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Testing!
I haven't been able to update my blog for weeks, so this is a test. The image is my latest set. It was just this week my DSL was restored from the storm. They still have not taken care of several huge limbs broken and hanging over the wires. Its scary especially with the new snow storms coming.
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Homes illustrating 2-level basements
I thought it would be useful to publish a house that demonstrates the final result of my 2-level basement garage tutorial. It's called Eastham Rise, and I'm publishing it as a set of 2. One version is furnished and needs University as well as Nightlife; the other is unfurnished and needs Nightlife only. :) I had fun taking pics of the car coming down the drive, seen from underneath. If you're in the UK it's like the Astra car advert with cars doing acrobatic circus stunts!!! Here's a preview pic:
More Tales from Wonderful Humankind
In response to my Bearded Crow story (two entries back), eshuff told me a wonderful story that fits very nicely with my general disregard for using blogs properly, and so I asked her if I may retell it. She said 'yes', which means she's a very nice person and also means I get to waste even more of my 'update you with my work' blog space!"My friend drove down her long road from the mountain, and everyone was waving at her, and she thought they were just such friendly mountain people. It was a long road, a couple of miles, very winding, and everyone just keep waving at her, and she rolled down the window and waved back. What friendly people, they wave to you at zero dark hundred in the morning. At the stop sign before the big intersection with the highway, she finally decided it might be a good thing to stop and check out the car. Just in case. She looked up and saw that her cat was on top of the car, clinging frantically to the luggage rack. True story."
By the way, I was going to call this entry: "New Tried And Tested Cat-Freezing Method", but not only would that have given away the punchline, it would also have had the millions of cat lovers among you all clicking the "I now HATE this artist" button (seen that button yet? No? GOOD!)
By the way again! I've warned my Whippet-Lurcher that I might feel the need to procure a luggage rack and drive down mountains in the near future if he doesn't behave! (and he never does)
Rant: Guy's Stuff
When I first started recoloring/creating I promised myself I would do as much or more for male sims as I do female sims. I get tired of never being able to find as much stuff for my guys as my girls. Sadly, now I'm finding out how hard it is especially since I only recolor and don't mesh.I peruse sites all the time looking for items free to recolor but it's really hard. And I'm picky- really picky about what hair I actually will work with which makes it even harder.
It's quite frustrating. That's my mini-rant...*sigh*
Vehicular Graveyard
Dead cars - simply because they don't work. Dead as a doornail (British saying - I can't think why anyone would ever imagine a doornail to be anything BUT dead - and WHY a doornail???).
Cat bed recolors and new living room
I've made a few recolors of my cat bed. Blue/White, Red/Tan, Green/Red to be exact. The pillow has matching recolors, an invisible recolor option, and an extra shade of red to match each of the red main bed recolors. I don't have a picture yet, but i have tested them and the set is ready for submission!I've also started a new living room, It's a modern set based around natural greens and browns, with steel trim. I don't have a picture of it either yet, but I will get one soon!
Movie: A Brief History of Morris Dancing
Hi All
I have finished my movie and you can find it on sims99. It's a spoof
documentary about morris dancing!
http://www.sims99.com/user_profile.php?view=Kkffoo
Candles of Winterfest FIXED
I quite like the candle arch that comes as part of the Holiday Pack if only its candles would work. Well this was bugging me enough to fix them. They now come with regular lamp interactions and can be placed on surfaces and mantles.
Slight change of plans
I had originally planned on submitting new Charmed stuff last week, but there were a couple of things that weren't working out quite right. So instead I submitted some holiday fashions based on Barbie dolls. I should have the new Charmed stuff finished for submission by the end of this week.I think I may have exhausted the possibilties with tiles. I will clear the backlog I have waiting to be uploaded and then may look at wallpaper again... I have found some great patterns that could look great.
Squares Slideshow
The interior of Squares is modern and blue ;-) As usual, it's all Maxis content. I had to design to a budget for the competition, so you might find that some of the rooms, like the basement, are in need of a little more decor. It's difficult to single out pictures of the interior to show you, so here's a link to the slideshow I created for the competition.The lot should be on the site by the end of the week :-)
RAM Happened! :D
I finally caved and bought some more RAM - only a 512mb stick (�34.99 from PC World :o ) but combinded with the 256mb stick I already have in my junky junky heap, it means I can play sims again! :D I have plans to make loads more wall collections, as the ones I've uploaded so far (last few colour choices are getting published tomorrow - check them out!) seem to be getting great reviews from everyone! I love getting all your comments on stuff! I've got Pets now though, so thats stealing a fair bit of my wall-creating time! I love the cats so much; my poor cat in real life is feeling a bit ignored because I'm spending more time with the pixel-kitties!
