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The Tea Moods Lookbook Challenge by @ts4boytique

Dandelion Root Tea: People might see you as sensitive and soft, dear dandelion, but despite your unintimidating exterior, you’re tough and resilient to your core. Where other people would give up, you push through and weather whatever shit comes your way. Don’t forget, however, that no matter how scrappy you are, you still do have a sensitive side and don’t need to rely on your grit all the time.

Tea Moods Lookbook Challenge by @ts4boytique

I was tagged approximately 1000 years ago for this. I’m hella late but I still really wanted to do this!

I’m not much of a tea drinker but I based a sim on my fave beverage, coffee with a splash of milk! This is Isaac Coffey, an artist. I imagine he spends his free time hanging out in hip cafés sketching the other customers.  

hair | sweater | pants | boots

Tea Moods Lookbook Challenge by @ts4boytique

Tagged by the ridiculously talented and ever awe-inspiring @boomchicapopdat , I chose to get creative with Green Tea! I don’t drink it often but it’s soo good for you!! 

I was tagged by incredibly talented @ice-creamforbreakfast for the @ts4boytique   Tea Moods Lookbook Challenge!  Thanks!

I know, I’m boring for not using any CC clothing or poses. But this is Craig Conway and he’ll be making an appearance in Generation 2 of my Banks Dynasty. He’s enjoying a cup of Healthy Green tea at his favorite spot. He’s a true child of the islands (although he was born and raised in Windenburg) so he’s wearing clothing and tattoos from the Island Living Pack. His hair is from Discover University. The only CC he has is body hair by luumia | lashes by Kijiko | beard by Pralinesims | lips by Rope

TEA MOODS LOOKBOOK CHALLENGE

I have never participated in any challenge with Sims 4 other than my personal ones of designing #NoCC lots, which I must say is a VERY challenging thing for me to do with all of the CC that I have created and all that I have by others who are much better than I am at creating CC. That said, I also want to add that just a small tag or mention such as the one that @wistfulpoltergeist did in tagging me for this challenge can make in one's day and general outlook on things. It is a VERY lovely thing to be thought of, no matter in what manner. Thank You @wistfulpoltergeist!

Since I don't Social Media very well, I took the lead from them and made two Sims for my two favorite teas. Having read the suggestion made by @ts4boytique for the challenge of getting out of one's comfort zones, I summarily dismissed such a crazy thought, and hastily retreated right into my comfort zone as per usual. What I discovered while making the screenshots for the pair is that I really want to update my CAS trait replacements so that I can have ANY other poses to capture in CAS than the default 'idle' one, which has so few frames/variation to it, it becomes a challenge in and of itself to capture the Sim in different poses and not 5 variations of the same posture... o_0 My computer, while being solid (knocking on wood) and allowing me to play Sims 4 on Maximum settings does NOT allow for me to use Re-Shade successfully, and I have never been one to use Sims 4 as a posing/rendering program as I have DazStudio for those needs. I never the less very much appreciate seeing how much effort some people put into their screenies! The two Sims are pulled from my Tray files of two different butlers that I had altered in-game, featuring five choices of outfit - formal, athletic, party, swimwear and cold weather. I believe that one of the facial hairs comes from the talented @golyhawhaw, otherwise the CC used is of my own creation.

The first one, top photo, is of the first tea that I fell into Like with while living in New York and going to my favorite Dim Sum place on Mott Street - Zhu Cha, or Gunpowder Tea [wiki]. Living in New York also gave me the bonus of being able to shop at Ten Ren (ditto for #2), so there's that as well. (Gunpowder tea is in NO way red, I maybe should have gone with Hibiscus tea for that - really, but I took the 'hot beverage' thing too seriously and never drank self-made hibiscus tea hot... OK, let's just pretend that I did go with that, alright?)

The second photo is of my 'mainstay' Favorite tea - genmaicha [wiki]. I was introduced to this tea while living in San Francisco and eating at the first and subsequently also the last restaurant that I ate in while there - the much lamented and long gone 'No Name' (officially Nippon) sushi restaurant. So many great memories of so many Amazing sushi meals prepared by the head chef there, who got great amusement of watching me sitting at the counter while I would stream Happy tears from the 'wasabi orgasms' that I would get from the maguro nigiri that he made for me!!! He was a marvel to watch, made even more so as he looked as if he were an ancient samurai who stepped right out of a ukiyo-e by Sharaku [wiki]. I did not try to replicate his visage for the Sim , as he was so unique that I would not want a watered-down version of him.

Thank You for this challenge, however I do not really know anybody well enough to tag them. o_0

Currently distracting myself from the awful bushfires affecting my state (and indeed, the whole country) and because @artsymcrafty tagged me, I thought I may as well take part in @ts4boytique‘s Tea Moods Lookbook Challenge.  I don’t often do fellas (they’re never as much fun as the girls to do) so this was a chance to add to my male population of sims.

I drink a LOT of tea but when I am not drinking English Breakfast (amongst a million other things), I am partaking of a little Twinings Australian Afternoon which is a really nice, flavourful blend without being too bitter.

If you want him, you can grab him here. (SFS, No ads.)

CC Links

Genetics - all my usual stuff. You should know it by now. LOL

Hair: @saurussims / Galaxy

Beard: @simstrouble / Alejandro

Top: @simmingbee / Polo Recolor (cannot find direct link)

I was tagged by the lovely Eli @ts4boytique for the Tea Moods Lookbook Challenge! Thank you so much 💙

This is Arturo. He spends his day teaching a bunch of layabout students Art History, therefore Arturo has no time for the weaker morning drink (tea) and only the strongest, freshly ground coffee will do. No instant granules either!

Arturo isn’t wearing much, but what he does wear can be found here:

Open Shirt by Kijiko Underwear by Baufive