#transbuck

you don't know what you've unleashed

heyyy!

what i do is usually pretty simple: create a new gradient map adjustment layer, choose your colors, and select a blending mode that works the best for your gif. then with a soft brush in black, click on the layer mask thumbnail on that gradient map layer and erase parts where you don't want the color (like on characters). if the character is moving you can use keyframes, here's a good tutorial by @usergif / @fionagallaqher explaining keyframes for masking.

with the gradient map adjustment layer, you usually want the first color of your gradient to be black, and the second color to be the actual color you want.

you can leave the blending mode to normal/pass through if it works for you, or you can change it to color (or try other blending modes, see if it creates and effect you like). here are a few examples with the same black to pink gradient:

for this particular gif here, i've actually used a gradient fill layer because i wanted a gradient instead of one color. but i did the same thing: i chose my 2 color for my gradients, changed the blending mode to color, and erased the layer over his body with a layer mask. what's cool with the gradient fill layer is that you can use as many colors as you want, and you can also choose the actual angle of the gradient, compared to with a gradient map layer where you pick the one color and that's it.

the downside with the gradient fill layer is that the math is not the same as a gradient map layer, so it pretty much only works well when you choose the color blending mode. as you can see here it looks wacky with the same blending mode examples:

there are multiple ways to change a background, this is just two of them. here are more tutorials about changing a background's color:

color manipulation by @usergif / @cal-kestis

more color manipulation by @captain-hen

gradient tools explanation by @shangs

glowy background color by @captain-hen

colorful background by @hejustken

coloring with gradien maps by @delphines

🐝- describe your aesthetic in emojis

oh great question hmmm 🥺🌸🌹🦈😈🔪👑🌿

🎂- if you had 3 wishes, what would they be?

for my family and friends to be comfortable, taken care of

achieve my dream job of being a librarian and get to live a soft comfortable life (i want a lil cottage where i can have wall to wall bookshelves)

I WANT TO PET SHARKS OKAY SO I NEED TO BREATHE UNDERWATER SO I CAN BEFRIEND MY TOOTHY BOIS

💍- your current relationship status?

single!

11. anything from your childhood you’ve held on to?

honestly a lot of stuff cause im way too sentimental. i have most of my stuffed animals still and most of my books and i’m pretty sure i have a couple of my old barbies in my closet

16. thoughts on mint chocolate chip?

love it so muchhhh

29. preferred pasta noodle?

penne or bowtie. i usually buy penne tho idk why.

Hen shrugs.

-It's weird, he's never like that. Maybe it's a kind of "I like you, I'll tug your hair".-at that, he arches one eyebrow. Hen inmediatly throws her arms up in innocence.- I never said he's a mature person. Even with two little ones, sometimes he's kind of...-she doubts.

-Emotionally disabled?

Yeah, he knows about that.

-That. Not the best family. If not for Athena, Bobby, David and a lot of stubbornness from him, he would be on the streets with his family.

He nods. He heard him calling Bobby Dad and talking about a Christopher, who must be one of his children.

What amazes him is the level of hostilities thrown over him. It's astounding giving the fact that they haven't work together enough time for him to form some kind of mental image of him.

But maybe he's insecure. But that's stupid, right? Buckley is very very competent at his job.

He doesn't know. He just wants to start anew. Be a new himself.

He just wants that attitude to stop itching him. Jeez.

AU where Buck was born a girl, he and Eddie had a thing 6 years ago in the military, Buck got pregnant, went to El Paso, Ramón and Helena denied her meeting Eddie and told her to leave their grandbabies to them, or f* off.

He has his babies, transitions and with the help of Bobby, Athena and David, he turns into a perfect dad.

Six years later, Eddie finds a big angry blond at his new job and doesn't understand a thing.

I'm kind of a goner with the whole Buck being a dad to Eddie's children.

And children.

God, this is me having mom feeling,. I'm ovulating, sorry.

reference gif

hi! i'm happy to share under the cut:

LAST — the most recently written two sentences of my current project

this is from my presumed dead buck/tsunami fic! but i promise buck is not actually dead and it will have a happy ending!

Buck is dead. He looks down, pulling out the cards he wrote last night. The handwriting is messy and the ink is smudged from fingerprints and teardrops, the paper creased at the edges from Eddie pulling at it and squeezing and wrinkling it in frustration, just to try to smooth it out again seconds later.

This one got spooky