Being a mainly traditional artist myself it always irks me a little when I see sketches or even full illustrations being posted without any proper editing, making for a terrible presentation of an otherwise great piece.
So here are my tips for making your art not look shit in just a few easy steps.
You don´t need a fancy scanner for this, but if you have a digital camera at home I´d recommed you to use that instead of your smartphone. (However smartphone photos are also okay! Use whatever you have on hand)
Take a photo of your piece during the day in ambient lighting and try to make the paper lie as flat as possible. Avoid direct sunlight and artificial light as both will lower the quality of the picture. The inital photo will look something like this:
Not exactly breath-taking, huh? but don´t worry, we´ll get this prettied up.
Open the photo on your computer and turn + crop it
For the following editing I use Adobe Photoshop CS2, which is legally available as a free download, so there really is no reason not to get it. It comes with everything you´ll need for the edit.
(Unfortunately I have it set to German but I did my best to make my steps understandable)
Now, let´s get on with the edit! Select “Image” (Bild) in the top bar, go to “Adjustments” and first of all set the “Saturation” to zero (if you have a black and white drawing)
After that, pick “Brightness and Contrast” (also found in “Image” –> “Adjustments”) to brighten up your piece some more
Aleardy much better, hm? But as you can see, the bottom-left corner of the image is quite a lot brighter than the upper-right one, which prevents you from getting an even result.
Thankfully, this problem is easy to fix.
This way you can even out the brightness of the overall piece and finally use the “Brightness” and “Contrast” sliders one last time to get a clean result
This is already pretty good, but if you want to go the extra mile, you can use the eraser tool as well as filters (such as the liquify tool and sharpness) to remove little sketchy lines or fix small mistakes (classic example: adjust the position of the eyes to make them look more symmetrical)
And that´s it! With just about 5 - 10 minutes of editing you can get your drawing to look clean and presentable! (Coloured illustrations are usually easier to edit, just play around with “Brightness”, “Contrast”, “Color Balance” and “Saturation” until you manage to emulate the original look of the piece.)
I hope that this tutorial will help you level up your own editing from now on. Play around with new settings and see what works; you might discover even more useful options in the future!
Being a mainly traditional artist myself it always irks me a little when I see sketches or even full illustrations being posted without any proper editing, making for a terrible presentation of an otherwise great piece.
So here are my tips for making your art not look shit in just a few easy steps.
You don´t need a fancy scanner for this, but if you have a digital camera at home I´d recommed you to use that instead of your smartphone. (However smartphone photos are also okay! Use whatever you have on hand)
Take a photo of your piece during the day in ambient lighting and try to make the paper lie as flat as possible. Avoid direct sunlight and artificial light as both will lower the quality of the picture. The inital photo will look something like this:
Not exactly breath-taking, huh? but don´t worry, we´ll get this prettied up.
Open the photo on your computer and turn + crop it
For the following editing I use Adobe Photoshop CS2, which is legally available as a free download, so there really is no reason not to get it. It comes with everything you´ll need for the edit.
(Unfortunately I have it set to German but I did my best to make my steps understandable)
Now, let´s get on with the edit! Select “Image” (Bild) in the top bar, go to “Adjustments” and first of all set the “Saturation” to zero (if you have a black and white drawing)
After that, pick “Brightness and Contrast” (also found in “Image” –> “Adjustments”) to brighten up your piece some more
Aleardy much better, hm? But as you can see, the bottom-left corner of the image is quite a lot brighter than the upper-right one, which prevents you from getting an even result.
Thankfully, this problem is easy to fix.
This way you can even out the brightness of the overall piece and finally use the “Brightness” and “Contrast” sliders one last time to get a clean result
This is already pretty good, but if you want to go the extra mile, you can use the eraser tool as well as filters (such as the liquify tool and sharpness) to remove little sketchy lines or fix small mistakes (classic example: adjust the position of the eyes to make them look more symmetrical)
And that´s it! With just about 5 - 10 minutes of editing you can get your drawing to look clean and presentable! (Coloured illustrations are usually easier to edit, just play around with “Brightness”, “Contrast”, “Color Balance” and “Saturation” until you manage to emulate the original look of the piece.)
I hope that this tutorial will help you level up your own editing from now on. Play around with new settings and see what works; you might discover even more useful options in the future!
And we're back with year 7 of InkOctober Elves!
✨InkOctober Elves 2024: Everyday in October, draw an Elf themed with the cottagecore prompt of the day. Roll a D6 to determine an element if you want (totally optional!). Tag #InkOctoberElves and @Ranefea so I can see what you've done! 🖋
Here are the prompts for previous years—do any of them, mix and match, combine with other prompts, whatever! JUST DRAW!! 💚
Please feel free to share this prompt! (But please do not edit the graphic)
couldn't find an october drawing challenge that tickled my fancy this year so i made one of my own last minute! feel free to use it if u want :3 none of you are allowed to say anything if i give up halfway through. im just a creature.
i was this 🤏close to doing kloktober (metalocalypse fanart challenge), but i wanted to make some traditional stuff (in addition to digital) that i can fill my sketchbook with and maybe show at some local galleries sometime, so i decided fanart wasn't the right way to go. i still have some mtl fanart to finish up though so i'll upload it whenever it's done!! ok bye
The weather is getting colder, which means inktober is getting closer! I prefer to make my own prompts, so this is my promptlist for 2024. Feel free to join :) I would love to see your artworks!
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Welcome to the OFFICIAL PAGE for the Legacy Stories Challenge made by: MissLollypop — The Storyteller and erinthesimmer — The Elaborator :)
Do you ever find yourself repeating the same steps as me?
Create A Sim > Build a house > Have kids > Get bored.
Yes?
That's why I created this challenge!
I have written realistic stories us to play out in the Sims. I also incorporated rules and aspirations that I feel the characters would want to achieve in relation to their story.
This challenge focuses on gameplay goals as well as skill based and career based goals, so a little bit for everyone!
NOTE: I WILL BE MAKING A SECOND VERSION THAT IS UNMODDED ONCE I HAVE 5 GENERATIONS WRITTEN
PSA
Want to change something?
