#its gonna be weird not using that tag now...........

[idwl]

how to add gradients to your symbols for ur flags! another shitty tutorial by idwl 💜 this is meant for ibis paint, but there might be similar ways to pull it off in other programs!

theres step by step instructions, as well as a video at the end in case my explanations are confusing ^_^ i hope this is able to help

btw im using a hastily made example flag, sorry if it looks shitty. anyways ok so step 1: have your symbol on a separate layer

then add a layer above that, and clip it to the layer below. i circled the clipping button for those who might not know where it is. it just makes it so everything on this layer only appears on the pixels of the one below it

then youre going to exit out and go to filters, and then go to draw. youre going to select parallel gradation

when you select parallel gradation youre going to see a bunch of fancy shit. dont worry its not actually that confusing, ibis paint is just pompous with its ui. keep all of the sliders the same; what youre going to focus on is the scale with colors. these babies. the diamonds

now, youre going to double tap the diamonds and change them to the color you want. im using the same colors as the top and bottom stripes for this flag. you can also add more colors by tapping anywhere on the scale. when youre done fiddling with the colors, press the checkmark.

it should look like this now. but like, your version of what i did

"idwl, that doesnt look very gradiented! this is shit!" shshhsshhh. shhh. shut up. im not done. be quiet.

so what youre going to do next is youre going to open the layers back up and hit this little weird cross button.

thats our friend, the transform tool. it can do all kinds of weird wacky shit. right now, youre gonna make it your bitch. open it up

when you open it, again, do not be afraid. ibis just has a pompous ui. ignore all of the other sliders and head straight for zoom, and slide it down until the blue lines meet the symbol. now, the colors should look like this.

and if you want to be more precise...

you can change it to perspective form, so you can fine tune it yourself. dots will appear, and you can stretch them and move them. move the top and bottom dots until they meet your symbol.

heres a video of me doing all of that, if my steps were hsrd to follow

"idwl what if i dont want an up and down gradient :(" remember the sliders from earlier. theres a slider for you to change the angle 👍🏻

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[mlobsters]

taking the question in good faith, I will answer in good faith. saw people are being assholes in the reblogs about misha's appearance, which is bullshit, regardless of my feelings on him as a person.

appreciate the points above and will add some thoughts of my own. I went into the show knowing destiel was a huge and popular ship, but not knowing much else. I watched the show in a relative bubble over a year plus. I was already deeply invested in sam and dean's canonical relationship and the wincest ship side of things by the time castiel showed up. I had a friend that was waiting to hear my thoughts on him and it took me a long time to even have an opinion. and by the time I did, it tended toward negative. I liked when he was snarky and powerful but his characterization flip flopped all over the place episode to episode the longer he was on the show. as I was writing up my little recaps I would often boggle over how the show would talk about how dean and cas were best friends and so close, but I (and might be bold to say we the audience) never saw it. he just wasn't around much! supernatural, when it wants to make a point or a parallel, is not subtle about it. it will beat you over the head with their point. I guess the only thing they were hammering home to me was, we aren't gonna take the screen time to show it but these guys are tight, trust us! it was weird to me.

I wrote about my reaction to 15x18 here which was basically where flying fuck did that come from

the longer his character stuck around, the more it reminded me of derek on teen wolf. a fan favorite character that it felt like they didn't intend to have on the show for very long and didn't know what to do with. but the teen wolf run was much shorter and hoechlin left. and I also found some similarities in how popular the ship sterek was, they were similarly working with crumbs of canon. but I didn't see that fandom get weird about it the way certain factions of destiel fans did. maybe they did and just weren't as loud? or since I wasn't around when it was at its peak I didn't see it? but I never got the impression there was this full court press by some to convince people that the ship had roots in canon people were just missing.

