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Creating NPCs + CAS challenge - Day 2-6

I am horrible at doing challenges everyday, I also couldn't care less as long as I have fun, so I merged a couple of them.

Family #1: His name is Aba Tutu. Fun fact: it's the name of a famous Dutch cat actor (insta). In hindsight this could also have been the color challenge, but accidental doesn't count. High society kind of guy. I can see him living in San Myshuno and throwing lots of bubble blower parties and zen happenings.

Family #2: the Browns. I have made so many single color sims in my life, but never brown. So I started with brown-lover mom, who loves horses. She owns a horse called Prince. Then added the bald dad, a country singer-song writer. The hat reminded me of Ryan Bingham's character from Yellowstone, so I took some inspiration from him. I imagine the couple got together at art school. Together they have a child who's really into horses as well and who is their parent's little princess, obviously.

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Creating NPCs + CAS challenge - Day 1: simself

Meet Maria Elise. She is my simself who is now a townie in my forever world. As I hate seeing sims walking around with my exact name, I chose my baptismal names: Maria Elise. It's my dream to have a ragdoll cat and take him to school with me (and be the coolest teacher ever teaching with a cat hanging around my neck) I made her a ragdoll named Philip (I love old people names).

In order: everyday, cat, formal, party, hot and chilly (the scarf should be silver and green striped (hello fellow potterheads haha)).

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Make-over: BFFs

I was already thinking about this, but now I have done it. The BFFs are officially part of the Goth household as their staff. I love the irony of Summer Holiday, the most cheerful spirit of Willow Creek, cooking, cleaning and dressing the most gloomy sims of all time.

Despite the uniforms I think I managed to keep all of their spirits alive, I'm especially pleased with Summer's signature blue socks.

On the right you can see the side entrance that leads to the staff space and house-kitchen, which was inspired by the staff space of the Russell's from HBO's 'The gilded age', marvelous series that I can recommend to all!

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Another makeover: the Landgraabs

I really wanted the Landgraab's to contrast the Goth's. So I gave them lighter and brighter colors, while still having an old-money rich kind of look and feel. They're less eccentric than the Goth's and in my story they're not royalty, their old money comes from the landgrabbing business, so a business-look seemed more appriopriate. Don't tell them, though, because they obviously think that they are the rightful owners of the crown and throne.

Nancy still has her signature orange (yay), but without looking like she stepped right out of 2014 and Geoffrey still has that cozy, dopey feel, but this time I can take him seriously. Or at least as seriously as we can when a detective has no clue that his wife is a crimeboss.

Malcolm is very much the young dandy, living off of his parent's money like it grows on trees and not really caring with his suit undone (according to Nancy) and messy hair.

Johnny Zest got kicked out by his family (probably Nancy) when he decided he wanted to become a comedian, so he can basically do as he pleases now. I just think he'd never be able to shake off his fancy pansy rich-boy upbringing entirely. So I still made him look fancy, put together and expensive, but with a little expressive twist: brighter and more colorful than his relatives.

CC used: yes, but not for their everyday wear