#withdrawnheart

[studiohousepet]

I absolutely LOVE your Jyn painting!! I was hoping it was okay for me to bother you about art tips because I was struggling with palettes with mixed colors for realistic portraits and you make it look so effortless (affectionate) and flawless. Would you ever consider recording your process or providing wip images of the general steps you take (like sketching, base color(s), and then like tips for building on it)? Thank you so much for sharing your art it is absolutely gorgeous 😭😭🥺

Thank you so much!! It’s absolutely not a bother at all <3 I am not great at explaining, so I’m sorry if I blabber on/say things that are obvious!! I also have a tutorial here, that’s a bit more organized, plus its another limited palette!

Just fyi, I use the app Procreate on the ipad!

Time lapse

Sketch

Here’s a wip image of very early on! I use at least a basic grid system for all of my longer portraits, I just have a dreadful fear of getting facial features wrong. And grids/reference photos are absolutely not cheating. I see some of those takes sometimes, it makes me cringe. There are piles and piles of the greatest artists of all time using both of these, there’s nothing wrong with us using them either!

Color Composition

I start out by blocking out the face and clothes on separate layers and making clipping masks for them, then just picking all the colors I have and mixing them together. Right now I just want to see what the options are! When I’m laying out where I want things to go, it’s helpful to keep in mind general color principles. Cooler colors work great for shadows, they sit back further from warmer ones. So I already know I want the blues for the shadow, now I just have to figure out where to put all the warm colors. I tried a couple different looks (reddish vs yellowy orange on the face for example!), and picked my favorite. You don’t have to exactly stick to it! I couldn’t find a spot I really liked for the red orange until about halfway through.

Rendering

So I am so bad at explaining things, I repainted a section of her cheek to try to illustrate my render process! I start out by laying down sections of color with the flat brush, trying to get a nice gradient from dark to light. Then, I use a combination of the oil brush and smudge tool to blend those sections together. If you don’t use Procreate, I think any brush with intense blending with a nice texture would work just as well!

Thank you for reading! <3 I want to say that I don’t think my way is the best/only way to do this, and I’m still figuring these out as well! ^.^

[mdpthatsme]

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Like his sister, brother, mother...friend Gwen.  I got a lot of blondes in my game, which is actually one of the reasons I decided to create this drama XD

Ignore the ability to grow hair instantaneously in the sims. Here’s her side-by-side.  I did dye her brows too because the blonde just looked strange.  Some how she no longer looks related to the Munsons huh?

Saturday July 24, 2021 at 11:45 AM Central Time US, everyone had their pitchforks at the ready, but quickly dropped them as it was confirmed that Corey did indeed like Lola’s hair.

Thanks bestie ♥

Just them dang earrings left.

She doesn’t fit into any of my neighborhoods either, but it’ll be fun just to have her as a random townie.

I usually try to color coordinate his outfits to his tattoos, but this outfit was just on point. 

Malfunctioned for about an hour according to Nik XD

[mrs-mquve-cc]

withdrawnheart

 “Hey Fia! Can you tell me where I could find the necklace Laegrinna in...”

I thought digital perversion was the old garden of shadows?

It was the old URL, but there was a site way back when with the same name and I’m pretty sure GoS existed then, so I’m guessing they’re somehow related?

[deedee-sims]

Trying to find replies I haven’t replied to

nekosayuri replied to your photo “And the (kinda requested) Briony / Graham pinup posters are done!...”

Hot damn :!

I didn’t know I needed pinup posters in my life :P

withdrawnheart replied to your photo “And the (kinda requested) Briony / Graham pinup posters are done!...”

wcif Bri's poses? especially the last 4

Huh, that’s a tough question XD The last one is definitely by Janita. The fifth is by MayPink (reuploaded here). I think the base of the third is also from this posebox, but I adjusted both arms. The fourth is heckin adjusted, I think it started as one of the poses from the MayPink one too, but I changed both of the arms and legs and spine and head, so it doesn’t look like the original at all XD

julietoon-sims2 replied to your photo “Frilly Dress - a mashup (+ top only) And it’s done! I’m not 100%...”

Love your frilly dresses <3

Thank you so much! <3

taylors-simblr replied to your photo “Frilly Dress - a mashup (+ top only) And it’s done! I’m not 100%...”

Cute <3 and I was going to suggest those shoes, but I thought they might not be your thing, so I didn’t and now I’m really happy you picked them, they look great :3

While you’re right, it’s not exactly my thing, but I think it fits this dress quite well! And I’m going to use the top only version anyways :P Thank you! :D

[esotheria-sims]

Reply-A-rama

With lots of really belated replies, as is the custom.

