R-Lo's Photography Corner

[mrrakkonn]

5 minutes ago, R-Lo said:

Oh wow is that the same chick?? ?

Well, the other chick in those two pictures I posted above, not the one I edited those glasses for. This is another one of my older ones that I started making over a week or so ago, and I think just now kind of hit jackpot with. 

[porkybork]

My semester's over, I wrote all my essays, killed my finals, and I got like a week and a half before I go back to school. YUS!!! ?

I haven't really been writing anything that wasn't school related recently, to be entirely honest, but I'ma write like mad before my next semester starts. Cambion's Tale ain't done yet, m'dudes!

 

Speaking of which, I was hoping some of you could give me your opinions on something. I'm making a recolored swatch for a lipstick one of my characters is wearing and I want to see if anyone prefers the lighter one (1) or the darker one (2):

(1)

 

(2)

 

Or does anyone think I should go darker or lighter than what I've got here?

 

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1 hour ago, mrrakkonn said:

Damn, I think this is one of the best sims you've made! Her eyes really breathe a lot of life and attitude into those poses.

4 hours ago, Country_Boy said:

[Lotta pics]

I'm Back , all you perverted simmers ? Just some random shots from the last few months. I usually create a story board to go along with the screenshots, but just haven't felt up to it since the last thread was removed. It's a lot of them, so a spoiler was needed. Hope everyone enjoys. Most of the sims you'll see belong to the awesome "Porkybork's World" and the awesome townies they re-created to go along with it, found here on LoversLab. https://www.loverslab.com/topic/110551-fixed-hopefully-porkyborks-world-dl-link-in-op/

Nice screenshots! I'm glad people are getting so much mileage out of "Porkybork's World"still.

Speaking of which:

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[mrrakkonn]

1 hour ago, porkybork said:

Speaking of which, I was hoping some of you could give me your opinions on something. I'm making a recolored swatch for a lipstick one of my characters is wearing and I want to see if anyone prefers the lighter one (1) or the darker one (2):

(1)

 

Or does anyone think I should go darker or lighter than what I've got here?

Of the two I prefer the darker one (the lighter one seems to get some kind of white line on the upper lip as it blends into the skintone). I think a lighter one overall might look better, dunno, but if you try that you should probably take a look at a different lickstick than this one, which seems to look better in darker shades for this skintone. 

[swordofthesun]

@porkybork, the lighter lipstick brings out the other light parts of her face nicely (the eye lashes, the hair, the piercings) but the dark lipstick looks a bit more natural with her skin tone. They each give a unique quality. Maybe it's more a matter of preference rather than which is better. There's something that looks otherworldly about the lighter one though, which fits the strangeness of the character. But I also agree with mrrakkonn about trying other shades too. Just some thoughts ^_^

[R-Lo]

The girls are finally set up and looking forward the grand opening of their cafe! They just gotta think of a name! 

[mrrakkonn]

Built a bit on the couple of pictures I posted last page. 

 

[R-Lo]

14 hours ago, porkybork said:

My semester's over, I wrote all my essays, killed my finals, and I got like a week and a half before I go back to school. YUS!!! ?

I haven't really been writing anything that wasn't school related recently, to be entirely honest, but I'ma write like mad before my next semester starts. Cambion's Tale ain't done yet, m'dudes!

 

Speaking of which, I was hoping some of you could give me your opinions on something. I'm making a recolored swatch for a lipstick one of my characters is wearing and I want to see if anyone prefers the lighter one (1) or the darker one (2):

(1)

 

 

(2)

 

 

Or does anyone think I should go darker or lighter than what I've got here?

 

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Damn, I think this is one of the best sims you've made! Her eyes really breathe a lot of life and attitude into those poses.

Nice screenshots! I'm glad people are getting so much mileage out of "Porkybork's World"still.

Speaking of which:

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Hey! Nice work and I hope you get the results your expecting! Have fun with the free time! I gotta say that I like the lighter of the two as it sits well with the hair and carries the light reflection onto her face with it, I think the darker lips do look good to but creates a gap which may need to filled with something else to highlight her facial structure 

[mrrakkonn]

Some more pictures of the girl I made over yesterday. I'm noticing that there seems to be something wrong with her right eye , like it's a bit lazy or something. I have the cross-eyed slider, but didn't touch it for her, but maybe something caused it to act up. Maybe it's the left eye, a bit hard to tell exactly which one is off at times, at first I thought it was just some posemakers having been a bit fast and loose with pupil placement, but it showed up in lots of other poses and poses where I did not remember this occuring for other sims. It's a bit odd, not quite sure if that's something I want to fix or not. 

