milk tea resources

❝ Just how many S T A R S will I need to hang around me to finally call it heaven ? ❞ Hello! Welcome to milk tea resources, a resource blog for all your Tumblr roleplaying needs. Big focus on POC and lgbtq+ resources.

[thomaskittleblog]

How to make white background in Photoshop

Very often after taking photo we think about erasing the background and make it white in order to make it separate from the original background. If you know the procedure of removing the original background in Photoshop, then you can become stress free about disturbing background. In this post, I am going to reveal the procedure of removing the background from a photo. It is an effective way that is unknown to most people. 

Basically, there are numerous ways to remove background from a photo. If the object has sharp and soft edges it becomes really tough to select the object. That’s why I am going to introduce you to this effective way. So, you can get rid of this irritating process. 

Let’s get started. 

We are going to remove the background using the color range feature.

Permit me to show you the procedure with this bird. Click here to create a new layer so that you have the option to go back anytime.

Then open this option from the top:

After clicking on color range you will find a new window like that-

The arrow is showing the fizziness. By changing its value increase and decrease you will be able to change the Grayscale view of the picture. Click on the background to select it.

After the first click on the background you will be able to multi select. Then make the background pure white by clicking on the background.

Decrease the fuzziness to make the object dark and increase the value to make the object light. Now, the selection is pretty good here.

Then hit ok. It seems some of the part of the object is included into the selection. We will fix it later.

 Go to new fill layer and pick solid color from the option.

Then adjustment layer will be visible.

Indicate the color that you want to set as background. Then hit ok. Then click on the mask thumbnail along with pressing the ALT. Then it will provide a black and white view. Zoom in the bird and see there are white portion.

Pick a soft brush and make those parts black.

Now it’s looking pretty good. Press the mask thumbnail once again along with ALT to bring it back to normal view.

Have a look at these portions marked yellow. It looks like some footprint of the previous background is still visible. But I am looking for a fully fresh result. Go to the black and white mode once again by pressing ALT and the mask thumbnail.

Zoom into the section where you are not happy with the result.

Have a look in these soft black marks around the boundary line of the object. Take a soft brush and reduce the size of the brush and erase those soft marks carefully. 

Now it’s looking pretty good for me and I think we are ready to see back to original form of the image. I guess now you know what to do for this operation. 

Simply Press ALT and Mask thumbnail to bring it to normal view.

That seems ok. Wasn’t it a great procedure? Hope you have enjoyed and I it was helpful for you. 

Stay connected with Clipping USA to know more about these types of tutorial and background removal service. 

[astraeawrites]

→ ( 020. ) BY ASTRAEAWRITES

i’ve been in the #mood to make a lot of photoshop resources to make up for my bad activity so have this psd !! similarly to my past ones, this one has a lot of features so people read all the way through before you decide that this psd isn’t for you.

this psd contains a base psd, an extra poc/vibrance option, a low vibrance option, a darkening option, a brightening option, a dark b&w option, a light b&w option, and a normal b&w option.

it should work for most images and is very poc friendly, but i did add an extra poc option just in case you want it more vibrant

please do not copy or claim as your own, i worked hard

you may adjust layers to your liking

like/reblog if using ❤

like what you see ?? consider buying me a coffee !!

mf.

[thedeafavenger-deactivated20230]

A note on writing characters with PTSD

so I see a fair number of people without PTSD writing characters with PTSD, and one of my major… I don’t want to say problems, because it’s not really a problem, so much as a something I see lacking is that people don’t always get that PTSD flashbacks don’t have to be someone reliving an exact memory.

In fact, PTSD flashbacks don’t have to involve visualizations/linear, immersive reliving of the event at all, but people often go for the stereotypical seeing and feeling the event like you’re back there again and it is what your reality is.

