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500,000 Downloads! WOW!
I am again very shocked to find that I finally crossed the 500,000 mark! Wow... all this in less than a month... so far, this has been my best month and quite shocking really is because I submitted very few creations this month but still.. wow... my eyes are popping out of their eye sockets!Thank you so much to all those who have downloaded and/or commented on my stuff, and to all those who inspired me to keep on creating! I am sooo happy!
Now, if my calculations are correct, I need 400 more creations and 5 more months before I reach the biggie million... hmmmm...
LOL
Until then, be sure to watch out for my upcoming offers!
Happy Simming, Thank You, and God Bless!
Alyosha
Decision--A long post, but stay with me...
I've decided to fast track my Manor House Collection. Based on the poll I conducted several weeks ago, it seemed most people wanted me to work on other projects while slowly completing the Manor House Collection.However, I've started feeling like there are fewer and fewer simmers in the community and the game has lost some of its steam. I still love creating, but I see the writing is on the wall here: the game's popularity has been on the decline.
Maxis has already begun work on The Sims 3, and I don't want to take another 8 months to get the MH sets out when I don't know what the simming landscape could look like by then.
SO, the two projects I would have worked on (a kitchen set and a window companion set to the Pedimentary doors), will now be placed on the back burner while I focus all my energy and talents on the MH sets.
I have that one mini-set made up of the unsatisfactory pieces from the MH Parlor set, but after that, I'll be releasing the first of the Manor House Collection sets (which I believe will be Garden set).
I'm still dealing with school and work and everything else under the sun, so I cannot say when the first MH sets will appear, but it definitely will be in the next few months.
=]
Bedroom Poll Results
Enough of the bedroom poll! It's too lengthy and I've already gotten more then enough responses to give me an idea of the answers to the two real questions in it (the first two being set up to get you thinking about your bedroom-creating habits before answering the second two).And the results are (sorted by result)...
Which of the following do you almost always include in any bedroom, whether or not it's part of a matching set?
Bed (Duh...)
84.02% (142 votes)
End Table
64.5% (109 votes)
2-Tile Dresser
44.97% (76 votes)
1-Tile Dresser
40.24% (68 votes)
Chair
34.32% (58 votes)
Desk
26.04% (44 votes)
Bookcase
24.26% (41 votes)
Toy Box
15.38% (26 votes)
Easel
5.92% (10 votes)
Chess Table
3.55% (6 votes)
Which of the following do you most frequently find yourself wishing was included as part of more bedroom sets?
1-Tile Dresser
50.3% (85 votes)
Chair
40.24% (68 votes)
Desk
33.73% (57 votes)
Single Bed
31.95% (54 votes)
Bookcase
31.36% (53 votes)
Double Bed
28.99% (49 votes)
2-Tile Dresser
28.4% (48 votes)
End Table
27.81% (47 votes)
Toy Box
18.93% (32 votes)
Easel
9.47% (16 votes)
Chess Table
7.69% (13 votes)
American Football Jerseys Set 6
I've been asked many times to make more American football jerseys so here is my sixth set of four jerseys, all by request, for the following teams: Detroit Lions, Indianapolis Colts, Kansas City Chiefs and St. Louis Rams. My previous 23 jerseys can be found here: American Football Jerseys Superset. I will be updating this shortly to include the new jerseys.
As usual, these jerseys can be worn by adult and young adult males and use a standard Maxis mesh so they are base game compatible.
Civil War
Next due out: a slightly flawed Confederate Hat (with one backwards badge, due to an unfortunate mirror-imaging on the mesh). Still, I hope it helps all you eager Civil War re-enactors out there...Free Sets for March
My scarf set (Ulkrhsn Set 16) and a teen clothing set (Ulkrhsn Set 4) will be free until March 24th. I hope you all enjoy it in your games.
I'm off in Wonderland...
Working on Chapter 25
I worked on chapter 25 most of yesterday. I have it fully written and half of the pictures done. Unfortunately this week is going to be hectic at work with real strict deadlines so I'm not planning anytime to work on it. And my weekend is full of real life events. So in the worse case scenerio I can do work Friday night but I can't promise anything. Thanks you everyone for being so patient! Here's some pics:
Cassandra talks to Dina about why she locked herself in the bedroom.
