#i'll be posting another recolour

[shuaberriez]

WAHHHHHHH T-T

bestie </33333333 i was about to sleep bc i'm super exhausted but he's literally so pretty and for what

#i'm not gonna do an ot13 recolour today bc i have another 9 am </3 but i'll post a compilation recolour and behind video gif set for shua #once all have been released #also i recoloured this photo just then and i think i like it <3 #ask ria! #minluvly

[lraerosesims]

Hey, hi, hello, greetings, sul sul!

So I know I've been a little quiet lately on the Sims CC front, so I thought I'd update you all on what stage I'm up to on each project:

1. The Elderwood Manor Build

I was working on testing this build for functionality etc, and tried to test in different spots in the neighbourhood, and that's when I discovered some broken terrain in the back of the lot (where the terrain slopes from road height to the beach). I've tried to fix it, haven't had any success yet. So I may end up having to either:

Do more heavy research on how to repair just the broken part - putting off uploading it until fixed, or

Remaking the build as close as possible to how it currently looks but on a flatter beach lot to avoid breaking terrain

Either way, it's unfortunately not ready to post for you all to enjoy just yet, I'M SORRY!!! 😭😭😭 I was really hoping to post it but I'd rather not give you guys a broken lot.

I haven't made basically any progress on this outfit since I last shared a texture WIP here. No excuse really, just taking on too much for my little pea-sized brain to handle and can feel the ADHD burnout creeping in so I don't wanna push myself too hard. Making my CC textures is exhausting, and takes a very big toll on ye olde✨mental✨ so I promise it will get done, but I just require some time to recharge so that way I can share the best possible retextures for you all to enjoy.

2. The Harlow Jumpsuit outfit

This one is about 75 to 80% complete. It's another very time consuming project, with the screen recording, video editing, voice over recording, blah blah blah. The biggest problem I have is that I feel the need to announce when I'm working on something (to build interest and anticipation for what's to come) but then take ages to finish it - which leaves people wondering if I'm just full of shit or actually going through with it 😂😂but I promise the tut is happening still!

3. Retexturing YouTube Tutorial

Don't expect this one anytime this decade🤣 I have no idea what I'm doing so I'm winging it entirely. Watch this space though, because who knows maybe I'll just magically find the willpower and mental capacity to figure it all out.

4. Stretched earlobe mesh

And...5. Whatever this hair is

So I did a recolour of a base game hair to make an undercut bun hairstyle (that's accurate to my real life five-head)...not sure if anyone would ever even want this in their game. So far I haven't gotten around to binning it, or even making it in different hair colours. It's also just using a Maxis texture I stole from a different hair and reworked to fit this one. But anyway, that one...exists...for some ungodly reason 😅😂

If you read this far, and haven't given up on me or this page yet then I'm eternally grateful (and slightly confused, but I won't question your intentions 😝)

To be honest with you all, I've got a heap of stressful shit going on in the real worldz right now so bear with me and I'll eventually work through the current projects I'm yet to finish.

❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤 - L'Rae

#WIP update #Help I'm tired and need a 10 year long nap #lraerosesims

[vintagesimstress]

Guess who's back (...kind of...?)

Hello everyone!

It's been 1,5 years. Wow, how the time flies!

You might have seen me lurking around on other simmers' tumblrs, writing a comment or two every now and then, but only now I feel like the time has come for me to return to my own space.

Here's a couple of announcements to get things re-started. I bet you're all busy, so I'll try to keep it short!

Private matters: A massive thank you to everyone who wrote me while I was gone ❤ There was quite a lot of you and I'm afraid I can't reply to each of those messages individually, but just so that you know: I've read them, they made me smile and I'm very grateful for all your kind words. I'm doing perfectly fine, and so is my little daughter. She's a beautiful and fascinating creature, learning new things all the time, and so unexpectedly that it really feels like if she was a sim levelling up and unblocking new interactions ^^

My CC: I still have very little free time and zero chance of going back to my old cc-making habits. That being said, in the past weeks/months I made a couple of teeny tiny things which I'd like to share with you, and also when I'm done with them I might make something new once in a while. Please keep your expectations low though! None of those things are Victorian; the majority (I guess?) aren't even clothes but mod add-ons, bug fixes, bb recolours - stuff like that. Still, someone might find them useful, so why not share?

