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Ater Imber is a Canadian indie author who became interested in writing fan fiction in 2013 after being talked into giving the Deviant Art website a chance. Ater began posting to the delight of Supernatural fans and has since moved her ever-growing operation to her own website: https://aterimber.com/ Ater now not only writes Supernatural fan fiction, but has expanded the website to include articles about her other interests (including veganism, writing tips and nomadic/zero waste/sustainable living), and continues to write new fan and non-fanfiction short stories and articles regularly for an eager personal following. Ater also currently has 6 books available for purchase, including 3 fanfiction novellas based on the hit T.V. series Supernatural. Broken is Ater’s 6th book, and follows the adventures of James, Tommy and Emma as they navigate the hardships of abusive guardians, addiction and hallucinations, all while trying to keep from flunking out of school, published March, 2021. It is also the longest book Ater has written, to date. The Haunted Corpse is Ater’s debut, non-collection novella. It’s a dark (ish) fantasy centering around Sammy, and the challenges she faces as she’s thrust into a whole new (magical) world while she searches for answers in the wake of her father’s ‘suicide’, published October, 2019. First Try is Ater’s debut, non-fan fiction novella. It’s a collection of short stories Ater wrote during school after getting serious about becoming a writer, book-ended by the two first ‘long’ stories Ater ever wrote, published November, 2018. Ater’s newest fan fiction novella, Holiday Treats, is about the holidays, forbidden love, and what can go wrong when the two collide (Wincest style), published in December, 2016. Ater’s debut fan fiction novella, Don’t Get Caught, is a collection of short stories centered around a love theme, and all that entails (including a kidnapping Samifer fic and a Sabriel wedding) published in February, 2016. Last, but certainly not least, Ater’s second book, Melting Hearts, Sunburns and Tanlines, is a collection of short stories with a main theme surrounding going on vacation, published in August, 2016. If you’d like to check out these books, you can do so on her website, by going to the Books page, or, on Amazon. To keep up with all things Ater, you can check out the following social media accounts, all @AterImber: Instagram Youtube Tumblr Goodreads Facebook Ater Imber lives in Toronto, Canada.
Throw Away Fics, Writing

That’s Just How It Is

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Important: This is the 2nd last fic of the year! I’ll be taking the last half of December and first half of January off from posting. I’ll be back January 17th, 2025 with the first story of the new year!

Written: 22.12.01

Words: 860

Fluff, Destiel, 2024’s 1st Christmas story

This fic is based on this head-canon prompt by the incredible DeanCasKiss. (Tumblr)

“I’m back!”

Cas brushed himself off as he made his way through the door. He had to use more strength than usual to push it closed against the howling wind. After a moment of wrestling, he leaned against it to catch his breath as it finally closed. He dropped his shopping bags and toed off his boots, ears perking at the silence that greeted him, “… Dean?”

“I, uh, I thought you weren’t coming back until later.”

Cas’ brows furrowed at the hesitant tone as he made his way up the small steps that led toward the living room, “The specialty store was closed, so I’m gonna have to go back out to get Gabriel’s present.” If it’s still in stock by then. He stopped a few feet away as he spotted the blonde up on the ladder in front of the mostly decorated Christmas tree. He raised an eyebrow as he noticed his husband’s tense back, “You need any help?”

“No, no,” The blonde quickly descended the ladder, tossing something quickly into one of the decoration boxes, not bothering to turn around, “I’m good.”

Cas let out a small chuckle as he ventured closer, “Think you could tell that to my face?” He slipped his arms around the hunter’s waist, wrapping him up in a tight hug, “What’s wrong, Dean?”

“Nothing.”

The angel gave his husband a pointed look before rolling his eyes as he noticed the blonde was staring at the ground, “Fine. Don’t tell me.” He let go of his waist, making his way slowly toward the kitchen, “Guess I’ll just go get started on the pies… alone…”

That got the blonde’s attention. He whipped his head up and took a half-step closer, “P-pie?”

“Uh-huh…” Cas nodded, unable to help the smile that crept up his face as he held the door open, “Are you too busy to help?”

“No! No, I uh,” The blonde flicked his eyes to the box before shaking his head, making his way over, plastering his signature thousand-watt smile on his face, “I’m never too busy for pie.”

“Just remember we’re making them and not eating them.” Cas chuckled, allowing the blonde to pass him. “Let me just grab the fillings and we can start.”

“No, wait!”

