#sillycaterpillars

[dancemachinetrait]

hello! so this might be a weird question and i'm not really sure how to word it but how do you do your patterns/recolours on your historical (1910s specifically) gowns? i've noticed you use the same mesh for those gowns in particular and i wanted to ask how you make that pattern on the gowns that make them differ, or if you know any tutorials? i've been struggling on figuring out how to create the patterns/seems/accessories on my own cc and your designs are just gorgeous!

hi! well spotted, i do indeed use the same mesh for most of my 1910s clothes. if you’re interested, it’s the long white dress that came with the islamic update. 

i’m not sure what you mean by ‘that pattern’ but i do have a relatively straightforward method of making seams! i make all my textures in GIMP so unfortunately i don’t know how this works with any other software.

step 1: i use the rectangle tool to highlight the section where i want the seam to be. the side of the rectangle that’s down the front of the dress is where i want the seam to be.

step 2: i select the dodge/burn tool, make the brush fairly small and set it to ‘burn’ (makes things darker, idk why it is called this). i use the brush to draw a line right down where the edge of the selected area is. because this is the edge of the area selected, this will leave a nice crisp seam line.

step 3: i invert the selected area (ctrl + i), so now the selected area is everything but the rectangle. i now set dodge/burn to ‘dodge’, make the brush very small, around size 2, and lower the opacity. then i do the same thing again- draw a line right down the edge of the selected area.

step 4: unselect the area (ctrl + / on my keyboard) and you’ve got a seam! i sometimes soften the edges of the darkened area with the heal tool. if the seam is too dark you can try doing it again with a lower opacity on the burn tool, or if it’s too light you can repeat step 2.

as for patterns and accessories, there’s various things i do. often I go through textures of EA CAS items and look for textures to use- a belt buckle, a button, or sometimes lace or a pattern. More recently I’ve started drawing my own patterns based on historical examples.

one useful trick is using the textures of wallpaper or rugs as fabric! Most of the skirt patterns for my Priscilla outfit are taken directly from EA wallpapers.

if there’s any item in particular you want to ask about, let me know so i can be more specific x

[deadlymodern]

hey my dude, just wanted to say your builds are mwah, the beauty👌🏻🥺 but also where do you place them? in particular the more community areas like the pub and fishermen’s corner because they look quite big and there are only so many worlds with big lots that have similar architecture?

Aw thanks, I really appreciate that! 🥺

I’m not gonna show too too much because I don’t want to fully ruin the suspension of disbelief in my story (if it isn’t ruined already lmao) but yeah, here’s where I put these lots:

For community lots, I like to build on large lots and create a whole ‘set’ (full street, market, road, square, whatever) or use smaller lots and try to blend in with the environment. But I don’t aim for a perfectly blended surrounding too much on my gameplay.

 As long as I can go on the lot, feel immersed and have some safe angles for shooting, I don’t care if the edges are a bit wonky. You know?

In this, I could’ve used a few more rocks to attach to the building so it looks as though it was build on the coastal rocks etc. But yeah, it’s fine hehe. 

Hope this helps x

[dzifasims]

hey!! this is kinda weird and specific but wcif the hair and flower set in your profile picture?

they’re both from acanthus-sims’ robe polonaise set which is here

the hair is a MM recolor which is here

[sims-and-pixels]

hiii! i absolutely adore that dress vivian wore in your most recent! where can i find it?

Hey! I thought you might :) the dress reminded me of your Sims! (Which is probably why I picked it for Vivian in the first place haha.)

You can find the dress here!

[crazy-hazy-sims]

hiii!! so i was really inspired by your post about how to dress muslim sims and just general information about the islam religion and i just wanted to ask if you know any good lookbooks for muslim sims?

hey first of all thank you so much for getting inspired and being open to trying out new things!there isnt alot of hijabi look-books out there but i found some good ones :

1 by  Desire Anne Gaming 

2 by  HBCU BLACK GIRL

3 by alainas-sims ( thou she makes a mistake in one of the outfits by showing the chest area but its fixable by using an undershirt the rest of them are fine)

4 by  Damarys

5 by  alainas-sims ( you have to scroll for this one and she does the same mistake in one of the outfits but its still good )

i am gonna be re blogging any Muslim / hijabi look-books that come up after my post too hopefully there will be alot! 

i also will be making one soon hopefully just gotta sort some things out so stay tuned! hope this helps! 

[applesaucesims]

where can i find charlotte’s adorable hair from your most recent? it’s so cute oml

It really is! It's this hair by @birksche and I've actually had it in my game for ages but only used it now for some reason.

[smallcowplant]

hi! i'd like to ask where i can find the spear that wug uses in your rebooted history challenge?

hi! answered this right here!

[vintagesimstress]

hiii! i’m not entirely sure if you do wcif but i just wanted to ask where i can find the hat that jadwiga was wearing in your most recent?

Hi! I think I do, I just never specified it ;). That’s one of Rusty’s hats, called Lady of Hat; you can find it HERE. I just have to mention that I edited it slightly to make it hat slider compatible; the original isn’t, so it might clip!