I was really soured on supernatural fandom in general by how loudly anti-wincest a lot of people are, I used to go scrolling through the main tags and regularly bump into wincest dni on, you know, gifsets from the show. which is strange and also like okay, yeah. message received, I don't want to be feeling shitty and unwelcome just trying to look around. I understand it's a squick for some people, but I've never been around a fandom that was so loudly hostile to a ship unprovoked.

and equal opportunity souring, within non-destiel fans there's people that hate one of the brothers, making arguments how canonically abusive one of them is, etc. I think that's what a lot of it comes down to for me, headcanon being stated as canon fact. there's always wiggle room in interpretation but so many things are so far outside the show I watched, I just get all riled up which helps no one so I stay away from most show/character discussions at this point.

and if I wasn't already soured on destiel enough, some of things misha has said downright left me appalled. the "balls deep" homophobic cw bullshit comment, joking about jensen's "bdsm paraphernalia." I personally think if most anyone else on the cast talked like this at cons, they wouldn't be invited back. but I guess it's okay with everyone involved or whatever is going on there, so I just try to avoid misha related content in general.

it's a bummer that I'm missing out on destiel fic because there's so much of it, but I wouldn't be able to enjoy it.

I was rereading my sterek bookmarks recently (my personal favorite ship on teen wolf is scott/stiles but there's very little of it comparatively) and now that I'm out of the thick of my tw fixation period, I notice how out of character they often need to push to make the story work. and that's totally fine and cool, but the way my brain works, I'm much more interested and invested in the ship that I see reflected on screen. even while actively wanting and looking for the sterek potential in the show, there just wasn't much of it. that was the one thing that did surprise me, how little fans were working with. I love the creativity and the way they've made so much with so little.

so I'm sure I could have enjoyed destiel fic at one point in the same way I did sterek if I was never exposed to spn fandom outside of AO3.

these days I make stuff for fandoms and read fic, but otherwise don't really engage with other people's stuff. I follow a few spn people that I know I vibe with, but that's about it. I'm too literal minded in some ways and inflexible about certain things, it's just best I stay away from most stuff.

and I usually avoid engaging in this type of post too but guess I had some things that have been bubbling around my head for a while that I wanted to get out

Non Destiel Shippers, what stops you from shipping them?

What are the reasons you don't ship them? Im just curious, not looking for a fight.

[hinamie]

doodles

[lelianaslefthand]

ended up going dwarf over elf. here's amalia thorne!!! (they/them)

[puffpawstries]

I don't know why but I keep having this crazy urge to stream osomatsu-san drawing/working on ososan art that most half of it being hanichi on my part... But I also do have like refs I am working on and I am insane wanting to draw some of the ososan cast of characters but any stream would be on the weekend! Saturday at most and my time zone is Central Daylight Time (edit: I stream on twitch)

check tags for my insane thoughts of chaos!

[sankttealeaf]

gamers. i miss the sun :(

[phagodyke]

dating an art student was so crazy I'm just thinking abt that one birthday I had where my ex got me stickers from the etsy of the person they were cheating on me with....

[oddogoblino]

Everyone always seems more willing to talk and exist when I'm not around. The sleep deprivation makes me want to believe this means I'm a smothering presence rather than considering maybe everyone just finally had more free time. If the bad thoughts are right though, I guess I have no qualms against disappearing since youtube exists for entertainment.

[tricksteroftheheart]

the people have no idea what being toxic is and it shows

[todayisafridaynight]

Hey so Snap this is going to be so fucking weird, but honestly don’t care. So I was watching a clip of Drag Race Philippines and it was the make over episode and I think they were making over family members and this father was all about getting into drag. So, I just wanted to tell you never forget how much of a lovely loving kind and caring father you have, who loves you and protects you and makes you feel heard. That’s all.

i'd have to die before i forget how great my dad is thank you for the opportunity to brag about him again anon

[waywardsalt]

fuck it, unedited snippet from an early early post-ph scene i decided to write one night

[monstriiss]

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[cat-tranzer]

if anyone needs me i'll be in your basement at your dad's work pc behind a locked door watching llamas with hats

[baconcolacan]

Hi hi!! Just a little update from me!!

I’m going to travel to Japan today, on a little business trip/bid to visit my relatives. Meaning I might be slightly unavailable for a while or maybe even the whole day!

Sorry for the slight radio silence!

[kavehater]

I wish I could inject pasilyo into my brain so I can have permanent happiness

[hauntingblue]

ZORO LORE FINALLY ⁉️