Pixel Puppets

Mid-Century Modern Paint Colors Part I

Milk White - #E7E4DD

Wan White - #E2E5DE

Sandpit Brown - #CBB9A5

Nude Brown - #C49E7A

Dusyk Pink - #A37D7C

Burnished Orange - #BB5441

Periglacial Blue - #B7D9DA

Powder Blue - #97BCC2

Smalt Blue - #1F595D

Celestial Blue - #11191C

I’m sharing these for ease. You can see the texture better if you look at the full view. They are named as they are here. .Sims3Pack and preview included.

♦ Both sims are slider free except for 3 sliders, so I included them in the download :) ♦ The only CC I used is for Base sim 1: Hair - Eyelashes - Lips [not sure though, pralinesims has a lot of lipglosses ._.] ♦ The eyes and skin are defaults

No TOU, do whatever you want with them bc they’re bases :) Do tag me if you use them, I would love to see what you guys make of them c;

These are just a few simple edits of quizicalgin’s infant footies. All I did was edit the mask to allow the foot/sock part to be recolorable and added stencils from Gymboree. Includes 3 separate files for boys and girls — I was going to add them as presets but I wasn’t sure it they’ll work in game that way, so now you all have the option to pick and choose. Custom thumbnails are also included. As usual, any questions or concerns let me know asap!

Reblog and if I like your blog i’ll follow!

Random Follower Gift #3! - Set 2 of 2 Tomorrow’s my birthday so consider this my birthday gift to YOU! Lol I finished the second part of my Disney minimalist poster set! The movies included in this set are: Brother Bear, Bambi, Beauty and the Beast, Up, Toy Story, The Fox and the Hound, The Aristocats, The Lion King, Cinderella, Dumbo, Mulan, Pinocchio, Peter Pan, Ratatouille, Sleeping Beauty, and Tangled! Hope you guys enjoy and happy simming! You can grab SET 1 here! Standard TOU apply, no reuploading or claiming as your own. Image credits 01. Mesh by Awesims.

I don’t feel like I take good, good pictures but an anon requested that I did a quick tutorial SO YEAH HERE YOU GO! THIS IS DONE BY PC PLS DON’T EXPECT A MAC VERSION BECAUSE I WILL NEVER PROBABLY TOUCH A MAC IN THE NEXT 5 YEARS

What you will need:

The sims 3. Obviously.

A keyboard

A mouse. (Preferably not a touchpad) 

Now lets wait 10 minutes for my game to load and I will show you some stuff you will need!

ITS LOADED YES YES

now if you look at the bottom of your little simmy game you will find this~

NOW if you have a mouse with a scrolly buttony thing yOU WONT NEED TO USE THIS SEVENTH CIRCLE OF HELL

but some mouses can only zoom in and out -looks at my mouse- so yeah sucks to be me

anyway you probably all know what this circle does so yeah i’ll carry on

LET ME SHOW YOU A BUTTON CALLED TAB

IF YOU’VE NEVER PRESSED TAB IN YOUR GAME YOU’VE NEVER SEEN HEAVEN I FORGOT WHAT THE REAL NAME IS BUT IT ALLOWS YOU TO MOVE YOUR MOUSE EVERYWHERE YES BEAUTIFUL ITS CALLED CAMERAMAN MODE i think 

Without Tab ew generic camera but it looks ..ok

With Tab *I DIDNT MOVE AT ALL* OHLOOK YOU CAN SEE MORE AND IT LOOKS MORE COOL YEAH WOO! GO TAB it kinda zooms you out a bit sometimes so this is why it looks so zoomy outy

Ok yes just use tab from now on. Please.

NOW YOU KNOW ABOUT TAB, LET ME SHOW YOU SHIFT

Ok, this only works in tab mode / cameraman mode and most simmers do not use this, but it’s just cool and good to know.

It rotates you. TO ANOTHER DIMENSION. Use SHIFT + A OR D to do this

Before I used this magic trick

After pressing SHIFT+A slighty WOAH DUDE SO TRIPPY CANTED ANGLE HERE U ARE

WOOOAHHH UPSIDE DOWN DOG!!!1 DEFYING GRAVITY

Well I hope that explains it briefly. People don’t really use it very often in taking pictures of their sims/houses but I use it when a plan, boring picture needs a dynamic camera angle. 

LIGHTING!!!

Ok, LIGHTING is a crucial part of a photo. It’s probably a ‘do or die’ type of thing for your pictures. 

