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New Isis project

OK, I figure now that I have the blog, I'm going to make full use of it. My new project is the goddess Isis from Ancient Egypt. I've already finished the skin tone and the eyes, so now all I have left is the clothing and her wings. I'll upload pictures as I go along and people can make suggestions! :) The first pic is just a quick throw together, I won't be using those eyes, clothes or wings for the final product.

PlayAndyMan3

Hey everybody, you would have no doubt seen my new banner and profile image.
I am slowly working my way back from Vertex Creation to PlayAndyMan3. I will not be providing you with any new meshes :(. But I will keep going with walls and floors. So keep an eye open for them!
- Andy.

Hi-Happy Summer!

Or whatever season it is where you are! :D As you can see, I am not a very constant blogger!

I wanted to mention, that for some time now, I've been using a slightly different method for including CC (custom content) with my newer lots, and it�s been working really well. For anyone not familiar with it, I'm including the CC in a separate folder, in the .zip file (along with the lot .sims2pack), rather than including CC in the .sims2pack itself. By downloading the lot as the .zip file, (green arrow), extract the CC to your Downloads folder, before installing the lot, using either the Maxis default installer or Clean Installer. Any lots requiring this method with always have the instructions in the "Installation Instructions".

Those of you who stumble upon my site, thanks for stopping by and please browse around! Thank you to everyone who has DL any of my lots, all of the very kind comments on my lots and screenshots are very much appreciated.

Wow... Select Artist!

I want to thank all of you who have appreciated and downloaded my creations! You have kept me going, making me want to learn to do more and better creations. Now I have been honored with a Select Artist title. I'm going to hang on to it, which means that I have to keep challenging myself! Thanks again, and I hope you will keep coming back for more!

June Lot Tally!

Purely out of curiosity each month I try to tally the numbers and find out what I have done. Here is a quick list of the homes I have built, and their EPs!

Total # of lots built and available for download:
16

Type of Lots:
Community Lots - 2 (Including 1 beach lot which is also a THEME)
Residential Lots - 14 (Including 1 beach lot)

EPs used:
Base Game - 3
OFB - 3
Uni/NL/OFB - 7
Uni/NL/OFB/Seas/BV - 2
Uni/NL/OFB/Seas/BV - (& SP Glamour Life) - 1

Content in Lots:
Maxis Only (No Custom Content) - 11
Some Custom Content - 5

BONUS -
1 tutorial
1 Lot Pending - (Uni/NL/OFB/Seas/BV - Maxis Only)
1 Lot Approved and scheduled for release (Uni/NL/OFB/Seas/BV - Maxis Only)

Thank you all for your continued support and wonderful comments! I love building homes for others, and I love it even more when I find out that one of my lots has made someone happy. Thanks for another great month everyone!!! (Now...on to July! Mwahahahaha!)

--Illiana

Zip Files Missing!!

Updated 06/30/08 - think finally working with new server - Yay!! Thanks TSR for fixing!! **OOps - Not Working Again - updated 06/21/08** **Currently working Again** Recently, as stated on the front page, there have been server problems at TSR.

This is not A Creator's mistake. It is a Computer Problem at TSR. An ongoing one that they are working on.

Please bear with us while we try to fix it. If you are in dire need of my recolors, please PM with email address and I will send them to you.

Thanks for taking the time to read this important message.

TabbyLou

The Base Game

I am finally back at home! Right now though, I still can't work on Behind Closed Doors because I am in the process of setting up my new computer - which means reinstalling the sims and transferring all of my neighborhoods. Soon though, I will have that all complete. On a different note, I was a bit thrown off by the base game. I never really had a chance to play Sims 2 as just the base game because I found that I quickly bought University and Nightlife after I got the game. Therefore, I missed getting to see some of the animations that came with first kisses, woohoo, engagement, marriage, and the list goes on. Now, these animations are quite funny to watch and I am enjoying them thoroughly. And for the fun of it, a screenshot of Don Lothario dancing:

Poll Results!

Thanks very much to everyone who took the time to vote - and gave me a couple of surprises! In order of popularity, the results (in case you're intersted) are as follows: Q1. Type of wall: 1: Wallpaper 2: Paint 3: Panelling 4: Brick / Tile 6: Poured 7: Masonry 8: Siding No surprises for the top three, but I thought 'Siding' would have been more popular since I have had quite a good response to my efforts! Q2. What attracts you? 1: Realistic styles/colours 2: Subtle patterns/textures 3: Neutral colours 4: Unusual colours/styles 5: Plain bright colours 6: Plain pale colours / Bold patterns/textures 8: Plain dark colours Again, a bit surprised that 'Pale colours' wasn't higher since my 'Pastels' & 'Pale Pastels Collections' seem to be quite popular! Q3. What do you look for? It seems you get sidetracked very easily and go for what catches your eye, even if you start off looking for something specific! Q4. Downloading habits I think I'm in a no win situation here - the two equal top responses were that you only download the colours you like from a set, but half of you like lots of choice and half of you don't like too much choice - aaah, help! Those of you who do download whole sets seem to prefer more choice. Well, like I say, a couple of surprises, but it's given me something to work with for future wall projects, so you'll just have to wait and see what I come up with!! Mad Cow!

Hi Everyone

A warm Hello to everyone, and a continued Thank You to all who download my stuff, visit my mini-site, and say a thanks for an item I have made. I wouldn't be here if it weren't for you.

I have made 4 dresses for Granny, with many more to come. As it says in the description I made these dresses to honor my Grandmother whom always wore an apron. She passed away when I was 12 from cancer. She was a wonderful woman, she was kind to everyone she met. I miss her dearly and these dresses help bring a little bit of her back to me. I hope that you like them and enjoy them.

Stay Safe.

Luvmy7

Wood Panel Fences & Gates

Well i finally got around to uploading the remaining recolours of Wood Panel Fences and the Gates I did to go with them. Watch out for them being published, hopefully in the next few days.
The Absley Dining set is still being worked on. It now has an additional sideboard and mirror. Tweaking chairs at the moment, wasn't completely happy with them. I hope to have the Absley Dining Set uploaded towards the end of next week.
I have about 3 or 4 projects on the go at the moment, one of them being the Esprit Bedroom Set, i am trying to get them all completed and uploaded soon. However i have a bio-chem assignment due on the 8th July, so that needs to get done and out the way, before i start on anymore creations.

Debs
xx