hii I just wanted to say I love your sims !! and I wanted to ask how do you make the realistic skin overlays not look so alpha and still show the maxis skinblend underneath?? do you somehow lower the opacity of them?? (ik some ppl use color slider mod but I don't see the option to lower the opacity of the skin blendss) sorry if this doesn't make sense and im asking to much <33😭😣
hiii !! honestly, achieving a maxis yet realistic skin base can be done without even using the color slider mod. 〜 i personally don't use the color slider mod because nearly all of my skin details use composition method 3, meaning they blend with the skin color and therefore are incompatible with sliders. with that, it all comes down to how you layer your cc
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inspired by wooldawn. i always use this to kick off skin layering before i go ham + flicks of a tweaked blend i like to use of esotericas' piltover skin ↘
・ forehead crease: i almost always start with picking out a thisisthem alpha overlay! this plays a huge role in adding 'realism' by establishing values, creating imperfect textures, and subtle features. ⟢ sort layer 1800 ・ mouth crease: i apply some kind of skin blend to smoothen/matten out harsh details (usually shadows) to provide a subtle maxis feel. ⟢ sort layer 2300 ⤷ some cc recs: mocha | miiko kit #1 | miiko kit #2
applying masks to focal areas like eyelids, nose, & lips are essential whenever i use alpha overlays 〜 see my resources