Howdy, I'm Augustine. She/They. Over 25, mentally and physically disabled, tries my best, just wants to enjoy what little life i have. tracking #usermsaugustine, tag me in things!
i like posts so i can either add them to my queue or reblog them later (or on a different account/a sideblog) generally. sometimes i may reblog them multiple times because i forgot to unlike it after adding it to my queue. or it showed up in my for you again after i already reblogged it. it happens.
please only follow me if you are 18 years or older. I'd personally prefer 20+ but 18 is fine i guess lol. I will not review every single thing i say and do or otherwise to play safe for someone underage on my personal space. I will not adjust my content for you. If you are underage, do not follow me, please and thank you.
If you plan on policing what I post, you may also leave. If you're thinking 'oh I don't like xyz this is why i'ma tell you' just block me, don't send me the ask, don't try to get my attention, it's gonna get deleted. I use my own discretion and a whole lot of actual research, not tiktoks, twitter, and easily disprovable opinions to decide if someones trash. i'm autistic its facts or nothing. I do have a don't list, not publicly, but I do have one.
do not follow if you're homophobic, transphobic, biphobic, racist, or otherwise.
Whilst I do post resources here, this is first and foremost my personal blog. Anything I post to my sideblogs (if i actually use my writing or art sideblogs, for example) would be reblogged here too.
REQUESTS ARE CURRENTLY CLOSED. However, if I post gifs of the fcs you want crackships of, you can send me an ask and I may end up doing it. The only reason I don't do requests is because I don't want to have to buy media I don't already own lol. I only go on a computer on days I do not have work, as even if I'm only working 4 hours in a day, I don't have the energy for both.
No you may not ask me what my disabilities or ethnicities are, you weirdo. I will say I'm audhd, if you pay attention to my posts you might be able to figure it out, i've been open about being asian before but i am trying to be less specific now due to how racist people have been getting, and i ain't for that.
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This month and every month I want to send out my love and respect to everybody who has been brave enough to be honest about the way they feel, to live their lives as they are, how they feel they should be, and how they identify.
Reputation Stadium Tour, Chicago 🏳️🌈
June 2nd, 2018 (x)
people in 2025 really need to learn the difference between "morally reprehensible", "a crime", and "a dick move". believe it or not, while there is overlap, they are all very different!!
TUTORIAL: staying logged in on multiple tumblr accounts using Firefox container tabs
As rpers, we are constantly looking for ways to be logged into several different tumblr accounts at the same time. While methods like sessionbox and creating new Chrome profiles are popular, I wanted to share this third option that I’ve been using for some time now : Firefox + container tabs !!
The benefits of this method include being able to have multiple accounts open in a single window without re-logging back in and not needing to re-download xkit when you want to add a new muse. You can also have more than 10 stored containers and more than 5 open at the same time, all for free. I’ve also personally found this to be more reliable than sessionbox ( so far for me, this method has not broken at all and pretty much have never had to re-log back in ).
Detailed instructions below & please like/reblog if you found useful !!
` * 𝐃𝐎𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐄𝐑 𝐓𝐄𝐌𝐏𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐄 -- an in-depth character dossier to list out facts about your muse ! please like/reblog or credit if using.
𝐁𝐀𝐒𝐈𝐂𝐒
full name:
alias:
age:
date of birth:
gender:
pronouns:
sexuality:
species/race:
nationality/ethnicity:
languages spoken:
current residence:
occupation:
education level:
𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐍𝐂𝐄
height and build:
eye colour:
hair colour and style:
skin tone and complexion:
notable features:
posture:
voice:
faceclaim:
𝐅𝐀𝐌𝐈𝐋𝐘 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐑𝐄𝐋𝐀𝐓𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐇𝐈𝐏𝐒
parents:
siblings:
ancestry:
romantic status:
romantic interest:
friends:
enemies and rivals:
important connections:
pets:
𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐋𝐓𝐇 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐖𝐄𝐋𝐋𝐍𝐄𝐒𝐒
chronic illnesses and injuries:
phobias:
trauma history:
mental health:
physical health:
medication:
triggers:
body modifications:
𝐇𝐀𝐁𝐈𝐓𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐁𝐄𝐇𝐀𝐕𝐈𝐎𝐔𝐑𝐒
morning routine:
night routine:
sleep schedule:
mannerisms:
lying tells:
comfort items and rituals:
social behaviours (introvert/extrovert):
coping mechanisms:
obsessions:
addictions:
𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐘
biggest strengths:
greatest flaw:
moral code:
core values:
temperament:
myers-briggs personality type:
love language(s):
how they handle conflict:
how they handle affection:
reputation versus reality:
𝐒𝐊𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐒 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐀𝐁𝐈𝐋𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐄𝐒
combat training:
weapons expertise:
magic or powers:
languages and communication skills:
survival skills:
hobbies:
weaknesses and limitations:
Thank you @cobbbvanth for asking me for this; I’ve never been more flattered! ☺️ I’ve only been making gifs for a little more than 2 years, so I’m really still only figuring Photoshop out, and my colouring owes everything to other people’s tutorials (some of which can be found here). To be honest, I was only asked some tips, but I have no clue what to include and what to leave out; so, here’s my complete (if random) colouring process.
