#my settings

[uptownlowdown]

hi @patrochilles-or-bust! answering this as a regular post since asks destroy the formatting on my tutorials 🧡

so you're spot on, i usually start with a semi-nude base sketch of my character so I can understand how their clothing will fit onto their frame.

i sketched all of yvette's outfits in red, with the initial base sketch at a lower opacity so i can see what i'm doing. i then add/cleanup my lineart, erasing the parts of the body that are hidden behind her clothes.

once i'm happy with the lineart, i drop my base color (usually the character's skin color) under the lineart and use clipping masks for the clothes/hair/etc on top!

(while i have them laid out in a row, i definitely recommend putting your layers all on top of each other with the base layer locked if you care about the outfits being totally seamless and so you don’t accidentally move the character. i am lazy when it comes to this and prefer working horizontally even if it means it’s not seamless lol)

i prefer to keep things as simple as possible with flat colors and no shading bc doing this multiple times for different outfits can be arduous lol. but tbh this method can work for any rendering style

however, i loveee playing with patterns and different materials! for example: yvette’s nightie is chiffon and semi-see through. so instead of lowering the opacity on her pjs layer, I used a textured airbrush as my eraser for total control over what parts are see through.

i've never been good at animation, so i keep my gifs very basic. one or two outfits on each layer, then setting the animation frames per second to 1, (or even 0.8 if you can get away with it) set to loop and it should work!

NOTE: i make the GIF ONLY when im at my final step and know theres absolutely nothing else i want to change on the character! believe me, its a gigantic pain in the ass to start making it and realize something isn't colored in or doesn't look right!

i hope this made sense!!! thanks so much for asking and please let me know if you have questions :) ❤️❤️❤️

[laderniereluciole]

— cherry blossom icons ♡

[jefkphotography]

My indoor, at home, photocamera settings (no flash):

-shutter speed: 100

-aperture: 8.0

-ISO: 400-3200

Lumen, lux, light amount around 5000-12,000

My outdoor photocamera settings:

-shutter speed: 100-200

-aperture: 8.0-22-32

-ISO: 100

My outdoor photocamera settings for when something is moving fast or quit fast:

-shutter speed: 500-3200

-aperture: 8.0

-ISO: 400-3200

[plumbob95]

apologies if you’ve answered this because i’m on mobile, what settings/cc do you use for your sims? the hair especially looked so pretty in your erin kennedy video!! thank you

Hi Nonny!

I'm so glad you thought it looked good. I have very few CC things in my game which I will link but there's not really any reason it looked so good. All clothes and hairs are expansion and stuff packs. So there is no default replacements for hair or clothes other than the skin.

The CC I have in my game is NRAAS Master Controller, Stand still in CAS, and my default skin.

My settings are -

Thanks for your ask nonny! Hope that helps!

[miirshroom-art]

“Mouse”

[mrs-kusatta]

I hope this will help you :o

(Anon Request! Sai Settings)

[artistalyway]

Overview of Painttool Sai - Part 1

(I did a quick overview of Painttool Sai a while back, sorry for a bad audio and quality, but hopefully this helps anyone looking into using this program! Make sure to see Part 2 as well, since my brother walking in caused me to stop the video halfway~ >v>” )