When I started therapy for my PTSD, I went in thinking I didn’t have “real” PTSD because I have no visual flashbacks. My therapist immediately pulled out a pile of material to read, and the gist of the material boiled down to that PTSD flashbacks can take other forms. They can include but are not limited to:

Implicit flashbacks, or reliving just the emotions you felt at time of trauma, which might just seem like unusually strong emotions for the situation you’re in or unconnected to the situation emotions. Or, you may try to explain it as a reaction to something in your current environment and not a response to a trauma related trigger. These are super confusing and stressful for both the survivor and those around them.

Body memories, where you feel sensations related to the event without visualizations or other more stereotypical flashback symptoms. For example, phantom hands touching you.

Auditory flashbacks, which can distort what a trigger sound like a door slamming or a certain phrase actually means in the present. For example, if someone says a trigger phrase, you might hear what is said in your memories of the trauma and not what they actually say

I’d really love to see some more diverse representations of flashbacks out there for people writing characters with PTSD is the point of the post. Personal, I wish I would’ve been told about this years ago, because I felt like a “bad” or invalid survivor for being what I perceived as atypical.

Maybe people do know about this, but I certainly don’t see much about it.

EDIT: More pieces like this can be found HERE. Such as one on Hypervigilance and one on helping your loved one with Flashbacks.

[emiliehelps]

Justin H. Min Gif Pack

Underneath the cut you’ll find #109 gifs of Justin H. Min in his role in this youtube video, all of which were made by me and sized 267x150px. You can use these for gif icons as long as you credit me and please reblog if this was helpful! 

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[jugheadzarchive]

Updated gif tutorial ➣ How I make my gifs and use timeline to set the frame rate

This the quickest possible technique that I’ve come to learn how to make gifs. This tutorial is image heavy and mostly beneficial for those who have a mac, although I’m sure you could take the same steps on a pc. 

What you need: -photoshop (I use CC 2019) -quicktime player -probably basic knowledge on how to make gifs

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[march9rps]

▶️ kim jiwoo/chuu gif pack (dating class episode 6)

Under the cut you will find 48  gifs of Kim Jiwoo/Chuu [1999], a member of Loona . .All of these gifswere made by me . Please do not claim as your own, post in gif hunts or repost them, and if you are using it would be nice if you could like/reblog!

Notes: Chuu  is Korean  Please cast her respectfully. Made for @tasksweekly number 39.

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[laurerph]

Pride month icon pack

I made this pack to celebrate pride month ! Here are 18 different pride flags sorted by alphabetical order that you can use for a dash icon. The picture size is 180x180 px and you can chose to keep the text or not. Knowledge of clipping mask is required. You don’t have to give me credit but a like or a comment would be appreciated if you use my resources. 

download here

[carolcastros]

(–STEVEN YEUN: BURNING GIF PACK

By clicking HERE you’ll be redirected to #131 gifs of South Korean actor STEVEN YEUN as Ben in Burning (2018).  All gifs were all made by me, for roleplay purposes. A special thanks to Zoe @foxrph for requesting the pack and for giving me coloring tips, too.

Please like or reblog if using. All love is appreciated!  

Please don’t repost or claim them as your own;

Don’t use them in crackships;

Don’t use them in or as promo images for a RP;

Don’t edit them in any way, especially to remove my watermark;

Don’t include in them gif hunts.

[thedumpofrps]

in the download link there are #143 gifs of michelle yeoh as eleanor yung in crazy rich asians. all of the gifs were made by me, and while you can do basically anything with them please credit me (@ me, making sure the link works), don’t put them unedited into gif hunts, and don’t put any donation links on what you make with these. please like and/or reblog these if they help you at all. {download here}

[selenapastel]

ABOUT PAGE NUMBER #2 BY selenapastel (PASTEBIN // PREVIEW)

I was looking for inspiration on pinterest and I saw an edit that was the base for this theme. I really liked this one and I hope you guys like it too. If you have any difficult with this, please, let me know and I’ll do my best to help you.

F E A T U R E S:

Title and basic links

Description

Top image with size 80px

Bottom images with size 150px

Social media buttons

3 boxes with 3 links each one

R U L E S:

Please, don’t copy.

Don’t use as base code.

Never remove or move the credits.

