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Having fun with my ✨Baroque ✨ save

Used mods: • Horse Riding Together • Riding Companion Dog • Sidesaddle Override

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what a lovely teenage girl i hope nothing traumatic happens to her!

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do androids dream of electric sheep?

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i have finally finished school

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mom and dad vatore

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mom and dad vatore

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Spencer-Kim-Lewis

(the family photo sucks but my game stoped working and i couldn't take another screenshot :\)

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silent grove's townsfolk so far 👨‍💻

ALSO i have 28 clubs on my spreadsheet for this save and only made 3 of them so far OOF. also dont mind the bios jsdsjods i didn't know what to put in them

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lmao a $42 tutorial to make CC...

ANYHOO:

Requirements You will need: Sims 4 Studio Photoshop (however you choose to acquire it), or an alternative DDS Plugin (unless you choose to save files as PNGs) Blender (any version between 2.76 and 4.3 - I use 3.3) The Basics

Recolours and Textures

The easiest thing to start with is a recolour. If you have some knowledge of photo editing software, this should be fairly straightforward, but if you’re new to it, the following tutorial covers it well: Recolouring Tutorial - Softpine

If you’re feeling confident with your recolours, but want to add a little extra to your textures, it’s worth checking out specular and normal files.

Speculars are my favourite thing for elevating CC (by that I mean covering it in glitter and sequins). This tutorial covers the basics:

Speculars - Teanmoon

Normal maps (bumpmaps) are a little different. They can give a 3d texture to an item without altering the mesh (within reason). Teanmoon also has a tutorial on that:

The Bump Map - Teanmoon

If you’re feeling extra (I know I often do), you can use emission maps to make your item glow and/or flash/twinkle.

Get to know emission the map - S4S

Meshing

Meshing is a little more complicated (or perhaps not, depending on what your strengths are. I recommend starting with the Blender Donut Tutorial (pick the one that matches your Blender version) to familiarise yourself with Blender. I didn’t do this. I went in raw from using Milkshape for over a decade (don’t start me on Milkshape lol) I would have learned faster if I did…

Once you’ve navigated the majestic plate of donuts, you might be ready for a touch of frankenmeshing! This tutorial covers the basics really well, as well as a touch of texturing:

How to Make CC Clothing for The Sims 4 - Powluna

@joliebean also has some great tutorials covering some of the more technical details.

Going forward:

So you’re feeling confident and want to mesh from scratch! There are 3980193890381 CC creators and a limited pool of meshes to frankenmesh, so you may want to create something new. Trust me, start with earrings and work your way down from there.

For the alpha girlies:

Start to Finish Marvelous Designer Tutorial by owlplumbob

I'm also happy to answer any questions people might have as they're starting out. I don't know everything, nor am I one of the top-tier CC creating girlies by a long shot, but I'll do what I can and try to sign post if I don't know.

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take a deep breath, girl...

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blind tag game!

thanks to @esotericas-sims !

searches were on pinterest were: fictional character | date | gift | outfit | dessert | love quote

tagging: @historybunnny @stormentsims @eclecticarts @orphyd and any one else who wants to play!

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i think once u start playing other the amount of substance in ts4 packs makes it crazier like i can get reused shit + 1 new feature for the same price as a fully formed game with hours of content

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༺ 𝔙𝔦𝔬𝔩𝔢𝔱𝔱𝔞 𝔅𝔩𝔞𝔠𝔨𝔥𝔢𝔞𝔯𝔱 ༻

⋆⁺₊⋆ private detective

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The next morning, Jaerym and some acquaintances went to the cemetery to bury Lyara. Everyone was deeply moved by the sudden departure of the matriarch of the Briegstone family. Jaerym contained his emotions, said a few words, with a choked voice and finally, said goodbye to Lyara.

Rest in peace, Lyara Briegstone.

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Get the show on, get paid (And all that glitters is gold) Only shootin' stars break the mold

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Get the show on, get paid (And all that glitters is gold) Only shootin' stars break the mold