Celeste and Cassandra play chess while discussing strategy.
For fun:
A dance break for Dina and Cassandra.
Dina makes a funny expression.
poll results and new Set
Here is my lated poll results Question: Who is your favorite Bollywood actors? John Abraham 21.13% (15 votes) Abhishek Bachchan 7.04% (5 votes) Amitabh Bachchan 12.68% (9 votes) Hrithik Roshan 8.45% (6 votes) Saif Ali Khan 12.68% (9 votes) Shah Rukh Khan 21.13% (15 votes) Vivek Oberoi 5.63% (4 votes) Arjun Rampal 8.45% (6 votes) Another, please write it in my guestbook 16.9% (12 votes) My Actor Set John Abraham coming soon
Question: Who is your favorite Bollywood actress?
Gayatri Joshi 9.86% (7 votes)
Kajol 12.68% (9 votes)
Kareena Kapoor 16.9% (12 votes)
Rani Mukherji 7.04% (5 votes)
Amisha Patel 12.68% (9 votes)
Aishwarya Rai 25.35% (18 votes)
Sushmita Sen 7.04% (5 votes)
Preity Zinta 15.49% (11 votes)
Another, please write it in my guestbook 15.49% (11 votes)
I will be removing (Temporarily) all sets with broken MESH links
As the subject line says, I will be removing all my sets which currently have broken MESH links. This is only temporary, and when the MESHES come back online, I will repost all the sets with the new links. This will cut down on the confusion with certain sets.This will mostly be affecting Car Paint Job sets. All of Tre Zillah's MESHES are currently offline, and Monkey's as well, so I will temporarily remove the Paint Job Sets associated with their MESHES.
I hope this helps, and makes things a bit easier when browsing through the items. :)
Sorry I had them up so long. I had them working again but they were down again soon after. I was also hoping for a quick recovery on the MESH side of things, but unfortunately, it will be a bit longer than I was hoping for.
- Agent 420
Hatari Lodge
For Texture Challange 72 Atwa serverd African textures, so I'm workin on an African lodge hall. All the time I have the film Hatari in my head...John Wayne, Hardy Kr�ger, Elsa Martinelli...and the cute little elephants...
10 Million
Thank-you! Thank-you! Thank-you! I can�t say thanks enough! I have reached a milestone at TSR and I owe it all to you! I have over 10 million downloads of my creations.
When I submitted my 1st creation on October 23, 2004 it was just a way to kill time while recovering from the flu, LOL! Well, I have not had the flu since, but I did discover a passion. I love creating objects for the Sims 2 game!
In addition, creating for Sims 2 has allowed me to be part of the Sims Community and the opportunity to meet a lot of wonderful, creative, and supportive people. Thank-you!
Carolyn
Oasi Living Room Recolor
I've also done one final recolor for the day, and that is of the Oasi Living Room by Norbi N.! I am surprised at myself today! I uploaded 28 new things today, and currently have 30 items pending!!!
Dirca Sofa Recolors
I am just getting down to work today! Recoloring seems to be coming a lot easier than any of my previous endeavors, for sure! So, look out for all kinds of new things coming out soon!
Tropical Patio Recolors
As you can see, I'm working on some recolors of sim_man123's Tropical Patio set, and waiting for them to be uploaded and accepted! Hopefully it will happen soon, so I can have some new sets for you all to download! =)
Backlog
I currently have three items pending. Two outfits, and one community lot. The one outfit has been pending since the 16th, so hopefully, soon, someone will pay attention to the problem and every thing wiill be approved. Thank you for your patience,New Stuff!
Hey Guys,I know i have been a little slow of late with not many updates. But i'm here to tell you that there will be some more from me in the next week. I have been working on some stuff today that i just need to take my screens of and then upload.
I am hoping that my Internet problems start to get sorted soon too. My Internet has been slowed at the moment as it says i have gone over my Usage. I've recently started playing Second Life and i have a bad feeling that it is because of that that i have gone over my limit. Answer: to increase my Plan. I have gone upto the next plan which means my Usage doubles. So hopefully that will also help my other Internet problems.