For some more context, in case you care: my Victorian save got to the point of being quite paralysing (i.e. I wouldn't proceed unless everyone was dressed perfectly, living in perfect surroundings, reflecting not only their times, but also status and personality - and that perfect point turned out to be rather unattainable. Surprise surprise), and I really wanted to have some TS4 fun, so I started the Great British Sim Challenge. From the very beginning. Iron Age. At first I was determined not to make any cc for it and just roll with whatever I'd find, like any normal player, but you know how it goes XD So that's what pretty much everything I'm making is related to those days. Iron Age. Especially campfire. Why does everything I make have to do with the darned campfire...? The challenge is super fun, btw. I mean, for me. My poor sims would probably disagree.

Curseforge: I know many creators have by now moved to that new, EA-curated cc platform, and I've been thinking about doing it myself - even created an account - but in the end, for a number of reasons, decided against it. One of the main ones is that learning to use that platform and uploading there all my creations, old and new, would require quite a lot of time, which I simply don't have. If I have the choice between actually playing the game and having some fun, creating new cc I could share and uploading old stuff on yet another site... well, I guess it's clear which point has the lowest priority. So: nothing will change. Just as before, I'll be posting new things on my Patreon and simblr (linking to the Patreon page); everything will be free ofc, no early access either; and I'll keep constantly updating my downloads page, so that you could easily get an overview of everything I've ever made.

That's all folks! Have a nice day/evening and talk to you soon 😊

#announcement #important personal stuff #hiiiiiiiii everyone!

[intrepidacious]

time after time: reread edition [1]

series summary: After what starts out as a fairly normal mission, you find yourself stuck in a time loop. Which would already be bad enough in itself if it didn’t also mean having to watch Bucky die over and over again.

pairing: bucky barnes x f!reader

word count: 6.0k

chapter warnings: canon-typical violence, accidentally starting a time loop, banter, pretty angsty to start us off with ngl, reminder to read the fic premise. please note that my blog is rated 18+. minors dni. ageless/empty blogs will be blocked without warning.

read the full chapter here | series masterlist | reread masterlist

wouldn't you know it, it's friday already!! this is a reread of already published chapters, so if you're new to this story, i would highly suggest not starting here and reading the actual story first. please be aware that by clicking the read more you're gonna see spoilers for chapter one 💚

how it started

welcome to the reread. i'm pretty sure this is the part of the post i'll only do once, but we'll see how it goes.

i swear to god, i only wanted to write a fun little time loop fic. it was never supposed to be this huge thing; it just kept growing. it's two years later now and i'm still writing—granted, that's after taking several long breaks because this story gives me headaches like no other, but still. i've never poured this much love into one story, i think.

and we can all blame russian doll for it.

turn back the clock – tl;dr

we start with a mission. sam, bucky and the reader, soon-to-be nicknamed twelve, are checking up on a secret lab. against all odds, bucky gets killed right before the fight seems to be won. twelve uses her time powers to prevent this from happening, loses consciousness and wakes up in her bed earlier that day. she goes through the entire day again, thinking her reset worked as intended, only for bucky to die in a different situation during the same mission and her waking up in her bed again.

behind the loop

welcome to my first running commentary on my own story. you’re gonna be sick of me really soon.

depending on how new you are to this story, you might not know that the chapter titles are all taken from movies. sadly i haven't seen most of them but the ones i have seen do feature a little in one way or another. more about that when we get to that point, though. the title cards for this story were also so fun to make because i just recoloured the actual movie posters!!

i’m gonna be honest with you, i keep forgetting that this first flashback exists. but i lowkey love it?? i like how it sets the tone for the angst that’s stitched into the very fabric of this story while simultaneously being juxtaposed with the first actual, very blunt introduction of our main cast.

the start of that mission was one of the first things i ever wrote for this fic, but the whole transition from the upstairs lab to downstairs and the actual fight scene were the last parts before posting.

“Do you think I’d pass up the opportunity to hear the two of you scream in terror when the vampire puppets creep up on you?” “Gotta disappoint you, cap,” you grin and wait for him to check the map. “I only scream when there’s good reason.” “I don’t wanna interrupt,” Bucky interrupts over the intercom, “but they’re heading your way now, so get a move on.”

writing banter is one of my all-time favourite activities. i also already knew at this point that i was gonna write a lot of it over and over again, and so i needed to vary the interjections in order to not bore everyone to bits. i like to think it worked out, but you tell me.

my beloved nightmare flashmob was such a fun antagonist to include. they will be named in the next chapter but if there are comic readers among you, i feel like i have to apologise because i definitely haven’t read enough of them to properly do these guys justice. they did seem like a logical step up from the version of the flag smasher(s) we encountered in tfatws, though. plus, there’s just enough of them to be a realistic threat to three very capable superheroes.