Without a moment’s hesitation, Cas dashed away from the kitchen, making a bee-line for the box of decorations. He paused as he scanned the ornaments, what was he hiding from me?

After a moment of finding nothing, he frowned, looking up to a clearly embarrassed blonde, “I don’t get it. It’s just a box of decorations.”

“I…” Dean let out a heavy sigh, scrubbing a hand down his face, “It’s under the blue bulbs.”

“Under the…” Cas turned back to the box, brows furrowed. He carefully lifted the box of ornaments out, furrow deepening as he spotted a picture of himself, sitting inside a gold frame.

He pulled the picture out, eyes scanning it carefully. He opened his mouth after a moment, “I… don’t get it.” He flicked his eyes back up to the blonde, “Why would you hide this from me?”

“I…” Dean rubbed a hand at the back of his neck and gestured half-heartedly to the tree, “was gonna put it on the tree.”

“Why?”

The blonde sucked his teeth in annoyance, letting his eyes go skyward, “Are you really gonna make me say it out loud?”

Cas spun around to face the tree, holding up the picture, “I don’t get it! Why would you…”

His question died on his lips as he saw the ladder again and the realization finally hit him. He couldn’t help the swell of love he felt in his chest as he turned back around, face melting at the hunter’s absolute embarrassment, “You were gonna put me at the top of the tree.”

It wasn’t a question, but the blonde reluctantly nodded in response, anyway.

Cas rushed backward, wrapping the blonde up in another tight hug, this time also capturing his lips. Though he wasn’t expecting it, Dean wasted no time in kissing his husband back.

The raven-haired man pulled back after a breathless moment, wide smile still on his face, “Let’s do it.”

“D-do what?”

Cas rolled his eyes before backing out of the hug, climbing up the ladder to place the picture of himself on the top of the tree. He gently rested the picture against one of the top-most branches, curling a few others around the edges of the frame to ensure it stayed in place.

Once he was happy with the placement – and sure it wasn’t going to crash to the floor – he carefully climbed back down the ladder, wiping his hands on his pants, “There.”

He turned around, chuckling as he spotted his husband’s confused look, “What? You don’t want me up there anymore?”

“No, I just, uh…” Dean shifted his weight from one foot to the other, blush sweeping across his cheeks, “What about the party? When everyone, y’know…”

“Pfft, please,” Cas waved a dismissive hand before leading the blonde back toward the kitchen, cheeky grin on his face, “It’s not weird to have an angel at the top of the tree.”

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The Veg Life, Vegan Tips

Ways to Spice Up Your Mr. Noodles

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Important: This is the 3rd last article of 2024. I’ll be taking the last half of December and first half of January off from posting. I’ll be back January 20th, 2025 with the first article of the new year!

It’s time to address the elephant in the room.

You lived on them in college, you’ve seen the studies about how high in sodium their seasoning packets are, and are in a better financial situation now. But you can’t help yourself. Mr. Noodles just hit the spot for some reason.

It’s okay, you’re not in trouble! I eat Mr. Noodles, too! I love them and am sick of all the Mr. Noodle hate I’ve been seeing. I put it in the same category of stupid as when people argue that cake isn’t healthy.

That’s the whole point!

If I wanted to eat something healthy, I’d eat an apple. Carrot and fruit cakes are an abomination and can be left out under a snowbank. (Sorry, Mom)

So, you like Mr. Noodles. Congrats on finally admitting it! But now you find yourself in a bit of a rut. You boil the noodles, add the seasoning and eat… what more could you possibly do?

Well, as it turns out, there’s actually a lot of different ways you can add a little pizzazz to your Mr. Noodles.

Some people add a soft-boiled egg and chives, to make it that classic anime ramen, you can add frozen veggies (my personal favourite is adding peas), cheese shreds and garlic to make a delectable food abomination that scratches a garlic bread itch, but with noodles, or make what I’ve cleverly named Mr. Noodle Stir Fry.

AterImber.com - The Veg Life - Product Reviews - Beyond Meat Hot Italian Sausages Review - Beyond Meat Sausages In Mr. Noodles - food reviews, product reviews, food reviewer, sausages, vegan, vegan food, vegan meat, meat alternativesMr. Noodle stir fry with peas and Beyond Meat Italian Sausage

Mr. Noodle Stir Fry is a mix of different veggies (usually peas, broccoli, carrots and mushrooms) and some sort of faux meat (if you’re into the super meaty taste, the Beyond Meat sausages work really well, or Gardein Mandarin Orange Crispy Chick’N [sans the sauce] if you want a more mild flavour) stirred together with the flavour packets and sometimes a splash of soy sauce. Broth or water would work, too.

