#hella's inbox

[rosamundpkes]

hi :) i love ur buffy gifs so much! they always look so nice!! would you be willing to do a coloring tutorial to show how you usually color btvs? or perhaps save the PSD the next time you gif buffy and share that?

oh i feel your pain!! and thank you so much <3

i colour each gif from scratch and don't save psds so i can't offer you something there but i've done up a buffy colouring tutorial here!!

Here's the uncoloured gif.

Step 1: The nice part about giffing Buffy is there is usually a grey or blueish grey pixel in the whites of her eyes that is perfect for a white point curves. I played around with different pixels on different points on the gif until I found one I liked.

Step 2: I always like to do the brightening first so I added on Levels and Exposure layers. BTVS has weird highlights where its very prone to white or yellow/white patches so I try to use as little as Exposure as possible but I like the Gamma Correction part.

Step 3: Channel Mixer is a lifesaver for Buffy because it usually has such a warm tint. I pretty much only use the Red and Blue settings but it helps make the gif cooler without the effects on shadows and midtones like Colour Balance.

Step 4: Selective Colour is mostly just to fix skintones and background colours. I typically wind up adjusting the cyan and yellow sliders for the reds and blues until her hair and skin looked normal. Sometimes BTVS has magenta in the shadows on her face so I increased the yellow there (while it makes sense to actual reduce the magenta, I'm going to a natural skintone not green).

You can also see that there are some white spots on her shirt, right arm, and the right part of her face. On the white, I increased the blacks and reduced the yellows to fix the colour and reduce the brightness.

Step 5: Hue/Saturation doesn't make a hugely noticeable difference here but it's a good opportunity to make final tweaks to colours and reduce overall warmth saturation. My personal preference is to have lower red/yellow saturation so I lowered that and made slight Hue adjustments (the yellows were still a little red for my liking). There was also some magenta in her eyes and teeth so I completely lowered the saturation and upped the brightness to fix that.

Step 6: The gif is still a little dark for my liking so I threw on a final Levels layer to brighten up her face. Usually, I would use exposure but if I did that I would end up with some serious white patches.

And that's it!! Each Buffy gif is slightly different but I would suggest making the gifs cooler and increasing the brightness through Curves and Levels without using Exposure.

#gif tutorial #tutorial #tutorials #photoshop tutorial #coloring tutorial #hella's inbox #anonymous #hope it helps!!

[lotus-pear]

ok so yk this meme:

well i was inspired yesterday so here you go

surprise 😔

LMFAO????????????? i’m being so forreal rn never come into my inbox again😐

#SLASH ACH JAY #HOW LONG DID THAT TAKE BBG #the c4 under your porch is looking hella detonatable🥰🥰🥰🥰 #saved that into my phone IM FUCKING SOBBING LMFAO #this is why i don’t check the inbox /j #instead of working on this why weren’t you writing🤨 huh?🤨 riddle me that girly🤨 #lotus’s asks

[howdydopillar]

FOUR YO-KAI WATCH RELATED POSTS IN ONE WEEK?????? HOW AM I NOT BURNING OUT OF ENERGY ALREADY?????? (It’s because I remain silly :33)

alsooooooo as another treat to you guys, while I’m still busy at work making the uquiz because I’ve been busy making it (I’m currently working on question 8, there’s 15 questions in total + they’re actual personality questions RELATED to yo-kai watch too!!) and busy with schoolwork lately;

I’ll be making a separate post next week with more “who wants to be the (blank) to my (blank)”, if anyone wanna suggest some yo-kais or characters pairings, go ahead and throw them in my inbox!! ^^ I already made my own so if I don’t include the pairing with your username within the post next week, my apologies! Truly! ^^

#but istg if I see some weird ones (and you know what I mean by weird- as in inappropriate.) I will be coming after you. /srs #I am hella serious about that. no weird ass inappropriate ships on my blog or in my inboxes. This is a warning. Do not abuse it. #☆ (it’s time to make history!) #yo kai watch #yokai watch #ykw #yo-kai watch #ykw whisper #whisper ykw #jibanyan #nate adams #nathan adams #gera gera po #toadal dude #arachnus

[ruckis-vandalizes]

I thought i was following the blog this whole time and i wasnt 💀💀💀

It's too late to turn back

#HGHHSHFH JOKING OFC #sorry bout the hella overdue response #my motivation lately has been kapoot and I'm really bad at inbox upkeep #mail found under the secret rock #ruckis vandalizes #art #artists on tumblr #non fandom oc #order of the stars #original character #oc #anthro #fursona #furry #scalie #geragera guffaw #frog character #meme #shitpost #digital art #drawing #illlustration #draw over #did he peed himself #enjoy the getting to see art a 1-7 days early and the occasional shitpost that I just up and dont rb to my main

[dailyperkele]

(Eheh- personal type of funny number.