And then his eyes glaze over. You scream.

i’m so evil lmao

You wake up with a start to the sun in your face and FRIDAY blasting The All-American Rejects at full volume.

spoiler alert, you’ll encounter that sentence a couple of times. and i still love it. fun fact, i genuinely set my playlist to shuffle to decide on the song that was going to play to wake her up, and this was the one i landed on. and i couldn’t have come up with a better choice. honestly, look at the lyrics and tell me i’m wrong. i love how things work out sometimes.

originally, the decision to set the story on july 4th was very practical because i needed my available settings to be limited. this isn’t punxsutawney, pennsylvania in the middle of a snowstorm, this is new york city after the blip. i wanted our characters to have at least somewhat limited options what to do during their ever-repeating day. (on a sidenote, do you think we’ll ever see avengers compound again in the mcu? how long are they going to rebuild that thing? anyway.)

“Feels a little … déjà-vu-y.” “I know the type,” Sam says. “Wanna talk about it?” You do. But the time stuff is your problem to deal with, and so you shake your head.

isn’t it great to have a full ensemble of characters who absolutely will not talk about their feelings to each other? (derogatory) is it more interesting from a narrative point of view? … i suppose.

i love twelve’s rings though. are they entirely useless for the duration of this loop? maybe. but i love that she has them to physically show her how stuck she is <3 other things that i love: bucky calling sam bud. it just makes sense.

A surge of emptiness goes through you, unlike anything you’ve ever felt before. Time seems to still for just the blink of an eye as Bucky’s head is thrown forwards.

and there we have it. ✨dread.✨ this is such an evil way to end a chapter, wow. i had fun, though. was it fun for you?

how it's going

well, actually. i've been writing chapter seven as well as a secret bonus chapter this week, and i've made reasonable progress on both which i'm quite proud of. i really hope i can report that i got started on chapter eight this time next week, but we'll see. i think the worst of my writer's block is gone, at least. and all it took was a little self-indulgence and an external deadline. who'd have thunk.

if you made it to this point of my rambles, thank you. lmk how i can keep these interesting for you to read, and if you have any questions about the story, you know where to find me!! also: please please please consider leaving a comment or a reblog on the actual chapter. it would mean the world 💚

#bucky barnes x reader #bucky barnes fic #bucky barnes x you #bucky x reader #bucky barnes fanfiction #bucky barnes series #marvel fanfic #mcu fanfic #time after time

[silphwave]

Hi! That other anon that asked you if you've taken classes about pixel art made me wonder what other experience you have with art. Are you self taught? What kinds of art have you practiced before pixel art? I'm curious because your style of pixel art and use of color is so unique and striking.

Hey, I appreciate the interest. I studied Fine Art at university, although I learned zero knowledge about any traditional techniques such as colour theory, composition etc. The art school was sadly obsessed with conceptual art. They didn't care if you could draw, paint, sculpt or craft with skill and beauty; only the message mattered. In hindsight I should have expected this, I didn't really have a message, just a mood.

I still remember one of the senior lecturers looking at the work hanging up in my art studio and he sighed "Hmmmm, it's just a bit too nice isn't it?". Then he sat me down and began asking "What do you hate? You should make some art about that..." He then proceeded to try and get me to make social and political art, which has never been in my nature. Art is a relaxing hobby for me, a form of escapism, a happy place away from the world. So I continued what I was doing regardless, making surrealist collages from vintage magazines and old books and scraped a bare minimum pass.

I went under the online alias of "Dharma_Collage" from about 2014-18. Maybe there's still some remnants of work online (I'll see if I can find any to add to this post). It slowly transitioned into the work I'm doing now as I used the old collaging techniques to make my first Pokémon art. I don't think I learned anything practical from art school that's helped with the art I make now, it's just been purely led by following my own interests and making what excites and motivates me. The Internet has endless help and resources for anyone willing to learn on their own.

As for pixel art, I seen some pixel art online and just instantly thought to myself "Wow, I want to make that!". So I briefly studied and researched and then jumped head first into it and just kept putting in the hours. Started small, using pixel apps on my phone etc and gradually upped the scale and complexity. I had another page called "Pixelad" for about 6 months before Silphwave, I'll add a few of those earlier images here too for comparison.