One of my sim family's dog, Hazel!
and their fat kitty Orson! ^-^
Edit To Add! ... A bunch of people have PMed me to tell me they can't sign my guestbook; try going via the About Me tab, and then to My Guestbook if you want to leave me a message, it should work that way! :D I promise to write something nice back if you leave me a message! ;)
Woops!
It seems I made a rather large gaffe when I released the first set of those skintones. They are anatomically correct, and TSR is a family friendly site. :o I am doing what I can to see if I can get the skins back up on the site, but I dont know what that might mean for the finished product. I will say this with all respect; I would feel pretty uncomfortable altering these skintones to be family friendly. The way I see it is, that if you would rather not see anatomical details, then you will almost certainly have the censor blur enabled, anyway. I hope those of you who were hoping to download this set will understand, and exhibit a bit of patience while I try to get this worked out. In the meantime, I offer my apology for making assumptions about TSR's audience. If I did offend someone who downloaded these skintones ( no complaints yet ) then I am very sorry.December Vacation
I'm on vacation to visit my family in Canada during the holidays between December 4-28'06. I'll have limited Internet access during this time so will not likely be able to respond to PMs, guestbook signings and comments until I return, unless it's something I notice to be urgent and can actually do something about while abroad (although unlikely).Season's Greetings and all the very best to your and yours this holiday season! See you soon. ;)
New projects
| I have been working on my own site for a total new look, please visit "http://english.thesims2code.com" for some free object downloads. The past 2 weeks, I spent all of my time on my new PC. It crashs all the time when I play The Sims2 and the other games, I finally found that it was the motherboard... anyway, I fixed the problem and my PC works great now! I can create again and I have some idears for a few new sets. I will make a new mesh set for shops which contains around 6-9 meshes and some recolors. |
Upcoming Sets!
Over the Thanksgiving holiday, not only did I over-indulge in desserts, but in modeling new meshes for the Sims 2. I was working on my Victorian Inspired Nursery set, Part III, when I decided to create a vintage desk for one of my Sims' family. I do play the game occasionally, when I hit a creative road block. One week later, my Victorian Inspired Study set is complete (see pictures below) and I still have to finish my Victorian Inspired Nursery Part III set, LOL! Soooooooooo...I have to get back on track and completed the Nursery recolor set, (see picture below) which features antique white furniture, and pale lemon yellow textiles. In the meantime, I will publish the Victorian Study first and then afterwards the Victorian Inspired Nursery Part III set ;-)
VICTORIAN INSPIRED NURSERY, III
Pets Problem...
My computer died a few weeks ago and I spent a lot of time reinstalling all of the programs I need to create meshes and such... Well, I forgot to do Dr. Pixel's fix on the recent recolors until today. If you have problems with the Men's Rave or Teen Rave set, please redownload the files should work with all expansions now.Long time, no blog
Well, unfortunately it's been a long time since I have had the chance to submit something. However, I have not dropped off the face of the Earth, but I have been busy, which has been dealying me from submitting. However, within the next week, I will be submitting the next Autumn Stuff Mini Pack set. To let you all know, I have begun the planning stages of the Modern Stuff Mini Pack. The drawings, in my opinion look great, and when I get to the meshes, I'm sure they will look even cooler!I've been working on several new tile sets this weekend. In particular I am working on a plaid pattern which looks like it should come out quite well. I also had several projects that I had finished with but didn't think were good enough that I have been re-working, many of which are based on the more complex repeating patterns.
Welcome!
Hello! Welcome to my first Blog entry! Im really proud to now have a mini site at my favourite sims site of all time!So, this morning I have put my attention to making some more sexy, yet modest, underwear for female adult sims. Its a silky, spined corset top with spagetti straps and small hot pants. It will be in a set of four colours- Black, White, Blue & Pink. I'm yet to deside whether the pink version is worth adding to the set or not. So if it turns out to be a set of three, then you know why, lol.
I have also been working on a formal collection with my new mesh I made a few months ago. Silk again, I do love silk, lol. The dress is high up to the neck at the front and then shows the full back. Its very chic! well at least I hope it is!
I will get some previews done later on today as I have to go shopping for hair dye and nappies now! I'm thinking... Blue hair this time? No seriously. lol. You thought I was joking!
Bye x
hey guys!
hey guys looks like im not completly gone... ill be updating here about once every two weeks at lest on average.-Drew
Flora
Bunny Skins is branching out into hair styling!I have created my first hair re-colour and I'm quite excited about it. The style is based on the beautiful Thai hairstyle that came with Happy Holiday Stuff (or Happy Holiday Mini Pack if, like me, you bought Christmas Party Pack last year). The mini pack can be downloaded from the official site via EA Link. (OT - Can anyone tell me where to find the lilac/pink version of the standard Sims 2 dress that Maxis uses in the advert for Happy Holiday Stuff on the official site? I'm determined to find out where it comes from.)
