Maxis Taste Weekly Dare 002: Freestyle make-over

[strangetomato]

If you haven't already checked it out, I recommend the maxis_taste community to anyone who shares the love of Maxis-made sims (I'm assuming that includes many of the people reading this journal). It's all about the Maxis-made sims and content that matches the Maxis style, which is right up my alley.

I decided to participate in the latest challenge (or "dare" as they are referred to in this community), which asks the participants to do a freestyle makeover of a pre-made sim (up to three), using any cc available to them. I chose Johnny and Jill Smith, since I've been wanting to make them over anyway. I did a little photo shoot, and here they are...

Here they are, enjoying the sun and sand (nice abs, Johnny!), but wait... there's something different about them.
 



I decided to make them over to be more genetically realistic. I'm not sure if this really fits the purpose of the challenge, but it didn't say we couldn't mess around with genetics. Either way, I've wanted to try this out for a while, so I did.

Jill hair is a little on the shiny side to be a Maxis match, I know, but that doesn't always bother me so much with hair. I really like this long flowing mesh to go with the beach look. (It would be cool to retexture it to be more Maxis-match... that could be another possible project.)




Here they are, fully clothed. They're fairly different from my other take on them in Strangetown, HWC, but I could still see them wearing something like this.

 Don't you love the scenery on Twikki Island? It's so beautiful.




This photo would be another nice addition to the wall in the Smith family den, don't you think?
 


Custom content used:

- Jack's alien eyes by pixel_and_bean
- lipstick and eyeliner by HystericalParoxysm
- eyeshadow by Lyran
- Johnny's hair by Maxis Dreams
- Jill's hair by Nouk
- Johnny's outfit is from the EA Store
- Jill's dress is a recolour of an H&M dress by me
- Jill's bikini is by HystericalParoxysm

Comments

[music-simbol.livejournal.com]

These two look pretty good! Genetically, one of them should have red hair, and Jill should be all aliened up. Those alien tans look good too. Very nicely done! :)

Btw, these pics look bigger than usual, you using a screencapping program?

[hannahspring.livejournal.com]

Aww, they look so cute! I really love them! Makes me want to hug them! :D

I think the red hair suits Johnny very well. Jill's hair looks also very nice, but as you said, it would look better if it was little less shiny. But I really do like the recolor of H&M dress - it's my favorite shade of pink. :)

Twikki Island looks brilliant. I can't remember the last time I sent my Sims on holidays. :(

BTW: Has the EA Store updated again?
BTW2: I'm jealous of your graphics card. My pictures always get blurry. *sigh*

[simgarooop.livejournal.com]

Would you believe that I realized that Jill had green skin long after I noticed her black eyes and Johnny's red hair?! O_o

I love these makeovers! Especially Jill's! It is odd that she didn't inherit a single trait from her Dad! No wonder the poor girl ended up dying her hair green to feel part of the "alien clan".

[abbycat900.livejournal.com]

They're so cute <3

Jill is just so pretty with green skin :O And Johnny looks great with red hair.

[dothesmustle.livejournal.com]

They look adorable as "complete" aliens. Jill looks a little bit like Stella! I've heard that Ninika on MTS2 is making maxis match versions of a lot of popular hair styles, I think she's on GOS, too. So she can make retextures of a lot of pay hairs. Her name is "Neena_Needles" on GOS.

Also, Miki at GOS uses Maxis textures..kind of. This is one of my favorite hairs of hers.

http://www.digitalperversion.net/gardenofshadows/index.php?topic=2124.0

Not sure if that counts as Maxis Match.

She also has this hair. You can find it on her LJ, yaymiki.

[ikichi.livejournal.com]

Verreh verreh nice! I could live with Johnny having green eyes if Jill had black, but it did bug me that neither got the red hair. (But then again, out of the 4 kids PdC PT and Jenny had together, they're ALL pretty WTF and random looking. XD)

I would love to see Alien!Jill next to Jenny, since I've *just* noticed how alike they look as teens.

...Now I want to toss red hair on Jill to see how she looks with it.

[redqueenofevil.livejournal.com]

YES!!!! Johnny looks gorgeous with red locks. I didn't recognize him at first, thinking you were using one of simgaroop's sims for a second. But yes, he's totally rockin' the red.

Jill looks great too, especially considering that long hair doesn't usually match up with her face as well. Maybe it was an issue with her eyes.


Very good work on this photo shoot. The water at Twikki looks inviting, and now I wish I was back at the ocean again.... *wistful sigh*

[cindyanne1.livejournal.com]

I love them looking more alien! Johnny with alien eyes is awesome, and I love a greenie Jill! They both look great with red hair too!

I love screencaps... but you're right, they are SUCH a pain to use for a story. I about had my fill of them when I was doing the little Castaway thing (and that's a big part of why I stopped writing it although I do still play it on occasion. The in game camera in Castaway Stories is SO godawful it doesn't do the beautiful scenery in the game justice!)

I'm going to d/l those alien eyes. I hate how Maxis won't let alien eyes be used on any but the alien skintone and instead replaces them with brown... even if there hadn't been any brown eyes in the family tree at all! One of my Maxis pet peeves, lol!

[smjoshsims.livejournal.com]

They look great! I love how Johnny has his red hair, that makes him even more adorable. Alien genetic, how I love them. (Unless every other Sim in your hood has them, twitch.)

[franwi.livejournal.com]

Gorgeous shots. Those beach views are amazing. And I love that Jill's green! Yay! Wonderful makeovers. Johnny looks really good as a redhead, and I love that outfit. The eyes definitely look good on those two.

[(Anonymous)]

I love the skin!! Johnny's outfit is really nice. I have to get it soon.

[simfinite.livejournal.com]

Oh my god. I can hardly recognize Johnny! He looks so different as a tanned, tamed-haired red head!

[soniabigcheese.livejournal.com]

Wow, what a huge difference. Johnny doesn't look quite as 'uptight' and anal, in those shots and Jill looks like an exotic beauty. Certainly one that would make Ripp look twice at and kick himself for not grabbing the opportunity at the time. (That's if Johnny didn't beat him to it - ouchie!!!)

[madame-ugly.livejournal.com]

Nice.

I think Johnny looks better as a redhead. It goes very nicely with that skintone (but I have to say, the slightly darker skin--and maybe it's the tan going on too--makes me think of lizards).

Jill looks great alien-ed up, too.

[xel-squirgle-ox.livejournal.com]

I love your graphics card.
That is all. :)

[aledstrange.livejournal.com]

aawwwww!!! Jill looks adorable in green!! awwww!!!
That's so sweeet!! Im sure she's happier now, it must feel so bad to be the 'odd-looking' one in the family! lol

Johnny looks awesome in red hair, :) one of the children he had on my breeding project, turned out *just* like that!!

But I do enjoy that Johnny and Jill have odd genetics in the game, even if it makes no sense, i think it wouldn't as fun if they both were totally alien looking. :P

[katsuko]

Seriously, Jill looks great with full-on alien genetics.

...and because this got me to thinking, my new Strangetown's Jill might still have the S1 skin, but she has her daddy's hair and eyes. Oh yeah, I had to give her The Eyes. Everyone else I left alone, though (and I'm still debating on making the alien skin a recessive gene for Miss Smith, just to see if it crops up when she eventually has kids of her own!)

[80sfiend.livejournal.com]

Aww they look cool! :D Jill looks so different! :D