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Simgaroop ([personal profile] simlish) wrote2010-06-15 08:15 pm

The Sims Portrait Project (Part 1)

These are all portraits of different Pre-Made Maxis sims and their predecessors. In order to take these pictures, I used both the Sims 2 and Sims 3 to capture the Pre-made predecessors and their childhoods. I also looked at pictures from the Sims 1 to style some of them as their Sims 1 selves.

I still have a lot of pictures left that feature the rest of the Broke family (I thought I had lost them, but I've just found them in my Photobucket account). I only need to tweak them a little with Photshop so they show up better as paintings in game and they'll be ready for SimPe.

Besides that, my plan is to do all the Pleasantview, Strangetown and Veronaville families, but for now I am focusing only on PV because it is actually the largest project (because its inhabitants are part of the three Sims games). I already have the Sims done in my game and I am currently taking the pictures. I can't wait to show them to you! :)


So, let's take a look at what I have tonight. I recolored three Maxis Meshes:

The first one is the good old BV mesh that everyone loves. Not only does it look great in game (and it has the perfect size and format for a portrait), but some creators have done amazing things with it, from frame recolors to whole sets that feature new shapes and sizes of this mesh. If you download these, you'll be able to use these recolors in many ways.

The BV Collectible Poster recolors I made are (in chronological order):






The Goths from Sims 3 (you can do like me and pretend these portraits look "odd" in your Sims 2 games because back when these pictures were taken, technology was not as advanced as it is today :D)





The Bachelors


The Laandgrabs


The original Brokes


The Newbies at their Wedding



The Goths a few years later



The Newbies a few years later



The Brokes a few years later (including a "High-Definition" picture of Skip Broke as a child :P)


Brandi and Skip Broke (these two portraits are the reason I began this project in the first place, because I needed them for my Legacy, but as always I went overboard :P)



DOWNLOAD THE RECOLORS HERE


Suggested Downloads:

- Buggy's Feast of Frames
- Base Game Version by HugeLunatic (In case you don't have BV installed)
- Clutter-a-holic's Edit of the BV Mesh


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Next, we have some recolors of the Fruit Bowl (Transcendence) painting from the Base Game. This one also has an add-on set by Buggy and some neat frame recolors by Plasticbox at MTS2.

The recolors are:



The Goths



The Brokes (featuring Daredevil Skip Broke and his trusty skateboard)


DOWNLOAD THESE RECOLORS HERE



Suggested Downloads:
- Buggy's Feast of Frames
- Maxis Painting Frames by Plasticbox


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Finally, a couple recolors on the Suspense Mesh from the Base Game because the original pictures were too wide for the previous two meshes. This mesh also has a small add-on set by Buggy.



The Extended Broke family and the Laangeraks


The Simovitch and the original Newbies.


DOWNLOAD THESE RECOLORS HERE


Suggested Download:
- Buggy's Feast of Frames


Terms of Use:
As always, feel free to do whatever you want with my custom content. I did them for fun, so I hope you also enjoy these recolors as well.