Hey Yuxi, I know someone already mentioned this, but I thought it couldn't hurt to check again. Those three sims you recently uploaded, well an error 509 pops up on dropbox. It says they are generating too much traffic or something to that effect. Could you please re-upload them when you get the chance. Again, I'm really sorry to bug you with this; just was so excited when I saw you shared these pretties!
Hi Avelexi, I know - I thought I'd fixed it last week but the host I chose has a user/small bandwidth limit apparently :(. For now, all my stuff can be found on my OneDrive here. I'll fix the links on my Dreamwidth soon.
Wall: Holy Simoly
Floor: Gelydh
Mat floor: Dreamfall extract by me
Door: Wideopeneyes
1.
Mirror: IKEA SP
Cube tables: Steffor, own retexture.
Peacock mirror: Ja (based on Cassandre's photo frame)
Crystal chandelier: Babbye Sims (page 49)
Wall poster: Mesh by Adele, recolour by Romantic Roulette
Wall lights: Around the Sims
BAGS
Rilakkuma plastic bag: Adele retexture by NooraRasha
Backpack: Blackypanther mesh, Omer retexture
White bag, light pink bag, hand purse: Adele
Green bag, pink bag, bags in the background: Cassandre
Brown classic bag: Around the Sims
2.
Most of the products: Cassandre
Pupa makeup items: Yuliya
Nail polish: 8-3 (girl's room set)
Perfume and make-up items: Kativip
3.
End table, bed: IKEA SP
Candelabra: Peggy
Rilakkuma plushie: Peggy
Rilakkuma pillow, Choconic bag: Peggy, seperated from bed/wardrobe meshes by me.
Piglet: EAxis
Pig plushie, Nintendo DS: 8-3 (Antiquity & picnicset_pleasure)
Bed blanket: Mesh by ImpishParody/Jonesi, cloud fabric by OhBehave
Wall socket + cord: Najimu2 (Rising Sun set)
Manga: NooraRasha
Ottoman: NANU, own black recolour.
Pile of clothes: Suza
Curtain: Mesh by Mummysim, retexture by UW at GoS? This is probably right under my nose but I've no idea where!
Window: Guatla
4.
Ceiling crystals: SimCredible (Crystal Illusions kitchen)
Rolling curtain: Sims in Paris (not sure who made this white recolour)
Rilakkuma plushie: Peggy
Wardrobe: IKEA SP
Socks: Suza
Photoholder: ModernSims, retexture by me.
iPod: Toddfx
Pink laptop: Minanna
5.
Pokémon cards: KunoichiKatie
Poster: EAxis retexture by me.
Rilakkuma: Peggy again
Shelf: Adele
Lamp: IKEA SP
Skipping 6, on to 7.
Pillow, table: Cassandre, table retexture by animefemme.
Radio: Sims2Sisters
Thermos, cookies: 8-3, NooraRasha retexture
Rilakkuma crisps: Omer
Trash can: Billyjean
Pink flower: Nemestnaya
Kokeshi dolls: Extracted game mesh by lmhwjs, retexture by Higanbana
Mug: Yuliya
8.
Lucky cat noren: Mesh by tkangie, retexture by me.
Planter: Mesh by Adele, retexture by loverat.
Wall socket: Living Dead Girl
For MissTiikeri, Ninjabelle, Esotheria and other long man hair afficionados: Five Peggy F2M conversions. They work for all ages and textures are a blend/mix of the originals + my own. Some have more colours than others, so feel free to retexture and whatnot. More coming soon (excuse the lazy previews, game is giving me vertigo).
- Peggy Jan12 F2M
- Peggy 7883 F2M
- Peggy 5702 F2M
- Peggy 6250 F2M
- Peggy Dec11 F2M
Anon suggested more modern clothing for my Encore thingy, especially for the lads, so here's another one of those semi-formal outfits (made by pulling vesttiebaggy through the grinder). Works for AM/Everyday-Formal, has both morphs, and included is an additional mesh for Tenshii's smoother hands, as always - delete one or the other.
Download here (TS2 only)
ETA: Defaulted by lemonlion!
Here's a short walkthrough/guide thingy of how I edit a sim shot. I'm not sure how helpful it is, but I hope there's something in here that you will find useful! If you want me to elaborate on something, feel free to ask.
Here's what I'll be doing:
Yeah no, doesn't do it for me. Outside lighting is terrible, and the background and pose are boring. On to take two:
Hmm no. Mayad's skin and hair have cool undertones, and the warm red/gold wallpaper makes him look really washed out.
Ouch. Be careful where you position your lighting sources, or else they'll cast unflattering blocks of shadow on your sim's face. Here, Mayad is surrounded by a bunch of electric lights that are too harsh. Something subtle would be better:
Mayad is a cave elf, so my little makeshift set is a cave ruin. For light, I have three candles with gentle yellowish light, plus one electric ceiling light on the left to cast a shadow on the right part of his face. Here's the shot I'll be editing:
It's a little dark, but that's fine. First of all, I made a duplicate layer and went to Filter > Blur > Blur. This softens the harsh lines a little bit. Add a layer mask to the layer or just take the eraser, and erase the part of the face, otherwise the pretty texture, along with the little freckles and all, goes lost.
Next up is the smudge tool on a new layer. Basically, I'll just correct all the pixellation and little graphical errors, in particular the jagged hair strands and strange lip contours. For cleaner lines, I might instead paint over this if I had any talent in that area, but I don't, so smudging it is. ;D
Blurring the background now on merged duplicate layer, using Blur More and Box Blur. Using two layers so it looks gradual and subtle.
Next up, adding some shadows. I just take a new empty layer on multiply on a low opacity, and add some shadow where it should be, like where the hair is falling over the face and where the clothing sits on his neck and chest. I suppose I should be taking the light source into account and all that but...mhmm. Moving on!
Time to roll out the red carpet for my good friend Lighting Effects on a new merged duplicate layer. (Not sure what the mode I used is called in English. Something like Crossed Down perhaps?) I like the interesting contrast this filter gives, but it's usually a bit too harsh for me. I've erased some parts of it, like the points where the shadows are too dark and create a line, and where the highlight is too harsh.
New merged duplicate layer, playing with Dodge and Burn. I highlighted his eyes, nose, lips and eye corners some more using the Burn tool. Subtly, though, so he doesn't get a greasy mug.
I'm bothered by the yellow sheen of the candles, so to correct that, here I'm using 'auto color' (or auto level) on a merged duplicate layer and lowering the opacity. This messes with the contrast and colours. Again, adding a layer mask and erasing everything but the face.
The whole thing was a bit dark, so I gently upped the contrast with Curves using the filters in the Layer tab. Next, I made a merged duplicate layer and flipped it horizontally. This can make you spot things that aren't anatomically correct. In this case the left upper lip still looked a bit strange, so I used that good old smudge tool again to nudge it into shape.
Flipping it back and adding some finishing touches. This is the end result. The Photoshop bit took me about 15 minutes, which is usually all I have patience for, but it does what I want so for me it's good enough.
