#eddie in his classic tailored vibes

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I dearly wish I could find a higher quality version of this photo, but since I haven't, here have this low-fi scan.

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Eduardo “Eddy” Heredia

Description/Notes: My entry for the GLovelysQCC Ward University challenge! The challenge is basically to create a student/professor of the arts who began the school year with the cast in SimmerBoi’s incredible VO series “Ward University”. Do watch this series if you haven’t already done so! The storyline is really compelling and I feel totally invested in the characters. In fact, I binge-watched the whole thing over a couple of days and when I was done, I just re-watched the whole thing again. ;)

 My starting point is that I wanted to create a male student majoring in fine arts because (1) a lot of the focus in the show seems to be on the female characters in the cast so I wanted to balance it out with a male character and (2) of all the degrees offered at Ward University, the fine arts one seems to be involved the least with the rest of the cast/storyline (so, again, more representation of it to balance things out).

 To make it more plausible as to why my Sim wasn’t seen on screen with the rest of the cast, even though he supposedly began the year with them, I gave my Sim the Loner trait and a behind-the-scenes job (costume design). So presumably he WAS around at the university, but probably just spent a lot of time being a hermit in his room or something…

 Finally, I kept the background of my Sim abit murky so it is up to you to decide what is up with him. Is he simply a poor hardworking student who got wrongly mixed up in the drama of the Ward-Bailey-Jeong Scandal? Or is there more to him than meets the eye?

  Gallery Link: Eduardo “Eddy” Heredia 

  Pictures:

To escape the harsh realities of growing up in an underprivileged neighbourhood in Del Sol Valley, Eduardo “Eddy” Heredia had always immersed himself in the cinematic world. With his passion for fashion, the Creative Eddy dreamt of making it big in the film industry as a costume designer.

 After graduating from high school, Eddy did odd jobs at Plumbob Pictures whilst taking night classes in art and design. Whilst Eddy was working as a production assistant in one of Judith Ward’s latest films, the temperamental costume designer had abruptly quit right before filming was scheduled to begin and destroyed all the sketches and costumes which have been prepared for the film. Luckily, Eddy had helped to save the day with his spare sketches and savvy sewing skills.

 To everyone’s surprise, Ms Ward had demanded that Eddy be promoted to the role of costume designer for that film. After all, he had never been credited on any film before! To everyone’s even greater surprise, soon after filming ended, Eddy had been admitted to the prestigious Ward University School of Arts’ fine arts major on a full scholarship.

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 Eddy had a great start to his freshman year at Ward University.

 On the scholastic side of things, Eddy’s Perfectionist trait had him constantly honing his craft, even in much of his spare time. This helped him to breeze through all his tests and assignments.  

   On the social side of things, despite being a Loner, Eddy thought that he had done pretty well with living in the university’s communal environment.  

 For example, he had managed to not get TOO annoyed at his roommate, a creative writing major who always seems to be talking the head off of anyone and everyone in the vicinity.

   Eddy had even been able to steer clear of all the drama with the castings/rehearsals for the school musical whilst designing and creating the costumes for it.

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 Unfortunately, everything changed when the press found out about the possible link between Judith Ward, Thorne Bailey and Venessa Jeong’s murder (AKA the Ward-Bailey-Jeong Scandal).

 Someone noted that the film which Eddy had worked on as the costume designer was also the first and last film which Judith Ward and Venessa Jeong had appeared in together. Someone else pointed out that the notoriously Mean Snob, Judith Ward, seemed to be suspiciously helpful in helping a nobody like Eddy to advance his career.

 Conspiracies began flying about how Eddy may have been involved in some way or at least knows SOMETHING major about what went down in the Ward-Bailey-Jeong Scandal, such that Judith Ward had to buy his silence with his university admission/scholarship.

 Not only was Eddy stalked by the press whenever he tried to leave campus, they have even taken to emailing him, texting him and calling him to get his comments on the Ward-Bailey-Jeong Scandal.

 How will this affect Eddy’s time at Ward University? Will he able to complete his freshman year in peace? Or will he be sucked into the swirling vortex of scandal and glamour at Ward University?

   Extras:

 A close-up shot of Eddy.

 Eddy has a simple but classic look to reflect how he is slightly older than most of his classmates and a little more sophisticated, having worked in the film industry before starting university.

 Still, I gave him a little edge with his eye make-up and funky glasses. He is an arts student after all!

   Eddy in all his different outfits.

 His clothes have a vaguely vintage-inspired vibe to them. The backstory is that, since Eddy grew up really poor in Del Sol Valley, his main form of entertainment was to watch free screenings of old movies from Del Sol Valley’s Golden Age at the nearby Plumbob Pictures Museum. So Eddy would be heavily influenced in his style by all those old movies, which he has re-watched countless times since he was a kid.

 I also gave Eddy relatively formal/tailored outfits because I see him as being kinda anxious/insecure and using his clothes as his armour against the world.

  Bonus shot of Eddy and his roommate having some of the other students over for a sleepover.

Well, OK, technically, Eddy’s roommate invited everyone over on an impromptu whim and Eddy simply went along with it. But still...