fake screencap

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A wholly original image made to resemble a screen capture of an animation, film, video recording, video game, website, or computer screen — while not actually being a screencap.

Features of a Fake Screencap

Note: not every fake screencap will have all of these features

Miscellaneous

style emulation — art that is drawn or rendered in a way that emulates the visual style of a particular piece of media or genre/medium, can include using the same materials/medium, and use of filters

on model — a character drawn in a way that is nigh-indistinguishable from their source material

dialogue in subtitles or dialogue boxes, usually written to imply the fake screencap was taken mid-sentence

Television/Video Elements

4:3 or 16:9 aspect ratios — to emulate the aspect ratio of old television/film (4:3), or mimic a widescreen television or computer monitor's aspect ratio (16:9).
letterbox — black bars at the top and bottom of the image
subtitles — usually in yellow or white text with black borders, or white text on a black bar (to resemble television closed captioning, sometimes even starting with a "-" or ">>>")
vhs filter — grain, static, colour fading, and chromatic aberration added to an image to resemble a frame from a video cassette recording

Video Game Elements

user interface — buttons or prompts, option menus, scroll bars, minimize/maximize/close buttons
gameplay mechanics — UI from video games, such as health or status bars, character portraits etc.
dialogue box — contains dialogue in a fake screencap of a video game