The Flirty Mermaid

sims blog for Ammie and Alexis. we like Dragon Age and like 90% of our characters are originally from our DA tabletop games.

[simandy]

►Master-list of Tutorials and Links for Almost Everything CC◄

So @elderwisp made an amazing post with a GREAT idea, and I couldn't simple ignore it. Here's my contribution to #simblrsagainstAI!

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► Programs & Resources:

Sims4Studio is the program we use to get our resources from the game and to make our package files. Photoshop is the image editing program we use to edit our image textures and previews, with some recurring to GIMP as well. You will need a DDS Plug-in so Photoshop can work on the DDS files that Sims4Studio utilizes, you can work with png files, but it's harder work. Blender is the free and mot common 3D mesh editor sims 4 creators use to work on their meshes. You can import add-ons to it, like Behemox Hair Generator, Mesh Repair Tools (both self explanatory) and Mio3, an UV editor tool. NJob is a great free tool you can utilize to make normal maps, essential to make your CC interact with different lighting in game.

Sims4Studio

Photoshop CC 2017

Blender

NJob

Photoshop DDS plug-in (place it in: C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Photoshop CC 2018\Plug-ins)

Behemox Hair Generator ($)

Mesh Repair Tools

Mio3

• (To install Blender add-ons: open Bender and drag the add-on file right into it!)

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► Tutorials:

Speed meshes are perfect for observation and learning! Reduce the speed on YouTube and watch how other people work. Try to replicate using your installed programs as an exercise!

Hair:

Speed Mesh by @meghewlett

Speed Mesh by @oakiyo

Hair Making by @aler-ii

Clothes: Tutorial by @simsina

Buy Mode: Tutorial by @sieory

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► Program Beginner Tutorials:

Getting to Know Blender (donut tutorial updated 2026)

How to Weight Map by @zeussim

How to make Uv_1 and how to Make a Specular Map by @zeussim

Beginner Guide to Photoshop

How to use NJob to make Normal Maps by @teanmoon

Beginner tutorial on Sims4Studio by @myaeomi-sims

Tip 1: @teanmoon has an entire blog full of EXTREMELY helpful tutorials for CC making. Check it out!

Tip 2: Always check the Sims 4 Studio Forum for a variety of tutorials on everything. Create your account and ask your questions as well! They're very helpful.

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► Miscellaneous:

My own Resources for Hair CC making

Powluna Tutorials on YouTube

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That's about it! Thank you everyone who made those tutorials over the years. You contributed to the freedom of knowledge. I believe every knowledge should be free and easy to access, because I also believe things like paywalls and having to jump through hoops to find said knowledge is part of the reason why ignorant people are resorting to AI to make their desired "art". Let's end this.

[cruxsims]

I hope this is okay but I wanted to hop in to add even more tutorials, resources and assets!! They're all going to be mixed in as I'm going to be dividing these into CC categories instead

Clothing and accs:

Converting pre-existing models to Sims 4 CC: Hair and Full body outfits by @sdmsims

Frankenmesh tutorial by @deetron-sims

Remapping textures from Blender (no need to use a photo editor to edit your textures!)

Maxis match hairs:

Hair Meshing Tutorial From Scratch by @aler-ii

Hat chops tutorial & painting weights by @raccoonium (a couple of speedmeshes too)

Turning alpha hairs into maxis

Speedmeshing by @parsapuff

Braid assets by sspringroll (works perfectly with simandy's texture as well!)

Misc:

Creating body presets

Creating build/buy items (another one!)

Specular colors reference + updated texture map by @livixo

Instant LODs by @feralpoodles

And even more tutorial compilations!

@simlaughlove's Custom Content Creation

KatVerse's list of tutorials

Powluna was already mentioned but really, check their tutorials out

@thesimcommunity tutorials (some are for making CC, some aren't, but still good to have!)

I swear, once you begin looking for resources they do exist out there, they're just scattered across the internet in hard to access ways. I'm certain I'm still missing a ton but I mostly focused on the ones I know I've used before.

And most importantly, never be afraid to ask for help!

[simandy]

Perfect addition!!!! Thank you so much!!!

