It is with great honour I present to you the handpicked Featured and Select Artists that made it into the first selection. Without further ado and in no particular order, please welcome the following:

Featured Artists:

1. Cyclonesue
   
2. Murano
   
3. AnoeskaB
   
4. Sinastra
   
5. BlackGarden
   
6. ayyuff
   
7. Pinecat
   
8. senemm
   
9. b-bettina
   
10. kbradley03
    
11. Alyosha
    
12. DOT

Select Artists:

1. kittyispretty69
   
2. Mutske
   
3. Simal10
   
4. Shakeshaft
   
5. Nanshi_Nibble
   
6. Zutafen
   
7. newtlco
   
8. Vanilla_Sim
   
9. Elut
   
10. Illiana
    
11. Openhousejack
    
12. Wideopeneyes
    
13. Ricci2882
    
14. birba32
    
15. Harmonia09
    
16. Angelamveliza
17. Hatshepsut
18. AnGelD
    
19. Leomo
    
20. llaminsk
    
21. Modern_Sims
    
22. Simsylvia40
23. BrandonTR
24. francien
25. Apple
26. Duce
27. Shann116
28. Cemre
29. ancsie18
30. Lightside93
31. Nillonde2
32. gissence
33. Manderinchen
34. djbert
35. slice
36. hasel

This was a very hard selection process due to the overwhelming amount of quality submitters and great content published on a daily basis. For those who did not make it, consider this the first draft. There are many more invitations to come as we open up more content types (look for an announcement on this very soon). We have now introduced game indicators for the FA/SA badges on each respective minisite. Those who are FA for one game and SA for another will have 2 different badges.

Note: A few SA invitations has not been replied to. If you for some reason do not want to be a Select Artist, please get in touch with me and let me know.

Well done everyone and welcome onboard!

So, does this mean we will begin with subscriber content for Sims 3?

Yes we will, but not yet! For the moment everything remains free for download until further notice. There are some changes regarding FA content this time around also once we decide to make the switch. As it were in Sims 2, anything a FA created would automatically be set to subscriber content - regardless if it was their expertise area or not. This time around each handpicked FA will have one or several expertise areas and only content produced in those areas will be set as subscriber content. This will ensure a high quality throughout our premium content and also offer our FA's more flexibility and freedom.

Look for an announcement soon with a great introduction offer for both current and new subscribers!