[snazzycookies-blog]

How to write a kiss

[sunfloewer]

Rebloggable version, as requested by davrosbro. :)

Oooh!  Yes!  I love kisses.  Kisses are where it all starts ;).

Okay, first, remember that a kiss is much, much more than just lips.  It is lips, but also tongues, teeth, eyes, faces, hands, noses, bodies, heartbeats,  breath, voice- and most importantly, a kiss is emotions.  A kiss without emotion is just wet mushy lips stuck together.  Ew.  Gross.  The most important part of a kiss isn’t the how, but the who- because of the emotions between the two people.

Okay so:

lips- Lips can slide, glide over each other smoothly, or they can be chapped and rough and dry and get stuck on each other.  They can match, top-to-top and bottom-to-bottom, or they can overlap, with one person’s top or bottom lip captured between the other person’s lips (yummy).  If there is lipstick or chapstick there is lipstick or chapstick flavor, otherwise, lips don’t have a taste (can you taste yours?).  Lips also can smack- the sound of two of them coming together or pulling apart, because they’re wet and warm and soft.

tongue- Tongues are always wet, and always warm.  They’re very versatile.  They can trace over lips, teeth, or another tongue.  They can be smooth and graceful or teasing and flicking.  When tongues are involved, there is drool.  It’s only sexy when you like the person you’re kissing, or else it’s kinda gross. :P

teeth- teeth can clack together awkwardly, or teeth can bite down sensually.  A person biting their own lip is cute, a person biting another’s lips is sexy.  A person biting gently is sensual, a person biting roughly is sexual.

eyes- Eyes can be wide open with surprise, half-lidded with desire, fully closed with pleasure.  Eyes can gaze lovingly, lustfully, wistfully, hungrily, seductively- it all depends upon the emotions of your characters.  Have them do whatever you like, but don’t leave them out- give them at least a mention!

faces- Faces are what the lips are attached to.  Noses bump, cheeks flush, ears turn red, foreheads either wrinkle or relax.  Kisses can leave lips, quite easily, and become kisses on chins, cheeks, noses, foreheads, ears, necks, throats.  Kisses on noses or foreheads are cute and adorable, kisses on cheeks are sweet, kisses on chins, ears, and throats are very sexual.  And a kiss on the lips can be all of those! <3

hands- Hands are super-important.  In order to describe a kiss, usually you want to also describe the hands.  Where are they?  Does one character have their hand behind the other’s head or back, holding them close?  Are they on someone’s shoulders pulling them near, or pushing them away?  Fingers brushing someone’s cheek or palms grabbing someone’s ass convey two very different kinds of situations, even if the kiss itself is exactly the same.

noses- Noses are annoying.  They easily get in the way, especially for first kisses!  People have to tilt their head to one side or the other, and if they don’t, noses bump.  I’d only mention noses if a kiss is supposed to be awkward or uncertain or nervous.

bodies- bodies are either close together, or far away.  Someone can be surrounded comfortingly by someone’s arms, or terrifyingly trapped by them.  Bodies are warm or hot, they are calm or nervous, relaxed or tense.  Body language says a lot.  Is your character pulling away, or moving closer?

heartbeat- Hearts can beat fast or slow, and that’s about all they can do- but there are lots of reasons why they do!  A heart can beat fast with fear or excitement or nervousness; a heart can pound with lust or race with terror or sing with joy.  Hearts can glow, cower, or shatter.  When you really want to drive the emotions of a character home, mention the heart.

breath- To me, the most consuming part of a kiss is the breath.  The air that someone else has just breathed going deep into your lungs is very intimate.  Lips and tongues don’t have a taste, but breath does.  Each person’s breath tastes different, smells different, and surrounds a person differently than anyone else’s breath.  Breath can be warm and sweet, breath can be hot and sexy, breath can be hot and frightening.  It is something that is very present and should not be left out.  A lot of writers leave breath out.  And it’s so important; it’s the most intimate part of a kiss.  Someone else is breathing into your lungs, and it’s either heaven or it’s hell.

