skyalenesims

[skyalenesims]

this is just my opinion but i think any good media needs obsession behind it. it needs passion, the kind of passion that's no longer "gentle scented candle" and is now "oh shit the house caught on fire". it needs a creator that's biting the floorboards and gnawing the story off their skin. creators are supposed to be wild animals. they are supposed to want to tell a story with the ferocity of eating a good stone fruit while standing over the sink. the same protective, strange instinct as being 7 and making mud potions in pink teacups: you gotta get weird with it.

good media needs unhinged, googling-at-midnight kind of energy. it needs "what kind of seams are invented on this planet" energy and "im just gonna trust the audience to roll with me about this" energy. it needs one person (at least) screaming into the void with so much drive and energy that it forces the story to be real.

sometimes people are baffled when fanfic has some stunning jaw-dropping tattoo-it-on-you lines. and i'm like - well, i don't go here, but that makes sense to me. of fucking course people who have this amount of passion are going to create something good. they moved from a place of genuine love and enjoyment.

so yeah, duh! saturday cartoons have banger lines. random street art is sometimes the most precious heart-wrenching shit you've ever seen. someone singing on tiktok ends up creating your next favorite song. youtubers are giving us 5 hours of carefully researched content. all of this is the impossible equation to latestage capitalism. like, you can't force something to be good. AI cannot make it good. no amount of focus-group testing or market research. what makes a story worth listening to is that someone cares so much about telling it - through dance, art, music, whatever it takes - that they are just a little unhinged about it.

one time my friend told me he stayed up all night researching how many ways there are to peel an orange. he wrote me a poem that made me cry on public transportation. the love came through it like pith, you know? the words all came apart in my hands. it tasted like breakfast.

[skyalenesims]

Back to where it started.

[skyalenesims]

thank you whiteboard fox for breaking my art block with this sketch i'll love you forever

[skyalenesims]

Our favorite toxic trio by the amazingly talented @glockzap. I can't thank you enough, Ai!!! They are perfect!

[skyalenesims]

Fanart of Helena Zhao by the amazing @thebramblewood

I hope I did her justice :]

[skyalenesims]

Nyx, for @thebramblewood's vampire casting call!

Lore & Download Link under the cut :]

Nyx lived and died a few hundred years ago, and has spent her afterlife trying to make the world better for those now than it was back when she was human. That's...how she'd describe it, at least. Her chosen method is hunting down and killing any and all men who either have or show intent to abuse, assault, or otherwise harm women, and she certainly doesn't make it a quick death.

When not out hunting, Nyx tends to spend her days alone in her home in the Forgotten Hollow. She prefers solitude to most any company, but could never deny help to a woman in need. A scarce few people have gotten her to open up about anything from her past, and only one has ever heard her original name, but it's not a difficult assumption to make that there's some personal motivation behind her hunting choices.

Download (<- if there's a better way to do this lmk I'm new to this <3)

[skyalenesims]

Fellow vampire enthusiasts, I am once more in need of extras for my story, Helena Zhao Is Dead! If you missed my first vampire casting call, you can take a look at how it turned out here. This time around, I'll be utilizing your vampires across several future scenes, which means they may not show up right away but that the submission period is indefinite. There's no need to rush! I'm always coming up with more ideas and will do my very best to work your vampire(s) in wherever they best fit. Read below the cut for further specifications.

Reblog to boost!

Any gender, color, age, era, experience, background, etc. but please submit vampires only! (If you don't have the Vampires pack, don't worry. I can turn them into true vampires in my game.)

FEEL FREE TO SUBMIT MULTIPLE SIMS!!!

Not sure where to start? I am especially looking for residents of Forgotten Hollow (the more ancient, curmudgeonly and bizarre the better), stylish modern vampires who love clubbing and partying and mingle easily among humans, vampires who don't try to blend in with humans at all, and alternative '80s vampires who are likely to appear in the crowd at a grimy punk/goth concert. These are only suggestions! You can submit vampires who don't fit any of these molds. I may not have an immediate use for them, but I'll try to find one.

Include a brief biography so I can get a sense of their character! I can't include every detail, but I'll incorporate as much as possible.

Please stick as close to Maxis match as you can. Be thoughtful about the CC you include. Sliders and presets are okay, but try to avoid large merged files or unnecessary mods. I recommend giving them one or two CC outfits and leaving other categories nude or vanilla to keep file sizes down and prevent my mods folder from exploding!

I'll try to maintain your vision as much as possible but may make minor tweaks to fit my style.

When you post your Sim(s), be sure to include a download link or share one with me privately.

Tag your post with #bramblewoodvamps and @ my username to make sure I see it!

Any other questions? Don't hesitate to ask.

[skyalenesims]

Hello simblr :]