Mr. Noodles are a great base for many dinners because unlike actual pasta noodles, they cook super fast and are way more versatile! They’re also usually something crazy like 60 cents (yes, that’s including inflation. They used to be 25 cents!) and come in a range of flavours and are shelf-stable and stackable, which make stocking up on them for winter a breeze!

Keep in mind that the only vegan options are the Vegetable and Mushroom flavours. Though if you just plan on using the noodles as a base for something and not the flavour packet, you can buy whatever flavours are available, regardless.

Next time you go to indulge, try adding something new to them. Even if it’s not as elaborate as Mr. Noodle Stir Fry, you can change the monotony of your Mr. Noodle routine with a dash of creative thinking.

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Throw Away Fics, Writing

Check It (Preview)

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Important: This is the 3rd last story of 2024! I’ll be taking the last half of December and first half of January off from posting. I’ll be back January 17th, 2025 with the first story of the new year!

Written: 23.11.20

Words: 2,963

C2C

“You better watch your tone, Boy.”

Dean did his best to ignore the pang in his stomach at his father’s disapproving voice. His hand only faltered a little, but he kept the gun trained on the intruder’s head, “I’m not gonna ask you again.”

John took a step into the room, “We don’t have time for this.”

“Make time.” Dean took a swift step to the left, effectively cutting off the man’s path, “You’re not getting any weapons – and we damn sure aren’t gonna help you – until you answer my questions.”

“Dean-”

“Or, if you prefer,” Dean cocked the gun, and raised an eyebrow, “I could just kill you now.”

After a tense moment of prolonged eye contact, John let out a deep sigh and his shoulders deflated, “Fine.” He held up his hands in mock surrender and not-so-slowly made his way over to the small dining table in the corner, “Just… ask fast. If this bastard gets away because you were interrogating me…”

Dean gave the man a once over – he sure as hell looked like his father – the way he carried himself, his mannerisms and even his annoyed parent face were all very convincing – but Dean couldn’t shake the feeling something felt… off.

And not just because John was dead.

Dean closed the distance between them, keeping his gun at the ready. He reached into his jacket pocket with his free hand and tossed the silver flask of holy water onto the table, “First things first.”

John raised an eyebrow, “Is this really necessary?”

“You want my help? Drink.”

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Product Review, The Veg Life

Prana No Mylk’n Hazelnuts & Crispy Rice Chocolate Bark Review

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Important: This is the 4th last article of 2024! I’ll be taking the last half of December and first half of January off from posting. I’ll be back January 20th, 2025 with the first article of the new year!

Chocolate bark is one of the best snacks you can reach for and this Prana chocolate bark is no exception!

This bark is incredible. It’s the perfect ratio of chocolate to hazelnuts and rice, isn’t too thick and comes in a convenient resealable pouch, just in case you have enough self control to leave some of this delicious snack for later.

As the name suggests, they use a faux milk chocolate instead of dark chocolate, which is great for not getting that drying-out-your-mouth feeling that dark chocolate tends to give.

This bark actually reminds me of those rice chocolate bunnies they used to sell for Easter. I don’t know how region specific that product is, but if you know what I’m talking about, and enjoyed those bunnies, you’ll definitely enjoy this bark!

I also found this chocolate bark at Shopper’s Drug Mart, so it’s definitely not even one of those specialty vegan-grocer-only snacks, either. Speaking of where to find it, it’s also got a competitive price ($5.79) and wasn’t even tucked into some dark back corner of the shop with other vegan-only products. I found it right there on the shelf next to the Reeces!

There is one bad thing about this product, and it’s a complaint you’ve heard from me before: there is not enough bark in the bag! I don’t know if I got a dud, but the bag I got was less than half full of bark. The rest was air, or that not-air stuff they seal in to help keep products fresh.

This is how much bark was in the bag as soon as I opened it

It was sad, because I love this product, and the bag isn’t even that big to begin with!

So while I recommend going out to try this product for yourself, be aware you’ll probably want to buy them in two’s.

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No. Mad.

Choosing Your Vacay Stays

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Important: This is the 5th last article of 2024! I’ll be taking the last half of December and first half of January off from posting. I’ll be back January 20th, 2025 with the first article of the new year! (Technically I’ll be back Jan. 17th with a short story)

So, you’ve finally finished your dream tiny home and are all ready to set out on the road. You’ve got a passport and a heart full of excitement.

