Measure twice, cut once (GIP)

[thistlechaser]

I really don't like animated icons; when I load my LJ friends page, the very first thing I do is hit "escape" to stop all animated gifs. So why did I spend nearly five hours making one for myself?

I have no idea.

Okay, maybe I sort of do: Once I started it, it became a challenge. I had to find, download, and learn to use a new piece of software, I had to re-learn how to do outlined text (which I later dropped), and I had to resize-resize-resize and make all the images fit together. I woke up at 8 this morning, and I sat right down and immediately picked up where I left off last night. I forgot about breakfast, checking email, and everything else, and it wasn't until I had a finished product (11:30) that I even noticed so much time had gone by.

Ironic thing is: I don't even overly like it now. I had to lower the quality way down to come in under the 40 Kb size, and I had to cut a few of the frames out. Oh well, maybe it'll grow on me like the Super Love-Love Juice one did.

For those who don't recognize it (which will be most of you reading this, unfortunately), the two guys are characters from Naruto. The father of the younger one tried to kill him and the boy ended up homeless on the street at the age of about 4. The older one took him in, but with the sole purpose of using him as a weapon. The younger one came to not only accept that, but to love the man and to *want* to be nothing but the perfect tool/weapon for him. They both ended up dead, the older finally acknowledging to himself that he loved the younger man right before he died. *sniff*

Comments

[countrymouse.livejournal.com]

I really don't like animated icons; when I load my LJ friends page, the very first thing I do is hit "escape" to stop all animated gifs.

Woah, colour me slow, but I didn't know this trick! Thanks! :-)

[thistle-chaser.livejournal.com]

Welcome! I was very happy when I learned it, too!