Hi everyone!! Over the weekend, I was watching youtube movies and watched Bridget Jones's Baby and it was hilarious and oddly enough resembled the story I am curating here on simblr. I thought it would be fun to recreate the movie poster of it obviously credits to them. I made these poses with a vision and a dream... I really liked how they came out! I hope to start posting again this week.. I really miss my sims. I've been too into my other games (ask my friends like..) Guys the slump is real. I hope everyone's doing good!! Im excited, I can't wait to be more active again. This is definitely giving me the motivation!!
WHEEL OF FORTUNE - a legacy challenge by yours truly ✨
read the rules here!
wheel of fortune is a nightmare legacy where you get to spin a wheel for every generation's assigned set of skills! i wanted a legacy where i wasn't bound by too many rules, so this may be fun for the low attention span girlies like me 🙋♀️ i'll be posting my updates under #wof legacy and #lazybones , and would love to see anyone else's posts too if you try this!! ok bye x
(also if you have any suggestions, questions or amendments pls feel free to message me or send me an ask!!)
Hello dearies, quick tutorial because the fabulous @ruthplaysthesims asked me how I did this in my last chapter, and I realized it might be helpful to share with everyone. Shout out to @thebramblewood and @aheathen-conceivably, who I am pretty sure showed me how to do this the first time around (sorry if my elder millennial brain is remembering this wrong, lol!).
I’m not an actual comic book artist, so if I’m bastardizing some of these terms, I’m sorry! The effect I’m talking about is when you want the panels (individual images or scenes) to overlap on your page. Like this:
A few things before we start:
I’m working in Canva Pro and using the background remover tool; however, you can also create this effect using the polygon lasso tool and masking. I’ve done both, but I think Canva is probably more accessible for most people.
My “pages” are 1080 X 1920 px, and I find I can fit about 3 images comfortably, depending on how I'm layering things.
Do background remover tools technically use AI? I think yes (don't quote me), in the sense that they are artificial intelligence, but they are not genAI. You're not scraping anyone else's writing or art. Back when I first learned Photoshop ::cough cough 20 years ago cough cough:: I was taught to do this with a green screen, lol. TLDR: This kind of digital photo editing tool has been around for a long time. Also, can I be a nerd for five seconds and say check out the Science and Media Museum's digital exhibition on the History of Digital Photo Manipulation? Ok, I'm done, I promise.
1. PLAN IN ADVANCE
Boring, I know, but hear me out. I think of this effect as a narrative tool. It’s great for action sequences, when I want to show off motion, or make the reader feel like a bunch of things are happening all at once. If I have a general idea of which shots will be overlapping, and the order I want them to be in, it’s easier to make sure I’ve framed the main subject correctly so I can make the effect without crying.
Here are the three shots I used for the page above. The first thing I do while taking screenshots is make sure that there is lots of dead (ha) space around the main subject (I have no idea if this is what it’s really called). I think of dead space as any area of the image boring enough that I don’t mind covering it up with something else.
The “boring” part is subjective and mostly based on the vibes of whatever scene I want to create. In this case, I care more about the zombies than the background, so even though that church is pretty eerie, I don’t care about being able to see it.
LAYOUT YOUR IMAGES
The next thing I do is lay these images out while keeping the dead space in mind so I can figure out where and how I want each panel to overlap. Generally, I find I need at least one panel as a base layer that doesn't overlap anything else, or the layout gets too busy and therefore confusing. Usually, it's the first panel on the page, but not always.
Here, I can already see that the dead space for the top two images is on the same side. It’s not “wrong,” but I want this scene to feel like zombies are bursting out of the ground and coming at Wolfgang, Darling, and Morgan from every which way. To fix this, I’m just going to flip the center panel horizontally.
In thinking about my scene, I realized that the zombie ballerina should be walking towards Wolfgang, Darling, and Morgan, not away from them, so later I flipped her too. This is not an exact science! I always end up playing around.
Alright, so next, I position the first two images so they overlap approximately where I want. I’m going to end up with some white space. Don’t worry about it, we’re actually going to need it in a minute.
Once I’ve got the top layer pretty close to where I want it, I resize the image so it fills the white space, and then I duplicate it.
REMOVING THE BACKGROUND
We’re almost done!
If you’re using Canva, you can press the Background Remover button to remove the background of the image you duplicated. As you can see, I ended up with a cutout of your primary subject (zombie butler) that I can use to overlap with zombie grandma.
Sometimes it looks a little off-center or creepy, especially if you moved your mouse while doing it. Don’t worry, that’s an easy fix. The important thing is not to duplicate your image until you’ve resized it, because then you’ve got to be a lot more precise about making the images line up and do a bunch of annoying resizing after the fact.
Next, I’ll just temporarily move the cutout to another area of the image and crop the original image so it’s no longer overlapping zombie grandma. After that, I simply move the top layer in place, make sure it lines up with the OG image, and voila!
