UPDATE; I give up!!! **Downloaded the new GIMP... need some help. Anyone good with photoshop-type stuff?

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I have a rudimentary knowledge of how to use the app, I can cut and paste layers etc, scale images, whatnot. I am not an artist so most of my skills involve manipulating clipart and photos into something new.

I have a basic shape that I want to "fill" with a photo. I used the Fill bucket, selected my image as the filler, and yet it's not coming out at all! It's coming out grayscale and like it's got transparency... I dont know what I did wrong because a lot of the terms are not anything I understand, so I'm doing this by trial and error and it's getting really frustrating cuz it should be an easy thing!

GAH! does anyone wanna do it FOR me and I will fucking pay you $100!

Update...
I got the base down and can't do the rest. I can't make anything transparent... I am literally a writer NOT an artist! I ended up posting on my local FB group for a graph9c artist to help me...maybe it won't cost an arm/leg...