But, there’s a problem. Where do you start? Where will you stay?

You might think the obvious answer is ‘in your new tiny home’, but there’s more to it than that. Have you ever seen the Hostel movies? Yes, they are fictional horror movies, but they have some truth to them!

You’re going to be in a new town, city or country, possibly alone. For days. And nights. It might sound cliche, but the world can seem a lot scarier at night! Especially if you’re attempting to sleep pulled over on the side of a road in a country you’re not from. Or can hear unfamiliar animal noises that don’t sound as far off as you’d like.

You’re also going to need to refill your rolling home at some point. Food, water, laundry, some form of a bathroom or dumping black/grey water tank station. What about internet/wifi? Or cell service?

If you’re a seasoned traveller or even just someone who likes to be prepared, you’ve done some form of research into the area: the must-see sights, the can’t-miss-for-the-world restaurants and hopefully know at least some very basic words/phrases if a different language is in play. (Please, thank-you, No, where is…? are a great place to start)

Looking on Yelp, or at Youtube videos can be great for the fun side of things, but those shouldn’t be the only sources of information you use. You need to get answers for those less fun but integral-to-staying-alive questions above.

Luckily, we’re living in the future, and most places have their own website, which usually have answers to these and more important questions. (Don’t forget about different countries having different laws you’ll need to abide by)

These ‘boring’ facts are extremely helpful and can mean the difference between ending your trip early – or do to something horrific – and being able to stay out a little longer, and make a fantastic new memory you’ll look back on for years to come.

The best time to plan out your stays are obviously before you set off on your trip, but if you find yourself already on the way, don’t worry. There are still steps you can take to figure things out. It just might be a little harder if you’re already on the road. Internet cafes, tourist destination concierges, and even helpful locals can all be a great tool to figuring out your next move.

So go ahead and live your dream! C’est la vie!

Just, make sure you leave room in your dream for safety.

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Throw Away Fics, Writing

Last Mile (Preview)

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Important: This is the 4th last fic of the year! I’ll be taking the last half of December and first half of January off from posting. I’ll be back January 17th, 2025 with the first story of the new year!

Written: 24.10.31

Words: 533

General, C2C (ish)

Crowley sighed into his hand as he watched the demon before him go on and on…

And on.

It was never ending trivial management bullshit!

This demon wants to eat this many babies, but this demon stole from his supply, the Hellhounds are restless with only 4 runs a day, crossroad deals took a dip this month… who gives a fuck?

Sure, clawing his way to the top was exciting. New baddies to beat, demons to win over, cunning double-crossing plans to enact, but now? Now he just sat on the throne, listening to all of Hell’s ‘problems’. And then he’d fix them.

Every day.

Forever.

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Throw Away Fics, Writing

Still Watching

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Important: This is the 5th last fic of the year! I’ll be taking the last half of December and first half of January off from posting. I’ll be back January 17th, 2025 with the first story of the new year!

Written: 24.10.17

Words: 492

Wee!Chesters, 2024’s Halloween fic

Bobby awoke with a loud gasp, flying into a sitting position. He rubbed his eyes as he looked around his dark room, chest heaving as he attempted to get his breathing back under control.

I’m not old enough to go choking on my own spit…

Bobby’s brows furrowed as he heard faint mumbling floating from up the stairs, what the hell? He reluctantly got out of bed to investigate, not missing the clock on his nightstand reading 3:30am.

He shook his head as the sounds got louder as he descended the stairs, the boys should know better than to leave the TV on. His frown deepened as he heard a scream then the unmistakable sound of a chuckle.

Not 100% sure if his tired brain wasn’t just playing tricks on him, he made his way into the living room, unable to hold back his exasperation as he saw Dean was laying down in front of the TV, fake fangs and empty candy bar wrappers sprawled out around him on the carpet.

“What the hell are you still doing awake?”

Dean jumped about a foot in the air at the sudden intrusion. It took a moment for his wild eyes to make Bobby out in the dim light, to which he let out a big breath of relief, “You scared me!”

Bobby walked over to turn the lamp on, “Do you know what time it is?”

Dean winced as the room flooded with light and he sat up, “The movie’s not over!”

The father-figure didn’t even bother glancing at the television as he raised an eyebrow, “No horror movie is 5 hours long.”

Dean averted his eyes at that and rubbed a hand at the back of his neck, “Well… I might’ve started it later than that.”