When something doesn't look right, whether it be colours, composition, texture, font etc it really offends my brain. There's some kind of OCD factor that compels me to fix what I'm looking at. Most of my art is rearranging and recolouring things until it no longer annoys me. Almost like some feng shui process, especially for the cluttered album cover type designs I make.

I always liked drawing things as a kid, we didn't have much money for toys, game consoles or Pokémon cards etc; so I'd make my own. I filled a notebook with my own Pokémon gameboy experience, I drew locations on every page and made teams for dozens of trainers and gym leaders I'd fight along the way and had extensive stat tallies for all my Pokémon that were constantly getting erased and updated. It was basically a one man D&D adventure 😅 I'd make my own Harry Potter wands and Witches and Wizard cards or LotR weapons and maps. This kind of lore expanding, creating fan art was pretty much ingrained in me from an early age. Maybe that's why the nostalgic theme is ever present through my art as that's essentially what I'm doing, reliving and continuing my childhood.

(Sorry for the long convoluted answer, I found it helpful for organising my thoughts. You've prompted me to think of some things I hadn't considered before, thank you)

[kissalopa-sims]

HI! 👋 It's me KissaLopa @kissalopa

My blog was terminated about 4 days ago! 😱 Tbh I am still in shock

I contacted support from three different emails and had not recieved any answer 😭

When I was creating this account I tried using my previous email and username, but it said that they are both taken. So they won't give my blog back, but still keep my email and username, what for?

I am heartbroken. All my gameplay posts, recolours posts and everything in between is gone 😭

I don't want to be KissaLopaNew, so I will think of another name before I start posting anything, I guess 🤔

I probably will reupload all my recolours. But I don't know what to do with gameplay, I was on gen 3 of RainbowSin challenge by @daisydezem, but everything is gone now 😭

I'll tag those who were asking about me, I hope you don't mind the tag @ravensim, @kimbr3, @chelseasanidiot, @aira-cc, @claudiasharon, @aleksa-sims, @fiftymilehighclub, @pixelatedparticles

#personal #non sims #kissa rambles

[le-jardin-inculte]

Oooooh do you have pictures of the cross stitch oryx tapestry? 👀

Here, including the pattern for the gemsbok to show some of my process. This is the base pattern, which I changed a bit, and then recoloured completely for other species (I'll post all the charts when I'm done, I keep changing them as I go). Random online find. No idea where it's from.

It's...very incomplete because the delivery of the three colours I need to complete the scimitar oryx including the super dark gray I need for all the horns and tails keeps getting delayed. (Honestly getting materials for this has been An Adventure in general.)

I sewed on the grids for the second two yesterday and I'm currently working on adapting the pattern for the arabian oryx (bottom right) which is absolute ass because of the black-brownish legs (I think I may need another brown?). Then the beisa (bottom left) which should at least be simpler. Then I think I'll stitch on all of the latin names, pull out the grid stitching, and frame the mf.

Anyway! This project is why I don't post on tumblr some days 🤣

#my art #q&a

[spell-bloom]

Hi! Saw the request you just got and wanted to let you know that rudhira have done LeahLillith Ines in pv2 here: https://rudhira.tumblr.com/post/689768474040565760/i-meant-to-stick-these-recolours-in-another-post

Oh thanks anon !! I didn't see that on the database but i'll add it on there rn

#ask and you shall receive

[amethystamanda]

Pinned Post

My tumblr is getting too long for me to keep track of or find things. So here's a list of links.

My addition to why people who do support on discord are sick of your sh*t: https://amethystamanda.tumblr.com/post/712316325366808576/hi-im-probably-no-one-you-know-but-im-a

Guide to Sims4Studio batch fixes https://docs.google.com/document/d/1B3tiSjiJ1nwSwWKy5Nf6gFyH4SdZaTnZq8b5cswtxUQ/edit#heading=h.pc6903y6b0wm

My tutorial on how to manually fix overrides/presets/skintones broken by EA changing the alien occult tag https://amethystamanda.tumblr.com/728020478734827520/broken-aliens

My mods and cc (I am counting overrides as mods. They do not add, they change): https://amethystamanda.tumblr.com/tagged/my%20mods https://amethystamanda.tumblr.com/tagged/my%20cc https://amethystamanda.tumblr.com/tagged/updates https://amethystamanda.tumblr.com/tagged/my%20mods%20updated

Eras Challenge: https://amethystamanda.tumblr.com/tagged/sims%20eras%20challenge https://amethystamanda.tumblr.com/tagged/sims%20eras%20challenge/chrono

Career Legacy: https://amethystamanda.tumblr.com/tagged/Career%20Legacy https://amethystamanda.tumblr.com/tagged/Career%20Legacy/chrono

CC lists for the sims in my gameplay: https://amethystamanda.tumblr.com/tagged/cc%20list

If you want to know where something is and it's not on those lists, let me know and I'll try. Gameplay/challenge posts are numbered in the tags, to make it easier to find which one you're referring to.