Anyway enjoy my updates and sorry i have been very slack lately.
Thanks for all the comments you guys have been leaving me and sorry i have been slow to reply. I'll get there.
Hugs
Louise
Four Seasons Bedroom
After the Beach Bedroom fiasco I tried my hand at recoloring bedroom 5 from Stylist Sims. I've made four recolors representing the four seasons. First up is Winter. I hope you'll have as much fun with them as I had recoloring them!
My TSR forum thread - check out, please!
Hi to all!Well, I finally decided to show my houses at TSR forum!
If you're interested in - check this thread, please:
http://forums.thesimsresource.com/showthread.php?p=3642710
I'll be so happy if you leave a comment here. Want to know whether do you like this simple style or not :)
1 of 15 pics:
I'm Back!
A little early, but that's alright. I will start uploading again very soon!Finding things to do...
When I start swapping featured content around my minisite page, it's usually a sign of something else gone wrong: either a distinct lack of creating ideas, or lack of a creating PC! This time it's the latter. My PC has disappeared for a little upgrading holiday (it's innards are being transferred to a new case approximately the size of my 'Terbaine Towers' high-rise block of flats so that the searing-hot graphics card can stop being so asphyxiated by all the stupid wires entwined around it (and for anyone thinking of buying a PC where the power supply sits at the BOTTOM of the case, be warned)! So, now that I cannot play The Sims, create for The Sims or do anything else Sim-related (I can't even download anything on this donkey of a PC I'm using now because there is no writable media drive - bah). I'm hanging on in miserable desperation to TSR to at least feel close to Sim things. And yes, you may well think this is very sad. So do I, and there we all are.
But I DO have new things coming your way soon (March). The swings (mentioned in my last novella) have been fully tested with a perfect result (and yes, the Maxis swings are still in the game too), so they're queued up for release, but I also have, by request, four new ceiling tiles for our very own Judi (JSF Designs) to match some very lovely wallpapers she's made.
And a brand new set of Alpine Windows - made for Illiana who needs some suitably triangular windows for her spectaular mountain lodge so I decided to give those a shot. The whole set will allow triangles of any size, with even and odd-numbered window widths possible - totally versatile in a range of colours (and with matching doors and rectangular windows too). There will also be a very short and easy tutorial for those of you wondering how windows have been placed directly under that gabled roof! Illiana already knew how to do this, but in the hope that I am not the ONLY person in the world who didn't know how, this beginner's tutorial will show you how. Note that the technique doesn't work in the base game only though, so if you can, grab an expansion pack if you want to use windows directly under roofs!
Toddler Box Car
Finally a new uppload. I have been busy with real life problems lately. I am very happy to fianally have this car ready. The toddler can drive a little forward and then back and gain mecanical skills while playing. I made the drive animation myself.
Hair Recolors
Alright! The hair recolors are finally released! Thanks to everyone who is downloading them! I'm aware that no one really knows about me, but that's alright. Maybe someday they will, hehe.I'm going to be working on releasing another recolor of that same hair, this time in a whiter version instead of the gray one that sim_man123 already has on it. So, be looking out for that!
Preview for kids clothing
This is a preview of a little set for girls I'm currently working on. I still have to do some changes at the animation of the new mesh, but the preview is finished. :) I will upload it in the next week.
Business Themed Prints
She's alive! Yes, I do apologise for the unannounced sabbatical - I've been making a lot of changes to my personal life and unfortunately, my Simming and creating has taken a bit of a backseat. But fear not, I have not completely abandoned the Sims community. :)I've decided to get started on a little project I thought of when creating my business concept flags last year - business themed prints. Hopefully these items will fit in well with your community and secret lots, particulary with the new Freetime EP coming out next week. To start off this week, a set of 4 retro salon prints, which I unfortunately never got done for the SA Retro Theme in November so here they are now, better late than never.
Publish date is tomorrow, Sun. Feb. 24'08.
Whats upcoming next?