Go ahead! I didn't create this challenge in mind to restrict you, if you feel something else would suit a specific generation better, change it! I just hope you enjoy playing and get some ideas from the stories!
Bare in mind some of these stories could be triggering for some people with sensitivity around Death, Trauma and Drugs. Everything that could potentially happen IRL, could also occur within these stories as personally I love to play as realistically as possible.
Checklist
Click here to get a link to a checklist, which you can make a copy of for yourself, to keep track of all the goals for each generation.
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Rules
No money cheats (unless stated otherwise in the rules for story telling purposes)
No mods that make the game easier, we love a struggle here.
You may do anything outside the rules unless stated otherwise eg. If the generation requires to max a specific skill, you may still max other nonrelated skills.
You must complete the goals in each generation to fully complete it, however, if you would like the move onto the next generation as a toddler and come back to the previous generation after, that is also fine as long as you still complete everything.
Complete the goals in order for the story to make the most sense.
Any other children's traits can be selected, it's only the heir's traits that must be according to the rules.
There is a colour palette for each generation, this will be your sims favourite colours. Try to pick clothes/hair and decorate their home with this colour to correlate with each generation.
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The Game Requirements
Many of the generations include multiple packs, therefore, it is recommended that you have all of them installed. If you don't have them you can always tweak the generations rules to change depending on which packs you own.
You must play with lifespan on Normal.
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Mod Requirements For All Gens
These are the mods that will be required for ALL of the generations. There are also requirements per generation that you will need (these are shown in the generation breakdown) but aren't required for all generations.
Career Overhaul Suite
SNBank Bills
MC Command Centre (optional but highly recommended).
More Traits in CAS
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The Generations
Generation 1 - "Criminal has mid-life crisis and becomes a super parent"
Story:
Growing up you were unloved and uncared for, consistently abandoned by parents that never gave you a second thought. As a result, you have found yourself with unpredictable emotions and a complete disinterest in maintaining a relationship with your family. When you become a teenager you decide enough is enough and run away without a second thought, comforted to know as an only-child there aren’t any siblings being left behind. With no consistent parental figure in your life instilling the importance and the impact of having a well-rounded education in your later life, you never attend a single lesson again. Having always struggled to fit in and find your crowd in school, there was nobody to miss you and question your complete disappearance. Instead, you spend your time taking advantage of kind strangers who welcome you into their home by stealing their valuable possessions to later sell. Your next meal relies on what’s been thrown into the dumpster that day, and with any luck, what collectables you happen to come across with value to sell.
During this time in your life you happen to meet the local drug dealer that is happy to take you on and train you in the business, thus beginning your criminal career. You begin your young adult life as a new yet reputable dealer with your lack of morals helping you go far in your career. Over time you work your way up in your career, gaining the respect of your peers and your superiors. And yet you’re left feeling unsatisfied. Unhappy. Here you are making a reputable name for yourself, morally or immorally, and it doesn’t feel like enough. You’re now older, wiser… and ready for more for your life. More than the life of crime. As an adult you meet somebody that has you reconsidering everything. They encourage the best version of yourself and lead you to re-evaluate all your choices until this moment. For the first time in your life, you see the joy and love to be found within a family through somebody else’s eyes. Dreaming for the one thing you swore you never needed… a family of your own with the right partner by your side. With the full support of your partner, you walk away from the criminal career and settle into your newfound life. A life filled with the white picket fence and 2 and ½ kids fantasy come true. Parenthood brings forward the anxiety and fear of not being good enough to provide a stable environment for your children. And yet despite your terrible upbringing you dedicate the rest of your days being the best parent and role-model that you can be. Helping your children with their homework, reading them stories, toddler playdates. If they want it, you give it. In the end the life of crime wasn’t your true calling… It was to be an incredible parent. And within that role you have finally found your self-worth.
To get started:
Move into a small empty plot in any town as a teenager with $0.
Add the simple living lot trait.
Have the kleptomaniac and hot-headed traits.
Have the Public Enemy Aspiration.
Mod Requirements:
Basemental Drugs
Traits: Kleptomaniac, Hot-Headed, Evil // Hot Headed, Family Oriented, Romantic.
Aspiration: Public Enemy // Super Parent
Career: Criminal Career
Colour Palette:
Goals:
As a teenager -
Trait - Kleptomaniac, Hot-Headed
Earn money dumpster diving and stealing from people.
Create a shack using the items and furniture you collect from dumpster diving.
Don't go to school.
Have the Public Enemy Aspiration
As a young adult -
Trait - Evil
Sell drugs using Basemental Drugs mod.
Reach level 8 mischief skill.
Reach level 5 fitness skill.
Complete the Public Enemy Aspiration
As a adult/elder -
Meet family-oriented partner.
Use re-traiting potion and swap to Hot-Headed, Family Oriented and Romantic traits.
Change your aspiration to Super Parent.
Quit your job and become a stay at home parent.
Have children.
Take your toddlers and children to the park at least once per week.
Help complete every school project your children get.
Have all teenagers finish school with A grades and at least 1 positive character value each.
Knit clothes for your children/grandchildren as a hobby
Reach level (10) parenting skill.
Reach level (8) wellness skill.
Reach level (3) of the Super Parent Aspiration
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Generation 2 - E-Sports Geek makes a life changing decision
Story:
You grew up a very happy child, your parents loved you and supported you with everything wanted to do. However, you were always a little different to your sibling/siblings, you were the shy and reserved one, you would much rather have spent time reading or doing your homework, than outside and never really had many friends growing up.
But when you were a toddler, your parents introduced you to one of your next door neighbours' toddler and you fell in love, well as much as you can do at 3 years old... You continued to spend your childhood growing up with your best friend, keeping your crush on them a secret.
You spent a lot of time gaming at home with your crush, who was very much like you, a little nerdy. Your mum/dad had lived a rough life and always warned you of the dangers going on outside when they were a criminal, so you chose to spend your free time, safe at home. However, they would still drag you to the park sometimes to try to encourage you to be 'normal'. Some might call you a little paranoid, but you would rather be paranoid and safe at home, than up to mischief like the rest of your siblings. You found this put a slight bump in your relationship with your parents though, as they were much more outgoing and thought you were a little strange to want to spend all your time inside.