Specific mod/cc download posts and old gameplay links below the cut

Recolour of Anna & Bibi's scarf accessory https://amethystamanda.tumblr.com/post/679672420446175232/a-friend-asked-me-to-recolour-this-scarf-accessory (no, I don't know how to fix the pictures without making a whole new post)

Plumbob rug from The Sims Online remade https://amethystamanda.tumblr.com/post/695747687093551104/another-request-im-not-sure-if-they-were

Wooden pet brush override https://amethystamanda.tumblr.com/post/716382924727107584/wooden-pet-brush-override

Chuck wagon set https://amethystamanda.tumblr.com/post/723633409480654848/chuck-wagon-set

Wall border set https://amethystamanda.tumblr.com/post/726277829326716928/wall-border-set

Laundry bag override https://amethystamanda.tumblr.com/post/727443703156850688/laundry-bag-override

Poolside Splash Slides Override https://amethystamanda.tumblr.com/728713357292634112/poolside-splash-slides-override

Family Member Rewars Trait https://amethystamanda.tumblr.com/post/742769555423805440/family-member-trait UPDATED MARCH 15, 2024

Crystal shoes recolour https://amethystamanda.tumblr.com/post/743731414013444096/crystal-shoes-recolour

Unlocked Crystal Earrings https://amethystamanda.tumblr.com/post/743778911749619712/unlocked-crystal-earrings

Unlocked Crystal Necklaces (Feminine Frame) https://amethystamanda.tumblr.com/post/744117173040152576/unlocked-crystal-necklaces-feminine-frame

Unlocked Crystal Left Bracelets (Feminine Frame) https://amethystamanda.tumblr.com/post/744224427867275264/unlocked-crystal-left-bracelets-feminine-frame

Stone Gemology Table https://amethystamanda.tumblr.com/post/744928780631654400/stone-gemology-table

Old gameplay:

Barbie Legacy: https://amethystamanda.tumblr.com/tagged/sims%20barbie%20legacy https://amethystamanda.tumblr.com/tagged/sims%20barbie%20legacy/chrono

Alien Invasion: https://amethystamanda.tumblr.com/tagged/alien%20invasion%20challenge https://amethystamanda.tumblr.com/tagged/alien%20invasion%20challenge/chrono

Newfoundland Decades: https://amethystamanda.tumblr.com/tagged/newfoundland%20decades https://amethystamanda.tumblr.com/tagged/newfoundland%20decades/chrono

#pinned

[detroitbecomeonline]

DBH MODDING (3) - CONNOR OUTFIT BEGINNINGS

Hello everyone and

Dear Diary

It's time for another mod diary entry and I'm losing my mind. Welcome to chewtoy central, next stop insanity. You can find my last entry here where I talk a bit about general textures.

It’s 14/01/23 and I’m going feral, BUT I'm pleased to announce that I made progress on the things I was stuck on last time! I'm going feral because there's someone out there who knows how to make Connor into a SWAT officer and I desperately want that in my life, but it looks like I have to figure this shit out by myself. Anyway, I:

Fixed the bug in Russian Roulette by starting a new playthrough.

Can edit and import DDS files I was struggling with.

Downloaded GIMP instead of Blender to edit those DDS files.

Have a modded beanie Connor snooping through Hank's wardrobe as a celebration for getting past that bug:

I downloaded GIMP 2.0 because I stupidly deleted it from my PC like a month ago. I don't have Photoshop, so I'm going to use GIMP to edit the DDS files I was talking about last time I wrote.

I followed this tutorial which I linked in my last entry. I did my recolour and exported it which looks like the image below. If you're having trouble with GIMP, read this forum post. It sorted out my issue! In the end, I had pink-android-markers Kara!

Anyway, so... Then I wanted to immediately mess around with Connor's uniform. I have a design in mind, which I started working on below:

I wanted the Juicy font (Old London) to be on the back, so I downloaded the Old London font.

I didn't know how to add it, so I read this and followed the instructions there.