At the beginning of this week I was looking at my page. Realised I did create a lot of nice dresses & outfits for teens, the sweet little toddlers and girls. Shame on you Dirtdevill, you nectlected the poor little boys you spoiled the girls! He, he, lol! But anyway, it's just like I told you, there's not so much to "shop until you drop" at my page for the boys. So I decided to change that with a some fine new creations. This upcoming week I Welcome you all to the BoyzZone! Submitted today...
Retiring ...
Yes, it's true .... I am retiring as a Select Artist ... but I am not leaving TSR! I will still be uploading things now and then (probably quite a bit through the summer when I am on vacation) ... so nothing much will change.Soo HAPPY - I'm a SA
Did you noticed the little silver icon next to my creations, which appeared on Feb, 19th? What o you think now? Yes, you're right, i'm a SA right now and i'm really happy about it... soooo happy^^And i just wanted to say thank you to the people who made this possible, at first ulkrhsn and minzie for their help whenever i've questions, who don't care about how stupid my questions are :D
Secondly, i want to thank all the the people who write tutorials! Here at TSR and everywhere on the Internet! Without you i would not knowanything...
Last but not least thank you all who download my clothes, give me feedback or just nice words, which are a huge motivation to me :)
I wish you all the best,
tschib^^
Over the top happy! I'm a SA!
Hey guys!It's a real honour to be a SA. I am more than excited and happy... I log in like 10000 times a day to TSR, my favorite drug, and when I did today something was weird, then I saw all the warm comments and kind words in my GB. I realised: I'm a SA! Since I started to submit here I have always looked up on the SA's and FA's and could only dream to become one of them. I want to thank everyone for their support (especially Hiedi and Karie who were by my side from the start) and I can't wait to stand up to my SA title. I hope you'll enjoy my work from now on too!
THANK YOU! THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
Contemporary Kilts
This set was made in response to a request for a bottom-only contemporary kilt with boots, such as those worn by Placebo's Brian Molko. Finding a suitable mesh was a bit tricky, but thank you Rachel for tracking down GavlasCK's Pyramid Head Sim mesh. Although it isn't the perfect shape for a kilt, I think it worked out pretty well in the end. Here is what I came up with.
There are four kilts: tartan, jungle camouflage, plain black wool and denim. They come with four base game compatible Maxis-based co-ordinating tops so you can mix and match. All items are available for adult and young adult males.
Update
Lots of things have changed since my last set was published. Not only did I finally upgrade my computer (motherboard, processor, RAM, and graphics card) so that it will finally stop crashing every five minutes when I'm not just surfing the net, but I also got a job two weeks ago. It's not the most glamerous job, and certainly not the kind of job I was looking for, but it will help us financially, and it gives me something to do. But it's really hard work. I'm so tired when I get home, so not much is getting done around the house, and nothing has gotten done on sets since I started. But, just before I started working, I started working on a new set. A nursery for the Pablo Collection. I'm hoping to get the meshes ready to upload in the next couple of days, but until then, here are a few MilkShape previews:
UPDATES! New Stuff, Story Continuation, and a TUTORIAL!
I am currently doing some new stuff for all of you!First off, I am making hair retextures and recolors, and the first set is really a success for me! I am currently doing my second hair set, and will be looking forward to new stuff to get to start making soon!
COMING SOON (BUT NOT TOO SOON):
New MESHES (Contemporary Objects)
New MESHES (Hair and other stuff)
More RECOLORS
More LOTS
AND UPCOMING TUTORIAL:
"How To Build Amazing Homes... Without All That Custom Content!"
Well, seems like my schedule is fully packed, and with school ending next week, be sure to be on the look-out for the FIFTH PART of THE BLACK STATUE!
Well, that's all for now,
Alyosha.
Curved Staircase
I haven't released much lately, but I was working hard on a new set of stairs. These are one of the favourite results of the "Staircase" poll I did some time ago (see older blog entries), but it took me a lot of time to make them work and so they're ready now. They come in the same colours and style as the Winding Staircase and I'm working on matching fences/balustrades to complete the set. Hope you enjoy them.
