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

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.

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.

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.

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.