ON HIATUS.

I currently do not have time to be a good helper, therefore I'm on hiatus for an indefinite amount of time. I'm going to miss being a helper, but I'd rather not be one at all than be a bad one who tries to rush things instead of take the time needed. You can contact me here.

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Cutting Out People and Hair in Photoshop

This is a Photoshop tutorial for cutting people out of a background when they have messy hair, so you can keep all of the stray locks/strands and avoid a blocky, unrealistic look without having to manually trace around them yourself.

This tutorial works for both single- and multi-colored backgrounds.

As always, any comments/criticisms on the tutorial are welcome. And please, if you found this helpful, likes and reblogs are much appreciated!

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[claraqueenofthenorth]

Okay guys to celebrate finally getting to 900 followers I’m going to do a little thing. Here’s part one of this thing. In this pack there are 9 different smoke textures that I have spent my time making (but I didn’t take the pictures because unfortunately we don’t have an active volcano in Victoria).

Download {Dropbox}

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[lestathelps]

Note

I'm sorry that I've been so inactive on this blog. Life's a little all over the place at the moment, there's a lot happening, and although I do have some time to RP, I don't have the time to make things that are useful and helpful. If I would try to make things for this blog, I would end up not taking the time I need and it would be shit.

So anyway, I'm not sure I'll be coming back as a helper, it all depends on how things are going to turn out. I'll still be reblogging resources, but I won't be posting anything new.

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Double Exposure Cut-Out Tutorial

or how to make this:

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[rosereturns]

Sixth texture pack! Contains 20 textures, all brushes. The term ‘photoshop brushes’ may be incorrect because they’re not the kind you load into photoshop. They’re the copy paste kind, sorry for that misleading term. Hope you enjoy!

A like and or reblog is appreciated!

Download via mediafire (x)

Download via sendspace (x)

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How to make an ‘Applications’ folder in your inbox

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As an admin, I’ve always found it frustrating to go through the inbox of the main account and weed through the personal messages, the questions about the roleplay, and the applications that are submitted, and the ones we’ve already accepted. Also, as someone with a need for organization, I never liked to deleted old applications - especially those of original characters - in the case of some information getting lost in the shuffle. Therefore, I devised a plan to make my life as an admin a bit easier and hopefully it’ll do the same for you! It’s really simple and all it takes is a few minutes and a bit of copy and pasting!

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Many times the same adjectives are used to express tone, feelings and emotions are the same for a couple of the categories. A tone is an overall sense that you get from some sort of event, work, situation etc. Feelings and emotions are very similar; however, emotions tend to refer to that which is not tangible, while you could have feelings of cold, warm, tired which are very tangible.

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Anonymous Asked: I don’t really know much about trans people, to be honest. But I want to educate myself. Where do I start?

[thetrolliestcritic]

Basic research could help with this, but allow me to provide some interesting articles and links. 

LEARNING MORE ABOUT TRANS* PEOPLE (General)

Good Allies (To Trans* Folk)

Trans* Etiquette For Non-Trans* People

How to ask a trans* person questions without being insensitive

Trans People & The Media

Trans 101: Respect/Etiquette/Support

List of Pronouns (Gender Neutral)

Trans People: Facts & Information

Gender Identities & Terms

Answers To Your Questions: about transgender people, gender identity, and gender expression

FOR WRITING (Specifically)

Writing A Trans Character In Fiction

How NOT To Write A Trans Character

Using Gender Neutral Pronouns In Your Writing

Diversity 101: The Transgender Perspective

Trans Characters: An Open Letter to Spec Fic Writers

Quick Guide To Writing Trans Characters Without Being An Ass

Hopefully this will help start you off.

Made rebloggable by request.

[avahelps]

How to Play A Character With Cancer:

Playing a character with cancer is hard, but I think it’s a really interesting thing to play out. This is definitely something that you don’t want to do wrong, so I’m here to help you with some of the things you should know before you begin to play a character suffering from cancer.

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PSD 01 by wonkier(x)

It looks better on dark scenes/movies

It contains an optional curves layer

PLEASE LIKE IF DOWNLOADING

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Home | Navigation | Plot | Characters | Applying | FAQ | Ask

UWS has plenty of pre-made roles open, just waiting for you to take and make them your own. In addition to these, there are open spots in the Titanic’s orchestra and crew; for all sorts of personalities and backgrounds. We also accept OCs and requests for new/enhanced bios (+ FC-changes).

I review applications immediately, so it’s the perfect time for you to come and explore the magnificent Titanic!

[graveyardrplayer-blog]

Some words are satisfied spending an evening at home, alone, eating ice-cream right out of the box, watching Seinfeld re-runs on TV, or reading a good book. Others aren’t happy unless they’re out on the town, mixing it up with other words; they’re joiners and they just can’t help themselves. A conjunction is a joiner, a word that connects (conjoins) parts of a sentence.

Connectors or conjunctions are words we use to join two or more sentences or two words in the same sentence. Here are the most common connectors grouped into categories. 

I hope you will find this information useful.

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Writing Tips #78: Basic Tips To Write Better Abuse Victims & Abuse Situations

As requested by someassemblingrequired

Abuse is a horrible fact of life, and it takes many forms. Unfortunately, it’s often misunderstood and handled badly in fiction. This page contains potentially-triggering material, so be warned.

Abuse often starts out small and gradually gets bigger.

If abusers started off new relationships at their prime levels of nastiness, they’d drive away just about everyone at first go. But by starting small, they can progressively desensitize victims to physical and/or emotional abuse - and by the time they’re in full swing, the victim will have so much invested in the relationship that cutting loose will be difficult - if not next to impossible.

In some cases, the abuse escalates because the abuser discovers that xe can exert control over the other person and find that xe enjoys doing so. The abuser will escalate

Victims are often reluctant to leave because they have a lot invested into their abusive situations.

Leaving the abuser/abusers could mean leaving behind friends, family, and even children. Depending on how much and how long the victim has been in the situation, it could mean leaving behind xir entire life. They may have nowhere else to go and no way to get out, particularly if the abuser has taken control of the victim’s finances and/or isolated xir from contact with others.

If the abuse comes from a cult/religious group, the victim may believe that leaving the group would mean losing salvation (or whatever metaphysical prize the group offers).

Some victims fail to leave because they think the abuse is normal.

If a person has grown up in an abusive environment, they may see abusive behavior as perfectly fair and normal. Depending on their level of isolation, it may have never even occured to them that there could be any other way to do things.

Brainwashing is half the game (at least).

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[tennantivelyhelping]

A question for all fellow RPCHWs and role players!

What are your top three role play genres (e.g. city, high school, supernatural, …)?

[lestathelps]

Supernatural

Fantasy

Sci-Fi / Period (e.g. Medieval, 1900s – Basically RPs set in a different time, that's why these genres are both on number 3)