Saturday 31 December 2011

The Rivers Family Legacy

I have a legacy family that I thought I'd tell you about. I haven't followed the legacy rules, I wanted my sims to have really nice lives. So I used cheats and built them a huge house. I'm not going to turn their lives into a story though, I'll just post updates every so often.

Well, Zara is the legacy founder, she married Darnell and had a son called Lucas (currently a teen), then a daughter called Bree (currently a teen). They got divorced and Zara married Mike, they had a daughter called Jade (currently a child), then a daughter called Abbie (currently a child). I took some pictures of them. The lighting on Darnell's picture is pretty terrible, since he doesn't live with the family anymore I had to go and find him. He works at the Consignment Store so that's where the picture was taken. I don't have a picture of Abbie because she's at boarding school.

Pictures:

Zara


Darnell


Lucas


Bree


Mike


Jade

Wednesday 28 December 2011

Some CC

I downloaded this lipgloss about a week ago and I've been using it on all of my sims since then. I found it here.

Stop Trying To Draw Hair!

My last couple of posts have been about me trying to draw hair. Today I tried to draw hair again, since I've got my drawing tablet now. It turned out better than my previous attempts. I still need practice though. I think I needed to add more fly aways and improve the shape of the hair.

Tuesday 27 December 2011

An Unfinished Hair Drawing

I started drawing this hair. I was trying to follow a tutorial but the texture went all weird. I just decided to use the dodge/burn tool to mess around with the colours and I like how the colours turned out. I think I might draw the hair like in my previous attempt at drawing hair but add the colours from this hair drawing. I like how it makes the hair look like it's flowing. I'd probably blend the colours more next time though.

Second Attempt At Drawing Hair

So I tried drawing hair again. I read a few tutorials but didn't really follow any of them. I created the hair using a mouse as I didn't have my drawing tablet with me. I think the shape of the hair would have been better if I'd used my drawing tablet. There is also something wrong with the shine of the hair. I think I still need plenty of practice.

Thursday 22 December 2011

2 New Sims: Aurora and Louise

I wanted to make more sims so decided to make two.

You can download and recommend Aurora here.


You can download and recommend Louise here.


Hope you like them!

Visit my thread on the sims 3 forum here.

New Sim: Jade

I've uploaded a few sims to the exchange before because I enjoy making sims. Now I've decided to start uploading sims more regularly. I'm also going to add better pictures to them. The first of my new sims is called Jade. You can download her from the exchange here. You can also visit my thread on the sims 3 forums here.








I think the pictures could be better, so I'm just going to experiment with them and try and develop my own style.

Monday 19 December 2011

I Quit Existence Magazine :(

So I quit Existence Magazine. Basically, the assignment I was given was nothing like the stuff I was told I'd need to do when I applied for the position. I knew I'd hate doing the assignment, so I quit. I've wanted to be part of a magazine for a while and I asked what I'd need to do if I got the position. It sounded perfect for me so I applied and got the job. I was told:

'The colour expert does 3 things:

1. Helps Editor + Co-Editor come up with a good colour theme to match the time of year

2. Writes a little article about colour schemes on different aspects (on clothes, houses)

3. Gives Fashion/Make-Up Experts ideas on what things to get (colour-wise)'

I then waited for months for an assignment and got this:

For this issue, I would like you to give some interior tips using the colours, Black and White. It can be modern or old fashioned, but you must give an example for each room and a little description under each picture. Your rooms are going to be: Living Room, Kitchen, Dining Room, Bathroom and also Bedroom. Good Luck!

The first sentence sounded okay. I assumed I'd be given pictures, and I could just write about the colours and how they contrasted, and say why this worked well in the interior of the house. Then I read the next sentence. I was never told I'd have to get pictures. That was part of the reason why I liked this job. My computer isn't great so it takes ages for me to get pictures. I don't mind getting pictures for my blog. That's fun, and I can just do what I want. But I just end up fed up and bored when I have to do it, and it becomes a chore. Plus I'm terrible at interior design. I would have really not enjoyed this assignment. I thought for this job I'd just be giving people ideas and writing articles.

Sorry about my little rant but I needed to say something and I haven't posted lately. I will be posting more again extremely soon. I've had tons of homework and hardly any time to play sims. I feel really bad.

Sunday 27 November 2011

Banner Competition

I entered the Unbound banner competition for the first time. I really shouldn't have left it so late, since I entered on the due date. I didn't win but I wasn't expecting to, since I'd used a picture of a sim that I had taken ages ago, and the sim I used had no eyelashes. The winning banner was great though, and I enjoyed taking part. I think I'll practice a lot more before entering again. So here's the banner:

Saturday 19 November 2011

Where have you been?

I never posted last week. You may be wondering why. So, it's basically because I haven't had chance to play sims. Blame my teachers for giving me heaps of homework, I've still got loads to do. As soon as I get chance I'm definitely going to get some new screenshots and do some editing. Well I managed too find time to quickly (and badly) edit a picture of a sim that I've had on my computer for a while. I know it's not great but the lighting on this picture was pretty terrible, I edited it though because I like it and I used one of my favourite sims.


