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hi simblr, fancy little anti ai tag game?
First, i want to give a shoutout to simblrsagainstai tag created by elderwisp where simmers are sharing their resources and tutorials on editing. This time i want to shift focus on our mindset. I’m going to say obvious things but ai being unacceptable in creative space is also obvious and yet we continue seeing ai generated stuff. Also i am not a skilled editor. I'm just a person with simblr who posts their ocs. I am still learning and my process is slow, so this is a reminder for myself as well.
Let’s think about our endless possibilities as individuals who can do much more than click one ai button to auto generate a “masterpiece” that distorts all meanings of the word “art”, steals your experience and small joys of achievement, a “masterpiece” that will never belong to you. I want to set our mind from “i don’t know how to do it” towards “i don’t know how to do it yet” when it comes to learning something new whether it’s simblr related or not. Entry barrier is much lower than it seems (especially considering that there are so many tutorials waiting for you to grab them). We also need to keep in mind the importance of curiosity that should be our driving force. Let it be your insatiable virus that is constantly asking for more.
You know what should be another fuel? Comparing your oldest and latest work. It is important to highlight: the point is not to say that picture number one is worse than picture number two but to acknowledge once again that the existence of the second picture is not possible without the first one and how once mysterious and scary things slowly became more familiar. Do you remember typing your first motherlode code and buying stuff that was always marked red before? Do you remember downloading your first cc and seeing it in game? Do you remember taking your first screenshots using pose player? Do you remember a bit of power you felt that time? I do.
About the tag:
I suggest rummaging through archives together as a part of anti ai tag game. There are no strict rules. Feel free to post as many pics as you want and write as much as you want or to be a person of a few words and just show those screens! I’m sure all of us have something to tell. I encourage you guys to share your experience and (!) it doesn’t have to be about editing only.
Let me share mine. My posting frequency is a bit sad. I posted raw ts3 gameplay screens (which is totally ok too!) on my first simblr in 2013 and i got more into editing only in 2025 so i didn’t have many screenshots to choose from.
Back then I remember that reshade/gshade seemed like something only tech nerds could understand, photoshop seemed super scary and complicated, srwe seemed like some magical and mysterious tool. Guess what? It took only a 10 minute video to help me understand how to install gshade and get the idea how interface works, then took one evening to look through all shaders to find something cool (need to do that again btw). Watched another short tutorial on installing relight. Then i started my switch from a random website where i tried editing to photoshop. I began clicking those scary buttons, most of them are still scary but i managed to get along with a few of them. Later i started learning how to draw shadows and highlights with a mouse, experimenting with colors, using a bunch of overlays at a time to see what happens. Also watched one random tutorial to resolve the mystery of srwe because i also wanted to keep my pc warm and cozy. I am still struggling, still having doubts before posting and still have a long list of what i want to learn.
tagging: @elderwisp @flovoid @vicciouxs @thebramblewood @nelisims @stormentsims @jinkiwhims @warmsol. No pressure, ofc feel free to ignore if you don't want to. Everyone is more than welcome to join. If you saw this post, consider yourself tagged.