NOTE: This is a colouring tutorial, not a gif-making one. The tutorial that taught me everything I know about that (and to which I am eternally grateful) is this one by @hayaosmiyazaki.
I. SHARPENING
My standard sharpening settings are:
One Smart Sharpen filter set to Amount: 500 | Radius: 0,4
A second Smart Sharpen filter set to Amount: 10 | Radius: 10
One Gaussian Blur filter set to Radius: 1,0 and Opacity: 30%
One Add Noise filter set to Amount 0,5 | Distribution: Gaussian
II. BASIC COLOURING
This is the part where I add most of the adjustment layers available and just play around with them. Obviously different settings work for different scenes, but I do have some standard ones.
Brightness/Contrast
I usually up the Brightness to +10-30, and the Contrast to about +10.
Curves
For the first Curves layer I go to Auto Options > Enhance Brightness and Contrast, and then adjust the opacity until I’m happy.
I might repeat the above step if the gif still looks too dark to me.
I add another Curves layer, I go to Auto Options and this time I pick either Find Dark & Light Colors or Enhance Per Channel Contrast, and check or uncheck the Snap Neutral Midtones option, until I see something I like. I will then adjust the opacity.
Levels
I add a Levels layer that usually looks something like this:
Exposure
I add an Exposure layer, where I usually set the Offset to around -0,0010.
Selective Color
To make the faces look okay, I create a Selective Color layer, select the Reds and usually add some Cyan (+10-20%) and play around a little (±5%) with Magenta and Yellow too. I might also add another layer, select the Yellows and make slight tweaks there too.
III. FUN COLOURING
About colour manipulation: PiXimperfect just uploaded a tutorial that explains everything so much better than I ever could, so I highly recommend you go watch it. It’s made for static images though, and things are more complicated with moving images, so I also recommend @sabrinaacarpenters’s tutorial.
The reason I usually go for a softer colouring is that a more vivid one requires a lot of patience and precision, and I honestly can’t be bothered. Instead, I try to tweak the colous only a little, so that the edges can be a little rough without it looking too wrong.
One thing to remember is that each gif is different, and there isn’t one foolproof way to do this, so you will need to use a different technique depending on the gif you’re working with.
Okay, so, after I’ve decided what colour I want my background to be:
1. I create a Hue/Saturation layer and change the greens, cyans, blues and magentas to that colour. That’s easy enough, since it doesn’t mess with the face colour. I then set the blending mode to Color. If your background doesn’t include any yellow or red, you might be done here, like in the case bellow:
2. To change the yellows and reds, I create a new Hue/Saturation layer, select the yellows/reds, move Saturation to 100 (temporarily) and then play around with the sliders until the face colour isn’t affected. I then change it to whatever I’ve chosen and change the blending mode to Color.
3. If for whatever reason step 3 doesn’t work (the background is white or black for example, or just too red), I might create a Solid Color layer set to whatever colour I want, set the blending mode to Color and then select the layer mask and carefully paint with a soft, black brush over the people’s faces/bodies. I will then lower the Opacity, to whatever looks smooth enough. If there’s a lot of movement in your gif, you might have to use keyframes (see sabrinaacarpenters's tutorial linked above). However, my main goal is to avoid using those; that’s why I try my hardest to tweak around as many Hue/Saturation layers as needed and not have to create a solid color layer.
4. Once my background looks the colour I want it, I might add a Selective Color layer that matches my background color and then try to make it look more vibrant. For this Aziraphale gif below for example, I’ve selected the Cyans and then set Cyan to +100%, Yellow to -100% and Black to +60, then created another one, selected the Cyans again and then set Cyan to +20 and Black to +20.
5. If the gif has a white area, I create a Solid Color layer with a colour that matches the rest of the background and then set the Opacity low. I might also create a Selective Color layer, increase the Black and then play around with the colours.
IV. FINISHING TOUCHES
I create a Vibrance layer and set the Vibrance to around +30 and the Saturation to about +5.
I create a black and white Gradient Map layer (with black on the left end of the spectrum and white on the right), set the blending to Luminosity and the Opacity to about 20-30%.
AAAND that’s about it I think! This ended up way too long and perhaps a little incoherent. I tried to make it as general as possible, so you might have to mix and match for best results. Feel free to ask me for further explanations about any one of these steps, and please tell me if you want me to go through the colouring of a specific gifset (although, as I said, I'm by no means an expert). Happy gifmaking!
