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Welcome To The Graphics Grotto

@thecutestgrotto

Elle • 25 - she/her
Requests: Open

->THIS BLOG SUPPORTS THE FREEDOM OF PALESTINE<-

  • You can call me Erin, Elle or just El — I went by a pseud at first instead of Elle so I have no preference!
  • Send an ask for requests but please check the Rules first 💗
  • Everything here is free for everyone to use! Credit isn’t necessary but much appreciated.
  • Please be kind and polite in your requests. I’m a person, I do this for fun and I want to keep it that way.
  • One request per ask is preferred for organizational purposes but you can always send more than one! 💗
  • I recommend opening each image for best quality and to prevent any blurring.

-> All media made using Canva Pro with these dimensions: dividers: 3000px by 240px or 3000px by 120px, banners: 1055px by 500px

-> I also made a mini guide for anyone looking to make their own graphics or need some tips. 💗

Current Header: JWST Inner Orion Nebula

Shoutout to @saradika-graphics for the tips on how to make the best quality designs. 💗

Part of the @pixelcafe-network

Anonymous asked:

I'm the person who asked for the Calico cat theme. I didn't know there was a game called that 😭

I meant the actual cat, I'm so sorry for the confusion!!!!🙏

Hey anon! Don’t worry about it! I was wrong, the game is just called Calico so that was on me 💀 It’s a pretty cute game, the graphics are a bit glitchy but I think it’s part of the charm.

Anyway, it turns out I actually already did Calicos, and I either never added them to the masterlist in the first place or somehow didn’t add them when I was moving my categories around a few months ago because I kept hitting the link limits. That ones my bad too lol asjgdhkl 💗

Welcome to April!

This blog is now a year old! It technically was on march 30th but I, of course, forgot 🙂‍↕️

Also a belated Eid Mubarak to everyone! (I suck at keeping track of holidays) ❤️

Maintenance

  • I’m still slowly alphabetizing everything but not changing around any lists/categories. So everything is still in the same place! 💗
  • Expect some more springy stuff this month, y’know, since it’s spring. For spring reasons.

Other Stuff

  • So I know I kinda crashed out a few weeks ago and if you’re new to my blog, I’m never like that. I do my best to cultivate a kind, positive place for my blog and combined with some mental health medication stuff (I’m okay!) and political stress, I got overwhelmed. I hope I didn’t make anyone feel nervous or too intimidated to talk to me/send a request.
  • I hold no ill will for any specific person who has sent me anything less than polite. It was just a ‘straw that broke the camel’s back’ situation, which is why I didn’t include any names. I wouldn’t have anyway though, I think including names would be irresponsible given the sheer size of my following. Bullying on my behalf is still bullying and I don’t tolerate it.
  • I also want to thank everyone for their kind words and support lately; I know I didn’t get back to everyone but I truly appreciate it so much 💗
Anonymous asked:

Can we get some Eid dividers since Eid Al Adha is soon? ✨

Absolutely! I added some for Eid Al Fitr since it already passed so I hope that’s okay! 💗 I don’t celebrate Eid but I did some research and asked some friends that do, so please forgive/let me know if I did something wrong with the symbolism in any of these and I’ll correct them right away because it’s never my intention to disrespect anyone or their culture. 🩵🌸

Eid Mubarak

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Anonymous asked:

hello!! i'm a bit curious on how u make these dividers. i don't know if you made a post about this so sorry🥲🥲

Hi! No worries! I have a guide in my pinned but I’ll add it here for easier access 💗💗

Anonymous asked:

Hello!^^, I wasn't sure if you can/are willing to do a Calico cat theme? ()

It's completely fine if you don't!!^^

Hii! So there’s some cats here that might work, but do you mean the animal or the video game? Because there’s an actual game called calico cats I believe and I wanna double check I’m doing the right thing. Either way I’m happy to do it with some clarification 💗

Anonymous asked:

can you make a simple thin pink animated divider pretty please with a cherry on top🙏🏼 i love your designs btw :3 !

