

If you need any help using Photoshop or Photofiltre 7, then you can ask me and I'll try my best to explain. However there are plenty of tutorials for these programmes on YouTube so feel free to look around there~

Some possible online sites to edit with:
Picmonkey - http://www.picmonkey.com/
Really, really easy to use. It's got some cool effects and filters.
Pixlr-o-matic - http://pixlr.com/o-matic/
This one is good for filters only. Sometimes you may want to create your art in PS or something, and then give it a nice filter with this website.

Resources for textures & patterns:
Swimchick - http://swimchick.net/free-resources/textures (however, some have been deleted)
Alkaleez - http://blog.akaleez.co.uk/
I usually look around on DeviantArt for textures as well~ here are some people I find helpful:
Convicted resources - http://convicted-resources.deviantart.com/gallery/?offset=0
xnienke - http://xnienke.deviantart.com/gallery/?catpath=/
so_ghislaine - http://so-ghislaine.deviantart.com/gallery/
Resources-fantasy - http://resources-fantasy.deviantart.com/gallery/
I'd also highly recommend looking around on Zedge, it's also an app you can get on most android or apple devices. Most of their wallpapers are of high quality and I just go around saving nice wallpapers that could work and that I could use later.

Websites to upload fanart:
DeviantArt - of course. http://www.deviantart.com/
Photobucket - I'd recommend this one. It keeps the high quality of your arts. www.photobucket.com
Flickr - Once again, keeps the quality of your arts. https://www.flickr.com/
Imgur - It's alright, but it sometimes depletes the quality I find. https://imgur.com/

-------- EDIT ---------
Websites for official Winx PNG's:
- http://galeriawcfm.blogspot.co.nz/Heaps of PNG's, not all are high quality though
- http://winxclubcollection.blogspot.ru/ some high quality PNG's
- http://magicwitch.pl/winxclub/pngs/
- http://fairiesofwinxclub.blogspot.it/ heaps of high quality, some rare, PNG's

Some tips & tricks:
Not sure where to start with this, but here are a few pointers that could help.
-Always save your pictures as PNG files, always. It seems to be the best file for better quality images
-Seems a bit obvious, but for your arts to look nice the PNG's and textures your using have to be of high quality to start with. VK is probably the best to get the newest PNG's from, but there are plenty of sites out there that have other PNG's
-Sharpening the image always seems to work.
-Learn where the best resources are. It seems a bit silly, but I'm forever hunting for backgrounds and textures that I can use.
-Just play around. With everything. Online or in a programme. Spend some time playing around with different effects and seeing what looks the best.
-Don't force yourself to do artwork. I don't know about anyone else, but I seem to produce the best fanarts when I'm really in the mood or have been seriously inspired by something
-Always find a source of inspiration

If any of you guys have got anything to add to this, then post it here and I'll add it to the appropriate list. Thank you for reading and good luck with your arts

Tutorial #1: Animated Slideshow Signature
LEVEL: HARD

I think most of you here know the basics of Photoshop, so I thought I'd jump straight into the medium/hard end Razz

Don't worry, I'll do some easier ones too.
But today I'll show you how I made this signature (Loxa's current siggy):

Topics tagged under 1 on Believe In Winx Siggy1_zpsz6nvjkyf

So let's get into it!

PART ONE:
Step one:
Open Photoshop and go up to File>New and make the canvas 560 wide and 340 high (560x340)

Step two:
Paste in this gradient

Topics tagged under 1 on Believe In Winx Step%20two_zpszcftslxc

This will be the base.

Step three:
Add some pretty texture. I used this one below, but you could just about use anything that has a lot of detail.

Topics tagged under 1 on Believe In Winx Step%20three_zpszq5vz496

You'll notice that this doesn't take up the whole space. Try to centre it so that there is a little border with the gradient on either sides.

Step four:
Make the layer you just added to have an opacity of 90%. You can do this by going into the 'Blending Options'

Step five:
Add this texture. Go to the 'Blending options' and set the blend mode to 'Lighten'.

Topics tagged under 1 on Believe In Winx Step%20four_zps7ldnxuyw

Full image:

Step six:
Add whatever Winx girl you like. As you've seen, I chose Musa in her Butterflix. I'd make whoever you chose a similar size to what I've made Musa. Now once you've done that, go to Image>Adjustments>Hue/Saturation. Bring the saturation down to about -25. Then go to Image>Adjustments>Brightness/Contrast. Bring the contrast level up to about 80 (or whatever settings suits your chosen character).

Step seven:
Add this little polaroid.

Topics tagged under 1 on Believe In Winx Polaroid_zpsrdc2ekx3

Then duplicate the layer, flip it horizontally and put it behind the bigger polaroid.