When you become a teenager, you finally open up to your crush about your feelings, well great thing is, they feel the same way back! You get your first girlfriend/boyfriend and end up making some friends at your local arcade, that you start up a club with. You finally come out of your shell a little and begin going to the geek convention, which you go to with your friends every time it's on in the City.
When you were a little older, you set your goals on University to study Computer Science whilst also becoming an e-sports competitor, luckily your girlfriend/boyfriend is also coming to the same University as you. You go on to work as an e-sports gamer and excel at it. However, you're not very money driven and you do it for the passion.
Everything was looking up in your life you get engaged to your girlfriend/boyfriend, when straight after they confess that they cheated on your with your friend. It is your choice from there, where your story goes. Will you stay with your partner and make it work? Or will you call it quits and continue your life without them?
Traits:
Toddler - Inquisitive
Child - Socially Anxious (Use the loner trait if you don't want to download the mod)
Teenager - Geek
Young Adult - Goofball
Skills: Toddler: Thinking & Movement, Child: Motor & Mental, Teenager/Young Adult: Video Game, Logic & Media Production
Toddler - Thinking (5) & Movement (3)
Child - Mental (10) & Motor (5)
Teenager/Elder - Video Game (10), Logic (8), Programming (6) & Media Production (5).
Career:
Tech Guru - E-Sports Gamer Branch / Champion Gamer (10)
(Note: After getting your degree you will start off at level 7 of this career).
Colour Palette:
Goals:
As a toddler -
Meet best friend.
As a child -
Do your homework every night.
Do any school project given to you, with your parents help.
Don't have any friends other than your crush.
Finish elementary school with an A.
Argue with your parents about your differences.
As a teenager -
Become girlfriend/boyfriend with your crush.
Make friends at an arcade.
Start a video gaming club and meet at the arcade, at least once per week.
Attend Geekcon every time it is on.
Finish high school with an A.
As a young adult/elder -
Go to University and study Computer Science taking 3 classes per term.
Move out of your parents house to a dorm/student housing.
Become a captain in the E-Sports Competitor afterschool activity before leaving University.
Reach 1 Star Fame Level.
Get engaged to your childhood sweetheart.
Decide weather to stay with your partner or leave them.
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Generation 3 - Woohooing your way to the top
Story:
Growing up, you’re the complete opposite of your parents, sociable, outgoing and arrogant but your parents try to provide everything they can for you, that isn’t enough.
When you’re younger a friend invites you round to their home, you turn up to their mansion, shocked. This is it, this is what you want. You’re ambitious and super popular in school and you spend a large majority of your teenage life partying, you learnt your way around love very early and realized it’s incredibly easy to get what you want, when you are in someone’s bed…
After you finish school you get hired by this BIG SHOT Business, it’s your first day. This is it; you will be fabulously wealthy and everyone will know your name! Reality: You’re the runt. How can you run this joint? Get in the boss's bed, that’s how. There are 9 bosses above you and you woohoo with everyone of them to get promoted. Until that is, just before you reach the top of your career you get pregnant with the CEO’s baby! You’re certainly not going to tell them and risk losing the CEO position, a baby with the boss could ruin that. So you lie and tell them it’s not theirs, but you keep it, who else will continue your famous dynasty when you die?
You’re a terrible mother with no motherly instinct but you do love your child. You do not have time to take care of them, so you get the butler to take care of that.
Traits:
Toddler - Fussy
Child - Outgoing
Teenager - Lavish (Use the high maintenance trait if you don't want to download the mod)
Young Adult - Materialistic
Skills:
Toddler - Communication (5) & Mental (3)
Child - Social (10)
Teenager/Elder - Charisma (10), Logic (8) & Research and Debate (8).
Career:
Business - Management Branch / Business Tycoon (10)
Colour Palette:
Goals:
As a toddler -
Meet at least 4 toddlers.
As a child -
Meet another 4 kids & begin to make friends with them.
Meet rich friend and go to their mansion.
As a teenager -
Get a part-time job as a retail employee
Date "the popular teen".
Cheat on "the popular teen" with another teen.
Attend/throw a party at least every weekend.
As a young adult/elder -
Woohoo with your boss at every level of your career (you may need to make a boss in CAS and put them into the job above you using cheats).
Get pregnant with your boss when you're the CEO (level 9).
Only have 1 child.
Lie to the father and tell him the child isn't his using the Woohoo Wellness mod.
Reach level at least level 2 fame level.
Have had at least 4 failed relationships.
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Generation 4 - "Gay is the way"
Story:
You grew up feeling very lonely with the family butler as your primary carer, with a workaholic parent who prioritized their career over everything and not knowing your other parent. However, after your acceptance into a prestigious private school you find yourself meeting like-minded individuals that you bond with and form a close-knit friend group. One night you find yourself sharing an unexpected kiss with a friend of the same-sex. That one kiss ruins a friendship that you truly valued, leading you to believe that it had all been a mistake.
You graduate high school and move onto university to study Biology in the hopes of getting away from your parent and becoming a marine biologist. As a young child the family butler would always read you bedtime stories about the sea and the animals that lived within. This ignited your love and passion for marine life.
After graduating you move to Sulani to pursue your life-long dream. One day at work, you unexpectedly meet a perfect stranger, also a conservationist, and bond over your love for the ocean. You fall in love with this perfect stranger, get married and have children. A family. This should be the dream… right? Except it isn’t. Something seems to be missing, a part of yourself long buried. Eventually you are hit with the realization that whilst you love your partner… you aren’t in love with them. Fear and guilt over what could be ruined but no longer willing to deny yourself the chance of true happiness, you come out to your spouse as gay. As terrifying as it is you cannot force yourself to stay in a marriage, happy or not. You and your spouse deserve more. You file for divorce.
Is the divorce mutual with understanding and love? Will you remain friends committed to your family unit?
