Download: Sims 3 Default Replacement Paintings

[strangetomato]

I'm still playing around with different types of default replacements, and (as you may have guessed) I've turned my attention to the easel paintings. When I sim, I tend to play a lot of artists, so I can't tell you how many times I've seen that hot pink painting with the girl in the green dress (and the huge hand), or the clowns, or the picasso homage... but it's a lot.

And, if you know me at all, you know I'm very much a Maxis-match sort of simmer, so I've been exploring some options for replacing those same ol', same ol' paintings that we've been staring at since the basegame, but keeping them in a style that will match the game. Sims 3 brought us a whole new set of easel paintings, and also included some real gems that imitate famous works from art history, so I thought it'd be nice to make those available for use in Sims 2.

There were many options to choose from, and these were my picks. Do you approve of my curatorial decisions?

These replace, from top left to bottom right: lovelyelf, clownromance, sunset, house, llama, moon, sappyvalley, tiger, tulip, wannabepicasso, redwoods, and orange and apple. (Yeah, those are the names of the images in the game. Heheh... sappyvalley.)

This replacement set was made using sarahmkirk's templates as a base. Also, a big thank you to simgaroop for extracting these Sims 3 pics and sharing her huge collection with me in a single PSD file (sorting it out was like digging for treasure! :P).

Please remember, you can only use one default replacement set at a time.

For those who'd rather not replace, I've included some jpeg image files sized for the custom painting function included in the Pets EP and later, so you can create them that way. This feature will also allow you to choose the specific painting you want to use, and I've included all of the available Sims 3 images in that format (the medium size for the Sims 3 easel), so there are many more that aren't included in the default replacement set.

I hope ya like 'em! I've included one with "happy little trees" so you can pretend you're painting along with Bob Ross.

Download Sims 3 Painting Default Replacement Set

Download Sims 3 Painting Custom Set

Comments

[muslemura.livejournal.com]

Yay! Such a great idea :D I'm not sure which set I'll download yet though but I do like your curatorial decisions :)

[pbanda.livejournal.com]

Bob Ross! ♥

What a fantastic idea. I hardly ever let my sims paint, but now I must make them obsessively paint that alien abduction scene over and over. It has won my heart, that painting. Now I can't stop imagining Bob Ross painting it. "One happy upside down leg, and another happy upside down leg, and now let's fire in some crimson....."

[dustfinger17.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for these! I am really tired of this pink-green fairy painting or whatever it shows. I don´t know about TS3 paintings but your picks are very nice.

[remisims.livejournal.com]

Wonderful! :)
Thank you

[selenaq13.livejournal.com]

Super!! Thank you!

[katsuko]

Thanks for these sooo much! When I can get back to playing I'll be sure to add these to my game! *wanders off grumbling unkind things regarding her optical mouse and center scroll wheels*

[smjoshsims.livejournal.com]

Thanks so much for these, ST! I downloaded the custom set, since I'm pretty attached to my defaults, but these rock just as hard. Thanks!

[madame-ugly.livejournal.com]

Hee hee, BOB ROSS!!

Thanks for making it a non-replacement. I love the pets EP custom option.

Thank you very much, santa_tomato.

[sullivansims.blogspot.com (from livejournal.com)]

Oh, how cool! I'm glad to have a non-replacement version. I'm attached to my defaults too, but this will give me a lot more variety!

[amaryssobellus.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I love the non-replacement one as I get SO many options. :)

[a-gates.livejournal.com]

THANK YOU :D

[katee412.livejournal.com]

These are fabulous! I haven't played sims 3 and haven't seen these before and I just adore the alien abduction one, too cute lol.
Thanks for your hard work and providing both options!

[an-nas.livejournal.com]

Oh, I love them. Thanks! :)

[eien-herrison.livejournal.com]

Awesome: downloaded the custom set.

[sophie10.livejournal.com]

These are great. Thank you very much!

[petalbrook.livejournal.com]

Thanks bunches! Now I just have to remember to download these once I'm at home.

[simgarooop.livejournal.com]

Sweet! Now I know why were you looking for the Sims 3 pictures :). It's a very good idea and I love all the new options! (and not having to deal with creepy sad clown is always a bonus)

I got the defaults. Thank you!

(And when I'm free, I will try to extract some pictures from WA. Who knows? Maybe there are a lot of treasures in there too :D)

[nimi4.livejournal.com]

Great! Many of these paintings are really adorable. I'm taking the defaults - thanks a lot! :)

[lafemmedulac.livejournal.com]

It's kind of terrible/amazing that I know where most of these paintings came from :P (I was so geeked when I got Apartment Life and saw that they had a Roy Litchenstein-esque and an Andy Warhol-esque wall hanging.)

[goldpandaah.livejournal.com]

Thank you much for giving us the whole bunch of non-defaults ;)

[ikichi.livejournal.com]

OOh thank you! Especially for the alternative to using the defaults. :D

[spyroeldragon.livejournal.com]

These are so cool, and maxis-match too! <3
^___^ Thanks so much.

[stakeit-uk.livejournal.com]

These are so awesome! Thank you :D

[poetrycat.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for sharing these! Sims 3 doesn't do much for me in terms of playing, but I loved the paintings.

[pennysims.livejournal.com]

What a brilliant idea! Thank you for sharing :)

Ps. I noticed you had added me as a friend, so I added you back to keep track of your wonderful updates. I hope you don't mind :)

[selenecorvino.livejournal.com]

Thank you, they're terrific.

[miss-essa.livejournal.com]

Thank you for sharing.
I grabbed the custom set.

[simtarts.livejournal.com]

Sorry to leave a comment on an old post, but I've had your custom version of this set in my game for a while. I finally had a sim with high enough creativity to do a custom painting, but when I looked through the options, I didn't see these, just those horrible dog pictures that came with Pets. Did I do the right thing by putting your custom set in the downloads folder or should it go somewhere else? :/

[strange-tomato.livejournal.com]

That's an easy fix. There's a folder called "paintings" in the same place you find the downloads folder. If you open it, you'll see the Pets dog photos. You should put the painting image files in there.

You can also remove the Pets images, you'll be happy to know. :P

[simtarts.livejournal.com]

Thank you, I knew I was probably missing something simple. *facepalm* And thank god the dog pictures are removable - they're terrible. How lazy of you, EAxis!

[eliane1239.livejournal.com]

thank you for these, especially for putting a custom option (versus default) as well! that was very considerate. :D

[nrjsims.wordpress.com (from livejournal.com)]

Thanks so much for these! The original paintings can get very boring after a while... :)

-Nichelle

[morkmork.livejournal.com]

I love these! I just went on a bit of a downloading spree on your page, but I really wanted to comment on this one because they're so lovely. :D And the alien one kinda made me sad. Why oh why would maxis not include alien abduction in S3. Hopefully they're saving that one for an epic ep. Thanks!

[maranatah.livejournal.com]

These are fantastic, thanks ST! :)