mswn
21 October 2012 @ 07:02 pm
Less Ick: Rescuing the Batavus Family Skintone  
Interested parties may head over to my simblr to check out the (finally!) fixed-up Batavus faces. I'd say they are easily 90% less creepy than before! Bonus: you get to preview Piet's new, middle-ageish lookv (what do you think?).

Also, here's a link to the tutorial that I've used whenever I try to blend skintones/make face masks out of old skins. It's easier than you might imagine!
 
 
mswn
25 August 2012 @ 12:13 pm
Re-Sclera Project: Updated Credits!  
It is with considerable mortification that I must report my failure to properly credit the wonderful alfredaskew in the v1.0 sclera textures I put up for download recently. A total rookie mistake—I was fussing over the psd from Knightskykyte@MTS for so long, at some point I must've absentmindedly layered in the eye set that had my favorite sclera at the time, which was made by alfredaskew, without remembering to revise the credits afterward. Gah! So v1.0 ended up being quite similar to her sclera, which you can find here and here. Mea culpa! 




 
 
mswn
22 July 2012 @ 04:36 pm
Recoloring Tips?  
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For those who recolor clothing: I always find myself having to redraw shadows/highlights whenever I add a pattern to an outfit, (thereby covering up whatever shading was there before) assuming I don't have the original psd to play around with and have just exported the texture from Body Shop. I kind of like doing it; but is there a better way of doing this, or is this just what people do? I am wondering!
 
 
mswn
07 June 2012 @ 10:44 am
Anniversary  
Oh hey! I just realized that yesterday was my LJ's one-year anniversary. A reminder of the first batch of pictures I ever tried to post for my BACC:

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mswn
22 May 2012 @ 07:09 pm
Help from Creators: Recolor Templates for Dummies  
I finally got around to looking at the PSD template from threadandsandpaper's amazing frames project, but I feel like I'm just.not.getting it. for some reason...

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mswn
29 March 2012 @ 02:36 pm
Skillz  
So, after talking to the lovely tech help people at MTS, I've decided to turn my gaming woe lemons into computer self-building lemonade! Crrrazy!

Technical details below )

 
 
mswn
19 March 2012 @ 11:11 am
Hey, Check Me Out! + Eyes Again  
Big. Time. Totally famous over here.


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mswn
10 March 2012 @ 07:34 pm
Fooling Around: New tights for Charterzard's Apostasy Sweater Dress  
Last fall, [livejournal.com profile] charterzard posted this really great version of a sweater dress by [livejournal.com profile] needlecream; but I didn't love the ripped tights and wasn't thinking I'd use it much because of that. After having fun working on the pj set the other day, though, I thought I'd play around with these a little. The tights' texture is just grabbed from one of the sleeves with a little Photoshop noise on top, so they look (ever so slightly) space-dyed. What do you think? Would anyone be interested if I made a set for upload? Anyone have any favorite clothing recoloring tips to share?

[Ha: Looks like [livejournal.com profile] needlecream was just thinking about this dress again, too!]
 
 
mswn
09 March 2012 @ 07:08 pm
Pajama Party Time!  
Hey! Remember my first clothing recolor evar? Well, I fixed it up and made a set of pajamas that you can download over at GOS. Swatches and larger previews over thar.
 
 
mswn
14 October 2011 @ 02:16 pm
All Your Genetics Are Belong to Me!  
So after my frustrating day of black-pit eyes and icky skins on my little Sweet twins, I've learned how to fix things on my own.

Yaaaaaaaaaaayyy! )
 
 
mswn
26 September 2011 @ 11:18 pm
Oh Sure, Now You Tell Me  
Moving quickly toward the top of my list of Things I Wish I'd Done Differently in My BaCC? Making sure all of my sims' skintones and eyes were properly geneticized. With simple, easy-to-follow tutorials like this one, so many Thierry clones might have been prevented! Sigh.


Have you opened your SimPE lately? (... I may still "adjust" Geraldine. Toddlers can grow to have different coloring from when they were younger, right? Sure they can.)