THIRTY-SIX - MOAR RANDOM STUFF

So with my recent bout of activity in the game I have decided to have another go at modelling. Since my own failed attempt at a competition (which I am SO sorry about - after the forums bugged out I just kind of lost the creative steam to carry on with it ^_^;) I hadn't really had much to do with it.

The first challenge was to depict a romantic moment but there was a random stipulation dependant on the number you asked for; I was told that my shoot had to be done in a park. I don't really go for all that flowery crap; not only do I live on an ex-council estate in the North-West of England (meaning I am more acustomed to seeing crude graffiti proclaiming that 'Leanne <3's Spencer 4eva!' 'OL2 sux' or 'Sweeney woz 'ere 2010', abandoned and broken park equipment and broken beer bottles) but I just fail miserably at trying to make anything that looks 'pretty' - no idea why but tell me to add flowers and trees and make it look beautiful with a load of landscaping and shit and I just... can't do it XD

This is the entry I posted:


Heine (my blue-haired sim) is the model, I still haven't uploaded the girl onto the exchange (because I'm clearly made of fail). I'm a bit concerned that my picture doesn't look 'edited' since there is a mark out of 10 for editing - they did say you don't have to be a master editor which is good because I'm not but I probably should've added a boarder or something. The trouble is that I suck at adding boarders so I just used my usual cropping/resizing/screening/colour overlay/sharpening that I do to all my pictures. Wish I'd gotten rid of that dodgy shadow on his forehead... I blame the girl's stupid hair for that XD;;;

For those of you interested here is the competition: http://forum.thesims3.com/jforum/posts/list/227652.page

After taking the shoot I decided that I really didn't like Ryutaro's house so I demolished it and built him a new one. No exterior shots because it currently doesn't even have windows but I did finish his 'apartment'.

The painting was made by me but I took the art from Deviantart - I'm not sharing because I haven't asked permission. I figure it's OK to privately use it for my own game without permission but I really wouldn't want to share someone elses's artwork.

Needless to say, Ryutaro was exhausted after the move.

TWENTY-SIX - CURSE YOU HEATWAVE!

Ngh...! It's so hot. People may love the warmer temperatures but I'm adament that England should never, ever have to endure the kind of heat that it is. We're not equipped for it, we're too humid and it makes me feel disgusting.

Not only that but it makes my computer overheat when I play TS3 - this is NOT cool!

SEVENTEEN - WHAT TO DO-WHAT TO DO

Lately I've been feeling like I want to do something more with the sims. Currently I'm still trying to build up my neighbourhood so it has more of a completed feel to it - the fact that it is so small makes the task seem less daunting and also means that my computer doesn't lag as badly as it would normally but building is so tedious.

I want to do something creative; maybe writing, I'm not sure. I've never attempted a true legacy before. I tried and even got a few basic chapters written out but I lacked the confidence to post it and then I got bored with the game so I ditched it all together.

This may just be a whim, I'm not sure. I get cravings like this every few months where I play the Sims obsessively in my free time but I want to branch out. I used to write although granted it would be more than a little embarassing to show anyone that crap - hell I enjoy writing but getting a solid idea that isn't ripped off from a movie or anime I've seen is hard. ^_^;

TEN - FISHES

Sitting here watching Die Hard I find my gaze wandering back to those little red fish and I wonder if it is possible to overfeed them. I know they are just a bunch of pixels programmed to act that way but I always find myself feeling a little bad when I forget to feed them. I think it's because I have real Koi and much like those little virtual fishies they too act like starving Piranahs when I drop a little food in there.