You can also do this with the polygon lasso tool if you’re working in a more traditional photo editing program. In this case, you follow all the same steps, but instead of using the background remover, select the polygon lasso tool and use it to isolate the areas of the background you want to mask out. I’m doing this in Behance, but honestly, it should work in most photo editing programs.
It takes a little longer, and you’ve got to do more of the adjusting yourself, but it’s not terrible. I’ve sped this up a smidge, but really, it took me a few minutes. And I’m not super precise about it. The scene is already dark, and the human eye is not going to catch every tiny imperfection.
The rest of the effect is just my own embellishments. I like to add some motion lines and descriptive text. I usually pop in a white line to make the “gutter.” I move it behind the top layer, which makes it sort of feel like the main subject is bursting out of the panel.
You can use this same method to add all sorts of effects. The vampires with their red magic energy? Literally, this exact same process, only I put a haze of red smoke in between the base layer and top layer.
Welcome to The Midnight Hour - a time when mysterious creatures of the night revel beneath the darkened skies and pearly moonlight. This Sims 4 legacy challenge will take you through 10 generations of storybook-esque occult gameplay!
General Rules:
Max the skills listed and complete all the gameplay goals.
Reach the top of your career.
Each generation has two aspirations. Switch between them during gameplay in order to complete both unless otherwise specified.
Normal lifespan is recommended, but you can play on any lifespan you want.
Cheating for money is allowed (although not recommended).
Do not cheat for skills or goals (unless you encounter glitches/bugs in which case please be my guest and cheat).
Use the hashtag #midnighthourlegacy to share your gameplay.
Notes:
Each generation has a CAS, build, and gameplay specific challenge.
Most packs are needed to play this challenge in its entirety. I urge you to change up any rules or goals to suit your own gameplay and whatever packs you have.
As occult gameplay is often lacking, I highly recommend playing with mods/cc to enhance your gameplay. Always download and add mods/cc to your game with caution.
Disclaimer:
There may be some issues with completing certain goals in this challenge due to the already existing lore in The Sims 4 where certain occults do not get along with one another (werewolves and vampires hating each other upon meeting, also fairies disliking spellcasters and vampires). If you have any issues please feel free to send me a message on tumblr @jasminesilk so I can update the challenge accordingly.
Credits:
Special thank you to both @queenmabsim and @lilacacia for reading over these rules and helping me iron out the details. I appreciate your insight and suggestions so very much!
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DO NOT edit the original document or request to edit it. Please create your own copy if you would like to make your own notes/adjustments.
hear me out, i know the mermay is over but maybe someone wants some mermaid lore
river mermaids have streamlined bodies - narrow shoulders and torso, muscular hips and long tailfins to swim against the stream
antarctic mermaids are chubby, because they need a lot of fat to keep warm, with short necks and wide torso
tropical mermaids are lean, fast, and very colorful
deepwater mermaids are pale, almost translucent with visible veins, have big eyes, wide mouths and sharp teeth, overall kinda creepy
lake mermaids can have very different body shapes, but they are colored in greens and browns to camouflage themselves among weeds, driftwood and shadowed areas
What pisses me off the most about there being early access content for paralives is the fact that it’s an INDIE GAME. it’s not a multi million dollar company like EA. It’s an early access indie game and some of you are so fucking greedy for cash that you wanna profit off of it? We already have to deal with this shit in the sims like the community is fucking infested with it and now you wanna do this to paralives when they literally told us that we’d always be getting updates for free???? Loser behaviour. You’re a loser
Reminder that Paralives is a FRESH START, so let's make sure that paywallers and early access folks know they are not welcomed. This behavior is not accepted in the vast majority of other gaming communities, they don't tolerate this behavior and we don't have to either. JUST SAY NO.
We will shape the paralives community together, so let's make it a great place to be for everyone.
ps. Here's an avenue to submit your feedback and thoughts on the topic. Reminder to approach with respect. https://www.paralives.com/gamefeedback
💌 ever started a new save where you just want to build and build, and not have to deal with any of the pre-made lots? I decided to make a clean master save where all lots are empty and none of the pre-made families exist. perfect for starting your own save file from scratch or if you just want to build
While I'm keeping my WCIF open due to an increase in malicious links being sent to me and others, please dont to hyper link back to the original post.Please send pictures of the post Or sent the raw url.
Due to safety reason i cannot respond to hyperlink asks , thank you very much <3
reblogging for visibility, as it seems the malicious links are being sent to a few people - i just received one myself.
a few simmers have been receiving wcifs with hyperlinks from old & generally inactive accounts. usually, this would be no issue as we love to share where to find our favorite content! but a few too many of these links have been phishing links. it appeared as a link to one of my posts, but to be safe, I ran a URL analysis of this one, which identified the link as suspicious.
if you are looking for content and need to send a WCIF to anyone, i would recommend following kyu's suggestion - send a picture of the item!