 

 

[Simite]

7 minutes ago, mrrakkonn said:

Some more pictures of the girl I made over yesterday. I'm noticing that there seems to be something wrong with her right eye , like it's a bit lazy or something. I have the cross-eyed slider, but didn't touch it for her, but maybe something caused it to act up. Maybe it's the left eye, a bit hard to tell exactly which one is off at times, at first I thought it was just some posemakers having been a bit fast and loose with pupil placement, but it showed up in lots of other poses and poses where I did not remember this occuring for other sims. It's a bit odd, not quite sure if that's something I want to fix or not. 

 

 

Hehe thats so weird, cause in some pictures its her right eye thats lazy and in others its her left eye, maybe she has both lazy eyes and they take turns. XD

[kortjakje]

@mrrakkonn: she is lovely and actually I think it's rather charming (but that's a personal opinion). 

 

[Trollirious]

"They call me crazy...Those human dont know what crazy is...Im perfectly normal" 

 

Im back for now...I had some RL problems that Im recovery from so I tried my best on trial number two on the tattoo but Im confuse on why the arm part is blurry while the back and hand is semi-passable...Im not sure what I am missing or is the default skin causing this?

[erplederp]

@porkybork I'd go with the darker lipstick - it suits her skintone really nicely. Although as swordofthesun said, the lighter one does give her a more supernatural vibe.

@mrrakkonn A big fan of the new girl, she's very charming! ?Didn't even notice about the eye, tbh. A bit of asymmetry or a flaw often feels natural.

@R-Lo I suggest Double Delight for the name. ? I think there's no way their cafe won't be anything else than a smashing success!

[mrrakkonn]

20 minutes ago, Simite said:

Hehe thats so weird, cause in some pictures its her right eye thats lazy and in others its her left eye, maybe she has both lazy eyes and they take turns. XD

Hah, well looking into it that's kind of strabismus/lazy eyes work, so maybe it's appropriate. Should possibly look at including glasses in a couple of her outfits, mostly of the "lazy day" type I believe. 

 

13 minutes ago, wild_guy said:

Somebody just can't animate eyes correctly.

That's what I thought at first also, but I tried with a several other poses/animations and it was still pretty noticeable, specifically poses and animations where I don't remember other sims' eyes "acting a bit up". 

 

I think I probably either did something to the cross-eye slider (which I have installed) by mistake at some point or something else I did when working on her face interacted with that custom slider in some way. 

 

16 minutes ago, kortjakje said:

@mrrakkonn: she is lovely and actually I think it's rather charming (but that's a personal opinion). 

 

Yeah, I think I like it myself, and I think I'll keep her like this

[R-Lo]

48 minutes ago, mrrakkonn said:

Hah, well looking into it that's kind of strabismus/lazy eyes work, so maybe it's appropriate. Should possibly look at including glasses in a couple of her outfits, mostly of the "lazy day" type I believe. 

 

That's what I thought at first also, but I tried with a several other poses/animations and it was still pretty noticeable, specifically poses and animations where I don't remember other sims' eyes "acting a bit up". 

 

I think I probably either did something to the cross-eye slider (which I have installed) by mistake at some point or something else I did when working on her face interacted with that custom slider in some way. 

 

Yeah, I think I like it myself, and I think I'll keep her like this

That's pretty odd lol, I'm wondering if it's a asymmetric mod too, does it generate at random when new sim/townies are created? It's wierd as you'd have noticed this other sims if you use those eyes before, 

One thing that crossed my mind is a wonky dds file or if a heterochromia mod got in the mix somewhere lol

 

1 hour ago, wild_guy said:

She just smokes a right weed:)

Somebody just can't animate eyes correctly.

Looks like I need to find some of that! There was me thinking I had the good stuff already! 

