When I get back home, I'll probably replace all of MediaFire links with SimFileShare links so it will be easier to update my hair retextures if I need to. Just a heads up
i've been at this for 6 years (or at least, that's how long this blog has been around for) and the way the general culture around modding has shifted is kinda. sad
like i sound like a broken record and many others have the same sentiment, but modding discoveries and advancements from today would've made people in 2018 shit their pants... and instead of it being harnessed for unbridled creativity, it just... sits.
modding has become a job now for people. a community that was built by hobbyists has turned overwhelmingly capitalistic, especially with the rise of SL sellers jumping to ts4 to make a quick buck with no real passion for the game or its community.
when modding becomes a paycheck, it also becomes stagnant. people are afraid to take risks and start things they may never finish and do things out of the ordinary, because that doesn't sell well.
and the most frustrating things is... people keep enabling this. yes, there's more and more people vocally upset about the increasing 'de-hobbyfication' of modding, but the community around the sims is huge, and considering how we see more and more SL brands flocking to get their fill... there's definitely a non-zero number of people who are allowing this to continue with their wallets
the sims 4, for all its flaws, is the most malleable sims game in my opinion. if you have a desire to learn and a goal, you can mold the game into whatever the hell you want - and that's amazing. it's the type of game with the type of freedom to expand on and change whatever that i dreamed about since i was a kid playing mysims.
it can be just a dollhouse, a dressup game, a shitpost simulator... but it can also be whatever you want if you have an idea, some time, and patience.
so... despite it all, i encourage everyone to just create. make stupid meme tshirt recolors for yourself and your friend's inside jokes, convert your anime boyfriend's model parts just so your simself can make out with him, dig deeper and deeper into the paths that hobbyists of the past have forged to create something new and weird that caters to nobody but yourself
create what you want to see and what makes you happy, no matter how 'small' it is
SLEEVES! amaryll's loose sweater + two TM maxis outfits as tops
whaaaaat? a download post from me of all people? who would've possibly seen this coming?
anyways. i needed some baggy layered shirts for romeo, which soon spiraled into me learning milkshape and tinkering with simpe for three days straight. eventually i emerged with this: the tops from tmbodyhipjersey and tmbodyhiphopbaggy (using meshes courtesy of skell's hipjersey completer) with amaryll's loose sweater underneath! (woo, that was a mouthful.)
jerseys are repositoried to their original maxis textures
undershirt / sleeve textures are taken from these two sets of retextures by @misomoso-no
i've never uploaded anything like this before so i don't really know what to put here LMAO. do whatever you want with these as long as it falls under the original creators' TOUs / doesn't involve paywalls i love you ok byeeeee
dadvid post starting living together where they’re in that weird uncomfortable period of time with david doing his absolute best to respect max’s boundaries while still showing him as much love as he can and max getting used to being around someone who actually loves him and cares about him so much and not knowing how to deal with that and and and
Sorry I haven't posted anything in a while, been in a sims burnout. I'll probably start posting regularly again when I get back into it (Idk when that's gonna be though)
[A sad violin song plays over an image of a sad hamster]
Pac: This doesn't have anything to do with me – I wear a blue sweatshirt, you're crazy, this mouse doesn't even have a sweatshirt, this hamster! [Reading chat] Am I a depressed hamster?
[ Transcript continued ↓ ]*
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Pac: Actually– that's fine! I embrace that idea – of course I'm going to be depressed, are you crazy? [He hits his desk, then starts counting off people on his fingers] Fit is gone, Richarlyson is gone, Ramon is gone, Bagi and Empanada who were always there when we were there are also gone, I haven't seen them! It's just me and Tubbo, and sometimes Philza shows up.
Pac: I lost Chume Labs, I lost the Favela, I lost Murder Mystery, I lost Ilha Chume Labs, it's crazy! Look at how much I've lost, and I've gained nothing! Of course I'm going to be depressed, are you crazy?! How am I supposed to be happy?!
Pac: [Reading chat] "You have us Pac," that's true, thank you. No, that's true, sorry.
* NOTE: Please note that this is an incomplete transcript, as I was primarily relying on Aypierre's translation mod at the time and if I am not confident of the translation, I do not include it. As always, please feel free to add on translations or message me corrections.
Serah Clifton at the Verdant estate (by @simsjii) 🍃
had to break the storyline a bit and post a non-canon pic because i love this build!! too bad it's currently fall in my savefile, meaning the flowers aren't blooming and the trees are wilting, still, the beauty of this estate remains unmatched.