The new style is available for female adults, young adults and elders: the hair is scraped up on top of the head, twisted into a bun and secured with a pretty beaded floral band. I've also re-coloured the corresponding toddler, child and teen hairstyles. I gave the teens a bit of a trim! All the styles come in black, blonde, brunette and redhead.
This is my first hair re-colour so please be kind! :-)
New Basement Garage tutorial
Some of you have noticed I've been postponing and postponing my original Basement Garage tutorial!!! In the end I thought it was best, and most respectful to the fine work of Cerulean Talon and Mistress666, to add a NEW Basement Garage tutorial, one which takes the ideas in a new direction. (The 'Current Project' box on my mini-site homepage is just out-of-date and taking too long to change!!!) So this provides a different method for the basic techniques, and then develops the method for a 2-level garage, which I hope will be useful. A few of you have tried it out already, for which my many, many thanks again. Here's the preview pic:
Sorry about being slow to reply
I'm so grateful to have received so many encouraging comments on my tutorials - thank you, thank you! :wub:
It is taking me a little while to get round to replying to all of them - but I will do!! Hope you're OK to be patient. ;)
New Recolors Pending
6 recolors of the Damien hairstyle for men are coming Dec.3. I also have 10 Recolors of StarryNight23's Elegance mesh for women pending approval. After that will be 10 recolors of S2S's Stella mesh for women.Beyond that...even I don't know yet...
~ENJOY!
Cat Beds
I had it pointed out to me that kittens and cats look kind of ridiculous in the Maxis pet beds, since Maxis made them to fit all sizes of animals, so I'm making a bed just for cats! It's smaller than the regular beds, and i have it hacked to only allow cats. Here's the base mesh/texture.
There will be another specific version for dogs too, and both versions will have some recolors and an invisible pillow option.
Tokyo Windows
Tokyo Windows set turned out to be huge! I had to split it up into 3 parts, publish dates Dec 5th, 10th, and 15th. There will also be a superset published right after the 3rd part that includes all 3 sets, just for the convenience of downloading all in one. Windows come in 1-tile, 2-tile, and 3-tile size with no expansion pack required. Lots of round windows (including beautiful 3-tile wide), matching sliding doors and regular doors. Diagonal doors and windows also included.
Free Rotation
Due to recent changes in TSR free items policy, it is now up to me to select the free rotation items among my own creations. But before you start asking for something to be set free, here is what you should know:Archive Items: you may notice that a number of my old creations are also in a free section. Those are what I call archive items � they are at least a year old and they do not carry enough value to remain in a pay section. The archive items will always remain free. Currently my archive includes all walls, floors, and ground covers, facial hair, makeup, eye colors, as well as several old objects and clothing.
My plan is to have a weekly rotation, this will allow me to rotate as many sets as possible. I will be changing the free sets every Sunday.
Thank you for your feedback
I just wanted to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has left comments on my creations or signed my guestbook. Unfortunately, there aren't enough hours in the day for me to thank everyone personally, but I would like you all to know how much your feedback means to me. It makes my day to read your wonderful comments and it keeps me motivated to keep on creating. Sincere thanks to everyone who has taken the time to leave feedback for me - it's very much appreciated.:-)
Beth
Squares
Up next is Squares, a modern clifftop home which I designed for Ricci2882's Maxis Only II competition in the forums. In fact, I won :-) I thoroughly enjoyed building this one because it was so totally different to anything else I've built so far. It has a working basement garage and sloped driveway.Here's an overhead view of the lot:
And a view of the exterior:
More details to follow soon!
Yuletide Cheer Giftshop
It's December and you know what that means... Only 24 more days until Christmas! :DOf course, that also means... Only 24 more days until Christmas - eek! :P Time to get your Sims out to do their holiday shopping and decorate the house (assuming you haven't had them start it yet) and what better place to go then the Yuletide Cheer Giftshop?
Housed within a beautiful log cabin and nestled in a snowy pine grove, your Sims are sure to feel the spirit of Christmas as they browse and shop to their little hearts' content. The Yuletide Cheer Giftshop comes fully decorated, its shelves lined with the goodies from the Happy Holiday Stuff pack. Not only that but if you missed out on the two pre-order objects - the snowglobe from the EA Store and the neon snowman light from Gamestop - they are also included as my very special Yule gift to all of you! :) There's also a cozy little corner set aside for the kids to visit Santa (why not dress one of your employees up for this very purpose?).