Silliness aside, just wanted to say that I haven't gotten to the inbox quite yet since I had prepared a couple doodles in advance to keep up the posting as I started out. I'll get to both asks and requests as soon as I can-!)

#Not a daily #Oh also of course thank you for follows! Glad I'm not the only one that wanted to see more of this menace ahah #I am really looking forward to asks- in my previous experiences they've always been either hella fun or interesting to draw/answer #I am still both worried and curious about what I'll find in my inbox as I keep this thing going tho- #oh welp-

[glaivenoct]

NyxNoct prompt! “Do you ever think about us?”

Across This Life & The Next Rating: T Words: 2,234 Tags: Mindless Fluff, Romantic Fluff, Late Night Convos, Existentialism

Summary: “Ignore what I said. About other universes and all that. I’m just restless.”

“You are the most honest when you’re restless usually.” Nyx says, running a thumb over the knuckle of Noct’s pointer finger. “I don’t think it’s all that crazy, though.”

“You don’t?” Noct tilts his head on Nyx’s shoulder to look up at him.

Between the ocean and the stars, Noctis and Nyx ponder the concept of lifetimes beyond their current one.

(Notes: This prompt has been collecting dust for actual YEARS, but better late than never right?)

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“Do you ever think about us?”

Nyx pauses in his steps, tilting his head to one side and blinking curiously at Noctis’ back. The Prince sits near the edge of the lighthouse’s balcony, comfortably bundled by a large blanket around his shoulders, legs slipped through the metal bars so his slippered feet dangle casually through the brisk night breeze. He stares out at the gentle flutter of the Cygillian’s ocean waves as though he’s mesmerized by the constant push and pull, or perhaps the way the moonlight speckles across the surface like a treasure trove of diamonds. 

Nyx stands a mere few steps from Noctis’ side, eyes stuck on his back and the sway of the ends of his dark hair in the wind. It’s far beyond a suitable bedtime for either of them, but Nyx can’t seem to find the will to bother trying to urge Noctis back to bed with him. Not on a night like this where he can take in the captivating view with an equally captivating Prince. 

“About us?” Nyx repeats, pulling his hands from his hoodie pockets as he takes those last few steps. He sits down next to Noctis, crossing his legs under himself. “Not sure if I’m following you, Noct.”

Noctis purses his lips and makes a contemplative hum. His head tilts slightly back, eyes following the horizon, to the stars, and then the moon. 

“Like...” There’s a subtle pinch between his brows. “Do you think there’s other universes out there… and that we’re in them together?”

Nyx’s lips part as he processes Noctis’ questions in his head. There are few things or people that are occasionally capable of leaving Nyx speechless and lacking some form of sharp wit in a relatively quick manner. Of course, Noctis is one of those people and he’s just done it again. Nyx finds himself stuck between two different gut reactions: a soft but fond laugh or simply asking Noctis if he’s okay. 

He smiles fondly instead, bumping Noct’s shoulder with his. 

“What kind of comics have you been reading lately?”

(The rest on ao3) (Reblogs would be really, really appreciated <3)

#nyxnoct #author entries: fics #noctis lucis caleum #nyx ulric #ffxv fic #i wrote this in two days idk how #it's also not what I was supposed to be working on but im not complaining #aithilin probably doesn't even remember sending me this prompt and that's valid bc I can't say for sure how many years its sat in my inbox #also pls note this is hella self indulgent

[rusmii]

wait ruru - food for thought right? ...

Hear me out rq ...

Does vampire sex equal necrophilia /gen

WAIT... someone answer this bc now im brain stuck 💀

#i think no? #since they're technically ALIVE i think?? just hella old💀 #₉₉₉༝ inbox #₂₂₂༝ briar

[skeletoninthemelonland]

Hi hi, so uhh sorry if this is a bother, but how many AU’s do you have. I’ve been reading some of your posts and you’ve written about like 30 diff AU’s what have I missed 😭

LMAO I have about 3 active (AUs that I have worked on frequently), these being Springdad AU, Behind The Codes and the Scrap Ballora AU.