[reineydraws]

some osakita fanart for my buddy igrab on ao3 :) it's set in her soulmate au, where soulmates have a particular colour that shows up on your skin wherever you've touched. oskt have a very cute grey colour hehe.

here's where you can read her osakita soulmate au fic!!! i love it a lot, and atsumu mentions later in his own story that their hands are always grey, like they never pass up the opportunity to touch. i think about that all the time tbh. (my art isn't of a particular scene btw, i just like the context of her au sm and i think it would be extra cute in winter time, when it's mostly just your face that's bare.)

anyways, happy holidays! 🥰🥰 and check out her other soulmate au fics too! esp the sunakomo one, it's just chefs kiss. 👌🤌💞

[flirtymermaidsims]

HELLO ITS IGRAB WITH MY SILLY SIMBLR. thank you again sosososo much for this im crying screaming throwing up im so happyyyy

[saurusness]

🏠Box Challenge Rules🏡

A full year of Twitching. 12 months! So that’s 12 boxes, 12 squares each! 😁 You must use the large blue boxes, the others are optional.

⛔ Changing shape or dimension of boxes ⛔ Deleting outer walls ⛔ Adding new full height walls outside of boxes ⛔ NO CC

✅ Deleting whole boxes ✅ Stacking, lining up, intersecting, merging ✅ Deleting inner walls created by merging boxes ✅ Adding foundations, platforms, porches, roofs, pools, fountains ✅ Changing wall height ✅ Adding fences and half walls anywhere ✅ Any size lot, Any style house, Any packs

Find the Boxes on the Gallery under SaurusSims and tag your finished build #SaurusBoxChallenge10. If you have any questions, don’t be afraid to ask! ^^

❗Deadline March 19th ❕Tours March 20th & 21st

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[saurusness]

Working on this today!

[pyxiidis]

STUCK ON YOU - SKINTONES BY PYXIS

Something a little different! I made twenty skintones for humans and supernaturals alike. 

DOWNLOAD ☆ DONATE ☆ PATREON

[ceeproductions]

Haven’t seen any updates of this, so I went ahead and updated them myself for the 12/07/2020 update.

I personally like all the skins from a set to stay together, so you can find all the Natural Skintones in the Cool tone category (sorry if that bothers some you). However, the Supernatural tones you will find in the miscellaneous category. 

Make sure you remove the old version of these files or else they won’t show up in game. 

All credits go to @pyxiidis for their skintones and CmarNYC for this tool that let me update them.

Download

Merged: SimFileShare | Dropbox

Unmerged: SimFileShare | Dropbox

@mmoutfitters @maxismatchccworld

[abundanceofpixels]

There’ve been quite a few create-a-sim challenges floating around tumblr lately, but I wasn’t really connecting with any of the prompts, so I decided to make my own! 

RULES & GUIDELINES

- May only use ONE sim. Download someone from the gallery, create your own, use an EA townie, whatever. Make sure you’re 100% pleased though because you’ll be stuck with them till the end!

- CAN NOT change Sim’s genetics, body shape, etc. (Hair, contacts and such are free game, but try not to alter anything that couldn’t be easily changed irl.)

- I’d appreciate it if you included a link back to this post. Thanks!

- Since this was inspired by the style of lookbooks, try to include each outfit’s corresponding CC links when applicable. Not only is this super helpful for fellow simmers, it will also save you from having to answer tons of WCIFs.

- Get creative! Take your screenshots right from CAS, pose your Sim in a parallel in-game setting, or PhotoShop your own backdrop. The choice is yours!

- I tried to make each category as gender neutral as possible, so feel free to interpret each prompt however you see fit! Just make sure to stick to the rules (or not, it’s just a game) and have fun!

P.S. - don’t worry about trying to post one a day, or finishing in a certain amount of time. Skip over prompts you don’t like, go out of order, or wait 5 months between posting them (like I did) if you want!

