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So, if you are anything like me when painting horses, either in a paint program or some kind or straight inside CAS, then you kind of obsessed over details and making it JUST RIGHT.

Some tips to make your horses look better:

1. Make sure you paint going with hair growth. If you add markings, particularly spots, then it doesn't look right unless you follow the direction of how the fur grows. I added images to this post for some guidance.

2. Make use of references, not just real horse images of the color and pattern you want, but use other creators tips and suggestions!! SchrodCat uploaded a guide a long time ago for where things end up when painting the uv map.

3. Take advantage of other creators ideas by studying their painted horses compared to your own and start experimenting on how to make the same thing happen. This does not mean steal their work, it means take it as inspiration!

4. Dont always just wing it. Sometimes it's fun but most of the time it tends to mess everything up, because despite everything, horses do actually have rules for their shades and patterns and if you don't follow them then it ends up looking funky weird. (I suppose fantasy horses are different but I dont dabble in that area at all!)

5. Do your research. Not all horses can be all colors. Base colors of a horse are always chestnut, bay, or black. Anything else is a dilution or gene that interacts with the base coat to create a different color. A great resource for horse genetics and understanding them is UC Davis. I swear by them. (I kind of loathe etalon, they release a lot of contradicting research but to each their own i spose.) Try not to take everyone's word as gospel when it comes to horse genetics. Research on it is constantly updating and changing, so even if a friend tells you something about a coat color- it may no longer be correct insofar as genes go.

6. Dont take it so seriously. Have fun. Experiment. You don't grow your talent by being stagnant. And I don't know about you guys, but I have to sometimes do weirs things in my painting in order to grow or learn more. I get stuck sometimes and when that happens I go to YT and just... lookup different things about how to paint hair or fur or shading. I even go and watch random photoshop tutorials that have nothing to do with horses or the sims. It helps refresh my perspective.

I hope these tips help! I'll probably fiddle around with making a hair growth chart for the horse uv map. I have yet to find one, so I'm gonna make one. When I do, I'll upload it.

Bee Happy 🐝

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Zebra Stencil Pack V1 & Zebra Stamps & Brush Pack V1 are HERE!

Go see my entire post on my Patreon for more information as well as download links. But yes, after two weeks of work and a brief respite from it all, I've finally finished the Zebra project. It was frustrating but super fun and I'll never do a zebra again, at least I don't plan to. Go download it now and let me know what you think!

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Goodbye For Now!

It's with a heavy heart that I write this post and post it across my Social Media. I have thought about this again and again, over and over for the past few weeks as things in my life have taken a turn for… not necessarily the worst, but a lot busier. I do not have the time I used to have or the energy to dedicate to any Sims 4 Communities or creating content like I had hoped.

I had just started learning how to do CC and Recolors were my next project when all of this just sort of hit. It isn't anything specific, it's everything at once that has just got me entirely too stressed and thinking in a million different ways that I end up feeling guilty for not paying attention to Sims 4 and it's Community.

My life is incredibly stressful right now with my physical and mental health being impacted heavily. The emotional toll alone is heavy and hard to process due to various things in my life that I don't wish to discuss, nor do I wish to make public. Thank you all for being wonderful and understanding about this.

Most everyone I have met here since late 2023 has been amazing and though there are a few bad eggs, the greater majority far outweighs it! I will miss it and all of you and learning/creating CC. I cannot promise to never return but I also cannot promise I will.

So for the most part, what I am doing is bidding you all a See You Later!

I will be keeping my Patreon open as well as my SFS available for my downloads. You may always message me on Patreon if something breaks or needs a look at, but I cannot promise when I'll be able to take a look or update things.

As for the community I helped to build with Salt over in Sims Equine Haven, I also apologize because it just started to take off and I am so so sad I won't be able to a big part of it. But my life and my health - mental, physical, and emotional - must come first.

Remember to BEE HAPPY and Take Care!

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In the words of Curly, the new owner of HoFa - "I have always (and for ever will be) opposed to using AI to replace creative jobs. In an ideal world we all would spend our time as creatives and removing the human from that process just makes for uninspiring, stolen, and cheap work. That's just to name only a few of the many issues AI has. I have always (and for ever will be) opposed to using AI to replace creative jobs. In an ideal world we all would spend our time as creatives and removing the human from that process just makes for uninspiring, stolen, and cheap work. That's just to name only a few of the many issues AI has. "

I love this. Because it's so true about AI. Thank you Curly, for your very true and inspiring words.