strangetomato | Adventures in OFB

Thank you to everyone who has offered their simself for use in this little project. I was pleasantly surprised by how many of you volunteered. It's great. I love being able to get an idea of what you all look like.

This is just a little introduction. I haven't even added everyone to the game yet, but I'm working on it. So, if you don't see yourself anywhere, don't worry... I will show everyone eventually.

Strange: Hey! Glad you could make it. *waves like a crazy person*

Here's Strange, shortly after moving to Veronaville. She's now lived in all three of the original Maxis hoods. As you can see, she's pretty excited to be here, and she's eagerly awaiting her potential employees.

This is who I've added so far:

You know who this is, right? (Love those purple pants.)

The first wave (from left to right, back row):

xel_squirgle_ox,

pixel_and_bean,

mjo5oh,

simgaroop,

simpathology, (front row)

hidden_kitten, and

waywardgaze.

The second wave (back row, left to right):

silentsteel,

ikichi,

madame_ugly,

music_simbol,

saunasims, (front row) and

franwi.

Some stragglers (left to right): umm, ignore that guy (it's my SO - I'm adding him as a customer),

cindyanne1, and

swhedonberry.

If I have anything wrong, please let me know. I'm still missing some of you, but don't worry... I was just waiting for more details (or the file). You'll be added.

Now, for a couple of little glimpses...

Mr. Humble: I don't know what the hell is going on here, but I DON'T LIKE IT. *fills with hate*

(Mr. Humble has some finely plucked brows, doesn't he?)

Everyone seems to be getting along just fine.

Pixel thinks it's a little early for a hug though, MJ. You might want to slow down the friendship train, there.

Franwi: Don't tell anyone, but JL is totally ripping off my hairdo.

Sauna: *likes gossip*

JL: I'm RIGHT HERE. I can hear you.

Time to rouse the troops with an uplifting folk song...

As a Newfoundlander, Strange is no stranger to a rowdy pub song. It works like a charm.

So, the work begins. The garden is actually a LOT bigger than this now. It's a full time job for 8 people (and a gardener).

Here's the dining room, where Strange has used one of her most prized possessions to decorate.

Oh, and I'm so excited... my SO has offered (yes, without me asking) to make me another drawing. He wants to do a "much better one," in his own words. Hooray! :D I get to benefit from his obsessive perfectionism.

Oh, look! The matchmaker is a zombie Meadow Thayler. That's nice.

All the gardening leads to a transformation for Xel_squirgle.

And also for Simgaroop.

The makeup doesn't really work with the plantsim skin, huh? :P I'll eventually change them back, but I'm liking how they can garden all night long for now.

*sings* Gardening at night...

Looks like JL won't be transforming into a plantsim anytime soon. Get back to work! Don't make me come over there...

She doesn't seem to be listening to me.

Oh well, at least she'll make an excellent cashier, with all those logic points.

So, that's it for now. If anyone else would like to be added to this, just let me know.

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SO = significant other

Maybe I should have explained it on the first mention, but part of the reason I use an acronym at all is because it's so long and pretentious to write out. I don't like using boyfriend, and fiance is even worse (I can't bring myself to say that out loud - I'm weird like that). I suppose I could say partner. It's probably easier to understand, and has the bonus feature of being equally gender neutral. Not that I'm trying to hide the fact that he's a boy, but do the words themselves have to be so gender-specific?

Sorry, I can get caught up talking about stuff like that... :P

And yeah, he can't even look at that drawing anymore, because all he can see are flaws, and his drawing skills have improved so much since then (he's switched his technique, so he'll use brushes to ink it, for example). He actually asked me if he could redraw them, and how could I refuse that? :D He figures it would be good for practice, and I might send a couple of people to his blog in the process, so everyone wins.

I'll definitely put it up for download, as a couple of different painting recolours. I plan to make some other versions of the first one too, that can be used in everyone's game, since the current one can only be used if you have the Glamour Life SP.

I've seen a sketch for the composition already (one of dozens he's done, and surely not the last - I'm not kidding when I call him a perfectionist). It looks great. He's showing the three of them in an action shot, with Ripp making fun of Johnny, who's just shrugging, and Ophelia is in the middle, just giggling at it all. It's very cute.

Oh how I relate to the perfectionism thing. My problem is I will never improve my drawing skills, because I get frustrated and quit. :p

People here should definitely check out his blog, there's some great stuff on there.

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