No matter the outcome you go on and fall in love once more, for the first time in your life being completely honest with yourself in what you seek with a partner. You and your same-sex partner go on to adopt a child into your family and finally… your family is complete.
Traits: Child of the ocean, good, faithful
Aspiration: Soulmate
Career: Conservation
Finish Sulani Clean-up (You will recieve a Mua Pel'Am Is Thriving Notification, when you complete this.)
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Generation 5 - "Parting is such sweet sorrow."
Story:
From the very beginning of your life, you valued the importance of having a family. You believe that biological and found family are one and the same. You’re a true romantic at heart and an all-round cheerful person, it’s no surprise that you are often found curled up enjoying the latest romance novel that you could get your hands on. The romantic interests in the novels set the tone for what you expect from your own romantic prospects. No gesture is too great, and you often spend your time daydreaming about what romance high school could bring. The time comes for you to attend high school, it is within those very school walls you happen upon your person that you wish to spend the rest of your life with. The books had it right. The sappy, passionate and emotional turmoil that is teenage relationships. You fully invest yourself into that person and the relationship, and they in turn return the sentiment. Despite the warnings from your parents to not set your hopes up too high, you know that this is your soulmate.
With the end of high school comes adult life, and not wanting to waste any time your partner gets down on one knee and asks you to marry them. With a delighted “yes!” you know the rest of your life is about to begin. Not long after moving into your new home you and your partner discover that you are expecting a baby. What should’ve been the happiest and most joyful experience of your life turns into your worst nightmare. Just before the arrival of the baby, your partner unexpectedly dies. The fairy tales in your favourite romance novels never covered this soul-destroying experience. Feeling utterly alone and heartbroken with an infant to care for. Your dream family has been shattered. With a child utterly dependent on you for survival, you decide to pursue writing to support your family. Becoming a freelance author is all you could have ever dreamed of, and yet you find yourself struggling to put words onto paper without your partner by your side.
How will you adapt to being a single parent and overcome the struggles that come with it? Will your novels become best sellers or utter failures? Will you ever move on from your lost love and marry again?
Change traits using retraiting potion to bookworm, gloomy and unflirty.
Work as a freelance author and get a part-time job.
Move into a TLC apartment.
Do not self publish any books until they're an adult.
Raise your child as a single parent until they're at least a child.
Reach level (10) writing skill.
Decide whether you will move on from your lost partner and love again.
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Generation 6 - "It’s a beautiful day to save lives."
Story:
“Where there is love there is life.” All you have ever been told is that the very root of life is love itself. Without love, life will never hold any fulfilment or joy or peace. Being raised by a romance author should have you believing in these very desires. And yet the biggest lesson you have learned is that where there is love there is great sorrow. The loss of your independent sense of self. Love should be the greatest challenge that brings the greatest rewards and yet when you think of love, you picture your single parent. Their anguish over their lost love. To never again feel entirely whole. You couldn’t think of a worse fate than to fall in love.
Growing up in the shadow of a deceased parent you never truly knew haunts your every step. To feel the absence of a person who never got to help you with your homework or give you dating advice, and to feel like you must step up for your parent and replace that empty space in their heart. You vow to yourself that you will never find yourself in that position. You will never fall in love. Having known just how short life can be, you intend to live your life in fulfilment of everything except love. After graduating university, you go on to become a successful doctor. Your career is very important to you, and you enjoy being able to care for the most vulnerable. However, a time consuming and high-ranking career cannot dampen your adventurous streak. One of your lifelong goals is to climb the highest mountain in Mt. Komorebi. As a non-committal sim you like to date around without exclusivity, generally with multiple sims at one time. One night you are attending yet another party and find yourself having unprotected woohoo with three different sims in one night, two of which are co-workers and another whom you met outside of your working environment.
Outside of work you’ve never truly cared about responsibilities and expectations, and the consequence of this lifestyle eventually catches up with you when you find yourself pregnant, with no knowledge to which of those three sims is the other parent to your child. You suddenly find yourself with a greater responsibility than you could have ever anticipated. After doing a paternity test to determine the parent to your child, you both must proceed on how to go forward. Does the other parent even want to become a parent themselves? Do they wish to be a part of their child’s life? And if so, what is the best route to take? Do you co-parent separately, or do you decide to give this family unit a chance and raise the child together? Is it worth it for your child to take a chance on love, despite having first-hand knowledge of what sadness it could bring? Or is the non-committal life what’s right for you through to the end?
Mod Requirements:
Shorter University Degree (4 Credits), Relationship & Pregnancy Overhaul Mod & Custom Traits
Traits: Adventurous, Determined, Outgoing, Party Animal & Non-Committal
Aspiration: Academic // Extreme Sports Enthusiast
Career: Doctor
Colour Palette:
Goals:
As a child -
Trait - Adventurous, Determined & Outgoing
Reach level 5 motor.
Have the rambunctious scamp aspiration.
As a teenager -
Trait - Party Animal
Go on 5 dates with 5 different sims.
Have 5 friends.
Have the Live Fast aspiration.
As a young adult/elder -
Trait - Non-Committal
Have the academic aspiration.
Always have an unnatural hair colour.
Go out and party at least once per week.
Get a Biology and Psychology degree, whilst living in a dorm and pay using student finance.
Take a vacation to Mount Komorebi.
Join the doctors career.
Meet 2 co-workers and have romantic encounters with them.
Meet 1 sim outside of work and have romantic encounters with them.
Have unprotected woohoo with all 3 sims in one night.
Find out you’re pregnant.
Ask sims to take paternity tests.
Decide whether you will co-parent the child or go it alone like your own parent.
Complete level 2 of the Extreme Sports Aspiration.
Reach level 10 Doctors career.
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More generations are coming as I play through the challenge myself and so are subject to change. Feel free to leave any suggestions or feedback!
IT'S HERE! I've gotten a few dm's asking when the Occults version of our challenge was coming out... Well, today!
You'll notice that for the first two generations there are two different graphics; that's because for those particular occults there are two drastically different aspirations, so we wanted to give you the option of whether your heir takes the good side, or the bad.
