okay LISTEN. usually, i look back at old graphics and cringe but like?? can we take a second?? to appreciate?? how original these graphics are???

like wow, i was actually creative back in the day? where the fuck did that bitch go?? i actually came up with original ideas??? honestly guys, im really fucking shook right now. like maybe the skill/refinement isn't quite there (keep in mind that some of these graphics are like two years old) but the brilliance of it? like, i'm genuinely not trying to suck my own dick right now, but what the fuck. i miss this old julia & her graphic style.

like, come take a walk with me.

1. THIS KISS

i made this one two years ago, back when noorhelm was consuming my life. like yeah, the pacing is gross, the timing is off, and the colouring is weird but like?? she super cute??? like the unabashed colour overlay? the doodles?? like, she ugly, but she cute as hell.

2. LEVANA & ALESSANDRO SHIP GIFSPAM

the more MB the gif was, the greater the idea. i had to shrink this bitch down by 200 pixels to get it to fit on wattpad lmao. and yeah, the timing is gross (what was my obsession with freezing the frame instead of letting them all sync together? jesus) but it's a whole ass STORY inside a gifspam. where did this motivation go.

3. OF ACES & POISON GIFSPAM

this isn't all that impressive except the TEXT? i can't say i miss editing text effects (it's such a pain in the ass to gif lmao) but i can't deny that it looks cool as fuck.

4. THE STUFF OF LEGENDS EDIT

ok sothe file was too big for wattpad so i had to reduce the color... and i'm mad bc it's not as pretty with the muted, grainy colors. BUT MY POINT IS, WHAT THE FUCK. look at this shit. like, this was back when i actually had the MOTIVATION to make graphics for my stories lol, present!me could NEVER.

5. THE KIDS AREN'T ALRIGHT EDIT

THE LYRICS SCRAWLED IN THE BACKGROUND? THE DISAPPEARING ANNA SOPHIA ROBB? WOW I MISS IT WHEN MY BRAIN CELLS WERE ALL ACTIVE, PRESENT!ME WITH HER 2 FUCKING BRAIN CELLS COULD NEVER.

6. THE STARS WILL GUIDE YOU HOME EDIT

aka. the last time i ever made something so aesthetic and nice.

7. SOMEONE ISN'T ME (SORRY) GIF EDIT

wow, a time when my gifs were complex. love that.

8. RAPUNZEL PARALLELS

ok yes, the lines around the models are ugly and the text could be better, plus the freeze frame at the end is annoying as fuck but like??? this is so fucking cute????

9. IN MY HARRY POTTER FEELINGS

yes we're gonna ignore how ugly the manipulation is for lili - i know her head is not proportionate to the neck, and if i had made this now, i feel like it would've looked more realistic. but no, i made this like, a year and a half ago, when i didn't really know what i was doing. so we're gonna let it go. but the fact that i even DARED to manip gifs like this. wish i still had that kind of bravery.

10. WE ARE NOT SLAVES

THERE ARE FOUR PEOPLE IN THIS GIF. THAT IS A RECORD FOR ME. THIS WAS ALSO THE FIRST AND LAST TIME I ATTEMPTED THAT LOL.

11. FUNKY CHARACTER DESIGNS

do i even have to talk about this? like the fact that i did that? big brain energy. my small, puny, shriveled college brain could never.

12. FLYBOY

THE LAST GIF. IT'S MESSY BUT I WAS SO PROUD OF IT AT THE TIME.

13. THE MARAUDERS

this is a lot more recent, and it's part of a gifset, but like??? genius. wow. spectacular.

14. MY HEART WILL GO ON

this isn't really a gif but it's fucking cute and i don't remember making it but i love it

so anyways, what was the point to this field trip down memory lane? no, it wasn't to suck my own dick. no, it wasn't to mourn about the loss of my creativity. the point is, i miss when making graphics was fun. don't get me wrong, i enjoy making graphics still. i wouldn't have this graphic lotto/graphic shop up if i didn't. but going through these graphics, i vividly remember the emotions i felt when making each specific graphic - the need to open photoshop immediately when the idea formed in my head, the frustration when things didn't go right, the giddiness when they did, and the pride i felt when looking at the end product. i'm proud of the gifs i make now, but i also feel like... they're very predictable. it's a blend of two characters with text slapped over it. sure, i can play around with the blending, maybe incorporate a background, adjust the text... in the end it's going to be the same process.

i want to make graphics that don't follow my standard designs. i wanna be inspired.

so, help a bitch out? if you have an idea - a wacky, creative, almost impossible idea that doesn't follow the standard format - i'm begging you: drop it in the comments.

some guidelines: don't use my graphics as inspo. the whole point of this is to make something new and creative. also, don't request for a regular graphic, bc that's not what this is for lol. maybe look thru tumblr edits for inspo

damn, i feel like this is gonna flop. hopefully im wrong,