The basic sims 3 lighting is okay, but you will probably need a lighting mod. Lighting mods are fun. Sunlit tides and aurora skies have their own special AMAZING lighting. I don’t really use a lighting mod, infact I don’t know what lighting I have D:

TIMES OF THE DAY ON THE SIMS IS REALLY CRUCIAL. MAKE OR BREAK HERE.  for scenery pics ok

From what I’ve posted people dig on my scenery pics:

Sunset and Sunrise.

Like seriously, sunset and sunrise is the best time of day for simmers.

Taking a picture of sims kissing on the beach? Wait till sunset. Much more prettier. And I mean it. Romance = sunset ok it’s just perfect a typical match made in heaven.

BUT ABI I JUST WANT TO TAKE PICTURES OF MY SIMS!

ok dude i can cover that too

wanna just show off your sim you’re gonna put up for download?

THEN BOY YOU WILL NEED LOTS OF LIGHT

1. MAKE A SQUARE ROOM 

2. INSERT COLOURED WALLPAPER OR JUST WHITE WALLPAPER

3. LIGHTS….. LIGHTS EVERYWHERE

with lights

mmm lydia in her true pixely glory

without a good light source EW

if you’re gonna make upclose shots like this i would recommend the hq mod IF YOUR COMPUTER CAN HANDLE IT LIKE IF YOU’RE LIKE ME WITH A 5 Y O GRAPHICS CARD YOU CAN JUST CRY AND DIE RIGHT NOW

If you want to ~Experiment~ try different light sources. Because light sources pretty much set the mood in the picture. Dark = sad, evil Light = Happy, pure. The list goes on but it’s basically common sense. 

mmm yes abi namikaze, how lovely of you to appear as a different light source example. horrible but noticeable example ok good got that. With this picture and pose, you can tell the mood and if your english/media teacher looked at this photo they’ll tell you to write a paragraph about the mood of this picture. but i’m blabbing on. 

also, P O S E P L A Y E R. Poses are a staple diet in the simming community. Poses… yum…. good… poses… mmmm… yes… need i say more

CAMERA ANGLESSSSSSSSSSSSS

if you ignore this i might just cry i cba to show these angles in the sims but yes ITS BASICALLY COMMON SENSE OK 

me rn

COURTESY OF GOOGLE IMAGES IF YOU WANT MORE IMAGES AND MORE INFO ON ANGLES GOOGLE. GOOGLE. GOOOOGLE.

NOW LETS PLAY WHATS THE ANGLE

here r da answers:

over the shoulder shot soz didnt really add that in but yeah ok

extreme close up

long shot

SO YEAH I DONT REALLY KNOW WHAT ELSE TO ADD

EDITTTTIIINNNGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

FOR DUMMIES

Photoshop giving you problems? Crying because Picnik closed down?

WELL LOOK NO FURTHER

P H O T O S C A P E 

LIKE SERIOUSLY PHOTOSCAPE. JUST CLICK A FEW BUTTONS AND YOU’RE DONE

SERIOUSLY I JUST USED BLOOM, SHARPEN AND BACKLIGHT AND IT LOOKS HALF DECENT GOOD GOOD GOOD

before

after crop, bloom, backlight and sharpen

she doesnt look washed out now yay go her go on lydia go get the d

but yeah i probably missed out a tonne of stuff but here’s a quick checklist

Lighting

Angle

Poses

and violá! a decent picture.

ALSO THE DO’S AND DON’TS OK 

D OOOOONNT… 

DONT MAKE THOSE WALLS INVISIBLE please just dont

and try not to show plumbobs/thoughtbubbles

THERES A CHEAT CODE FOR THAT

WHAT A BEAUTIFUL CHEAT CODE

beautiful omg it just makes skill bars, thought bubble and plumbobs go poof

and er yeah dats the end of my shit tutorial hoped you like PLEASE REPLY/REBLOG WITH WHAT I MISSED AND I WILL COVER IT I THINK I’VE MISSED OUT A CRUCIAL PART BUT IDK WHAT

Download

The Everly - 4-5 Bed, 3 Bath (requested by anonymous)

So I finally got around to this my goodness! In the .zip I’ve included both a furnished and unfurnished file of this house since everyone has their own style :) It was built on a 30x30 lot, furnished is $73,966 and unfurnished is $49,642. The CC you’ll need for the house is just these roofs by QBuilderz. If you use the furnished file and want it to look the same as the previews you’ll want to download these rugs. Ok… I think that about covers it! I hope you like it, and give credit where credit is due~