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THE ARCHIVE.
Hey, I'm canonblind and just rubbernecking... why is this necessary?
Genshin Impact is a terrible nightmare gacha game, which I love dearly, and it's just kind of a pain in the ass to grab screencaps from it for a million reasons: there's no in-game screenshot button, the in-game camera feature sucks because it's a tool you have to activate from the menu, and there's no past cutscene replay, so most people have to cap the game off YouTube videos, which usually shows a noticeable drop in image quality even at 4K resolution. Also, the game features a lot of really fast-paced 1-minute cinematics which are just low quality to begin with (this is ostensibly to accommodate mobile players, but it's pretty annoying to cap). Honkai Star Rail basically has the same problems, give or take a few idiosyncracies. Zenless Zone Zero has cutscene replay, but I'm just insane.
Most iconmakers can work off YouTube caps just fine, since they get sized down to 100x100, but I just figured that since I was capping these games already, and people always ask for caps so that they can make icons, I might as well set something up to share my caps.
Do I need to credit you if I use your caps to make icons?
Nah, we're good. You can if you really want to, but it's hardly necessary. If you do make icons, though, feel free to link me to them! I'm not likely to use them myself, and you're free to mark your icons as DNT for any reason — I just think it would be fun to see that people used these caps!
Can I use these caps to commission or request icons from iconmakers on Dreamwidth?
Yep, fair game! I've probably already used some of these caps to commission icons for my friends.
I really want to RP a character I can't find icons for, but I've never made icons before...
Just crop your image to a square you find aesthetically pleasing, then size down to 100x100 and you should be fine! I am a big fan of custom color editing myself, but if you're not graphics-savvy enough to do that kind of thing, Genshin is already a very pretty game and making it prettier is just for fun. You may want to sharpen the image after you scale it down, and possibly adjust contrast for image readability. As far as programs go, I like to use PhotoScape X, which handles smoothly, crops stuff nicely, and also has an auto-contrast tool that tends to work well on Genshin shots... but I'm by no means an editing expert, so feel free to use what works best for you.
...I don't understand a word of what you just said.
Hahaha. If you are truly, totally clueless, let me know what character you're interested in and I'll just make you a set of fifteen. Or I'll direct you to someone else who has already made icons of them! (I may have to refuse if I'm a bit busy, but it never hurts to ask.)
Do you have caps from the specific scene where...?
I do my best to try and cap every single scene from Genshin Impact, but sometimes this isn't possible, like if I'm traveling or something like that. For Honkai Star Rail, I'm a bit more lax about capping event stories, but will usually have capped all main story cutscenes. I don't actually have any caps that I didn't save here. I apologize!
Can I request a character?
Unfortunately, I don't have as much free time these days to replay these games on a side account, so what you see is what you get! But if you do feel like your fave doesn't have enough material in their folder, let me know and I might be able to conjure something up for you.
How often will this be updated?
You can expect me to update this roughly every patch, unless for some reason I stop playing Hoyoverse games. I probably won't do that, because at this point they own my soul.
Why are there three extra images in each folder?
It looks like this on my end and I think it's so cute... but it doesn't seem to show up like that for everyone else. Just think of it as a cute little preview of what you're gonna get... really, it's for me...
Do you have a tip jar?
I wasn't going to open up a tip jar originally, but since the archive is now large enough that I started paying for a Dropbox subscription to host it... I do have a Ko-fi and will happily accept Dreamwidth points, but it's not a big deal, so please don't feel pressured. I'm totally okay with a silly thank-you in the comments!
Genshin Iconmakers on DW:
Feel free to leave any questions or comments! Thanks!
This probably goes without saying, but the gallery will contain unmarked spoilers.
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i'm just glad it's been useful to you!!! i'm looking forward to dropping a new batch of screenshots soon, thank you so much for enjoying them 💖
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here's to winning our 50/50 and becoming ayato havers without reaching pity (if you are rolling for him that is!!) 😭🙏 i just got two friends into genshin and i'm "gently coaxing" them into rping some characters... hehe, then my friend linked me to this wonderful place and i was like YES!!! now i can make decent icons for them 🤩
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BUT I'M so glad 2 hear that people are getting into genshin because i truly truly love the game!! i hope you guys have lots of fun both with the game and with rp!!! if we see each other around my arms are open for stupid tags anytime 🙏❤️ and thank u for making my day!!
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i'm still kinda new with playing my genshin muse but i'd be happy to exchange tags with you too!! or... actually i think i did with my very first genshin muse but i lost confidence in her. 💀 now i'm trying out childe... hehe stress on the "trying". so if you'd be up for a childe (/dj khaled voice ANOTHA ONE) then i'd be down to play with you. 🥰
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LMFDFKH i have been playing since, i think, two days after the game launched?? THERE IS A PART OF ME THAT WISHES I DID NOT HESITATE TO START PLAYING IT so that i could say i literally started playing when game launched but yes. sometime in oct 2020 or so and i have been in hell ever since. hilariously the only reason i made an account was bc my friend was malding over not rolling some guy named diluc and i was like "i'll make an account, maybe i'll roll diluc" and now it is 2022 and i do not have diluc
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may u win all future 50/50s (esp w fontaine so near)
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itto's one of my favorite characters to cap because he makes so many faces so i'm SO glad you found these useful!!!! thank u for letting me know u had a time with them. i hope you make the most beautiful icons ✨
... and if you happen to have friends who need caps, i have absolutely not updated the repository since 3.6 but i SWEAR an update is coming!!!!!!!!!! I SWEAR...... at some point
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^ this one where he looks so magnificently prissy, like an offended, surly cat
please have fun on your dain adventures!! the icons are lovely, thanks for letting me know!!
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(squinting at your icons) if topaz is your blorbo i've got more topaz content coming... just finished her bonus chapter thing a couple of days ago lol but i still need to sort my backlog of genshin caps. it's coming though!!!! more ipc hotties for all of us
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I've got many blorbos in star rail haha! ( tho Dan Heng and Caelus are among some of my fave blorbos )
I'm excited for Aventurine to come out! Hoping to get him! ( Got lucky to get Imbibitor Lunae and his LC ).
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i want aventurine too... i'm waiting for him soooo impatiently... may we both succeed in dragging him home by force 🙏🙏🙏
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congratulations on your aventu-win though!!! we love to see it!!
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thank you for letting me know, i'm happy they were of use!!
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i'm glad you've been enjoying the game!
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i have, it started not to good for me but the cunning hares got me into it more lmao now im hooked.
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(i'm sorry this man doesn't have a smiling face that isn't psychotic)
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