voice- Voice conveys much, even without words.  A voice can groan, whimper, gasp, moan, catch, whine, scream, sigh.  Voice can convey emotion powerfully, and while some kisses are silent, usually they’re not.

emotion-  Emotion is the most important- and the thing you try not to say.  You want to describe it, through all of the things above, so that it’s perfectly clear what your characters are feeling, without you ever using the “feelings words”.  If they’re in love, their bodies will lean close, their eyes will smile, their voices will giggle softly.  If they’re nervous, their palms will sweat, their noses will bump, their voices will shudder.  If they’re afraid, their muscles will be tense, their faces will grimace, their lips will not open.  Emotion is the color that you keep inside your mind as you write; it’s the base line that drives the description behind everything else you say.

Wow, that was a lot!  Gosh I hope it wasn’t too much!  Keep in mind not every kiss has all these things- this is just a list of things to consider when writing a kiss, and based on how long of a kiss you want to make.  Keep in mind that typing “they kissed for a long time”…that’s six words, it takes half a second to read, so that’s a short kiss!  If you want a long kiss, you need long sentences that make the reader linger.

So maybe to start off, pick three things on the list to describe in your first kiss.  Don’t try to do it all- that would be too much for even the most epic kiss.  Just pick what’s most important to this particular scene, to these particular characters, and describe those parts along with the lips, and you’ve got yourself an awesome, emotional kiss. <3

[tangledshores]

a guide to ballet for your muse!

(PSA: i have never danced before professionally in any capacity in my life. all of this is gathered from a few hours of googling. if you dance and any of this is wrong, PLEASE correct me and i will edit it!!! and credit you!!!!!)

first and foremost: this seems needless to say, but these lil shits are dancers from birth, usually put into classes as soon they can walk. if you’re a kid looking to be a professional dancer, you don’t appreciate any other career path as a viable option. there’s theoretically no such thing, unfortunately, as a character that would begin dancing at eighteen and immediately be selected as a principal in “giselle,” for example. BUT i’m not the ballet police, do whatever you want, none of this is real anyway. AND if misty copeland can start at age 13, your character can, too!

okay! let’s get started.

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[allbollocks-deactivated20220819]

use trans fcs they say.  they have so many resources they say.  

[dear-indies]

Trans men:

Alec Butler (1959) Two-spirit trans man - Metis of Mi’kmaq, French, and Irish - he/him and they/them. 

Ian Harvie (1968)

Aydian Dowling (1987)

Laith Ashley (1989) Afro Dominican.

Alex Blue Davis (1990)

Jake Zyrus (1992) Filipino [including Cebuano and Tagalog], Chinese.

Jamie Raines (1994) 

Miles McKenna (1995) 

Alex Bertie (1995) 

Sam Collins (1996)

Elliot Fletcher (1996) 

Casil Mcarthur (?)

Jake Graf (?) 

Trans women: 

Tracey Norman (1952) African-American. 

Dominique Jackson (1975) Afro-Tobagonian.

Jamie Clayton (1978) 

Janet Mock (1983) African-American / Portuguese, English, Native Hawaiian. 

Anjali Lama (1984) Nepalese.

Amiyah Scott (1988) African-American. 

Jenna Talackova (1988) Czech / Babine.

Kat Blaque (1990) African-American. 

Leyna Bloom (1990) African-American / Filipino. 

Michelle Hendley (1991) 

Stef Sanjati (1995) - has Waardenburg syndrome.

Indya Moore (1995) Puerto Rican, Afro Dominican.

Angela Vanity (1996) Cuban.

Nicole Maines (1997)

Trinity Anne (1998) Mexican. 

Chloe Arden (1999)

Jazz Jennings (2000) Jewish. 

Barbie D’Ebano (?) Afro Nigaraguan. 

Naina Singh (?) Punjabi.

Elysia Crampton (?) Bolivian of Aymara.

Jen Richards (?) 

Branca Bacci-Brunelli (?) 

Tessa Rouleau (?)

