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Whoops, totally fell off the side of the earth there… I was busy with doctor’s appointments, and then I had the amazing opportunity to fly out-of-state and visit family.

During my trip, I got to see Metallica live for the 2nd time (along with seeing Pantera and Suicidal Tendencies for the first time live), so I think I’m going put my kinesio tape on the back burner and instead design some Metallica t-shirts based on the ones I own! The tough part is making the Simlish look good because I refuse to have Latin letters in my Sims game and I also want to make it look like the logo. For the shirts with artwork, I’m gonna need to re-doodle them to fit in with the Sims style.

Off to the iPad I go.

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I’m currently a little sick (no new custom content releases this week), but…

My Downloads page is more alive than ever before!

As I create more custom content, the page will automatically be populated with my posts! Automated links, automated images, even automated lists that show up when you hover over something… That means the page will always be up to date with my latest goodies whenever you view it.

It works on both PC and mobile, but if you prefer to stay in-app, you can just search for #mycc on my blog.

― coffee-sushi ♡

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I’ve been making very steady progress with my kinesiology tape, but I wanted to take a break and show off some sims. :)

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App list for creators who can’t get out of bed but have a phone or an iPad:

Procreate ( PAID ) Tons of free brushes available online. Symmetry tools. Easy to use. Just download this:

And, you’ve got a base for drawing tattoos, skin textures, skin details, make-up, brows. Super easy!

Sketchbook ( FREE )

This is the drawing app that I started out on. The default brushes are decent. It doesn’t have symmetry, but it’s easy to mirror half textures in an editing software.

Photopea ( FREE - BROWSER BASED )

Browser based alternative to photoshop. Pop your textures into the editor and modify them as desired.

Nomad Sculpt ( PAID )

Sculpting 3D modeling app. You can “clay” sculpt cute models to import into TS4. If you have the base sim model, you can sculpt hairs. You WILL NEED to optimize the model in another app, as the polycount will be insane and you will cry trying to make clean uv maps with the direct output. Nomad is powerful, but I don’t suggest using their retopo for more than a quick decimate. I also wouldn’t recommend using their uv mapping system.

Nomad only handles poly paint, so painting textures in it is kind of useless. Nomad is best used for the base modeling only.

Cozy Blanket ( PAID )

Take your models from Nomad Sculpt for easy retopo, or grab your .obj files from Blender to retopo.

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Feel free to reblog with more suggestions. ✨ As someone who struggles with chronic pain, I have days where I live on my iPad.

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Surely there’s a really simple and not at all convoluted way to create Diffuse­Maps (or would you call them textures? I’m still learning my terminology!)… because my process is god awful trying to make this kinesi­ology tape.

Paint everything in Pro­create on my iPad.

Send the .png to my computer via Discord.

Throw the .png into Sims 4 Studio to see if it actually looks good.

If it looks bad, repaint in Pro­create.

Repeat steps 1–4 until it looks good.

The ones I’m working on now are just “gloves,” so at least I’m not dealing with a real mesh on top of this.

Anyway, if you have any pointers, please let me know!

I have Pro­create on my iPad + Blender 4.3, Sims 4 Studio 3.2.4.1 (Star), and Photo­shop 2024 (*wink wink*) on my computer. I’m partial to Pro­create because I have an Apple Pencil, but I’m willing to learn Photo­shop with my mouse if it will make my life easier.

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This is a crazy jump considering I’ve only made 1 hair so far (lol), but I’m gonna learn how to make kinesi­ology tape for our sims! Athletic sims, sims with Ehlers–Danlos syndrome, and really any sim who needs it. I’ve had @teabaker’s joint tape in my game for quite a while, but now that I have all of the necessary tools for creation at my disposal, I think I can make even more.

Give me like a week and I’ll probably be ready to release something.

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KYLIE Hair

base game compatible

hat compatible

enabled for Female Teen–Elder

disallowed for random

medium length, wavy texture

24 EA swatches

LOD 0 – 6,523 polys | LOD 1 – 3,912 polys | LOD 2 – 2,346 polys | LOD 3 – 1,406 polys  ↳ done with @feralpoodles’ instant LODs script for cc makers, thank you!

Please don’t hesitate to contact me if you find any issues!

TOU Download (Patreon, free) ¦ Buy me a coffee or sushi? (Ko-fi)

In-game screenshots + yapping about the hair under the cut.

Hi everyone, this is my first-ever piece of custom content – the Kylie Hair! Named after my boyfriend’s sister, it’s a very rudimentary franken­mesh of yfHair_SP18­MulletBabyBangs and yfHair_EP17­MessyBun’s long front strands. I think it’s pretty good, considering I only got Blender like 4 days ago (all poses in this render are by @helgatisha). The strands on especially the Brown Salt & Pepper (swatch 23) and Black Salt & Pepper (swatch 24) swatches aren’t really the quality I would like them to be, but I promise to update the UV map once I get my hands on Photoshop. I would love to revisit this hair once I become more skilled! ♡