I got to work with editing the crap out of the image.

At first, I edited it so it was nice and even and looked like this:

But that made the end result look kind of funny? Like the blue was screwing things up in the "thiri-yum" part? Idk

My goal is to make a ridiculous bougie outfit for Connor. I just started with what I understood.

Another goal is to give Connor a SWAT suit. For the SWAT thing, I made a little progress in understanding what I have to do (as seen below).

Here are some videos I watched to expand my brain so I can use HxD (Hex editor) and further understand texture maps:

Number Systems Introduction Using a Hex Editor How to Hex Edit Games Texture Maps Explained

I figured out that in the Detroit Texture Tool, a container is not just a set of code, but a whole few sets of code! I'm not sure if I'm 100% correct, but here is a snip shot from the Tool:

(I want to remind you that I have ZERO prior experience with any of this lmfao) Also, in the Tool if you see the QD files, they're all like, a blue Quantic Dream logo? Apparently they're not supposed to look like that. I'm missing a program to be able to see them I think? And here is Captain Allen's uniform I found! I desperately want to put Connor in it!!! Have some texture maps I barely understand:

I'll update you more on my sassy Connor outfit and SWAT Connor as soon as I figure out stuff. Thanks for reading and I hope these entries help!

~ Trinity

#mine #dbh #dbh mods #detroit become online #mymoddiary

[lupismaris]

Holiday prep for the week reset of sorts to do list because every attempt this weekend to take care of myself and feel better failed miserably and I'm feeling worse than before

Meds (pre/probiotic and calc/mag/zinc add in)

Veggie supp + matcha + honey + oatmilk + spinach + apple w/herbs smoothie thing (i want to like smoothies but texture man it's like we have to chug it like a keg stand)

Eat half (or as much as we can stand) of the harvest bowl thing we ordered

Check in with Paul re Friday hearing and Uncle Pat re visit in February

Touch base with BF

Prep planners for week ahead (practical planner done time for the pocket astrology tarot drag your ass daily planner that i bought to keep my demons in check)

Smoke to keep the existential dread and bone deep fatigue at bay for another four hours please gods give four more hours

Recolour hair in prep for various events this week well it's done but the brows are definitely more natural ginger than I've had before and a smidge patchy :/

Deep moisture treatment and touch up undercut (tomorrow)

Eat second half of harvest bowl thing (fuck it wine time)

Heavy handed skin care routine since I've not moisturized 3 out of the last five days and my face feels sad (half way done w/ mask and nuface routine (don't look at me it was a post surgery gift and i like the way it soothes my need to be hyper in control) I'll finish the rest post salt bath)

Salt bath with added vapor salts for pain and wheezies

Take all your bedtime meds by 9 if we can manage it so they have time to marinate

Stretches (unlock your back and realign your hips i think one slipped yesterday)

Bed before 12am (audiobook only)

[dashawfrostart]

This Weeks In "Time & Again" #16: Preps For Something Big (And Unknown)

In regard to "Time & Again", the last week was... rather odd. One might possibly say it was somewhat uneventful, but that's not really true. In fact, it was SO EVENTFUL that I'm a little agitated right now. Or maybe "agitated" is not the right word. The writer/editor in me, sadly and to my shame, is failing to put it properly into words now to make it descriptive enough.

The most important thing is that little stuff here and there in Chapter 5 has been improved, altered (where needed) and fixed. So now it looks even better. For example, I recoloured a whole set of speech bubbles in Inkscape to make certain that the readers understand it easier to whom the certain lines belong to. As I worked on that particular improvement, I learnt a new trick yet again. I really like it how the newer interface in the latest versions of Inkscape works comparing to, say, that from the version 0.92 that I used when I only started to learn vector software. It makes everything much easier and allows to swap certain things in a matter of a few clicks (but also including a few minutes of swearing because I didn't realize that I was hitting the wrong buttons to begin with - that's how it sometimes goes for me 😅… but dis ok, everybody is learning, right?!). That goes for swapping gradients on the go, as well. I learnt that one can just import another SVG file that had extra gradients into another one to make extra pre-made gradients available in the list for an easy colour swap - and I needed that because I had to use the exact same colours for certain speech bubbles. I could've used a colour picker, of course, to take the colours from an already complete page... but I'd say swapping the gradient colours from a dropdown list is easier and hassle-free. I like that.