Xemi Manibusan (?) Pipil - Trans womxn, non-binary, and two-spirit - she/her.

Non-binary:

Alec Butler (1959) Two-spirit trans man - Metis of Mi’kmaq, French, Irish - he/him and they/them.

Jeffrey Marsh (1977) Genderqueer - they.  

B. Scott (1981) Meherrin, Unspecified Black, Irish, Unspecified Jewish - he/him, she/her, and they/them.

Asia Kate Dillon (1984) Jewish / Unknown - Non-binary - they/them. 

Nico Tortorella (1988) Genderfluid  - they/them.

Olly Alexander (1990) Non-binary - he/him

Roes (1991) Malian, Cherokee - Agender. 

Ellie Desautels (1994) Genderqueer, trans - they/them. 

Liv Hewson (1995) Non-binary - they/them. 

Chella Man (1998) Chinese, Jewish - Genderqueer - he/him - deaf.

Xemi Manibusan (?) Pipil - Trans womxn, non-binary, two-spirit - she/her.

Hey - here are some faceclaims all linked to adequate rolepalyable resources! There are more faceclaims with resources but those listed have the most resources the time of posting this. We also have masterlists of faceclaims here and here - there’s also a masterlist of people who make things on request here! 

Bolded = actors / actresses! 

[jungjnsoul]

aesthetic tags have always been fairly popular in the rpc & i really love making them, but it can seem a little daunting when you’re starting with a fresh blog. you’ll find some of my favorite resources for making tags listed below !  if you find this post helpful, consider checking out some of my other content.

unicode text converter: get cool fonts here to use in your tags/on your blog! 𝐡𝐞𝐫𝐞 𝒂𝒓𝒆 𝕤𝕠𝕞𝕖 𝚎𝚡𝚊𝚖𝚙𝚕𝚎𝚜 𝖔𝖋 𝓯𝓸𝓷𝓽𝓼.

cool symbol: my personal favorite site for adding special characters to tags/posts! here’s some examples:  ♡ ✗ ⍣ ❝ ░ ❐ ✧    (here’s an alternate site)

‘tags masterlist’ tag / ‘tag masterlist’ tag: if you scroll through these tags, you’ll find some masterlists by rphs that will give you some ideas whether they be quotes or lyrics! (this and this are really good posts)

[augustds]

How to Spot and Stop Whitewashing POC in Edits

I often see on my dash or through the edit tags, edits of people of color where their skin is whitewashed, meaning that their skin in the edit is inappropriately lighter than their actual skin color. This is racist (research it, that’s not what this post is about). I’ve mentioned this on my blog and people suggested I make a full length tutorial on it. 

I make edits, okay I get it. Most times I’ll make a coloring for the first gif in a set and then just use it on every other gif in the set, or maybe even use a premade coloring. But this process doesn’t always work if you have POC involved, most of the time it leads to white washing.

In this post, I’ll be talking about how to know when you should be careful about coloring, providing photoshop tutorials on how to edit your existing coloring groups to not whitewash, and show other tips and tricks I’ve learned over time. 

I’m a POC and even I had problems with this when I first started using Photoshop, because sometimes you just don’t realize, and it takes time to build those skills and unlearn subconscious racism! So I hope this post helps people become more conscious of whitewashing and to stop doing it. If you need further help figuring out something on Photoshop, message me :)

***Non-editors and white people absolutely should reblog so that you, and others, can be conscious of whitewashing. When you see a whitewashed edit, you should talk to the editor about it politely (even on anon!) or at the very least not reblog.

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[astraeawrites]

—— ( 001. ) ASTRAEAWRITES DOODLE PACK

happy holidays, babes!! this pack contains 13 different doodle things!! all of these things were handmade by yours truly so please do not repost or claim as your own. however, you are allowed to edit these so they tickle your fancy, just don’t claim as yours!! the psd i used on this can be found here. please like or reblog if you download, found this useful, or just like it! 

mf.