Furthermore, this lot contains absolutely no FA content so it will be completely free to everyone. :) I do, however, recommend Windkeeper's 'Santa's Sleigh' set so you can have snowy pine trees but that's up to you to decide.
PS: The snowman radio is unfortunately not available when building a lot so if you'd like Christmas themed music for your shop (who wouldn't?), you'll need to have a Sim purchase the radio and place it in the shop - it might also be available through the wholesale buy mode for owned businesses.
Sea Green Bedroom
And here is a bedroom in Sea Green. So you have complete bedrooms and complete living rooms and Solander kitchens. All that is lacking is the bathrooms. As stated below, they are coming. The walls are out today and floors on the 3rd. Then we get into the plumbing. (And I still have a few kitchens left so I have to get them in there somewhere.) And I have a set of Christmas walls and floors coming which I need to move up in the line or the season will be over before they are released! So enjoy. Much more to come.
Steel Blue Bedroom
Here is an idea of what you can do with the creations to be found on my mini-site. This Steel Blue Living Room can be yours for a few downloads. Later on I'll put together a bedroom for your inspiration.
The Bearded Crow
How DARE you assume that this title is about me!Anyway, remember the tale of woe I told you about the Lesser Spotted Redface? Well, I have another tale about this very same bird watcher. Another tale of shame - not as bad as the last, but enough to snuff this hobby once and for all...
This aspiring bird spotter achieved a very important moment of fame, for one day she spotted a most unusual bird: a black crow with the most curious white beard! Yes, really.
She wasn't sure if she was just seeing a one-off peculiar bird, but after that day, she began to notice more of them. Black crows with very distinct fluffy white beards - white fluff on either cheek. Now sure that these unusual birds were easy to spot, she hurried to her Ornithologist Club and reported the new bird. There was great excitement. Other bird watchers came to see and were astonished at the crows which flew around - with unmistakeable beards. And the moment of glory was when the Secretary of the club also wanted to know more! This was a very great honour indeed.
Imagine you are this woman. Imagine the glory of being THE ONE to spot a never-seen-before bird. You are young and have less experience than other members, but it was YOU who spotted the bird first. People are looking at you like you just saw an angel with your very own eyes! Photos, articles, witness accounts are surely around the corner. Perhaps this species might even be named after you!
And as you're strolling along dreaming in your moment of glory, DO notice the very ordinary crows in the field nearby. These crows don't seem to have beards - yet! Suddenly, some of them take off - and as they launch into the air, they DO have beards! You see: this field is a SHEEP field, and as there are many tufts of wool in the grass, you suddenly realise that these beards are NOT beards at all! Just ordinary crows gathering wool for nesting materials.....
So, fully aware that you've told just about everybody about the amazing new bird species you discovered, you go into hiding for several YEARS and are never seen at the Ornithologist Club ever again. Another R.I.P. hobby.
Dead Automobile Society
...And if anyone is wondering about what my latest creation might be (those of you who managed to keep control of your excitement and stay to the end of my last blog entry), then I will reveal now what it is....[cue drum roll]
My next creation will be..... Dead Cars!
Oh, stop looking like that, will you?! Yes, dead cars. Cars that don't move, can't move. Cars that just get stomped at. Like I say: Dead Cars.
You're just jealous because you didn't think of it first. I have my reasons. I might even be bothered to share them with you once the set has been completed. Until then, marvel at the mystery of my brilliant mind. Yes, MARVEL!
Power to you
You're wondering why, aren't you?You've seen those wall power sockets and are wondering how on earth you're supposed to be able to add these to your Pleasantville pictoresque homes.
Admit it. You wanted pretty little white switches didn't you? Delicate little white switches for delicate little fingers to press.
Well, that serves you right for having nice homes in your neighbourhoods, then! Don't come crying to me about how nasty all my best decorative objects appear to be when I've already given you a whole heap of horrible homes to play with instead. You are VERY lucky that I'm too stupid to be able to create Sims and clothing - otherwise, there would be a revolution there too! No more of this frilly, crisp and clean nonsense, I can tell you.
Just stop fighting the urge and get your hands (and neighbourhoods) dirty! I didn't get where I am today by making NICE things! Some people might now be asking just exactly where I HAVE 'got' in that snorty sort of way, but anyone who reads me regularly (I'll send apology notes out later) will already know what I think of that TINY MINORITY collectively known as 'some people'!
There - that's off my chest now. Off to my latest creation...
Going Back to my Roots
I'm having a short break from meshing at the moment and going back to my first love Building Houses, I have a few idea's for some family homes and need a break from meshing to gather my thougts and come up with some new idea's....here's a Lot I have just completed Burton Acres a lovely family home, more to come....
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