There are a few others that are currently inactive or were canceled: Family Traces, The Afton's Suburb and the Zombie Apocalypse AU.

#not talking about the fanfiction i wrote back in 2018. before actively making art for the fandom #ngl they were hella cringe but i'm so happy for writing so much lmao #u gotta write cringe before writing good #or at least the 'good' you have isn't cringe for you atm but might be in a couple months #I HATE THIS AAAARGH #inbox #i remember my fanfiction were always about michael afton somehow coming back in time to somehow revert the consequences of his actions #or about springtrap being edgy asdhasjdkasd #at the time i didnt want to admit he was my fav character bcs 'I HATE HIM HE'S A VILLAIN AND A DUMBASS MF' #now look where we are

[rosamundpkes]

hello, hella! firstly i love your gifs and you are such an inspiration to me! secondly i loved this gifset /post/742077141260402689/hellas-valentines-day-countdown-mulder-x and i was wondering how did you manage to keep the colors "apart"? i don't know if i'm making much sense, but every time i blend two gifs and try to add a colorful gradient map on one of them, both gifs end up having the same color.

oh my god thank you!! that is so sweet <3

i think i understand what you're asking and the short answer is blending modes and putting colour over black space but i'll give the long answer under the cut!!

I'm going to assume that since you're blending gifs, you know how to blend using blending modes.

For the second gif of the x files gifset, I had these two gifs: the forehead touch gif and the forehead kiss gif. In a first draft of the gif, the forehead touch gif had a b&w gradient map and the forehead kiss had a blue & black gradient map like this.

As you can see, the forehead touch gif has a lot of dark space. When using the screen blending mode in gif blending, any part of the dark space on the base gif get "filled in" with the top layer that is set to screen.

So when I set the blending mode of the forehead kiss gif to screen, it fills in the dark parts of the forehead touch gif. And because there is so much dark space and the top layer is entirely blue, the whole gif basically turns blue. The only parts that stay gray are Mulder's shirt and the light in the background which were light to begin with.

But, like you, I didn't want the entire gif to be blue so I swapped the gradient maps. Now, the forehead kiss has a b&w gradient map on it and the forehead touch has a blue and black gradient map on it.

As you can see on the forehead touch gif, there is a high level of contrast so that any dark part of the gif is black (or nearly black) but not blue even with the gradient map applied.

That means that when I set the blending mode of the forehead kiss gif to screen, the forehead kiss gif fills in the dark part without actually becoming blue to give me this effect. This is because there is no colour to those dark areas that get's applied to the forehead kiss gif.

i hope that makes sense and answered your question!!

my general advice for blending is to have at least one gif with really well defined black/very dak areas because it creates such a cool effect with the screen blending modes!!

#hella's inbox #noctes #gif tutorial #but yes please let me know if that helps or if you still need help #my gifmaking process is just trial and error so i have a lot of answers along the lines of “here is where you went wrong”

[vullen]

hi

my art energy (and just energy in general) has been rather spotty lately but i still wanna talk with yall and also i like answering questions abt myself bc my ego is the size of saturn so pls AMA if you feel like it

#games #food #movies #fav chars #crushes #personal stuff #anything is fair game #*finger guns* #will check inbox later! #tho i may decline to answer if it's like. hella invasive or smth

[hella1975]

im having a nap and then i WILL do my bi-annual inbox cleanse this is a promise and a warning

#no it’s not actually bi-annual but somehow the reality of me letting it build up until i frequently bulk answer 60 in one go is worse #the way the tbos account is also a state. what is my problem #i literally love answering asks as well like not even just the inherent joy of knowing people are going out of their way to interact #i also like the routine of it like i get a cuppa i put on a playlist and then i just. answer my little asks #but i get behind so quickly these days (which is a wonderful problem to have!) and the amount of times i go in my inbox #like ‘todays the day!’ just to answer a couple and then tap out is abysmal 😭 #so im hoping posting it here will hold me accountable #if im not clogging ur dash in 2 hours time pls shout at me #im so sleepy though it’s absolutely a terrible idea to have a nap at 7pm but im doing it anyway #i left the flat at 8:30am and was in an exam until GONE TWELVE #AND HALFWAY THROUGH BLACKBOARD FROZE ON ME AND KICKED ME OUT! I HAD TO EMAIL THE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS! THEY RESET IT! I LOST ALL MY PROGRESS! #appalling scenes truly. they wouldn’t treat an animal like this #so yeah. bedtime then play fetch with the cult for a bit <3 #hella goes to uni