Practicing on plants
I've been trying some more on plants, some that actualy really look like plants, and not something maybe suggesting one *lol* I think, after a few tries, that this one doesn't look to bad. It's only a bit high on polycount...
You know you are a sims addict when..........
I was simming with my best-friends Laurie & Karen; Laurie started falling asleep while on the phone simming with us, which is what got Karen & I talking about and laughing about our sims addiction. I'm sharing what KAREN & I came up with; plus she doesn't have a mini-site yet.YOU KNOW YOU'RE ADDICTED TO SIMS WHEN:
#1)You fall asleep at your computer playing sims.
#2)You see buildings in REAL life and think to yourself "hey I can make that!".
#3)You went out and bought a baby name book....not cuz you were expecting......you needed it to name your sims. ;)
#4)You talk about your sims as if they're "real" people.
#5) You like the sims' furnishings better than your own.
#6) If you've ever wished "if only I could motherlode my bills away".
#7) You talk for hrs on the phone and the whole topic of conversation is the sims.
#8) You construct houses for the sims while you dream.
#9) You wonder why your "real life" pets can't go to work and bring home a paycheck.
#10) You wish your pets were as easily trainable as sim pets.
#11) You say "my energy bar is in the orange or red" vs. "I'm tired".
Sneak Peek: No prior EPs required lot
Below is a low-graphics sneak peek of the Coca Beach vacation home I'm building. Other than Bon Voyage, no other EP's will be required. I just started landscaping and decorating, but I am nowhere near satisfied. I'll keep working at it! Once complete, I will test it before posting to TSR.
Feedback and suggestions are always welcomed. :)
Floor Tiles, maybe ceiling tiles?
I've made two ParkLane floor tiles, one to match the egg and rope detail and one plain, one cherry to coordinate with all my cherry bookcases and panels and one Oak tile. Ferret made a request for ceiling tiles, I've asked CycloneSue and she has agreed to give it a try. I'm very excited and will keep you posted on those.
EXTRA! EXTRA! -
MADDD DAME IN DISTRESS IS RESCUED BY FRISBUD!
Frisbud made me aware that ALL submissions have been at a halt and Tug� announced that she's back and will be working on them today.
This "THANKS" goes out to you Frisbud.
A Pipe Dream Realized
Ever since I first saw cyclonesue's terrific Bang On A Can bathroom, I've had a vision stuck in my head of an entire set of pipe-based furniture. Well, last week I finally worked up the courage to ask her if she had any plans in that direction, and when she said she didn't, I asked if I could possibly reuse her pipe meshes and textures as building blocks to construct it. And, as you've undoubtedly guessed by now, she said yes!
Well, after most of a week of non-stop work on it, the initial block of it is up for release. It contains fourteen meshes hitting most of the major furniture groups; a table, desk, bookcase, single and double beds, two different armchairs, a sofa, end table, 1- and 2-tile coffee tables, 1- and 2-tile dressers, and a chess table.
I'd have to say this set was the most fun to conceptualize and build of anything I've done for my Sims. Even though it also required me to learn two new building skills - extending the footprints of meshes that occupy more floorspace then the original item they were cloned from (both beds and the sofa), and adding slots to items so that additional decorative items can be placed on them in buy mode (table, 2-tile coffee table, end table, bookcase, and both dressers). Okay, so that second one was actually kind of optional, but I really wanted my bookcase to have a deco slot, and then once I finally got that working I went nuts and added more slots to several other items as well. My next major project will be mastering doing the routing stuff that enables your sims to use the additional slots as well. More places for them to hide their bills, newspapers, books, etc!
Bit of a slowdown
Real life, including some health issues, has been intruding on my Sims time lately. I've also been working through some tutorials and Photoshop manuals to begin trying my hand at recoloring. Still, I have plenty of Maxis catalog clothing sets ready to be recoded to work for elders, and I hope to get at least one set published every week or so while I sort things out in my real life.Abundant thanks to all of you who give me such great feedback about the elder-enabled clothing! It feels great to know that this is a gap that needs filling, and not just my own narrow preference for elders with a little more oomph! than Maxis programmers decided they should have!
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