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Screenshot Paintings...

I'm not sure how appreciated these will be ;-) but simsjeanie mentioned the other day about having some screenshots as paintings...I've not really been interested in making my own objects, not usually bothered about creating at all :-D, only the odd house here and there..but I guess since I was giving CAW a whirl, and I'd kinda got the hang of that, I thought I would try the workshop tool as well ;-). I've followed Vanilla Sim's tute on how to create paintings, which was wrote perfectly and now I have my first finished project...

It's a clone of the still life painting..but I will probably use one that has a slightly more modern frame in future...I'm going to try to upload it as a submission today..so we'll see if it works ;-)

I will also go through all my screenshots and pick some more out that I think might be nice on sims walls, but since I've got about 6 thousand to go through that might take at least a couple of hours :-D..

Anyway, hope everyone likes it :-)

Have a great weekend :-D

Creations update for Twilight Castle and my offers for Easter.

Hi all,

I have 2 new items up for grabs today.

My new lot, availlable for download is called "Modern Heights". This is a large house which looks like an apartment block. It over looks the Town hall, plus other prominent features in the town. This is definately real estate, your Sims wants to be living in. Panoramic views from every angle, at all levels, in every room. Stunning views of the sea, are to be had, from the open top roof deck area too.

My download for Easter is "Cathy Chick". Immature and silly, but lots of fun. Her favourite nibble are eggs of course! Bright and sunny Easter patterns that I have created, have been included too.

My other creation for Easter is called "Easter Cottage Farm". This is pending in submissions and should be released sometime this weekend. This was a large lot which I decorated with lots of great stuff. Unfortuately, the file was so big, I could not get it to upload to the site. I had to cut it down so much, that it has finally been uploaded with only 1 room furnished. I am so sorry about that, as I would have like to have submitted it fully furnished. It is fully decorated though, with quite a lot of custom patterns that I have created. It also has a garden with plants that are nearly all ready for harvest. I have already picked a lettuce, onion and tomatoe to start you off. You will find them on a counter in the Kitchen near the cooker. So remember to send your Sim to go and collect them, so they don't spoil :)

Before I go, just a little update on "Twilight Castle". I mentioned this in my blog about a month ago. It has really took a long time to complete as I wanted it to look just right. I must say, I am so proud of the results. It looks fantastic, but I have a problem :(  Like the previous lot I mentioned, I cannot get it to upload to TSR. I am thinking that the size of the file is the problem again :(

I really do not want to cut it down, so if anyone can advise me on this, I would be very grateful. Does anyone know if their is a size limit with Sims3packs being uploaded to the site? I think my file is 32mb. The usual size for my lots are 5 to 12 mbs. So this is quite huge really.

Bye for now

Sim.xxx

Far and Away

I don't know who actually still comes and looks at my page anymore, but I think someone does so I thought I'd do a little update.

I have been wanting to actually have stuff to post on TSR but I'm still feeling swamped with everything in life. My life has changed dramatically for me since October, mostly because I have found my dream job. I am now officially a self-employed graphics designer (see my stuff here!) and doing really well. The only down side is designing my brother's wedding invitations with custom artwork (and I am very honored) but at the same time it is the most difficult batch of things to draw, and the frustration is draining a lot of my happiness and energy. You wouldn't know how to draw a Scottish thistle, in fine detail, in pencil would you? It's a freaking two-tone ball of spikes on a stick! In addition to that, I feel like I have about half of the programs I need to do a quality job but at the moment, forking out $700 for Photoshop CS4 is near imposable. On the plus side I do have Adobe Illustrator, and just recently bought my first Wacom tablet and that has made things LOADS easier. I would have preferred a Intuos 4 medium, but the small works well, was half the price,  and gives me a smaller space to get used to using a tablet because I have never messed with one before.