(those two pictures above are the examples of what I did, taken from one page: those are the straight exports of the speech bubbles from Inkscape. To the left, that's an old version, and to the right that's an updated new version as it is going to appear in the final release)

I also checked all the text again to make sure that I never missed anything that needed to be italicized (further reading on how I improved my font and created an italic version of it is in my previous post). Fonts are important in my story. Whenever something is highlighted in the text, be it through the formatting or via additional decorative effects - that MEANS certain something. The change of the font itself is also significant. Little details like that make me happy, and I love to see how meticulous the other artists can be when it comes to the little details like that. In my opinion, in art every little detail has a certain meaning, has an impact on the story and/or how it's perceived by the readers. So, in short, everything is important. It might be a hint of sorts, after all.

I even mused ahead, and not only I took extra notes on important monologues/dialogues for Chapter 6 that I'll start working on later this year (approximately in summer), but I also brainstormed the whole idea of "Time & Again" all over and came up with the certain concepts for the very distant story elements, even in regard to Chapter 8. I got ways to go, but it's never wrong to fantasize and refine what you've already had in your mind for the future 😉.

I am patiently waiting, enjoying my nice cup Earl Grey tea in my apartment on this snowstormy day (yep, we are suddenly snow buried), as my editor gives the chapter a second read for further refinement. I'm very content about how it's going.

And I'm slowly setting up a page for Chapter 5 on my Itch.io - I'm gradually, resolutely getting there.

That's practically all I've done for the story itself within the last 7 days or so.

Majority of my incredible effort lately has been put into something else though.

And here's some important news: I've been trying to prepare for the two grand adventures that potentially await me in May. But - funny how it often happens this way in life, innit? - realistically speaking, only one of these adventures is going to take place in my life, for they are mutually exclusive. There is simply no way to combine them. It's either/or - no options in between. Therefore, knowing in advance that I put double the effort, only half of which will potentially pay off, it makes my life right now pretty fun, no doubt about it. But this is something that absolutely has to be done.

One of those endeavours is artistic - and another one has a great life importance to me. The artistic one though requires A LOT of preparation and a certain financial investment, too. Unfortunately, where it all stands right now, due to the time limitations, I am terribly restricted in my options. This is why I'm virtually trying to do a tribal dance with a tambourine in my right hand, twirling around the dining table, singing incomprehensible impromptu songs in all the languages I remotely speak in (hopefully not futile) attempts to draw a certain positive outcome closer to me. And trust me on that: this is not an easy task. I foresee myself looking like a sun-dried prune once the hassle is over.

You know, in videogames, I view RNG as some kind of a nuisance. It might be nice at times, but, being a fan of games where I have full control over everything I do, I cannot appreciate RNG very much. I like to be responsible about my own actions, and I want to know when I screw up or succeed, so that I could make adjustments to my actions accordingly. All this "RNG a.k.a. gambling, bro!" makes me cringe. In cases like that, I always feel like AI just hates me, LOL. Never have I been very lucky in small life events either... well, except for that one time, or maybe two at best. Well, if interpreting having blue jays at my balcony feeder as "a lucky event", then I'd say three. Yup.

Closer to May, aside from Chapter 5 release, hopefully! - I will make an announcement about if I rolled 20 for realsies and what The Real Life RNG is gonna present me - because the choice between the two possible routes does not depend on me. So we'll have to go from that. It's also fair to mention one of these routes potentially leads to me going radio silent (blog silent?.. internet silent?..) for a month. Which means no updates on the state of "Time & Again" for a while.

But enough of babbling for now, otherwise I turn into Edgar - who babbles all the time (according to Lothar anyway). That was another one not-really-to-the-point post. I had plenty of those many years ago 😁

See you soon! 👋

#TimeAndAgainbyDWF #Inkscape #This Week In Time And Again #graphic novel #plans

[council--board]

I've made something like this before so I'll redo it

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when it comes to creating stimboards, it's a pretty easy process to do

I usually research stims on tumblr, where I search it up like this

sometimes I'll write gif instead of stim if I can't find anything which unfortunately can lead you to seeing fanfics and unrelated things so it's difficult

when I need to find specific colours, I write another hashtag of said colour which helps narrow down but sometimes it doesn't work

sometimes searching up stims can lead you to finding stimboards unrelated to the search or really questionable stimboards/stimblogs which I've found a bunch of times

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if on pc, I would recommend opening two tabs. one for the stimboard you're working on while the other is for all the research you'll do to get the gifs