[mittenfoot]

ruining my life with a sacred divine power called ADHD

#currently getting my ass kicked off odsp #had not been checking my letters inbox bc i assumed I'd get an email if I had anything unread.. like in the inbox #and letters inbox was always empty so I eventually stopped checking it #but uh turns out they'll send some hella important shit there and not even throw an email or an on site notification my way

[jasontoddsguns]

Reddit in DC and Marvel would so fucking wild. Like "Meta/Mutant of Reddit, how does you find out about your power and how is your life is going on now?"

Duke going on ask-Reddit and posting: “what to do if you’re a meta in Gotham?” and all of the replies are just a variation of “run”

#dc #asks #inbox #anon #reddit #duke thomas #signal #marvel #mutants must have hella support groups forming online

[inklore]

anyways sorry for the lack of fics posted this week i’ve been hella stressed and dealing with a health thing, they’re coming i promise <3

#i have hella inflammation in my eye so it’s hard for me to stare at the screen for too long #but i’ve got eye drops and they seem to be working so fingers crossed #no one cares but just in case someone complains in my inbox about lack of fics lol #here laur goes again..

[craycraybluejay]

throwback to when I was in elementary- I think 4th grade- and at Halloween, I was in my standard princess getup and there was this really pretty fellow dressed as the phantom of the opera- my favorite musical. I went to say hi and shake his hand, and he brought it close and kissed the back of my hand with a wink.

It was then I realised the power of a loli/shota/kodo. I remember trying to flirt with more adults after that, but I'll always remember that first guy, even though I'm an adult now

I would've killed to have experienced that 😭 who r uu tell me more stories

although i think if that happened to me i would have been crazy over it n probably went overboard,, i was a surprisingly not a very forward kid bc i knew i was like a dog w a bone when it came to anything i wanted. flirting turned to "dating" and feeling each other up right quick, anger turned to bridge burning and actual burning and destruction,, etc. If someone made the dire mistake of imbuing me with any sort of want it would be their problem 😭😂. give me a slice and i will make it my sole mission to have the whole cake. I've learned well to control the impulses involved but I still have the ambition to eat the world.

(also i feel like people do that stuff for the sole purpose of flattering the subject. in a lot of cultures its pretty regular that if someones dressed like a princess you act like shes a princess,, i should've dressed like royalty more.) (but ofc people on the recieving end sometimes like u or i get excited about it lolz)

#anon response #bro imagine if i was as open as a kid as i am now i wouldve been a total nightmare #'YOUNG MAN GET YOUR HANDS OFF MY COWORKER THIS INSTANT' #'STOP TRYING TO KILL YOUR CLASSMATE' #🥰 people were mean to me anyway i should've had more fun if i was gonna be punished even for doing nothin wrong #oh well still had a way crazier childhood than anyone i know by far #delete later #if people start being weird ab this #honestly tho i'd prefer y'all shoot me a dm if you have something that may come off controversial #for me to respond to #that way i can be a little less 'is this PR friendly' and worry less ab annoying assholes claiming i said things i didnt say #ive had people send me things i genuinely cannot publicly respond to #and while i am intrigued and really hella appreciative that they choose to share and WANT TO respond #i cannot and yall should be aware that it takes a lot of work to balance being 'authentic' and staying mostly unharassed on this site #but i do love hearing everyones stories and feelings and unique stuff so please dont be afraid to talk :3 #just know i cannot always respond to some asks for my own peace but will always accept dms #and know that i do read them anyway so if u just want me to see it and not respond thats ok too #i just feel super bad when i have juicy asks in my inbox i cant post

[1800-fight-me]

★ put this star into the inbox of your favorite blogs. It's time to spread positivity ✨ 🫶

you're my favorite too, lovely!!!!

#i think this ask is like hella old but it just popped up in my inbox lmao #thanks for the ask!!! #muah #jo loves her mutuals #jo answers