1 hour ago, Trollirious said:

"They call me crazy...Those human dont know what crazy is...Im perfectly normal" 

 

 

Im back for now...I had some RL problems that Im recovery from so I tried my best on trial number two on the tattoo but Im confuse on why the arm part is blurry while the back and hand is semi-passable...Im not sure what I am missing or is the default skin causing this?

 

 

 

Welcome back! Seems like we all suffer in our unique ways but it's what makes human and one day, stronger! 

Just take each day by day and try be the best version of yourself until ready to take on the world! 

I hope you're feeling better soon! Xx

 

Im wondering if that's caused by a custom skin tone as you say, 

How did it look on the rig in studio? 

I think I read that if you save as png when resizing for pics and tattoo's it helps maintain the quality, 

I hope that helps a little? 

 

1 hour ago, erplederp said:

@porkybork I'd go with the darker lipstick - it suits her skintone really nicely. Although as swordofthesun said, the lighter one does give her a more supernatural vibe.

@mrrakkonn A big fan of the new girl, she's very charming! ?Didn't even notice about the eye, tbh. A bit of asymmetry or a flaw often feels natural.

@R-Lo I suggest Double Delight for the name. ? I think there's no way their cafe won't be anything else than a smashing success!

 

You could be on to something, I like the word Delight and it could work with what I sort of have in mind! 

Im pretty sure they are gonna do well and especially once I'm done with the upstairs seating area! 

[mrrakkonn]

With glasses, figured it'd make sense for some outfits since I'm not going to try to remove her occasional lazy eye ?

 

[Guest]

Disabled the incessant amount of grain I was using in ReShade. Images are clearer but the subtle jaggies stand out a little more. 

[Trollirious]

It Looks prefect in CAS just like rig but once Im Ingame the smooth and detailed tattoo goes straight to the recycle bin I also notice this issue with my first tattoo but not as bad as this one. The only skin mods im using Wild guy skin and Heihu face overlay.  How much do I resize the png file the software Im using is really new to me.

[porkybork]

@Trollirious What are your graphical settings? If they're anything lower than high, some of the more detailed stuff on your sims won't look as great. This is kind of a known issue, but it's pretty easy to get around. The same thing happens to me when I'm just playing the game and not taking screenshots for anything.

[Trollirious]

@porkybork Anything else graphical wise since I use reshade? I normally play on custom settings due to winter season starts to lag but once winter is over I play on high settings but Ill double check to be sure. 

[R-Lo]

Just a few more snaps! ?

 

[Guest]

Needed to drop some new shots in here ?

[porkybork]

2 hours ago, Trollirious said:

@porkybork Anything else graphical wise since I use reshade? I normally play on custom settings due to winter season starts to lag but once winter is over I play on high settings but Ill double check to be sure. 

I'm honestly not the best person to ask this kind of question because I don't use Reshade. I know @R-Lo does, maybe ask her?

[R-Lo]

@Trollirious I'm not really an expert on it but I've been told that some settings in game options can interfere and counteract against certain shaders,

You should turn edge smoothing off completely and substitute it for FXAA and SMAA, 

Reshade has its own anti aliasing and its less taxing than the game's one! 

Also if you have any mods related to distance blur remove those too, 

I hope that helps a bit! 

[mrrakkonn]

7 hours ago, wild_guy said:

Oh, I think you know better then.
I always wanted to ask another question. I do like the sims you make (despite the fact that I don't usually use any custom sims in my game) but I noticed almost all of them have some "potato" type of nose. I just thought that your sims could have more personality if they had different types of nose. Of course I don't force to anything, you're free to do how you like and I really think you do this well, that's just a thought.

 

Yeah, that's not really wrong and it mostly comes from that being the type of sims I tend to make and I very often end up with the same preset (which could be called the "potato nose") as the basis, as I often judge it to be one which most resembles the reference pics I use. I guess much of it is simple bias on my part, as you say, in that that's a kind of look I like and one of the reasons I ended up spending alot of time making sims in CAS is that I found relatively few sims on the gallery or elsewhere with that kind of look. 

 

Quite simply I often try to be aware of how I make sims that kind of fit the same preferences I have, and try to vary it up a bit, but it's often difficult to get away from those same preferences either way. 

[B10HAZARD.]