Day 01: Your Favorite Color Day 02: Business Presentation Day 03: Destination Wedding Guest Day 04: Dance Class Day 05: Meeting the Parents Day 06: Home Improvement Day 07: Lazy Sunday Day 08: Music Festival Day 09: Hiking Trip Day 10: Graduation Day Day 11: Royalty Day 12: Secret Agent Day 13: Comic Convention Day 14: Ski Trip Day 15: Grade School Teacher Day 16: Disco Fever Day 17: Springtime Picnic Day 18: Pop Star Day 19: Professional Athlete Day 20: Day at the Beach Day 21: Red Carpet Day 22: Flight Attendant Day 23: Stepford Housewife (or husband) Day 24: Teenage Emo Phase Day 25: 60′s Bohemian

SHARE YOUR CREATIONS!

If you decide to partake in this challenge, I’d love to see your results! Post your screenshots with the hashtag #aop lookbook challenge so I can give ‘em a like / reblog!

[saurusness]

🏠October Box Challenge 5: TETRIS edition🏡

Another month, another box challenge! 😁 This one was suggested by my beloved mod thisraptori, and is inspired by no other than the epic game Tetris! The rules are the same as always! ^^

⛔ Changing shape or dimension of boxes ⛔ Deleting outer walls ⛔ Adding new full height walls outside of boxes ⛔ NO CC

✅ Deleting whole boxes (you don’t have to use all boxes) ✅ Changing the colours (colours are only to help you visualise!) ✅ Stacking, lining up, intersecting, merging ✅ Deleting inner walls created by merging boxes ✅ Adding foundations (including porches), and roofs ✅ Pools, fountains ✅ Changing wall height ✅ Adding fences and half walls anywhere ✅ Any size lot ✅ Any style house ✅ Any packs

Find the Boxes on the Gallery under SaurusSims and tag your finished build #SaurusBoxChallenge5. If you have any questions, don’t be afraid to ask! ^^

❗Deadline October 16th ❕Tours October 17th & 18th

🐦Twitter // 📺Twitch

[saurusness]

I’m only just attempting this myself as I haven’t had time all week, but if you’re confused about how to tackle this, now’s the chance to come spy heh.. Or just hang! 😁

[flirtymermaidsims]

YESSSSSSS :D

[flirtymermaidsims]

Red Rocket Restaurant

Blast off to new flavors at the Red Rocket Restaurant! Specializing in ice cream and anything 'out there'! No need for any galaxies far, far away to have an out of this world experience...

Created for the @saurussims box challenge #4!

Packs used: Island Living, Get Famous, City Living, Get Together, Get to Work, Vampires, Dine Out, Spa Day, Backyard Stuff, Movie Hangout Stuff, Cool Kitchen Stuff, Luxury Party Stuff

-- 30x20 -- Lot type: Restaurant -- $88,941 -- bb.moveobjects on -- No CC

Gallery ID: shikongurl30

@maxismatchccworld

[scyllasims]

Dragon Age: Inquisition - Wall Art

Sorry for the lack of in-game screenshots. It’s difficult to get decent images of the walls in the intended layout, but you get the picture. I’ve been meaning to do this since I started my “Inquisition” save. Yeah, I have a save for different themes (or in my case, games). Anyway, figured the best way to do this is to spread each panel/image over three walls, so each image is split into three parts. I have included all options, based on story decisions and such, and each story panel is in it’s own package file so you can choose the panels you want based on the story you would choose or whatever. 

In short, each panel is separate and has three swatches each. Easy-peasy to use and looks best on mid-height walls. I have numbered the panels in build-mode too for their order of appearance in the story, but dependant on options in panels 5 and 6, their order will be swapped about a bit. You can pretty much just figure it out by how the images fit together. I’ve done my best to fit the images together seamlessly, and I’m pretty pleased with how they ended up. If there are any problems please let me know, and do enjoy. (:

No adfly. SimFileShare

✔ Recolours are allowed for new meshes - do not include the mesh. ✔ Use of my creations in your images is allowed. Tagging is not mandatory, but it is appreciated - I do love to see it getting some use somewhere. ✘ Do not re-upload my creations or post them elsewhere. ✘ Do not sell or claim my creations as your own. ✘ Modification of my meshes is not allowed except for personal use only.

As usual, let me know if anything is amiss via pm and I’ll fix it.

Thank you to all CC creators!