What does this have to do with TSR? I feel like I hardly have time to get my work done, let alone any breathing room to play around with Sims 3 or trying to figure out my way through the meshing/object tutorials. I swear there needs to be a tutorial for object creation that every micronic step has a screen shot, because once it gets to some of the texturing parts, I get so thoroughly lost that I couldn't find my way through it if my life depended on it. I was actually having a lot of fun with the meshing though, but it feels strange doing two versions of the same mesh. :D

I am frustrated to tears that I can't get even a single object completed and properly textured in the game. I cannot figure out how to get the fourth (Alpha) channel to work, and last time I tried I was using my Photoshop CS4 free trial that is now expired. I'm mad and depressed because I can't texture my stuff properly, and I can't even make my own patterns! And that leaves me stuck with all the EA ugliness because I wanted to see what I could make for my game instead of getting into the habit of downloading everything.

Why did EA make the game so difficult for creators? Its like being the hungry horse with the carrot danging just out of reach. When I see people get up new meshes, it doesn't excite me, it just makes me very sad. Once I get everything down and understand it (and have the programs that I need as well) there will be no problems.

On top of that I'm a workaholic (without the happy moodlet for it) and I'm sick. :( HELP! send me some encouragement if you have any to spare...

~Corsetcrush

P.S. I have to say... shame on me. I should know better by now to check out CycloneSue's blog first... she always seems to have the answer before I realize it is there. Going off to read the new tutorials now. :D

New Home Series Comming Up

Hey guys,

   I have decided the next serveral homes I create will be classic midwestern homes.I am from Iowa and Love the craftsman stly homes that is all around me where I live so Im hoping to bring some of that midwestern charm to the sims 3.I think homes in this area are beautiful and full of style and characterI just hope all of you will love them tooSo watch for them in the next few weeks and let me know what you think.

Hello everyone

Hi everyone, I thought that I would make my first post on my blog and introduce myself, finally.  I am Caitlin, as you already know, and I have been playing the sims since the sims 2 first came out. I immediatly was hooked on building houses but I never got around to sharing any of them.  So now I am trying to do that with the sims 3.

As of now I have nearly 6,000 downloads and I am thrilled that you guys like my houses so much.  I love all the awesome comments that you guys have and so far no problems, knock on wood.

Well I really hope that you guys continue to enjoy playing my houses.

Thanks

Story Part 3

Hey everyone, Part 3 of my new story will be finished tomorrow and I think its accepted in the next week.

There are two new important characters in this Chapter.. A good girl and a bad girl ;)

You will read more when the story is here on TSR. But now I show you the bad girl called Dollface. Its the second picture with the blonde haired girl.

Nice day, Guslucky

Featured!!

Oh how exciting!! I never thought i would get featured this early in the making of my stories!! I'm so excited!! Thank you to all that read my stories!! I am glad that you enjoy them and i will keep them coming. Thank you again!! :D

nkotb16

I've got a Problem!!!

I'm stuck (again!), I don't know whether this is a glitch that is being experienced by anyone else, but it's only started since having the new stuff pack installed....

For some reason my sim is catching fire from traps that have been disarmed already!!

She can't get past the already disarmed trap, she can't get past the flaming trap because a)she's too scared b)she's ready to pass out because she's so tired because I've trying this for so long....

I'm going to keep trying until I can think of a solution!! Ahh, I could zeneport over ;-) but that would require a couple of hours she doesn't have..not sure if she can die from a severe lack of sleep (I got an eye twitch once from severe lack of sleep :-D)...

Plus, because she wants to pass out everytime because she's getting burnt so much (i've tried 7/8 times now) she keeps walking onto that trap, because SHE thinks its been disarmed and then gets burnt again...I'm flummoxed!!

Multipliers with photos - and glass!

I promised I wouldn't update, but you probably realise I am weak on promising so I shan't even bother apologising.

I have added two great new pieces to the tute.  Firstly, how to use extracts of real photographs to make the best Multipliers ever, using Multipliers to reduce polycounts(!), and also how a couple of simple black and white lines make amazing fabric details thanks to Apple (and all within reach of the total newbie who hates painting anything).

Secondly, we have an entire new section on making glass objects, which includes mention of all the glass shaders at your disposal, how you should map glass for undistorted reflections, and the perfect settings for realistic looking translucent glass (thanks to Shino&KCR).

And if you missed the last update, a totally rewritten section on Speculars!

Get the new version here

HeLp !

Hello Everyone !  I need help ! I want to invite my friend on TSR, cause I don't have any friend here, and she really loves sims... And I want to surprise her with this site ! Hope any of You eply in the comments ! ~AnGy~