If you're wondering what I actually did to this picture here's a list:
- I made her eyes whiter since they looked yellow.
- I painted nail polish on her thumb
- I drew on some eyeliner (badly) but it's better than it was. She looked like she had a black eye.
- I did a tiny bit of shading and highlighting. I think I was a bit scared to do much since I've never done it before and I just realized I only did the shading and highlighting on her face and hand. It would probably look better if the shading was darker and if I'd shaded her shoulders. You can't really see that I've even done any shading put there is proof! Look at the top left of her forehead. You can see where I didn't blend it properly and it looks dirty.
- I cropped it so I wouldn't have to do as much editing (I know I'm lazy).

Things I attempted to do and failed at:
- Draw hair. It ended up looking like fur. How do I make it shiny? I've tried everything and it just looks messy and has a funny texture like fur.
- Draw makeup. It just wouldn't work. She just looked like she needed a wash and I couldn't blend it right.

I also realised that I really need to practise my editing. I can't do most of the stuff that actually makes pictures look good. Any tips would be appreciated.

Sunday 6 November 2011

Some CC

I recently downloaded this hair from here. I really like it and keep using it on lots of my sims.

Sunday 30 October 2011

Finally Got World Adventures

So I finally decided to buy world adventures and I love it! My favourite location has to be China. It's just so pretty and all the places there are amazing. I really like the photography and martial arts skills too. The nectar making thing is nice but I find it a bit boring. The adventures are so much fun too! They just add so much to the game. I was getting a bit bored with sims because I just ended up doing the same things. But now I can send my sims on adventures and I really enjoy solving all the puzzles.

So overall I really like World Adventures and it's definitely one of my favourite expansion packs so far. So here's a lovely picture of my sim standing in a counter at the nectary in France.

Monday 24 October 2011

Halloween Party

Since it's halloween soon I decided to make my sims have a halloween party. Sorry that its a bit laggy and the quality isn't great. I'll have to sort out the settings for next time.

Wednesday 19 October 2011

First Attempt At Drawing Hair

So I decided since I've got a drawing tablet again I should try and draw hair on my sims. I know it isn't great since I gave up on the tutorial I was meant to be following and just did most of it myself. Also if you're wondering why the sim in the picture looks so plain, well I was going to try and draw makeup too but I decided to just practice hair for now.

Saturday 15 October 2011

Some CC

I found this very nice 1960 Chevrolet Corvette here. I've downloaded it for my game and I love it! My simself has been driving around Bridgeport in this car and I'm sure she likes it too.

Friday 14 October 2011

Update On The Drawing Tablet

A little while ago I posted about my broken drawing tablet. I didn't get a refund but they sent me a replacement so I'm quite happy about that, however I think I'm still going to buy a better drawing tablet eventually. Well, at least I'll be able to do some screenshot editing now. When I get time I'll edit some screenshots and show you them. I'll warn you though, I only recently started editing so they may be rather terrible.

Saturday 8 October 2011

Building A Kitchen Using The Sims 3

I just uploaded a new video on youtube about creating a kitchen using The Sims 3. You can watch it below or watch it here. So please like and subscribe! More videos coming very soon. Please comment if there is a Sims 3 tutorial you would like me to create next.

Sunday 2 October 2011

Fishing At The Graveyard

Today I sent my sim to do some fishing at the graveyard. I'm not sure why I chose the graveyard, probably because I don't normally send my sims there.

Thursday 29 September 2011

Winter Is Approaching

Sadly it's getting colder now. Summer is gone and winter is quickly approaching. So I decided to take some spring/ summer themed pictures on the sims 3.

Wednesday 28 September 2011

Drinks With Meals

Whenever I eat a meal I usually have a drink with it. So why don't sims? It would be nice if when they had a meal they had a drink with it. They hardly ever drink and mainly just drink at bars. It would just add another little realistic touch to the game. I know it's only a small idea and most people probably aren't that bothered about it but details all help make the game more realistic.

Tuesday 27 September 2011

The Bistro

So I decided to send my sim to the bistro so she could have a nice meal. I decided to make her eat outside so I could see what food she was eating. I was expecting her to have a nice fancy meal since it wasn't exactly cheap. So she walks out of the bistro carrying her plate of food and when I zoomed in I saw her meal was...

a cookie. Just one measly cookie!

Well at least she enjoyed it :)

Monday 26 September 2011

Some CC


I found these dresses on the all about style website and I really like them. I've downloaded them for my game so I thought you might like them too. So here's a link.


I downloaded these tops for children too, so here's a link to them.

Drawing Tablet :(

I do not recommend this drawing tablet. I bought it a couple of months ago and at first thought it was a fairly good drawing tablet. I've only used it a few times and today I plugged it into my computer because I wanted to edit a screenshot and I realised that the nib of the pen was stuck inside the pen and the buttons were stuck too so I couldn't use it. I've looked after it well and I just keep it inside one of the pockets in my laptop bag so it should've been okay. So I've emailed the company and I'm going to try and get a refund so I can put the money towards buying a better one.

Sunday 25 September 2011

First Blog Post

Hi, I'm dtyui. Welcome to my brand new blog. Here I'll show you screenshots from my game, custom content I like, houses I've built, tell you what I think and much more. So, I've played sims games for a while now. I've had the Sims 2, Sims 2 castaway and Sims 2 pets games on PS2. Then when The Sims 3 was released I bought that on PC. I've got a few expansion packs as well, Ambitions, Late Night, Generations and I plan on buying Pets. I've got The Sims 3 on Wii too.

Well, this was my first blog post. I'm going to try and post whenever I can so, I hope you like my blog :)

Bye!