I know that we numbered them 11-16, but if you wanted to play these as a 1-6 you could do that too! We just wanted to incorporate these into our original challenge as if they were continued on from there.
I rarely play with occults even though I have all of the packs, so I'm extremely excited to share this point of the challenge with you guys (once I get there, lol). Below you'll find any links you may want! We hope you guys enjoy, and share your sims with us with #fruityoccults!
lol jk but seriously, guys, Hope Brooklyn and I decided that our challenge needed a little ✨spice✨ so we changed things up! Some generations are the same, some are completely different, and some just have a few small changes. The biggest one you'll notice is we changed Gen 3 from Lemon to Grapefruit and completely changed that entire generation and we're much more excited about this one than we were about the other lol. We FINALLY finished our occults portion of this challenge and wanted to release this beforehand for all of you! We are going to keep the other rules up (you can find them here) so if you like that version better you can play that one instead! Either way we hope you have fun playing our challenge and we can't wait to see your sims through #fruitylegacychallenge!
You can also tag us on instagram - Hope Hay Brooklyn
The Collection Legacy by @simzcoolstar! Graphics by me. I played around a lot with the layout but I really like how it came out in the end!
This 10 generation challenge will help you complete various collections throughout the game (some you didn't even know about!).
Here are the full challenge rules, which includes details on which packs you'll need for each generation. It looks like it was last updated around 2020 based on the packs used, so you can always add more!
Well, here we are again. I spent the last few days coming up with yet another Legacy Challenge for no reason whatsoever.
In this challenge you will create a pantheon of Gods and Goddesses, each overseeing a different aspect of life. Relevant mods and more info below the cut.
Relevant Mods:
Purchaseable immortality trait mod
MC Command Center
If you decide to take on this challenge, please tag me (I'd love to follow it) and use #mythoslegacychallenge.
A Disclaimer:
This is a challenge based on general tropes prevalent across many beliefs both ancient and modern. It is not intended to offend, insult or impugn anyone's beliefs. This is just a game based on a collection of historical belief systems.
hi loves. i’ve spent so much time trying to find a legacy challenge that interests me, and i stumbled upon this one on the forums. however, i decided to put my own spin on this theme, and create my own goals and rules. use the hashtag #greek mythology legacy so i can see your gameplays!!
also, feel free to bend the rules to your liking. if you don’t have a pack i mention, you can bend that rule, or you do have a pack that i don’t have that you think would fit, you can add that in however you’d like.
gens/rules down below or in this doc
edits because of @nom-de-plumbob her ideas were so much better than my og ones!
overall rules:
- you may only use free real estate cheats when you first start
- you can only move onto the next generation when you’ve completed all of the goals
- i recommend setting your life span to normal or long
- you can use any gender for any generation!
- you don’t have to actually name them the god’s name if you don’t want to. be creative!
- try to use their assigned colors in some way (clothes, hair, skin, house, etc!)
GENERATION ONE: ZEUS
god of the sky, king of the gods - white
you have had a rough childhood. your father was abusive towards you and your mother, which resulted in your mother taking you and fleeing town. the two of you settled down the snowy mountains in mt. komebri. she became very over protective of you, rarely letting you out and about in case your father ever found you.
traits: non-committal, ambitious, charismatic
aspiration: successful lineage
career: politician (politician branch)
goals:
have a weather machine
max out career
marry and have two biological kids with partner
have many affairs
have 3 other kids with different partners
live in mt. komebri
GENERATION TWO: POSIEDON
god of water, the ocean - blue
you grew up in a very competitive household. your father was a well-known and very competitive politician whom had many different affairs. you eventually grew restless of the competitive life and decided to move for a simpler life—sulani.
traits: child of the ocean, loves outdoors, erratic
aspiration: beach life
career: marine biologist
goals:
move to sulani when turn young adult
become a mermaid
discover rare underwater treasures
try to keep sulani clean
advocate for marine conservation
marry someone you meet on the island
have at least one kid with partner
GENERATION THREE: HERA
goddess of marriage, women - purple
this sim grew up living a very calm and collected life by the beach. as a child, they loved watching movies and love, which grew into a passion for acting. so, you fled the beachy town and went to del sol valley to achieve your dreams.
traits: ambitious, romantic, jealous
aspiration: world-renowned actor
career: actor
goals:
become a famous actor
marry a celebrity
get jealous and become a controlling spouse
live in del sol valley
have more than one kid
you should favor your other children over the youngest, whom will be the next heir
GENERATION FOUR: HADES
god of the underworld - black
you’ve always despised their mother as a child. your mother favored your sibling(s) your whole life, and always saw you as a disappointment and not being able to live up to your older siblings. because of this, you decided to go on your own, and live up to being a criminal.
traits: loner, materialistic, gloomy
aspiration: criminal mastermind
career: criminal
goals:
max out aspiration
reach level 10 in mischief skill
become enemies with 5 people
have only one child, and don’t be close with them
GENERATION FIVE: ARES
god of war - red
this sim grew up in a rocky household. you’ve always had a strong sense of patriotism and bravery, and you’ve always dreamt of going into the military. despite not wanting to follow in your father’s footsteps, you still have.
traits: athletic, hot-headed, ambitious
aspirations: athlete
career: military (officer branch)
goals:
achieve level 10 in the fitness skill.
start at least 5 fights with different sims
reach level 10 in the officer branch
have at least 2 children
GENERATION SIX: ATHENA
the goddess of wisdom - silver
you grew up in a very competitive household. you were definitely the outcast child, as you prefer to read books or play chess instead of working out. you move out when you become a young adult with little funds.
traits: genius, bookworm, perfectionist
aspiration: nerd brain
career: scientist
goals:
achieve level 10 in three different skills.
complete the nerd brain aspiration.
reach level 10 of scientist career
eventually travel to alien world with wormhole generator
if you have discover university: get physics degree
GENERATION SEVEN: APOLLO
the god of sun, light - orange
you grew up in a very close and loving family. growing up in an environment that fostered creativity and intellect, your mother always encouraged you with your talent: music. your mother’s guidance not only nurtured your musical talent but also instilled a thrust of knowledge and an understanding of music.