[noodlescc]

ASTROLOGY: Tattoos and Pupils

Includes: 

Constellation Upper Back Tattoos

Sign symbols placed on the matching area of the body

Sign symbols as pupils (skin details)

Download

Also pictured but not technically part of this set is the eye shine overlays which you can download here (it has been added to the clarity eyes folder)

Credits: Constellations | Symbols | Sims 4 Studio

[coffeesimmers-blog]

Introducing…

THE PRIDE FLAG LEGACY CHALLENGE

We are so excited to debut this new way to play the Sims 4, through a challenge based on the colors and meanings of the rainbow pride flag! To get information about the rules and goals for the above generation, check out this google doc - it has all the information you need to play!

We cannot wait to see how you make this challenge your own, and hope you enjoy it as much as we enjoyed making it. 

[serindipitysims]

Introducing A Literary Twist! A Sims 4 Legacy Challenge based around some of literature’s favorites! While designed for Berry Sims this challenge can be easily adapted to vanilla gameplay as well. Please feel free to change up this challenge to your story telling needs! I tried to make the rules fairly simple to give you as much freedom to create a world and story of your own as possible. Skip generations, add new ones, make new rules, make the story yours!

You are the hero of your story.

I just ask that you tag me or #literarytwist so I can read all of your amazing stories!

Inspired by: The Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum

*Taking inspiration from the 1939 movie the start of your series will begin in black and white. Programs like GIMP and Photoshop can easily edit your screenshots to fulfill this task.

*Berry Color: Your Founder may be any color you wish. Growing up in shades of grey they do not realize their true colors until they enter the world of Oz. Are they silver, ruby? Perhaps they maintain their shades of grey in a berry colored world. The choice is yours. 

You live alone on a quiet farm but you long for something more. Excitement and adventure, someplace over the rainbow.. You’re an imaginative soul whose daydreams often create a whole new world into which you can escape. But one day you find yourself in a world full of color like you’ve never seen before. Is this a daydream or is it real? If it’s real you wonder how you’ll ever get home, and really, do you even want to?

Traits: Good / Creative or Maker / Your Choice

Aspiration: Friend of the World

Career: Only Part-Time careers and/or selling on Plopsy

Generation Objectives:

Have three best friends (either good friends or install a mod that lets you have more than one)

Marry your soulmate (any color)

Own and train a dog

Have at least two children, adoptions encouraged but not required

Master Gardening, Flower Arranging, and Pet Training

A Literary Twist, Legacy Challenge Rules

@maxismatchccworld​

[simcloudlogic]

Some graphics I made for the The Garden Legacy created by @cowplant-pizza​! I used icons created by TheSimKid on Mod The Sims.

~ Enjoy !

[saurusness]

🏠September Box Challenge 4🏡

Another month, another box challenge! 😁 Despite the slight grumbling about octagonal boxes, people still submitted amazing builds so at this point I don’t think anything’s gonna stop you guys! Nevertheless, the rule that you don’t have to use all boxes stands again for this one ^^ Can’t wait to see what y’all make!

⛔ Changing shape or dimension of boxes ⛔ Deleting outer walls ⛔ Adding new full height walls outside of boxes ⛔ NO CC

✅ Deleting whole boxes or the extra walls ✅ Stacking, lining up, intersecting, merging ✅ Deleting inner walls created by merging boxes ✅ Adding foundations (including porches), and roofs ✅ Pools, fountains ✅ Changing wall height ✅ Adding fences and half walls anywhere ✅ Any size lot ✅ Any style house ✅ Any packs

Find the Boxes on the Gallery under SaurusSims and tag your finished build #SaurusBoxChallenge4. If you have any questions, don’t be afraid to ask! ^^

❗Deadline September 11th ❕Tours September 12th & 13th

[crisisbarn]

Tarot Storytelling Challenge

I’ve been a little obsessed with the aesthetic of tarot lately, which i’ve been channeling into D&D, so i thought…why not bring it over here? SO here’s the basics. This challenge is based on random draws and everything is open for interpretation- there’s no set rules for this challenge. I made this for myself, but if anyone else wants to do this, feel free! Addendum that this is not REAL tarot, i don’t KNOW tarot, I’ve just been researching for D&D and thought i’d move it here. :D

So essentially, at the start of your legacy, you make 4 draws. These will affect your legacy in different ways throughout each generation. Then, for each individual gen, you will make 3 draws: heir, spouse, and conflict. 