I will also recommend saving your board as a draft so you don't lose credits or even the entire board if you're on the mobile app since the app can easily send you to other posts

for getting the gifs onto the board on pc, drag the image over or you can copy paste the gif link. sometimes the gifs don't work where it either didn't register properly [link is visible, just keep adding it over until it becomes a gif] while other times it becomes something else which you can't fix

dragging around the gifs is simple, you can either choose to drag it via the top left button or by grabbing the image directly then moving it to the correct spot

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personally I avoid using non-official art without permission if it isn't my own art. if you do want to use fanart, I would recommend asking the user first and also properly crediting. I usually will credit the post that I found it on instead of the user so that people can see the official post

for image sizes, I put them at 500 x 500 or smaller if I need to resize them. cropping is easier since I just choose the main focus. I use ezgif which can help you recolour gifs, crop, resize and more

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if anyone has any questions, you're free to ask me but I can't promise I'll have a correct answer to help you in making stimboards

#stimboard-logs

[vixonspixels]

Hi Vixon, firstly I want to thank you for all the content you're providing. I love your anesthetic and style. I might try using gshade for the 4th time just because yours are so adorable, I bet it'd make even Warewolfs look like VSCO girls 😆

What I'd want to ask you is whether you'd be willing to share your skims leggings mesh? I'd like to make a simlish version for myself.

Tbh, I just started exploring the "Studio" side of the Sims, that might be the first project I'll complete. I don't intend to put it behind the pay wall or anything. I'll share you the results once I find it good enough to keep it in my game and we might even make full Skims simlish update (by we I mean lemme practice on other meshes and you update your collection if you're satisfied)

Anyway, have a great day and know I'll be looking forward to your content and overrides no matter what the answer is 😍

Hello, thankyou so much for your kind words I really do appreciate it!

I unfortunately cannot share the mesh, the reason being is if you were to use that exact same mesh and release your own version I believe the CC would conflict if that makes sense? So if the people downloading mine had yours already in their game then mine wouldn't show up as it would conflict due to it being the exact same mesh and vice versa

Usually I see people just do a recolour of the textures without including the mesh, and they mention in their post that you need the original mesh for it to show up in game if that makes sense? And then they will tag the creator and item who's mesh is used

There are so many different leggings/shorts etc available on the sims studio that you could use instead. The reason so many people can recolour the same thing through sims 4 studio is down to that programme providing a brand new package file for each person. I hope all of this makes sense, I have tried explaining the best that I can

I'm still very new to the whole creating world myself. I haven't personally tried to edit another mesh that a different cc creator has used but like I stated above I know that I've only ever seen people recolour the textures. I've no idea how that works, as everything I've learnt so far is pretty much self taught

Sorry I can't be of much more help

Have a lovely day also 🤍

#answered

[loosiap]

Hi, Lou! Could you replace yftophipsweats and yfbottomhipsweats with this tracksuit by PlatAsp: platinumaspiration tumblr com /post/691399271471300608/a-gift-for-xht-f with colors - Top: 11,8,9,4,12,1. Bottom: 12,8,10,4,11,1 (Basically, same colors as original outfits). I don't know how it goes with the ages, but if possible, could it be available for young adults, adults and teens aswell? If not, it's okay. I know it is a tall order already! Thanks ^^

Hello! ^^ No problem, I'll make it for you ♡ (also no stress your requests are not too much, if you asked me for more then 4 clothes then it could get confusing but 2 at once is totally fine with me ^^) Those defaults will be enabled for young adults and adults

As for making it available for teens hmm... If there is no ingame TF top and bottom that you would like to be replaced with those clothes then the only option is for me to decustomize TF files in your chosen recolours. I don't usually do this (because for me simply putting those clothes as cc in game gives the same effect) but I can make it for you if that is your wish, no problem! (like I made it before for another person)

#request

[alkesims]

me: all right, the very last hair to replace! i'll just find one i like on the db and use it.

s2ddb: *has dozens of options*

me: hmm. actually, i'll default one i like better.

me: *downloads another hair and defaults it*

me: hmm. now that i'm done, i've decided that hair is too high poly. i'll make another default.

me: *downloads a different hair*

me: hmm. can't find a retexture i like. guess i'll make one. i just need five colours, and i made photopea actions for them.

me: *retextures the hair*

me: hmm. i think i'll do all the colours, even the ones i don't have photopea actions for yet.

me: *makes dozens of photopea actions*

me: *recolours the hair literally 50 times*

me: *bins and familys the hair*

me: hmm.

me: *posts about it instead of defaulting the fucking thing*