@immerso-sims​ replied to your photoset “What’s in my Sim’s bag backpack? I was tagged by @sims-influence -...”

Dang, Gabriel can fit a lot into a backpack! Then again, as you've mentioned, he happens to be a wizard, so all is possible. I might do the tag after I'm back from my summer no-posting hiatus. :)

Well, sims canonically have inventories that can store an entire room’s worth of furniture in them, so I reckoned a magic backpack wouldn’t be such a big stretch of the imagination. :D Besides, he probably doesn’t need to pack all that hotchpotch into his backpack... some things (like the med kit and the tent bag) function as storage spaces on their own, and some of the bigger stuff (like the shovel and the machete) can just be attached to the backpack externally (most campers’ backpacks have special straps for that sort of thing, don’t they?)

Have fun on your break! :) And don’t worry about the tag, Tumblr won’t go anywhere. :)

@nekosayuri replied to your photoset “What’s in my Sim’s bag backpack? I was tagged by @sims-influence -...”

That's A LOT of stuff XD

Keyword: magically extended backpack. :D But real talk now, those are all the worldly possessions he owns right now, poor sod; if you take that into account it’s really not that much stuff.

@shastakiss replied to your photoset “What’s in my Sim’s bag backpack? I was tagged by @sims-influence -...”

what the heckie this is so cool

Thank youuu. :D Probably less cool is the fact that I completely forgot about GoS’ Treasure Hunt deadline because of these pics, yikes! D:

@simblu, replied to your post: 

Interesting read.

Why thank you. ^_^ I was lowkey afraid that the post would end up being tl;dr, but I’m glad that isn’t the case.  

@sunflowersummer replied to your photoset “Here’s the latest of Wyvern’s Bay’s ‘location’ community lots...”   

This is incredible!! 

@withdrawnheart replied to your photoset “Here’s the latest of Wyvern’s Bay’s ‘location’ community lots...” 

i love your game aesthetic so much ;w;

@eulaliasims replied to your photoset “Here’s the latest of Wyvern’s Bay’s ‘location’ community lots...” 

So much atmosphere! Lovely work. :D

@marioneves2 replied to your photoset “Here’s the latest of Wyvern’s Bay’s ‘location’ community lots...”

Looks great!

First off, allow me to say a big heartfelt THANK YOU to all of you who commented on the graveyard photoset! <3 I know I take goddamned ages to reply to comments and even when I do get around to it I’m usually at a loss for words, but please know that I read every comment and appreciate them very, very much. <3

And now for a few individual replies...

charlotkas-simblr replied to your photoset “Here’s the latest of Wyvern’s Bay’s ‘location’ community lots...”   

This looks so gorgeous😍 I tried to build autumn cemetery on the hill and I failed, yours looks so good, and the atmosphere gives you chills just by looking at screenshots🙈

I appreciate you saying that! ^___^ The secret is that the ‘hill’ was already there, I simply picked a part of the hood that had very steep terrain and placed my lot there. :) All I had to do was build the fence and plop down some tombs and greenery. :)

princess-arystal21 replied to your photoset “Here’s the latest of Wyvern’s Bay’s ‘location’ community lots...”

This is beautifully done :).  I love Celtic artwork in general, and this has a wild, spooky look to it.

Thank you, that was the intention! :D And I agree, Celtic art is absolutely beautiful! I’m glad I managed to capture some of that aesthetic in my lot. ^__^

[rented-space]

Hi, I know this is from a reallyyy long time ago, but where can I find the black lacy top from post/118191153701/veranka-4to2-ruched-party-dress-bottom-only

Hi! The top is by trapping and it can be found here! (Thank you so much, @digitalangels for the re-upload =3= <3)

[crispsandkerosene]

Okay this is probably a hella dumb question and I am sorry if you answered it but it is regarding to your sliders (thank you for making them btw!) if someone doesn't have the sliders, will a downloaded sim (from BS with sliders) look the same for someone who is not using them? I hope that makes sense and isn't too stupid lmao

Don’t worry, it’s not a stupid question.

It doesn’t matter if the person downloading your sim doesn’t have the sliders. The face’s 3d model in ‘packed’ in a sim when you save it.

[memento-sims]

Where can I find the guy sim's hair in your slider post with the ear plugs?? I need it! He's so pretty 😍 it would also be wonderful if you uploaded him 😳 Thanks for your creations and your time!

Hey! Hair is a conversion by Rented-Space of a TS3 mesh called Bedhead. I use these recolors.

Oh, I believe I already uploaded that sim once? But anyway, you can get them here. Didn’t include any CC besides the skin and eyes since all my downloads are renamed and you could end up with duplicates. They will appear on the female bin btw. 

You’re welcome and thank you!