Its up to you to tie all these together to make a story for each generation- there’s no set rules per generation, as long as you tie the cards into your story in whatever way your think necessary. 

General Rules:

The only cheats disallowed are money cheats, except for storytelling/picture taking reasons (making a house look decorated, for example). 

This story doesn’t have to be berry, but i love berries and will be playing it so. Generation 1 starts with a pure color, so all one shade. Anything else is up to you. My color scheme will be darker colors + jewel tones.

Stick to the draws you get. It’ll be more fun that way, i promise. If you don’t like the card you get, read up on it here. It might mean a lot more than you think. 

How to draw cards: each card has a set number, so you can use a number generator- I’ve linked some below. If you have a tarot deck, you can use that. We’ll be using the minor and major arcana, and splitting the minor arcana into the four suits. Or, you can take a regular playing card deck, substituting a joker into each suit to make it an even 14 instead of the 13 regular decks come with. (the one “missing” is either the prince or the princess, as there’s ace-10 and a queen and king, then the jack for prince or princess, and joker for the other.)

Generation 1 starts with your founder experiencing (or waking up from) a weird dream, that they don’t remember. The dream is detailed below, along with all the rules for drawing cards. I recommend following along and writing down what you get as you read, just to get you in the mood and have everything organized!

Keep reading

[saurusness]

🏠September Box Challenge 4🏡

Another month, another box challenge! 😁 Despite the slight grumbling about octagonal boxes, people still submitted amazing builds so at this point I don’t think anything’s gonna stop you guys! Nevertheless, the rule that you don’t have to use all boxes stands again for this one ^^ Can’t wait to see what y’all make!

⛔ Changing shape or dimension of boxes ⛔ Deleting outer walls ⛔ Adding new full height walls outside of boxes ⛔ NO CC

✅ Deleting whole boxes or the extra walls ✅ Stacking, lining up, intersecting, merging ✅ Deleting inner walls created by merging boxes ✅ Adding foundations (including porches), and roofs ✅ Pools, fountains ✅ Changing wall height ✅ Adding fences and half walls anywhere ✅ Any size lot ✅ Any style house ✅ Any packs

Find the Boxes on the Gallery under SaurusSims and tag your finished build #SaurusBoxChallenge4. If you have any questions, don’t be afraid to ask! ^^

❗Deadline September 11th ❕Tours September 12th & 13th

We’re gonna take a first crack at this in 5 minutes, come join us if you have questions, want inspiration, or simply like hanging out! 😁

[flirtymermaidsims]

i have about 473892750834 screencaps to post from my neck of the woods AND a new 100 baby challenge (in which i will finally live up to my simblr name)...  and of course instead i’m learning to recolor and planning a massive rebuild of brindleton bay into a queer cat lovers’ paradise.  because the lesbian farm dream gives me LIFE.

[patchystraw-deactivated20190925]

NECK OF THE WOODS is a challenge I’ve put together to explore all, or at least very close to all, that the game has to offer, while also creating different sims, households and lots. It’s an interesting mix of a few challenges, like Build a City, It Takes a Village and Differences in the Family Tree, with some tweaks. If the guidelines of this challenge are not to your liking maybe one of the others could suit you better! There are many great variations to find. If, however, you’re up for quite the challenge, then welcome to this neck of the woods!

MAIN OBJECTIVES

• Build and populate the different neighborhoods throughout the generations • Explore the different aspirations and careers • Finish all of the collections, and if you want: fill up a museum! (it’s wise to collect these in relation to your sims generations goals, but it’s up to you) • Make it fun!

You’ll put your sim-creating, legacy-playing and building skills to the test, while leaving no neighborhood or spare in the family alone! Are you up for the challenge?

Rules/guidelines may be updated

Keep reading

[flirtymermaidsims]

Yaaaaay Island Living update!! :D btw I’m on gen 2 and I am really loving this challenge, it’s definitely my favorite of all the sims challenges I’ve seen :) thank you!!