AleNikSimmer

Hi everyone! As you might have noticed, I was really keen to the idea of creating CCs again in March. Unfortunately, life doesn't go as planned, especially when I'm making plans for myself.

Socks 5

Tights 4

Hello! I've been trying to make LB's mask in 3D (since the poll is stable) but I'm encountering several issues. Mostly with clipping around the eyes. EA's official masks (even the ones "flushed" to the face) have very big eye holes cause the clipping with the eyes/eyelashes is guaranteed otherwise. In Miraculous almost every character has a mask that's flushed to the eyelids (cause it's literally the model made like this, they are not overlayed like in the sims). This will cause a lot of headache (and lost time) for me if I have to try and remake every single mask in 3D and make it work with the sims seamlessly. Plus, after comparing the painted version (O) and the new 3D one I made in these days (N), I've decided it's not worth the effort. TS4 is a medium/low poly game and this level of details I'm trying to achieve is lost even in CAS (where usually the items display better, and I have the game on high settings).

I'm sorry it ended this way, I know most of you wanted the masks to be actual objects, and I was excited by the prospect too, but in my opinion it's not worth it. I prefer to update the old textures (since I made some changes to the new mask) and the meshes that really need some attention (for example Chat Noir's boots and ring that are a complete utter mess). I think I did a pretty good job with the most recent (2022/23?) and complext meshes and you seem to have loved my sets anyways. I hope you can understand were this is coming from.

I really want to give you an updated version and continue with the sets, and I really want to create other CCs not related to Miraculous, but my free time is limited and I don't want to "waste" it pouring a lot of effort in for very little results in return.

FullBody 21

FullBody 20

Hello! I've been thinking a lot about my return to the CC creation space in this week and I've decided for the future I will no longer be using TSR. I'm extremely grateful for the opportunities and the support they gave me in the past, but I don't think it alligns anymore with my schedule now that I have a full time job. As I said before, their financial support has been crucial when I was unemployed, but now that my life has changed I won't be able to post as frequently as it is required to be part of their artist program again. Secondly, some CCs requirements don't allign with my future creative ideas (would it be number of polygons, swatches, texture space, slightly n-sfw etc). I understand why these limitations are in place but I would love to have more creative freedom in the future. This said, I've observed other CCs creators I admire and I decided to open a Patreon. I'm in the process of setting it up since I'm not familiar with the platform, but I think I'll go with three tiers since I've seen it's the most popular set up: General support, Early access (2 weeks), Eearly access+Extra support. I don't plan of making a living out of it, just having little incentives to support my passions and future small projects. This means I won't be grinding and posting new stuff every single day, I'm just restarting and I don't want to burn out immediately. What I think I can do is minimum 2 CCs/a set per month (depending on the complexity), probably following a monthly theme (for example I plan to release my recent suit with and without the garters, plus a bunny tail+bow accessory for the back, wrist bands, shoes, probably thighs and bunny ears. All depending how much time it takes me). I will also plan on continuing with my Miraculous Sets and remake part of the older ones (Ladybug and Chat Noir have a LOT of issues since I was a newbie at the time), BUT I still don't know when I'll tackle them so DON'T join my patreon expecting to find the sets right away. They were a passion project that I left due to the eventual burnout and I don't want to feel pressured again. They will still be available for free after two weeks after I eventually finish them.

Now that this is out of the way, since I'm starting "anew" I've decided it is time to rebrand too, or at least partially. I'm actually fond of my logo but I'm kinda bored of the grayscales. I want to add touch of colors to my previews but I still want them to be associated with me. I also think that some angles in my logo might be a bit too harsh. I guess what I'm trying to ask is, do you recognize this as my logo?

Or do you just remember my name in other ways? Did you directly associate my name to the miraculous stuff since at the time I had a different logo? What do you think can be improved? Do you not care about the logo at all and I'm just worrying for nothing?

Guys...is my save corrupted or it is some kind of mod? When I try to load live mode this happens...this is the save were I test all my CCs and take preview pictures, so I'm not sure if it's a vanilla bug or what.