“No shit.” Bobby grabbed the remote off the table and paused the movie, “Bed. Now.”

“Oh, come on!” Dean looked back to the screen and gestured at it, “There’s only ten minutes left!”

Bobby narrowed his eyes, “You sure you’ll be able to wake up for school tomorrow?”

“I swear, Uncle Bobby. I’ll even wake up early!” At the look, a sheepish grin split the blonde’s mouth. “Okay, probably not early, but I will wake up on time!”

Bobby plopped down on the couch and rubbed his chin as he pretended to think, “I don’t know…”

Dean turned his best imitation of Sammy’s puppy dog eyes on the eldest, “Pleeeaaase?”

Bobby couldn’t resist chuckling at the face and waved his hand, “Fine. But I’m serious about you going to bed when it’s over.”

“Yay!” Dean practically bounced with excitement in place as he snatched the remote back off the table. “I don’t know why you’re so worried,” He sank back down onto the carpet just as he let out a big yawn, “I’m not even sleepy.”

Bobby couldn’t resist a yawn of his own as the movie came back to life and chuckled again, “Goodnight, Dean.”

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Product Review, The Veg Life

Gardein Pepperoni Pizza Pockets Review

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Does anyone else remember these things?

When I first went vegan back in 2016, these wonderful pockets of joy seemed to be everywhere!

Unfortunately now, they no longer exist.

Admittedly, when I was a kid, I didn’t eat a lot of the ‘regular’ pizza pockets (allergies), but from what I remembered, these were spot on!

Not only were they the right shape (looking at you, Tofurky Pizza Pockets [which are also sadly discontinued]) but they also tasted how I remembered! The marinara sauce, the pepperoni, the mozzarella… even not waiting long enough to bite into one and burning the shit out of your tongue.

Don’t get me wrong, they definitely aren’t five star cuisine or anything, but you don’t want that from a pizza pocket anyway, right? Or at least, I know I don’t. Food doesn’t have to be fancy to be good, y’know? They scratched the nostalgia itch, made a delightful small meal, or a hearty snack and used to be pretty easy to find.

They also used to come 4 pockets per box, so it was a winning product all around!

I’m definitely sad I can no longer buy them, but luckily you might be able to!

A few years after I stopped seeing them, I did some research and apparently, the company had discontinued all of their products in Canada, and then slowly began re-releasing them. I believe the reason at the time was something about operating costs since they had branched into the US market. (Which doesn’t make sense to me, considering Gardein is a Candian company) The thing that really got me annoyed though, is that on the US Gardein website, they have more product variety than the Canadian one!

I understand the US is a big market, but what I don’t understand, is why you would bare-bones the product line in the country you started in/are from? That just doesn’t make sense! If anything, they should’ve released a few products to the US to ease into the waters or whatever.

… Sorry about that mini-rant. I’m clearly not over this senseless betrayal. That’s how much I loved their pizza pockets! I haven’t eaten a non-homemade pizza pocket since 2016. That’s too long!

Anyway, if you’re in the US, you should have no problems finding this product to test, enjoy and hoard for yourself. I’m not sure if it’s available in other countries markets, but you can check using the Product Locator on their website.

Oh, and if anyone from Gardein is reading this: please, please, please bring your pizza pockets back to Canada!

So, have you tried Gardein’s pizza pockets? Have you found a different brand of vegan pizza pockets you love more? Or started eating to fill the pizza pocket shaped hole Gardein left when they disappeared? Let me know in the comments!

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Writing, Writing Tips

Stained Glass (PHSH Effect #30)

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In honour of it being Halloween month, I wanted to share a tutorial that I thought would fit that theme: stained glass!

This effect looks beautiful and complicated but luckily, it’s not that hard once you know how to do it.

 

Step 1

As always, we want to start with a base image. For this tutorial, I’m using a royalty-free picture of a Jack O Lantern.

This is usually where I tell you to use whatever picture you want, and technically, you can! But I want to warn you that this effect will look better if the picture isn’t too real life looking. Think cartoon, or clearly already drawn.

Once you have the picture you want set up on your document, you’ll want to get rid of the background, if there is one. In my case, this was achieved by just using the Quick Select tool on my Jack O Lantern and then Erasing the background.

 

Step 2

This is the part where we’re actually going to make the stained glass. We can do this one of two ways. The first way, takes forever and involves creating all the shapes yourself using the Line Tool.

The way I’m going to show you, however, is far easier. Just go on up to the top menu and go to Filter then click on Filter Gallery.