traits: art lover, outgoing, music lover
aspiration: musical genius
career: entertainer (singer or musician)
goals:
start playing instruments as a kid
listen to music often as a toddler
achieve level 10 in the singing/one instrument, and level 5 in the other instruments
complete musical genius aspiration
play on the street or at bars for money
if you have discover university: get the fine arts degree
become a famous singer or musician by writing songs and licensing them
marry someone who has the music lover or art lover trait
GENERATION EIGHT APHRODITE
the goddess of beauty, love - pink
from a young age, you found yourself entangled in the intricate dance of romance, captivated by the myriad emotions that love invoked. however, your journey was not without heartbreak. you, in pursuit of love’s beauty, experienced the shattering pain of a broken heart multiple times. yet, with each fracture, you discovered an unparalleled strength to mend.
traits: romantic, high maintenance, party animal
aspiration: serial romantic
career: fashion influencer (stylist branch) or social media influencer (internet personality)
goals:
have at least 10 romantic relationships in your life, starting as a teen
reach level 10 in charisma
as a teen, get the party animal trait
go to parties often as a teen/university student
reach level 10 in either career branch
achieve serial romantic aspiration
have children only from one night stands or blind dates
GENERATION NINE: HERMES
god of trade, travel - brown
your mother never really paid much attention to you and your siblings growing up. you lacked the guidance you needed, leaving you and your siblings to fend for themselves. your nasty habit of kleptomania started as a teen, from stealing your mom’s stuff to stealing items from public places.
traits: active, kleptomaniac, you pick
aspiration: friend of the world
career: astronaut (interstellar smuggler branch)
goals:
live in at least 5 different worlds throughout your life once you become a young adult
reach level 10 of astronaut career (interstellar smuggler branch)
attempt to swipe at least one item per day (or every other day)
befriend at least 15 sims from various ages
marry a co-worker
have only one child
GENERATION TEN: ARTEMIS
goddess of hunt - yellow
your days as a child were spent in the outdoors whilst your parents worked, and you have lived in multiple different towns. once you moved out, you decided to built a house on an empty lot with a small farm. your farm began to flourish, and you hound solace in the tranquil landscapes, surrounded by your family and your animal companions.
traits: loner, family-oriented, animal enthusiast
aspiration: friend of the animals
career: veterinarian
goals:
own your own vet clinic
as a child, befriend at least 5 animal
have at least 3 pets!
achieve level 10 in the dog training
you may never marry. either adopt or have a science baby only once.
10 Generations. 10 Different Heroines. 1 Legacy.
Welcome to the Literary Heroine Legacy Challenge! I’ve been itching for a good legacy to revive my love for the Sims 4, and I haven’t found one so I wrote one myself. I was inspired after reading Emma— the family dynamics, drama, and romance were everything I ever wanted in a Sims challenge. So I modernized the stories and adapted them to fit this game. Special shoutout to Designergirl81, who I met through MissLollypopSims’ Discord! The generations of Anne of Avonlea and Dorothy were their brainchildren. 💗
I designed each generation to reference a famous literary heroine. This is a very story-oriented challenge but feel free to bend, tweak, and change as much as you can! Sims Challenges aren’t meant to limit your fun. 😉
TL;DR: Play your own way while letting these rules guide your storytelling!
The official tag of the challenge is #TheLiteraryHeroineChallengeTS4. Have fun!
Check out the rules here or keep reading!
Basic Rules
Play on any life span you want but I recommend playing on Normal life span.
You are encouraged to play with female heirs. Of course, this is optional!
You are discouraged from using money cheats. Some generations have stories that are related to their social class— so try to stay true to the story as much as you can.
You can live wherever you want unless the generation states otherwise.
Feel free to customize each generation’s race and sexual orientation
Unless specifically stated, each generation has to finish their aspiration and career.
Even if most of these books are classics, I wrote this with a more modern take on it. You don’t need any mods or CC to fit the eras’ aesthetics— but if you want to, you totally can!
⭐ means there’s a recommended mod for this!
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Generation 1: Elizabeth Bennett
📚 Do not consider me now as an elegant female, intending to play you, but as a rational creature, speaking the truth from her heart. 📚
It is a truth, universally acknowledged, that all Sims 4 challenges must start with an heir. In this case, that’s you, which is surprising because everyone else in your life has decided that you are plain, especially when compared to your other two sisters. Lately though, you start to sense that you’ve been getting more attention from your neighbors. One particular Sim hasn’t been able to leave you and your family alone… and you don’t like them at all, not one bit. Well… maybe just a bit.
Aspiration: Successful Lineage
Traits: Family Oriented, Hot-Headed, Bookworm OR choose/roll for the last trait
Career: Journalist
→ Master the Writing skill.
→ Live in a rundown family home passed down by your parents with two sisters until you are married.
→ Have a negative relationship with a neighbor.
→ Reject a proposal from your work boyfriend.
→ Build a relationship with your neighbor after you reject the proposal of your ex.
→ Have a scandal involving one of your sisters that your neighbor supports you through.
→ Fall in love and marry this neighbor then move in with him.
→ Have two children.
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Generation 2: Emma Woodhouse
💗 It is very difficult for the prosperous to be humble. 💗
Growing up, you were always the sheltered one. Your father was very protective of you, and therefore never let you out of his sight. Of course, that didn’t stop you from becoming well-loved by the entire town. You were known for throwing the best dinner parties and befriending everyone your father and mother knew. Needless to say, this got to your head a bit. You weren’t arrogant, you were confident. In everyone’s eyes, you could do no wrong.
Well, everyone except your childhood best friend— who was never afraid to call you out for being a bit clueless at times.
Aspiration: Neighborhood Confidante OR Party Animal
Traits: Self-Assured, High Maintenance, Music-Lover OR choose/roll for the last trait
Career: Romance Consultant or Lawyer
→ Master the Charisma and Piano skills.
→ Host at least 5 gold-star dinners.
→ Have a childhood best friend who’s a bit older than you. For example: When you’re 17 (end of teenage years), they’re already 20 (start of young adult years). *
→ You can’t have good friends who are your age until your childhood best friend ages up into a young adult.
