Quick Tips For Better Result In Photoshop

Are your creations allowed to be used for storytelling on Instagram? Credit would be given if you allow it :)

Of course they are! You don't need my permission for such things, really 😅 But thanks for asking anyway. Would be happy to see your work!

Alright, lets talk about PART 2 progression 😅

If you didn't see previous part here is the link

What do we have for now? First, we have almost written script which is HUGE, believe me. It even had to be subdivided up to 3 parts (one day - one part). Second, we have all appearing characters ripped off the game, rigged, with additional texture editing and prepared to take their rightful place in the render <3

Lisa's amazing outfit made by @dansimsfantasy ❤

And here are extras: the early concept of menu design (probably will be reused in part 2) and a fresh render compared to an edited one

If someone is interested, the way you can get your finished render scene is quite simple. First, you'll need a reference. Sims 4 is the best way of getting it most precise. You enter the game - do what you want and then make an objects / textures transfer. In fact, you'll have to recreate the scene twice - once being in the game, second being in the Blender.

In game reference / rendered

These are my two WIPs

The release will be right after everything is finished!

DAO: DESIRE DEMON

Horns (default + flashing)

Lowpoly | Hats | M / F | Teen - Elder | All maps | 16 swatches

Forehead overlay

Alpha | Blush | M / F | 3 swatches

(NOTE: my game hasn't been updated since when? Hard to say. Maybe too much. All textures are updated (LRLE to RLE2) but if there is still any kind of problem you suddenly facing while using this stuff on a latest version of the game, please let me know 💃

DOWNLOAD

SFS

(early access, public 26th August)

@sssvitlanz @maxismatchccworld @sims4-fantasy-cc-finds @ts4fantasy

Credits

outfit @madlensims

lips, eyeshadows @o--b-s-c-u-r-u--s

body gloss @pralinesims

underwear @plazasims

poses, bracelets @natalia-auditore

claws @sewersims

ears @gerbithats

Many thanks to all cc creators! ❤❤

VTF baking small guide

The Valve Texture Format (VTF) is the proprietary texture format used by the Source engine. In case some of you might want to convert mdl files for Sims 4.

I firstly discovered this problem a long time ago. I was just about to snap a bake button when I saw that the texture is half-transparent in the UV editor. Model is different but the texture looked something like it:

"Why? How? The model looks fine. It has no visible transparency." It does indeed, but when you try baking VTF something strange happens. Baked texture looks like someone lowed down the brightness and half of it gone completely black. So how do we avoid baking transparency channel? Quite simply, honestly.

Save all the VTF textures you are going to bake in TARGA (TGA) format. Why not png / jpeg? Because only a TGA format preserves the transparency channel we need. Another way of doing it - use VTF Edit utility.

Open our exported TGA in Photoshop (or any other image editor that can work with channels)

Go to channels. What do we have here? An alpha channel. This is what cause our texture to darken. Simply delete it.

Now you can save edited texture in any format comfortable to work with.

The power of retexturing

Before | After

Skyrim's technical solutions are killing me

Why would anyone decide only upper front fangs being made out of solid geometry is a good idea 💀💀 While the rest inner mouth area is like "hi i'm just see-through pixels" 😭 It does indeed reduce polycount significantly and I'm sure the point was to remove as many as possible but dear lord Sims 4 hates transparency

🐾 Puppy 🐾

I'm out of words here, sorry.

tomorrow the russian government is gonna add a few new laws in the criminal code:

1) if you’re posting a fake (fake is literally anything that doesn’t say the offical state information) - it’s a crime = you can go to jail

2) if you’re vocally against the war - it’s a crime = you can go to jail

3) if you’re saying the sanctions are good/are justified - it’s a crime = you can go to jail.

today, some of our opposition media sources were blocked for spreading information that was different from the official media.

today facebook and twitter were blocked in russia, god knows what will happen in the morning. maybe they’ll cut the internet for all I know.

please, spread the word. if some of your russian friends are suddenly disappear from the social media - our government is doing everything for us to rely only on the lies they’re spreading.

i don’t know if they’re checking this site, but I think I can go to jail for this post.

Still WIP

Updated with:

weapon: Claws

weapon: Armor

Claws are functioning as normal arms with finger flexibility except minor clipping. Your sim can wear Armor with and without helmet as well 💖

Still in progress! See you in the next update or - who knows - maybe it will be the release 😆

15 questions for 15 mutuals ❤

I was tagged by @nell-le (thank you!! ❤❤)

1. Are you named after anyone? 

Not actually

2. When was the last time you cried?

I watched a Boston Dynamics video yesterday and swear I had tears in my eyes because of how advanced our technologies become with each passing day 🤧

3. Do you have kids?

No, I don't and don't plan them in the future

4. Do you use sarcasm a lot? 

Yes but try hard not to do it in an excessively mean way 😅 I may not be polite sometimes which is a trait I'm working on right now

5. What sports do you play/have you played?

Never played anything. Mostly because of a health issues

6. What’s the first thing you notice about other people?

Dressing preferences! Clothes do not have to be expensive or popular, it just needs to look stylish and organic combined together. The second thing would probably be how the person moves / stand / look at something. I'll get my first impression judging by their movements

7. Eye colour?

Dark brown 💅 Looks almost black most of the time

8. Scary movies or happy endings?

Scary movies with worst possible outcomes! I've had enough happy endings in cinematography 🤧

9. Any special talents?  

At age of 12 I was making money by hacking a poorly secured online game. Not so special talent considering that all materials allowing me to use that hacking utility were in public but still. What else? My special talent is to scare everybody with thin pale skin and bulging blue-green veins all around my body 👁👁

10. Where were you born?

The very south outskirts of Russia

11. What are your hobbies?

Besides all computer - related stuff you know from my blog I also enjoy reading (mostly: biographical, ancient history, theology, anthropology, archaeology), draw creatures (since I have Photoshop it's in the past) cooking and visiting places of interest like abandoned (or just ancient) buildings, also libraries, museums and churches

12. Do you have any pets?

I've grown amongst domesticated birds - chickens and ducks (we didn't eat them, so they were way more like a real pets). Had two of them as a pets in childhood (raised in my room like a cat or something 😂) , one is still alive by the way despite how many years have passed

13. How tall are you?

Around 180 cm or 5,9 feet

14. Fave subject in school?

English, Art, Literature

15. Dream job? 

Idk? A game designer? A creature concept artist? A lighthouse keeper? A sailor? A scientist? A field archaeologist? A submarine / helicopter pilot? A bodyguard? A defense attorney? -Yes

If you haven't done this ask in your blog yet - this is an invitation! Whoever read this: go and write some about yourself! Tagging is welcomed but not necessary ❤

I just found your creature skins for sims and I am in AWE. They are so cool! You're very talented!