Hi anon! So I actually don’t take requests for animated dividers as they take a lot more time, but I made you some thin pink lines anyway so I hope that’s alright. 💗

Dainty Pink Lines

I messaged in DM however I’ll refer to here!

Divider request!

Colour : #00807f (greens and blues are okay!)

Theme : Northern Lights / Stars / Shooting stars etc

Due Date : None, take your time! Life comes first x

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Hi! I know we talked in DMs but I think you’ll be able to find most of what you’re looking for here and I did a couple inspired by the northern lights for you. I actually want to give you a heads up (because I know you’re a bit new to tumblr), that when you’re approaching other creators you should probably not include the part in your request with a due date, because while I know you mean well and we actually interacted, it might come off as demanding to other creators. Not mad or anything! It’s all love here💗

Northern Lights

Hi, I have a formatting question, feel free to ignore. I'm having trouble with space after the divider and I'm not sure if that's something that can be fixed or not. I am not knowledgeable about this at all and I just recently started using dividers in my writing because they looked cool and I like them a lot. Your divider is actually inspired some writing! I have no idea when said writing will come out, but I will be tagging you, obviously.

So this is the problem:

Example sentence example sentence blah blah blah writing stuff and things

OC angst and fun times for me, not for the reader

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I'm not exactly sure how to get rid of that bottom space below the divider, if that's even possible. I am using this on mobile, if that makes a difference.

Thank you so much for all of what you do. I appreciate it a lot and have a wonderful day!

Obligatory cat picture thank you:

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So other than things sometimes showing up a bit wonky on mobile occasionally, that space is actually to maintain graphic quality, It’s the actual dimension of the image. I used my standard size for that one because any thinner and it would blur unfortunately. I went ahead and sized up the roses a bit to take away some of that space if that helps at all. I’ll go ahead and attach it and then add it to the set 🤗

Also: oh my godddddddddd your cat is beautiful 🥹 I had a tortieshell growing up and they’re so sweet, I adore them.

Obligatory dog pic:

This is one of my dogs, Drumstick, and he has zero brain cells, naturally I’d give my life and commit various crimes for him 💗

Anonymous asked:

Hi just wanted to say thank you for your mini guide? Was inspired to finally sit down, learn canva, and make my own dividers and banners :)

Yay I’m so happy it helped you!! It took me a while before I was comfortable and confident with the software/process and I’m glad my guide was easy enough to understand and hopefully skip some of that confusion lol

Anonymous asked:

Hello! I was wondering if all of the images you use for dividers are from canva, or do you have any outside sources? I'm looking to create some dividers of my own and I absolutely love your style of them!

Hi!! A lot of my images or elements come from canva, but if I’m looking for something brand specific or character/media related I typically use google images and a few other sites, if all else fails I’ll go directly to the official website of whatever anime or game I’m looking for and save images from there to edit down.

However, if you’re searching for an official image (character, symbol etc) be extra careful not to do anything with digital/fan art. Look at the source of the images, click the link there associated with it or look for a signature. If you’re unsure, try doing a reverse image search and see if it came from an artist. Putting “official art” at the end of your search will help a bit too.

Best of luck!! 💗

(I think I’m going to link this to the guide I have in my pinned to see if it helps anyone else)

Anonymous asked:

idk if your requests are open- could you do ether adventure time or fionna and cake?? I think it would be pretty cool to see :))

Hi anon! I loved adventure time growing up, Princess Bubblegum was always my favorite 🤗💗 also you can always see my request status in my bio if you’re ever looking again 💗

Adventure Time

Not a request, just a thank you for all the work you're doing and all the amazing graphics you're offering us for free ❣️ I can absolutely relate to rude request as an artist myself and it's hard to not let it get to you. Just know that you're appreciated and valued! ❤️

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Thank you 💗 it’s just frustrating, for people like that it’s like, ????? I’m sorry you deal with it too, thank you for sharing your art with us plebs as well!! 🫂💗

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