→ Make a new friend that you treat like a “project” until you two fall out. Choose if you two will reconcile in the future.
→ Profess your love to your childhood best friend during a heated argument.
→ Marry your best friend and live with your mother and father in your childhood home until your parents die.
Have one child.
*It goes without saying to only get with your childhood best friend when the two sims are both young adults 🙂 No super uncomfortable age gaps, please.
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Generation 3: Scarlett O’Hara
✨ “Tomorrow, I’ll think of some way to get him back.” ✨
All your life, you grew up spoiled. Your mother and father were so in love, and you almost expected to have a story as romantic and easy as theirs. However, when your high school flame elopes quickly with someone else right after graduation, you start to spiral. No longer able to get things your way, you begin to self-sabotage and jump from relationship to relationship.
Deep down you know you should stop and smarten up but frankly, my dear, you don’t give a damn.
Aspiration: Soulmate— you fail this
Traits: Materialistic, Genius, Jealous OR choose/roll for the last trait
Career: None until your divorce then become a Manual Laborer + Barista
⭐ Recommended Mods: Healthcare Redux Mod, Extreme Violence Mod
→ Don’t master any skill.
→ Have a high school flame who elopes with someone else.
→ Elope immediately with someone else. Have them die tragically.*
→ Marry another person quickly who you have bad compatibility with. Get negative romance with them right before they pass.*
→ Marry a third time. Have them catch you in a compromising moment with your high school flame, which leads to a divorce that leaves you with nothing.
→ End up working two part time jobs to keep your household running.
→ Have 4 kids with your 3 husbands (you can cheat for twins, if you want).
*You decide how they die. I recommended having mods like the Healthcare Redux and Extreme Violence in your game for realistic roleplay reasons— but if he gets tragically eaten by a Cowplant that works too! 🙂
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Generation 4: Jo March
🧾 “When the first soreness was over, she could laugh at her poor little book, yet believe in it still, and feel herself the wiser and stronger for the buffeting she had received.” 🧾
Growing up was not easy for you. Your childhood was incredibly unpredictable with your mother jumping from relationship-to-relationship. And when things started to stabilize emotionally, you ended up in poverty. Luckily, you had your siblings to cling to, and a passion for writing that’s unmatched.
You wrote a ton of things across different genres, except for romance which you didn’t quite understand. In fact, everyone always expected you to be a little woman, not rough or wild, but you knew in your heart that’s not what you were destined to become.
Aspiration: Best-Selling Author
Traits: Creative, Unflirty, and Ambitious OR choose/roll for the last trait
Career: Author
⭐ Recommended Mods: Writing Career Overhaul, SNB Banking
→ Master the Writing and Logic skills.
→ Be best friends with all of your siblings.
→ Start selling short stories as a teenager to help pay the bills.
→ Get a best friend in high school who professes their love to you during graduation. Turn them down. Optional: Have them marry one of your other siblings.
→ Move away to the city to focus on your writing. Always send 30% of your income to your mother until she dies.
→ Due to a tragedy in the family, adopt a child of one of your siblings.*
→ Win a Starlight Accolade for one of your novels.
→ Never marry but live a fulfilling life.
*They are to be the next heir to preserve the bloodline. You can adopt more if you want.
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Generation 5: Anne Shirley
📖 “I believe the nicest and sweetest days are not those on which anything very splendid or wonderful or exciting happens but just those that bring simple little pleasures, following one another softly, like pearls slipping off a string.” 📖
You were adopted by your aunt and lived a happy childhood. Despite being surrounded by family drama, you never let it dampen your spirit. You struggled with social cues and caused mayhem wherever you went— of course, that never stopped you from making your voice heard. You were, afterall, raised by someone who was never afraid to make a point.
However, unlike your aunt, you always longed for romance. You always imagined big declarations of passion— but perhaps it’s time to learn that love creeps to one's side like an old friend through quiet ways.
Aspiration: Academic OR Soulmate
Traits: Romantic, Socially Awkward, and Loyal OR choose/roll for the last trait
Career: Education Career
⭐ Recommended Mod: Education Overhaul
→ Master the Research and Debate skill.
→ Have a childhood enemy that you become best friends with in high school.
→ Go to University and study Language and Literature.
→ Fall out with your best friend while in University.
→ Start dating someone you meet in University but break up right after graduation.
→ Get a job in the Education Career and write on the side.
→ Reconnect with your former best friend and realize you love them.
→ Get married to your best friend.
→ Retire from the Education career and become a freelance writer in your twilight years.
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Generation 6: Nancy Drew
🔍 “I don't promise to forget the mystery, but I know I'll have a marvelous time.” 🔍
Every bedtime, your mother read you stories that she and your grandmother wrote. Among all of those, it’s your grandmother’s mysteries that impacted you the most. There was something so thrilling about being a heroic, fearless woman who helped others out.
Because of this, you gained a bunch of friends who loved you very deeply. With their support, you grew up as a well-known detective who can solve any case. It was a fun life, but you eventually settled down in Henford-On-Bagley to have a family of your own.
Aspiration: Friend of the World
Traits: Generous, Nosy, and Outgoing OR choose/roll for the last trait
Career: Detective OR ⭐ Zerbu’s Simvestigations Mod
→ Master the fitness skill.
→ Be close friends with both your parents.
→ Have 2 best friends who are either your roommates (Discover University) or live in the same apartment complex as you (For Rent) for your entire YA life.
→ Get engaged to someone you meet on-the-job.
→ Before marrying your fiance, go on a trip to Selvadorada with your 2 best friends and explore the Jungle Temples.
→ Settle down in Henford-On-Bagley and have a farm life of your own.
→ Never move away once you settle in Henford-On-Bagley.
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Generation 7: Dorothy Gale
🐶 “If we walk far enough, we shall sometime come to someplace.” 🐶
Growing up you knew that there was more to the world than what was outside your own backdoor. Afterall, your mother was a famous detective— if she went on her own adventures, why can’t you?
With her and your father’s support, you spend your young adult life traveling. You made some great friends along the way (and even some loves), but eventually you start to wonder if there is no place like home.