Once the Filter Gallery opens, you’ll want to open the folger on the right-hand side that’s labelled Texture and then click on the effect that says Stained Glass.

You’ll want to play around with the values that are listed all the way in the right-side panel to get the correct effect for your image.

The Cell Size changes the size of the stained glass ‘pieces’, Border Thickness changes the line thickness and Light Intensity as the name implies, changes the light.

For my image, I used the following values:

Cell Size: 6

Border Thickness: 4

Light Intensity: 2

 

Once you’re happy with the effect, click the OK button in the top right to generate it and take you back to the normal work screen.

 

Step 3

Technically, you can be done at this stage. You’ve successfully applied the stained glass effect to your foreground image. You can save it with a transparent background so you can drag and drop it into any of your other projects.

Or, if you’d like to leave this object as it’s own work file/image, you may want to follow the steps to make the background match. As I’m sure you can see, the white background is kind of ruining the magic of the effect.

To fix this, you’ll want to go to the bottom of your Layer’s Panel and click on the Add New Fill or Adjustment Layer button, then select Gradient from the pop-up menu.

In the Gradient Fill box that appears, you’ll want to select either a gradient you already have, or make a new one if you don’t have one that matches your images theme.

If you don’t know how to make a new Gradient, follow Step 4. If you already know how to make one, and/or already have one you’d like to use, skip to Step 5.

 

Step 4

To make a new Gradient, double click on whatever the current Gradient is that’s showing in the box to bring up the Gradient Editor.

To change the colours being used in the Gradient, click on the Colour Stop and choose a new colour from the Colour Picker that opens.

To keep with the Halloween theme, I’m going to make an Orange to Black gradient, so those will be the colours I select for each of my Colour Stoppers.

Once you’re happy with the colours of your Gradient, you can click the OK button to apply them.

If you think you’ll use this Gradient again in the future, you can also save it by giving it a name and clicking the New button at the end of the Name field.

 

Step 5

Now that you have a Gradient for the background you want to use, in the Gradient Fill box, you can play around with the Angle and Style to see what fits with your picture best.

For the purposes of this tutorial, I decided to keep it simple, so I kept the Style as Linear, and didn’t change the Angle.

Once you’re happy with these settings, click OK.

 

Step 6

Now all we’re going to do is apply the Stained Glass filter to the background image. You may need to change the values used for the Cell Size and Light Intensity, that’s okay!

Play around with them and see what matches your image best. Or, if you’d like, you can change the values so that instead of matching your foreground object exactly, you can make it stand out slightly.

For example, I made my background values as follows:

Cell Size: 10

Border Thickness: 4

Light Intensity: 5

As you can see, I changed the values, and here is what it looks like:

If you’re curious, here is what the image looks like when I used the same values for both the fore- and background:

 

Step 7

My image doesn’t look quite as right as I think it could, so I’m just going to change my Jack O Lantern’s Layer Type from Normal to Hard Light.

If your image looks like it doesn’t need anything after adding the stained glass effect to the background, feel free to skip this step and go right to saving because we’re done!

As I said earlier, this last little tweak (and some little ones above) will depend on the image you started with, do to the difference in colours, style, etc. So feel free to play around with the values to find what works best for you!

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Throw Away Fics, Writing

Knock You Off Your Feet (Preview)

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Written: 24.10.03

Words: 1,112

C2C, Dark, TW: ED, 2024’s Thanksgiving Fic

Dean’s fingers tap the bottom of his plate as his eyes roam over the display of food.

“Bobby’s really outdone himself this year, eh?”

Ellen’s voice startles Dean out of his head and he let’s out a nervous chuckle, “Huh, yeah…”

There wasn’t an empty square of counter in the whole kitchen. Food was everywhere. He knew Thanksgiving was the food holiday, but this… he did not remember this much food last year.

Maybe there was and I just never noticed?

Ellen drops the serving spoon back into the green beans before spinning away from the display to grab some cutlery off the table, “I’m almost out of your way, don’t you worry.”

Dean lets out another half-hearted chuckle, fingers tapping against the bottom of the empty plate that was clutched to his chest more rapidly as he watched her disappear behind the swinging kitchen door.

As soon as it swings closed, he lets out a deflating breath and eyes all the food, game time.

He licks his lips as he lowers the plate from his chest and reaches for the first set of serving utensils. 3 pieces of turkey, 142 calories. He pauses in front of the bird, come on Winchester. You can do better than that.

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