Step eight:
Add this section of an image and put it over the polaroid part.

Topics tagged under 1 on Believe In Winx Section_zpslz0hl7ak

(It has been blurred a bit)
Go to the 'Blending Options' and select 'Lighten'. Change the opacity to 60%.

Step nine:
Duplicate the layer with this texture and bring it in front of everything you've got so far.

This layer:

Go to the 'Blending Options' and put the blending mode on 'Screen'. Change the opacity to 70%.

Step ten (optional):
Add some text. On my text, I went to the 'Blending Options' and used 'Stroke' and 'Gradient Overlay'. I made my own gradient. Play around a bit with colours and effects and see what suits your art!
Also, add text on the polariod bit with the name of your chosen fairy if you want.

But don't save it just yet!

PART TWO:
This second part can be bit tricky and tedious. This is the way I have done it; there may be an faster way out there but I haven't found one yet Razz

Step one:
Find a few screenshots of the character you have chosen. You can just google them. Find at least three you like and save them. (I used four screenshots)

Step two:
Open your first screenshot. Copy it into your project you have been creating. Go to Edit>Transform>Scale and make your screenshot so it'll fit what you want into the polaroid. (Tip: to do this, temporarily set the opacity as about 10-20% then change it back to 100% once you're happy)

Step three:
Once you've got it into the right position, select the layer with the polaroid in it. Press and hold down the 'Quick Selection' tool and select the 'Magic Wand' tool.

To clarify:

Step four:
Still on the polaroid layer, select the black area of the polaroid with the 'Magic Wand' tool

Step five:
Select the layer with the screenshot and copy this (you can use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + C) whilst it is selected.

Step six:
Paste the area you copied. (Keyboard shortcut: Ctrl + V)

Step seven:
You should now have two layers: one with the full screenshot and one with the selected part of the screenshot. Delete the layer with the full screenshot. You should now have the screenshot within the polaroid. Put this layer so it is behind the galaxy layer but in front of the polaroid layer.

Step eight:
Now we are going to create the frames for our animation.
Make a folder where you can save your frames if you wish.
Flatten/Merge the layers of your image (Layer>Flatten Image).
Save your image using 'Save As' and name it something like '1'. Save it as a PNG for maximum quality.

Step nine:
Undo what you have just done to get the layers back (Edit>Step Backward).
Select the layer with the screenshot and use the Motion Blur effect (Filter>Blur>Motion Blur). My settings were Angle=38 and Distance=75 pixels, but 35 pixels should be ideal. You can chose whichever settings you like though.

Step ten:
Flatten/Merge your image and then go to 'Save As' and save it as '2' in your folder.

Step eleven:
Undo what you've again, and repeat steps eight to ten with your other screenshots.
(i.e. open and paste in your next screenshot, use the Magic Wand tool to select the area of the polaroid and copy the part of the screenshot you want, save it, undo it, Motion Blur the screenshot, save it again, undo it...and repeat)

(I got this technique from this tutorial: http://callmebrandon.tumblr.com/post/4607475739/disclaimer-this-tutorial-will-only-be)

PART THREE:
Almost there! By now you should have all your frames made.

Step one:
Open a new project on Photoshop (File>New). Go to Window and make sure that 'Animation' is selected.

A bar like this will appear:

Step two:
Go to File>Scripts>Load Files into Stack

A box like this will appear:

Step three:
Click Browse and select all your frames you've made. Press OK.

Step four:
Your frames will now start to load into the animation bar. Once it's done, click the button labelled 'I' in this image
Topics tagged under 1 on Believe In Winx Vd_animation_frame

Topics tagged under 1 on Believe In Winx Vd_animation_frame

Click 'Make Frames from Layers'
(NOTE: sometimes you have to reverse the frames. Go to the button labelled 'I' again, click 'Select All Frames', then 'Reverse Frames')

Step five:
Change the duration for all the normal screenshots to 0.5 seconds and all the blurred screenshots to 0 seconds. This is the setting I usually use but you can chose otherwise.

Step six:
Go to File>Save For Web & Devices. Make sure the file is a GIF file and you can preview it in IE or Chrome if you want. Press Save.

And that is all!

Wow, I didn't think through how many steps were needed. I always tend to make very multi-layered arts, so unfortunately they're all going to be quite long. I'm kinda thinking I jumped in the deep with this one, but I was just really exited to show you guys how I make some of my animations

PLEASE IF YOU'VE GOT ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS TUTORIAL, FEEL FREE TO ASK ME HERE OR PREFERABLY IN PM.

Feel free to post your results in here

Sub-rule for Rule #1 has been added.