[ms-mazarin]

Words to replace said, except this actually helps

[loserps]

dayst-ffxiv:

msocasey:

I got pretty fed up with looking for words to replace said because they weren’t sorted in a way I could easily use/find them for the right time. So I did some myself.

IN RESPONSE TO: Acknowledged, Answered, Protested INPUT/JOIN CONVERSATION/ASK: Added, Implored, Inquired, Insisted, Proposed, Queried, Questioned, Recommended, Testified GUILTY/RELUCTANCE/SORRY: Admitted, Apologized, Conceded, Confessed, Professed FOR SOMEONE ELSE: Advised, Criticized, Suggested JUST CHECKING: Affirmed, Agreed, Alleged, Confirmed LOUD: Announced, Chanted, Crowed LEWD/CUTE/SECRET SPY FEEL: Appealed, Disclosed, Moaned ANGRY FUCK OFF MATE WANNA FIGHT: Argued, Barked, Challenged, Cursed, Fumed, Growled, Hissed, Roared, Swore SMARTASS: Articulated, Asserted, Assured, Avowed, Claimed, Commanded, Cross-examined, Demanded, Digressed, Directed, Foretold, Instructed, Interrupted, Predicted, Proclaimed, Quoted, Theorized ASSHOLE: Bellowed, Boasted, Bragged NERVOUS TRAINWRECK: Babbled, Bawled, Mumbled, Sputtered, Stammered, Stuttered SUAVE MOTHERFUCKER: Bargained, Divulged, Disclosed, Exhorted FIRST OFF: Began LASTLY: Concluded, Concurred WEAK PUSY: Begged, Blurted, Complained, Cried, Faltered, Fretted HAPPY/LOL: Cajoled, Exclaimed, Gushed, Jested, Joked, Laughed WEIRDLY HAPPY/EXCITED: Extolled, Jabbered, Raved BRUH, CHILL: Cautioned, Warned ACTUALLY, YOU’RE WRONG: Chided, Contended, Corrected, Countered, Debated, Elaborated, Objected, Ranted, Retorted CHILL SAVAGE: Commented, Continued, Observed, Surmised LISTEN BUDDY: Enunciated, Explained, Elaborated, Hinted, Implied, Lectured, Reiterated, Recited, Reminded, Stressed BRUH I NEED U AND U NEED ME: Confided, Offered, Urged FINE: Consented, Decided TOO EMO FULL OF EMOTIONS: Croaked, Lamented, Pledged, Sobbed, Sympathized, Wailed, Whimpered JUST SAYING: Declared, Decreed, Mentioned, Noted, Pointed out, Postulated, Speculated, Stated, Told, Vouched WASN’T ME: Denied, Lied EVIL SMARTASS: Dictated, Equivocated, Ordered, Reprimanded, Threatened BORED: Droned, Sighed SHHHH IT’S QUIET TIME: Echoed, Mumbled, Murmured, Muttered, Uttered, Whispered DRAMA QUEEN: Exaggerated, Panted, Pleaded, Prayed, Preached OH SHIT: Gasped, Marveled, Screamed, Screeched, Shouted, Shrieked, Yelped, Yelled ANNOYED: Grumbled, Grunted, Jeered, Quipped, Scolded, Snapped, Snarled, Sneered ANNOYING: Nagged I DON’T REALLY CARE BUT WHATEVER: Guessed, Ventured I’M DRUNK OR JUST BEING WEIRDLY EXPRESSIVE FOR A POINT/SARCASM: Hooted, Howled, Yowled I WONDER: Pondered, Voiced, Wondered OH, YEAH, WHOOPS: Recalled, Recited, Remembered SURPRISE BITCH: Revealed IT SEEMS FAKE BUT OKAY/HA ACTUALLY FUNNY BUT I DON’T WANT TO LAUGH OUT LOUD: Scoffed, Snickered, Snorted BITCHY: Tattled, Taunted, Teased

A nice reference list for those that can’t just think of what word they are looking for. But remember that using “said” isn’t a bad thing. “Said” is universal and versatile and each of these words have their own meaning, so it isn’t always interchangeable.