Aspiration: Local Aspirations— complete at least two
Beach Life
Mt. Komorebi Sightseer
Fount of Tomarani Knowledge
Traits: Adventurous, Dog Lover, and Loves Outdoors OR choose/roll for the last trait
Career: Any Freelance Career
⭐ Recommended Mods: SimNation Travel, Home Region
→ Have a dog that goes everywhere with you.
→ Live in 3 or more worlds during your Young Adult life.
→ Make 3 best friends that each teach you a valuable life lesson.
→ After making your three best friends, use reward points to add the following traits: Brave, Savant, and Incredibly Friendly.
→ As an adult, realize you miss your family and return home.
→ Have a long distance relationship with the father of your children.
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Generation 8: Wendy Darling
🌟 “She was a lovely lady, with a romantic mind and such a sweet mocking mouth. ” 🌟
You grew up waiting. First, for your father’s seasonal visits… which eventually stops when you become a teenager. Next, for the opportunity to leave Henford-on-Bagley to pursue your dreams of becoming an actress. And finally, for your first love, a man who refused to propose to you, no matter how long you waited for him to.
Eventually you grew tired waiting and decided to grow up. You married a sensible man, had a child, and gave up your dreams of becoming an actress. Still, you held on to the dreams of your first love and end up reconnecting in a night of passion that leaves you pregnant with his child. Realizing that he’ll never grow up, you decide to dedicate your life to your family and husband.
Aspiration: Master Actor/Actress - you fail this or the⭐ Housewife Aspiration (after you marry)
Traits: Perfectionist, Proper, and Cheerful OR choose/roll for the last trait
Career: Actor/Actress
→ Master the Parenting skill.
→ Have a distant family dynamic with your father who never lives with you.
→ Join the drama club and meet your first love. Optional: He has the childish trait.
→ Give your first love all of your major romantic milestones.
→ Lose touch with your first love when you move to Del Sol Valley.
→ Marry a man you’d consider as sensible. Have one child with him.
→ Have a one time secret affair that results in another child.
→ Dedicate your life to your children afterwards.
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Generation 9: Alice Liddell
🐰 “It would be so nice if something made sense for a change.” 🐰
There were times you felt like you never truly belonged anywhere. While everyone at home lived and abided by your parents’ rules, your head was always in the clouds. Sensibilities and propriety were never in your vocabulary, much to the disdain of your father and the rest of your siblings. Still, you were a free spirit that could never be controlled.
After moving out as a young adult, you fell in love with cooking and mixology. You also met a group of misfits who were as different as you. Every Sunday, you’d host special “tea” parties with them, that broadened your worldview and made you realize that the world gets curiouser and curiouser with each passing day.
Aspiration: Master Mixologist or Master Chef
Traits: Clumsy, Foodie, and Childish OR choose/roll for the last trait
Career: Culinary Career
⭐ Recommended Mods: Basemental, Grannies Cookbook, Open Love Life
→ Master the Cooking and Mixology Skills.
→ Have a juice/nectar hobby on the side.
→ Have a club with people who have weird or eccentric traits.*
→ Fall in love with someone with the Erratic Trait.
→ Host “tea” parties every Sunday in your own home. ⭐ Optional: Use the Basemental Mods and have your Sims get high on dope/drunk on alcohol during the tea parties.
→ Dye your hair a different, brighter color.
→ Live in a quirky and colorful house.
→ Befriend a rabbit who you talk to constantly. Name them The Mad Hatter.
→ ⭐ Optional: Be in a polyamorous relationship with Romantic Boundaries OR the Open Love Life Mod
→ Have two children.
*You decide what weird and eccentric means.
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Generation 10: Countess Ellen Olenska
🎨 “The real loneliness is living among all these people who only ask one to pretend.” 🎨
You appreciated your mother’s lifestyle. You saw the world for what it could become, and not what everyone wanted it to be. However, you worried about your younger sister. You saw her innocence and wanted to protect it. When you turned into a young adult, you moved away and took your sister with you to start anew.
However, life was not always easy. Straight out of teenhood, you married someone from a different city and had a tumultuous relationship with him. You separate with him and continue to care for your sister. You’re able to provide for her through your paintings, which also brought you a lot of fame. When she grew up into a Young Adult, she formed an attachment with a man that… intrigued you.
She married him. This kept him in your life, but made it difficult for you to ignore your feelings. One night, you find yourself alone together, and you must make a choice: stay with him and break your sister's heart, or leave forever to give them peace. You have a price to pay either way— we can't behave like people in novels without consequence, can we?
Aspiration: Painter Extraordinaire
Traits: Gloomy, Art Lover, and Family Oriented OR choose/roll for the last trait
→ Master the Painting Skill.
→ Become a Level 3 Celebrity with your paintings.
→ Marry someone who isn’t your soulmate straight out of high school. Have a negative relationship with him before separating. ⭐ Optional: Only temporarily separate with him using the RPO Mod.
→ Be best friends with your sister.
→ Become soulmates with the partner of your sister without consummating the relationship.
→ When you’re an adult, invite your sister’s partner over, and make a choice— woohoo together and break your sister's heart, or end the emotional affair.
→ If you woohoo together - Tell your sister the next day and become enemies. Name your child after them.
→ If you end the emotional affair - Move away from your love and get back together with your ex-husband. Die without having your own children.
In honor of the new pack, hellohopesims and fruitysimsy present: the Struck By Love Legacy💞
ETA 25.JUL.2024: GEN 10 IS HERE! We had a few requests for a version of generation 10 that doesn't include new items from the pack, and while we usually would just say "Use your best judgement,"
...We did it for you anyway ;) We hope you guys enjoy!
The general rules are the same as always, (find them here, and the Fruity Legacy here) and don't forget to have fun!
use the tag #struckbylovelegacy to #showusyoursims!
We're around if you have any questions/concerns/comments!! If you need help swapping a trait you don't have out for one you do, feel free to reach out, too!
I hope you have as much fun with this one as you did the fruity legacy <3
xx,
Hay + Hope
